Promising not to lie, he writes about his life and struggles, from managing to keep his pals happy to staying warm without a furnace to somehow getting finagled into making the costumes for a school play. Although the journaling doesn't really stand up to firm scrutiny, I was completely willing to relax into Tod's voice and watch him almost learn to succeed. The dynamics of his struggles with the play seem particularly spot on, as did his struggles between pride and self-respect. I'll hand this over to my seventh grader, who should like it despite the lack of dragons.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Worst Things I Could Do: Scrawl
Promising not to lie, he writes about his life and struggles, from managing to keep his pals happy to staying warm without a furnace to somehow getting finagled into making the costumes for a school play. Although the journaling doesn't really stand up to firm scrutiny, I was completely willing to relax into Tod's voice and watch him almost learn to succeed. The dynamics of his struggles with the play seem particularly spot on, as did his struggles between pride and self-respect. I'll hand this over to my seventh grader, who should like it despite the lack of dragons.
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