The Tall Tale of Tommy Twice Reviewed By Conny Crisalli of Bookpleasures.com
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Published on August 6, 2012
Publisher: Atticus Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9840405-0-6
Author: Nathan Leslie
Publisher: Atticus Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9840405-0-6
Most all of us remember our last name and our birthday, and, of course, our own parents. But in Nathan Leslie, The Tall Tale of Tommy Twice, this young, impressive five year old boy knows none of the three standard facts about himself.
This two hundred and four page paperback book has a chopped up paper-doll boy made of typed words stuffed into a red book with a blue background on the front cover. The back cover has a simple paragraph about the advance reading copy book, two book reviews and publicist contact information. No grammatical, typographical or punctuation errors were noticed. Mild profanity is used along with drug, alcohol and mild sexual scenes that may not be suitable for young preteens.
Poor passed-around Tommy is a precocious and questioning-everything five year old whose earliest memory is a photograph that he carries everywhere of his young parents who abandoned him. Being raised by his eccentric, legalistic grandmother Gaga in Pikes Peak, he chooses the last name of Twice but never knows his exact birth date. Living with Gaga is challenging as she has a myriad of house rules, outside rules and living life rules. Trying to make a man of the young preschooler, she drops him off miles from home and insists he learn his way back.
When Gaga cannot get him to public school as it is so far away, Tommy is sent to Aunt Tess and her two raucous, bratty sons and alcoholic husband on their farm. Besides learning how to take care of chickens including feeding, collecting eggs and whacking their heads off, Tommy participates in the rare washing of Aunt Tess’s uncontrollable, massive hair that contains a multitude of live, dead and innate objects. When Tess can no longer pay the bills, Tommy is sent to Aunt Penny’s, where he moves from color to color of homes based on the four seasons. Of course, Penny cannot handle his education either so he is sent to Aunt Chelsea’s shack in the desert and learns how to hunt coyote and live underground in lieu of school.
Tommy cannot take the strangeness and dysfunction so is dumped at the train station and reconnects with a nice, quiet woman who introduces him to everyone as her son. When she falls in love, Tommy once again is shipped to another aunt’s house, this time Beth’s cabin on an island where her family are staunch isolationists and purposefully lack formal education. At his wits end, Tommy escapes the island.
The book gives the reader five varied choices how to end the book in this quick, delightful read that spans Tommy’s life from five to twelve years old. The reader feels compassion for this meandering orphan and wishes him the best as he or she gets sucked in by his love, honesty and charming behavior.
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Author: Nathan Leslie
Publisher: Atticus Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9840405-0-6
Author: Nathan Leslie
Publisher: Atticus Books
ISBN-13: 978-0-9840405-0-6
Most all of us remember our last name and our birthday, and, of course, our own parents. But in Nathan Leslie, The Tall Tale of Tommy Twice, this young, impressive five year old boy knows none of the three standard facts about himself.
This two hundred and four page paperback book has a chopped up paper-doll boy made of typed words stuffed into a red book with a blue background on the front cover. The back cover has a simple paragraph about the advance reading copy book, two book reviews and publicist contact information. No grammatical, typographical or punctuation errors were noticed. Mild profanity is used along with drug, alcohol and mild sexual scenes that may not be suitable for young preteens.
Poor passed-around Tommy is a precocious and questioning-everything five year old whose earliest memory is a photograph that he carries everywhere of his young parents who abandoned him. Being raised by his eccentric, legalistic grandmother Gaga in Pikes Peak, he chooses the last name of Twice but never knows his exact birth date. Living with Gaga is challenging as she has a myriad of house rules, outside rules and living life rules. Trying to make a man of the young preschooler, she drops him off miles from home and insists he learn his way back.
When Gaga cannot get him to public school as it is so far away, Tommy is sent to Aunt Tess and her two raucous, bratty sons and alcoholic husband on their farm. Besides learning how to take care of chickens including feeding, collecting eggs and whacking their heads off, Tommy participates in the rare washing of Aunt Tess’s uncontrollable, massive hair that contains a multitude of live, dead and innate objects. When Tess can no longer pay the bills, Tommy is sent to Aunt Penny’s, where he moves from color to color of homes based on the four seasons. Of course, Penny cannot handle his education either so he is sent to Aunt Chelsea’s shack in the desert and learns how to hunt coyote and live underground in lieu of school.
Tommy cannot take the strangeness and dysfunction so is dumped at the train station and reconnects with a nice, quiet woman who introduces him to everyone as her son. When she falls in love, Tommy once again is shipped to another aunt’s house, this time Beth’s cabin on an island where her family are staunch isolationists and purposefully lack formal education. At his wits end, Tommy escapes the island.
The book gives the reader five varied choices how to end the book in this quick, delightful read that spans Tommy’s life from five to twelve years old. The reader feels compassion for this meandering orphan and wishes him the best as he or she gets sucked in by his love, honesty and charming behavior.
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