

The Way to Stay in Destiny
Author: Augusta Scattergood
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Unabridged: 4 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 01/01/2015
Author: Augusta Scattergood
Narrator: Michael Crouch
Unabridged: 4 hr 3 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Scholastic Audio Books
Published: 01/01/2015
This book covers a wide range of topics that are important - but I never felt emotionally attached to any of the characters. Theo is an intelligent and brave young man but the personalities of the other individuals fell flat for me.......more
I just never felt emotionally invested and I couldn't understand the motivations of most of the characters. Theo's scooped up by a long-lost uncle after his grandparents get too sick to take care of him and for some reason, they head to Florida instead of back to Alaska where his uncle's been living......more
If you liked Glory Be (and even if you didn't) read The Way to Stay in Destiny. Theo must learn to live in a community that isn't thrilled to have him and with an uncle that doesn't want him. His escape is in his music of which he can't understand his uncle's hatred. Who hates music? Theo itches to p......more
I liked Scattergood's previous middle-grade book "Glory Be" and she is again writing about the South. This time the hero, Thelonious Monk Thomas (or Theo, as he is known) has come to Destiny with his uncle, a Viet Nam vet because his parents have died and his grandparents are too old to care for him......more
The Way to Stay in Destiny weaves a Southern-charm spell on readers, casting them straight into small town Florida circa 1974. Young readers will enjoy the story, part mystery and all adventure with funny, poignant, and hopeful moments. Readers will step inside and feel the summer heat, tap their to......more