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Original Title:	Ostrich Boys
ISBN:	0099456575 (ISBN13: 9780099456575)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Literary Awards:	Carnegie Medal Nominee (2009)

Ostrich Boys

Keith Gray

Paperback | Pages: 368 pages

Rating: 3.57 | 1145 Users | 197 Reviews

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Title	:	Ostrich Boys
Author	:	Keith Gray
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 368 pages
Published	:	September 1st 2008 by Definitions (Young Adult)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Realistic Fiction. Fiction. Teen. Adventure. Contemporary

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'It's not really kidnapping, is it? He'd have to be alive for it to be proper kidnapping.'

Kenny, Sim and Blake are about to embark on a remarkable journey of friendship. Stealing the urn containing the ashes of their best friend Ross, they set out from Cleethorpes on the east coast to travel the 261 miles to the tiny hamlet of Ross in Dumfries and Galloway. After a depressing and dispiriting funeral they feel taking Ross to Ross will be a fitting memorial for a 15 year-old boy who changed all their lives through his friendship. Little do they realise just how much Ross can still affect life for them even though he's now dead.

Drawing on personal experience Keith Gray has written an extraordinary novel about friendship, loss and suicide, and about the good things that may be waiting just out of sight around the corner . . .

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Ratings: 3.57 From 1145 Users | 197 Reviews

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I read and write fantasy but occasionally step outside that genre to sample something else. On this occasion I was delighted to read the Ostrich Boys. Three boys steal the urn that contains the ashes of their best friend, called Ross and flee north. They have decided to scatter his remains near the hamlet of Ross in Scotland. It is a journey of self-discovery as they gradually lift their heads out of the sand. This is a book that you will never forget.

The book was pretty good, the story was well put together and kept you reading at any part of the story, the characters were drawn out and it made you feel like you actually knew them. The parts I didn't like was the ending was very sudden and I was hoping for kind of a more end to the problems that happened in the book not just there where they wanted to go, the end. Also not knowing much about Britain and Scotland made some of the settings confusing as well.

I am an emotional wreck right now.No, really. I had to spend a few moments after finishing the book just crying my eyes out and trying to regain myself. (I still haven't, btw.) I just knew this book would make me cry like a baby. But I still torture myself.What's not to love about this book? The prose is just beautiful. There were plenty parts of the story that made my heart ache. I fell in love with the four main characters and their wonderful friendship with one another, and I felt like I too

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 worth it. Third, it's sickly funny.Before I go on, I need to say I won this book in the goodreads 'giveaways' program.So, yeah, these three mates (that's British for 'friends') take their mate's

I struggled with how to review this book. The first thirty-fifty pages are hard to read. The rhythm is different, and the author seems to use more words than are necessary.But, after the first fifty pages, it either became easier to read or was written differently. The gist of the story is that four high school boys are tight friends until one of them (Ross) dies in a biking/automobile incident. The other three decide to steal Ross' ashes and take him to Ross, Scotland, a place Ross (the person)

Very good YA novel. I enjoyed it, and kids would enjoy it. Subject matter *may* make it more appropriate for 8th grade and up, although the reading level would not be a challenge for most 6/7 graders. The main characters are fifteen year-old boys in England; there are great messages about friendship, relationships between peers and adults, and gender roles. The messages are easily woven into the story, so kids would not feel like they are being "preached" at. Quick read and enjoyed the story,

I wish there were more books like this! I feel like there is something special about this book that you dont find in many books. Three reasons why:It is such a strange plot line but instantly you feel towards the three boys that have just lost their best friend and you hope that you would do the same for your bestie. The ending part when the boys bring Ross to Ross and scatter his ashes was such a happy sad moment and I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time!! You just feel so glad for them