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Click: One Novel, Ten Authors
by
David Almond,
Eoin Colfer, Roddy Doyle, Deborah Ellis, Nick Hornby, Margo Lanagan, Gregory Maguire, Ruth Ozeki (Goodreads Author)
,
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A camera.
Some photographs.
A box with seven shells.
And many mysteries.
Those are the things that Maggie and Jason inherited from their grandfather, the famed photojournalist George "Gee" Keane. Gee traveled from Ireland to Russia, Japan to Australia, taking pictures of people at work, at war, in sports, and at play. Now Jason receives Gee's photographs and camera--though he...more
Some photographs.
A box with seven shells.
And many mysteries.
Those are the things that Maggie and Jason inherited from their grandfather, the famed photojournalist George "Gee" Keane. Gee traveled from Ireland to Russia, Japan to Australia, taking pictures of people at work, at war, in sports, and at play. Now Jason receives Gee's photographs and camera--though he...more
Hardcover, 217 pages
Published
October 1st 2007
by Arthur A. Levine Books
(first published January 1st 2007)
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The concept is incredibly intriguing and I liked more than half of the stories and really liked a few, especially the beginning chapter by Linda Sue Park, the chapter by Sarah Ellis, and the chapter by Margo Lanagan. How strange that all the chapters that really spoke to me are by female authors, even though one of them is not about a young girl. Some of the authors took the "assignment" to heart and tried to fit their tales with the stage that Park set up in the first chapter, but others did no...more
Maggie is a young girl whose beloved grandfather, a famous photojournalist called “Gee,” has just died, leaving her a special package. Rather than opening it right away, Maggie goes through a grieving process for weeks. Finally, she is ready, and what she finds in Gee’s package sends her on the journey of a lifetime. This is a “jump” story, one where several authors write short stories, all tied together with one “jump character” or “jump object.” In this book, Grandpa Gee is the “jump character...more
10 authors, 10 chapters, one novel.
When Maggie and Jason's grandfather, photo-journalist George "Gee" Keane dies, he leaves them simple gifts that turn out to be windows into his fascinating and complicated life. Each chapter deals with a different character. They can be read as stand-alone short stories but the whole story is revealed when they are read together.
Highly Recommended
When Maggie and Jason's grandfather, photo-journalist George "Gee" Keane dies, he leaves them simple gifts that turn out to be windows into his fascinating and complicated life. Each chapter deals with a different character. They can be read as stand-alone short stories but the whole story is revealed when they are read together.
Highly Recommended
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Aug 13, 2009
estefania.
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
everyone:)
Recommended to estefania. by:
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Shelves:
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A camera, photographers, and witnesses. "Click", by Linda Sue Park, was great. "Click" went from the past to the present to the future. It was one story by ten authors; and that was amazing. Each author had his or her own way of writing and own twists to the story, and when they all intertwined, it created one single great story.
Maggie Keane had recently lost her grandfather,Gee (a most famous photojournalist),which was like a second father to her. However, it seemed Gee had known this for qui...more
Maggie Keane had recently lost her grandfather,Gee (a most famous photojournalist),which was like a second father to her. However, it seemed Gee had known this for qui...more
Reviewed by coollibrarianchick for TeensReadToo.com
How many times have you looked at a photograph and wondered what the story was behind it? Photographs indicate relationships within and among people and nature. Photographs document one's perception of the world.
George Keane Henschler, or "Gee" as he likes to be called, and his granddaughter, Maggie, are the epicenter for all the stories in the book CLICK. The book starts off with a short story by Linda Sue Park. The authors that contributed to...more
How many times have you looked at a photograph and wondered what the story was behind it? Photographs indicate relationships within and among people and nature. Photographs document one's perception of the world.
