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All teen and kid reviews for Whirligig
Average rating based on 18 kid and teen reviews:
- 28% say there are positive messages
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Whirligig
Sorry, no offense to the author, but I'm a 9th grader and we just had to read this book and...well....no one liked it. It's annoying because at the beginning this guy is completely overly dramatic and sensitive. Everyone knows high school isn't going to be perfect, especially for new kids. But because a girl embarrassed him he decides to kill himself? Sorry but that's beyond stupid.Then some wooden toys are supposed to influence people and their life choices? Really? If I saw a toy in the park, I'd think, "cool," and then forget about it forever. The book doesn't have much going for it anyway. You can tell that the author is probably good because of his writing style, but the book is awful! If I hadn't been forced to read it I would have returned it before the 2nd day, if I checked it out in the 1st place. Do yourself a favor, and don't read it unless you have to. If you are in high school, middle school, etc, then u have enough drama in your life and shouldn't have to put yourself through a story of a random guy's self-destructive course and his guilt from murder and etc.
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I wonder....
My classroom plan's on reading this book but am hearing some bad things and some good things about it am going to come back and see if this is a good book.
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not interesting
There no interesting plot line. my English class was force to read it, and no one liked it. it was too boring. dont waste your time looking for the book.
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itas okay for a 10 year old
this boook was stupid it was waste of my time, minutes of my life i will never get back life is to short to waste on this book the author should be ashamed of what they put me through
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During his journey Brent learns and begins to build an entire new life. Although this book is not very exciting, it's great for readers who like slow and thoughtful stories :)
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better for older kids. Stronger themes may not be appropriate for younger children
Whirligig is a beautiful story of redemption. A boy searching for himself and forgiveness travels across the country to build whirligigs for a young woman he accidentally killed. We see the affects the whirligigs have on him, but also the affect it has on four the lives of others in the four states.
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ehh.....
Ok this book is ok we read it in class and it was boring everyone fell asleep, except in like the third chapter when these two teenage girls are talking and the one is trying to encourge the other by telling her her future in which she has a fulller figure and find a man who is sick from hypothermia (sorry if thats spelled wrong) and to save him she presses her body to his....that was an akward moment in my class funny since my teaacher said "there not doing anything....yet" lol :) I'd say teaches kids not to drink or you may kill somone and have to travel the counrty buliding things.
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i had to read this book for honors english and i couldn't put the book down. i would not let my little sister read it, good book for older kids.
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Whirligig. (:
Hi, i'm 15 going into freshman year in abut two weeks and all the freshmans had to read this book over the summer so i started right away just to get it over with, it was going fine at first then I got really confused because I thought the book was going to be about brent and the two girls in chapter two then chapter four came and isn't wasn't about the girls and I got so confused. so I guess i'm just saying that you really have to pay attention and follow along and if your reading it for school like I had to I would take notes about the setting, characters, problem/conflict and how it was solved, and the theme/ message of each chapter so you won't get as confused as I did. Overall it is a good book, just hard to understand in some parts. I would not have even thought about reading it if it wasn't for class but anyone who is looking for a book with a strong message it is the perfect book. goodluck. (:
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Don't Waste Your time
Whirligig is an interesting book as far as plot. It's a required reading book for me, so I was forced to push my way through this. All of my classmates agree on one thing: it is dreadfully boring. The writer could have done so much more detail with the unique storyline. If it had been more extensive I would have reconsidered.
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Very Inspiring.
A great book that will inspire many.
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It a grate book and i am 14 and i loved it!!!
I just trun 14 and i think that whirlilgig is a grate book now i am doing a big projet on it and i think it going to turn out grate i recommend for you to read it.
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awesome lesson-teaching for teens and adults!
This is a wonderful book to have your teenage kids read! its very educational and teaches an important lesson about drinking and driving, and also responsibility and mitureity.
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Comfused.??
I think this book was a greet message too all ages. Like how he take responsibility on killing lea, he didn't give up, even how hard it was too go around the world and put up whirligigs. But I don't think this book was put together as well as I hoped. It felt like too me, the author just smashed these chapters together. I felt like it was too confusing to fallow. one chapter it would be of Brent and his journey, then too something really random. But that's my opinion, and even if it was too confusing for me too fallow. I still enjoyed it. I really loved the message.!! (:
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good book, bad ending.
kay, i really liked this book, my teacher even made us do a report on it (i got an A.) the ending on the other hand was absolutely terrible. i hate the ending. it preety much just left ya hangin. which really just sucked. i think this book would be apropriate for some 13 year olds and up, it was a adult book with some adult words (not cus words) just i think an adult would get it better, but what can i say im 14 and i got it perfectly.
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