{"id":3975,"date":"2018-04-03T18:33:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-03T23:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2020-09-03T09:47:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:47:33","slug":"restart-gordon-korman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/?p=3975","title":{"rendered":"{Restart: Gordon Korman}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><BR><br \/>\n<strong>{Synopsis} \u2013 <\/strong>Chase&#8217;s memory just went out the window.<\/p>\n<p>Chase doesn&#8217;t remember falling off the roof. He doesn&#8217;t remember hitting his head. He doesn&#8217;t, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name.<\/p>\n<p>He knows he&#8217;s Chase. But who is Chase? When he gets back to school, he sees that different kids have very different reactions to his return.<\/p>\n<p>Some kids treat him like a hero. Some kids are clearly afraid of him.<\/p>\n<p>One girl in particular is so angry with him that she pours her frozen yogurt on his head the first chance she gets.<\/p>\n<p>Pretty soon, it&#8217;s not only a question of who Chase is&#8211;it&#8217;s a question of who he was . . . and who he&#8217;s going to be.<\/p>\n<p>From the #1 bestselling author of Swindle and Slacker, Restart is the spectacular story of a kid with a messy past who has to figure out what it means to get a clean start. <\/p>\n<p><strong>{My thoughts} \u2013 <\/strong> There have been many books written about bullying and the effects that it has on those that have been bullied. This book is a bit different. It is about a boy named Chase and his two friends Bear and Aaron and how their actions led to a student being transfered out of their school and sent to a boarding school. However, Chase had a fall over the summer and he doesn&#8217;t remember anyone or most things. It caused him to have amnesia and it gave him a second chance to change his ways. A chance to be good and to show that people can change. <\/p>\n<p>I really enjoys this books. It is written through the perspective of most of the main characters and it is very much intriguing. The book pulled me into it&#8217;s story after the first chapter. I think that many children and adults alike can benefit from reading a book like this and I highly recommend it for that reason. <\/p>\n<p><strong>{Quotes I Enjoyed} \u2013<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>{01} &#8211;<\/strong> &#8220;It&#8217;s the craziest feeling. I remember how to remember, but when I actually try  to do it, I&#8217;m a blank. I&#8217;m like a computer with it&#8217;s hard drive wiped clean. You can reboot it and the operating system works fine. But when you look for a document or a file to open, nothings there. Not even my own name.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>{02} &#8211; <\/strong>&#8220;It&#8217; pretty weird,&#8221; I admit. &#8220;Not remembering anybody. It&#8217;s like I&#8217;m surrounded by all these people, but I&#8217;m still all alone.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong>{03} &#8211; <\/strong>Normal is the last word to describe a place where you&#8217;re a stranger in a strange land despite the fact that everybody knows you.<br \/>\n<strong>{04} &#8211;<\/strong> Love isn&#8217;t just blind, it&#8217;s also totally stupid. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Conclusion:<\/strong> 5 Star Rating. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/signature-300x114.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-9555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/signature-300x114.png 300w, http:\/\/www.zapkodemarie.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/signature.png 329w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Synopsis} \u2013 Chase&#8217;s memory just went out the window. 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