Comments on: Top 100 Children’s Novels #92: Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:44:46 +0000

Never heard of Totally Joe, so I just put it on hold – looks good.

By: DaNae

DaNae — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:42:09 +0000

Thrilled to see my number ten pick make the cut. This wasn’t on my list the first time around. It nudged off THE OUTSIDERS, which I know is YA, although I read it a bazillion times when I was eleven.

FLIPPED is middle-grade perfection.

I’m crazy over the movie. As of now I would like to send out the decree: if any of my other favorite books really need to be made into movies only Rob Reiner shall lay hands on them.

By: Elizabeth Bird

Elizabeth Bird — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:16:10 +0000

I love it to pieces, Lisa, but it’s post-adolescent. If this were the Newbery it would be in the clear but I’m going up to 12 and 12 isn’t Joe’s audience. Throw thy rotten tomatoes at me head at will.

By: Lisa Jenn Bigelow

Lisa Jenn Bigelow — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:59:37 +0000

Totally Joe a YA book, what? Kirkus and PW reviewed it as ages 10-14, SLJ as grades 6-8. We’re well within children’s lit as defined by Newbery age requirements there!

By: Brandy

Brandy — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:59:27 +0000

This is the biggest surprise of the day as far as I’m concerned. Very interesting. This has been on my TBR forever and will now be moved up to the top and finally read.

By: Genevieve

Genevieve — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:47:31 +0000

An excellent book with a Rashomon-like feel (same incidents, reported very differently by different characters who experienced it). I thought the movie did a very good job of keeping the feel of the story and the characters.