Title: Sorta Like a Rock StarAuthor: Matthew Quick
Age Level: Young Adult (Grades 8-12)
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 2010
ISBN: 9780316043524
Amber Appleton is anything but your average teenage girl. She lives in a school bus, her best friends are handicapped, and she spends her free time making music with Korean priests, writing Haikus with Vietnam vets, and verbally sparring with the elderly. Although Amber's been dealt a bad hand in her personal life, she hasn't let it affect her faith. After a horrible tragedy, Amber is faced with a decision: hold out hope or admit defeat?
Amber is a character of epic proportions. She is so unfortunate in her home life, but she doesn't let her circumstances get her down. In fact, she takes all of her misfortune and uses it as a catalyst for all the good things she does. I'm not sure how a grown man channeled her so well, but he did a fabulous job. When I first started reading this book, I was kind of turned off by the way it was written. It actually sounds like a teenage girl speaking, which is kind of weird to a 28 year-old. True? True. After I got into Amber's story, though, I really loved that it was narrated exactly the way she would've talked. It helped me get inside of her head better than I would have otherwise. The relationships she develops with the adults around her make up for her lack of traditional parent relationships and the friendships she develops are absolutely golden. I can't stress it enough. Read this book. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and Amber Appleton might even change your outlook on life. Yes.
Age Level: Young Adult (Grades 8-12)
Publisher: Little, Brown
Copyright: 2010
ISBN: 9780316043524
Amber Appleton is anything but your average teenage girl. She lives in a school bus, her best friends are handicapped, and she spends her free time making music with Korean priests, writing Haikus with Vietnam vets, and verbally sparring with the elderly. Although Amber's been dealt a bad hand in her personal life, she hasn't let it affect her faith. After a horrible tragedy, Amber is faced with a decision: hold out hope or admit defeat?
Amber is a character of epic proportions. She is so unfortunate in her home life, but she doesn't let her circumstances get her down. In fact, she takes all of her misfortune and uses it as a catalyst for all the good things she does. I'm not sure how a grown man channeled her so well, but he did a fabulous job. When I first started reading this book, I was kind of turned off by the way it was written. It actually sounds like a teenage girl speaking, which is kind of weird to a 28 year-old. True? True. After I got into Amber's story, though, I really loved that it was narrated exactly the way she would've talked. It helped me get inside of her head better than I would have otherwise. The relationships she develops with the adults around her make up for her lack of traditional parent relationships and the friendships she develops are absolutely golden. I can't stress it enough. Read this book. You'll laugh, you'll cry, and Amber Appleton might even change your outlook on life. Yes.
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