YA fiction
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A friend once told me that Hesse’s Steppenwolf was a different book when read at 40 from when it was read at 20. This is the distinction of a great book. Last summer Ruth Graham caused a stir among readers of books dubbed Young Adult (YA) when she declared, “Read whatever you want. But you…
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Bowling for Soup: Maestros of high school angst Samantha Wilson is dyslexic. She cannot read (at least not at the same level as her peers in high school). She is, however, quite adept at hiding her condition. Her audiographic memory, the availability of audio textbooks, a penchant for math, and two best friends (who share…
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It would have been too easy to include the trailer or a clip from the move adaptation of Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events at the beginning of this review. Cary Grant’s “Hoodoo” skit in The Bachelor and the Bobbie Soxer does a better job at describing the subtle wordplay and humor in Snicket’s…
Vincent Young 