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A review by abigailbat
Strider by Beverly Cleary
4.0
It's been several years since Leigh Botts last wrote in his journal, but he finds it and starts writing about his freshman year of high school. Things are going good for Leigh - he's got a best friend, Barry, and they're sharing custody of an abandoned dog they found on the beach. But sharing custody of Strider soon gets more complicated than Leigh could have imagined. Can his friendship with Barry survive? And if so, will it mean giving up the dog he's come to love?
Again, Beverly Cleary gives us a tween boy narrator dealing with his emotions, with finding friends in high school, with fitting in, with divorced parents, with loneliness, with finding out what he's good at... And MAJOR props for a book about a dog in which the DOG DOES NOT DIE. Whew. I can't believe it took me so long to read this book!
The narration is simple, but effective. I really enjoyed the audiobook.
More on the blog: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2010/07/audiobook-review-strider-by-beverly.html
Again, Beverly Cleary gives us a tween boy narrator dealing with his emotions, with finding friends in high school, with fitting in, with divorced parents, with loneliness, with finding out what he's good at... And MAJOR props for a book about a dog in which the DOG DOES NOT DIE. Whew. I can't believe it took me so long to read this book!
The narration is simple, but effective. I really enjoyed the audiobook.
More on the blog: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2010/07/audiobook-review-strider-by-beverly.html