A review by lpm100
Strider by Beverly Cleary
5.0
A boy gets a life: A Parent's Review
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020
By me, this book is 100% kosher.
And that is an achievement in and of itself. (Books these days are too full of 13-year-olds that act like triply-divorced alcoholics. Anguish and all.)
-No profanity
-No adolescent intimacy
It is a combination bildungsroman (common) / epistolary book (uncommon).
As an added benefit, these are real working class people.
And they deal with the situations that normal children are likely to see everyday.
-Financial pressure
-Part time youth jobs
-Parents rescheduling work to participate in their children's events
The protagonist encounters situations that real children are very likely to encounter.
-Spats and reconciliations with friends
-Finding an activity in which he is interested/can even
-Learning how to handle and treat people (girls in which a teen may be interested).
Verdict:
Strongly recommended
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2020
By me, this book is 100% kosher.
And that is an achievement in and of itself. (Books these days are too full of 13-year-olds that act like triply-divorced alcoholics. Anguish and all.)
-No profanity
-No adolescent intimacy
It is a combination bildungsroman (common) / epistolary book (uncommon).
As an added benefit, these are real working class people.
And they deal with the situations that normal children are likely to see everyday.
-Financial pressure
-Part time youth jobs
-Parents rescheduling work to participate in their children's events
The protagonist encounters situations that real children are very likely to encounter.
-Spats and reconciliations with friends
-Finding an activity in which he is interested/can even
-Learning how to handle and treat people (girls in which a teen may be interested).
Verdict:
Strongly recommended