33 Snowfish

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Summary: 33 Snowfish
Review: 33 Snowfish is the story of a young boy Custis. His age is never definately set, but he is probably 11 or 12. He grew up with an abusive "owner" Bob Motley and now is on the road with Boobie, a seventeen year old who killed his parents, Curl, Boobie's girlfriend and a drug addicted hooker, and Boobie's little unnamed baby brother.

This book is written in slang, which at first is hard to read, but once you get ten or fifteen pages in you get used to it. I thought that Adam Rapp wrote this book so poetically and the imagery is brilliant.

This is a relatively quick read, but I thought it was a very beautiful story and the ending was very gratifying.

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Summary: 33 Snowfish
Review: Adam Rapp wrote a brilliant novel called 33 Snowfish, which takes place in the northwestern United States. This is a story about three teenagers who face everyday struggles and run away together in a search for what they were missing in life...love. They face many difficulties, including disease and anger. In their travels, Curl catches an illness which Custis and Boobie refer to as "lung frost" (Rapp 90; Custis). This illness eventually kills her. As she is dying, Curl draws snowfish on the side of the bus that they are living in. These fish symbolize the difficulties they faced in their everyday life. Custis and Boobie are very different from each other. Custis sees the beauty in life, and Boobie likes to burn things. Rapp is a very talented writer who has written many other books, such as The Copper Elephent and the Buffalo Tree. This is a great book and I would love to read some of his other works.

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Summary: 33 Snowfish
Review: I enjoyed this book; it was very realistic with good imagery. It is also not suitable for people that are not mature enough to handle profanity or graphic imagery. I enjoyed the book because it showed how life could be if you choose to be a prostitute, runaway, or an orphan.It also explains different love issues. Even though the characters in the book had little family contact, they made their own type of family and they loved each other like a real family would. The characters also explain how they decide if they can trust someone or not sometimes by their clothes or even by the way they walk. This book is fictional but very well could be a true story. I would recommend this book to mature teens and adults.

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Summary: 33 Snowfish
Review: This dark and poignant tale tells a very important story. he story chronicles the journey of 3 troubled and homeless kids. The story switches point of views from Curl a 15 year old prostitute to Custis a homeless boy who has escaped from his abusive "owner." The leader of this crew is Boobie who has just killed his parents and kidnapped his baby brother. This book deals with very difficult but important issues, and Rapp weaves tthe story beautifully. The slang is a bit difficult to understand in the beginning but once you become used to it, it adds a whole new element to the story. The story is distrubing and not easily forgotten but it is meant to stay with the reader. This haunting book is not one you will regret reading.

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Summary: Beautiful, Chilling Story
Review: This dark and poignant tale tells a very important story. he story chronicles the journey of 3 troubled and homeless kids. The story switches point of views from Curl a 15 year old prostitute to Custis a homeless boy who has escaped from his abusive "owner." The leader of this crew is Boobie who has just killed his parents and kidnapped his baby brother. This book deals with very difficult but important issues, and Rapp weaves tthe story beautifully. The slang is a bit difficult to understand in the beginning but once you become used to it, it adds a whole new element to the story. The story is distrubing and not easily forgotten but it is meant to stay with the reader. This haunting book is not one you will regret reading.