The Juniper Game

[Angie]

Please leave a comment below if you intend to read The Juniper Game by Sherryl Jordan during November.

Also, use this thread to discuss the book.

Participating:
Angie
Kathleen
Sweetp-1's Miss11?
Melinda
Ciska
Mariana

[Sweetp-1]

Oh oh oh. I read this when I was teen. Still remember enjoying it. Wonder if I can track down a copy and convince Miss11 to read it.

[Melinda]

I wouldn't mind joining in too thanks :)

[Ciska]

I'll join in too

[Sweetp-1]

Its out of print and not at my local library system so am not sure :( Might see if any of my FB friends have a copy I can borrow

[Angie]

I tracked a copy down in our school library. Might be worth trying your daughter's school?

[Mariana]

Oh I read this book back in high school too - loved it. Put me down for this one please. I think I've got a copy at home somewhere...

[Sweetp-1]

I did suggest that Angie but am not sure if she remembered to go look..

[Angie]

Sweetp-1 wrote: "I did suggest that Angie but am not sure if she remembered to go look.."

Fingers crossed :)

[Angie]

Starting this shortly...

[Ciska]

Will start this in the weekend.

[Melinda]

interesting read. I always enjoy Sherryl Jordan's writing. Was a little gobsmacked at the things the 14 year old protagonists got up to (out all night, drinking etc..) with apparent parental approval and the maturity of the issues and themes included, as I think I wouldn't get away with writing this sort of thing today. Found the central themes and plot fascinating and fresh. I wonder if the mystical/magical themes presented as fairly acceptable within the reality presented in this book (and many other Jordan books as well as books by Margaret Mahy) is a NZ thing?

[Sweetp-1]

I'll have to pass on this one. I will put it on my list to read next year though if I can track down a copy.

[Sweetp-1]

I have a shelf for magical realism (https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...) though I am probably missing some I have read that fall in this category. Another NZ author who does this well is Juliet Marillier.

[Melinda]

Kathleen wrote: "Melinda wrote: "I wonder if the mystical/magical themes presented as fairly acceptable within the reality presented in this book (and many other Jordan books as well as books by Margaret Mahy) is a..."

You raise a very good point Kathleen :) I'm familiar with magical realism but hadn't thought of applying it to my own book and I think you are right, there is an element of that in Jack the Viking. I read a lot of Margaret Mahy's YA in my teens and twenties and her books have been very influential for me personally.