its a great book so far....but I'm a slow reader so I'm not finished yet:)
Dying to Know You
By Aidan Chambers
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 9 - 12 | Grades 3 - 5 | Z+ | 4.2 | 54940 |
Karl, aged seventeen, is hopelessly in love. But the object of his affections, Firella, demands proof, and poses him a series of questions regarding his attitude to the many sides of love. But Karl is dyslexic, and convinced that if Firella finds out, she will think he is stupid, and unworthy of her, and leave him. So Karl asks a local writer to help him construct his replies - and an unlikely, but extremely touching, friendship develops between the two men. They both come to learn a great deal about about life from a very different perspective, and when an act of violence shatters their calm, they find their respective appraisal of life shifting in profound ways.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN-13: 9781419707940
ISBN-10: 1419707949
Published on 9/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
Book Reviews (2)
Ah, a classic love story. In Dying to Know You, a dyslexic young man named Karl falls in love with a rich young lady named Fiorella. They are deeply in love, and there is no question that they will be together forever. Or is there? When Fiorella asks Karl to write a personal essay on his interests and views on love, Karl panics. He can barely write! So Karl seeks help from a local writer. Everything is going fine, until Fiorella realizes that it wasn't Karl writing the letters! Karl may be an expert plumber, but can he plug this leak in their relationship?