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“Iggy loves his parents, especially his mom, even though she routinely disappears for days or even weeks at a time. Iggy doesn't touch drugs even though both his parents are addicts. Iggy is not really a trouble-maker, but he doesn't try very hard in school. Iggy got kicked out of school even though he wasn't really going to hurt his teacher. So Iggy has plans to change peoples mind about him so the school will let him come back. He is going to something good, like save a child from a drug dealer. But all Iggy's plans don't seem to go as he wants and instead, he gets a friend in trouble with a drug dealer. Iggy really wants to do good, but he just doesn't seem to be able to pull it off.”
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cmccalli wrote this review Wednesday, October 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I am not so bad a person once you get to know me. When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there's no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and the phone's been disconnected, so even the social worker can't get through. Leaving his public housing behind, Iggy ventures into the world to make something of his life. It's not easy when you're sixteen, have no skills, and your only friend is mixed up with the dealer who got your mom hooked. But Iggy is . . . Iggy, and he has the kind of wisdom that lets him see what no one else can. K. L. Going's third novel is a haunting achievement about a young man's tragic search for meaning in a world that to him makes no sense. (20060901)
Martha H wrote this review Tuesday, October 27 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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”“good book i would say it was cleaverly writtten good auther”
Charles G wrote this review Thursday, October 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“the first book to make me cry. A truly excellent book”
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“I love this book”
Kailee O wrote this review Thursday, September 10 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Iggy has been suspended from his high school. He doesn't know what he's going to do with his life. His father is often drunk, his mother disappears frequently with her drug dealer. Iggy doesn't even have anyone to go to a school hearing with him. At some point he was set up with a mentor, a college student that was going to advice him. The friend though drops out of college and gets messed up with drug and the dealer. This friend is from a wealthy family so Iggy and the guy go to his house to try to convince the mom to give them money for the dealer. Iggy sees his friend could have a great life with a mother who cares about him, but the friend just abuses it. Iggy wants to do something great for the world to redeem himself but can't think of anything to do.”
Mrs. C wrote this review Saturday, September 5 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“Couldn't get all the way through it. ”
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TeensReadToo.com wrote this review Sunday, July 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Iggy Corso isn't a bad kid. He's not that bright, and he often does and says things long before thinking through the consequences of his actions, but he isn't inherently bad. Iggy is the product of his upbringing, which includes an alcoholic father, a junkie mother, and life in the projects. His school file is crammed with notations regarding his run-ins with security, teachers, and the principal. But this time, Iggy's been expelled from high school pending a hearing with the Superintendent, and there's no one around for him to tell--no one around, in fact, to even care.
Iggy, though, has a plan. He'll contribute to the world, will somehow make a difference in these few short days before Christmas and his school hearing, and convince everyone--from his parents to Principal Olmos--that they were wrong about him. The first part of Iggy's plan involves getting out of the Projects, so he goes to the only other place he knows, which is the dump where his friend Mo lives. Mo was kicked out of college, where he was studying pre-law, for smoking pot, and now he lives in an apartment with a broken window and ratty furniture, alternately stoned and renouncing all material hings. But Iggy needs Mo's help to get him back into school, so he follows him along when Mo decides to get a line of credit on some pot.
Iggy doesn't do drugs. Everything thinks he does, because of his home life, but being born addicted to crack did more to Iggy than just slow down his brain. He's seen firsthand how it affects his family, especially his mother, who has been gone for months now "visiting" someone. He's seen Freddie, his father's dealer, break his father's fingers when his dad didn't have the money to pay for his drugs. So although Iggy doesn't do drugs, he goes along with Mo when he needs some pot--and realizes that his plan isn't going very well when Mo goes straight to Freddie. When Mo gets his pot, along with some other "free samples" on a line of credit, Iggy realizes that getting back into school might be the least of his problems.
But now it's Mo's turn for a plan--he needs a couple grand to pay off Freddie, so he'll go to his mother, who has more money than she knows what to do with. But that doesn't turn out exactly right, either, and soon Iggy is involved in yet another scheme involving drugs, a dealer, and a friend. For Iggy, who isn't a bad kid but also isn't Mother Teresa, there's a fine line between contributing to the world and making something of yourself.
SAINT IGGY is a great, heartbreaking read. From the beginning, you can't help but wish a better life for Iggy, all the while knowing, somehow, that things aren't going to end up the way you want them to. Iggy is a boy who has somehow fallen through the cracks, and yet he manages to bring a sense of hope to every situation he finds himself in. Ms. Going has done a wonderful job of bringing Iggy Corso to life, and you'll be forever grateful for the chance of getting to know him.”“a boy with his share of troubles: an addict mom, a drunk dad, friends who want to use him, an anger problem, a pending suspension and a wish to redeem himself, no matter what, makes choices to better himself. the boy is seeking redemption or enlightenment. this is probably the best book out there on the dilemma of goodness for the teen. and of how it can or cannot succeed. very interesting. i hope there is a sequel.”
larry c wrote this review Sunday, June 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
