When Jeff Comes Home

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Summary: When Jeff Comes home
Review: i am a high school freshman whom has just read this book for class. This is one of the better books that i have read in a while.The characters are very carfully constructed. The only problem that i had with the book is that i wish the author would have written more.it kinda leaves you at a cliff hanger to imagion the rest of the book for yourself.

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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read!
Review: I can't say enough about this book! Its about this guy named Jeff who was kidnapped for 2 and a 1/2 years by this guy named Ray. When he is returned home he has to adjust to things and get back to a normal life. At about the middle of the book they do get Ray in custedy. But throughout the whole book Jeff still feels some loyalty to Ray. In the end we learn that Jeff had to do sexual favors for food.
Anyways I can't stop telling people to read this book! I loved every minute of reading it. It was so interesting and a really good page turner. I couldn't put it down and I'm hoping Mrs. Atkins will do a sequal.

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Summary: One of the best books I have ever read!
Review: I can't say enough about this book! Its about this guy named Jeff who was kidnapped for 2 and a 1/2 years by this guy named Ray. When he is returned home he has to adjust to things and get back to a normal life. At about the middle of the book they do get Ray in custedy. But throughout the whole book Jeff still feels some loyalty to Ray. In the end we learn that Jeff had to do sexual favors for food.
Anyways I can't stop telling people to read this book! I loved every minute of reading it. It was so interesting and a really good page turner. I couldn't put it down and I'm hoping Mrs. Atkins will do a sequal.

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Summary: Amazing!
Review: I was very impressed by this debut novel, and am looking forward to any books that Atkins may publish in the beginning. Beginning this book, I was weary and slightly dissapointed that I had bought it, seeing that it was published by the same company who released the highly dissapointing and poorly written 'Are You In The House Alone,' by Richard Peck. But 'When Jeff Comes Home' left me pleasantly surprised at the depth of it's emotion, Jeff's conflicting feelings and his father's almost obsessive drive.

Which leads into one of my only real faults. There is very little interaction/love displayed between the father and Jeff's brother and sister. This is never dealt with, only mentioned enough to remind you that Jeff is undoubtably the family favorite. Sometimes I felt more sorry for Charolette and Brian than Jeff!

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Summary: a weird but good book
Review: The first thing you realize when is that Jeff has problems. These problems are one that only some one who has gone through something like what Jeff went through you don't really stop to think about. It seems like Paranoia is one of Jeff's big issues. Its my guess since I am not a parent the worst thing that can happen to someone's child is to get kidnap or if they just disappears.

After almost three years of being kidnapped Jeff comes home and tries to be normal but its hard to do because he has to face certain issues and I seems like people keep reminding him of it.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to hear about bad things happening to other people or anybody who just likes drama.

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Summary: a weird but good book
Review: The first thing you realize when is that Jeff has problems. These problems are one that only some one who has gone through something like what Jeff went through you don't really stop to think about. It seems like Paranoia is one of Jeff's big issues. Its my guess since I am not a parent the worst thing that can happen to someone's child is to get kidnap or if they just disappears.

After almost three years of being kidnapped Jeff comes home and tries to be normal but its hard to do because he has to face certain issues and I seems like people keep reminding him of it.

I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to hear about bad things happening to other people or anybody who just likes drama.

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Summary: Amazing Book from All Angles
Review: The first thing you realize when reading this book is that Jeff has problems. These problems to us seem stupid. Things like paranoia over being watched in the bathroom. Not only that but its founded paranioia. Not just something stupid he thinks might happen but did. EVery parent's worst nightmare. Their child dissapears.

Then amazingly he comes back. But it isn't the same boy that was lost two and a half years ago. Its a diffrent child with severe issues, adn many times people make the mistake of forgetting that.

One of the scariest sceans in this was when Jeff was explaining the slap game to his younger brother. The way that the author captures teh hopelss ness of the feeling's Jeff has is powerful.

I would recomend this book to anyone. Just about any one. Less you really hate homosexuality in anything. Becasue there is a few mentions of it.

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Summary: disturbing
Review: This book is REALLY good. If I were a teacher I would have my class read this book. I can't imagine going through something like Jeff, the main character, did. Not only did Jeff have to live with what happened, but he also had to endure the criticism of his peers after it was all over. I don't think that I would be able to live with myself after an experience like that. I can completely understand the reason for his apprehensiveness towards touch. Ray, the guy that had originally kidnapped Jeff, is unimaginably horrible. You will have no idea, until you read this book. But the plot through this book is not only interesting and nerve wracking, but it's also a complete twist at the end that I never would have expected.

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Summary: What are family and friends for anyway?
Review: What an achievement this novel is! Not only has Catherine Atkins brought to life an engaging yet enigmatic adolescent named Jeff, but has also created a "ring true" set of characters around him whose lives he affects in deep ways. Abducted and sexually abused for two and a half miserable years, Jeff is finally able to return home. What are his chances of leading a "normal" family and school life after what he has been through? In search of that answer, Ms. Atkins takes us places we would rather not be, but we go anyway. We cannot help but root for Jeff and his family. We want their pain to end. We want justice to prevail. Most of all, we want this terrible chapter in all their lives to close.

This novel is astonishing. It goes to the heart of family life, and tells us that there is as much fear, guilt and sorrow in it as there is joy, fellowship, and forgiveness. Bravo to Ms. Atkins. You are a fine writer, and Jeff is a fine book!

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Summary: A story that needed to be told
Review: When Jeff Comes Home must have been a challenging book to write. It is an equally challenging one to read. Catherine Atkins is a courageous author, who writes about something most people would prefer not to consider: What happens to abducted children, and what are the emotional scars left on those who are abused? In writing Jeff's story, she manages to craft a page-turner that challenges, then reworks, our ideas of happy endings. All the characters are realistic, and Jeff's relationships with his father, his sister, and his best friend (especially) are compelling. This IS the new young-adult, a book that will keep teens thinking and discussing. A must read.