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Originally Posted by issybird
I may decide to go with a book about childhood if I can come up with a good idea, as I suspect we'll have plenty of nominations of children's books. I'll note that The Go-Between is eligible for nomination, as it wasn't the last time I nominated it.  |
I would be interested in
The Go-Between--I put it on my library wish list after it was initially nominated but haven't gotten to it.
I'm not going to nominate it because I read it only a few months ago and because there are availability issues (I wanted to nominate it for the summer topic), but
I'm Not Scared by Niccolo Ammaniti is a terrific book that fits the current category.
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The hottest summer of the twentieth century. A tiny community of five houses enclosed by wheat fields. While the adults shelter indoors, six children venture out on their bikes across the scorched, deserted countryside. Whilst exploring a dilapidated and uninhabited farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano discovers a secret so momentous, so terrible, that he dare not tell anyone about it. To come to terms with what he has found, Michele has to draw strength from his own sense of humanity. It is Ammaniti's ability to inhabit the mind and perspective of his young hero that makes I'm Not Scared such an affecting and extraordinary novel. The book is a masterpiece of coming of age; a compelling portrait of losing one's innocence and a powerful reflection on the complexities and compromises inherent in growing up.
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