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A review by kricketa
Beck by Mal Peet
3.0
Mal Peet's last novel, finished after his death by Meg Rosoff, about a black-skinned, green-eyed orphan named Beck searching for a place to call home.
Sidenote: I really enjoy Peet's writing but I've always felt that it was kind of arbitrarily assigned to "teen fiction. I especially feel that to be the case about "Beck" which is a rather sweeping coming-of-age story that includes some really mature topics. I know there are older teens who would enjoy this book, but I do feel that it's more likely to be enjoyed by adults, and teens at my library are more likely to dip into the adult section than the other way around.
Sidenote: I really enjoy Peet's writing but I've always felt that it was kind of arbitrarily assigned to "teen fiction. I especially feel that to be the case about "Beck" which is a rather sweeping coming-of-age story that includes some really mature topics. I know there are older teens who would enjoy this book, but I do feel that it's more likely to be enjoyed by adults, and teens at my library are more likely to dip into the adult section than the other way around.