Hands: The ‘tender and funny’ debut memoir

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A great deal of the book’s lure lies in its complications. Trev’s problem is anything but straightforward. The end of the book certainly reflects that. I’ve always had a sense that Torrey Maldonado doesn’t so much solve everyone’s problems by the end of his books as give his characters additional options. For kids raised on the notion that storytelling requires complete and utter closure, this may at first strike them as maddening. But in Hands Torrey keeps the circle open to perhaps his greatest effect yet. The pessimist might say that by refusing to solve the problem the author spares the reader from having to see further awful things down the road. I think a more likely answer is that the author is being honest with the reader. Life is rarely tied up in a neat little bow, and in eschewing some kind of deus ex machina, the story is honoring the complications surrounding Trev’s life. This works better in some instances than others. There’s an incident in the hallway, at one point, where Trev truly believes that the only way to protect his sister is to punch something. We’re told he always has options but nobody in their right mind would think the best option was to call the cops. It would have been nice for someone to have told Trev a cleverer solution to that situation that could have resolved things without blood or police, but instead the reader is left with the vague sense that while most of the book’s messaging about hands makes sense, that one instance is significantly less clear. Goodhart’s presentation of working-class values, in his last book and in this one, is too prone to emphasise a rather reactionary form of “small-C” conservatism, when the reality is surely less straightforward. Attachment to family and place and continuity – key “somewhere” values – does not inevitably go along with a suspicion of diversity and an aversion to change (although in certain political conjunctures, it might). And, at times, the author seems a little too keen to gratuitously bait liberal readers. At one point, discussing family values, he even takes a sideswipe at the sexual mores of the Bloomsbury set. But by highlighting dimensions of life and work that have been stripped of prestige in an age of individualism, he performs a valuable service. Many European societies, he observes, have managed to retain respect for “practical vocational intelligence” and people doing “basic jobs”. Given the coming age of automation, Britain urgently needs to start to do the same. As new technology eliminates many white-collar occupations, the age of the cognitive worker may be coming to an end, and with it “the golden age of mass higher education”. Sometimes people ask me what books are still missing from the marketplace when it comes to kids. Where are the gaps? What aren’t we seeing? Honestly, I feel like sometimes you don’t know a gap’s even been there until it’s filled. Torrey Maldonado, now HE knows how to fill those kinds of gaps. I guess I sort of knew that short fiction for older kids had become increasingly hard to find, but it wasn’t really until I started reading his books that this was drilled home. Hands is going to find its audience and it’s going to resonate soundly with them. Homey and touching, complicated and unafraid to deal with paradoxes, I may not agree with all the decisions in the book but the final product is ultimately a strong piece I’d hand to any kid willingly. Especially the kids that don’t even know it’s what they need.A financial employee handbook is a guide for employees in the financial field. This handbook contains all the information needed for all kinds of financial transactions. Financial employee handbooks come in handy for entry-level financial professionals up to the experienced ones. Handbook sizes vary according to their use and purpose, but they are mostly printed on standard US Letter, A4, and A5 paper. This part lines up all the goals, expectations, aims, and objectives of the organization. This part often includes the call to action and expected outcome for all parties involved. Policies

Hands, Torrey's latest middle grade book coming out in January, is his best one yet. It is one of the best books I have read in 2022, and I don't say that lightly, I read a lot of books. Hands is a short story that follows 12-year-old Trev in the aftermath of his step-father's imprisonment after he physically abuses Trev's mother. With the threat of his step-father's release from prison looming, Trev takes it upon himself to learn how to protect his mother and sisters the only way he thinks he can: with his hands.Torrey Maldonado's HANDS would start my reading year with what I call a guaranteed read- appealing to many, with a fast-paced plot and the main character Trev connecting with readers. I love this book, and in my opinion, is Mr. Maldonado's best book! A handbook aids communication in the workplace or an organization. This tool is a common ground between two parties, such as employers and employees, school admin and students, owners and users, etc. Handbook makes people’s communication valuable, consistent, and efficient. Compilation A b usiness handbook contains all the necessary information about the business. This will come in handy for employees and third-party contractors in understanding the basic information of the business. A business handbook is among the most common types of handbooks. It is about community, about choices, about finding your path, about discovering what your own super power is. And that night, as Ma iced her puffy eye, I made a promise through my salty tears, deep in my heart:

