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Young Adult Fiction
Title: A Greater Goode Author: Amy Schor Ferris Rating:  Must Read!
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Reviewed by: Carolyn Howard-Johnson |
 
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A Classic in the Making?
ôThe Greater Goodeö is a Feel Goode novel. It is told in the first person like ôCatcher in the Rye.ö The protagonist has an identifiable voiceùwry humor, intelligent, youthfulùmuch like Holden CaulfieldÆs. One might also see similarities to Harper LeeÆs ôTo Kill a Mockingbird.ö Does all this mean ôThe Greater Goodeö is a copycat? Definitely not. This is a Feel Goode book, remember? One that is suitable for anyone over, say, age 10. The language is not problematic for youth, nor is the message. On the other hand, the book is well enough plotted, the characters well enough drawn for any adult. Does this then mean that Amy Schor FerrisÆs book is destined to be a classic? Maybe. Of course, whether or not a book becomes a classic is not wholly determined by its timelessness or its quality. If the universe is having a just day, this book may very well make it.
Ms. Ferris knows how to tell a good story and she does. I
may become a fan of young adult literature all over again.
Come. Share with me. Get to know spunky Addie Goode and
her tribe of interesting friends and family. Learn or
review old lessons of life with her. Be surprised by her
fresh, youthful take on an ageing world.
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