I Am the Cheese in Pick-a-Shelf

Aug 23, 2010 Eden rated it liked it · review of another edition

This was an interesting book for it kept the audience guessing the whole time. I like that the author wants the audience to conclude their ideas of what has happened but I also would have liked a better more detailed conclusion to the story.

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Apr 18, 2010 Susan rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, fiction

I don't know what I expected this book to be, but whatever it was, I was wrong. It packs quite a lot into a short, quick book.

The narration jumps back and forth between the first-person story of Adam on a bike ride, trying to get somewhere to see his father, and transcripts of Adam's session with someone who might be a doctor helping Adam recover repressed memories. As the bike ride and the sessions proceed, the reader is able gradually to piece them together and unravel what's going on. ...more

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Sep 28, 2013 Rebekah rated it really liked it

Shelves: middle-school, genre-childrens, genre-classics, genre-young-adult, genre-thriller, genre-realistic-fiction, genre-novels, rating-4, genre-young-adult-teen, genre-mystery

I vividly remember reading this in fifth grade and being completely blown away by it. I am going to re-read it soon because I just finished The Chocolate War and want to re-read this one as an adult. ...more

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Sep 24, 2008 Joanie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, read-as-a-kid

I read this in junior high but don't think I ever finished it. When I read it a few years ago I was totally surprised by the plot twist at the end so I must not have finished it. A boy sets out on his bike to find his father and realizes that nothing in his life is as it seems. ...more

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