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The Blue Star (2008)

by Tony Earley(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0316199079 (ISBN13: 9780316199070)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Little, Brown and Company

series

Jim Glass

review 1: "The Blue Star" is a lovely snapshot of a year in a young man's life in Appalachian North Carolina in the years at the beginning of WWII. Themes of young love and sexuality, poverty and race are explored through the lens of a callow, sheltered young man who knows that his years of youth and shelter are at an end, and that the wide world is calling, whether he likes it or not. Early makes you see the clouds rolling in over the mountains, feel the wind on your face, and taste the pinto beans and cornbread; he really puts you in the place and lets you live there for a few hours. So delightful that it might be a five-star as it marinates over the weeks.
review 2: I think I enjoyed this sequel even more than Jim the Boy. This book tracks Jim thru his senior year ... morein high school and ends as he leaves to join the Army in WWII. Story line revolves around Jim's love for Chrissie, who seems to reject him, and his failure to love Norma, the class beauty (and brain), who does love him. A touching story of the transition into adulthood. Sure hope there is another Jim book in the future. less

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