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Kissing the Rain, Brooks Kevin
Автор: Brooks, Kevin
Название: The Snake Trap
ISBN: 1447238982 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447238980
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Описание: The third thrilling book in the Travis Delaney series by Carnegie medal-winning author and critically acclaimed master of suspense Kevin Brooks.
Автор: Brooks Kevin
Название: Five Hundred Miles
ISBN: 1781125406 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781125403
Издательство: Titan books ltd.
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Описание: Tense teen drama with all the hallmarks of a classic Kevin Brooks, in which two brothers take off in a stolen car with a mysterious girl. A road-movie story shot through with playful hopefulness. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
Автор: Brooks Kevin
Название: Bloodline
ISBN: 1781124914 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781124918
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Описание: Gritty, nail-biting thriller from Carnegie medalist Kevin Brooks. Finbar`s quiet weekend is disrupted by the sudden appearance of a girl with a gun and a bag of cash. Who is she? And will Finbar`s life ever be the same? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
Автор: Brooks Kevin
Название: I See You Baby
ISBN: 1781124760 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781781124765
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Описание: A dual-narrative drama with a touch of romance. Sally and Keith are both fed up with being themselves. When fate intervenes and offers them each a chance to be someone else for a weekend at a music festival, there`s no telling how it`ll turn out. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
Автор: Brooks Kevin
Название: Lucas
ISBN: 1910002011 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781910002018
Издательство: Scholastic UK
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Автор: Brooks Kevin
Название: Candy
ISBN: 191000202X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781910002025
Издательство: Scholastic UK
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Описание: `It`s hard to imagine life before Candy \.` Joe is hooked the moment he sees her. Something catches his eye: her hair, her smile or just the way she`s standing. When they chat, there`s an instant connection, but can what he`s feeling be this sweet?
Автор: Brooks, Kevin
Название: The Danger Game
ISBN: 1447238974 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447238973
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Автор: Brooks, Kevin
Название: The Ultimate Truth
ISBN: 1447238966 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447238966
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Поцелуй дождя
Иллюстрация: Hanks Steve «Leaving in the Rain»
— Не знаю, как быть дальше.
— Не знаешь, как быть дальше? Перестать всё время чего-то ждать.
Ангел-Хранитель котёнка пошёл к самому великому и могущественному начальнику всех Ангелов, с просьбой сделать для машиниста что-нибудь необыкновенное, в качестве подарка за спасённую жизнь. Случай был уникален именно добротой сердца мужчины и удивительным совпадение загаданного желания. Совет долго обсуждал, что делать и принял решение, которое никто никогда не принимал.
В музее искусства в ту ночь забыли закрыть защитные жалюзи. Одна из восковых скульптур передвижной выставки, которая изображала известную, давно умершую принцессу, смотрела сквозь окно на падающую звезду ночного неба; вдруг она осознала себя необычным существом: ни живым, ни мёртвым. Загадав желание стать человеком, чтобы найти свою любовь, она долго стояла, не смея ни пошевелиться, ни вздохнуть. Спустя некоторое время, сквозь крышу потолка просочились капли начинающегося дождя и попали прямо восковой фигуре на голову.
Когда ещё почти все спали, и лишь редко там и тут попадались сонные дворники, слабо махавшие мётлами, из окна музея вылезла девушка в чёрном пальто, в чёрном берете, в чёрных, полуоткрытых туфлях не по сезону, с небольшой круглой, бежево-телесной сумкой и огромным старинным, квадратным, чёрным и с золотистыми застёжками чемоданом. Раскрыв зонтик, чтобы не промокнуть, она отправилась куда глаза глядят; куда вела её душа.
Дойдя до перрона железнодорожной станции, девушка, устав, присела на чемодан, думая о том, что делать дальше. Небрежно поставив сумку позади себя, она задумчиво вглядывалась вдаль холмов, надеясь, что скоро сможет согреться, аккуратно придерживая чёрный, раскрытый зонт. Дождь усиливался, высыпаясь, словно тонкий, длинный бисер, падал с небес, наполняя улицы лужами; ручьями он отражал синие облака и сиренево-охристые пейзажи прозрачным осенним настроением. Вдали раздались звуки поезда; освещая путь, поезд медленно приближался, сбавляя ход.
