Changing Jareth

By Elizabeth Wennick

Book Overview

"This is not a Cinderella story. There isn't a happily ever after ending-just a better than it was, and the knowledge that, though circumstance and people will always affect his life, it is Jareth who must ultimately decide who he is going to be. Today's young adult readers are critical, but Changing Jareth is sure to garner their acceptance and approval. Highly Recommended." -Canadian Materials

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1896095976
• ISBN13: 9781896095974
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Raincoast Books, Polestar
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.3"
• Age Range: 15 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

The Journey of a Mad Man

The Journey of a Mad ManChanging Jareth By: Elizabeth Wennick Changing Jareth is a unique novel about a young hero. Overall, I would rate this book five out of five stars. Obviously this book was very good, but there are three main reasons as to why I feel that this book was so good. One being that the protagonist is always exciting and fun to follow. Two, the story is a great example of a hero, and three it keeps the readers attention from the very first chapter to the Epilogue.From the very beginning of the book, Part One: Corruption, you interact with an interesting boy named Jareth Gardner. You find that his life is very hard between his always-drunk mother, to his premature nine-year-old brother. You also learn that Jareth brought a knife to school, stole constantly, had a personal counselor, and overall his life wasn't good. Just as you thought the excitement would end here, it gets better! Near the end of Part One you read that Jareth's mother does something terrible which result in her going to jail...By Part two: Redemption, Jareth has tried many different ways to kill himself until the most unexpected person helped him. Jareth quickly hit rock bottom until the help of this "angel" gets him back on his feet. At this point you may understand how the main character is exciting and fun to follow!Finally by the end of Part two, and into the Epilogue: Hope, Jareth is healthy, happy, and living an excellent life of his own. I would strongly recommend reading this book to find out all of the details and the true ending of the story and life of Jareth Gardner.

Wow

Wow. I don't think there are enough praising words for this book. I got it out of the library because i didn't have anything else to read. After looking at the cover for a while, I almost decided not to read it after all, but I ended up reading it before going to bed last night. I am so glad I did. I read it in a couple hours, only putting it down to go to sleep when my eyes wouldn't stay open. The story is set in Canada, (yay Canada!) and that helps it seem much more real. While this isn't the cheeriest story, it is definatly one of the best ones I have ever read. Elizabeth Wennick is definatly going up!