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Summary: A painful truth
Review: The novel is a well written fact about how children of today are victimized by sexual abuse. The protagonist in this story is a 17 year old loner, named Tish that struggles to survive in a world where a child should feel safe. Tish is confused, emotionally and physically abused by her stepfather, Tonnie. The book expresses the honesty associated with this type of sexual abuse and the pain and isolation Tish must suffer. The book deals with one day in the life of a teenager where she decides to take control of her life and to seek help from the only person who believes her, an acquiantances father (lawyer). I would recommend this book to any teenager. The book offers the reader hope while dealing with an extremely difficult subject.
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Summary: The Unknown and Unbelievable
Review: The story When She Hollers is a very interesting novel. I am only one of the millions of people that have read this astounding mystery. The main character of the novel is a scared girl named Tish. When she was young her father abandoned her and her mother remarried to a guy named Tonnie. Tonnie was physically abusing Tish while she was young and even as she got older. Tish wanted to tell people about the abuse but was afraid that no one would believe her. She carries a knife with her in her right boot when she goes to a lawyer's office to get advice. She returns home and calls her stepfather out of the house. To find out what happens next you need to pick the book up and read it. I started reading the book because I had forgotten my other book and it was a short book worth seven points. As I was reading the book I could tell that Tish was like some people I know and they need help or something serious could happen.
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Summary: Hard to follow, but worth it
Review: The stream-of-consciousness style is a bit difficult to get used to, and I imagine it would be even worse for a young reader to deal with. If you can get past that, and past the disturbing subject matter, the book is wonderful. I'm not one who believes that all books for "young adults" should be all sweetness and light, but I frequently find that those that are not rely heavily on cinematic supernatural horror. Voigt steers clear of both paths to create a story that is made all the more horrifying *because* it is realistic.
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Summary: Groundbreaking
Review: THe writing is amazing. THe reader totally identifies with Tish, even if he/she hasn't experienced assault. You feel her rage and fear. Good dialogue. Good everything.
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Summary: A good book
Review: This book is exellent! Voigt does a wonderful job of letting you into the mind of Tish, a seventeen year old girl who was sexualy abused by her stepfather. Since I am an amature writer and an excessive reader, I could see both sides of the ending. As a writer, I thought the ending was good, and left the person at a point where they could think and reflect, with the satisfaction of Tish's determination. But as a reader, I am angry at the author for not describing the confrontation between Tish and Tonnie (her stepfather). I sugest it to readers age eleven and over, for I, in my opinion, did not find it all that disturbing, as I have read in almost every review and anybody else that I have discussed the book with.
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Summary: A Great To Read
Review: This book is one of a kind because it keeps you reading chapter after chapter. In some parts of the book it gets very confusing because there are so many things going on at once that you have no idea what is happen, so both you and I have to read some chapters over again to get what the author and the story is saying. Well because I cannot tell you the entire book, I will tell you the beginning to the book. There is a girl in a big city and she has a boyfriend that she does not like anymore, he keeps on hurting her because she does not like him anymore so she buys a survival knife that keeps the boyfriend away. The only thing is that the boyfriend goes to her school so she has to bring the knife to school, but when that happens she gets in trouble. She goes to the principal office and when the principal questions her she thinks that she is invulnerable to anyone. Sorry to say that is all I can tell you. But after reading this book I would tell anyone who likes to read they should read this book.
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Summary: Beware! This book may be disturbing to your children
Review: This book was assigned to my daughter's class (12 year olds)and they were suppose to read and discuss it in a group. I do't know many 12 year olds who would willingly discuss the subject matter in a group (esp. a mixed sex group). My daughter got 16 pages into it and came to us very upset so my wife and I read it late that night. This book is very powerful and can be very upsetting to kids. I feel it is too intense for 12 year olds. I would not recommend it for young adults unless you as a parent are willing to read this with your children and discuss it. Be prepared for it troubling your child. It talks of another abuse victim committing suicide and no one believing the victim. It also contains very explicit language like: "He F***s me!!".
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Summary: This book is very distrubing and is not very satifying
Review: This book was okay. I tells of a girl named Tish who is sexually abused by her step father. This book really told me about what sexual abuse does to a person. It was very informtive and full of emotion, but the ending was very unsatisfying and the book itself wasn't very good. Cnythia Voigt is my favorite author and I love the Tillerman cylce, which I sugest you read, but this book disapointed me!
Chesley Burruss The American School In Japan
Tokyo
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Summary: quietly devastating
Review: This gem of a novel pulls no punches in showing the devastating effects of ongoing abuse. Neither does it try to suggest there are easy answers, though Tish realises by the end of the story that change begins on the inside. I would recommend this book to readers of 12 and over; it tackles an issue of great importance, is seamlessly constructed, and written in flawless prose. Despite its brevity, Voigt demonstrates her usual mastery of characterisation; she has an uncanny ability to create people who are absolutely believable and real. In young adult writing, no subject of itself is taboo; everything depends on how it is treated. Disturbing but ultimately affirming, this book treats a sensitive subject, and tracks an uncertain emotional landscape with astonishing finesse.
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Summary: Searing, Brutally Honest, and Raw
Review: This stellar, original and riveting read is packed with suspense and emotion. The story is set in a in a small town with littered streets and a deteriating school building. The storyline is intense and the plot absorbing, focusing on Tish, a teenage girl. She is a poor student, bringing home straight "D"s, and easily confused, with a pudgy figure and acne-blemished skin. She is sexually abused by her stepfather. Her happiness hindered by the abuse she is subjected to, Tish makes a turning point decision to end her insurmountable suffering. The decision is to buy a knife and use it in her defense. She attempts to finally be strong; to protect herself from the abuse. Aided with physical power from the knife, and mental power from her new attitude to overcome her stepfather's perpetual and detrimental abuse, Tish struggles through a few days that will cause her--or the reader-- to never be the same. Lacking excess melodrama, this novel eloquently depicts the personal struggles of a victim of sexual abuse. When She Hollers is heart-wrenchingly, searingly honest and raw. Readers are plunged into a painful world of which they were previously oblivious. Without a doubt, this novel one of the most powerful book to be read on the subject of abuse. By holding the book, it will hold you: trembling, crying, hoping, and finally, within the final pages, triumphant.
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