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Blue-Eyed Son #1
Mick
Reaching the age of fifteen, Mick of Sycamore Street realizes that tormenting people for nothing more than the color of their skin is wrong and begins to make new friends, but he has trouble divorcing himself from the street life of his tough Irish neighborhood.
- GenresFiction
160 pages, Library Binding
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Chris Lynch
61 books161 followersChris Lynch is the Printz Honor Award-winning author of several highly acclaimed young adult novels, including KILL SWITCH, ANGRY YOUNG MAN, and INEXCUSABLE, which was a National Book Award finalist and the recipient of six starred reviews. He is also the author of FREEWILL, GOLD DUST, ICEMAN, GYPSY DAVY, and SHADOWBOXER, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults; EXTREME ELVIN WHITECHURCH, and ALL THE OLD HAUNTS.
He holds an M.A. from the writing program at Emerson College. He mentors aspiring writers and continues to work on new literary projects. He lives in Boston and in Scotland.
He holds an M.A. from the writing program at Emerson College. He mentors aspiring writers and continues to work on new literary projects. He lives in Boston and in Scotland.
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May 29, 2013
Reading this book was like being beaten up by a special ed student over and over again.
First, the main characters (there are several here) are sitting around in a bar, calling the news reporter a bitch because they don't like what she is reporting. Her job is to simply relay information! It's not her fault you don't like what she is saying. Every single woman in this story is an enabler- each one makes excuses for the male characters' poor actions. There is one good woman in this book- Evelyn- and Mick pursues her relentlessly, even though she has made it clear she wants him to stop.
Dropping weights on the sole Black man in the gym isn't an acceptable social behavior.
Freaking out because gays and Cambodians are allowed to march in the St. Patrick's Day parade? Get over yourselves.
Everything bad about this world is condensed into this one little book. I kept reading because I wanted to find out what happens, and just as it starts to get better it begins to get worse again and abruptly comes to a stop. I couldn't even stomach reading all the words- I skimmed through. It was just that awful.
The point of the book was to be more open to other cultures, right? The only thing this book did for me is made me relieved that I'm not at all Irish. Nothing good at all about Irish culture was presented here.
I liked Toy and Evelyn the best. I disliked everyone else in this book. I am not sure I'm ready to read the next books in the series.
First, the main characters (there are several here) are sitting around in a bar, calling the news reporter a bitch because they don't like what she is reporting. Her job is to simply relay information! It's not her fault you don't like what she is saying. Every single woman in this story is an enabler- each one makes excuses for the male characters' poor actions. There is one good woman in this book- Evelyn- and Mick pursues her relentlessly, even though she has made it clear she wants him to stop.
Dropping weights on the sole Black man in the gym isn't an acceptable social behavior.
Freaking out because gays and Cambodians are allowed to march in the St. Patrick's Day parade? Get over yourselves.
Everything bad about this world is condensed into this one little book. I kept reading because I wanted to find out what happens, and just as it starts to get better it begins to get worse again and abruptly comes to a stop. I couldn't even stomach reading all the words- I skimmed through. It was just that awful.
The point of the book was to be more open to other cultures, right? The only thing this book did for me is made me relieved that I'm not at all Irish. Nothing good at all about Irish culture was presented here.
I liked Toy and Evelyn the best. I disliked everyone else in this book. I am not sure I'm ready to read the next books in the series.
February 18, 2013
How do you escape the prejudice of your family and friends if that is what you’ve known all your life? What if you want to shake free of this hatred, even though your own brother and you friends threaten and force you to act against your own feelings?
This is what Mick is faced with growing up in his Irish-American family in the south of Boston; Chris Lynch sketches Mick’s neighborhood as close knit to be sure, but also full of resentment against those African Americans and immigrants beginning to live in their neighborhood, and this is the web his Mick tries to escape in this first volume of Lynch’s trilogy, an intriguing comparison with James T Farrel's classic Studs Lonigan.
This is what Mick is faced with growing up in his Irish-American family in the south of Boston; Chris Lynch sketches Mick’s neighborhood as close knit to be sure, but also full of resentment against those African Americans and immigrants beginning to live in their neighborhood, and this is the web his Mick tries to escape in this first volume of Lynch’s trilogy, an intriguing comparison with James T Farrel's classic Studs Lonigan.
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