Son of Someone Famous

by M.E. Kerr

Book Overview

Though to Brenda Belle Blossom's mother he is just "that boy . . . tying those beer cans to the Christmas tree," sixteen-year-old Adam is really the son of a famous movie star who hobnobs with royalty... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0575020164
• ISBN13: 9780575020160
• Release Date: August 1975
• Publisher: Gollancz
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The Son of Someone Famous

The Son of Someone Famous was written by M.E. Kerr, and it is a fictional story. It was written in the first person from two people's views, Brenda Belle and Adam Blessing. The setting is in the small town of Storm, Vermont, where nothing much happens. The local drugstore is the after-school hangout, dances and other people's affairs are everyone's business. The characters are believable and have real feelings. It seems as if you could know them and identify them in your own neighborhood. Tension rises as the teens discover things about each other that they didn't need to know. At the end most conflicts are resolved, but not as you would expect them to be. Because the resolution fits in with the rest of the story, it is believable. My favorite part from the book is Brenda's and Adam's first fight. Brenda had found out about the incorrect initial on Adam's ring. The relationship was over. "I don't care," she says. "You don't have to explain anything." You can almost hear the tightness in her words as you read them. "You sound nervous," he says. "I'm not nervous," she replies. Brenda's and Adam's "nothing power" is dissolved. "You said yourself life isn't fair, even, or equal," Brenda finishes. The story ends on a good note: don't pretend to be who you are not. That is something we should all try. The following excerpt expresses the theme of the book: "We'll travel light - I like that. I'm not ready for anything heavy. I want to start out slow and easy while I get used to the advantages of being the son of someone famous. That is just a part of being me. But not the biggest part. I know that now." As I said earlier, the book is written in the first person. But it is from two different people's point of view, Adam's and Brenda's. It is written like a journal in Adam's part, and "Notes for a Novel" under Brenda's. In some parts it is hard to go from one section to another, though. The language mostly simple on a probably seventh grade level. The author doesn't describe anything in too thorough detail, but it is enough to get the main idea. "It is possible that all the hurts have made him so good at what he does; it is equally possible that such a man is only good at what he does, and not good at the things most men do easily. The only thing I'm really sure about my father is that he's different. Special, you might say. An extraordinary man." From Adam Blessing.