{"id":4139,"date":"2017-10-14T09:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2017-10-13T21:21:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:21:17","slug":"a-dogs-purpose-teen-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2017\/a-dogs-purpose-teen-review\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dog’s Purpose — Teen Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

review by\u00a0John Chon, age 14<\/p>\n

A Dog’s Purpose\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>by\u00a0W. Bruce Cameron<\/h3>\n

\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>A Dog’s Purpose<\/i><\/b> was a step outside of my normal genre, and it felt like a breath of fresh air. The book is about a dog who is reborn again and again, remembering their past experiences and using them again in their next life. The first life is a brutally short one, ending in an early demise, but the next one brings happiness to her owner and saves him. However, after being reborn, the dog begins to question their purpose in life. This book asks the same questions people struggle with, such as why we are here, and why things seem to happen the way they do. <\/span>
\n<\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This book was definitely not in my typical reading list. It was quite interesting, however, to see a dog\u2019s point of view on the world. The writing was solid, although it did feel a bit distracting when the dog was not focused. It also was somewhat clich\u00e9, in that the main character\u2019s owner ended up marrying his old sweetheart, but it otherwise was not overly boring to read. It did feel a bit slow at times, but the book was just fast paced enough to keep my attention. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would have. 3.5\/5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Find this book in our catalog: A Dog’s Purpose<\/a><\/p>\n

Catalog Number: FIC CAMERON,W<\/p>\n

319 pages<\/p>\n

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review by\u00a0John Chon, age 14 A Dog’s Purpose\u00a0by\u00a0W. Bruce Cameron \u00a0\u00a0A Dog’s Purpose was a step outside of my normal genre, and it felt like a breath of fresh air. The book is about a dog who is reborn again and again, remembering their past experiences and using them again […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":4141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[120,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-teen-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2017\/10\/A-Dogss-Purpose.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ZwbD-14L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3286,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2016\/opium-teen-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4139,"position":0},"title":"Opium — teen review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"November 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Review by Jacob Chon, grade 9 The Lord of Opium\u00a0by Nancy Farmer A land of Opium, dedicated to growing drugs, is established in a strip of land between Mexico and America. \u00a0\u00a0One hundred years after the establishment of the country Opium, a clone named Matt is born. \u00a0His life consists\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Book Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Book Reviews","link":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/category\/teen-reviews\/book-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/18\/files\/sites\/18\/2016\/09\/opium.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6535,"url":"http:\/\/pasadena-library.net\/teens\/2021\/crownchasers-teen-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":4139,"position":1},"title":"Crownchasers — Teen Book Review","author":"Teen Blogger","date":"July 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Review by Sam Redfearn, 14 Crownchasers By Rebecca Coffindaffer Alyssa \u201cFarshot\u201d Faroshti is a na\u00efve, adventurous space pilot who has just accomplished yet another feat for the Explorer\u2019s Society, circumnavigating an entire planet. 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