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- W4255989212 abstract "Reviewed by: The Boy With 17 Senses by Sheila Grau April Spisak Grau, Sheila The Boy With 17 Senses; illus. by Adam Rex. Amulet, 2016 [256p] ISBN 978-1-4197-2119-9 $16.95 Reviewed from galleys Ad Gr. 4-6 This unusual retelling of “Jack and the Beanstalk” is set on a planet where everyone has synesthesia, and Jaq himself says he has seventeen senses. He does not, however, have money, but he lucks into information about a portal to another world. Off he goes to find his fortune, landing on Earth where he learns a bit about human difference and also finds a fortune’s worth of gum, which has untold value on his home planet—if he can manage to take it with him. The outsider look at Earth is amusing, as Jaq experiences French fries for the first time and grapples with a mall. Unfortunately, there are very few likable characters, and the adults are almost all mean, lazy, opportunistic, or negligent. In addition, the tone is uneven, with humor shoved up against pathos, while both grapple for space with references to the folktale. An interesting author’s note explains how Grau grew up with misophonia and wants kids with neurological differences to be able to see themselves in books. While that would be a clearer message without the unwieldy mix of interplanetary travel, gum, talking animals, folklore, and unpleasant grownups, the descriptions of synesthesia (and how it might be understood on a planet where all have it) are compelling and memorable. Copyright © 2016 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois" @default.
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