Up Country (Point/Young Adult Fiction)

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Summary: Amazing!
Review: I read this book for an 8th Grade book report, and I have read it over and over again. Everytime I read it I get the same feelings I had the first time I read it. Carl Staggers feels what a real 16 year old boy would feel if he were in that same situation and it amazes me how well the auther expressed that.

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Summary: How he deals with his mother's alcoholism.
Review: I think it is like Carl has reversed roles and became the parent. When he would not bail his mother out of jail after so many times of doing so. He did a great job of adapting to his new life in Wisconsin with his aunt and uncle.

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Summary: Good book
Review: I think that this book is the best book I've ever read, and each time I read it I get the same feeling over again.

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Summary: POWERFUL!
Review: I used to not like books this book changed my mind! a must read. Very touching and a great wake up call to life!

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Summary: Superb!
Review: Up Country is probably one of the most treasured books I own. I can relate to Carl's feelings and emotions, and every time I read it, the same situational segments of the story still make me laugh out loud. I would recommend Up Country to anyone, based on it's superb characterization and thought.

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Summary: Courage from despare and hope from depression
Review: Up Country is the story of a young boy Carl who finds the deck stacked against him. How do you find help when your Mom is an alcoholic prostitute? Carl finds it from the most unwelcome source, his upstate relatives in hicksville! How ironic that the only way he can get there is to be caught by the police for helping his mother attack a cop, and then for opporating a theft ring. Lessons from responsibilty, respect, humor, and friendship are to be found with a family that really cares. The really hard choices come when he has to choose between support for himself or helping his Mom. What should any of us do is such cornering times?