The Planet of Junior Brown

by Virginia Hamilton | Children's Books |
ISBN: 1416914102 Global Overview for this book
Registered by raralovestoread of Ponchatoula, Louisiana USA on 11/28/2011
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Journal Entry 1 by raralovestoread from Ponchatoula, Louisiana USA on Monday, November 28, 2011
From the back cover:

Junior Brown, an overprotected three-hundred pound musical prodigy who's prone to having fantasies, and Buddy Clark, a loner who lives by his wits because he has no family whatsoever, have been on the hook from their eighth-grade classroom all semester.

Most of the time they have been in the school building - in a secret cellar room behind a false wall, where Mr. Pool, the janitor, has made a model of the solar system. They have been pressing their luck for months ... and then they are caught. As society - in the form of a zealous assistant principal - closes in on them, Junior's fantasies become more desperate, and Buddy draws on all his resources to ensure his friend's well-being.

Journal Entry 2 by raralovestoread at Ponchatoula, Louisiana USA on Monday, November 28, 2011
I had trouble getting interested in this book at first, but my persistence paid off. From the part about Buddy's life in the city at night until the end of the book, I felt compelled to read. I didn't want to put the book down. Although a children's book, it addresses some serious issues - such as child homelessness & mental illness.

*This is a 1972 Newbery Honor book.

Journal Entry 3 by raralovestoread at Little Free Library in Ponchatoula, Louisiana USA on Friday, November 22, 2019

Released 4 yrs ago (11/21/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library in Ponchatoula, Louisiana USA

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