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So this review is long, inadequate, and perhaps a bit rambling and confusing. It doesn't really have plot spoilers (this is a quiet book where not a lot happens, action-wise), but it does have thematic spoilers, so read at your own peril. It's always harder to write about the books that really mean something to me, as opposed to the books I merely like a whole lot, and I can't do it without that. If you want to avoid even the thematic spoilers, just re ...more
So this review is long, inadequate, and perhaps a bit rambling and confusing. It doesn't really have plot spoilers (this is a quiet book where not a lot happens, action-wise), but it does have thematic spoilers, so read at your own peril. It's always harder to write about the books that really mean something to me, as opposed to the books I merely like a whole lot, and I can't do it without that. If you want to avoid even the thematic spoilers, just re ...more
I put this in my "odd" shelf because it's not really fantasy, but there's a magical realism aspect to the story that makes it a little quirky. I loved the character of Lucky, who's a depressed teen boy trying to survive severe bullying at school and at the neighborhood pool by one particular oaf of a classmate, while he's also dealing with dysfunctional parents: his mom avoids stressful situations or any kind of confrontation by swimming--alot. (Lucky calls her The Squid.) His father still suffe
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This well written young adult novel Everybody Sees the Ants, captures the essence of bullying. The author states that the book originated from "an idea that we are all prisoners" and that bullying is a widely ignored form of torture. She weaves the coping of Lucky Linderman with dream sequences of his grandfather's experiences in Vietnam. His grandfather did not come home from the Vietnam War and the family has never recovered from his MIA status. King has such a wonderful eye for exposing the c
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3.5 stars. King's books push it over the edge of darkness for me, but both of the ones I've read are definitely unique, well done, and compelling reading.
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A. S. King does it again! "Everybody sees the Ants" is a brilliantly original novel about a teen named Lucky Linderman, who is anything but lucky. He is tormented by a psycho bully named Nader, his father has never recovered from Lucky's grandfather being declared MIA during the Vietnam War, and his mother just pretends everything is fine. When Nader's bullying becomes horrific physical abuse, scarring Lucky's face, his mother takes him to visit family in Arizona. Life is a bit better there, esp
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Great guy read!
Author does a great job of comparing bullying and fighting in a war. Great lessons without being didactic.
Author does a great job of comparing bullying and fighting in a war. Great lessons without being didactic.
I need to think about this. But it was, in a word, phenomenal. Will try to put my awe into words a different day.
Really very good - another possible Printz winner that I'd be very happy about.
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Mar 21, 2011
Kris Springer
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