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Title: Ostrich

Author: Matt Greene

Narrator: Thomas Judd

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-14

Publisher: Jammer Audio

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:

Alex has the concerns every 12-year-old has but lately, ever since his brain surgery, everyone in his life is behaving a little mysteriously. He decides it's time to investigate. So begins the journey that will take him to the limits of his understanding and take you back to the wonder and conviction of your own adolescence, to a time when you understood the world so much better than it understood you.

Critic Reviews:

"At once hilarious and heart-wrenching" (Daily Telegraph)

"Irresistible! I dare you not to laugh, cry and fall wildly in love" (Maria Semple) author of Whered You Go Bernadette?

Members Reviews:

Wonderful way of looking at the world

Our hero is our eyes and ears to his wonderfully interesting world , Growing up with all those unanswered questions has never been more enjoyable

Sad coming of age story

A coming of age story that is witty, profound, and sad, it reminds me of a Curious Case of a Dog in the Midnight but with cancer instead of autism. Yet it is original in tone and character and observations on human nature.

I would have hoped for a happy ending

What a beautifully written story. I guess, because it had so many funny moments, I never saw the sad ending coming. A treasure, really!!!

A great clever funny book

A complex entertaining and very funny read. It was thought provoking,bringing back memories in a new refreshing and funny way. A good read.

A Life in the Dayâ

Alex is the only one in his primary school who is allowed to wear non-religious headgear. That's because he's been bald since he had his brain surgery. But that doesn't matter much to Alex, even though it could make him feel - as he calls it - "ostrichsized (which is a better word for excluded (because ostriches can't fly so they often feel left out.))" No, Alex is concentrating on getting a scholarship to a good middle school. He's also trying to figure out what's behind all the strange things that have been happening since he had his tumor removed. This is the novel "Ostrich" by Matt Greene.

This is a story that slides. What I mean by this is that what it seems to be at the beginning, turns into something else at the end. Where we think Alex's journey is taking him turns out to be towards somewhere else. And, apparently, even Alex doesn't know exactly what his story is about, until it unfolds. Some have compared this book to Mark Haddon's "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time." What these two books have in common are the mysteries that need to be solved, and the fact that they are told in first person from the perspective of a young boy, both of whom feel like they are outsiders in their own ways. They're also both very intelligent with complex thought processes, and are each studying for an important exam. Furthermore, neither of these two boys can escape their conditions nor the impact that those conditions have on their lives.

But the huge difference here is in the conclusion of these two books (which I refuse to reveal), and why they end so differently, which makes me think that these two books could also be considered exact opposites of each other. (And Alex would be the first one to tell you that for two things to be opposites they have to have quite a few things in common.)

Despite it having a young protagonist as its narrator, I don't believe this should really be categorized as a young adult book.