Orbiting Jupiter

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When Jack meets his new foster brother, he already knows three things about him Joseph almost killed a teacher.He was incarcerated at a place called Stone Mountain.He has a daughter Her name is Jupiter And he has never seen her.What Jack doesn t know, at first, is how desperate Joseph is to find his baby girl.Or how urgently he, Jack, will want to help.But the past can t be shaken off Even as new bonds form, old wounds reopen The search for Jupiter demands from Jack than he can imagine.This tender, heartbreaking novel is Gary D Schmidt at his best. Free Read Orbiting Jupiter [ Author ] Gary D. Schmidt [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr 4 1 2 stars My god, this book was so sad.I m not a book crier Not really When I say a book made me cry I usually mean that tears filled my eyes, but that s all This book, though I got pretty close a few times and then in the penultimate chapter, I just lost it I actually felt my face crumple and my nose was stinging.Now I ve painted you that beautiful picture of my breakdown, I m going to try to review this book It s not easy I ve loved Schmidt s other YA Middle Grade contemporary nove 4 1 2 stars My god, this book was so sad.I m not a book crier Not really When I say a book made me cry I usually mea...This book takes all your certainties and let them shaken to the core This book quietly breaks your heart through and through but rarely characters managed to make me feel a love so bright, so pure and real This book doesn t need quirky teenagers or fantastic settings to enthrall you, but pictures real life issues with such honestly and tenderness This book doesn t do purple prose, clever metaphors, and yet I love this writing to pieces for the powerful way it conveys emotions, quietly, so, This book takes all your certainties and let them shaken to the core This book quietly breaks your heart through and through but rarely characters managed to make me feel a love so bright, so pure and real This book doesn t need quirky teenagers or fantastic settings to enthrall you, but pictures real life issues with such honestly and tenderness This book doesn t do purple prose, clever metaphors, and yet I love this writing to pieces for the powerful way it conveys emotions, quietly, so, so quie...If there is a benevolent, all powerful God, then why does He allow evil to persist This is the question that this short book made me ponder.I once saw an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson in which he expressed that the existence of a God that is both omnipotent benevolent is in itself contradictory to the existence of evil in the world God must therefore be one or the other He must either be all powerful with a capacity for allowing evil, or he must be all benevolent without the abiliIf there is a benevolent, all powerful God, then why does He allow evil to persist This is the question that this short book made me ponder.I once saw an interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson in which he expressed that the existence of a God that is both omnipotent benevolent is in itself contradictory to the existence of evil in the world God must therefore be one or the other He must either be all powerful with a capacity for allowing evil, or he must be all benevolent without the ability to intercept evil From a logical standpoint, I can identify with this line of thinking Being confronted with...Very beautiful and heartbreaking Orbiting Jupiter is the story of a fourteen year old boy, Joseph, who was in prison and is now joining the twelve year old narrator Jack s family as a foster child Between these boys, we learn what it means to have someone s back and how powerful friendship can be We slowly learn Joseph s backstory including the fact that he has a baby daughter, Jupiter, he has never even seen This is a very quick read and has the message of getting to know someone before ju Very beautiful and heartbreaking Orbiting Jupiter is the story of a fourteen year old boy, Joseph, who was in prison and is now joining the twelve year old narrator Jack s family as a foster child Between these boys, we learn what it means to have someone s back and how powerful friends...Beautiful and devastating Don t miss this one, but get tissue for the inevitable sobbing.Find all of my reviews atChristmas is the season for miracles, you know Sometimes they come big and loud, I guess but I ve never seen one of those I think probably most miracles are a lot smaller, and sort of still, and so quiet, you could miss them I didn t miss this oneWTF have you done to me, Anna Good grief I had f...He really could have been any other eighth grade kid at Eastham Middle School Except he had a daughterHow do I even write this review I love books, in case you hadn t noticed I dedicate so much of my time to reading because I am constantly searching for those exciting stories with living, breathing characters Yet out of all the novels I ve read, only one I ve ever come across has made me cry.I sniffled at the end of Allegiant and A Monster Calls, but the book that really did it for meHe really could have been any other eighth grade kid at Eastham Middle School Except he had a daughterHow do I even write this review I love books, in case you hadn t noticed I dedicate so much of my time to reading because I am constantly searching for those exciting stories with living, breathing characters Yet out of all the novels I ve read, only one I ve ever come across has made me cry.I sniffled at the end of Allegiant and A Monster Calls, but the book that really did it for me was The Fault in Our Stars For the longest time, that was the only book that was able to make me cry.Now there are two What can I say This book broke me It ripped my cold, emotionless heart right in two Schmidt delivered a powerful and o...This was just a wonderful YA book, and yes it has affected me emotionally and deeply A 14 year old boy fathered a baby daughter, got into some trouble at school, was sent to a juvenile detention center, and then into foster care with a loving farm family Now his greatest desire is to be with his daughter, Jupiter, named after his favorite planet and also in foster care Joseph s yearning to be with Jupiter reminded me so much of the great Aerosmith song I Don t Wanna Miss a Thing that I just h This was just a wonderful YA book, and yes it has affected me emotionally and deeply A 14 year old boy fathered a baby daughter, got into some trouble at school, was sent to a juvenile detention center, and then into foster care with a loving farm family Now his greatest desire is to be with his daughter, Jupiter, named after his favorite planet and also in foster care Joseph s yearning to be with Jupiter reminded me so much of the great Aerosmith song I Don t Wanna Miss a Thing that I just had to include the refrain hereDon t wanna close my eyesI don t wanna fall asleep Cause I d miss you, babyAnd I don t wanna miss a thing Cause even when I dream of youThe sweetest dream would never doI d still miss you, babyAnd I don t wanna miss a thing I d always heard that Steven Tyler wrote this song especially for his baby daughter Liv, but apparently that was just a rumor He didn t write it, and the only connec...Why are all the books out to break me I feel numb For a middlegrade this is incredibly deep and touching, it will forever change the way I look at trouble kids and I WANT TO HUG JOSEPH There isn t really anything I can add other t...This book WRECKED me It played my emotions like I was a Strad violin and the author a prodigy musician Seriously, you need to read this book and you need to read it NOW Et hem Excuse me Let me start again Please note I will be vague, as I do not want to spoil this book for anyone.The narrator of the book is a 12 year old boy, living in Maine with his parents on a farm They foster a 14 year old boy who has a heart of gold and has been through the wringer re crappy abusive ignorant parent, This book WRECKED me It played my emotions like I was a Strad violin and the author a prodigy musician Seriously, you need to read this book and you need to read it NOW Et hem Excuse me Let me start again Please note I will be vague, as I do not want to spoil this book for anyone.The narrator of the book is a 12 year old boy, living in Maine with his parents on a farm They foster a 14 year old boy who has a heart of gold and has been through the wringer re crappy abusive ignorant parent, heart break and being on the wrong side of the law Almost eve...

Orbiting Jupiter
  • English
  • 07 August 2018
  • Kindle Edition
  • 183 pages
  • Gary D. Schmidt
  • Orbiting Jupiter