By George is the tale of two Georges: one a boy, and another a ventriloquist dummy owned by his grandfather long before his birth. The chapters alternate between the tale of the two Georges, giving you a good picture of the show biz family as a whole: the great grandmother, Evie, the ventriloquist; the grandfather, Joe, with his traveling ventriliquist show to entertain the troops in WWII; the grandmother, Queenie, a less talented ventriloquist, but with a knack for entertaining children; the mother Frankie, who never really grows up but plays roles such as Peter Pan on the stage; and then the young George himself, trying so desperately to learn his grandfather's secrets of how to throw a voice.
Though George grew up traveling England with his mother for her shows, he eventually gets sent to a boy school as his grandmother is busy taking care of her elderly mother and his own mother is still busy with her shows. George doesn't fit in and hates sports, so he finds a way out of the recreation time by being the caretaker's helper, befriending the man.
Eventually the boy George finds the dummy George, and along with it, a string of family secrets.
This is a very good book. I finished it over a week ago and I'm still thinking about it. The characters are vibrant and the story unique. Though it may sound strange that half of the tale is narrated by a ventriloquist dummy, it doesn't come across as cheesy at all.
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