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4.0 out of 5 stars
A great book for young adults dealing with high school BS.,
By Mateo (Orlando, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thalidomide Kid (Paperback)
It's a great coming-of-age story about a boy who happens to be handicapped/crippled rather than a story about a handicapped/crippled kid. The subject matter had potential to get sappy and melodramatic, but Rigby keep things realistic and gritty. Rigby's characters are deep, complex, and well-rounded. Daryl's a low-class kid who's trying to win the girl and be the first in his family to make it through high school despite not having any arms. His love interest, Celia, is from an upper-middle-class family but trapped in her own world of problems and needs Daryl more than he needs her. The only drawback was that the novel is set in South-Western England during the 1970s. The slang was a bit hard to understand at times and, as an American, I couldn't understand the British education system, but these things didn't hinder my enjoyment of the story. Loved it and I'll read more of Kate Rigby's novels. |
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Thalidomide Kid by Kate Rigby (Paperback - February 12, 2007)
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