Когда поезд остановился, она подошла к кабине машиниста.
— Поднимайтесь, у меня тут такая история. Давайте знакомиться. Вас, скорее всего, послали мне небеса.
Это была любовь с первого взгляда. Любовь поцелуя дождя.
Kissing the Rain
From the acclaimed author of MARTYN PIG and LUCAS comes another compelling, edgy thriller about love, loss, and pivotal decisions. Now in a dynamic new Kevin Brooks repackaging!
Moo Nelson likes to be alone. Overweight and shy, Moo is constantly mocked and bullied by his cruel classmates. He’s happiest spending time on a secluded bridge above the highway, watching the cars From the acclaimed author of MARTYN PIG and LUCAS comes another compelling, edgy thriller about love, loss, and pivotal decisions. Now in a dynamic new Kevin Brooks repackaging!
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I thought Kissing the Rain was an uninteresting book. It didn’t catch my attention very well at all; I wasn’t drawn in on the drama. It was okay, but it wouldn’t be the first book that I would pick out in the library. Although, I would recommend this to anyone that is interested in dark and shadowy, yet secretive books. This book was confusing from beginning to the end. I think the author’s purpose was to entertain the reader. (He didn’t do a good job.)
I would say that Vine was Kissing the Rain
I thought Kissing the Rain was an uninteresting book. It didn’t catch my attention very well at all; I wasn’t drawn in on the drama. It was okay, but it wouldn’t be the first book that I would pick out in the library. Although, I would recommend this to anyone that is interested in dark and shadowy, yet secretive books. This book was confusing from beginning to the end. I think the author’s purpose was to entertain the reader. (He didn’t do a good job.)
I would say that Vine was my favorite character. He was the manipulative and sneaky guy. He was fairly violent as well. Vine is an extremely difficult man to work with I personally would regret working with him he is a mean and big buff guy, who is taller and most likely stronger than me. I liked Vine because he was the tough guy, that everyone thought they should be scared of, they feared him the most.
My least favorite character was Moo. I felt as if he cares about what other people thought about him, and he doesn’t have a mind of his own. He goes by what other people say or think. Moo has a tendency to let people bother him and effect any major or minor decisions that he would make in his life. I also thought he was annoying. He never wanted to be around people. He always wanted to be alone, and I found that extremely unhealthy.
The last chapter of my book was the best! I really like how Moo and his friend tried to plan to murder Vine, I was disappointed that he didn’t follow through with idea. I was looking forward to someone finally deciding to stand up to the big man, the boss. They thought that if they killed Vine they would have to be forced to testify against him. The original plan was to testify in his favor because Moo was afraid to say no because of the things he was capable of, the end was unpredictable! I never would have seen a potential murder coming up.
I think that Jack Nichols would be a great person to play Vine because he looks like a mafia person. Spencer Breslin should play Moo because he is a boring fat kid just like the character Moo.
When I was reading this book I felt annoyed, and frustrated it was very bleak and dreadful. It brought my spirit down whenever I picked it up to read it.
My favorite line of this book when Vine said: “WHAT YOU GONNA DO?” that was the very last line of my book; I liked it because I knew I was finally done!
«You don’t have to tell a lie to protect people.»
«You don’t have to tell the truth to hurt people either.»
That was one of the most memorable exchanges in one of my favorite tv shows, Kyle XY. From the day I heard that until now, I still use that as my guide whenever I face such difficult dilemmas.
What if the things at stakes are bigger? What if lying or telling the truth means more than protecting and hurting people? It’s not an easy choice, is it? That is exactly the choice Mike «Moo» Nelson, «You don’t have to tell a lie to protect people.»
«You don’t have to tell the truth to hurt people either.»
That was one of the most memorable exchanges in one of my favorite tv shows, Kyle XY. From the day I heard that until now, I still use that as my guide whenever I face such difficult dilemmas.
What if the things at stakes are bigger? What if lying or telling the truth means more than protecting and hurting people? It’s not an easy choice, is it? That is exactly the choice Mike «Moo» Nelson, the protagonist and the narrator of Kissing the Rain, has to make.
