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Mar 29, 2021Chapel_Hill_KrystalB rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed this rather quick read about a friendship between two teenage girls and their surroundings- family, neighborhood, school- told with wonderfully dry wit and unique perspective.
Jan 18, 2013GailRoger rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
There are three Zanesvilles in the United States; this one appears to be a tiny community south of Springfield, Illinois. (The towns of Heyworth and Waynesville are mentioned.) The time covers the months between the summer of 1972 and the…
Nov 19, 2012acritics rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
It was a fine story. But I never felt like I really connected with the narrator. I’m slightly bothered that I can’t even remember her name, and I don’t know if it’s because I have forgotten or because we never learn it in the book.
rosienorthvan
Jul 12, 2012rosienorthvan rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
boring.
LovesChachi
Apr 03, 2012
In Zanesville follows and unnamed protagonist and her best friend, Felicia, through the summer of their 14th year. Set in the 1970s in Zanesville, IL, Beard beautifully evokes the pain and promise of female adolescence in a setting so…
mmg2681
Feb 20, 2012mmg2681 rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This book really wasnt what I expected it to be. No real chapters, jumping from one story to the next with no real transitions or "what happened next?"
lilylibrarian
Jan 02, 2012lilylibrarian rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
In Zanesville is both a timeless story of a girl's coming of age in small town America, and a evocative portrait of the late '60's. (And it WAS late 1960's, not the '70's as stated elsewhere. I was there, and I was Joan's age.)
Dec 20, 2011halgeon rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Really enjoyed this book. Beard captures so well the emotions and thoughts that go through the heart and mind of the teenage narrator. Reading it, I was taken back to my own 70s-era junior and senior high school experience with my two best…
Dec 12, 2011ownedbydoxies rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Not sure why this book is labeled as 'teen'. Except for the fact the main character is a teenager, it's very much an adult read in terms of content, although some y/a readers would enjoy this as well. The author revisits a 70's era…
Jun 04, 2011
A wryly perceptive 14-year-old narrates this coming-of- age tale set in small-town '70s America.