Seventeen-year-old Del is in a hurry to leave Los Angeles. But on the day of her escape, she's stopped short - by a day-long traffic jam. Eight years later, it's opening night of her one woman show about a day spent in gridlock. Could the show reveal that a day wasted in traffic is anything but?
Breakout is the latest innovative work of Paul Fleischman. His other celebrated books include Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, which is a Newbery Medal Winner and winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction/Poetry.
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" I don't know why I even considered finishing this book except, that due to a bad head cold, my eyes hurt too bad to read, and I didn't want to get out of bed to get another audio cassette. . . "
" Fleischman's book is creative and tells an interesting story well, but the story at times is rather drawn out and void of progression. The voice of Del is well developed and provides a strong female character finding herself after years of doubt. "
" It was written with a good layout, but very boring. no offense to Mr. Fleischman, but true. "
" I admit that there were moments in this book when I felt amazed at Del's ingenuity and talent. But the novel on the whole didn't seem to go anywhere as a story. I just didn't feel captivated as I waded through this story. "
" I was not going to give this one star but then it would look like I just did not do the star rating. "
" I've read other books by this author and loved them but this one I just didn't get and couldn't get through it. "
" I don't even know what made me decide to read this. There is nothing about the concept that is interesting. In fact, the whole story is rather dull. Very boring. "
" I think a coworker recommended this one to me, but I don't remember. Nor do I really remember what this book was about. "
" A look at people and culture. Interesting, though not very exciting. "
" It doesn't stick out in my memory as particularly interesting. "
" Did not like at all. "
" Told in the form of a play. "
Paul Fleischman has written more than twenty-five books for children and young adults. He received a Newbery Medal for Joyful Noise and a Newbery Honor for Graven Images. His novel Whirligig was named a Best Book of the Year by Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Booklist. His Breakout was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Daniel G. Amen, MD, is a physician, psychiatrist, teacher, and head of the Amen Clinics. He is the author of more than thirty books, including eight New York Times bestsellers. An internationally recognized keynote speaker, he has also been the host of several popular public television specials about the brain. Dr. Amen is the lead researcher on the world’s largest brain-imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on applying brain-imaging science to everyday clinical practice.
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