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Thursday, December 22, 2011

Stitches by David Small

Dear Readers,
I will get to talking about books, but first let me tell you a little bit about myself. First off I really really love reading! Between my Reading and baking obsessions I have no idea how I have time for anything else. Currently I am in an activity at school called the Battle of the Books. This absolutely one of my favorite activities at school. We get a list of about 30 books, break off into teams, read the books over the year, and then at the end of the year take a test. Sounds awesome, right?!?! So for the next while I will discussing books that are on the list. My first book I want to talk about Stitches by David Small. So without further discussion of me I will talk about books.

Stitches by David Small
Rating: 8 out 10
Stitches is a graphic memoir which is a different sort of genre than most people normally read. I also do not normally read graphic novels, but every year on the Battle of the Books list there one or two. I do commend David Small though for coming up with such a creative way of telling his life story. At the beginning of the book I did not realize that it was a true story. (That's probably because I didn't read the A Memoir on the cover.) The book tells the story of David growing up. He goes through many things that could be considered a little weird or out there. A growth starts to grow on his neck, his parents marriage is falling apart, and because of a surgery he loses his voice. David's life is a little less than normal; a graphic novel was the perfect way to show this. Of course David eventually grows up to become an artist, hence why it is a graphic novel. There were some weird things about the book that I could not understand: the little man in the jar, the bunny therapist, and how he got his voice back. If you read it and figure those out please tell me! Over all I enjoyed the book. It took very little time to read and kept me very interested. It is always fun to switch up what genre you are reading, so if you haven't ever tired a graphic novel I would recommend starting with Stitches.
Nancy

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