An Egg on Three Sticks

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Summary: Devastating
Review: There seems to be a trend for writing stories narrated by young teens, and so when I picked up this book I was thinking it would just be another one of those. I was surprised to find that it wasn't. This book is actually realistic and not about some perfect, beautiful girl who dates the hottest boys and is unblemished and rich. This book was about a girl that acted like a real teenager. A girl who looks in the mirror and sees an ugly pimply mess, a girl who needs to work out and who needs bigger breasts. She thinks just like any average teenag girl does. She talks like one, and even has different slang terms for just her and her friends (as I have done and still do) and she acts like one. She's a teenager who grows closer to her friends than her family, and picks the flaws in her family so easily, thinking that that is what everyone sees, which I know that I do! I was happy to read a realistic book, one I could relate to. I thought that the author did a trememndous job on breaking the trend and writing a real book because to me it is too easy to write about someone that's perfect, and much more harder to write about someone who isn't. Thanks for a great read!

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Summary: Could not put it down
Review: This book captivated me from the first page. It is somewhat like Lovely Bones but not as gruesome. Jackie Moyer Fischer was really able to bring me back to the mind set of a junior high student. I was completely carried away.

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Summary: Mental illness in the family/affect on teens/kids....
Review: This is a quick read about the impact that mental illness has particularly on a blossoming teenager. It is a bittersweet story, one which pulled me back to the pain of adolescent years. Take those memories and throw in the challenge of watching your family torn apart by the ravages of mental illness. Beautifully written through the eyes of a young teen, you cannot go away from this without some awareness of the mammoth weight that some kids carry, and yet survive in spite of their challenging circumstances. I hope this author is busily working away - I'm ready for the next volume...

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Summary: So good I'll be reading it again!!
Review: This quippy novel submerges one into the past with such fabulous dialogue, it will make you speak it again...or if you missed the 70's, you'll begin speaking these slogans with ease. Reading the book, An Egg onThree Sticks, is like breathing air. Refreshing and fun. Read it while you're in any mood, its 'voice' will resonate through every reader's memory of their childhood home and make you want to go there.

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Summary: Fabulous book for all ages!
Review: Well, I'm past my 40s and must say I LOVED this! The author's unique voice is fresh and will appeal to the younger crowd, too. This would be a great book for mothers and daughters to enjoy together. Besides being a fun read, this book contains much depth that would make it an excellent book club selection, with discussion questions already included in the book. Highly recommended to all!

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Summary: A quick read
Review: When I first discovered this book I decided not to buy it but it haunted me for several days until I went back to the book store to purchase it. The moment I bought it I began reading and was hooked. I finished this book in two days and couldn't release it. It was a wonderfully written story, written from the perspective of a thirteen year old the writer was able to capture how a child of that age would think and speak. I strongly recommend this as a quick summer read.

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Summary: Wonderfully Written
Review: Wow--I finished this book in record time! The writing style is original and imaginitive, and I lost myself in the fast-paced story. I feel as if I spent a year inside Abby's head. I laughed, cried and was moved to share sentences like "...washing his hands in the bathroom with integrity." Can't wait for the next book!

Rating:
Summary: Wonderfully Written
Review: Wow--I finished this book in record time! The writing style is original and imaginitive, and I lost myself in the fast-paced story. I feel as if I spent a year inside Abby's head. I laughed, cried and was moved to share sentences like "...washing his hands in the bathroom with integrity." Can't wait for the next book!