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Ostrich Boys (2008)

by Keith Gray(Favorite Author)

3.54 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0099456575 (ISBN13: 9780099456575)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Definitions (Young Adult)

review 1: what!!!! what is going on here?!!! first of all, I can't decide whether I like Kenny or Sim better... second what.. what is this ? I appreciate them doing this for Ross and all but please... stop. the description was meant for this book to be thrilling, but there is a lot of adventure/action lacking in this book.Blake and Nina, let's talk about that. WHAT?! HOW DARE HE?! actually HOW DARE THEM ALL EXCEPT KENNY! these are horrible best friends, they are all doing this out of guilt obviously! I do believe Ross killed himself; it was not an accident.other than that the writing is good so is the uniqueness in this; what captured my attention was the quote at the beginning "it's not exactly kidnapping if he's dead right?" I think... something like that.thanks for reading me ran... moret; I recommend... no don't read it; not worth your time.
review 2: This is the quintessential buddy book. When high school friend Ross dies in an accident, the remaining three buddies decide that his ashes need to be taken to a town north of their home called Ross. Almost like a bad joke, the boys steal the urn from Ross's family and set off on a journey to pay respects to their friend. There are antics such as losing the back pack, not enough money,missing a stop in the transit, picking up girls, ans sleeping in an abandoned house. All the while the boys are inundated with calls from home that they are in big trouble. This has an undercurrent of sadness as there are rumor that Ross's demise was not an accident but a suicide. The boys won't believe it and feel an even stronger mission northward to settle Ross's remains.As I said in the beginning this is a buddy story, there are many incarnations of this kind of plot,but for teens this is bitter sweet. Each character is well formed and the counter play among them believable. The loyalty of the boys and the answers to the enigma that was Ross has an unexpected ending but a truthful one. I really enjoyed reading this even as an adult and would highly recommend o my students. Only drawback for my students might be the English slang. But I am sure they can work past that. less

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