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Little Miss Strange: A Novel

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This was the first book I read for fun after I finished college, and I was hooked! Following Sarajean from kindergarten through adolescence is a trip you'll be glad you took. It is suprising, interesting and even a little disturbing to grow with Sarajean. The characters that surround her are just as interesting and help the reader experience, not just read. Don't miss this novel!

This book just goes on and on and on with the life of Sarajean. I just couldn't get interested in all the things and people that floated in and out of Sarajean's life. The book was readable, but there are a lot better books out there

Joanna Rose's novel, "Little Miss Strange" is a complex and tightly woven tale of a young girl's rather unorthodox entry into the world of adults. It takes the main character with breathless speed from the age of six to a jsomewhat jaded fifteen.

The trip passes through some uncomfortable territory, touching on child sexual and mental abuse issues gently but firmly. The reader may know more than they want to about a child's view of such things by the end of the book. Still, it is easily worth the price of purchase. I recommend it highly.

I completely relished in Little Miss Strange. The novel lured me into the beautiful story line from the start. This book is of a young girl named Sarajean and spams her life from the age of about 5 to 14. Throughout the novel, Sarajean goes on a quest to find her mother, or any other form of family in the hippie scene of the '70s. Because of her eccentric situation, Sarajean finds "family" in friends, neighbors, and possessions. Although she does not know her mother, Sarajean finds it important to even know something as little as her place of birth and roots. If you do not like these "looking for mother" books, do not be turned away... the actual search is not as apparent as I make it to be. The story is filled with a plethora of different subplots and changing characters. Sarajean's relationships with other people constantly change to accomodate the twists and turns in the book. I don't give many books 5 stars, but this one was amazingly captivating. It definetly deserves more recognition; Ive never read anything like Little Miss Strange.

Little Miss Strange, is a wonderful and intriguing novel. It has captured the minds of many young people everywhere. It has a feeling of home and abandon. New thoughts come out of the book as you read and visualize what Joanna Rose paints in her mind. The first few chapters opens you up to a new world, a diffrent world where the young and old are united. Some parts of the books were graphic, but that was only the realistic veiws of inspiration. Other parts of the book were confusing, but it became clear later. The book itself was VERY wonderful. Personally, I think Joanna Rose should have contuined it as a series.

There's not much I can say that hasn't already been well-said by the other reviewers. If you've ever felt cheated because you missed out on the seventies, here's your chance to experience them for yourself. Although Sarajean is too young to know the sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll of the era, she sees the effects of excess in her home and her surroundings. Living with a man who is supposedly her father and desperately searching for a mother figure, Sarajean glides through her world with conflicting thoughts and feelings. You'll follow Sarajean on her journey of discovery and revel in her stories of adventure, loss, and acceptance. Join Sarajean as she attends the freedom school, gets into trouble with her wild best friend, and has her first crush on a neighborhood boy. This book is filled with charming vignettes as well as heartbreaking scenes where Sarajean must come to terms with her family situation. Like another reviewer, I was really sad to see this book end. I only wish the author would consider a sequal!

I think this book is in some ways like a guide through adolescence. I really liked reading it, and I was slightly sad when it was over. I think we can all find a little bit of ourselves in the book's main character. It's quite a delightful read.

"Little Miss Strange" is a very interesting book. One of the most casual but yet funniest book that I've read in awhile. This book is very detailed about the atmosphere, emotions, and thoughts. From Sara Jean's clothes to good transitions on her family situations in the 70s. This book didn't keep me in my feet and isn't much of an exciting page turner, but it is a good book to read at your leisure because it has a lot of heart in it.

Rose does a good job. A good read. One quibble: re. poor Noel Redding. He wrote and sang the song "Little Miss Strange" while a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and yet the songwriting credit for the novel's epigraph goes to Jimi. Trust an old hippie to remember. Jimi was a genius but Noel deserves some credit.

This book is wonderful to me, to the extent that I don't understand some of the tepid reviews. I get something new out of it every time I pick it up, about every 4 years. It is completely from the perspective of a small girl until she is around 14ish. I think, I'm remembering that right. Unless you have lost touch with how you saw the world during those ages - realizing certain things about human nature for the first time- you will like this book.