As a high schooler, I generally think Gordon Korman, while excellent, is too juvenile of a writer for me to seriously enjoy at this point. So when my ten-year-old sister raved about it and incessantly recommended it to me, I was very skeptical. However, this book pleasantly surprised me. It took on a lot of tough topics like bullying, injury, and self-image, while simultaneously keeping it light hearted. Plus, there were enough twists to keep it interesting for even a mature reader, yet it still...

Restart is an enjoyable story of a young boy Chase, the main character, who gets a chance to change his life as a result of falling off a roof and getting amnesia. Having his memory wiped clean, offers a chance to change from the old Chase, a bully who terrorized the school with two other buddies. As a result of an arrest, the three had to do community service in a senior center. At the center they continued their bad behavior. From disrespecting residents to stealing Mr. Solway's Congressional

8th grade football star Chase Ambrose (13) wakes up in a hospital bed after falling of the roof of his house and to complete strangers. Chase received a severe concussion and has no memory of his life before the accident and cannot even recognize his own family. When Chase returns to Hiawassee Middle School, everything and everyone is brand-new to him...even his best friends on the football team. Chase is receiving different reactions from people so he is having a hard time deciding what the old...

Good stuff:• Character voiceIt seems to be a favorite thing of Gordon Korman’s to work the split POV thing as much as possible. And one of the key things on that is making sure all of your characters have distinct voices, which he does an amazing job at.The musical genius is remarking on how the door squeaks an F#. Someone uses a lot of parenthesis and the filmmaker kid is always keeping up the narration stream on his own life events . . .Off the top of my head, I think he had about 3 main narra...

Once upon a time, I wrote super detailed notes about how much I loved this book and why. Then one day… I lost them. The bittersweet ending is that I’ve decided to write a mini review from what I remember… *grins sheepishly*This book was a surprise. I loved the cover, the concept, and a review I’d read of it. And I ended up very much enjoying the book itself. ;) Thoughts…-Sometimes taking a second chance is harder than giving one.-Getting to step back from your life and have some perspective on i...

This is an amazing book about a kid who falls off his roof and gets amnesia. He has to completely re-learn his identity. But as he goes around school he realizes that he may have not been the nicest person. Confused in a world where he does not know where he belongs. He realizes that he has the amazing opportunity to start over with a clean slate.

all about second chances & how in the end its always our choice who & what we want to be.

All right, Restart was pretty awesome. It had me hooked from the first page!! I actually really really like contemporary middle grade. I really liked how the chapters were from the viewpoints of lots of different characters. Sometimes someone had a viewpoint for only one chapter but it told the story from everyone's perspective, even the bullies. Man I hate those bullies. Most of the book drove me nuts cuz of the things they did. Just think of the poor instruments they were chucking around!! And...

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Restart poses the answer to a question I'm almost certain we've all asked ourselves at one point or another: what would you do if you were given a second chance?Chase Ambrose used to be the most popular kid at school, with loads of sports achievements and a reputation that frequently sent other kids running in the opposite direction. That is, until he fell off of his roof, and lost all of his memories.What follows is a compelling tale of how Chase learns to come to terms with who he was prior to...

First this is a youth book...YA. But (and looking at my raring I think this may not surprise you) my simple recommendation is:Read this book, it's good.While young Adults can read this book and get a lot, so can adults. What you get here is a good story/plot some great story-telling and a nice lesson oriented tale that doesn't get preachy and holds the interest from start to finish.Chase is a football star, as a matter of fact Chase is an all round sports star. MVP of his team which he led to vi...

Copy provided by publisher at ALAChase has fallen off the roof of his house and can't remember anything. Not his mother, not his best friends, and not his school. The concussion he has sustained keeps him out of playing football, which makes his father (a former jock himself) unhappy. Chase doesn't mind. His friends Bear and Ambrose aren't the nicest guys-- the three have done something Chase does not remember that has led them to be sentenced to do community service at a retirement facility. Th...

This was a fantastic read. I started it late one afternoon and kept reading until I finished it that same night. The premise (a bully falls off a roof, gets amnesia, and becomes a better person) is fantastic. It begs the reader to consider the big questions of if people can really change, what makes a person who they are, and how many second chances one gets in life.Chase Ambrose has no idea who he is. When he wakes up in the hospital after falling off of his roof, he doesn't know his name, his

I made my 8 yr old son read this first. I enjoyed hearing him talk about the book and describing to me the scenes and the jerks involved in the story. So of course I had to read it. Chase's fall from the roof gives him amnesia. He can't remember his mom, dad, friends or social life. Everyone around him walks on egg shells. He doesn't get it until the puzzle pcs come together. Chase was also a football player that was allowed to behave as a bully without repercussions because he was the star. His...

What would it be like to start over? What if you were a bully extraordinaire and everyone was scared to face you in the school hall? What if you were a talented football star who suddenly is forced to stand on the sidelines and watch your friends play without you? All this, and MORE happens to Chase Ambrose. During one of his outrageous escapades, he falls off the roof of his house and suffers injuries. In time, his physical injuries will heal, but most distressing is his Acute Retro-Grade A...

The book starts with the main character waking up in the hospital with amnesia. He does not remember his mom, that he was the star football player, or that he used to be a bully. When he goes back to school, he takes this as a chance to restart his life, and be a better person. It was a good book, I was reading it because we are going to have a book club for it over the summer at the library. Middle schoolers will probably like it better! It was a good story with a good message. It just is not v...

I enjoyed this book as much the second time as I did the first! I just adore the concept! It's fun, it's interesting, and it's so heartfelt! Just the fact that Chase can't remember anything...nothing about who used to be and the shock that comes from learning about his past. Man, this makes me want to write a book where a character forgets who he is...like really makes me want to do that! I'm not sure why I love this concept so much but I do!Overall, this is just a really fun read! I highly reco...

It's written in the flip-flopping narrator "eyes" style that's so popular in the last 5 years. And the writing style is easy read and clear, above average-also without profanity- just a lot of the "usual" name calls and some made up ones like "Dumbledoras" etc. It's about amnesia and bullying at its core. But more specifically a change of character and judgment due to the amnesia. Most of the book was clearly at least 4 star. And then it got so Hallmark ending that I was taken aback. I'm not the...

/4.5 stars/ I love this book so so so so much.I’ll probably write a review later

OH. MY. GOODNESS. THIS WAS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This has got to be one of the best books I've read in a while. I had so many emotions going through me as I read it. I wanted to laugh. Cry. Scream. Fall on the floor and hide. It was sooooooooooooo amazing!!!Gordon Korman has the amazing talent to create a story that is not only funny, but thought provoking and real. I love all the characters. Chase is my favorite, but I also love Brendan, Joel, and Kimberly. And Shoshanna.*faints*In short...