Making the Run

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Summary: BEST BOOK EVER
Review: I've read this book multiple times. It not sounds just like the typical life of a teenager, but it's kind of scary how close in personality the main character is to me. I've even gotten to the point where i'm underlining thing's she's said in awe that they are some of the same things i've said to other or even just myself at times. If you're my age, which is 16, soon to be 17, you'll love this book. If you're 20, you'll love this book, anyone will love this book because it's about a young girl who discovers herself, and we all have either gone through that, or are still going through that and because of that, everyone can relate.

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Summary: Awesome and lyrical
Review: In fast paced nearly poetic prose, first time novelist Henson presents shutterbug Lulu, a constant observer who sees the events of a her life as series of captioned photographs. A camera hangs around her neck even when it is too dark to take pictures, as she uses the lens to craft a frame of reference for her troubled life: a mother dead at a young age, a distant and critical father, bouts of bad grades, and shoplifting, and more recently, joyriding, drinking and drug experimentation. When Jay, her half brother's friend and bandmate pulls back into town, Lu's first crush becomes her first lover as she develops an intimate relationship with a man ten years her senior that her dad disapproves of.
As Lu's eighteenth birthday and high school graduation approach, Lu begins to think that Jay may be her ticket out of small town life. But the two are at odds, in spite of their attraction; just as she is preparing to flee Kentucky, he has returned to make a home; just as she is ready to settle into a relationship, he is not committed.
Henson cleverly uses the metaphor of the road to show Lu's twists, turns and detours, and the tragedy it takes to put her - and her relationship with her father - back on the right path.
This was an unputdownable novel. We see Lu and her best friend Ginny make bad choices and know something has to give, but we are unable to look away. Naïve readers may be surprised at the turn of events, but Henson manages to make the ending satisfying and believable in spite of the "no other options" feel.
Recommended for mature readers; read with Keizer's God of Beer (HarperCollins 2002)

Rating:
Summary: Awesome and lyrical
Review: In fast paced nearly poetic prose, first time novelist Henson presents shutterbug Lulu, a constant observer who sees the events of a her life as series of captioned photographs. A camera hangs around her neck even when it is too dark to take pictures, as she uses the lens to craft a frame of reference for her troubled life: a mother dead at a young age, a distant and critical father, bouts of bad grades, and shoplifting, and more recently, joyriding, drinking and drug experimentation. When Jay, her half brother's friend and bandmate pulls back into town, Lu's first crush becomes her first lover as she develops an intimate relationship with a man ten years her senior that her dad disapproves of.
As Lu's eighteenth birthday and high school graduation approach, Lu begins to think that Jay may be her ticket out of small town life. But the two are at odds, in spite of their attraction; just as she is preparing to flee Kentucky, he has returned to make a home; just as she is ready to settle into a relationship, he is not committed.
Henson cleverly uses the metaphor of the road to show Lu's twists, turns and detours, and the tragedy it takes to put her - and her relationship with her father - back on the right path.
This was an unputdownable novel. We see Lu and her best friend Ginny make bad choices and know something has to give, but we are unable to look away. Naïve readers may be surprised at the turn of events, but Henson manages to make the ending satisfying and believable in spite of the "no other options" feel.
Recommended for mature readers; read with Keizer's God of Beer (HarperCollins 2002)

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Summary: Making the Run
Review: In the book Making the Run author and first time novelist Henson shows a dramtic very different girl Lu. Lu lost her mother when she was little and witnessed the whole thing. Since then shes hated her father.Lu although somewhat messed up keeps her self busy with the help of her best friend Ginny and having her first real love,Jay, her older brothers band member. Lu has to deal with Ginny getting pregnant and her dad dating.Emotions start to going crazy and Lu always seems to be floating (from the drugs) a horrible tradgey tends to change Lu's life forever. Henson was writing this book to show that drugs may not always be the way to go. I recommend this book to teens mostly because it teachs you the way life is.

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Summary: Making the Run
Review: In this book there is a girl, Lu that doesn't exactly know how how to deal with life. With drinking,drugs,and sex she becomes caught up in a crazy world where she's constantly floating not really knowing anything except for one thing she wants to get out of Rainey, the small town shes stuck in, but when she find news about her best friend Ginny things start to change. After a horrible tradgedy, will she stay or leave....

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Summary: Making the run is awesome! A must read!
Review: Lulu or " Crazy Lu" is desperate to get out of a small town in Kentucky but is weeks away from graduation. She drowns out her sorrow through drugs, sex, and pictures. She has a keen eye for photography and is constantly wearing her camera around her neck, even when it's dark. When her stepbrother's old friend comes back, she falls in love. When her relationship becomes steamy, her brother and father disagree it results into abuse. At first she experiments with drugs with her best friend Ginny, then it becomes a daily ritual. Smoke. School. Smoke. Grams. Smoke. Jay's. Smoke. Drink. Bed. Making the run was a clever, enlightening, and truthful story.

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Summary: Making the run is awesome! A must read!
Review: Lulu or " Crazy Lu" is desperate to get out of a small town in Kentucky but is weeks away from graduation. She drowns out her sorrow through drugs, sex, and pictures. She has a keen eye for photography and is constantly wearing her camera around her neck, even when it's dark. When her stepbrother's old friend comes back, she falls in love. When her relationship becomes steamy, her brother and father disagree it results into abuse. At first she experiments with drugs with her best friend Ginny, then it becomes a daily ritual. Smoke. School. Smoke. Grams. Smoke. Jay's. Smoke. Drink. Bed. Making the run was a clever, enlightening, and truthful story.

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Summary: A great book
Review: Making the Run is a very good book. It's centered around the life of an 18 year old girl named Lu. She does drugs all the time to get her through each day. She falls in love with her brothers older friend. They have a close steamy relationship. This book is good, descriptive, and truthful. I can really connect with the main character.

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Summary: Making the Run
Review: Making the Run is an amazing story of 18-year old Lu, who wants to get out of Rainey, Kentucky right after her graduation. When she reunites with her brother's best friend, Jay, she wants to leave even sooner and take Jay with her. The center of Lu's life is getting high, partying, hanging out with her half-brother and Ginny, her relationship with her father, the loss of her mother and taking pictures. Even though her family is dysfunctional, they are still a big part in her life. When Ginny makes the run and dies, Lu is overcome with guilt because she feels that she should have been with her. Death, both now and then, plays a huge role in Lu's life.

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Summary: You have got to read this book
Review: Making the Run is the best fiction book you could ever read. The characters are really memorable. They are their own person. They don't try to be someone they're not. They do their own thing and they don't care what other pepole think.
While living in Rainey, Lu has it rough. She lives with a single parent who's hardly home and never there for her when she needs them. She has had a dream of doing something she loves doing and then one night that all changes. Then she falls for someone that she has known since she was little.
This book just sounds so real. Once you start reading it, you won't be able to put it down. The more you keep reading on, the more it keeps you guessing and wanting to know what happens next. I think it's one of those books that would keep you guessing and wanting to know what happens next.
I would suggest this book to anyone who is having a hard time in their life. I loved this book so much. Out of most of the books that I have read, I wouls have to say this one was one of the best. This book reminds me of someone I'm really close to. My friend is pretty much going through things that Lu is going through.