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Rosie En Skate (2011)

by Beth Ann Bauman(Favorite Author)

3.65 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Van Goor

review 1: I loved this story of two high school-aged sisters in a New Jersey beach town over the winter. Bauman gets the setting and mood just right -- smooching boys amidst the dunes, biking down cold, windy streets, hanging out in nearly vacant arcades. The arc of the sisters' stories is entirely plausible, and wholly diverting. The only thing that kept me from falling fully into the world of "Rosie and Skate" was an inconsistent series of choices Bauman made about using Jersey Shore place names. They read the Asbury Park Press and one has a boyfriend at Rutgers -- totally legit. But the Ocean Grove Correctional Center? The town exists, but it's not inland and it certainly doesn't host a jail. These small inconsistencies pulled me out of an otherwise lovely, bittersweet YA novel t... morehat would appeal to plenty of adults.
review 2: Another interesting book is Rosie & Skate. It is set in New Jersey's beach and boardwalk area. Rosie and her older sister Skate (she always skateboards everywhere) have an alcoholic father who is in jail. Their mother died when they were very little and an aunt has come to care for them. Needless to say, they have difficult lives and share with us their feelings, since they don't really have anyone else to share with. For anyone who has ever had to grow up all by themselves, especially with only one parent who is absent for any number of reasons, this book will really hit home. The lessons they have to learn on their own about life and how to deal with a parent with substance abuse problems is very enlightening. less

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