the meandering plot is the point of the novel . . .

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	• Criss Cross Lynne Rae Perkins HarperTrophy, 2008 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 67 reviews view larger image
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the meandering plot is the point of the novel . . .

Many of those who rated the book poorly didn't finish reading it. The book is horrible if you don't finish reading it because the reason for the meandering plot is revealed at the end. Look at the picture entitled "Debbie's Theory," about three-fourths of the way through. If you look at that picture in relation with the final conversation about lives intersecting in relation with the title of the book, the novel makes sense.

I agree, it was slow. But ultimately it made an interesting statement about the criss-crossing of lives. The meandering plots worked to that end.

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Criss Cross review kcs

When people grow up, they start looking at their friends differently. This is what's happening to a girl named Debbie, whose the main character in this book. I'm not sure where this book takes place, but it's in modern day times.

Debbie's growing up in this book, and she starts to look at her friends, Lenny, and Hector differently. Meanwhile in this book, Lenny and Hector are having problems of their own with growing up, and seeing people differently.

The meaning of this title is a radio show that Debbie, Lenny, and Hector all listen to together. I liked this book, but it's hard to explain the plot, because there isn't any real summary. It's about everyday life in this book. The pacing was good though, it was steady throughout the whole book.

One reason I really liked this book though, is because I liked the way Lynn Rae Perkins wrote this book. She wrote it in everyday life, but you can really relate to it, and what the people are thinking. This book probably wasn't written in a christian perspective. The theme is hard in this book too, but in the end, it's basically to stay true to your friends.

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A beautiful book

This is a book about how small things, ordinary things, can be beautiful and life-changing. Not every story needs a train robbery, a dead parent or a divorce to be effective. Challenging kids to study the world for subtlety and ambiguity, and rewarding them with charming bursts of truth, is a good thing. It's a remarkable book.

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She wished something would happen.

Something good. To her. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon.

Meanwhile, in another part of town, he felt as if the world was opening. Life was rearranging itself; bulging in places, fraying in spots. He felt himself changing, too, but into what?

So much can happen in a summer.

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