Ebook {Epub PDF} The Blue Star by Tony Earley

 · The blue star A wonderful and insightful novel! Earleys writing is magnificent. He has an unbelievable ability to remind us of what it felt like to be I 5/5(6).  · The blue star A wonderful and insightful novel! Earleys writing is magnificent. He has an unbelievable ability to remind us of what it felt like to be I 5/5(6). The Blue Star transports the reader to rural America at the onset of WW II, showing how deeply war touches the lives of this community. Although written for adults, The Blue Star has great potential as a 'cross-over' title for teen readers. In an interview with Publisher's Weekly, Earley acknowledges that the Jim books are not smart, hip or postmodern.

‎Seven years ago, readers everywhere fell in love with Jim Glass, the precocious ten-year-old at the heart of Tony Earley's bestseller Jim the Boy. Now a teenager, Jim returns in another tender and wise story of young love on the eve of World War Two. Jim Glass has fallen in love, as only a te. The Blue Star transports the reader to rural America at the onset of WW II, showing how deeply war touches the lives of this community. Although written for adults, The Blue Star has great potential as a 'cross-over' title for teen readers. In an interview with Publisher's Weekly, Earley acknowledges that the Jim books are not smart, hip or. Review of "The Blue Star" by Tony Earley. The Blue Star, published in , is a sequel of sorts to Jim the Boy, published in In the first book, Jim Glass, the hero of both books, is ten, and in this one he is seventeen. I did not read the first book, but had no trouble gleaning the background of the main characters and following the.

The Blue Star by Tony Earley. Publication Date: Aug; Genres: Fiction; Paperback: pages; Publisher: Back Bay Books; ISBN ; ISBN In an interview eight years ago, Earley described “Jim the Boy” as “a children’s book for adults,” and “The Blue Star” has a similar feel. The Blue Star transports the reader to rural America at the onset of WW II, showing how deeply war touches the lives of this community. Although written for adults, The Blue Star has great potential as a 'cross-over' title for teen readers. In an interview with Publisher's Weekly, Earley acknowledges that the Jim books are not smart, hip or postmodern.