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One of the five novels chosen for Canada Reads for March , My writing partner, Jen Sookfong Lee will be pumping for this novel when the show hits the airwaves. I'm not sure how a book featuring talking nipples could go so wrong, but miracles never cease. A junior high boy on a journey to self discovery dealing with weight and questioning his sexualuality. Not worth it unless you like talking about candy bars. Or just really like the idea of talking nipples.
Feb 18, Scott Williams rated it it was amazing. Especially when it comes to yourself. I knew I would enjoy it. It could almost be a memoir of my own grade eight experiences. It's sad, funny and very honest. I highly recommend it. Had read this book before, but read it on the plane and loved it. I love the voice, the Sarnia setting and the unique story. This is a Canada Reads selection for I don't think it will win as it is rather different, but I'm glad that it is getting more attention.
Jul 19, Ben Truong rated it really liked it Shelves: young-adult , canadian-literature , lgbt , coming-of-age , contemporary , humor , canada-reads. Fruit is a young adult contemporary coming of age written by Brian Francis. It centers on Peter, an average eighth grader, except that his nipples are speaking to him.
Thirteen-year-old Peter Paddington suffers through a year of eighth grade in this entertaining debut novel set in Sarnia, Canada, in In some ways Peter is an average awkward teenager — hair sprouting in unexpected places, a lack of friends, and curiosity about religion. However, in other ways he's different — he weighs po Fruit is a young adult contemporary coming of age written by Brian Francis. However, in other ways he's different — he weighs pounds and swollen nipples have just surfaced on his doughy chest.
Soon these nipples take on a life of their own, actually speaking to Peter and giving him unsolicited advice.
A vividly drawn dysfunctional family fills out the novel's landscape — most of this dysfunction revolves around food and weight and Peter's menopausal, smothering mother, Beth. Peter's long-suffering father, Henry, works a factory job in Chemical Valley, his thin sister Christine does her best not to associate with her family, his sister Nancy dumps her fat boyfriend to discover her "new" self, and his Uncle Ed is an overweight, closeted homosexual. Fruit is written and constructed rather well.
The fluid, lively narrative is punctuated with a series of "Bedtime Movies," fantasies in which Peter is loved, popular and famous, propelled out of his fat, sad existence. All in all, Fruit is a lovely and odd take on a time many of readers would just as soon forget — adolescence. Jan 03, Shannon rated it it was amazing. I was torn between giving it a 4 and 5. Entertaining read that I could not put down. Enjoyed the nostalgia of s Canadiana.
I lost count of the number of times the r-slur was used. Told from the perspective of an overweight year-old boy named Peter Paddington, Fruit is essentially a book about nothing. There is really no plot or scheme here, this is a novel about what it is not to fit in. And while there are humorous themes within the novel the subject itself is a darker one. Laugh, and you will, at this chubby boy who has "telepathy conversations" with his family and schoolmates or the fact that he thinks his nipples are deformed and, yes, converses with them as well -at least when they aren't taped up.
There is some funny stuff in here, the dynamics between Peter and his friend Daniela are particularly amusing, but there is also tougher stuff too. I felt for Peter when journeying with him through his Grade 8 year, I too was that particular breed of uncool! Fortunately, not the kind the "cool" kids throw rocks at that was another girl in my class but the kind that nobody saw.
Peter goes days without speaking to anyone at school and all interaction is cruel and hurtful. Even his family largely ignores him. Peter's life is an uphill battle every step of the way. Overall, this novel is well done within it's bizarrity.
Peter is an at times annoying but lovable character. Brian Francis has made a story that is both crazy and true feeling, and for a first novel, that is wonderful! Any guys who have struggled with their weight as a teenager knows it's just downright embarrassing to be cursed with man-boobs. What's even worse is that Peter has imaginary conversations with his nipples.
His nipples are telling him what to do even to the point of daring him. Peter is just a fat paperboy who is just not quite like the other guys. He isn't into sports, which is a disappointment for his dad. He rather be in Home Ec. He trades stickers with the girls. He has fantasies about the cute married man across the street. He "makes sperm" with the showerhead. Can you say gay? More like we all know he's gay but he doesn't know it himself.
His goal is to be skinny and normal like the other guys by the time he hits 9th grade in the Fall. However, he keeps postponing the day that he'll really start the diet.
He has to deal with his family. His mother is going through The Change. His father is just distant. His sisters are fighting more than usual. His embarrassing and talkative Uncle Ed keeps hanging around. The talking nipples is just really odd as having man-boobs is already embarrassing enough. View 2 comments. Feb 09, Leya rated it really liked it Shelves: library-book , canada-reads.
I was pleasantly surprised with this book. I had a preconceived idea that I wouldn't like it, but I was hooked from the first paragraph. Which I just have to share: "My name is Peter Paddington.
I just started grade 8 at Clarkedale Elementary School. Six days a week, I deliver the Sarnia Observer and the other day my nipples popped out. And laughed, and laughed. All thoroughout the book I thought poor kid, he has no real friends, with a dysfunctional family, his mother I was pleasantly surprised with this book.
All thoroughout the book I thought poor kid, he has no real friends, with a dysfunctional family, his mother going through Menopause and he's going through puberty, plus he has weight issues. But the book was written in way that made it funny, because you kind of remember going through the change as well.
But what was really touching was his confusion, actually his questions about his own sexuality. He likes girls but doesn't feel anything for them. He prefers boys, but he's afraid that that would make him a freak. Poor Peter. I enjoyed the ending. In a way it was about a resolution and sticking to it.
Even though his nipples were still talking to him. Yep, really You need to read this book! It was time well spent. Aug 14, Sasha Boersma rated it really liked it Shelves: canadian , fiction , sw-ontario-titles. I may have been laughing at this book more out of his stories of Sarnia than his "coming of age" tale. Or maybe it's just the memory of coming of age in Sarnia. While key locations had their names changed, I knew where everything was he mentioned, as that was in the same neighbourhood as my childhood.
Right down to the flowering-tree lined streets Which is why I loved it. Too often Canadian literature passes over southwestern Ontario, let alone small working class cities which, socially, is quit I may have been laughing at this book more out of his stories of Sarnia than his "coming of age" tale. DMCA and Copyright : The book is not hosted on our servers, to remove the file please contact the source url. If you see a Google Drive link instead of source url, means that the file witch you will get after approval is just a summary of original book or the file has been already removed.
Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to fiction, european literature lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Home Downloads Free Downloads Turks fruit pdf.
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