Uggghh, I am TORN. The Nest is certainly the book that I think students would like more - it's creepy, suspenseful, and ... unexpected. BUT I think, personally, that Crazy was the better book. I mean, I really don't like the whole free-verse narrative poetry novel concept, but I end up liking every one I actually read. I know, I know. Anyway, I loved the characters in Crazy, because Phillips did such a wonderful job portraying the beauty and ugliness and complexity in so many of them. The hope and humanity portrayed made this little cold heart of mine quite warm. But, while I enjoyed the inter-denominational Christian drama, I think it might lose a lot of contemporary students.
So, if my vote is a proxy, what-I-think-students-will-like vote, it's for The Nest. If it's a selfish "me" vote, it's for Crazy. Do with that what you will, Dia! :)
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