Crunch vs Missing the Piano: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Family Problems, Coming-of-age, Children's fiction, Fiction
Crunch
Dewey Marriss is stuck in the middle of a crunch.He never guessed that the gas pumps would run dry the same week he promised to manage the family's bicycle-repair business. Suddenly everyone needs a bike. And nobody…
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Missing the Piano
When Mike's mother and sister go on tour with "Les Miserables," Mike's father and his new wife enroll Mike in St. Matthew's Military Academy where, facing brutality and ignorance, he learns to survive.
The verdict
- Readers rate Crunch highest: Crunch 3.9 · Missing the Piano 3.6.
- Missing the Piano is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Crunch.
- Crunch has the widest readership — 2317 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Crunch | Missing the Piano | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.9 (2317) | 3.4 (57) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.0 (25) | — |
Reception
| Crunch | Missing the Piano | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 2317 | 57 |
| Editions | 7 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 351 | — |
| Pages | 336 | 208 |