Trev thinks a lot and has several conversations with all his Uncles (not blood but still family) about throwing hands and escaping the projects. He's told over and over again, even by his teacher, that he has promise, and is warned again and again that throwing hands will destroy his chances of escape. Although a handbook and guidebook are often used interchangeably, a guidebook is part of the uses of a handbook. This material contains guides for work, school, etc. This is where people go to refresh their knowledge and ask for guidance. Communication Policies are the meat of the handbook. This part lists the different policies, rules, codes of conduct, and various guidelines that parties need to follow. How to Design a Handbook

Companies compile their policies and procedures in one book called a c ompany handbook. This type of handbook is essential for employers to stay on the ground, and for employees to understand their company’s guidelines. A company handbook is a go-to tool for employees if they are unsure of certain facts in the company. Trev has vowed to protect his mother and sisters. When his step-father was sent to prison for hitting Trev's mother, he threatened to get even with Trev when he was released. That day will be coming soon so Trev wants to be prepared.

In school, students are taught to become good individuals, hence why laws and policies are made for students to follow. A student handbook bears all policies, guidelines, and necessary information that students need to know. A student handbook is a tool that guides students in their whole stay in an educational institution. The first part of the handbook is the general provision. This includes the introduction to the organization, history, organizational information, organizational structure, mission and vision, core values, and other basic details that one needs to know. Goals How did we come to have such a weird set of parameters when judging the contributions of our fellow citizens to the common good? Goodhart, inevitably, blames the narcissistic high-flying liberal policymakers who have for a generation attempted to mould the country in their own image. “Politicians who are almost all graduates and whose children mainly attend elite universities, encouraged the school system to focus overwhelmingly on sending students to college… Little thought was given to the psychological impact on those not going to college or to the impact on the economic geography of the country of encouraging the geographical mobility of the most academically able.” He hopes that 'hand' and 'heart' activities get the status they deserve, while robots become the new 'knowledge workers' What a beautiful MG book that hits the nail on the head in relation to our young male students who feel the need to be “the man of the house”. I used to see it all the time when I worked as a social worker and then when I was a teacher in the classroom in a low socio-economic school district. Maldonado does an amazing job of showing how our actions have consequences and how we are perceived by those actions to those around us. It writes like a Jason Reynolds novel and is short in length—both HUGE benefits for our struggling readers, as well as those students who are apathetic about reading and for book clubs in general. This book needs to be out NOW, but we will wait impatiently for 1.24.23. To write books where kids feel seen, validated, and helped to find their own power. You may even call it a bit of a super power.

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Ultimately, family is the theme in this particular Maldonado creation. Not just immediate family, or the family you marry in to, but the family that is your community and the people that love you. Trev is blessed, almost ridiculously so, with uncles. Uncle upon uncle upon uncle. They’re not related to him (mostly). They’re just men who took it upon themselves to protect Trev, whether he wants that help or not. So while the book traces him awakening to the fact that maybe punching stuff isn’t the best way to solve problems, it’s also tracing this dawning realization that these men are an invaluable family and resource to him. Does that mean that they can solve all his problems? Better table that question for a book discussion group. I love opening any book by Torrey Maldonado because his protagonists are so genuine and real. Trevor, the MC of Hands, is just like that. We meet him in the midst of a struggle. His stepfather has just been sent to jail for hitting Trevor's mother, and this boy is struggling with promises: what he promised his stepfather (to take care of his sister and stepsister), what he's promising himself (to take care of his mother when his stepfather gets out of jail), and what a teacher describes to him at school as his "promise," something that doesn't feel that it matters all that much to him with everything else he's facing, though deep in his heart he knows it does. I loved how Trevor takes care of Little Cole, the boy who lives on his floor and sits outside his apartment in their quiet hallway to draw. It mirrors the way Trevor's uncles—none related by blood, but related by the powerful ties of family and love that create his world—are his trees, shielding and supporting him when he needs it most. Working out in the neighborhood gym seems to be the answer. Trev wants to use his hands to settle the score with his step-father, but he isn't getting much support from those around him. His "uncles" all tell him using hands to get even isn't what his mother and sisters would want. They have dreams for Trev that don't involve using his hands in a violent manner. His mother reminds him about how he liked to draw when he was younger and others remind him how good he was. He keeps hearing the word "promise" and wonders if that might be where he can find the answer. A handbook is a collection of facts, information, instructions, and significant details about a certain topic. Weaknesses: I can appreciate why Maldonado made this a bit more contemplative than his other titles, but I also know that the "train surfing" in Tight was a big draw for my readers! I wish that we would have seen more of the mother in the story, since Trev is clearly very fond of her, and her experience with the stepfather drives so many of Trev's actions.