tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post4903819939903482607..comments2023-11-11T23:11:51.397-05:00Comments on The Well-Read Child: The Crossroads by Chris GrabensteinAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04848812271752659857noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-20899481388035984252013-05-16T01:27:42.403-04:002013-05-16T01:27:42.403-04:00help?help?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-40737693193866589602013-05-16T01:26:08.735-04:002013-05-16T01:26:08.735-04:00whats the theme of this book? what is the author t...whats the theme of this book? what is the author trying to tell you through this story?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-33346216330383375522008-07-08T21:38:00.000-04:002008-07-08T21:38:00.000-04:00Great points Eva...I wondered at first why Zach wa...Great points Eva...I wondered at first why Zach was only 11, and then I concluded that if he was just a little bit older, his feelings about his mother and stepmother and his relationship with Davy wouldn't have been believable. It's definitely a book for a kids who love horror. I was the type of kid who loved dark, scary, and twisted books. I was reading VC Andrews when I was 12 or 13 and then I soon moved onto Dean Koontz and Stephen King. I'm actually listening to a Stephen King book during my morning commute, and I can't believe I could handle the language and scary situations back then.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04848812271752659857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643075855683234513.post-17348592769930932952008-07-08T16:51:00.000-04:002008-07-08T16:51:00.000-04:00I found that it was hard to pin down the age range...I found that it was hard to pin down the age range for this book. Zack is 11, clearly a kid, and yet this really is a dark book - demon possession, murder in cold blood, lots of seething hatred, and (worst of all!) a mom who truly disliked him. The tone felt early-YA to me.<BR/>But again, some middle-grade kids are craving really terrifying books, and this one would fit the bill!<BR/>evasbookaddiction.blogspot.comEva Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921035998297319995noreply@blogger.com