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REVIEW:
YA with a message, November 1, 2008
By www.bookshipper.blogspot.com/ "www.bookshippe... (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews
I am an adult who enjoys reading Young Adult fiction. Across the Pond is a Young Adult novel - with a message.
We find our two main characters Fred and Brit - Fred lives in Europe and Brit lives in the US. Fred finds himself living with Brit's parents in the US for a while - his parents won a trip to Australia and he could not tag along. As part of a deal Fred made with his parents, his assignment is to find out and document some of the major differences between the US and Europe.
At first, I thought this was going to be one of those books were the two teenagers hate each other on site - this is a common trend of late and has definitely become old. It is not the case in Across the Pond.
Actually, there is the exact opposite here - a definite tone of attraction between Fred and Brit is almost instantly felt by the reader. Which, it intself, takes on a deeper meaning once we get into the storyline more and find out that, althrough Brit was not raped, she was attacked by some teenager boys, who still enjoy tormenting her. Of course, this has left a deep mark on Brit and she has not been the same ever since.
Early in the novel Brit decides to confide in Fred about this - but begs him not to say or do anything about it. This will give them a bonding that will be the basis for the rest of the book.
There are the usual teenage happenings sprinkled throughout the book - crushes, petty jealousies, misunderstandings but this book has a deeper message - that although teenagers are different across the world - they are also very much the same and that true friendship is worth it - even it you have to fly across the pond to find it.
A very good read.
Review 2
5.0 out of 5 stars Across The Pond, November 3, 2008
By Deano J. Damico - See all my reviews
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I've read this book and if Disney does not JUMP on this and make it a movie before someone else does, they are out of their minds!!
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