Vince Vawter
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- Geschlecht
- male
- Geburtsort
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Wohnorte
- Louisville, Tennessee, USA
- Ausbildung
- Louisiana State University
Rhodes College of Memphis
University of Memphis
University of Tennessee - Berufe
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- Hoosier State Press Association
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This story is set in 1959 in Memphis, Tennessee. The paperboy is temporarily covering paperboy duties for his friend Rat, who's spending the summer out on the farm. Being the paperboy means having to to talk to strangers, which is daunting when you have a stutter. So the paperboy practices using "Gentle Air" to get his words out. He also finds many opportunities to test his courage and confidence. There's being swindled by the junk man, Ara T. There's the beautiful and troubled red-headed woman named Mrs. Worthington. And there's a mysterious, philosophical customer named Mr. Spiro who gives the paperboy interesting tips and conversation.
Readers will learn a little about what it might've been like to be a white boy raised by a black housekeeper before the Civil Rights Movement. They will learn a tremendous amount about living with a stutter. This is really where the book shines. If you read the afterword, you find that this book is really more a memoir than a work of fiction. The author writes with such passion about growing up with a stutter because he actually grew up with a stutter.
I really enjoyed the the paperboy's voice and his challenges, so I'd recommend this book. The weak points are the plot, which definitely drags in the middle, and the length. I think you could easily cut this book down have something more digestible for your average middle grade reader. But for kids who love to empathize with characters who have dramatic struggles (as in, for instance, [b:Wonder|11387515|Wonder|R.J. Palacio|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1366213431s/11387515.jpg|16319487], [b:Out of My Mind|6609765|Out of My Mind|Sharon M. Draper|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347602096s/6609765.jpg|6803732], and [b:Rules|222458|Rules|Cynthia Lord|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328868621s/222458.jpg|1139031]), this will satisfy. Very impressive for a first work of fiction (and a first work of fiction for children at that).
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