Look Both Ways

The main characters all went to the same school and the book contained completely different characters in each chapter.

One of the chapters was 4 children stealing money because they wanted to pay for stuff to help their parents who had cancer and had all been through tough times.

Was a good book to read. The cover looked like it would be childish and I though it would have been aimed at younger readers, but you know they say never judge a book by its cover! So I read the book and overall it was more or less a short story collection focusing on a different group or single student who go to Latimer middle school.

This book is Non-fiction because in the book it said a bus fell down from the sky but buses falling down from the sky does not happen.
I don't think I liked this book because there were some rude words in the book.
I didn't like anyone in this book because all of them were saying rude words. I wouldn't recommend this book to someone else because the person wouldn't like the rude words and they wouldn't like it because also it's called look both ways but they are not even looking both ways . And they are not even cars on the roads for them to look both ways .

Fun quite a few of paged I enjoyed it

I did not like this book at all

It is a great book but hard to understand.

I loved this book - you could hear the authentic voice of the children speaking in the way the author wrote. It wasn’t a surprise to find out at the end that the author is a poet. The children’s individual characters shone through and I like the way each story was linked to another. I loved every character - it’s a joyful but moving book as you get to know each child’s back story,

I loved this from cover to cover. This features lots of stories of children from the same school on their way home. They overlap so beautifully and it oversets preconceptions with a finesse that is incomparable. I have read his other books and had high expectations that were completely realised. Everyone should read this. It’s fab.

It is a good book and I would recommend it.
My favourite character was probably Cynthia because
she is very funny.

Covers lots of issues including bullying, parental illness, grief, fitting in and childhood. Appears simple on the surface but there is lots to discuss and analyse from a language point of view - Reynolds uses powerful imagery and motifs that you can choose to dig in to or not.

really good definitely recommend it

I liked the storied but was hoping for more of a linking thread.

I like that you can read each chapter as stand alone mini stories although they are loosely linked. Some where better then others.

Easy to read but really enjoyed the links to history and the discussion of The Green Book.

I liked how it wasn't just 1 story but it was 10 different stories that were all connected

I liked it but I think it has been given too much praise

It was really nice and the book just got more and more interesting I liked. Th Ame Jasmine are best friends and I like there relationship with each other as friends. Yes I would recommend it to my sister cause she likes intresting stuff.

A great collection of short stories connected by neighbourhood. Gives a window into these children's lives and a peep at their challenges but is ever upbeat and fun.

"Look Both Ways" was a good book to read, however it was not like my preferred book.The cover looked like the book would be childish and I thought it would have been aimed at younger readers, but you know what they say! : 'Never judge a book by its cover!'.So I read the book; overall it was more or less a short story collection focusing on a different group or single student(s) who go to Latimer Middle School.My personal favorite 'short story' was "Southview Avenue- Okabooka Land " which focused on a girl called Cynthia-who was more or less the class's practical joker- and the difficulties she faced in her family.I also liked "Placer St.-The Low Cuts Strike Again" which concentrated on a group of girls and boys who attended Latimer Middle School and whose parents suffered from a different variant/type of cancer, i.e breast cancer, stomach cancer, prostate cancer and so on.The children cut their hair short as though paying tribute to their family members who suffer from cancer and all the others who suffer as well.They take off money and what they called "loose change"from other students.They would then buy sweets from Ms. Cee Cee and sell those for even more money.After that the bought a large amount of ice-creams for Bit's (one of the Low Cuts) mother, who was a cancer patient.Overall,this book was good but not what I expected, and I would rate this short story collection 7/10.

An unusual, clever book detailing different children's experiences as they walk home from the same school. Overlaps between the stories reveal unexpected detail about each character and encourage the reader to question their assumptions.

A great collection of connected short stories which offer an insight in to what is really going on in the lives of the young people it follows.