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The only terms used for a homosexual individual were derogatory and inflammatory. This book deals with physical disabilities, homosexuality, physical abuse of children, a teen with high morals and love for his family. I could go on and on. I'd love to see this made into a movie. I urge you to give it a try. I don't think you'll regret it.
Sep 19, Marissa rated it it was ok. Pretty standard coming of age story. Nothing bad, per se, but nothing to make it stand out. The immediate family was fairly well fleshed out, all the supporting characters were pretty much just NPCs. Oct 08, Heidi Harwitz rated it liked it. Sweet, but predictable at times. Slow moving, but not in an unpleasant way-kind of like an old-fashioned childhood summer. Sep 09, Lawrence rated it really liked it. This story is narrated by Nelson Gody, and is about his summer of growing up in Bells Ferry, Mississippi, the summer he turns It is a coming of age story.
Nelson, who lives with his widower father and younger sister, and next door to his widowed aunt, discovers how blessed his life has been at the same time he finds out it has also been very sheltered. I read some reviews indicating Nelson's father was simply too good to be true, but since I read this with the thought it was a type of m This story is narrated by Nelson Gody, and is about his summer of growing up in Bells Ferry, Mississippi, the summer he turns I read some reviews indicating Nelson's father was simply too good to be true, but since I read this with the thought it was a type of memoir, I had no problem with Nelson remembering both the highlights and traumas as more ideally or tragically from the perspective of time.
Apr 14, Claudia Harrington rated it really liked it. I usually rate base on what I like, instead of the writing. I believe this is a very smart book, very well researched. The tread of stories are all tight to the main Character. The characters are colorful and well developed. I specially like the relationship between Len and his father. This book addresses many topics as thing in the specific time, such as segregation, homosexual relations, economical status and what it was to live in the time.
I was very surprise with this book, specially becaus I usually rate base on what I like, instead of the writing. I was very surprise with this book, specially because I got it for free. I would have given 4. However, I have to say this is a good read. Sep 02, Jean.
Mcloughlin rated it really liked it. Also, enjoyed the character of this teenage boy and the support he gave his friend who had a different lifestyle. Sep 04, Michelle rated it it was ok. Good book You people should just read this book yourselves and write your own review on this novel yourself and I really enjoyed reading this book very much so. Nov 21, Karen rated it really liked it. Very well written coming of age book. I enjoyed the story. Sep 23, Gary Ickes rated it it was amazing.
May 16, Joel rated it really liked it Shelves: This book started off strong: This is a coming-of-age tale that stars Nelson Gody, a boy in rural Mississippi who turns 16 in the summer of While the era in which the book takes place is much slower paced than our current one, it is still turbulent in its own way. I am so not a fan of insta-love, and it was slightly nauseating here. Yes, simpler times and different moral standards, but Nelson comes off a tad too chivalrous to be completely believable. The struggle to maintain or forego his oldest friendship is a much more compelling part of the story.
There were moments of growth there that felt much more real than any aspect of the love story. Had the novel focused more on this than the first love portion, it would have been a lot stronger tale, and closer to a 5-star read. Jun 07, Buchdoktor rated it really liked it Shelves: Nelson lebt zusammen mit seinem alleinerziehenden Vater und seiner kleinen Schwester. Nelson kennt diese Einstellung aus seiner Familie nicht. Jun 06, Garth Mailman rated it really liked it. Since I've been reading two much longer and heavier books decided to try something lighter.
Was not expecting to encounter another story involving young men coming of age with issues of homosexuality.
Nearly year-old Nelson is coming to terms with the fact that his best friend Frankie loves him, in the Biblical sense that Jonathan loved David. Nelson, on the other hand, is coping with his first infatuation with the blind girl spending the summer with his Aunt next door. In the Mississippi of Since I've been reading two much longer and heavier books decided to try something lighter. In the Mississippi of where the word 'nigger' was still thrown around with impunity and hippie was a term of derision Nelson fears for his friend's safety.
Nelson is blessed with enlightened parental guardians in a part of the world where this was unusual at the time. The book captures the daily drudgery of the routine on a working farm without itself seeming boring. Owning your own wheels as a means of getting out and being independent is a priority. You depend on your neighbours in a rural setting of necessity, whether you like them or not. And then there's the issue of being responsible for a younger sibling.
