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Title: The Sidekicks
Author: Will Kostakis
Narrator: David Linski, Tom Bromhead, P. J. Ochlan
Format: Unabridged
Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-31-17
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Genres: Teens, Fiction & Literature
Publisher's Summary:
Ryan, Harley, and Miles are very different people - the swimmer, the rebel, and the nerd. All they've ever had in common is Isaac, their shared best friend.
When Isaac dies unexpectedly, the three boys must come to terms with their grief and the impact Isaac had on each of their lives. In his absence, Ryan, Harley, and Miles discover things about one another they never saw before and realize there may be more tying them together than just Isaac.
In this intricately woven story told in three parts, award-winning Australian author Will Kostakis makes his American debut with a heartwarming, masterfully written novel about grief, self-discovery, and the connections that tie us all together.
Members Reviews:
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I want to thank the author for this great read. I blew through it in two days and am enjoying discussing it with my son as he reads it. I'd also like to thank the Catholic School that snubbed Will Kostakis causing a bit of an uproar online...without their close minded bigotry I may have never heard of the book or gotten to share it with my boy.
Devastating and devastatingly funny,
âThe Sidekicksâ is the new young adult book from Australian author Will Kostakis.
Will is the author of fantastic 2013 book âThe First Third,â which went on to win the prestigious Gold Inky Award in 2014 (in which teen readers chose the shortlist, and selected the winner!). So, Willâs third book and first after âThe First Thirdâ (wow, tongue-tied) was a most-anticipated fare â and Iâm happy to say, it absolutely lives up to high reader-expectation.
The book is in fact three linked novellas â from the points of view of three boys after the tragic death of their mutual friend (and actually, Isaac is the only thing these boys have in common). The book opens with Ryan, âThe Swimmer,â and sets up a lodestone scene the next two boys will come back to â when theyâre called into the Principalâs office to learn of Isaacâs death the night before.
From there we see how each of these boys â Ryan, Harley, and Miles â cope with the death of Isaac, and how he fit into each of their lives â and maybe, how they can each fit into each otherâs lives as they embark on this new normal, without the glue that held their tentative friendship together.
Ryan refers to himself, with little ego, as; âRyan Patrick Thomson, Olympic hopeful.â Heâs a minor celebrity at his private Catholic school, and is well aware that his currency on the swim team grants him certain leeway, which his mother (as Head of the English Department) is quick to counteract. Ryan also has a boyfriend that nobody â except Isaac â had any idea about. In a candid discussion with sympathetic teacher Mr Collins, Ryan confronts the idea that in only letting his best friend know the truth about his sexuality, he has compartmentalized his life; âI didnât want to leave my legacy to one person, and risk it being lost. I gave as much of myself to as many people, so that when they put all those pieces together, that would be the mark I left on the world.â
I will say that of all the boys, Ryanâs novella was the most powerful and there may have been a slight dip in the action when his chapter concluded.
