What I Was
by Meg Rosoff
Taste attributes: teendramaromancerealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadscoming of age
Boxlist takeA realistic book that is small-scale and moving. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
In the 1960s, off the coast of East Anglia, a disgruntled boarding school student develops an obsessive friendship with a boy living by himself at the edge of the sea.
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- Author
- Meg Rosoff
- Published
- 2007
- Pages
- 224
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- Open Library
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