tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post7115309947899660461..comments2024-03-09T05:53:59.542-05:00Comments on Oz and Ends: Cybils Nominee PuckerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28103455.post-31821843149002038612007-03-14T07:39:00.000-05:002007-03-14T07:39:00.000-05:00I'm glad you reviewed this book, thus giving it so...I'm glad you reviewed this book, thus giving it some more attention. I thought there were some plotting problems with <B>Pucker</B>. However, I loved that Thomas was a troubled teen with a unique problem. I also loved his voice. It didn't seem to be that cliched Holden Caulfield wannabe that many YA books with male protagonists seem to have.<BR/><BR/>Another book some of us on the scifi/YA nominating committee liked a great deal was <B>Corbenic</B> by Catherine Fisher. It's similar in that it involves a young man with a troubled relationship with his mother who is torn between two worlds. Very intense. We went with <B>Pucker</B> for the short list because the main character was younger than the main character in <B>Pucker</B>, more solidly YA.Gail Gauthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01673131515563387968noreply@blogger.com