· In this thought-provoking novel, British YA author Downham (Before I Die) frankly conveys the effects of emotional abuse through her intimate portrait of a furious teen. Fifteen-year-old Lexi’s hot temper and volatile outbursts are ruining her mother’s idealized “proper family.”Brand: Scholastic, Inc. No wonder she was an all out furious thing. Trying to get a handle on those elements, whilst being micro managed by a controlling tyrant would try anyone's patience and levels of anger. Jenny Downham handled some extremely difficult, yet relevant, issues with perfect precision and I can only applaud her effort to produce a voice that is very much needed in the world of YA today for our young audiences to /5(70). Furious Thing. Anger was something to believe in when the world let her down. FURIOUS THING roars with justifiable anger at an unfair world, as one girl fights to claim back the spaces that belong to her and battles to be heard Lexi's angry. And it's getting worse.4/5(3).
Furious Thing by Jenny Downham. Reviewed by Poppy, Christ's School. Why you think this book is worth a try. The author represents a complex and unfair life that Lexi, the protagonist, lives. She had an idyllic life with just her and her mother, until things get messy. Lexi tries to please her stepfather, but she can't stop losing her temper. Because Jenny Downham has perfectly crafted Furious Thing to engage, enrage and empower its readers. She twists the tale so expertly that you are drawn into John's lies and then slapped by the reality of his manipulation, she brings you along a fiercely emotional journey and, in some ways, is just as unreliable as Lexi. Furious Thing (ISBN: ) A passionate, powerful exploration of a teen girl's rage against an unfair world in which her abusively controlling stepdad calls all the shots. Becoming a member of the LoveReading4Kids community is free. Praise for Jenny Downham's writing.
Instead, it simmers below the surface waiting to erupt. There'll be fireworks when it does An intensely real story of manipulation and identity, Furious Thing is about the slippery slope of manipulation and how one girl can fight to claim back the spaces that belong to her. Furious Thing by Jenny Downham is a book about emotional not physical abuse, but this Atwood quote felt apt to me, especially by the end of the book. Lex's mum Georgia is unrecognisable to her daughter and friends since being with John. From the critically acclaimed author of Before I Die comes a remarkably affecting story of a girl who burns with anger for reasons she can't understand, and.
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