Fum - Hardcover

Rapp, Adam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0763667560 ISBN 13: 9780763667566

Publisher: Candlewick, 2018

Synopsis

What is it like to be a giant? Meet Corinthia Bledsoe, a seven-foot tall high-school junior who can predict the future.

Over seven feet tall and with a newfound ability to sense future events, Corinthia Bledsoe is far more than just another Midwestern high-school junior; she’s a force of nature. When she predicts with terrifying accuracy the outcome of a tornado that will hit her high school, leaving a cow standing midcourt in the Lugo Memorial field house, Corinthia finds herself at the epicenter of another kind of storm entirely. And as things get stranger and stranger — both in her small town and her own home — lives start to intersect in ways even Corinthia can’t foresee.

About this title

About the Author

Adam Rapp is an acclaimed playwright and the author of several books for young adults, including Punkzilla, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, and Under the Wolf, Under the Dog, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award. He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Gr 9 Up—Once upon a time in the magically realistic State of Illinois, Corinthia Bledsoe must come to terms with how she is different. Aside from her size, which is in the neighborhood of eight feet tall, Corinthia sees visions of tornadoes, cows deposited in the sanctuary of the school's field house, and a flock of Canada geese that proceed to destroy the sacred football field. Through it all, Corinthia tries to maintain a sense of normalcy; if such can be achieved in a world populated with characters possessing names like Denton Smock and Margo Ticonderoga. Her woes are told in such beautifully crafted—if somewhat preoccupied with genitalia—prose and nuanced, quirky observations that readers will find themselves pausing to think about, and some will even begin to dig for a suspected, deeper allegorical meaning. To augment this lovely tale about the struggles of being different in high school, Rapp adds the subplot of Billy Ball, as told to "Dave," Billy's diary. He's small, and has a condition that renders him flatulent, but not in the funny way characteristic of Don Calame's stories. Though opposite in many ways, the two characters share the very real pain of being "different" in an environment where differences are not safe and where adults allow social predation to continue. VERDICT This book that will appeal to those who appreciate Terry Pratchett's and Libba Bray's works.—Jodeana Kruse, R.A. Long High School, Longview, WA

Edition details

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0763667560
• ISBN 13: 9780763667566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416