A review by textpublishing
Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead
5.0
There's not much to say about Goodbye Stranger that hasn't already been said.
Suffice to say, if you're not already a Rebecca Stead fan, here's another reason to start:
‘Rebecca Stead has such respect for her pre- and early- teen characters, and the girls and boys in this story are so well drawn…The story is about how friendships shift and change, how we shift and change, and how to live through the mistakes that we all inevitably make. I identified with this story so much, and can’t wait to pass it on to my daughter.’ Readings
‘This novel not only sensitively explores togetherness, aloneness, betrayal and love, it also acknowledges something crucial to the business of growing up: how anyone’s personal “we of me” might look different a little while from now, and later still, different again.’
New York Times
Suffice to say, if you're not already a Rebecca Stead fan, here's another reason to start:
‘Rebecca Stead has such respect for her pre- and early- teen characters, and the girls and boys in this story are so well drawn…The story is about how friendships shift and change, how we shift and change, and how to live through the mistakes that we all inevitably make. I identified with this story so much, and can’t wait to pass it on to my daughter.’ Readings
‘This novel not only sensitively explores togetherness, aloneness, betrayal and love, it also acknowledges something crucial to the business of growing up: how anyone’s personal “we of me” might look different a little while from now, and later still, different again.’
New York Times