Getting The Girl
by Markus Zusak
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Author: Markus ZusakEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN: 043938950X
Number of pages: 250
Publisher: Push
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- ISBN13: 9780439389501
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of Getting The Girl
Book Review: One of the Best YA Books I've Ever Read
Summary: 5 Stars
I am not surprised that thus far, this book has only received 5 star reviews. I read all kinds of genres of books and this is one of my favorite books of any genre, definitely of the YA genre.
Before I review it, I want to say this is my first Markus Zusak book and I did not realize that this book follows another: Fighting Ruben Wolfe. Unfortunately, that book appears to be out-of-print here in the U.S. and is for sale Used at like $30 a pop. Understandably, people don't want to get rid of Zusak's book, because I'm sure they want to reread them! My point is that if you can't get the first book, or you do not want to pay that much $, I felt like Getting the Girl can be read without needing to read the first. I did not feel like I was missing backstory, though I would like to go back and read the first.
Now, as for my review, I won't recap the plot, because I hate recapping the plots when I write reviews, but also because this book is more about a character's journey to find self-worth than about any specific events. That isn't to say that there weren't some suspenseful moments where I couldn't tear my eyes from the page. Especially towards the end of the book, I was covering the words with my hand so my eyes wouldn't jump ahead.
This story really snuck up on me. In the first half of the book, I was pulled through my the author's amazing writing, which is both poetic yet straight to-the-point. Not overwritten at all. At first, I was reading it in like 30-40 page increments at a time. I found myself rereading sentences and letting them settle in my mind. At some point in the middle, the story turned a corner where I could not put it down and stayed up late to finish it. In no way is this book sappy or melodramatic - it involves guys fist-fighting, playing sports, going after girls, etc. but it is very raw and real and it reached in and grabbed my emotions by the throat and didn't let go. I cried at least half a dozen times in the second half of this book.
I just hope this review did this book justice. It was that good. This may be classified as Young Adult, but I think this is a great book for not only adolescent and teen boys & girls, but also for adult men and woman. So I guess I pretty much think everyone would love this book.
Summary of Getting The Girl
Cameron Wolfe's life gets very complicated when he falls for his brother's girlfriend in this winning, wise novel from the dynamic author of FIGHTING RUBEN WOLFE.
Cameron Wolfe is the quiet one in his family, not a soccer star like his brother Steve or a charming fighter with a new girl every week like his brother Rube. Cam would give anything to be near one of those girls, to love her and treat her right. He especially likes Rube's latest, Octavia, with her brilliant ideas and bright green eyes. But what woman like that would want a loser like him?
Maybe Octavia would, Cam discovers. Maybe he'd even have something to say. And those maybes change everything: winning, loving, losing, the Wolfe brothers, and Cameron himself.
Cameron Wolfe is the quiet one in his family, not a soccer star like his brother Steve or a charming fighter with a new girl every week like his brother Rube. Cam would give anything to be near one of those girls, to love her and treat her right. He especially likes Rube's latest, Octavia, with her brilliant ideas and bright green eyes. But what woman like that would want a loser like him?
Maybe Octavia would, Cam discovers. Maybe he'd even have something to say. And those maybes change everything: winning, loving, losing, the Wolfe brothers, and Cameron himself.
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