Rating: 
Summary: A surprisingly good book
Review: Im not as much of a reader as much as the rest of you but i can assure u that this book is a good buy. My friend recomended it to me and i read it not having a clue what it was about. Im a 16 year old who think s this book is hilarious but dark at the same time. (the kid gets a flaming paper shoved in his but). You have to buy this book!
Rating:
Summary: Read the 1st paragraph and you won't want to put it down!
Review: As another reviewer here mentioned, it's hard to guess why one book makes the best seller list and why another doesn't. I happened upon this one last summer(2002) and it really got to me. There is always that one book of the summer that I'll read and then can't read anything for weeks after, because it needs time to be absorbed, thought about. In 2002, that was this book.I thought for sure it would be a best seller, but I didn't see it on any lists and I was really truly surprised. The writing is genious. The main character and narrator, Edgar Mint is so vulnerable, you want to protect him. You sit incredulous, at the sad twist of fate that starts this story of his life and changes it horribly, only to come full circle in the end. Maybe I'm warped, but I felt this story had a lot of humor to it. It just had a lot of emotion and deserves a place where everyone will know about it and read it and love it like I did. This summer(2003) that book for me was The Secret Life of Bees. That one made it to the best seller list and deserves it's place there, but so does The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint.
Rating:
Summary: Most unique, incredible book. Pageturner, unforgettable!
Review: This book came to me so highly recommended by people I love
and trust that I was intrigued from the start. Within a few
sentences, I wanted to know what would happen to this kid
who was run over by a mail truck. The story unfolds with
enough twists and turns to keep you surprised continuously,
and yet you'll laugh and cry along with the character/hero
Edgar every step of the way.
What I think the book REALLY is, however, is an incredibly
accurate account of institutionalized child abuse, especially
of minorities, the poor, and sick. The indifference of the
caretakers (not caregivers!), the horrendously shallow people
in charge, the do-gooders, the desperate, the drunks, they're
all here. It makes you squirm, it makes you feel, but most
of all it gets right in your face and possibly makes you grow
and become more wonderful gently human! I love Edgar Mint!
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