Moo is a star-witness of a crime or an alleged crime that cause his already miserable RAINy life more miserable. Some people are forcing him to tell a lie that will endanger his life and all the people he loves. On the other hand, some people are forcing him to tell the truth that will endanger a lot of people’s life, people that he don’t even know, innocent people. It isn’t a matter between right or wrong anymore. Both are right and both are wrong.
An implicit question Moo asks in the book goes «What you gonna do?». If you were caught between those choices like Moo, what are you going to do? What am I going to do? I don’t know. I don’t have a freaking idea what to do. It sounds evil and selfish but sometimes its a relief and you feel grateful that these kind of difficult situations happens to other people and not to yourself. As you say Moo,
Better him than me.
Better Moo than me.
That’s the way it goes.
Despite the writing style being such a royal pain in the ass and the annoying retard’ish habit of Moo in imitating sounds like shroooommm. shroommm..tick.tick.tuck.tock.puck.dun.dun.phewt.pik.pock.shick.click. that sometimes goes on and for a whole paragraph, I learned to appreciate this book. It’s not that great but it’s not that horrible either. And it did remind me of this:(Note: I am just paraphrasing an excerpt from one of my school papers I wrote before.)
This is Moo’s story. A fat, unpopular, bullied, 15 year old English kid. Not only is he bullied, but he is criticized, called names and taunted on a daily basis. Moo calls this criticism and abuse «The Rain». Despite having no actual friends, he does have a compatriot of sorts in Brady, another boy at his school who is treated much the way Moo is due to his shortness and poor health.
The book is told in first person narrative from Moo’s point of view. It seems very realistic and painfully sad. Hi This is Moo’s story. A fat, unpopular, bullied, 15 year old English kid. Not only is he bullied, but he is criticized, called names and taunted on a daily basis. Moo calls this criticism and abuse «The Rain». Despite having no actual friends, he does have a compatriot of sorts in Brady, another boy at his school who is treated much the way Moo is due to his shortness and poor health.
The book is told in first person narrative from Moo’s point of view. It seems very realistic and painfully sad. His parents are both overweight and seem to literally smother Moo with food. There are many times in the book when Moo describes meals like this: shovel it up, pile it up and push it in, nosh, nosh, nosh. etc. Over and over. They aren’t doing him any favors.
Moo stand atop a bridge over a highway each night, alone, and counts cars, plays games with himself and basically wallows in sadness. It made me feel horrible to read his descriptions of how he spent his time because despite the pitifulness of his life, Moo absolutely does not feel sorry for himself. He understands pity and hates it. He refuses to allow himself to indulge in it.
One night as he watches cars on his bridge he sees an episode of apparent road rage and someone dies as a result. Moo seems to be the only real witness and he is questioned by the police. He is confused and afraid by the whole process especially since what he sees just doesn’t seem right to him. It’s not. The entire event was orchestrated to frame a known underground criminal. Poor, poor Moo for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Most of the book is about the inner turmoil caused by his intention to testify at the criminal hearing and his insistence on telling the truth despite the police wishing the truth were otherwise.
Moo is threatened by crooked police, wooed and bribed by the framed man’s attorney and then threatened again by the goon. Not only is Moo himself in danger, which he could accept it seems, but the law lets him in on a little secret. His father is a deadbeat, cheating the dole and illegally living off the people. If Moo testifies the police will prosecute his father. It’s all just too much for a young man to take.
Once Moo agrees to testify his abuse at school stops. Completely. Moo is intelligent enough to realize this must be due to the influence of the man his testimony could help free. Poor Brady gets no such relief, and during an intense scene Moo realizes that Brady has lied and said he also saw the incident. It seems Brady is willing to say he saw what the police want to have happened. Sadly, Brady is physically punished for this with a brutal beating and recants. It’s just one more thing to add to Moo’s list of the crap storm that comes from what happened and all the adults trying to twist the truth to suit their own needs despite who gets hurt.
