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Información de la obraGinny Moon por Benjamin Ludwig (2017)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I thought this was a YA book, but it turns out it's being marketed to adults (making it a good candidate for a YALSA Alex Award). Told in the voice of 14-year-old Ginny, this has the markings of YA -- particularly the portrayal of very flawed, irritating adults treating kids unfairly. I listened to the audiobook, which made Ginny sound very young. I imagined her as much younger than 14 -- more like 11 or 12. Because of her autism and her traumatic upbringing, Ginny is naïve and literal in some ways, but also streetwise and canny in others. She is a unique and compelling character, for sure. I was completely drawn into the story and almost ridiculously, viscerally angry at Mara, Ginny's adoptive "forever mom" who suddenly turns into a bitch after she gives birth to Ginny's new "forever sister." I hated Mara for how she treated Ginny, but I was grudgingly sympathetic, too. When you have a new baby, you get very little sleep. And no sleep can make a person terrible. On top of that, I experienced a version of what Mara went through myself. When my daughter was born, all my love for my dog Stanley seemed to evaporate and I irrationally saw him as a threat to my baby's safety and an irritating drain on my energy (which, due to lack of sleep, was already super low). He growled at my daughter a few times and I told my husband we had to find a new family for him, like now. Of course, I was overreacting because I was exhausted and paranoid. So basically I was Mara, but with a dog. Which is different. I think this would be an excellent pick for book clubs because it raises so many questions about parenthood, adoption, abuse, caretaking, and it doesn't give any easy answers. While things seem to work out for Ginny in the end, it is not entirely comfortable and heartwarming. Ginny Moon's story is sweet. She lives with her third set of "Forever Parents", goes to school with Larry who loves to sing and Alison Hill who doesn't like to be rushed. She has a friend named Patrice who has a cat called Agamemnon who likes to sit on her lap. Ginny is approximately 14 years old and wants to know that her Baby Doll is OK. Ginny is Autistic. Honestly? I have no clue if Ginny has been written as an atypical autistic child. I haven't had any direct experience with one. My knowledge of autism is derived only from TV and Books (and probably movies to) as is most people's. But Ginny seemed real. She seemed, likely. Like she is someone who really exists and who did all the things she does in the book. Even if she isn't accurate (and what is accurate when it comes to autism anyway) I challenge anyone to read this book and then say they weren't captivated. Ginny kept me reading right until the end. I'm so glad I read her story. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Ve el mundo de otra manera. Te presentamos a Ginny Moon. Es la típica adolescente, toca la flauta en la banda de la escuela, practica baloncesto semanalmente, y lee poemas de Robert Frost en la clase de inglés. Pero Ginny es autista. Y lo que es importante para ella puede parecer un poco... diferente: comienza cada día con nueve uvas exactas como desayuno, su muñeca llamada Michael Jackson y la elaboración de un plan secreto de escapar. Después de haber sido alejada traumáticamente de su madre abusiva y haber vivido en diferentes hogares, Ginny ha encontrado finalmente su «casa permanente», un lugar seguro con padres que la aman y cuidan de ella. Esto es exactamente lo que todo niño huérfano anhela, ¿verdad? Pero Ginny tiene otras intenciones. Planea robar, mentir y aprovecharse de la buena voluntad de quienes la aman, lo que sea para conseguir lo que le falta en su vida. Incluso intentará que la secuestren. Narrada en una voz extraordinaria y totalmente original, esta historia es a la vez peculiar, encantadora, desgarradora y conmovedora, acerca de cómo una persona trata de pertenecer y encontrar sentido a un mundo que no parece comprensible. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I felt terrible for Ginny Moon and feared that even more horrible things were lurking in her past.
Curious how people with a close relationship with a child with autism feel about this. ( )