A Solitary Blue

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Summary: A totally cool book!
Review: 'Solitary Blue' is a story about a guy called Jeff and aboutwhen he visited his mother.This book is a really good one and it also introduced me to Cynthia Voigt and made me a 'Cynthia Voigt freak'. If you read one book by her, you'll want to read all the books by her. By Aya Yamada, American School In Japan, Tokyo.

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Summary: Short but sweet
Review: I pretty much enjoyed the whole book. The way Voigt made me feel like I was actually in the book was overwhelming. I was hooked to the book and I was even more hooked to the characters. I felt really sorry for Jeff...at one point I even cried. I really sympathized with him when his mother told him off, that's when I pretty much realized he didn't have a mother or a father that he could count on. I would definately recommend this book to teenagers my age(15)! Even though I had to read this book for school, I surprisingly enjoyed it...and I think you will too!

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Summary: A great book that is more of an adult read....
Review: This was a poignant tale. The very first page is heart-wrenching. I don't see how young people being forced to read this book for school could ever appreciate the adult themes presented in this book. This book requires a certain level of maturity to understand the dynamics of a child who is caught between two adults who have so many problems (especially the problem of not knowing how to parent with love). This is a very frustrating book to read; the parental behavior (one might call it abuse) was so difficult to read about. If the ending wasn't totally satisfying to me (I wanted to see Melody truly confess to being an awful mother, or at least rot in hell), I found this to be a very moving, satisfying book to read.



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Summary: A truly moving story
Review: ??A Solitary Blue?? is a beautifully written touching and thought-provoking book. A truly moving story about emotions, and life??s struggles condensed in to a simple plot.

The novel is about a character everyone seems to already have met with, an acquaintance that every one can relate to; Jeff Greene, the smart boy who??s intelligence exceeds that of his peers. But Jeff is struggling with a problem; he doesn??t seem to be working to his potential. The novel is about Jeff??s solitude.

Cynthia Voigt has written one of those novels that seem to have magic on their own. Once you start reading it just get more and more interesting. The writing is superb and truly deserves the Newberry Honor Award and the many others awards it has come by.

At seven years old Jeff??s mother, Melody leaves home. Leaving Jeff to live a life with his father, the Professor. Jeff has a very deep-seated love for his mother and a longing to be with her, until one summer when he is invited to visit his mother and grandmother. It was that same summer that he discovered the real hidden truth; why Melody left him and his father and something even worst. Through this process Jeff also discovers many new truths that he did not know about, such as why his father always seemed so remote, shy and isolated even to his own son.

Story then reveals how Jeff deals with his emotions, his life and how the situation evolved from his struggles and troubles he has with his family, social relationships, and friendships and how he eventually resolves his problems.

Cynthia Voigt has written in such a way that the simple plot seems so realistic, full of life that it will bring tears to many readers.

Through Jeff??s discovery journey, in search of truth, Jeff finds his new hidden self, his new life and new hope.

But Cynthia seems to indirectly investigate further into the situation. She ultimately offers the reader to examine the relationships that are so common in our lives that are often, neglected. She points out how things often, come about and reminds us how often, we don??t make the best decisions and actions in our life. She questions your opinions of people, their relationships, action, and emotions. What they do, how they do it and the morality of their actions and the many perspectives that often we do not consider looking into.

In some ways this book is an analysis of life. Life??s surprises, the spontaneous truths that we all have perhaps yet to discover.

??A Solitary Blue?? is a very emotional and poignant book. However, personally I would highly recommend this book to be read only once. Reading the book a second time would make the story dull. Much of the magic of this book comes from its surprises, the twists and turns in the book. The text is not difficult, as far as vocabulary goes and the plot is rather simple

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Summary: A solitary book to blow you away!
Review: Cynthia Voigt's A Solitary Blue, is a very moving and family oriented novel. Voigt paints a perfect picture to the reader about the adventurous, yet upsetting life of a young man named Jeff. Jeff lives with his father in Boston Massachusetts's. His mother has been in and out of his life since he was a little boy. All Jeff wants is a normal, non-workaholic type father who will notice him, and his mother to stay in or out of his life. Jeff has to focus his childhood on raising himself, and taking care of the Professor (the name Jeff's father goes by). Jeff's grades begin to drop as he struggles to live as an adult in a child's body. Will Jeff get the stability he needs to keep going? Let's just say, ask the blue heron.
A Solitary Blue is a very emotion jerking type of book. This story is capable of bringing out your inner most feelings, to relate to this little boy. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes reality type novels or, to anyone who likes to read a good, shorter type of book.

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Summary: An Awesome book
Review: Jeff Greene's mother leaves him when he's in second grade. He's afraid his father might leave him too so stays quiet and unemotional like his father likes. Then he meets his mother again, and realizes the truth about her, that she is a horrible lying person, and stays with his father, but when she demands rights of Jeff he doesn't know what to do until he meets the Tillermans. Cynthia Voigt is an awesome writer and this is one of her best books.