snortles's review against another edition
5.0
I wish I would have read this sooner!
Informative, inspired, and genuinely funny.
Informative, inspired, and genuinely funny.
jhalloran99's review against another edition
3.0
I blew it with this one. Since I had already read the original, I figured I'd read the young readers version as a refresher for book club and that it would be an easy 1 day read. Seemed like a normal adult read to me and this version is longer
ebbiev's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
I really enjoyed this book!
lisatz's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
4.0
lanica's review against another edition
5.0
I have not read the original (mature) version. I don't think I need to.
This book was wonderful on so many levels! I love Trevor Noah from his TV and YouTube bits. I agree with him politically. I enjoy learning about other cultures and lives. This was a perfect book for me.
As a teacher, it is also a perfect book. He doesn't try to tell anyone what they should believe - but he states his own beliefs clearly, with reasoning to back them up. He is a brilliant storyteller and even when he does something 'wrong' he admits that he might not make the same choices, not that he has lived more of his life. He doesn't say he regrets anything, just that he didn't have all the information at that point and did what seemed the best thing at the time.
He talks about the history of South Africa in a way that is easy to understand, and from the point of view of someone directly impacted by it. It's not a dry lecture about the causes and effects of apartheid. It is one man's interaction with a system that treated his family as less than human. It was fascinating and terrifying at the same time. Only made less so by the knowledge that everything turns out all right in the end. At least for this one mixed-race boy.
Every school library should have this book. I suggest multiple copies.
Every teacher and administrator should read this book. It should be a staff book club.
This book was wonderful on so many levels! I love Trevor Noah from his TV and YouTube bits. I agree with him politically. I enjoy learning about other cultures and lives. This was a perfect book for me.
As a teacher, it is also a perfect book. He doesn't try to tell anyone what they should believe - but he states his own beliefs clearly, with reasoning to back them up. He is a brilliant storyteller and even when he does something 'wrong' he admits that he might not make the same choices, not that he has lived more of his life. He doesn't say he regrets anything, just that he didn't have all the information at that point and did what seemed the best thing at the time.
He talks about the history of South Africa in a way that is easy to understand, and from the point of view of someone directly impacted by it. It's not a dry lecture about the causes and effects of apartheid. It is one man's interaction with a system that treated his family as less than human. It was fascinating and terrifying at the same time. Only made less so by the knowledge that everything turns out all right in the end. At least for this one mixed-race boy.
Every school library should have this book. I suggest multiple copies.
Every teacher and administrator should read this book. It should be a staff book club.
amanda_bertke's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0