Hamati, Marina
Book Report
#1
English, Period
3
November 2,
2016
Criss
Cross
Lynne Rae
Perkins
Young
Adult Novel
337
Pages
Newberry
Prize

The novel, Criss Cross,
by Lynne Rae Perkins,
is about five friends,- Lenny,
Debbie, Phil, Patty,
and Hector- but is
mainly is about the
two main characters, Hector
and Debbie. They are two
fourteen year olds who wished something
good would happen
and
felt that they
are changing. It begins
with a boy named Hector
going with his
sister, Rowanne, and her
friends to a
coffee house. A performer went
on a stage
where they started
to play the
guitar. This sparked an
interest for Hector
that made him want
to play the
guitar as well.
His parents sent
him to guitar
lessons. He meets
a girl named
Meadow and a boy
named Dan Persik.
Hector forms a crush on Meadow,
but is crushed to see Dan
and Meadow holding hands at
a fair. Debbie
wishes for change
on her necklace constantly,
but later on she
loses her necklace. Hector
found her necklace later on
at a fair and their
eyes met. Whenever
the five friends
have free times
they go into Lenny’s dad’s truck to listen to the radio (to a radio show called
Criss Cross), nobody
was available except
Debbie and Lenny,
so Lenny taught Debbie
to use a
stick shift. Later on
Debbie helps an old
lady Mrs.Bruning. Mrs.Bruning’s
grandson (Peter) visits his grandmother
and the two
teens met. Mrs.Bruning becomes ill and
Debbie drives her to
the
hospital. Debbie and
Peter hung out for a
while. Soon after, Peter leaves and is not able to come
back. Debbie became morbid.
Later on, Debbie
and Hector go
to a fair
and sing songs
together. Their eyes
meet and their paths are
crossed.
I found
this novel quite
dull and boring. Although
I like the messages it gives. The
plots did not
have much action
or climax because most of
the
problems are solved
in the end.
For example, Debbie
loses her necklace someone returns it
to her. I
also liked how
close the friends
were. It reminds
me of my
friends and how
close we are.
The quote, “She wished
something would happen. Something
good. To her,” on the cover
makes me think
it is good
to wish and hope, but
better to accomplish it. I
mostly like how
this book is
worded. For example,
on page 95, “Finally,
Lenny turn the
key, and the
radio became the third person…”
Some parts of
the book I
enjoyed, but the
rest I did not. Depending on
the person and their
interests, I
would recommend this
to some people.
Wow! Great work. I loved the story line, but the review made me question it. Your summary made me very interested in the book and if you wouldn't mind I would like to borrow your book sometime. I hope I will enjoy it. Like you said, " I would recommend this to some people." Overall amazing job on the book review it really helped.
ReplyDeleteThis story sounds great but thank you for saying the truth about it and how you felt because I now know I probably shouldn't buy it if it's dull and boring. amazing job!:D
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