Midget
by Tim Bowler
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Subject to strange fits, physically abnormal, and psychologically disturbed from the constant torment and abuse of his older brother, fifteen-year-old Midget finds himself in control of his life for the first time when he gets his own sailboat and discovers untapped mental powers.Tags
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This reads like Tim Bowler's first novel. While a very fast read, it lacks character depth and doesn't build the story enough to really garner the reader's sympathies. The boat races are the most descriptive, with the intent of building suspense; but, instead they are just cumbersome. Midget's relationship with the boat-maker could have been much richer, Seb's relationship with Jenny could have been much more interesting, and the psychiatriatrist and father were never really explored and revealed. So, while this was a quick and easy read, it left me empty at the end.
An unusual story with unexpected elements.
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- Fiction and Literature, Tween, Children's Books, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
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- PZ7 .B6786 .M — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Dutch, English
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