Bee and Jacky

by Carolyn Coman

Book Overview

Thirteen-year-old Bee resumes the physical relationship she has had in the past with her seventeen-year-old brother Jacky, a move that forces them to confront their personal histories. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141306378
• ISBN13: 9780141306377
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.4" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Moving book

This was a very moving and lyrical book. Its unusual style of writing made it difficult to read at times but it was well worth the effort. It presented Bee's story without moralizing leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions. It is an intensely disturbing book that will change the way you see sexual abuse and insest.

Moving book

This was a very moving and lyrical book. It's unusual style of writing made it difficult to read at times but it was well worth the effort. It presented Bee's story without moralizing leaving the reader to draw their own conclusions. Just because a previous reader found this book to be disturbing doesn't mean it is bad. It is an intensely disturbing book that will change the way you see sexual abuse and insest.

Wow

Haunting and spare, this book is lovely and sad and disturbing all at once. The characters Bee and Jacky are drawn so vividly, they will stay in your memory long after you've read the last page. Sophisticated readers will love the fact that this book makes you think (and think, and think).