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Book Reviews12 Again |
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Book: 12 Again
Written by: Sue Corbett |
Publisher: Dutton Books
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5
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A Most Enjoyable Book!
Rating:
5 / 5
Corbett weaves modern technology with Irish folklore using language so vivid and emotionally evocative, I found it hard to put down. Her dialogue is so authentic--clearly, she is a mother who is in touch with kids. This is a story that will not only resonate with middle-graders and young adults, but with their moms, as well. If you are looking for an enjoyable read that will leave you emotionally satisfied...I strongly recommend 12 Again.
An excellent read! I couldn't put it down!
Rating:
5 / 5
Completely stressed out with her life as a mother, wife, and journalist, Bernadette McBride decides to spend the night at her late mother's house. While drinking some mysterious liquid in the pantry, Bernadette wishes to be young again, and falls asleep. When she awakens, she is horribly shocked. She has been transformed into her 12-year-old self on what should be her 40th birthday. When she hears her mother calling her down for breakfast and she is first overjoyed to see her mother again, but then realizes that while it's 1972 in her house, outside it's modern times. Bernadette decides to enroll in her oldest son's school and tries to figure out how to undo her wish and get back to her husband and three boys. Meanwhile, as weeks go by, her family assumes that she is missing or worse. However, her eldest son, Patrick McBride, is certain that his mother will try to contact him, and he doesn't give up hope. When he finally receives her mysterious and untraceable e-mail sending him off on a dangerous errand, he realizes that the solution to the catastrophe is entirely in his hands, and he must not fail.
I would give this book a ten out of ten. I really, really enjoyed it and I couldn't put it down. Sue Corbett weaved together fantasy and realistic fiction into something new. 12 Again was interesting, entertaining, and enjoyable to read. I learned about several Irish customs and beliefs, but those parts weren't boring, though it might seem that way. I would recommend this book to anyone; it was that excellent!
Christina at Richview Middle School
Rating:
5 / 5
This book is great its about a 40 year old women who magically turn 12 one night. Its about how she really wants to stay with her mom cause she died and how she diecides it would be better to go back to her family. Its funny hearing about a parent who turns to a kid cause at some point grown ups forget how it feels to be a kid and how she says shes going to be nicer to her kids and under stands again how it feels to be a kid. Also how she deals with being a kid again after so many years and patrick being very worryed.
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