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Rob&Sara.com P. J. Peterson and Ivy Ruckman Delacorte Press © 2004 |
Most people think that long distance relationships will never last, but what happens when the two people have never met? Rob&Sara.com is an interesting story about two teenage poets when a 16 year old girl, Sara, posted a poem on a website. Later that week a 17 year old guy, Rob, sees her poem and other people “bad mouthing” it. He later emailed her saying how much he liked the poem and then the two face many obstacles together over the duration of an entire school year. Their relationship becomes so strong both of them perform many tasks that put themselves in danger. These two teenagers encounter problem with families, schools, friends and personal lives, but they can get each other through it.
This was a great book maybe even one of my favorites, but I did find one problem for certain readers. I found that for some big mystery fans that this may not be the best book for them. In a mystery fan’s eyes this book may have lacked a little suspense, but it still has enough to keep everyday readers involved. This was a great book to show that there is always a way to keep going and it is not “the end of the world.” This is shown by both Sara and Rob trying to survive every day situations. These characters and situations are very believable and may happen to kids today.
In my opinion this book would be a great book for kids in sixth-eight grade. This book wouldn’t keep high school kids interested and it may be a little to old for fifth graders. For fifth graders some of the situations may be a little too confusing for them to follow, but for the older kids it will be a great book to “sink into”.
~Megan Barringer, Grade 7, Boardman Center Middle School