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Boyssss Spoon Lake
This is a story of four real life brothers who go on an amazing journey to find their family heritage. Although the journey itself is fictional, the brothers are real, their families are real, their home and the many places they visit really do exist. The story plays on each boy's individuality, revealing their own true personality and characteristics throughout their quest. The story line covers the history of their family and the tragedies they endured, while the brothers retrace their great grandfather's footsteps of the old days. They learn about the world around them and how hard life was in the past and how hard it can be in the present, but they find the fortitude to see their journey through to its end. Along the way, they learn and discover things about each other, and about themselves, which forge a lifelong bond between them.
210 pages, Paperback
Published June 5, 2016
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September 19, 2023
This is the mostly fictional story of four boys (Michael, Matthew, Morgan, and Mcauley; all Windsor [last name]). The places in this book really do exist; places that the ‘boyssss’ go to. (The number of s’s denotes how many boys that are being spoken of.
In the basement, the boys find an old cigar box with an old coin and a poem, which the 'boyssss' eventually find out could lead to their one of their grandfather descendants' old illegal moonshine mines (known as moonshine cave).
I picked this up while on vacation in Kansas, and I’m regretful that it took me over two months to finish it.
Hmm. Until pg 83, I was wondering if these boys had any parents, or if they were raised by their grandparents...
On pg 87, I knew what the author meant by something they said, but it’s a ‘consider rephrasing' moment. That something said is: ‘the boysss played in the fire’ (Again, the number of s’s behind the word boy tells you how many boys are being spoken of). This to a reader not familiar with the expression could sound dangerous, or make the reader wonder if the story is partially fantasy; like if three out of the four boys were unaffected by fire as if it were some superpower.
I’m fairly certain this book was written for a young adult audience. Odd because it was sold at a Coal Miner's Museum in Franklin, Kansas... usually those books are written for an older audience. The way it’s written and how there’s no ‘about the author section’ is how I come to this conclusion. Also, it makes me wonder about the age of the author, Michael Windsor. He’s one of the books’ characters. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the author is somewhere between 12-15.
Also doing the Macarena when they got something they wanted was an interesting choice....
I felt that several times, Michael was somewhat judgmental of his siblings. Saying things like this sibling was trying to look tough for the stepmom, or this sibling was wanting to show off again, etc.
On pg 117, there was death described by Matthew, which I not only found disturbing, but felt was inappropriate for children, (children can handle a lot, but sure this was too much. What were the adults thinking?) and unnecessary to describe with so much detail. It kind of put a damper on the book for me.
On page 153: Interestingly, despite the suspected age of the author, there are a couple sayings used throughout this story that not many of kids would likely know today.
Honestly, before I finished it, I didn’t know if I was going to like it, but I did. It has a somewhat slow start, but in the end, it’s worth it. I’m gonna give it 3 stars.
In the basement, the boys find an old cigar box with an old coin and a poem, which the 'boyssss' eventually find out could lead to their one of their grandfather descendants' old illegal moonshine mines (known as moonshine cave).
I picked this up while on vacation in Kansas, and I’m regretful that it took me over two months to finish it.
Hmm. Until pg 83, I was wondering if these boys had any parents, or if they were raised by their grandparents...
On pg 87, I knew what the author meant by something they said, but it’s a ‘consider rephrasing' moment. That something said is: ‘the boysss played in the fire’ (Again, the number of s’s behind the word boy tells you how many boys are being spoken of). This to a reader not familiar with the expression could sound dangerous, or make the reader wonder if the story is partially fantasy; like if three out of the four boys were unaffected by fire as if it were some superpower.
I’m fairly certain this book was written for a young adult audience. Odd because it was sold at a Coal Miner's Museum in Franklin, Kansas... usually those books are written for an older audience. The way it’s written and how there’s no ‘about the author section’ is how I come to this conclusion. Also, it makes me wonder about the age of the author, Michael Windsor. He’s one of the books’ characters. I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if the author is somewhere between 12-15.
Also doing the Macarena when they got something they wanted was an interesting choice....
I felt that several times, Michael was somewhat judgmental of his siblings. Saying things like this sibling was trying to look tough for the stepmom, or this sibling was wanting to show off again, etc.
On pg 117, there was death described by Matthew, which I not only found disturbing, but felt was inappropriate for children, (children can handle a lot, but sure this was too much. What were the adults thinking?) and unnecessary to describe with so much detail. It kind of put a damper on the book for me.
On page 153: Interestingly, despite the suspected age of the author, there are a couple sayings used throughout this story that not many of kids would likely know today.
Honestly, before I finished it, I didn’t know if I was going to like it, but I did. It has a somewhat slow start, but in the end, it’s worth it. I’m gonna give it 3 stars.
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