The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni is a story of self-discovery, family bonding and the unlikely friendship of two social outcasts and their desperation to be heard. Told from the point of view of 17-year-old Sebastian Prendergast who has lived in semi-rural Iowa with his eccentric grandmother in a geodesic dome.
L.A. Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction
Finalist for a Minnesota Book Award
One of Oprah Magazine's Great Reads to Pick Up
Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection
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2 comments:
This was an interesting book. It was a bit slow getting going and I was ready to put it down. Then in the middle it really picked up and got exciting. The end was a bit of an anticlimax. I am not sure if students would be patient enough to get through the first part.
Although the book resonated with me at moments, it also came across as juvenile at other times. At times it required a suspension of disbelief, and I agree with the anticlimactic assessment of the ending. A few shining moments of great prose that was unfortunately clouded by a murky & sometimes thin plot.
-SG
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