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The story was narrated by the main character in this story named Cricket Cherpin.

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Was it first-person narration or third-person narration?

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Was it first-person narration or third-person narration?

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It was a first-person narration.

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Was the narrator a reliable source of information?

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Was the narrator a reliable source of information?

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Yes, he is. He basically tells all the things that happens in his life. The center of the plot focuses on his surroundings. All the information of the whole story was in detail.

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It is a fiction type of book. The genre would be young adult. A story about a rebelious teen life, told in such rawness and full of humours.

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How did it compare to another work in this genre?

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How did it compare to another work in this genre?

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It was a good book but i have read a better troubled teen life book that i enjoy a little bit better than this one, when i was in high school. Rather than ranking them, i would just say that this writer has a racous approach of telling this life changing teen story.

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Scott Blagden

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I am sorry but i have not read  any of his other books that he wrote.

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How did previous works compare with this work?

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How did previous works compare with this work?

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I am not sure as i did not read his other books.

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Cricket Cherpin is a teenager who thought that his life is nothing great but a terrible experience. He was being bullied and being so rebellious and his life feeling trapped in a Catholic orphanage might have contributed to his pile of negative thoughts about his life. Even worse, his crush Wynona is his enemy's girlfriend. But as time passes by, his thoughts changes and shifted to a better thoughts of enjoying his life journey, and thing keep on being in his pace after a while of realising it. Wynona helped him with his life and so does his friends and he thought that life maybe isn't as bad as it seems.

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I am not in love with it but it was not that bad. I enjoy the whole process of knowing this Cricket life and how he changes from such a negative human being who hate everything about his life to a person who comes to a realization that it was not so bad after all.

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I did not dislike it as a whole but there are a few major things that i did not fond of about. Firstly, the cliche plot. I think it is quite boring to make a story where a boy changes due to the presence of a girl in his life. I feel dispise towards Cricket because he only started to change due to his crush, Wynona while along that way before, there are a lot of other people like Mother Mary and his school principal that are always trying to help him to be a better person. Other than that, i dislike the way that Cricket sometimes have this icky imagination towards Wynona, rather than that pure feeling of love that attracts him to her. I do not understand why do we need to define our happiness through other people. Why do we need to acknowledge our life is not that bad, only when we are loved by someone. Despite that, i agree with the way the author wrap up the story by actually due to an accident and the death of Grub, his friend that makes him realizes that he owns a second chance and that he still has a life, no mattter how awful he think it is, because his close friend now, don't even have one. But, at the end of the day, if i think back how it was told, real life story is mostly like that. A boy changes because of women that they are physically attracted to and all these thoughts or monologues Cricket have along the way, is something true, when we put it out of the book. It is real and i understand what the author is trying to capture and share to the world.

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Would you read more by this author? Why or why not?

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Would you read more by this author? Why or why not?

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I probably would not because i do not think that his writing style is my cup of tea. The story is too straight forward making you kind of already predicted what is going to happen next, thus lacking that element of surprise but, yet, It was a nice reading.

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Would you encourage others to read this book? Why or why not

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Would you encourage others to read this book? Why or why not

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At this age, i probably would not, but maybe to people who love complicated life plot, told, with light writing techniques, they can enjoy the book i think. This is something that our 16 to 18 year old selves would enjoy reading. Therefore, if i have to recommend it , it would be to that range of age of community.

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Note the time period and location the book is set in.

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Note the time period and location the book is set in.

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The time period of what year it is, is not clearly stated but it was during his senior years for Cricket. He was 17 going 18, trying to figure out his own life decision. The location in the book is set on a rural area in Maine, United States. The place Cricket lives is in a Catholic orphanage or group home run by nuns.

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How did setting dive or influence the plot of the book?

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How did setting dive or influence the plot of the book?

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The setting influence the plot of the story much because as a boy, and a rebellious one, the scene of being in a school and having a roller coaster of events leading to this character's characteristics developments, the setting really did blend well with the plot.

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Note the overall theme or message of the book.

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Note the overall theme or message of the book.

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Overall theme is about the main character learning to love his life and believing in having a brighter future. The message of the story is to seek for your own happiness in life and enjoying it because we only live once and life certainly is full of ups and downs and it is terrible at some points but its going to be just fine once we realise the true meaning of life itself.

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I personally like it but not love it because I agree with Azlina on the matter of having a cliche storyline but I like how the main character can actually get out of his comfort zone and be a better version of himself which is agreeably hard for a person to change.

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I'm not saying I dislike it but personally the writing style is not what I'm fond with but for a leisure time read, I guess it's quite fun to read and relate to the main character at some points.

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Would you read more by this author? Why or why not?

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Would you read more by this author? Why or why not?

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Firstly, this genre is not really my cup of tea, and also I find it hard to relate to the main character maybe because I've never been a person in such environment, and also the style of writing is quite straightforward and not really what I wanted to read as a reader, but I must say the moral of the story is quite interesting.

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Would you encourage others to read this book? Why or why not?

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Would you encourage others to read this book? Why or why not?

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I would encourage if the person had a background of being rebellious and mischievous but I personally would recommend a better book and genre.