This book was recently recommended to me by a guy that I work with. It sounds like it may be one of those "smart books" that I try to avoid because they're too heavy on history and morals...but we have similar book tastes and the reviews I read on it have been outstanding so I think I'll give it a try.
Based off the back cover, this is one of those true-story, unbelievable survival stories. An Olympic runner-turned-Army guy is on a plane that crashes into the ocean. From there he encounters being adrift at sea, sharks, and Japanese POW camp. I'm sure it's going to be made into a movie. Hollywood can't leave books like this alone. (This comes from the same person who wrote Seabiscuit.)
I'm not going to lie...the first thing that drew me to this book is the cover. It's so vibrant and looks like such a beachy, girly book that I had to find out more. And then I found out that that it's a book about adolescence (zing!), and that there's a ragtag group of friends (double zing!), AND someone dies (ZINGZINGZING!)
So yeah. It's about a group of 14 year old boys at an all boys school. Their friend Skippy dies and as we learn about his death, we also learn about each of the boys that he was friends with.
It's gotten really good reviews, so I'm going to give it a go.
In managing my Kindle I search Amazaon for books, put them in my wish list. If the list gets too long I search the library for certain ones and request them if they have them. Don't get me wrong I love my Kindle, think it is the best thing since sliced bread. However I don't feel guilty in putting down a library book if I don't like it.
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