Comments on: Jepp, Who Defied the Stars http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2012/12/10/jepp-who-defied-the-stars/ A Mock Newbery Blog Tue, 16 Apr 2013 01:12:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Jonathan Hunt http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2012/12/10/jepp-who-defied-the-stars/#comment-108437 Jonathan Hunt Mon, 31 Dec 2012 01:07:10 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/?p=3037#comment-108437 I'm two thirds of the way through this one and should finish it tomorrow morning. This would make for a good comparison with THE WICKED AND THE JUST and THE UNFORTUNATE SON, not just because of the genre (historical fiction) but because of the audience (grades 7-9). More thoughts later. I’m two thirds of the way through this one and should finish it tomorrow morning. This would make for a good comparison with THE WICKED AND THE JUST and THE UNFORTUNATE SON, not just because of the genre (historical fiction) but because of the audience (grades 7-9). More thoughts later.

]]> By: Nina Lindsay http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2012/12/10/jepp-who-defied-the-stars/#comment-107792 Nina Lindsay Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:38:31 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/?p=3037#comment-107792 Yup: "immersive reading experience" is exactly what I meant by "plot and setting," just a better way to describe it. I do think setting plays into that experience, whether it's consciously noted or not. Yup: “immersive reading experience” is exactly what I meant by “plot and setting,” just a better way to describe it. I do think setting plays into that experience, whether it’s consciously noted or not.

]]> By: Nancy Werlin http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2012/12/10/jepp-who-defied-the-stars/#comment-107787 Nancy Werlin Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:44:23 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/?p=3037#comment-107787 >>with a shout out from Nancy Werlin, by which I read “aha, excellent plot and setting,” since I think her favorites tend to all share this strength...<<< Oh, how interesting -- that glimpse of what I project. I don't think it's true, though. I do love a good plot, but I am almost indifferent to setting. What I look for as a reader is an immersive reading experience. I look to be swept up by the writer's skill at telling the story, so that I believe the whole thing on an emotional level. Mostly this means hewing true to what the characters would REALLY do, say, and feel at every junction. >>with a shout out from Nancy Werlin, by which I read “aha, excellent plot and setting,” since I think her favorites tend to all share this strength…<<<

Oh, how interesting — that glimpse of what I project. I don't think it's true, though. I do love a good plot, but I am almost indifferent to setting. What I look for as a reader is an immersive reading experience. I look to be swept up by the writer's skill at telling the story, so that I believe the whole thing on an emotional level. Mostly this means hewing true to what the characters would REALLY do, say, and feel at every junction.

]]> By: 9 Days of Hot Key: Day 6, JEPP, WHO DEFIED THE STARS | http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/2012/12/10/jepp-who-defied-the-stars/#comment-107723 9 Days of Hot Key: Day 6, JEPP, WHO DEFIED THE STARS | Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:35:37 +0000 http://blogs.slj.com/heavymedal/?p=3037#comment-107723 [...] “And as I read it, JEPP did have that promising quality of keeping me engaged: I stayed up late for it, read through dinner for it, wanted to finish it but not have it finish.” - Nina Lindsay, School Library Journal [...] [...] “And as I read it, JEPP did have that promising quality of keeping me engaged: I stayed up late for it, read through dinner for it, wanted to finish it but not have it finish.” – Nina Lindsay, School Library Journal [...]

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