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The Color War (2013)

by Jodi Picoult(Favorite Author)

3.14 of 5 Votes: 5

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English

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Middle Grade & Children's

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Byliner Inc.

review 1: THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR PRESENTS A MOVING STORY ABOUT THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED A BOY’S LIFE FOREVER.Jodi Picoult is one of the most beloved authors of our time. Her many novels, consistently topping both national and international bestseller lists ("Sing You Home," "My Sister’s Keeper," "Nineteen Minutes"), are celebrated for addressing controversial issues with courage, grace, and empathy. In her new Byliner Original, "The Color War," she showcases her versatility and storytelling gifts once again with a moving and revealing portrait of a boy coming of age in an America where the lines between black and white, rich and poor, and insider and outsider too often divide minds and hearts and separate a child from his own sense of promise.All Raymond wants t... moreo do is hang out with his best friend, Monroe, but life has other plans. This summer, his mother has decided to send him to Bible camp for inner-city kids. On the bus there, he dreams of the best night of his life, when he and Monroe slipped away from home and jumped the turnstiles to ride the subway to downtown Boston on New Year’s Eve. The elaborate ice sculptures on display thrilled them, especially an angel with outstretched wings that glowed ghostly in the night. Raymond wakes on the bus to what he takes for another angel: Melody, a camp counselor and lifeguard. Like all the staff, she’s white. Pretty, blond, and friendly, she’s the person Raymond most wants to impress during the Color War, the camp’s sports competition, and to whom he confesses his most painful secret, a loss that has made him grow up far too fast and left him wise beyond his mere nine years.Will Raymond manage to connect to Melody—or anyone—when he’s so far from what he’s known and loved? Or will he discover that sometimes the road to hell is paved with good intentions? A searing look at race and what it means to survive our own color wars.My Review - this book was super short. Jodi Picoult is one of my favorite authors but this book wasn't very good. It was to short and ended weird.
review 2: I love Jodi Picoult, so I was excited to see a "Kindle Single" by her. I have to say that I didn't realise just quite how short it would be, and felt slightly cheated out of 99p! Still, it is a Jodi Picoult - and I still enjoyed it. HOWEVER, there just wasn't enough material. Not enough to make up a novel, but definitely enough for a decent novella (which is what I thought it was) - this was most definitely a short story. I liked the characters, enjoyed the scenery and appreciated the imagery, but ultimately NOT ENOUGH! less

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