Son of a Trickster
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Son of a Trickster
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Narrated by:
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Jason Ryll
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Written by:
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Eden Robinson
Summary
With striking originality and precision, Eden Robinson, the Giller-shortlisted author of the classic Monkey Beach and winner of the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award, blends humor with heartbreak in this compelling coming-of-age novel. Everyday teen existence meets indigenous beliefs, crazy family dynamics, and cannibalistic river otter.... The exciting first novel in her Trickster trilogy.
Everyone knows a guy like Jared: the burnout kid in high school who sells weed cookies and has a scary mom who's often wasted and wielding some kind of weapon. Jared does smoke and drink too much, and he does make the best cookies in town, and his mom is a mess, but he's also a kid who has an immense capacity for compassion and an impulse to watch over people more than twice his age, and he can't rely on anyone for consistent love and support, except for his flatulent pit bull, Baby Killer (he calls her Baby) - and now she's dead.
Jared can't count on his mom to stay sober and stick around to take care of him. He can't rely on his dad to pay the bills and support his new wife and step-daughter. Jared is only 16 but feels like he is the one who must stabilize his family's life, even look out for his elderly neighbors. But he struggles to keep everything afloat...and sometimes he blacks out. And he puzzles over why his maternal grandmother has never liked him, why she says he's the son of a trickster, that he isn't human. Mind you, ravens speak to him - even when he's not stoned.
You think you know Jared, but you don't.
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Editorial Review
Jared may seem like your typical burnout high school kid, but it is not just teen angst or his messed up family that separates Jared from his peers. There has always been something a little different inside. The truth is, Jared has a secret—and even he doesn’t quite know what it is. In this coming-of-age trilogy, Canadian author Eden Robinson, winner of the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award and shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, tells the tale of 16-year-old Jared, a pot cookie dealer with a deep sense of compassion. With a mother more inclined to need babysitting than be a caregiver and a dad constantly in need of rent money, Jared struggles to keep his family together while navigating life as a teenager in small town Kitimat, B.C. But Jared isn’t just dealing with his party-loving mom, her terrifying boyfriends, his somewhat unhinged girlfriend, and the pressures of a drug-based side hustle. He is starting to see and hear things. Unexplainable things. In her signature style, Robinson weaves sympathetic and engaging characters with ancient mythology and mysticism for a story full of raw emotion that sings with magic. Deeply rooted in Haisla culture, Son of a Trickster evokes a distinct history within a widely relatable tale of hardship, family, and self identity. British Columbia native Jason Ryll lends his voice to the audiobooks of the Trickster saga, adding continuity and local charm. This is a must-listen you won’t be able to pause, as each chapter pulls you deeper into the magic and mystery of what it is that makes Jared so very different from everyone he knows.
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My only criticism is that the supernatural storyline felt rushed and slightly neglected.
a coming of age protagonist to love
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Jason Ryll had limited range in voicing the many characters in the story.
A Strange Mix of General Fiction and Fantasy
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Son of a Trickster is a gift
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Son of a Trickster holds you for every page
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Great story
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