Comments on: Review of the Day: Crunch by Leslie Connor

By: Noel

Noel — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:45:42 +0000

Here’s what an adoring target audience had to say:

http://noeldevries.blogspot.com/2010/11/scoop-of-e-e-evening-crunch.html

By: DaNae

DaNae — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 23:43:22 +0000

Well then I think it’s time we coin a phrase. How about something like diaramaraphy?

By: Judy Theise

Judy Theise — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 22:14:06 +0000

What a teriffic review! Leslie Conner has the most authentic voice I’ve heard in a long time.

CRUNCH is a great read. I second the campaign for the Newbery.

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:36:18 +0000

Lord . . . hm. Well, they’re models with photography. So if you want to get technical about it, it’s a book of photographs plain and simple. Doesn’t take into account the models, though. I say “Models With Photography” is the medium, though it hardly falls trippingly off the tongue, now does it?

By: DaNae

DaNae — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:00:47 +0000

I have a question that I need an answer to fast that has nothing to do with the above book that has just gone on me to read, and to buy list.

What would the term be for the type of illustration used in THE GARBAGE BARGE?”

I know many a smart person stops buy Betsy’s blog so I’m hopin you can help me out.

By: Debbie St. Thomas

Debbie St. Thomas — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:54:23 +0000

Great review of a fantastic book!

By: Chris in NY

Chris in NY — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:28:57 +0000

PS I think we should start a grass roots campaign for Crunch for the Newbery.

By: Chris in NY

Chris in NY — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:27:24 +0000

I loved, loved, loved this book. I don’t much care for dystopian, so liking this was a little weird for me. This felt more like the Blyton Adventure series where the kids end up fending for themselves without parents (usually through some mishap). It jsut happened because of some global crisis in here but it was kind of far removed from the characters which is why it wasn’t scary or a turn off for me. I liked the way they coped and problem solved a lot. I also liked the inter-sibling exchanges. Glad you liked it too!

By: Hope

Hope — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:34:19 +0000

Fuse, you didn’t mention this one earlier in the Newbery contenders. Any hope for this as a dark horse?

By: Deborah Freedman

Deborah Freedman — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:30:17 +0000

“This is going to sound bad, but Connor is one of the very few hope-infused middle grade authors I can stand to read.”

Ha… I love that! And one of the few authors who writes books with issue-driven “messages” that I can stand to read.

Re DEAD ON TOWN LINE – it’s beautifully written, a YA with the lyricism of MISS BRIDIE. It was under appreciated back in it’s day, I think.