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| Original Title: | Jerk, California |
| ISBN: | 0142412031 (ISBN13: 9780142412039) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Schneider Family Book Award for Teen Book (2009), Lincoln Award Nominee (2011) |
Jonathan Friesen
Paperback | Pages: 327 pages Rating: 3.83 | 2839 Users | 399 Reviews
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Read Jonathan Friesen's posts on the Penguin Blog. This Schneider Family Book Award winner changed the face of Tourette's Syndrome for modern teens. Wrought with tension, romance, and hope, Jerk, California tells the story of Sam, who sets out on a cross-country quest to learn the truth about his family and his inherited Tourette's Syndrome, along the way finding both love and acceptance.
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| Title | : | Jerk, California |
| Author | : | Jonathan Friesen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 327 pages |
| Published | : | September 4th 2008 by Speak |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Contemporary. Fiction. Teen |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 2839 Users | 399 ReviewsWrite Up Epithetical Books Jerk, California
Sam Carrier (Jack Keegan) was diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome when he was six years old and his stepfather, Old Bill, has never forgiven him for it. Hes had to deal with tics and various outbursts that he cant control as well as peoples inevitable response to them teasing, ostracizing, abuse, etc. Upon graduating from high school, Sam learns that Old Bill has been lying to him about his father all of these years. The only person who seems to have answers is George (the Coot), who runs a
Rating AReview This book choked me up from nearly start to finish. I read the first five pages while standing in the book store--to see if the book was worth getting because I'd eyed it a couple of times, but never made the commitment--and decided I had to have the book. Then I had to go home and read it right then.Sam's disease (and his efforts to control it while still suffering through the regular problems of hormones, family problems, school drudgeries, and self-discovery) was compelling to
Five stars because this is about life, and the realities of life. The hugging and the protecting is fake, well, mostly fake. There is danger, andyou know what and where it is. YOu know what is right and what's wrong, but you bother to do the wrong. Bullying and tormenting are ways to punish each other, and to a kid that cannot help what happened. Sam, or Jack (later in the story, so you should read this book) has Tourette Syndrome. It's the twitching and some humming or words that come out
"We're all stupid sometimes."I found this to be a fascinating read - although very dated and maybe doesn't age well. BUT there aren't a lot of books about Tourette Syndrome and I think that gives this one a definite additional star for tackling a subject many others won't/don't talk about.This is the story of Sam that's been pushed and shoved down his whole life. His home life and his school life were both sad and horrible to read. I enjoyed reading about Sam taking control of his life and
This was a very low-key story, heartwrenching and heartwarming at the same time, about a boy trying to handle living with Tourette's Syndrome. His father died when he was a very young boy and his new stepfather was a mean and abusive man unable to live with a less than perfect son. The stepfather told the boy horrible stories about his father and made the boy believe that his father rejected him. This is about the boy's journey to find out who is father really was and to not accept as truth
This was a great book. Realistic, emotional... I was hooked. It wasn't what I expected exactly, but I felt so much for the characters that it didn't really matter. Reading (and seeing, so to speak) the journey Sam took, how he grew throughout the book, was heartwarming. Some really lovable secondary characters, and loathe-able (aka. Stepfather Old Bill) of course... there was just something about this story that left me unable to put the book down. I think the message it was trying to portray
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