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Zazoo
Zazoo
Author: Richard Mosher
Zazoo, almost fourteen, is Vietnamese by birth but feels entirely French. She lives with Grand-Pierre, her adoptive grandfather, who brought her to France when she was just two years old. Life with Grand-Pierre in their old stone mill between the river and the canal has always been filled with poetry and shared adventure, following the predictab...  more »
ISBN: 438038
Edition: Unabridged
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Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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miss-info avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 386 more book reviews
A good read for older children and adults. A good study in growing up looking different than everyone else, being adopted, having a grandparent with dementia, and also of how WWII affected France even 50 years later. The detail of war crimes is probably a bit much for younger children; there is also a lot of time spent discussing breasts and puberty.

I had only one beef with the writing style; if there had not been French words sprinkled throughout, and if the secondary story had not been about the German occupation in France, I would have thought it was an American book. The poetry is in English, which means it wouldn't rhyme in French. All of the characters and conversations felt American to me.
miss-info avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 386 more book reviews
A good read for older children and adults. A good study in growing up looking different than everyone else, being adopted, having a grandparent with dementia, and also of how WWII affected France even 50 years later. The detail of war crimes is probably a bit much for younger children; there is also a lot of time spent discussing breasts and puberty.

I had only one beef with the writing style; if there had not been French words sprinkled throughout, and if the secondary story had not been about the German occupation in France, I would have thought it was an American book. The poetry is in English, which means it wouldn't rhyme in French. All of the characters and conversations felt American to me.
miss-info avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 386 more book reviews
A good read for older children and adults. A good study in growing up looking different than everyone else, being adopted, having a grandparent with dementia, and also of how WWII affected France even 50 years later. The detail of war crimes is probably a bit much for younger children; there is also a lot of time spent discussing breasts and puberty.

I had only one beef with the writing style; if there had not been French words sprinkled throughout, and if the secondary story had not been about the German occupation in France, I would have thought it was an American book. The poetry is in English, which means it wouldn't rhyme in French. All of the characters and conversations felt American to me.
Joynessdotcom avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 53 more book reviews
A great, quick read!
miss-info avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 386 more book reviews
A good read for older children and adults. A good study in growing up looking different than everyone else, being adopted, having a grandparent with dementia, and also of how WWII affected France even 50 years later. The detail of war crimes is probably a bit much for younger children; there is also a lot of time spent discussing breasts and puberty.

I had only one beef with the writing style; if there had not been French words sprinkled throughout, and if the secondary story had not been about the German occupation in France, I would have thought it was an American book. The poetry is in English, which means it wouldn't rhyme in French. All of the characters and conversations felt American to me.
miss-info avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 386 more book reviews
A good read for older children and adults. A good study in growing up looking different than everyone else, being adopted, having a grandparent with dementia, and also of how WWII affected France even 50 years later. The detail of war crimes is probably a bit much for younger children; there is also a lot of time spent discussing breasts and puberty.

I had only one beef with the writing style; if there had not been French words sprinkled throughout, and if the secondary story had not been about the German occupation in France, I would have thought it was an American book. The poetry is in English, which means it wouldn't rhyme in French. All of the characters and conversations felt American to me.
miss-info avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 386 more book reviews
A good read for older children and adults. A good study in growing up looking different than everyone else, being adopted, having a grandparent with dementia, and also of how WWII affected France even 50 years later. The detail of war crimes is probably a bit much for younger children; there is also a lot of time spent discussing breasts and puberty.

I had only one beef with the writing style; if there had not been French words sprinkled throughout, and if the secondary story had not been about the German occupation in France, I would have thought it was an American book. The poetry is in English, which means it wouldn't rhyme in French. All of the characters and conversations felt American to me.
miss-info avatar reviewed Zazoo on + 386 more book reviews
A good read for older children and adults. A good study in growing up looking different than everyone else, being adopted, having a grandparent with dementia, and also of how WWII affected France even 50 years later. The detail of war crimes is probably a bit much for younger children; there is also a lot of time spent discussing breasts and puberty.

I had only one beef with the writing style; if there had not been French words sprinkled throughout, and if the secondary story had not been about the German occupation in France, I would have thought it was an American book. The poetry is in English, which means it wouldn't rhyme in French. All of the characters and conversations felt American to me.


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