tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post6711473857651998436..comments2023-10-31T08:29:26.593-07:00Comments on Booksquawk: SIMON'S CHOICEMelissa Conwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12368962908843137225noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1110039268234101685.post-84380763549611417012012-06-27T01:05:10.107-07:002012-06-27T01:05:10.107-07:00I read the first part on Authonomy and once I coul...I read the first part on Authonomy and once I could get my hot little hands on it, read the book in two nights. That's how good it was for me. The premise is so clever. It's such a ridiculously illogical answer to give a child, particularly when you think that most parents will try not to lie, just give the answer as tactfully as possible. But how on earth would you answer a child's desperate and scared plea for a hand to hold in the unknown world to which they're headed? Simon said what so many of us would have said and then he had to fathom out how to deal with his promise. <br />I really didn't know how Charlotte could end the story without me being dissatisfied with whatever decision Simon made, after all, there can be no right or wrong answer in this situation. But Charlotte manages the ending beautifully; a twist I never would have dreamt of. <br />I read Simon's Choice over a year ago, maybe two, and still remember so much about it. That's very unusual for me!Jackie Buxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186723392553752533noreply@blogger.com