George Keane Henschler, or "Gee" as he likes to be called, and his granddaughter, Maggie, are the epicenter for all the stories in the book CLICK. The book starts off with a short story by Linda Sue Park. The authors that contributed to...more
This novel is about George Keane and the effect he had on various individuals. After his death, his grandchildren and his daughter search to find a deeper understanding of who Keane was. Although they find some answers to the question, they wind up discovering a lot more questions about Keane. However, they do develop a greater sense of themselves in the process. This increased sense of identity is something "Gee" helped others find throughout his life. Although, the reader develops the sense t...more
“One novel, ten authors” is the tagline for Click, and the roster of authors includes some of the hottest talents in teen literature. Each author contributes one chapter, and each chapter is one piece of the life and legacy of George “Gee” Keane, photojournalist and adventurer. Gee’s mysterious parting gift to his granddaughter Maggie sends Maggie on a worldwide quest for understanding, and her journey is the consistent thread that runs throughout the otherwise sketchy plot. Encompassing wide-ra...more
Wow, the ending of this book was not what I expected...at all. The novel is by several different authors, each of whom wrote one chapter from a different character's perspective. The story revolves around a photographer nicknamed "Gee," and chapter is told from the point of view of someone who knew him or met him on his travels. I have no idea what kind of child I would ever give this boook to. If I'm going to be honest, I think I would have HATED reading this as a kid. Some of the characters ta...more
This started out very strong--Gee, a photojournalist, has recently died, and his granddaughter is having a particularly hard time moving past it. Through the gifts Gee left for Maggie and her brother Jason, the reader explores Gee's travels around the globe and meets the strangers he met. Each chapter is written by a different author, but they all have a similar feel, so it's not even disjointed. Some stories are more realistic than others, but the ending kind of falls apart: it veers into a sci...more
Heart-warming... >.<
(Apa sih bahasa Indo-nya? Menyejukkan hati? xP)
10 cerita penuh kekuatan keajaiban dari 10 penulis kawakan.
Meski bukan fantasi (kecuali mungkin cerita terakhir), buku ini punya sense fantasi seperti layaknya buku-buku yang menceritakan kisah kehidupan yang diwarnai harapan-harapan. :)
"Klik" seyogyanya adalah kritikan tentang hak-hak asasi manusia, seperti yang diniatkan pada awalnya dalam penulisan buku ini.
Well, pada akhirnya memang ada pembahasan tentang perang, tentan...more
(Apa sih bahasa Indo-nya? Menyejukkan hati? xP)
10 cerita penuh kekuatan keajaiban dari 10 penulis kawakan.
Meski bukan fantasi (kecuali mungkin cerita terakhir), buku ini punya sense fantasi seperti layaknya buku-buku yang menceritakan kisah kehidupan yang diwarnai harapan-harapan. :)
"Klik" seyogyanya adalah kritikan tentang hak-hak asasi manusia, seperti yang diniatkan pada awalnya dalam penulisan buku ini.
Well, pada akhirnya memang ada pembahasan tentang perang, tentan...more
Judul Asli : CLICK
Copyright © 2007 by Eoin Colfer, Linda Sue Park, Ruth Ozeki, Nick Hornby, Tim Wynne-Jones, David Almond, Gregory Maguire, Deborah Ellis, Margo Lanagan & Roddy Doyle.
Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Alih Bahasa : Jia Effendie
Editor : Ariyantri E. Tarman
Cover by Eduard Iwan Mangopang
Cetakan I : September 2012 ; 228 hlm
Granpa Gee sudah meninggal. Meninggalkan warisan kepada kedua cucunya tersayang, Jason dan Maggie. Jason menerima album rangkaian foto orang ternama dengan tan...more
Copyright © 2007 by Eoin Colfer, Linda Sue Park, Ruth Ozeki, Nick Hornby, Tim Wynne-Jones, David Almond, Gregory Maguire, Deborah Ellis, Margo Lanagan & Roddy Doyle.
Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Alih Bahasa : Jia Effendie
Editor : Ariyantri E. Tarman
Cover by Eduard Iwan Mangopang
Cetakan I : September 2012 ; 228 hlm
Granpa Gee sudah meninggal. Meninggalkan warisan kepada kedua cucunya tersayang, Jason dan Maggie. Jason menerima album rangkaian foto orang ternama dengan tan...more
Maggie and Jason's grandfather Gee, a famous photographer passes away. He leaves them each a legacy, a box of sea shells for Maggie and an envelope of signed photos of famous sports stars for Jason. The box and the photos lead Jason and Maggie on adventures and to grow into their own. They also lead to learning more about Gee.
Each of the chapters in this book is written by a different author. At first I was frustrated with it. The jump to the story in the second chapter threw me off, I couldn't...more
Each of the chapters in this book is written by a different author. At first I was frustrated with it. The jump to the story in the second chapter threw me off, I couldn't...more
The proceeds from this novel go to Amnesty International, and that theme does run a bit through the chapters. Each chapter is written by a different author, and some of them are big names like David Almond, Nick Hornby, Gregory Maguire, and others. The overall theme is that a photojournalist dies and leaves some gifts to his grandchildren. Maggie receives a box of shells and Jason receives a stack of autographed photographs. Interesting enough, eh? But then each chapter gives the reader a little...more
Ein ungewöhnliches Jugendbuch: Zehn Autorinnen und Autoren haben sich zusammengefunden, um dieses Buch zu schreiben. Jede/r hat einen Abschnitt dazu beigetragen, immer in Kenntnis der bereits geschriebenen Teile.
Herausgekommen ist nicht ein Roman mit zehn Kapiteln, sondern eher ein Buch mit zehn eigenständigen Erzählungen, in denen einige Personen immer oder immer wieder auftauchen.
Die Hauptfigur ist Gee, ein bekannter Fotograf, der eine große Lücke hinterläßt als er stirbt, insbesondere bei se...more
Herausgekommen ist nicht ein Roman mit zehn Kapiteln, sondern eher ein Buch mit zehn eigenständigen Erzählungen, in denen einige Personen immer oder immer wieder auftauchen.
Die Hauptfigur ist Gee, ein bekannter Fotograf, der eine große Lücke hinterläßt als er stirbt, insbesondere bei se...more
Okay, so actually the first reason for me to pick this book is... Eoin Colfer. I am a big fan of Artemis Fowl, dan semacam menjadikan dia sebagai patokan untuk tokoh utama yang brilian.
Ada sepuluh cerita tentang 10 orang yang berbeda dalam buku ini. Orang-orang yang berbeda, tapi memiliki satu jalinan benang merah, langsung maupun tidak langsung, dengan Gee, seorang fotografer. Setiap orang punya kisah masing-masing dengan latar belakang yang berbeda.
Beberapa kisah sangat menarik bagi saya. Beb...more
Ada sepuluh cerita tentang 10 orang yang berbeda dalam buku ini. Orang-orang yang berbeda, tapi memiliki satu jalinan benang merah, langsung maupun tidak langsung, dengan Gee, seorang fotografer. Setiap orang punya kisah masing-masing dengan latar belakang yang berbeda.
Beberapa kisah sangat menarik bagi saya. Beb...more
This book is an interesting concept, it's a novel, but each chapter is written by a different author. When I first heard about it, I was intrigued because it reminded me of telling "skip stories" as a kid, but it wasn't quite like that because most chapters were told from a different character's perspective and told a completely different part of the story. It felt more like a collection of loosely connected short stories than a novel, which I guess makes sense since it is 10 different authors,...more
Sep 15, 2012
cindy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
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George 'Gee' Keane adalah seorang fotographer dengan reputasi kelas dunia. Ia pernah memotret Muhammad Ali hingga Roy Keane. Ia dan kameranya hadir saat Hiroshima luluh lantak setelah bom atom. Ia ada di Vietnam hingga Perang Teluk. George Keane punya banyak foto, banyak kamera, banyak pengalaman dan banyak kenangan. Dan Gee juga punya Jason dan Maggie, kedua cucunya. Saat Gee meninggal, Jason mendapat setumpuk foto orang terkenal hasil jepretan Gee, semuanya bertanda tangan khusus untuk Jason....more
Klik, satu kata simpel yang hebatnya bisa menghipnotis saya untuk membelinya. Pasti ada hubungan dengan kamera, pikir saya. Dan ini memang benar : cerita tentang kamera, but it's not simple as you say 'klik'.
