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| Jacket Art 2012 Yan Nascimbene |
The award winning author Rebecca Stead writes a story about a seventh grader, Georges (the s is silent), who is not popular at school. He is a little of a geek, but very likable. His family is forced to move out of their house into a Brooklyn apartment after his father is laid off from his job. Georges meets a boy named Safer, who has appointed himself the building spy. He recruits Georges to spy on Mr. X, who leaves the buildings with a large suitcase often and always wears black. Safer gets more and more serious about spying, and Georges has to decide how far he will go to help out his new friend.
I loved this book and the characters. You wonder through the entire book, who is the spy and who is the liar. There are many surprises through the book, you find out things aren't really as they seem to be. The message is subtle, but a very good message for all ages. Georges learns that sometimes people lie because they are afraid. There is also quite a bit of humor throughout the book and puns. Some might be harder for students to understand, but this would be a good classroom lesson.
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