Slake's Limbo

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Summary: Not a good book. Arrrggh.....
Review: To me Slakes Limbo didn't appeal to me. What's up with the rat? Where is he at the end of the book? I still don't know the answers to these questions. The book didn't develop any unique taste. The same happenings usually occured everyday. Slake is an interesting person but because you don't really know anything about him. I my mind I think Slake is a tiny boy that sells newspapers to his friend a Cleaning lady and a man with a turban. His best friends a rat and he has a job sweeping at a Diner. What does that tell you about Slake,that he likes rats. Well tell if you figure out why Slake dreams about pigs and birds and his best friend is a subway rat.

Rating:
Summary: Read it first
Review: When I was in 7th grade I had a teacher who read us a manuscript that he said was to be published some day - he read it through aloud and and then asked the class for our opinions. That teacher was a friend of the author Ms. Holman who was still working on the book back in 1985. For years I was plagued by memories of this unpublished book read aloud to me when I was 13 - a book that had yet to even be titled. I was haunted by memories of this young boy trying to survive on his own. I loved the story. It challenged me, scared me, and has become a permanent part of my memory. Please share this now long time published book with an adolescent you know. When you are trying to survive your friends, your self-image, and every other petty concern - hearing this boy's struggle puts it all in perspective.