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Funny View of Freshman Year, April 20, 2006
This review is from: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Bccb Blue Ribbon Fiction Books (Awards)) (Hardcover)
Sleeping Freshman is a great book for any Young Adult to read. It is an interesting and funny perspective of Freshmen trying to fit in at the high school level.
The main character, Scott, realizes that people change and grow up as he does throughout this novel. As Scott matures, he outgrows some of his friends and realizes others are better friends than he could ever imagine.
This book is just fun and funny. As icing on the cake, Scott gets involved in everything and realizes that is one way to avoid being on the outside looking in; he is actually a somebody by the end of this year. He learns that sometimes the ideal person, like a potential girlfriend may be there all along, and once Scott stops dreaming and starts living he learns this lesson very abruptly.
What a funny and interesting view of Freshman year. I would recommend this to students, parents and teachers. This is a great book by David Lubar.
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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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Funny Yet Sweet, August 25, 2005
This review is from: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Bccb Blue Ribbon Fiction Books (Awards)) (Hardcover)
This is an entertaining novel about a guy's first year of high school. The main character is kind of an average joe who learns he excels at some things such as writing and fighting. His confidence leads him to stand up for himself and his friends and family when it matters.
I laughed out loud several times and smiled throughout. I liked not only the main character, but also his girl friend full of piercings and weird hair, and his guy friend who didn't always obey the law but usually meant well.
A Very fun book.
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A hilarious and bittersweet novel about coming of age in high school, August 11, 2005
This review is from: Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie (Bccb Blue Ribbon Fiction Books (Awards)) (Hardcover)
"They can't expect me to be a sports writer," Scott said jocularly.
"I'm never going to survive freshman year," Scott said gravely.
"All the older kids pick on the freshmen," Scott said sophomorically.
Welcome to Scott Hudson's freshman year of high school. He isn't the handsomest or most popular guy around, and he doesn't have a clue as to how to talk to Julia, who once shared his peanut butter crackers and has morphed into the hot chick over the summer. Seniors smack him on the head on the bus. He doesn't have classes with his best friends. His Spanish teacher has a thick French accent.
On top of his woes, his parents have announced that they're having a baby, he loses out on a book reviewer's position for the school newspaper, and he gets roped into running for the student council. Mix in a gym teacher who's Satan in Nikes, some eyeroll-worthy Tom Swifties, and a sign on a locker that says, "This is not a locker," and you have a hilarious and bittersweet story about one freshman finding his place and becoming his own person almost completely by accident.
For all of us who started (or will start) high school feeling overwhelmed and out of place, Scott is a hero. Like all of us he has his strengths and weaknesses, but most importantly he keeps his sense of humor, shown through his letters to his brother and sister-to-be, and his oddly useful Guides to Surviving the perils of high school. Supported by his family and a few close friends, Scott discovers there's a lot to get out of freshman year, assuming he doesn't sleep right through it.
--- Reviewed by Carlie Webber
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