Sarah Weeks
Paperback | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 4.11 | 31809 Users | 2845 Reviews
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| Title | : | So B. It (So B. It #1) |
| Author | : | Sarah Weeks |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | October 4th 2005 by HarperCollins (first published 2000) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Childrens. Middle Grade. Contemporary |
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Now a major motion picture starring Alfre Woodard, Jessica Collins, John Heard, Jacinda Barrett, Cloris Leachman, and Talitha Bateman—in theaters October 2017! From acclaimed author Sarah Weeks comes a touching coming-of-age story about a young girl who goes on a cross-country journey to discover the truth about her parents, which the New York Times called "a remarkable novel." Perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead's When You Reach Me and Ali Benjamin's The Thing About Jellyfish. She doesn't know when her birthday is or who her father is. In fact, everything about Heidi and her mentally disabled mother's past is a mystery. When a strange word in her mother's vocabulary begins to haunt her, Heidi sets out on a cross-country journey in search of the secrets of her past. Far away from home, pieces of her puzzling history come together. But it isn't until she learns to accept not knowing that Heidi truly arrives.Declare Books As So B. It (So B. It #1)
| Original Title: | So B. It |
| ISBN: | 0064410471 (ISBN13: 9780064410472) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | So B. It #1 |
| Setting: | Reno, Nevada(United States) Liberty, New York(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | South Carolina Book Award for Junior Book Award (2007), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee (0), New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award for Young Adult (2009), William Allen White Children's Book Award (2007), Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award (2006) Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (2007) |
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Ratings: 4.11 From 31809 Users | 2845 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books So B. It (So B. It #1)
This review contains spoilers. This was our book club pick this month. Its a children's book that won an award It's a really short read about a 12 year old girl who's mother is very mentally disabled, and they both live next door to a woman who is agoraphobic who more or less takes care of them. The only thing Heidi knows about her mother is that she calls herself So B It, she knows only 23 words and she says the word soof. This leads her on a quest to find the truth about her mother andAs a homeschooling mother, I was intrigued by the sound of this YA novel and all the positive reviews.12-year-old Heidi has a very irregular family unit. Her mentally-disabled mother knows only a total of 23 words, and she and Heidi are both cared for by a loving neighbour, Bernadette, who has such severe agorophobia that just to step into the passage of their apartment building makes her collapse. Heidi longs to know her own biological background and wishes some of her mother's words would drop
So B. It was an excellent and powerful book that could be compared to What's Eating Gilbert Grape or The Big Way Out. It features a woman with childlike innocence and her daughter's struggle to deal with everything going on around her. It was brilliantly written, with memorable characters and an original plot.
So B. It is a hearting warming novel about a young girl named Heidi who wants to know more about her life, where she came from, and who she really is. She lives with her mother who is mentally disabled and only knows 23 words; she also lives with her neighbor Bernadette, who took Heidi and her mother in. Heidi sets off to an adventure to Liberty, New York where she will hopefully find herself, and her mama, some answers. When she arrives she gets a lot of answers, like what soof meant.
So B It is a delightful story about 12 year old Heidi who is in search of her identity. She lives with her mother who has a mental disability and knows exactly 23 words. Together with their neighbor Bernadette, they live in Reno and get by through Heidi's luck with winning at video games and Bernie's disability check. One of the words that Heidi's mother knows is "soof" and there lies the driving factor to Heidi's travels to find her identity and what the word 'soof' means. Bernie has named Mama
It doesn't happen often, but my rating for this book is purely on an emotional level. In spite of the many plot holes and the ginormous leaps over reality, I was completely pulled into this story. It is a middle grade book with a 12 year old girl named Heidi as the MC. She is living a unique life that consists of a mentally handicapped mother, a neighbor with severe limitations herself and a secret that needs to be discovered. I've never read anything quite like this. I liked the twists, even as
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