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Losers (2008)

by Matthue Roth(Favorite Author)

3.42 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0545068932 (ISBN13: 9780545068932)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction

publisher

Push

review 1: Losers reminded me a lot of Daniel Pinkwater's wonderful The Education of Robert Nifkin (which begins, "My father is a son of a bitch from Eastern Europe"). The main character in Losers has lived in the US for several years, but when he starts high school with all new classmates, his Russian accent and new-kid status make him stand out "for all the wrong reasons." Funny and poignant. I especially liked reading about Jupiter's ventures into downtown Philadelphia, where he discovers the world of coffeehouses and record stores.
review 2: This book was OK. I got it from Scholastic as a part of a bully prevention feature. I loved that the chapter titles all were titles of Cure songs (My favorite band of all time). I liked that the theme of the story is about finding... more a way to fit in. What I didn't like is the way the story seemed so scattered. It jumped around. It just didn't seem to flow. The main character was kind of annoying, too.Maybe if I was a teenage, angst ridden boy this book would be more appealing to me. less

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