Given the details the writer goes into about appearance and clothing I had to check to determine that GM Frazier was a male, not a woman. By coincidence I find myself reading this novel at the same time that I'm watching Michael Burk's The Mudge Boy which in a similarly rural setting reverses the roles. Frazier handles his material in a much less awkward fashion, but then Duncan Mudge's father is anything but understanding. The historical events worked into the storyline help ground it.
If everyone had a dad like Nelson's the world would be a far better place. Throwing in Free Masonry and the Presbyterian Church helps broaden the background. The forty-year later epilogue was a nice touch. Jan 25, Rosemary Cantrell rated it really liked it. I enjoyed this book very much. It was a coming of age story - the summer that Nelson turns 16 in and all the turmoil that surrounds him during that summer. Nelson was such a well-rounded and interesting character.
The other characters were also interesting and compelling. Maybe the father was a little too perfect, but I liked him and could believe the way he handled the events that transpire. Likewise, the aunt, the first-time girl friend, the best friend - I loved them all. A lot happens in I enjoyed this book very much.
A lot happens in this one summer - Nelson meets a young girl who is blind and he falls for her completely and experiences his first feelings of love. He learns that his best friend is gay and struggles to maintain a friendship that has been a part of him his whole life. He faces the worst that nature can give in Hurricane Camille.
And he faces life and death against the biker who has abused his friend. I enjoyed this book more than I have any books I have read in a while and would recommend it to everyone - but especially to young readers. It shows how making good, solid choices in times of conflict can provide a strong foundation for a successful life.
I received a copy of the book in exchange for writing a review. Dec 29, Lisa rated it it was ok. I really liked some aspects of this book. Set in Mississippi in the s, the novel managed to treat the subjects of race, disability, gender, and homosexuality with grace and nuance. Not a small feat! Plus it was well plotted and paced.
I was excited to discover what would happen next. My problem and this is a big deal for me, which is why I rated it so low despite having mostly enjoyed it was the character development. The characters were by and large one-dimensional, with good guys who were I really liked some aspects of this book.
The characters were by and large one-dimensional, with good guys who were all good and bad guys who were all bad. There wasn't much in the middle. Not only that, but without giving anything away, some terrible things happened to some of the characters in this book, and it really didn't seem to affect them at all. I am optimistic enough to believe that one's life can still have a happy ending even if terrible things happen, but, well, not if those terrible things are never really dealt with.
This lack of character development sort of ruined the book for me. I think this is a debut novel for the author, and he really did a lot of things right. He just needs to work on character development a bit, and he'll have some really great work. Jan 12, Cheryl M-M rated it really liked it. I mistakenly thought this would be another supernatural werewolf story, because of the word wolf in the title. I couldn't have been more wrong. Wolf refers to a place, a river to be precise.
The story is in fact a combination of coming of age and nostalgic memories. That might sound like a slow moving summer trip down memory lane, but this book manages to venture into quite a few sub-plots, which are hot topics. Domestic violence, male rape, homosexuality, racism and the discriminatory view of th I mistakenly thought this would be another supernatural werewolf story, because of the word wolf in the title.
Domestic violence, male rape, homosexuality, racism and the discriminatory view of the religious. Hard to imagine that all those controversial themes flowed side by side comortably to make one story and yet they do. I think the author approached the issue of a young boy and his homosexuality very well. Showing the confusion, frustration and fear of rejection from the boy's perspective and then the ignorance, discrimination and anger from his family. It was subtle, but very memorable. All in all this was a very enjoyable read.
I received a free copy of this book for my review Apr 03, Judy rated it really liked it. I picked this up as a Kindle freebie, so expectations were not that high, but I loved this and will likely re-read. This is a "coming of age" story taking place the eventful summer of , beginning with the launch of Apollo 11 first manned lunar mission and ending with the destruction of Hurricane Camille. The narrator is a young man named Nelson, or Nels, and involves his family and friends. It is a tale of first love, family closeness, dealing with a best friend who finds h Excellent book!
It is a tale of first love, family closeness, dealing with a best friend who finds himself drawn to a lifestyle that is feared and reviled.
There was a major To Kill a Mockingbird influence, and since that is my all-time favorite book, I couldn't quite come up with 5 stars for this one, but it has a great message, lots of heart and kept me absolutely riveted during the time I was reading it. Wonderful characters, good plot, good sense of the summer of which I remember very well.
