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FaceSpace
Danny McBride is not the coolest kid in school, not in his wildest dreams. And if the other kids knew he spent his Saturday nights playing Parcheesi with his mom and working on a city made of Lego, he'd be even less cool. Danny wants more than anything to be popular. He creates a fictional British rocker named James and befriends him publicly online, hoping his make-believe friend's cool will rub off. It works. Danny starts making friends and feeling like part of the crowd—until people start wanting to meet the imaginary friend, and Danny's plan starts to unravel.
- GenresMiddle Grade
128 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2013
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About the author
Adrian Chamberlain
5 books2 followersOriginally from Gabriola Island, Adrian Chamberlain has written about arts and entertainment for the Times Colonist since 1987. His Backstage column appears each Saturday. As well, he writes a column for the Sunday books pages. Before coming to Victoria, he was an arts writer for the Winnipeg Free Press.
Chamberlain has won three B.C. Newspaper Awards for arts writing. In his spare time, he plays keyboard for a rhythm and blues band. His heroes are Ricky Gervais, Larry David, Ray Charles, Christopher Walken, and Aretha Franklin.
Chamberlain has won three B.C. Newspaper Awards for arts writing. In his spare time, he plays keyboard for a rhythm and blues band. His heroes are Ricky Gervais, Larry David, Ray Charles, Christopher Walken, and Aretha Franklin.
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August 30, 2016
Pro: it doesn't end in the obvious 'social media is daaaangerous' after-school special.
Con: The closest thing to a conclusion this book has is 'did you know that jerk's parents are getting divorced and they both hate him' and nothing more.
Bonus: Everybody knows Lego's for babies and they certainly never released a dolphin piece.
Con: The closest thing to a conclusion this book has is 'did you know that jerk's parents are getting divorced and they both hate him' and nothing more.
Bonus: Everybody knows Lego's for babies and they certainly never released a dolphin piece.
October 4, 2022
**read for the kids at work
March 24, 2025
Facespace, Adrian Chamberlain,
Conteporary fiction.
Facespace is a book about how social media distorts social lifes. There is a kid called Danny Mcbridge, who wants attention, to fell included. He saw a photo of his friend with a basket boll, but he edicted the foto so his friend stays ugly. He wanted attention and to be noticed. Then, since that didn't work, he created a fictional British guitarist called James, so he can chat with him in social media, and everybody would notice him. Everybody likes a guy who knows a guitarist personally. I didn't like the book because it's a kind of boring. It's a little repetitive and it could be more concise. I wouldn't recommend this book, but if you want to read it's a good experience.
Conteporary fiction.
Facespace is a book about how social media distorts social lifes. There is a kid called Danny Mcbridge, who wants attention, to fell included. He saw a photo of his friend with a basket boll, but he edicted the foto so his friend stays ugly. He wanted attention and to be noticed. Then, since that didn't work, he created a fictional British guitarist called James, so he can chat with him in social media, and everybody would notice him. Everybody likes a guy who knows a guitarist personally. I didn't like the book because it's a kind of boring. It's a little repetitive and it could be more concise. I wouldn't recommend this book, but if you want to read it's a good experience.
February 18, 2022
Me gustó que se hablará de las redes sociales, y como no todo lo que se muestra en estas es real; no me gustó lo fácil que se solucionó todo al final, fue muy ficticio y forzado.
September 4, 2015
Face Space Review
I found Face Space a little patchy because nothing interesting happened along the book. There were some parts that I really enjoyed but there were others that I was about to fall asleep. I think that Face Space was written for ten year old kids and not for teenagers. This story takes place in a small town in the United States.
The protagonist of the novel is called Danny McBride and he is in his years of high school. He has never been popular in school. Well, the truth is that he has always been invisible to all the kids of his school, except to his best friend Brad, who about two years ago joined the basketball team and made a lot of friends while Danny only had Brad as a friend. Along the story, there is a really famous social media for them called Face Space. Danny saw that Brad had a lot of friends while he only had fifty. Danny thinks that creating a fake profile in Face Space would make him popular which that happens until he gets caught and he stays as he was before of worse.
The main theme in this story is social media. They got the title of this novel from the social media that goes around the story a lot, Face Space. I think that the person who wrote this book had a lot of creativity because I wouldn’t have the creativity of making up a whole book about social media and a fake profile and all of that. I would recommend this book to the people that are big fans of computers and social media because there is a lot of that going on. Even though, I think that little kids would like this book better than a teenager.
I found Face Space a little patchy because nothing interesting happened along the book. There were some parts that I really enjoyed but there were others that I was about to fall asleep. I think that Face Space was written for ten year old kids and not for teenagers. This story takes place in a small town in the United States.
The protagonist of the novel is called Danny McBride and he is in his years of high school. He has never been popular in school. Well, the truth is that he has always been invisible to all the kids of his school, except to his best friend Brad, who about two years ago joined the basketball team and made a lot of friends while Danny only had Brad as a friend. Along the story, there is a really famous social media for them called Face Space. Danny saw that Brad had a lot of friends while he only had fifty. Danny thinks that creating a fake profile in Face Space would make him popular which that happens until he gets caught and he stays as he was before of worse.
The main theme in this story is social media. They got the title of this novel from the social media that goes around the story a lot, Face Space. I think that the person who wrote this book had a lot of creativity because I wouldn’t have the creativity of making up a whole book about social media and a fake profile and all of that. I would recommend this book to the people that are big fans of computers and social media because there is a lot of that going on. Even though, I think that little kids would like this book better than a teenager.
March 26, 2014
One of the Orca Currents series of books that deal with issues faced by kids nowadays this one was, like a few of the others, kind of lacking.
Not much character development, the dialogue was iffy and there was not much of a resolution at the end. Danny is a somewhat unpopular kid who feels left out of all the fun that his classmates talk about on the social media site FaceSpace. So he creates a fictitious "cool" friend thinking that THAT friendship will be the thing that springboards him into popularity.
I can see this being a good read for younger kids but it's not compelling enough for teens.
Not much character development, the dialogue was iffy and there was not much of a resolution at the end. Danny is a somewhat unpopular kid who feels left out of all the fun that his classmates talk about on the social media site FaceSpace. So he creates a fictitious "cool" friend thinking that THAT friendship will be the thing that springboards him into popularity.
I can see this being a good read for younger kids but it's not compelling enough for teens.
April 7, 2013
I go into these books aimed at struggling/ reluctant readers with certain expectations. I expect that character development will suffer at the expense of action. But I do expect a certain consistency and believability. For example, first the older brother is home from college on break, then suddenly home from college all the time, as well as being unrealistically involved. The thread of lies the mc was spinning was intriguing and what made me pick up the book to begin with; the resolution? Not so much.
Grade: 6 - 9
Grade: 6 - 9
July 6, 2014
Great topic. Less than great execution. The fake profile that was made and the supporting characters reaction to it was not realistic. Also, the lesson was learned to easily and with very light consequences. The ending was too abrupt. As a tea hong tool for the reader, watching an episode to MTV's show Catfish would provide a much better understanding of the affects and consequences of fake profiles for the creator and viewers.
February 3, 2017
The slang is awkward (and dated), and it's hard to believe that kids wouldn't immediately peg the fake Facebook guy as a fake. But this is worth reading for the low-key and kind reaction of the main character's friends, who are a tolerant bunch, willing to forgive him for having given in to the impulse to lie.
February 10, 2015
prettyyyy dorky slang for a teenager
April 18, 2013
Read for review.
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