tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599471237636371761.post5436992788230747732..comments2024-03-26T11:02:23.494-07:00Comments on Library Matters: Criss Cross by Lynne Rae PerkinsCheriee Weichelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15662398117320256935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599471237636371761.post-9672866267909793712015-01-02T09:38:07.875-08:002015-01-02T09:38:07.875-08:00Thank you so much for your response. Even as I wro...Thank you so much for your response. Even as I wrote those words "it resonates with deep truths about what it means to be human, I knew all books have something to say about this but this one says it with so much more eloquence. I probably wouldn't have picked it up without that sticker either, so I'm glad it won. It breaks my heart that it doesn't circulate, but when I weed it, I think I'll keep it for myself. Thank you so much for letting me know about All Alone in the Universe. I've put it on hold at the library and included it in my 2015 must reads list. I can't wait to read your comments on it. Cheriee Weichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662398117320256935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2599471237636371761.post-78503582624529074522014-12-31T15:38:27.374-08:002014-12-31T15:38:27.374-08:00Your review really captures what is so lovely and ...Your review really captures what is so lovely and right about this book: it's absolutely a story about what it means to be human, and while in some ways, every book is about that, only a few books really try to articulate something that's largely inarticulable about the experience of being alive and stuck in our minds and our bodies and trying to make connections with others, connections which are always doomed to be incomplete in some way. I do think this is a children's book that has absolutely zero kid appeal. I don't even think it's possible for a child reader to perceive what Perkins is doing philosophically here. But I am still thrilled it won the Newbery, because without that shiny gold sticker, I never would have picked it up and persevered until I got hooked. Have you read All Alone in the Universe? Criss Cross is actually a sequel of sorts; Debbie's story begins in All Alone in the Universe. I just got it from the library yesterday and think it might be my first read of 2015.Elisabeth Ellingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00747914394861199796noreply@blogger.com