- Hardcover: 216 pages
- Publisher: Groundwood Books (Sep 1 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0888998821
- ISBN-13: 978-0888998828
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 13.5 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 281 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #755,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Written as a series of letters to an imaginary friend on another planet, [The Saver is] a compelling story of determination and the will to survive. (School Library Journal )
[The protaganist's] determination to find a better place is both understandable and laudable...a strong and clever teenager. (VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) )
[The protaganist's] determination to find a better place is both understandable and laudable...a strong and clever teenager. (VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) )
Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Fern has not had many breaks in life. She struggles at school and lives with her mother in a roach-infested apartment. Then, suddenly, her mother has a heart attack and dies, and Fern is devastated. But she's a survivor, and she's not afraid of hard work. Sidestepping social services, she quits school and sets out to look after herself. With a little luck and ingenuity and a lot of determination, she manages to live rent-free by becoming a janitor in a crummy apartment building. When she runs out of toothpaste she gets freebies from dentists' offices. Then she tries to juggle two other shift jobs, including one in a restaurant kitchen, so she has access to leftover food. But despite her resourcefulness and resolve, the exhaustion and stress eventually take their toll, until Fern discovers that she is not really on her own after all. (20090801)
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Superb Young Adult Novel,
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This review is from: The Saver (Paperback)
Teens should read The Saver because they won't have read another book like it, and it's eye-opening.A teen girl learns to cope completely on her own after her mother's sudden death. Fern is 17 but manages her survival by taking jobs and being frugal. The format is fresh and the writing is superb. Adults will find this story intriguing as well. Highly recommended. Another gem from Edeet Ravel.
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Moving, poignant story,
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This review is from: The Saver (Hardcover)
Seventeen-year-old Fern has not had an easy life. She's not pretty or attractive; she and her mother are not well off, and she isn't that interested in or good at school.Then Fern's mother dies and she has to figure out how to manage all on her own. Told through the letters Fern writes to her extra-terrestrial friend Xanoth, Fern's story is by turns realistic, haunting, funny, sad and completely believable. Anyone who has ever written another person off as "marginal" or "unimportant" should read this book. It is great to see Fern's progression from mere survival to friendship to... who knows? I hope Ravel features her as a side character in a future novel - with that brains and determination, it would be fascinating to see the direction her life might take. |
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