The Moves Make the Man

The Moves Make the Man

This book was written in 1984 printed by Harper Trophy. The plot is simple Jerome is a thirteen year old boy who is now telling the story of the events leading up to his friend Bix's running away from home. It begins with Jerome claiming that no one else was able to tell Bix's story except for Jerome. Jerome proceeds to explain to the reader the many events and experiences that Jerome had with Bix. The two of them together had an interesting connection. Bix was an interesting character. In the beginning of Bix's story, Bix refuses to tell a lie, but by the end of the book things have changed. Bix has some serious psychological issues that he needs to work through. The themes in this book is very interesting as well. Bruce Brooks is the author of this book. (There is a link for Mr. Brooks if you are interested).

I did not particularly like this book. I thought it was slow going. It seemed to take quite a while to get to the point of the story. Jerome tells this story from his point-of-view, but instead of really telling Bix's story he told his own story and Bix seemed to just be thrown into it a few times. The last one hundred pages seemed to be the only thing that really showed the progression of Bix's character and the reasons leading upto when he ran away.
CAUTION: Be prepared to lose interest until much later in the book.