GUITAR-HIGHWAY-ROSE

1. (Ebook pdf) Guitar Highway Rose Guitar Highway Rose Brigid Lowry *Download PDF | ePub | DOC | audiobook | ebooks #3372936 in Books 2003-11-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .80 x 5.86 x 8.54l, .86 #File Name: 0823417905196 pages | File size: 51.Mb Brigid Lowry : Guitar Highway Rose before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Guitar Highway Rose: 0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Melissa J. WallaceMy son really enjoyed this book.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Wow. No thanks.By JusticepirateI'm sorry, but all the run-on sentence/paragraphs without any commas or anything even drove me nutty! This book totally brought me back to 1997 considering all the music and fashion mentioned (in which I was a teenager at that time as well). It was nice that they

2. gave you so many perspectives in this book. Sadly though, I was bored out of my mind. I was glad this was such a fast and short read. I couldn't even attach myself to the characters. I was extremely surprised to find that this book did so very well in Austrailia. The poetic pieces were wonderful in the book but I just had a hard time enjoying this. I also think that it lacked realism by making everything so happy for everyone in the end of the book. I don't think things always turn out that way considering how the characters are described throughout it. It was like everything had a quick fix suddenly.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Realistic and touchingBy Teen ReadsFifteen-year-old Rosie Moon lives in a small seaside town in Australia, where experiencing life is limited to walks on the beach and secretly piercing your nose. Her parents aren't getting along, her uptight mother finds it difficult to give Rosie the freedom she craves, and she's not sure how to impress the quietly rebellious new boy in her class, Asher Fielding. Asher just moved to town with his newly single mother and desperately wants to leave his restrictive new school and head back across the country to his father and his old friends.Rosie and Asher's friendship begins when they are paired up for a poetry project, and their romance takes off when Asher is mistakenly accused of stealing. He decides to run away for the second time, his first attempt to return to his father having proved fruitless. Rosie, desperate to break away from her own small-town troubles, decides to go with him, and the two take off on a cross-country search for adventure, freedom and, of course, love.Brigid Lowry's novel was first published in Australia, and while American readers may be a bit confused by some of the geographic references, they will also find it interesting to learn about daily life on the other side of the world, where the lingo may differ but the issues and emotions of the characters are strikingly familiar. The story is told in a series of vignettes, including everything from stream-of-consciousness thoughts to lists of the contents of someone's pockets or what someone had for breakfast. Anything that may provide a further glimpse into a character is fair game.Some of the vignettes can be confusing, such as Asher's scattered thoughts or dialogue scenes with no speaker indicated. Also, some of the thought sequences feel unnatural at times, with characters narrating their actions to themselves as they do them or describing their emotions (apparently for our benefit), creating the feeling that we're being told what the person is thinking or doing rather than overhearing their actual thoughts. This is an interesting approach to storytelling, but at times it can come across as a self-conscious attempt at originality. Perhaps this technique was more original when the novel was first published, but with the recent popularity of books told in diary, email, list, or other unique formats, some of the creative appeal of Lowry's style is lost.On the whole, however, the charm and good intentions of the characters --- everyone from frustrated students and teachers to struggling parents and even the occasional stranger --- make this a sweet story worth reading. There's not much of an edge to the characters, but the parents' difficulties at figuring out how to be the best parents, and the teenagers' need to explore the world around them without restrictions, are both real and very touching. After reading GUITAR HIGHWAY ROSE, readers may wish they could be the stars of their own road trip adventure/love story. --- Reviewed by Emily Shaffer Two fifteen-year-olds, Rosie and Asher, upset over the various unhappy circumstances of their lives in the Australian city of Perth, decide to run away. Their lives are turned upside down as they take to the road to discover the world, strengthen their friendship, and learn the darker and lighter sides of their own identities. From School Library JournalGrade 7-10-Rosie Moon, 15, is waiting for life to happen-school is dull, her mother won't let her get a nose ring, and her parents seem to be breaking up. Along comes Asher Fielding, transplanted with his mother to Perth from New South Wales after his parents separate. He has dreadlocks, loves Jim Morrison's poetry, and gleefully defies the school's dress code. When Asher is accused of stealing a teacher's wallet, he and Rosie hitchhike up the coast and take up with two hippies and their young daughter. Instead of presenting a predictable object lesson about the danger of the road, Lowry allows the pair to discover themselves and one another as they play on the beach, sleep outdoors, and marvel at the workings of a happy family. The story is told in cleverly titled vignettes in the voices of the characters, including parents, teachers, Rosie's younger brother, and occasional words from the omniscient narrator. The language and format-ample space between the short monologues-are simple and engaging. The narrative, however, is far from simple. Lowry describes the Australian land- and seascape in colorful detail. Her prose is crisply observant in some places, stream-of-consciousness in others, and full of British/Aussie humor and one-liners. What starts in choppy, snappy sentences, la Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones' Diary (Viking, 1999) or Louise Rennison's Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging (HarperCollins, 2000) grows into more fluid, emotional prose. Although the ending is a little too neat, this is a romantic, entertaining, and thoughtful novel.Johanna Lewis, New York Public LibraryCopyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.From BooklistGr. 8- 12. "My name is Rosie Moon . . . I'm hungry for a juicy life," writes good-girl Rosie in her self-portrait for Mr. E., the new English teacher. Then new student Asher attracts Rosie's attention by challenging the school's dress code. After Asher is falsely accused of taking a teacher's wallet, he vows to run away, and Rosie decides to go with him. Their "juicy" flight terrifies the teens' families but thrills the two runaways. Snippets of conversation, thoughts, and descriptions are folded into a narrative that draws readers into the worlds of the main characters as well as those of their families and friends. Lowry's careful choice of words, her rich, sensuous descriptions of nature, food, clothing--

3. life!--are distinctive, and inevitable conflicts notwithstanding, this Australian import has a delightful tranquility that persists all the way to a realistic, satisfying ending. An unassuming, charming book. Frances BradburnCopyright American Library Association. All rights reservedAbout the AuthorBrigid Lowry is the author of award-winning poetry, short stories, and young adult novels. She is well known in Australia, where Guitar Highway Rose was a runaway success with young readers and a finalist for or winner of numerous prestigious awards. She spent much of her life in Australia but now lives in New Zealand, where she was born and raised.