Calvin
By: Martine Leavitt
Genre: YA Realistic Fiction
Pages: 181
Published: 2015
Read: January
3 out of 5
Imaginary or Real? That is a tough question for a kid
with schizophrenia. I believe it would even be tougher to write from the
point-of-view of a person that has the disease. The main character, Calvin, tries
to blame Bill Watterson, the creator of Calvin and Hobbes, for the fact that
Hobbes, an imaginary tiger, talks to him. See, he was born on the day that
Watterson released his very last comic of Calvin and Hobbes. AND then his
parents named him Calvin! Throughout the book, Calvin is writing a letter to
Mr. Watterson about his hike across Lake Erie to meet him. Along the travels,
Calvin with Hobbes and school friend, Susie, the reader needs to decipher who
is real and who generated by Calvin’s mind. Leavitt writes a story that leaves
you guessing, but isn’t very personal. Maybe schizo individuals aren’t very
personal? I felt this was just an okay story and do recommend for anyone who
enjoys realistic, yet fictional stories about schizophrenia. However, there are
many other YA novels on mental illnesses that are better and more character
driven.
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