Well done, and I recommend it highly! Sep 09, Camie rated it liked it. This book won the Kindle Indie Book Award. Set in a small town in Mississippi in , this a coming of age story of almost 16 year old Nelson Gody and his friend Frankie. Usually summers in this town near the wolf river are quite uneventful, but this summer is like no other, with one of the boys experiencing his first love, while the other begins to feel the need to share a secret that may threaten their friendship.
It is also a summer that involves a stranger, a mystery, and the devasta This book won the Kindle Indie Book Award. It is also a summer that involves a stranger, a mystery, and the devastation of hurricane Camille. I really enjoyed the time references in the book as I was a tween myself in and remember most all of the events in this book , such as the first moon landing!
It was a much simpler time when being "different from the norm" was not very socially acceptable and this book deals with some of those issues. Apr 02, Richard rated it really liked it. This is a remarkably gentle and compassionate treatment of some very harsh realities. The coming-of-age story at its heart involves more than a teenager "growing up.
He faces hatred, bigotry, the rape of a friend, and some tough moral choices. At the same time, he is excited about getting his driver's license and his first car while working at his summer job. It is an interesting combination of the This is a remarkably gentle and compassionate treatment of some very harsh realities.
It is an interesting combination of the nostalgia of teenage years with a growing realization of the dark side of life. I especially appreciated the picture of a father with strong values grounding his son in those values and setting him on a path to maturity and true character. The climactic events are set in the midst of the devastation of Hurricane Camille, a fascinating metaphor for the transforming upheaval taking place in the lives of the young people at the novel's core.
Apr 03, Michele Whitecotton rated it it was amazing.
This book really had a lot going for it. It was a free kindle book and the synopsis made it sound pretty good but it went beyond all expectations. I won't use the term "coming of age" in my review because every other person already did but it's about a boy who does a lot of growing up in one summer. He deals with the issues of young love, homosexuality, attempted murder, physical and sexual abuse, and a hurricane just to name a few. A couple reviewers said this book needed edited because the aut This book really had a lot going for it. A couple reviewers said this book needed edited because the author was overly descriptive and I totally disagree.
The descriptions of the characters really gave them a depth and gave us a great understanding of them. The way the story was written gave us vivid images so we could practically see the story unfolding. I could have done without the emergency weather reports maybe, but it was just part of it. This was a great family drama with some mystery thrown in and I would definitely recommend it. Nov 05, Tina rated it it was amazing. What a remarkable book! This is about two young boys and how they literally become men during the summer of Between "Jaybird" and "Camille" these two boys had experiences that literally transported them into adulthood almost overnight.
Nelson and Frankie, best friends forever, what they experienced and had to go through that summer, wow! The book was morally correct in every way, not to be confused with politically correct, when reading this book you have to put yourself back to -. M What a remarkable book!
Trapping in Minnesota and Michigan for additional wolves would likely continue later in as the Park Service attempts to bring up to 30 wolves to the island over two or three years. Scientists with Michigan Technological University, who have been studying the island's wolf and moose populations for 59 years, have said for years that the wolves need new blood or they face extinction. Because of diminished and less frequent ice buildup between the North Shore and the island, as winters continue to warm across the Northland, no new wolves have wandered to the island and stayed for decades.
That's why Park Service officials earlier this year finalized the plan to bring new wolves to the island to help control the burgeoning moose population there. Wolves are relatively new to the island, having crossed the ice in the s. Their numbers reached a high of 50 in Wolf numbers on the island crashed from 24 as recently as to just the current pair, a 7-year-old female and 9-year-old male.
Moose came to the island much earlier in the s, peaking at 2, in and hitting bottom at just in In their annual survey last winter, scientists estimated the moose herd had grown to about 1, on the island. Skip to main content.
A Death on the Wolf has ratings and reviews. Tracie said: A flawed but enjoyable coming of age story. The writing is can be clumsy and overly d. Editorial Reviews. Review. The term "coming of age" is often overused -- but not here. A Death On The Wolf - Kindle edition by G. M. Frazier. Download it once.
Tweet Historic grain elevator burns in Superior. By John Myers on Nov 13, at 4: One of four wolves trapped in Minnesota and relocated to Isle Royale on Lake Superior has died, and scientists say they don't know why. A necropsy will be conducted with results likely in December. Three relocated wolves remain on the island with more expected to be moved to the island from Ontario in January.