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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780440908715
ISBN: 044090871X
Label: Laurel Leaf
Manufacturer: Laurel Leaf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 241
Publication Date: November 01, 1991
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Reading Level: Young Adult
Release Date: November 01, 1991
Sales Rank: 654059
Studio: Laurel Leaf
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Product Description:
Sixteen-year-old Barney has only fleeting memories about his past, but as a voluntary patient at the institute for experimental medicine, he knows he is different from the terminally ill patients surrounding him.
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Barney is a teenager at a special clinic for experimental drugs and treatments, and mostly only adults are there. In one ward, though, are teenagers who are terminally ill. Barney is the only one who isn't extremely sick. All of those here have chosen to come and take experimental drugs, in the hopes that the research done on them will someday make new medications possible. The ones here will not be saved by the research, though. It is certain they will all die.
Barney isn't sure ... Read More
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I first read this in High School and have been looking for a copy for a while.
This one is a good little read to take you away from it all - I like it.
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I was assigned to read The Bumblebee Flies Anyway for class in 7th grade. And I have loathed it ever since. As I am now in college, it is difficult for me to remember specific details, but I will try to define why Barney and I never got along.
There was something tremendously fishy about the entire premise to begin with (a voluntary patient at a hospital for the terminally ill?). I was unable to like any of the characters, save perhaps Mazzo, one of the only somewhat honest characters ... Read More
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This is one of my favourite books ever. It makes one think and leaves one feeling more knowledgable after reading. I was pleasantly surprised upon realizing that I enjoyed this tale. Barney goes through so much and the ending leaves you breathless. If ever you want to be proud of reading a book and understanding it, try this one!
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The Bumblebee Flies Anyway by Robert Cormier is an excellent book for teen readers. While the setting and situations of an experimental medicine clinic may be unusual, teens can easily identify with the patients and how they are a society of outcasts. Barney, along with his friends Billy, Ali, and Mazzo, have become ostracized due to their illnesses and each identifies their predicament in an independent manor. The intrusion of Cassie into their society brings a sense of the real world into the ... Read More
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