Novel ini unik, dibikin dengan tekad, juga kerjasama yang baik :) Jika biasanya novel dibikin oleh satu-dua penulis (bisa juga rame-rame tapi biasanya berupa kumpulan cerita), novel ini dibuat oleh sepuluh penulis sekaligus. Tantangan lagi karena mereka semua menulis masing-masing sebuah bab...more
Novel ini unik, dibikin dengan tekad, juga kerjasama yang baik :) Jika biasanya novel dibikin oleh satu-dua penulis (bisa juga rame-rame tapi biasanya berupa kumpulan cerita), novel ini dibuat oleh sepuluh penulis sekaligus. Tantangan lagi karena mereka semua menulis masing-masing sebuah bab...more
This book wasn't written by just one author; it was written by 10. This makes an important difference in the book because each author wrote a chapter. This means the book has a continuous general story idea, but each chapter is a new story relating to this general idea. So, the book doesn't flow like most books do. In fact, it goes back and forth between the past and the present in no specific order.
Maggie's grandpa Gee is a famous photographer; world famous. He has taken prize winning pictures...more
Maggie's grandpa Gee is a famous photographer; world famous. He has taken prize winning pictures...more
Nein, ich weiß wirklich nicht, warum dieses Buch auf der Liste der Nominierten für den dt.Jugendliteraturpreis dieses Jahr steht!
Interessante Idee: Das Leben eines Fotographen wird anhand seiner Fotographien nachvollzogen. Also handelt es sich hier auch mehr um einen Episodenroman, daher ist auch die Idee ganz nett, die einzelnen Episoden von unterschiedlichen Autoren schreiben zu lassen. Spannend wäre es hier gewesen, wenn tatsächlich auch Unterschiede sichtbar gewesen wäre in der Art des Erzä...more
Interessante Idee: Das Leben eines Fotographen wird anhand seiner Fotographien nachvollzogen. Also handelt es sich hier auch mehr um einen Episodenroman, daher ist auch die Idee ganz nett, die einzelnen Episoden von unterschiedlichen Autoren schreiben zu lassen. Spannend wäre es hier gewesen, wenn tatsächlich auch Unterschiede sichtbar gewesen wäre in der Art des Erzä...more
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The idea is interesting: Maggie inherits a box of shells from her beloved, deceased grandfather, “Gee”. The box has a message for her: “Put them back”. Each of the chapters uncovers something about the original owners of the shells or shows you the impact of this gift on Maggie and her brother Jason.
Written as a fund-raiser for Amnesty International, the big ‘twist’ here is that every chapter is written by a different author. That, in my opinion, is what brings this book down from great to just...more
Written as a fund-raiser for Amnesty International, the big ‘twist’ here is that every chapter is written by a different author. That, in my opinion, is what brings this book down from great to just...more
This book started out with great promise. I was excited about the ten author's thing, and it was greatly written the first 3/4 of the book. The last couple of chapters kind of killed the book for me. I think there were two reasons why this book sucked me in. First off, Linda Sue Park started the story,and she is a wonderful author. I was drawn in immediately and connected with the characters. I also loved that there was a photography aspect to this book. Reading this book gave me inspiration to...more
So what is more important, style or substance? While I found this book interesting in that it was written by 10 separate authors (a couple of whom I adore,) I found it tremendously uneven and sporadic in the plot. Good idea, weird delivery.
