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Lifters | Dave Eggers
14 posts | 13 read | 7 to read
Journey to an underground world where adventure awaits and heroes are made in this middle grade novel from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of The Monk of Mokha and Her Right Foot. When Gran and his family move to Carousel, he has no idea that the town is built atop a secret. Little does he suspect, as he walks his sister to school or casually eats a banana, that mysterious forces lurk mere inches beneath his feet, tearing up the earth like mini-hurricanes and causing the town to slowly but surely sink. When Gran's friend, the difficult-to-impress Catalina Catalan, presses a silver handle into a hillside and opens a doorway to underground, he knows that she is extraordinary and brave, and that he will have no choice but to follow wherever she leads. With luck on their side, and some discarded hockey sticks for good measure, Gran and Catalina might just find a way to lift their town--and the known world--out of danger. In The Lifters, critically acclaimed author Dave Eggers establishes himself as a storyteller who can entertain and inspire readers of any age. "This book is a ripper, full of all the good stuff: adventure, mystery, and lots of great jokes." - Mac Barnett, Caldecott Honor-winning author of Extra Yarn "Full of surprises, magic, and heart." - Rebecca Stead, Newbery Award-winning author of When You Reach Me A Junior Library Guild selection
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Sharpeipup
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“Because of you know sadness, you understand sadness in others. And. If you can understand sanders in others, you‘re obligated to help.”

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JoyBlue
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Bailedbailed

bailed 50% / 2:40:30: The story's so slow. Relationships aren't being developed. I just can't. Admittedly, I'm far from the target audience; but, I read a fair amount of children's, middle grade, and YA, so it's not like I never like books in those target ranges. . . .

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cjbattiste
The Lifters | Dave Eggers

“In the loves of humans, there are moments that feel very much apart from the majority of moments.”

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cjbattiste
The Lifters | Dave Eggers

I also really appreciate the use of children characters. This makes it so easy for young readers to connect.

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cjbattiste
The Lifters | Dave Eggers
Pickpick

I really like this book for the way it‘s emphasizes community and all the “good stuff.” So many times books can get lost in the trials and tribulations, but this book is a breath of fresh air.

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Victoriahoperose
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Panpan

This was super scattered and I honestly don‘t even know what was going on in this book. This wasn‘t really for me.

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lowellette
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Pickpick

A fun adventure about a kid with no friends whose world is collapsing around him, literally. An important story about helping in times of despair.

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moarbookspleaze
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Heard about this in NPR and just had to get a copy. #toread

2BR02B Oooh, I like him! Is this a children's book? Graphic novel? 6y
moarbookspleaze @2BR02B It‘s middle grade fiction. 6y
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TracyReadsBooks
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Mehso-so

There really needs to be a word for when you want to like a book more than you do...Eggers is an accomplished writer & this book is well-written & very quotable. There‘s a couple of mostly likable main characters, Gran & Catalina, that are not done any favors by a plot that reads like a jigsaw puzzle where none of the pieces, all interesting in of themselves, quite fit together in a coherent whole. The story just doesn‘t work. Bummer.

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TracyReadsBooks
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Or their school librarian for that matter... 😂

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TracyReadsBooks
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Can we all just agree that RBG is awesome and that most any book which references her, by name or drawing or whatever, must be the tiniest bit awesome too?!? Love this!

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TracyReadsBooks
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“He just wanted a name that was a name—easily understood, easily spelled.”

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TracyReadsBooks
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So Dave Eggers wrote a middle grade book and it looks and sounds fantastic. Look at this great cover! Don‘t you want to know what‘s going on? I do! It‘s about a boy named Gran who moves with his family to a town called Carousel. Like any place, it‘s full of secrets only these secrets are putting the town in danger. It‘s up to Gran and a girl named Catalina Catalan to find a way to save their town. Sounds good, right?!? I‘m definitely reading it!

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LibrarianRyan
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The cover makes me think this may be similar to the borrowers.

April 24

#CoverLove #MGedition

Pruzy It‘s Dave Eggers so hopefully there will be a twist on the idea 7y
LibrarianRyan @Pruzy 👍🤓. I'm blanking on his other books. I'll look them up in s minute and go duhhhhh. 7y
Pruzy @LibrarianRyan The Circle, which takes on tech companies like Facebook and Google is probably one of his most popular as it was recently made into a movie with Emma Watson, John Boyega and Tom Hanks (the book was better) 7y
LibrarianRyan @Pruzy ahhhhhhhhhhh. Told you I'd say duhhhhh. 😜 7y
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