Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Winger by Andrew Smith

Smith, A. (2013). Winger (p. 439). New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

Characters: Ryan, Chas, Annie, Joey

Themes: Sexuality, School, Friendship

Summary:
Ryan (Winger) is a fourteen year old junior at Pine Mountain. Obviously he is much younger and smaller than his classmates and he gets bullied.  At the end of last year, he was caught using a teacher’s phone to call his crush Annie. Now he is living in the trouble maker dorms called Opportunity Hall.  Ryan is really good at running, he plays varsity rugby as a wing. Chas, Ryan’s new roommate, is the school’s biggest bully.  Ryan’s thoughts are composited of sex, penises, and rugby.  He also charts his emotions, experience and thoughts using graphs and diagrams. Ryan befriends, Joey, a gay rugby player which he is okay with. Ryan pretends to grow up and by doing so he actually kind of does.

I would recommend the age range from 14-18 years old.  Some of the content may be a little too much for a younger group.

 

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