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by Lucy ChristopherOne cold winter morning, Dad gets sick – and goes into hospital. It’s there I meet Harry,
Read ReviewGuitar Highway Rose
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Sometimes we know we shouldn't and that's exactly why we do.
Rosie Moon is restless. She wants to do something, be someone...be someone else. Asher is the new boy in her class. He has dreadlocks, a guitar and a case of the lonesome gypsy blues.
Some ideas are not born of logic and good sense. They sprout from nowhere and feed on excitement, sprinkled with adventure juice and the sweet flavour of the forbidden.
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Reviews
Aug 16,2011
I enjoyed the scrapbook form of this story - sometimes thoughts, sometimes narrative, sometimes merely lists - it all adds up to a charming YA read. The ending was not as smooth as anticipated but I don't think that detracted from the plot, just didn't match the rest of the pace.
Jun 04,2011
Favourite Quote: Some ideas are not born of logic and good sense. They are made of clouds and cobwebs. They sprout from nowhere and feed on excitement, sprinkled with adventure juice and the sweet flavor of the forbidden. The psyche moves from the realms of the ordinary and takes a delicate step towards the unknown. We know we shouldn't and that is exactly why we do.
Guitar Rose Highway is a fun read. It is quirky, charming and vibrant story that captures the joy and angst of being a teen.
Lowry's writing has a very lyrical feel and also a little bit different. There is multiple points of views and no punctuation in parts, snapshots and poetry giving it a very unique format. It kind of feel likes a happy place between a verse and prose novel. Also this book is a little bit dated written in the late 90's and has a hippie-grunge kind of feel but I enjoyed it and the memories it brought back.
The story and the characters really capture how it feels to be a teen with such raw honesty. Focusing on how you feel your parents don't get you and the feeling of being restricted. It also has the parents' points of views in a couple of parts showing their feelings.
Rosie and Asher are amusing and heartwarming characters. They are the kind of characters that grow on you more and more as the story goes on and in the end you don't won't to say goodbye.
The is a touch of romance that is sweet, tender and a little bit awkward like first relationships are. It just brings a grin to your face.
"they do not kiss but they both want to instead their feet touch and so do their arms it is electric magic their tiny arm hairs tingling happily lying together the sun warming them watching sky through green-leafed gum branch close enough to hear each other breathe sweet togetherness
this lazy lying down dance of love"
this lazy lying down dance of love"
Overall, Guitar Rose Highway was an enjoyable, slightly off beat read that I wish I had read as a teen. I can't wait to read more from Lowry.
Mar 15,2011
This is one of my all-time favourite novels. I read it for the first time when I was 12 years old and have continued to reread it every few years (I am now 24).
I highly recommend it!
May 13,2010
a girl who hates her life and a boy who hats his life so they went on a road trip.
The best part of this book was...
not many good things.
not many good things.
This book is similar to...
hippys and pot.
hippys and pot.
The best place to read this book is...
in the fire.
in the fire.
The soundtrack of this book should be...
doesnt deserve one.
doesnt deserve one.
May 13,2010
Two teenages who run away from home, they both go together because they have feelings for each other.
The best part of this book was...
I really liked the story line. Also how it had sub titles to start different topics.
I really liked the story line. Also how it had sub titles to start different topics.
This book is similar to...
if it had a different ending..
if it had a different ending..
The best place to read this book is...
just in a quiet environment
just in a quiet environment
The soundtrack of this book should be...
i've been everywhere.
i've been everywhere.
May 13,2010
the book is about teenagers and parents and evrything like that. it also has two kids runaway from there parents because they didnt like it where they were so they decied to go on an adventure together for a cuople of weeks.
The best part of this book was...
the best thing about this book is how they runaway. Brigid Lowry makes it very interesting because its the way two teenagers would runaway.
the best thing about this book is how they runaway. Brigid Lowry makes it very interesting because its the way two teenagers would runaway.
This book is similar to...
You would like this book if you like to read about love, friends, family and teenagers at the age of 15.
You would like this book if you like to read about love, friends, family and teenagers at the age of 15.
The best place to read this book is...
would be somewhere quiet or with a group of people who are reading the same book
would be somewhere quiet or with a group of people who are reading the same book
The soundtrack of this book should be...
I've Been Everywhere By Johnny cash
I've Been Everywhere By Johnny cash
