http://www.livingstonecorp.com/2009/05/06/the-ultimate-hero/ Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:50:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.livingstonecorp.com/2009/05/06/the-ultimate-hero/comment-page-1/#comment-4176 Claudia Thu, 07 May 2009 18:44:35 +0000 http://www.livingstonecorp.com/?p=252#comment-4176 Linda - you nailed it. I just "speed-read" Wicked Lovely, as it is on the Abraham Lincoln Awards (Illinois)list for 2010. I found it contrived, and some very disturbing aspects to it, and wished that there was something with truth in it out there. My son, who was reading the book for his school book club, also felt that he'd rather read something with more substance, and frankly, less sexual innuendo or acts! These books are escape, and the wrong kind! - why can we not develop products that bear the weight, like the Lewis trilogy and the seven Narnias, Madeleine L'Engle, and others, more recent? Linda – you nailed it. I just “speed-read” Wicked Lovely, as it is on the Abraham Lincoln Awards (Illinois)list for 2010. I found it contrived, and some very disturbing aspects to it, and wished that there was something with truth in it out there. My son, who was reading the book for his school book club, also felt that he’d rather read something with more substance, and frankly, less sexual innuendo or acts! These books are escape, and the wrong kind! – why can we not develop products that bear the weight, like the Lewis trilogy and the seven Narnias, Madeleine L’Engle, and others, more recent?

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