Week #8: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

          Title: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
            Author: Jonathan Safran Foer
            Genre: Realistic/Historic Fiction

        This is an extremely well written and overall beautiful book, that more people in the class should know about. It is about a young boy (pre-teen) named Oskar, who lives in New York City in 2001, and his dad works in the world trade center (see where I'm going with this?). His father was unfortunately at work when the tragic event on September 11, happened, and Oskar and his mother were left heartbroken without his dad. While going through his dad's possessions, he finds a mysterious that he believes will lead him to know more about his father. He then starts on a wonderful and mysterious adventure to find what is left of his father.
           This book doesn't have much mature content, other than the tragedy of a family dealing with the loss of a father. The writing style and tricks used by the author is what truly makes this book great, and that alone makes it worth it to read this. I highly recommend this to everyone in the class.