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| Title | : | How to Say Goodbye in Robot |
| Author | : | Natalie Standiford |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 288 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2009 by Scholastic Press |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Contemporary. Fiction. Realistic Fiction. Romance. Teen |
Natalie Standiford
Hardcover | Pages: 288 pages Rating: 3.83 | 8367 Users | 1043 Reviews
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From bestselling author Natalie Standiford, an amazing, touching story of two friends navigating the dark waters of their senior year. New to town, Beatrice is expecting her new best friend to be one of the girls she meets on the first day. But instead, the alphabet conspires to seat her next to Jonah, aka Ghost Boy, a quiet loner who hasn't made a new friend since third grade. Something about him, though, gets to Bea, and soon they form an unexpected friendship. It's not romance, exactly - but it's definitely love. Still, Bea can't quite dispel Jonah's gloom and doom - and as she finds out his family history, she understands why. Can Bea help Jonah? Or is he destined to vanish?Be Specific About Books Concering How to Say Goodbye in Robot
| Original Title: | How to Say Goodbye in Robot |
| ISBN: | 0545107083 (ISBN13: 9780545107082) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Baltimore, Maryland(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award (RT Award) for Best Young Adult Novel (2009), Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009) |
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Ratings: 3.83 From 8367 Users | 1043 ReviewsColumn Appertaining To Books How to Say Goodbye in Robot
How to Say Goodbye in Robot was the 2009 young adult novel by Natalie Standiford.My decision to read this book was based almost entirely on stars. Star-ratings, that is, as opposed to any one particular glowing review. Because it seemed to me that while many people love this book, they couldnt quite articulate why that was the case. Clues about the synopsis were vague (even the blurb offers little in the way of plot) but I persisted in seeing this distinctive pink cover (and, Ive gotta admit,This book revolves around Beatrice's intense, demanding relationship with Jonah. They're not exactly dating, and their relationship is too emotionally loaded to call it simply friendship. Not that it's a great relationship. Jonah is codependent and demanding, and can lash out at Bea for things that aren't her fault. But he makes her feel special and understood when others don't. I have to give Standiford a lot of credit for writing this relationship realistically, without making Jonah a villain
3.5 stars Beatrice and her family relocate to Baltimore just in time for her senior year in high school. She attends a small private school with only 40 seniors so everyone pretty much hangs out together by default. So even though the rest of the class has been together since kindergarten, there is none of that "you're an outsider" stuff here. There is one exception to this; Jonah, also known as Ghost Boy. He's been a loner since his mother and twin brother died in a car accident when he was
How to Say Goodbye in Robot starts with a strong voice and weaves into a complicated relationship that was so real it broke my heart. I got why Bea fell into this co-dependency. You have a closed-off boy who shuns everyone else and all of a sudden he wants to be your friend. Somehow that makes you special or really nice or cool or something than stands out from the masses. No matter how un-friend-worthy said boy turns out to be, you would do anything to hold up his volatile world and emotions
First off-to set people strait-this book is not about robots or anything sci-fi; its about love but not rmance because Bea and Jonah are good friends. (If you think Bea and Jonah shared a romantic relationship then youre probably like the rest of Canton High.) How to Say Goodbye in Robot is the bleak story of one unique friendship, a late night talk show, and too many goodbyes.Bea and Jonah are different. Bea is the stone child who is slightly depressed about her parents and is tired of
brutally honest and absolutely beautiful. I never read anything like this and I couldn't put the book down.
First read: sometime in 2014?Re-read: Dec. 2016Sweet, sad, wonderfully quirky, and delightfully original, Natalie Standifords beautifully honest book made me laugh in surprise, nod in understanding, and wish that I were part robot so that my heart would stop breaking. Libba Bray(this blurb pretty much sums up the book perfectly but Im going to ramble on a bit myself now because I can)First off, quirky. Yes. This book is so quirky. As I love quirky, its one of the things that drew me in in the
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