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Out Of This Place (2013)

by Emma Cameron(Favorite Author)

3.61 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0763664049 (ISBN13: 9780763664046)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Candlewick Press

review 1: A story for teens, this novelwritten in verse is told by three alternating characters/narrators: Casey, Bongo, and Luke. The story takes place in Australia and begins when the three teens are leaving school. They have been best friends and now they are going their separate ways: Luke, to find out what he wants to do with his life; Casey, to get away from her abusive father; and Bongo, to find a way to get his brother back from wherever child custody services has placed him. Right away, the reader empathizes with the characters and each of their ambitions, successes, and setbacks. I believe that teen readers will appreciate the portrayal of the young people in this novel because they are perfectly imperfect. They live and learn and are reasonably optimistic that the ... morefuture holds a good life for them. Cameron, first time author, deals with real life and real solutions. This is a suitable read for grades 9+ due to sexual scenes, use of drugs and alcohol, and language.
review 2: This book centers on three Australian teens, Luke, Casey, and Bongo as they are about to leave their small school and enter the real world. None of them quite know what they want to do, but they all know one thing: they one out of this place. Luke, a great cricket player, knows he wants more than life on a field; Casey wants to escape her overprotective and controlling father, and Bongo wants nothing more than his brother Dylan back from social services. This book is told in verse, and in three parts beginning with Luke and ending with Bongo, and the three teens' tales overlap one another so the reader gains different perspectives on a few of the same events. Overall, the three teens were well developed (which can be a difficult task with novels in verse); however, their voices were rather similar leaving the reader to wonder why verse was used. This book covers many bases, from discovering place and belonging, homelessness and runaways, and sex and death. Although this is recommended to older teens due to the topics at hand, none of scenes are overly graphic or descriptive. less

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