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Paper Covers Rock (2011)

by Jenny Hubbard(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0385740557 (ISBN13: 9780385740555)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Delacorte Press

review 1: I bought this book a while back and finally got time to read it. It began a little slow but once I got more to the meat of the story it grew on me.Plot: This is about a boy, who is in a private all boys school, and a tragic incident has happen. Alex feels let down that he was not on time to save his friend. This plot did move slow in the beginning due to the author giving the reader lots of background information. Once you get more to the middle and more lies and truths began to come out, the story begins to paint a bigger picture of what actually happened.Web Of lies: I didn’t think that guys can lie as well as girls. These guys made lies on top or more lies, they fought and brought other down faster than a quarterback on a Friday night. I mean, really these guys could ... moregive mean girls a run for their money. We all knows that lies can only cover for so long and then before you know it, the truth comes out.Ending: I really liked how in the end, all is revealed. The author did a great job leading the reader piece by piece till the very end.This is great book. Not only is it small but it really packs a punch. It’s one of those stories that sticks with the reader even after its finished. I thought about it for days. About the lies and about the truth. Paper Covers Rock is a great read.
review 2: Boarding school Junior Alex Stromm is traumatized by witnessing the drowning death of his classmate. He has a crush in his young English teacher, Miss Dovecott, who encourages his reading and creative writing. Additionally his "friend"'Glen, also present is pressuring Alex to "mess with" their young teacher, the first adult on the scene of the accident.PAPER COVERS ROCK is Alex's journal, complete with some essays and poetry. There are a lot if literary references, which I'm not sure would be prevalent in a teenage boy's writing. At times the journal appeared too cerebral to be authentic. I liked Alex's character. He started off as a good kid, lacking confidence. A follower. Against his better judgment, he followed Glenn's bad example attempting to protect themselves from what Glenn believes Miss Dovecott knows. Alex reveals pieces of the drowning throughout the story. I expected a bigger payoff.I graduated from HS in the early 80s, the era PAPER COVERS ROCK occurs, so while I enjoyed the cultural references, younger readers probably won't appreciate it understand references to The Love Boat or Fantasy Island as Saturday night pastimes. I do recommend this novel, for those interested in a slower paced, more cerebral read. less

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