I can't even count how many times Bianca had the opportunity to ditch Dipshit Gary Stu Lucas - nevermind for her safety, but for the safety of those she supposedly cared about - but did she do it? NO. Rather, the dumbness was planted in a sunny location, watered daily, sprinkled with fertilizer pellets, & serenaded with Mozart.Īside from Vic & Ranulf, everyone in this book was functioning at the height of ineptitude. I was (reluctantly) determined to give Stargazer a chance - not because I was wow'd by Book 1, but there was just enough that piqued my interest in how future books would unfold, despite the massive quantity of dumbness in Bianca & Lucas's story. I've been on a roll with crap YA lately, so feel free to take my gripes with a grain of salt.
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One thing that parents should know is that there is a lot of swearing in the story, which shouldn't be unusual due to the fact that these characters are around 17 years old. Due to the fact that she was young when she had Leah, she often fears that the other parents are looking down on her and laughing at her behind her back. She keeps up with all the gossip and (as mentioned in the book) follows Leah's friends on facebook rather than their parents. Leah's mum knows she is bisexual and is very - forgive me - 'down with the kids'. It showed struggle of someone trying to come out to their friends as bisexual and is a wonderful sequel to 'Simon vs the Homosapien Agenda' |(a popular movie was based off of this book recently called 'Love, Simon'). As someone who has struggled with their sexuality in the past, this book was amazing. And how each of them needed to learn and develop their skills (and learn some tough lessons). I loved the complex relationships between the three of them, and how their different personalities were needed to make their glassblowing business work. The focal point is this family of sisters. The romantic relationships aren’t the focal point of this book. There are romances in the cards for all three sisters, although Johanna’s is based around this neighbor kid who just hangs around until she’s finally like “FINE I GUESS YOU’RE ACCEPTABLE” which is a trope I am TIRED OF. They help the men, until Marie goes, “Hm, I think I can do that.” And Marie, the youngest, has a talent for blowing glass and art, but women don’t blow glass. Ruth, the middle sister, is determined to marry (but doesn’t think much beyond that). The eldest, Johanna, feels responsible for providing for her family, and discovers a talent for running a business. In the fall of 1890, a glassblower living in the village of Lauscha, Germany, with his three daughters dies, leaving them in dire straits. I have NO IDEA who recommended this at our Reader Rec party at RT, but they said “19th century German glassblowers” and I said, “What’s that author’s last name again? Yeah, that’ll be waiting for me when I get home.” And all three books were. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. Youngsters will hardly realize how much they're learning in this entertaining and eye-catching caper. A final spread offers a counting game, challenging readers to search the pages for two tigers, three foxes, four pandas, etc. Tail of all!" The entire cast poses atop the smiling mammal with their species labeled. Other child-pleasing pages include a pull-tab showing two tiny alligators hatching from eggs, displaying their "tails new" and a pair of pages that open to reveal a whale of a tail, in fact "The biggest This touch-and-feel companion to Van Fleets bestselling Tails (2003) is interactive even before page one, with a pull-tab. 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