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Cargando... Cyclonepor Doreen Cronin
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Give this book to someone who likes books filled with realistic drama. In the story, Nora and her cousin are visiting the Coney Island amusement park. Nora convinces Riley to take a ride with her on a heart-stopping roller coaster, the Cyclone. Immediately after the ride, Riley tragically falls to the ground unconscious. Will Riley survive and will Nora be able to stop blaming herself for the incident? Doreen Cronin has added to her collection of picture book and early reader books with this satisfying debut middle-grade novel. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Riding the Cyclone, the world famous Coney Island rollercoaster was supposed to be the highlight of twelve-year-old Nora's summer, but right after they disembark, Nora's thirteen-year-old cousin Riley falls to the ground and into a coma that Nora thinks is her fault. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I have really mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, it's definitely full of heavy stuff. On the other hand, for kids who are going through a medical trauma of their own (or of a loved one), it could be comforting to read about another's trials. Cronin does make a point of both using medical jargon and explaining it thoroughly. The characters developed are realistically done, even to the point of using swear words. Cronin essentially "bleeps" these out, but I'm still not sure that I'd recommend a work full of f-bombs to young readers.
Also, after developing such a rich world, the book ends somewhat abruptly, in my opinion. There are many questions left open-ended -- for instance,