The last book I read that is worthy of a book review was The Misfits by James Howe. It is a novel about feeling secure about the way you are and everyone is different. The four main characters are Bobby Goodspeed, Skeezie Tookis, Addie Carle and Joe Bunch. They call themselves the Gang of Five because there might be someone else like them; a misfit.
All of these characters are discriminated against. Bobby is a little overweight, Skeezie dresses like a hoodlum but is very nice, Addie is very tall and is very smart and Joe is gay and trying to deal with it. They are struggling to get to 8th grade without being put down so much the become depressed.
This book is very interesting in many ways. First of all, they are very outgoing for calling themselves misfits. Come on, they run for school counsel, I don't think many people that call themselves misfits would do that. I also thought that the idea of Bobby working in a tie store was kind of out there. But overall this book gives reader a good idea of how misfits are treated.
I think that a kid in 7th grade who knows he is gay would have a very hard time going to school because they might be teased more than students who are "straight". Also the idea of running for student council is cool then you can change as much as you can for the people who are discriminated against. Being discriminated against this much doesn't happen in middle school much, but the author did it like this to emphasize the discrimination. I disagree with the context of love in this book. I do like the idea of the setting being in a small town but this book would have been just as good or maybe better if it was placed in a city. Thankfully, I go to a school where everyone is nice and there aren't really any cliques, at least not any mean ones. The Misfits helped me realized that not everyone has it as nice as we do. Back to the idea of love they use the word love way too much for someone in 7th grade. At that stage in your life you don't fully understand the power of love.
I would give this book about a 3 out of 10 because I disagree that people of that age are discriminated against that much. But I would recommend this book to people who like biography as it is told in third person by Bobby Goodspeed. This book is also about knowing yourself and feeling confident about who you are.
All of these characters are discriminated against. Bobby is a little overweight, Skeezie dresses like a hoodlum but is very nice, Addie is very tall and is very smart and Joe is gay and trying to deal with it. They are struggling to get to 8th grade without being put down so much the become depressed.
This book is very interesting in many ways. First of all, they are very outgoing for calling themselves misfits. Come on, they run for school counsel, I don't think many people that call themselves misfits would do that. I also thought that the idea of Bobby working in a tie store was kind of out there. But overall this book gives reader a good idea of how misfits are treated.
I think that a kid in 7th grade who knows he is gay would have a very hard time going to school because they might be teased more than students who are "straight". Also the idea of running for student council is cool then you can change as much as you can for the people who are discriminated against. Being discriminated against this much doesn't happen in middle school much, but the author did it like this to emphasize the discrimination. I disagree with the context of love in this book. I do like the idea of the setting being in a small town but this book would have been just as good or maybe better if it was placed in a city. Thankfully, I go to a school where everyone is nice and there aren't really any cliques, at least not any mean ones. The Misfits helped me realized that not everyone has it as nice as we do. Back to the idea of love they use the word love way too much for someone in 7th grade. At that stage in your life you don't fully understand the power of love.
I would give this book about a 3 out of 10 because I disagree that people of that age are discriminated against that much. But I would recommend this book to people who like biography as it is told in third person by Bobby Goodspeed. This book is also about knowing yourself and feeling confident about who you are.
