Story about a boy struggling to come to terms with losing his father in 9/11.

Sent to debbie4osu as part of Alphabet VBB. Enjoy the book!

This is the second book I picked from greenbadger's Alphabet VBB. Just know this will be an excellent read! Thank you so much for sending it to me :)

Reading next, and putting it back into greenbadger's Alphabet VBB. Hoping someone will like it as much as I know I will, and pick it from the list.

I put this book in the post today. It will be going to lamelemon in Romania next. She picked it from greenbadger's Alphabet VBB. Enjoy!!

Safely picked up with thanks, looks great! Funny how the Alphabet VBB helps this book travel once again :)

I'm at a loss for words after finishing this book. I loved the style and the way the story unravelled, even with it being highly emotional all the way.

Next stop: karneol in Switzerland, a lucky wishlist re-match :)

Posted this morning

Arrived today. Thank you so much for this wishlist-book! I saw the movie based on the book and I'm realy looking forward to read it. :-)

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02.10.2016

Another book that took away my sleeping hours...
I love how the whole book is set up, with the photos, the special text effects and everything. So you get an idea of Oskars scrapbook with things that happened to him. I also adore how Oskar is lined out, a realy special and amazing kid, but still a kid. He basically talks to everyone he meets anyway and usualy gets right to their heart. Nice how he likes und trusts people although he is panicky about quite a lot of stuff.

The story is told basically from three viewpoints: Grandma, Grandpa and Oskar. The three storylines start from very different points and converge towards the end. So while Oskar's story and how he handles the death of his dad in 9/11 is at the centre of the book you get kind of a side story of his grandparents. About how they grew up in Dresden, about the war and the bombing of their city when they were still kid and teenager.
Maybe this way the author by looking backwards connects somehow world war II and 9/11, two horrendous and extremely symbolic moments in recent history. Is it a critical view on the long-term effects 9/11 could have? To Oskar himself it's very important to stress he is a pacifist...

So much more in this book! Family relations, communication, for sure one message: how important it is to tell the people you love that you love them...

Sometimes with this multiple-storyline books though I just get a bit annoyed because I realy want the main story to continue and am not so patient with the bits in between... So some bits of Grandma and Grandpa were a bit too much, and one reason why I couldn't stop reading, because I wanted to know, how Oskar's story continues.

Finaly my RABCK of the month of October is on it's way.... ;-)

What a great surprise! The book arrived in my mailbox today.