I guess this is what happens when you give any project to a larbunch of individuals. Half will sort of follow the construct, 25% will be creative with it, and 25% will simply go off the rails. That is exactly what I found here.
The story roughly revolves arou...more
I guess this is what happens when you give any project to a larbunch of individuals. Half will sort of follow the construct, 25% will be creative with it, and 25% will simply go off the rails. That is exactly what I found here.
The story roughly revolves arou...more
I loved the concept of this book. One main thread sewn into ten different stories by ten different authors. Eight of the ten chapters were very enjoyable. Each author had his/her own style and each individual story captured my attention with colorful characters, unique settings and touching events. As I began each chapter I kept asking, "How is this going to connect with the other stories?", and I was always satisfied. The two chapters I did not enjoy were set in the future and I just didn't get...more
I was intrigued by the old-fashioned camera artwork on the cover, plus the by-line under the titled which read, “One novel, ten authors,” when I arbitrarily picked this book up from the library. Each chapter, written by award-winning authors such as Eoin Colfer and Gregory Maguire, had a unique flavor and voice, yet each contributed strongly to the overall theme of seeing, truly seeing, the world around us, and daring to become the lens through which others can see our own personal truths, mingl...more
This book was a lot of fun to read and to connect out which chapters were written by which authors. While some of the stories/chapters didn't work for me, I enjoyed the overall premise and would have loved for the story to have included even more chapters. So many threads left undone...
Dec 29, 2009
Rhonda
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Sarah McElhaney (my niece)
Recommended to Rhonda by:
Sara, a student
When Jason and Maggie lose their grandfather Gee, he leaves them gifts that tell a story and that influence the rest of their lives. Each following chapter tells a story from one of these characters lives, some going back in time and some forward. Each chapter is written by a different award winning author.
I loved the idea of this book. 10 Chapters, 10 authors writing about a theme set up in the first chapter. I even liked most of the chapters. The writing was good; the cause (Amnesty Internatio...more
I loved the idea of this book. 10 Chapters, 10 authors writing about a theme set up in the first chapter. I even liked most of the chapters. The writing was good; the cause (Amnesty Internatio...more
Ten authors, one novel.
This book was good. Relatively quick. YA.
I picked up this book because David Almond is one of the authors. Wally and I read one of his books (about a boy climbing into the moon) and we LOVED it, so when I was searching for more books by him, this one came up. I knew it wasn't appropriate for Wally, but seeing as I have a twin-lens reflex camera (shown on the cover of the book), and love to photograph, AND think the idea of multiple authors was good, my interest was piqued...more
This book was good. Relatively quick. YA.
I picked up this book because David Almond is one of the authors. Wally and I read one of his books (about a boy climbing into the moon) and we LOVED it, so when I was searching for more books by him, this one came up. I knew it wasn't appropriate for Wally, but seeing as I have a twin-lens reflex camera (shown on the cover of the book), and love to photograph, AND think the idea of multiple authors was good, my interest was piqued...more
This was a fun ride that could be taken in big chunks, or read chapter by chapter and by the different stories. Ten authors each write a chapter, but it ends up being nicely tied together in the end (which I admit, I had trouble getting into the rhythm of in the beginning, it was a bit jarring. Not only do the stories tie to the main part, in small ways they tie to each other. Each author brings a unique feeling, voice and perspective. I like that they got ‘famous’ authors to do this, and I like...more
The printed photograph is something incredibly intriguing, no matter the subject or the quality. Especially if it is an older photograph, and in black and white. To take the time to develop and print a photograph means there is something very special and meaningful about its content. This book tells the story of a selection of one man's photographs taken over his lifetime. There are 10 authors that tell different aspects of the story, and at the end of the book you have an inkling of what this f...more
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David Almond is a British children's writer who has penned several novels, each one to critical acclaim. He was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia. When he was young, he found his love of writing when some short stories of his were published in a local magazine. He started out as an author of adult fiction be...more
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