{"id":10051,"date":"2018-12-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10051"},"modified":"2018-12-11T09:52:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T15:52:47","slug":"ballad-of-a-broken-nose-by-arne-svingen-translated-by-kari-dickson-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10051","title":{"rendered":"Ballad of a Broken Nose, by Arne Svingen, translated by Kari Dickson (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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His earbuds are filled with opera<\/a>,
His neighbors are druggies and the jobless,
Just like any middle-school boy, right?
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Bart does love his mum and is sure that someday she’ll be able to keep a job so they can move out of their slum apartment… not so sure about keeping away from the bullies at school.<\/a>
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What advice would you give Bart as he searches for his long-gone dad?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>:\u00a0The Ballad of a Broken Nose, by Arne Svingen, translated by Kari Dickson \/ Margaret K. McElderry Books, hardcover 2016, paperback 2017. [publisher site<\/a>]\u00a0 Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Maybe 13-year-old Bart’s opera singing talent comes from the American father he’s never seen.
\nWho in his Norwegian town knew that John Jones was such a common name in the world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe his mom will finally keep a job so they can move out of the slum apartments.
\nWhy is it so hard for her to stay sober?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe learning to box will keep the bullies away or impress Ada.
\nWhat made her volunteer Bart to sing at the school show?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe he’ll shake his stage fright\u2026 anything can happen, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middle school years are different for each person, but this translated novel shows how common some things are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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