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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “This was a frank, realistic look at an very under-explored, misunderstood topic. I was extremely impressed by how deftly Lyga handled this; so many people romanticize child molestation when it’s a woman who is the offender. There is none of that in this story. You get to see how the abuse...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“This book is disturbing but very well written. The agony and anger that Josh experiences over the sexual abuse at the hands of a teacher has shaped his life for the past five years. No one can possibly understand what he thinks and feels because he doesn't actually understand it himself. Excellent book although it is sexually graphic and contains lots of adult language. The story could not have been told as well without it but I just like to give the warning. ”
Terri K wrote this review 9 hours ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I was extremely uncomfortable reading this book. Being a teacher, I cannot understand how a woman could take advantage of one of her middle school students. Weird. The book was a fast read. ”
Andrea G wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Its one of my favorites”
Alexandria S wrote this review Tuesday, November 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It looks good. ”
Ximena L wrote this review Thursday, November 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I really really liked this book and couldn't stop reading it! Josh Mendell is a high school student who thinks everyone knows about his secret. He also believes he's also being watching with eyes that judged him. In the end, he finds that no one really hates him and also finds that his friends never hated him. This book shows a great deal of emothion, IT'S INTENSE!”
♥ Lauren M ♥ wrote this review Wednesday, November 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I realy enjoyed this book. There were a lot of twists and turns through out the book and it left you wondering. The character Josh really surprised me and sometimes I would hate him, but a lot of the time I felt sympathetic towards him because of what he had gone through and what he was going through. Barry Lyga did a lot of research ad you can tell because there is a lot of information that makes this fictional book seem so realistic. It was a very good book and I would mostly recommend this to teenagers because they might understand the different points of view of each character and even relate.”
Spoorthi T wrote this review Saturday, October 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“This Book Was To The Point Were I wAS tHINKING hE sAY wAY THAT hE wAS tHINKING”
Antoine B wrote this review Thursday, October 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Recommended grades 7 and up.
GPL T wrote this review Thursday, October 22 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Amazing piece. I couldn't put it down.”
“I really liked this book because when I was reading it I didn't want it to end. The only thing I didn't like about it was sometimes it would talk about baseball and I don't know much about baseball so it was kind of confusing. ”
Madison J wrote this review Tuesday, October 20 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I think boy toy is a great book!
Pamela :D wrote this review Saturday, October 3 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The main character Josh is very unique in his own way,having to deal with
his parent's divorce and Eve getting released out of jail,and then an old friend
from the past wanting to catch up after 5years...now I can't tell you too much,but
it is definately a great book! READ IT!”
