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Title	:	Because I Am Furniture
Author	:	Thalia Chaltas
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	April 16th 2009 by Viking Juvenile
Categories	:	Young Adult. Poetry. Realistic Fiction. Sociology. Abuse

Because I Am Furniture

Thalia Chaltas

Hardcover | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 3.84 | 6115 Users | 732 Reviews

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Anke’s father is abusive. But not to her. He attacks her brother and sister, but she’s just an invisible witness in a house of horrors, on the brink of disappearing altogether. Until she makes the volleyball team at school. At first just being exhausted after practice feels good, but as Anke becomes part of the team, her confidence builds. When she learns to yell “Mine!” to call a ball, she finds a voice she didn’t know existed. For the first time, Anke is seen and heard. Soon, she’s imagining a day that her voice will be loud enough to rescue everyone at home—including herself.

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Original Title:	Because I am Furniture
ISBN:	0670062987 (ISBN13: 9780670062980)
Edition Language:	English

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Goodreads asks "what do you think? " Well, where do I begin? I read this book in one sitting, roughly one hour. Took me roughly another hour to return to reality. Written in verse, a form I absolutely love, when done correctly, I am Furniture unravels the lives of a family plagued by abuse - sexual, physical, mental, and emotional abuse. The story reveals the rawness of emotion and the roller coaster of feelings that exist when an individual develops her ability to want something better. There

This was a heartbreaking look at abuse within a family, and most times I forgot about the story being written in verse.Anke lives in a nightmare. Her father repeatedly beats her older brother, rapes her older sister, and terrorizes their mother, who does nothing to stop the abuse. But Anke is, for the most part, left alone. She struggles between feeling relieved that her father rarely chooses to speak or acknowledge her and feeling hurt that he doesn't "show his love" in some way. She knows she

This is disgusting, disturbing, horrific and sadyet so beautiful and honest.So deep and moving,So heart-wrenching.How terrifying it must beto be terrified of your own Father.How mind-f*&^ing it must beto want any attention from him,to be jeaouls of your sisters rape,to desire to be beatenor yelled atjust something to know he knows you exist.How powerful you must feelknowing you are the reason he was sent to jail,how powerless you must feel to know he is now out.You are no longer furnature.

Not only are the verses in this book beautifully written with meaningful poetic devices, if you're inclined toward noting that sort of thing, the topic is unfortunately, always contemporary.There's so much I could say about this fantastic book, but I'll focus in on a couple of points. Anke believes it's better to be like a piece of furniture in her family. Those who are noticed are hit and sexually used and abused. She's the youngest and somehow ignored in nearly every aspect of the family's

Full review can be found on my blog.My thoughts:I think the correct feeling I had when I finished this book is that I wished it was more. More emotional, more depth to the characters, more engaging to the reader. It was undoubtedly all of these things, but not to the point where I was a sobbing mess or screaming at the characters.The abuse portrayed in this novel is described with the best mix of detached denial and up-close horror. Ankes feelings about it is conflicted which both surprised me

This is the kind of book that they need to have in schools, because child abuse and domestic violence is still alarmingly common and still not a whole lot of kids speak out about it because they don't know how or what the consequences will be. Because I Am Furniture is an empowering story of one girl struggling to find her voice, not just in sports but also in the attempt to save her siblings from the brunt of her father's abuse. She's always been the lucky one, largely ignored by him and thus

It was beautiful. It was kind of hard to read sometimes, but i really enjoyed it and it made me feel nice at the end. It was a hard topic but it was worth it for me.