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- excellent reading
This particular book should become required reading for all children. Especially inner city children who think their parents are the meanst in the world because they care.

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- FInding Fish Book Review
Antwone Quenton Fisher was raised in foster homes ever since his birth in prison to a single mother. His father was shot and killed shortly before he was born in 1959. Fisher went to live with the Pickett family in Glenville, Ohio and that's when his horrible new life begins.

When he came to live with the new family he started to experience constant mental and physical abuse from both Reverend and Mrs. Pickett because of the things he was accused of doing, but didn't really do. He was allowed and got to see his biological mother sometimes as caseworkers analyze their relationship together. Fisher and Dwight, his foster brother, did not get along very well and they were constantly getting into fights.
After a long eleven and one half years, Mrs. Pickett sent Fisher back to child welfare because she was sick of his so-called negative behaviors. He then went to live at George Junior Republic, an all male reform school. While in reform school Antwone decided that he wanted to become either a photographer or an artist. When Antwone turned nineteen he enlisted in the Navy. There he excelled because of the strict rules he had to follow while living with Mrs. Pickett.
This book inspired me because even though it's an incredibly sad story, Fisher somehow survives all the torment. It seems amazing to me that he thinks of himself as fortunate and can see the good in people after being abused by so many. This intense story shows that you can overcome many difficult obstacles and still have a positive attitude.

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- Heart-wrenching, poignant, powerful
I saw the movie before reading the book, but as always, the book was better. Antwone Fisher demonstrates the resilience of children, how forgiving they are, how in the face of evil, they triumph over the adults who are supposed to nuture them. His story is not a Hollywood story, but the story of how the foster care system in America has failed. This country should be ashamed at the way foster children are treated.

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- WINNER OF OUR "OSCAR" AWARD 2002 FOR MOST INSPIRATONAL
The writing was solid. We were able to see the events in the story. We felt frustrated when the social workers continued to view and review Antwone's case on a superficial level. Obviously,Ms. Pickett was despicable but we disliked Mr. Pickett even more. He allowed, endorsed, cosigned and sometimes, participated in the cruel and destructive behavior exhibited by his wife. The book did have an uplifting message. We highly recommend this book.

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- You Can't Put It Down
We just saw the movie a couple of weeks ago and it made me cry. Of course I had to have the book and just finished reading it tonight - I tried to meter it out (reading time) so I could get chores done too and make the book last, but today I must of read for 5 hours until I completed it. The fun parts were remembering some of the things from childhood I remember too, like Rat Patrol and bell bottom jeans. I was also born in 1959. I love the style of writing. It's like sitting in a room with Fisher and he's telling you everything first hand. For someone like me who had a more traditional upbringing, I tried to mirror those events he described on a timeline in my head, and then tried to remember where I was at the same time. The constant crap he was subjected too bothered me, and for good reason. The book got tears out of me too. This is a story of triumph. Good for human will and spirit. Good for Antwone Fisher and sharing his story.

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