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Looking for X Paperback by Deborah Ellis
Description : 12 Apr, 2023
New Paperback No of pages: 132 Author: Deborah Ellis
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award
Looking for X, won a Governor General's Award for its gritty portrayal of life in a Toronto housing project. Narrated by 11-year-old Khyber, Looking for X recalls Catcher in the Rye and all the other first-person narratives about troubled kids that have followed since. Khyber lives in the infamous Regent Park public housing project with her single mother, a former stripper, and twin half-brothers, who are both autistic. Bright but quick-tempered and a bit sassy, she's often in trouble at school and has no friends her own age. Instead, she seeks out pany of an elderly homeless woman named X, who believes she is being pursued by secret police. More socially engaged than most novels for this age group, Looking for X opens a window onto what it would be like to have virtually no money--not enough for a phone, a cab to the hospital, or the beautiful $60 backpack in the army surplus store.
Khyber's relationship with X is a little hard to swallow at times--would an 11-year-old girl really rush out to meet a bag lady and chatter away despite getting no response? Also, certain minor characters, such as the schoolyard bully and the mean-spirited teacher, are little more than cardboard cut-outs. But Khyber's voice, with its interesting blend of know-it-all bravado and childlike wonder and vulnerability, pelling to the end.
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