3 NBs of Julian Drew

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Summary: A deep and powerful book!
Review: I rate this book a ten star! Too high for a 5 star scale. The code in this book was exiting to figure out and it helped you unravel the story of Julian with him. I read this book in one day and loved it! One of my all-time favorite books! If you don't read this book, you are going to miss out on a wonderful experience!

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Summary: A survival story.
Review: Julian is an abused child. His mother is dead, his demented stepmother starves him and locks him in his room and makes him do all the chores in the house, and his father lets her. The story is told in diary form of Julian's three notebooks, or "Nbs" as he calls them. The notebooks are written in code so that if his father and stepmother should discover them, they would have difficulty reading. The reader also has difficulty at first, as it takes some detective work to decipher the code.

The thing I liked most about the book is Julian's strength of spirit. With the support of his English teacher and a classmate, he is able to get a job, run away, and make a new life for himself. When I looked at James Deem's website, it says the story is based on the author's own experiences. And you can tell. It's really good, though the code can be a bit annoying.

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Summary: Superb!
Review: Parts of 15 year-old Julian's life are so terrible, the only way he can write about them in his journal is in code.

"My hand is going 2 write U if it K1775 me," he writes in his NB, an 80 page green spiral notebook.

As his diary unfolds, we slowly see the horrible emotional and physical abuse he receives at the hands of his stepmother and the longing he feels for his dead mother.

This book is challenging to read, but well worth the effort: _Flowers for Algernon_ meets _I Am The Cheese_. Highly recommended.

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Summary: No word Can Fully Describe This Book
Review: This book seriously defies the mind. When I picked up this book + read the 1st page I knew that it was going 2 B like no book that I have ever read. I had some knowledge of pager code before hand so it was not as difficult for me as it would B for someone who hadn't. I was intrigued w/ 16 y.o Julian who's life + everything in it couldn't be described as anything but [the underworld]. This book kept me turning page after page determined to find if he gets away 4rm his abusive parents or ever meets this "U" th@ he obsesses himself over.
This book is a puzzle and unraveling it is only half the fun. I recommend this book 2 everyone. I thought it was a great story + if u take the time 2 sit down + read it, I'm sure you will think the same thing 2.

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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: When I first picked up this book, I was instantly thrown into the story. Though slightly confusing, your heart can't help but bleed for 16 year old Julian Drew; an abused child carrying years of guilt and longing for his mother and a family that will never be. Telling the story through the creative aspect of a diary (or NB as Julian calls it) Deem tells a tale of a young boy literally locked within the prison of circumstance, lost and basically alone. With a touching cast of characters and a deep, yet expertly told storyline, 3 NBs of Julian Drew will leave you breathless. The code that Julian writes in at the beginning of the book makes him seem so much realer and so much more believeable, therefore adding to the story another dimension. We watch as he progresses more and more and deserts the code. So, all in all, 3 NBs of Julian Drew is most definitely worth a read--or even two!