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Bagdasarian, Adam
2 Reviews
(2)
YA
Bagdasarian brings acute powers of observation to these short stories, framed as a fictional autobiography, which trace a self-described "random journey to the happy, confusing, humorous, traumatic, sad, romantic years of age five to age twenty." The stories flip back and forth through narrator Will's childhood and adolescence, and the mix of comic situations with intelligent reflection gives each reminiscence a larger relevance.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2002
(1)
YA
This vividly, even horrifically, evoked novel tells of the genocide carried out against Armenians in Turkey during World War I. Like narrator Vahan Kenderian, who is twelve when the novel begins, a reader can't really prepare for this relentless tragedy before it unfolds. That the book is based on Bagdasarian's great-uncle's experiences gives it further gravity.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2000
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