Do You like book The Beckoners (2004)?
i didn't really like it that much to be honest.. it was childish and its the same story , she wants to tell some\one but cant find time.
—Rebekah
This is one of those books I've picked up several times at the library, but never opened it because I'd never heard of it. So even though it sounded good, I'd end up reading something else I got at the same time. Silly me.Here is this undiscovered gem of a book. All I kept thinking as I listened to it was, HOW THE HELL IS THIS BOOK NOT A PRINTZ AWARD WINNER!!!???? It is so good, and exactly like what they always pick. Except way better. I know it doesn't have the best reviews, but THIS BOOK ROCKS!It was so grungy and grimy and sad and brutal and depressing and just all around...amazing. One of those books that, as I read, I kept thinking, "Man, I wish I'd written this book." Not in the way of, "I could have done it better," but in the way of, "I wish I was Carrie Mac."I will never understand why this book isn't rated higher. I loved it. I loved the characters, I loved the evilness of children portrayed here. It's like a modern Lord of the Flies, about bullying and bad parenting and reality. And girls. And cruelty. And conformity. People have complained that it's written strangely, but I had the audio and couldn't tell (and sometimes, you can...ahem *sarahdessen*). It sounded great to me. I liked the reader, and the prose flows well. People have also complained that it dealt with too many issues, but I didn't even notice. I was too busy going squee squee squee all the way home.
—Lena
Well, I didn't blog about this for a few days and I've already forgotten most of what happened. A girl moves to another town, again, but this time she falls into the wrong crowd. Beck is the ringleader and she is the type of bully who is the most popular girl in school. She's cruel and takes out much of her frustration on a mousey girl nicknamed Dog. Dog and the main character are forced together by house proximity and working on the newspaper. When the main character attempts to "get out" of the Beckoners, she finds that it's very difficult. The bullying and hazing seemed real--but the very end of the book doesn't seem like it would work. You'll see what I mean. I loved the cover and back-piece of the book, but Orca still needs to work on typeface and text placement on the page--it just doesn't feel comfortable. I felt like I was reading an advanced reading copy instead of a published book.
—Sarah