tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040911948950965125.post7372534981564824436..comments2022-02-15T07:55:22.034-06:00Comments on Book Wind: Harsh Language, Alcoholic mothers, AdolescenceTom Philionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06066393537809002425noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040911948950965125.post-10506461515869510562009-12-06T22:56:01.053-06:002009-12-06T22:56:01.053-06:00This sounds like a great book to discuss the "...This sounds like a great book to discuss the "quest of a teenager". Making money, fitting in, and having sex are at the top of the priority list for some teens. Parents seem to ruin your chances of all of the above by simply existing.Mallory Umarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06291921614699877051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040911948950965125.post-80159355762404112822009-11-24T09:19:28.443-06:002009-11-24T09:19:28.443-06:00This book sounds great! I like the idea of this bo...This book sounds great! I like the idea of this book as maybe a recommendation to a more advanced student to read outside class, or over the summer. It might be hard to teach in class, just because of the profanity.Caitlin Strandquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09549127806532999418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040911948950965125.post-494194959706491382009-11-22T17:56:48.548-06:002009-11-22T17:56:48.548-06:00This book sounds like it deals with several import...This book sounds like it deals with several important issues; and that the author has been able to do it in one book. Your review definately puts it on my to-read list. Also, the poem on youtube I thought was hilarious and a nice touch.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040000974162614877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040911948950965125.post-90141062777143708272009-11-21T10:49:54.447-06:002009-11-21T10:49:54.447-06:00Wow this seems like a book that is a lot to swallo...Wow this seems like a book that is a lot to swallow. I like how you compared it to "Chinese Handcuffs". I really think that's a good comparison. It almost seems like a Holden, "Catcher In the Rye" feel too. As holden tries to feel "Normal", so it seems does the main character of this book. It definitly will be on my list of reads.averchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08910488801382686424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040911948950965125.post-57555580354923922232009-11-19T12:02:48.030-06:002009-11-19T12:02:48.030-06:00It is pretty long, but Barnes has a good style of ...It is pretty long, but Barnes has a good style of writing that does not lose your attention. I would definitely say that the chapter format works best in a book like this also.Stu1980https://www.blogger.com/profile/16278846678614764034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5040911948950965125.post-65375697057235413732009-11-19T10:12:10.246-06:002009-11-19T10:12:10.246-06:00This book sounds like it would be useful in discus...This book sounds like it would be useful in discussing what it means to be a teenager in our society. Is the expectation that teenagers have to be normal, get money, and get laid? Who decides what is a normal teenager? This type of discussion my inspire some self-reflection and evaluation. I do feel the length may discourage some independent readers as well as some teachers who do not have much time left in the academic year to read books they select instead of the district or school board selects. The chapters notes sound interesting and I am a fan of using chapters if the entire book can not be read. Sometimes reading chapers can be more useful than reading the entire book and may even inspire some independence and cause the student to read the entire book on their own.Marcellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034455310263818630noreply@blogger.com