Comfort

by Carolee Dean

Book Overview

Kenny Williams wants out of Comfort, Texas-away from his abusive, workaholic mother, his ex-convict father, and his small-town life. This gritty story of poetry slams, country music, and small town conflicts coils in a tangle of tragedy and hope.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618439129
• ISBN13: 9780618439126
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

*************AN AMAZING BOOK U GOTTA READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!=)

THIS BOOK IS ABOUT THIS BOY, NAMED KENNY. hE LIVED IN COMFORT,TEXAS!!!! HE HAS THIS MEGA CRUSH ON THIS GIRL NAME CINDY BLACKWELL AND PLANS TO RUN AWAY WITH HER. TO GET AWAY FROM HIS ABUSIVE MOM AND HIS RECENTLY GOT OUT OF JAIL DAD!!!! BBUT THERE IS SOMETHING KEEPING HIM THERE. rOY JR. HIS LIL BRO...... AND SOO ULL FIND OUT THERE'S ANOTHER THING CINDYS PREGNAT WITH TODD ANDERSONS BABY!!!!!!!!!!AHHH !!!I KNOW!!!!.... LIKE I SAID KENNEYS DAD JUST GOT OUT OF JAIL... WELL HE ROBED A LICOR STORE CALLED SMITTYS( THE 0WNER) aFTER HE COMES BACK HOME FROM JAIL SMITTY IS VERY COUSIOUS AND HAD A *****gun!!!! WHICH HE LATTER USES TO KILL KENNY'S DAD... WHEN HIS DAD TRYS TO ROBB THE STORE ***AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOTTA READ THIS BOOK IT ROCKZ UR SOCKZ!!!!

Page Turner!

There are no words to describe how good this book was. It's a page turner that you never want to put down. It's a emotional book that pulls you in. It's about a struggling 15 year old boy named Kenny. His mother trys to control his life, and his father is an ex-con. Kennny gets fed up with his mom and desides to do somthing with his life. This is a must read and i hope u like it as much as i did.

Loved This Book!

From the very first lines, I was hooked. The writing is compelling, it just pulls you right in, and the storyline heartwrenching and dramatic. Kenny has a tough life, a controlling wacky mom who runs his life, an ex-con for a dad, but he holds on to his hopes and dreams and finds a way to escape and make a new life for himself. This is an incredible first novel by an author who's going places. Get this book today and settle in for a great read!

Comfort from Within

ComfortCarolee Dean " I ain't going down Mama/I ain't going down/you can pull me off the team/but you ain't taking my dreams/I ain't going down." Throughout the book Comfort, Kenny Wilson (the main character) finds himself and his life being taken over by his pushy momma and his alcoholic father you just go out of a prison for robbing a liquor store. One way is that he finds himself trying to escape Comfort, Texas the only way he can, writing. Told trough the eyes of this troubled 15 year old while in the background is his dysfunctional family, you learn that a way to escape isn't always actually leaving but to find a way to deal with your feelings, in Kenny's case, poetry. To find comfort in ones life, one must find and be comfortable with themselves. I loved the point-of-views in this story, the detailed descriptions, and how the whole story all tied together in the end. In addition to the above, the detailed descriptions of the characters really get you hooked. The author, Carolee Dean, she uses a technique that allows you to go underneath the physical descriptions and go to a level where you feel like the character could be your next door neighbor. It's almost as though you expect their lives to keep going, even after the last chapter of the book has been turned. For instance: When Kenny is stumbling over his words and is so nervous for the competition, you can almost feel your own hands sweating as he finishes the last words. Also when he has this fierce desire to be with Cindy Blackwell, the towns prettiest girl, you know that feeling because everyone has had that feeling of wanting to be with another person, someone they can't have. In addition to that, when you see the way that Kenny and his Momma bicker, over the things they do, you know the depth of these characters is more then some shallow physical description. It's almost as though the author knew these people when writing because they are so real. While you read this book you are taken to a place where when the book ends, you feel the tears in your eyes stinging because you feel so much for these characters. Next are the point-of-views in the story, so many, you don't know whom to feel badly for. First there is Kenny's mom, struggling to overcome a past where she was a nobody and had nothing going for her in life. A husband who got himself in jail and left her with two sons on her own. The emotions she feels throughout the book are taken out on her son; maybe it's because she has to feel she's better then someone, or maybe it's the feeling that she is going nowhere. In addition to that, there is Roy Wilson, Kenny's dad who just got out of jail and is trying to deal with an alcoholic addiction and trying to be the man in the family's life. He is like the missing puzzle piece, trying to find where he can fit into his life after being gone for so long he has to realize that life isn't the same. What about the little brother that has been tossed into a family where no one really has th

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This book is very "today". The author knows the Texas mileu and banter, dialogue is authentic. She builds suspense with a 15-year-old who is beset by problems both internal and external. An escape novel with a surprise ending. Characterization is very good. A good read for modern, tough teens.