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Original Title: Tribes
ISBN: 0440229758 (ISBN13: 9780440229759)
Edition Language: English
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Tribes Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 144 pages
Rating: 3.46 | 205 Users | 26 Reviews

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Title:Tribes
Author:Arthur Slade
Book Format:Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition:Anniversary Edition
Pages:Pages: 144 pages
Published:June 8th 2004 by Laurel Leaf (first published July 11th 2002)
Categories:Young Adult. Fiction. Cultural. Canada

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Percy’s father, a famous anthropologist, died in Africa four years ago; and Percy has taken on his father’s eyes to see the world as a brilliant Observer. He and his friend Elissa are fascinated by the ritualistic world called Grade Twelve: the Jock tribe; the Teacher tribe; the Born Again tribe; the Cool and Detached tribe; the Lipstick/Hairspray tribe, not to mention Mr. Verplaz, the Shaman. For Percy it’s crucial to withdraw, analyze, and remain above it all. But wait–he’s studying real people, who complicate things. Like Elissa, the only person who can come close to him, maybe too close. The only person who knows how painful it was last year when their best friend Willard died. As graduation approaches, the looming ritual ratchets up Percy’s deepest, hidden feelings and reveals the truth about his father’s disappearance.


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Ratings: 3.46 From 205 Users | 26 Reviews

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What a fantastical way for a teen to live with his father's betrayal.Percy's 'coping mechanism' for his father's betrayal was to believe he died in Africa from a tsetse fly bite. The stresses of Year 12 coupled with this and the death by suicide of his best friend, cause Percy to come to breaking point.I loved the descriptive way Percy spoke (and thought). A great way to hide history lessons. Percy liked to think of himself as another Charles Darwin and took offense, which made me chuckle, when

Arthur Slade is awesome. This book was charming and clever and heartbreaking... A very honest look at divorce and suicide and how one teen decided to cope. All the anthropological speak was entertaining.

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4.5 stars...a great book. I loved the anthropology notes (as a former anthro student!), loved Percy. Actually brought tears to my eyes a couple times.

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This imaginative book follows quirky teenager Percy who is observing high school as though he is anthropological researcher. It could be funny if his story weren't so sad: He's lost his dad, and his best friend committed suicide. This disconnected view of the world is his way of coping. Set at a renamed version of Nutana School in Saskatoon, the setting was deeply familiar to me which is always fun because fiction is so rarely set in my home town. My only complaint is that the ending seems

3.5 STARSThe ending was obvious to me and felt rushed once I got there, but I still really enjoyed reading it, and was vaguely creeped out through most of it, because of rather than in spite of the fact that I could see what was coming.