The inner dialogue and Moo’s observations struck me as very realistic and sometimes hurt to read. He wasn’t a great kid or anything, but he was just a kid and we all hate to think of the young as being so mistreated. There seems little he can do to help himself and no matter what he does or says someone will get hurt. So many times this is the case, but we all hope it only happens to adults.
Kissing the Rain
From the acclaimed author of MARTYN PIG and LUCAS comes another compelling, edgy thriller about love, loss, and pivotal decisions. Now in a dynamic new Kevin Brooks repackaging!
Moo Nelson likes to be alone. Overweight and shy, Moo is constantly mocked and bullied by his cruel classmates. He’s happiest spending time on a secluded bridge above the highway, watching the cars From the acclaimed author of MARTYN PIG and LUCAS comes another compelling, edgy thriller about love, loss, and pivotal decisions. Now in a dynamic new Kevin Brooks repackaging!
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I thought Kissing the Rain was an uninteresting book. It didn’t catch my attention very well at all; I wasn’t drawn in on the drama. It was okay, but it wouldn’t be the first book that I would pick out in the library. Although, I would recommend this to anyone that is interested in dark and shadowy, yet secretive books. This book was confusing from beginning to the end. I think the author’s purpose was to entertain the reader. (He didn’t do a good job.)
I would say that Vine was Kissing the Rain
I thought Kissing the Rain was an uninteresting book. It didn’t catch my attention very well at all; I wasn’t drawn in on the drama. It was okay, but it wouldn’t be the first book that I would pick out in the library. Although, I would recommend this to anyone that is interested in dark and shadowy, yet secretive books. This book was confusing from beginning to the end. I think the author’s purpose was to entertain the reader. (He didn’t do a good job.)
I would say that Vine was my favorite character. He was the manipulative and sneaky guy. He was fairly violent as well. Vine is an extremely difficult man to work with I personally would regret working with him he is a mean and big buff guy, who is taller and most likely stronger than me. I liked Vine because he was the tough guy, that everyone thought they should be scared of, they feared him the most.
My least favorite character was Moo. I felt as if he cares about what other people thought about him, and he doesn’t have a mind of his own. He goes by what other people say or think. Moo has a tendency to let people bother him and effect any major or minor decisions that he would make in his life. I also thought he was annoying. He never wanted to be around people. He always wanted to be alone, and I found that extremely unhealthy.
The last chapter of my book was the best! I really like how Moo and his friend tried to plan to murder Vine, I was disappointed that he didn’t follow through with idea. I was looking forward to someone finally deciding to stand up to the big man, the boss. They thought that if they killed Vine they would have to be forced to testify against him. The original plan was to testify in his favor because Moo was afraid to say no because of the things he was capable of, the end was unpredictable! I never would have seen a potential murder coming up.
I think that Jack Nichols would be a great person to play Vine because he looks like a mafia person. Spencer Breslin should play Moo because he is a boring fat kid just like the character Moo.
When I was reading this book I felt annoyed, and frustrated it was very bleak and dreadful. It brought my spirit down whenever I picked it up to read it.
My favorite line of this book when Vine said: “WHAT YOU GONNA DO?” that was the very last line of my book; I liked it because I knew I was finally done!
«You don’t have to tell a lie to protect people.»
«You don’t have to tell the truth to hurt people either.»
That was one of the most memorable exchanges in one of my favorite tv shows, Kyle XY. From the day I heard that until now, I still use that as my guide whenever I face such difficult dilemmas.
What if the things at stakes are bigger? What if lying or telling the truth means more than protecting and hurting people? It’s not an easy choice, is it? That is exactly the choice Mike «Moo» Nelson, «You don’t have to tell a lie to protect people.»
«You don’t have to tell the truth to hurt people either.»
That was one of the most memorable exchanges in one of my favorite tv shows, Kyle XY. From the day I heard that until now, I still use that as my guide whenever I face such difficult dilemmas.
What if the things at stakes are bigger? What if lying or telling the truth means more than protecting and hurting people? It’s not an easy choice, is it? That is exactly the choice Mike «Moo» Nelson, the protagonist and the narrator of Kissing the Rain, has to make.
