If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Gennifer Choldenko
If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period, Gennifer Choldenko
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If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

Author: Gennifer Choldenko

Narrator: Ariadne Meyers, Francois Battiste

Unabridged: 4 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/09/2007

Synopsis

For Kirsten McKenna, the world is crumbling. Her parents are barely speaking to each other, and her best friend has come under the spell of the school’s queen bee, Brianna. Only Kirsten’s younger science-geek sister is on her side.

For Walker Jones, the goal is to survive at the new white private school his mom has sent him to because she thinks he’s going to screw up like his cousin. (Walk keeps telling her,“Don’t have to worry, Momma. Before I go bad I’ll let you know, send a Hallmark card ready-made for the occasion . ‘On the eve your son messes up.’”)

But Walk is a good kid. So is his new friend, Matteo, though no one knows why Matteo will do absolutely anything that hot blond Brianna asks of him.

Then Kirsten discovers something that shakes her and Walk to their cores. . . .

About The Author

Gennifer Choldenko was bused to a predominantly black junior high after attending a mostly white elementary school. “Everywhere I went,” she remembers, “I was first my skin color and then who I was. And I never forgot what that felt like. I think the seed of this book was planted in that experience.” She is the author of several children’s books, including the Newbery Honor and New York Times Book Review bestseller Al Capone Does My Shirts, which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Children’s Book, and which also received the Sid Fleischman Humor Award. She lives with her husband and two children in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Lisa the Librarian on 2008-04-01 12:20:04

Choldenko, who struck CL gold with Al Capone Does My Shirts, does a good job making the voices of this dual narrative clear. The interpersonal struggles, whether between parents or 7th graders, feel real. However, she tries to hard when she brings in love child angle. Really, there was enough going on. The story didn't need this big bang at the end, which then required haste in closing the rip in the middle-schoolers' universe. In parts, the characters seem to be written at an older age -- 14 or 15 -- rather than the 12-13 they are. Worth reading if you want to follow the career of Choldenko who is a really nice person and a great presenter, but a flawed story standing alone.

Goodreads review by Suzanne on April 25, 2008

Yeah, no I did not like this one. Characters were bland stereotypes. I thought the major plot twist about 2/3 through would save it, but it only emphasized the incomplete ending. The author expects too much of her readers (think: what is my demographic?) with her abrupt ending. Perhaps she is crafti......more

Goodreads review by Grace on February 13, 2017

I thought this was a very good book. I did enjoy reading from Kirsten's point of view better than Walk's perspective though. My favorite part was the end because it was very joyful.......more

Goodreads review by Keida on June 15, 2017

This book was so good. I absolutely loved it. It definitely surprised me. I am not giving it away, you just have to read it.......more

Goodreads review by Yareli on June 15, 2017

Really good book, I can't believe some of the stuff that happened.......more

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