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This book accomplishes a lot. First, It's a coming-of-age/loss-of-innocence story, wherein three 15-year-old friends take the ashes of their recently dead fourth friend on a journey they all need. Second, it's a book that reminds you that no matter what happens on a road trip, road trips are always

Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com OSTRICH BOYS is about friendship and loyalty. Blake, Sim, and Kenny just lost their best friend, Ross. Hit by a car while riding his bike, he is gone and they can hardly believe it. After the boys attend his funeral, they decide the cere Leggi tutto

This was such a lovely, funny, moving book! I happened upon it by chance, never having heard of the author, so I didn't really know what to expect. What I got was a memorable and believable story about friendship. The story centers around three teenage boys whose friend, Ross, has died. They decide h Leggi tutto

UBF #3/10 I really like this book. The British humor ranges from crude to witty to brutal. The story takes you by surprise. You feel like you are a part of the adventure these boys set out for. After reading this one, I realized I can shamelessly enjoy the books which might be targeted for a younger Leggi tutto

This book has a very different story line than most books I read. It's the story of four 15 year-old boys who experience a tragedy when one of the boys is killed in a bicycle accident. The remaining three boys seek to give their friend a proper funeral by taking his ashes to the one place in Britain Leggi tutto

Absorbing YA book about adolescent boys and expressing their feelings. The core group of boys have different backgrounds and characters but fate has conspired to bring them together as a group of friends. However, this is seemingly shattered when Ross is killed in a road accident. The remaining boys Leggi tutto

awww this was such a sad book. going to Ross in a tribute to Ross . very like without a paddle the movie . poor Ross deserved so much more.

what do you call a group of Ostriches??? a "Pride" though according to the net it should be a flock, let's for the sake of this novel agree it is a Pride, cos it does make sense if it is intended to be a pun. the boys were between glowing with pride with what they were doing, and hiding their heads i Leggi tutto

Sensible, stocky Blake is our narrator, and he makes it seem an inevitable result of the trio's true friendship with and understanding of their friend Ross that they steal his cremated ashes (not long after he has been killed by a car while riding his bike) and abscond with them to Ross, Scotland. A Leggi tutto