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I love stories dealing with people who don’t fit into a perfect mold. Add a group of 7th graders to the mix and you have the perfect middle school drama. James Howe may have aged up the voices of the main characters a bit, but it works. Typical school drama with socially aware kids kept me turning the pages. The story felt fun and light until real heart started showing up. The feels went off the chart during the big speech. The moments Bobby and his dad share on the pages really got to me. This is a great book if you don’t have kids, but want to borrow 4 of them for a few hours. 4.25 for a stack of pancakes.


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The Misfits James Howe Books Reviews

Want your middle-schoolers to listen with rapt attention? This audio version of THE MISFITS by Full Cast Audio is fabulous. The characters, read by talented young actors, leap to audio life from page one until the very end. There is even an interview with the author. My students are completely absorbed!
This was a selection for our monthly mother-daughter book club. It was a very appropriate selection for a group of girls about to enter middle schools. It encouraged great dialogue about bullying, peer pressure and empowerment.
I chose ALL five stars because it was the best book ever. I loved the humor. The only let down was that the first two chapters were a little confusing, like how did a twelve year old get a job as a TIE SALESMEN?! But anyway It was still an awesome book. I would recommend this to anyone.
Great price
The book was in great condition for a hardcover book. It was not new. Great price too. Thank you.
I read this book as part of a reading and mentoring program with a local middle school. Having not read young adult lit since I WAS a young adult, I wasn't sure what to expect. But this book was excellent! James Howe was one of my favorite writers when I was an elementary and middle school student and his writing has only gotten better with age. He's clever and funny but somehow manages to get to the guts of how kids are feeling, why they behave in certain ways, and why they think we (big people) are just a little crazy. He doesn't treat them like adorable little idiots but gives them real problems, complex relationships and chooses lots of words they may not know--but will feel compelled to look up,

His narrator's voice is true and his development throughout the book is believable and heartwarming without being sickly. The story feels genuine, the conflicts (I imagine) are the conflicts of the modern teen. This, of course, means that if you as a parent and don't want your kids to think there are race issues or that fat kids get teased or that "the gays" are at large at your child's school--don't let them read this book.

On the flip side, if you want to let your kid know that you want to share in the goods and the bads of his or her school experience and, indeed, if you want to prepare yourself for the perils and victories of school in 2009, not only let your teen read this book but read it yourself as well.

Thumbs up, James Howe.
As a middle school English teacher, I am always on the hunt for books with great stories that can also provide fantastic conversation starters in the classroom. I had heard of this book and decided to give it a try. I was floored and found myself unable to put it down. Not only is this book laugh out loud funny, with several unpredictably poignant parts that had me near tears, but it explores issues to which middle school students of all backgrounds can relate. I teach in a school where, thankfully, there is not a great deal of "visible" bullying. Even so, there is no doubt that even in the most "refined" of communities, people are alienated, left out, and called names. "The Misfits" hits this nail right on the head -- the fact that people often do not recognize name-calling and alienation as bullying and the fact that it is not long before those who are being called names begin to internalize those words and accept them as defining who they are. Read this book. Read it with your twelve year old, read it for yourself. Remember that your words can make or break a person's day and that the scars of hurtful language are always the last to fade.
I love stories dealing with people who don’t fit into a perfect mold. Add a group of 7th graders to the mix and you have the perfect middle school drama. James Howe may have aged up the voices of the main characters a bit, but it works. Typical school drama with socially aware kids kept me turning the pages. The story felt fun and light until real heart started showing up. The feels went off the chart during the big speech. The moments Bobby and his dad share on the pages really got to me. This is a great book if you don’t have kids, but want to borrow 4 of them for a few hours. 4.25 for a stack of pancakes.