Moo is a star-witness of a crime or an alleged crime that cause his already miserable RAINy life more miserable. Some people are forcing him to tell a lie that will endanger his life and all the people he loves. On the other hand, some people are forcing him to tell the truth that will endanger a lot of people’s life, people that he don’t even know, innocent people. It isn’t a matter between right or wrong anymore. Both are right and both are wrong.
An implicit question Moo asks in the book goes «What you gonna do?». If you were caught between those choices like Moo, what are you going to do? What am I going to do? I don’t know. I don’t have a freaking idea what to do. It sounds evil and selfish but sometimes its a relief and you feel grateful that these kind of difficult situations happens to other people and not to yourself. As you say Moo,
Better him than me.
Better Moo than me.
That’s the way it goes.
Despite the writing style being such a royal pain in the ass and the annoying retard’ish habit of Moo in imitating sounds like shroooommm. shroommm..tick.tick.tuck.tock.puck.dun.dun.phewt.pik.pock.shick.click. that sometimes goes on and for a whole paragraph, I learned to appreciate this book. It’s not that great but it’s not that horrible either. And it did remind me of this:(Note: I am just paraphrasing an excerpt from one of my school papers I wrote before.)
This is Moo’s story. A fat, unpopular, bullied, 15 year old English kid. Not only is he bullied, but he is criticized, called names and taunted on a daily basis. Moo calls this criticism and abuse «The Rain». Despite having no actual friends, he does have a compatriot of sorts in Brady, another boy at his school who is treated much the way Moo is due to his shortness and poor health.
The book is told in first person narrative from Moo’s point of view. It seems very realistic and painfully sad. Hi This is Moo’s story. A fat, unpopular, bullied, 15 year old English kid. Not only is he bullied, but he is criticized, called names and taunted on a daily basis. Moo calls this criticism and abuse «The Rain». Despite having no actual friends, he does have a compatriot of sorts in Brady, another boy at his school who is treated much the way Moo is due to his shortness and poor health.
The book is told in first person narrative from Moo’s point of view. It seems very realistic and painfully sad. His parents are both overweight and seem to literally smother Moo with food. There are many times in the book when Moo describes meals like this: shovel it up, pile it up and push it in, nosh, nosh, nosh. etc. Over and over. They aren’t doing him any favors.
Moo stand atop a bridge over a highway each night, alone, and counts cars, plays games with himself and basically wallows in sadness. It made me feel horrible to read his descriptions of how he spent his time because despite the pitifulness of his life, Moo absolutely does not feel sorry for himself. He understands pity and hates it. He refuses to allow himself to indulge in it.
One night as he watches cars on his bridge he sees an episode of apparent road rage and someone dies as a result. Moo seems to be the only real witness and he is questioned by the police. He is confused and afraid by the whole process especially since what he sees just doesn’t seem right to him. It’s not. The entire event was orchestrated to frame a known underground criminal. Poor, poor Moo for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Most of the book is about the inner turmoil caused by his intention to testify at the criminal hearing and his insistence on telling the truth despite the police wishing the truth were otherwise.
Moo is threatened by crooked police, wooed and bribed by the framed man’s attorney and then threatened again by the goon. Not only is Moo himself in danger, which he could accept it seems, but the law lets him in on a little secret. His father is a deadbeat, cheating the dole and illegally living off the people. If Moo testifies the police will prosecute his father. It’s all just too much for a young man to take.
Once Moo agrees to testify his abuse at school stops. Completely. Moo is intelligent enough to realize this must be due to the influence of the man his testimony could help free. Poor Brady gets no such relief, and during an intense scene Moo realizes that Brady has lied and said he also saw the incident. It seems Brady is willing to say he saw what the police want to have happened. Sadly, Brady is physically punished for this with a brutal beating and recants. It’s just one more thing to add to Moo’s list of the crap storm that comes from what happened and all the adults trying to twist the truth to suit their own needs despite who gets hurt.
The inner dialogue and Moo’s observations struck me as very realistic and sometimes hurt to read. He wasn’t a great kid or anything, but he was just a kid and we all hate to think of the young as being so mistreated. There seems little he can do to help himself and no matter what he does or says someone will get hurt. So many times this is the case, but we all hope it only happens to adults.