CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2010
"In the end, readers get a problem novel with little depth, but it delivers a cast of charming characters and a semi-happy ending. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
Although her parents are divorced, ninth-grader Jacki has a golden California lifestyle with all the accoutrements—private school, large house with a swimming pool and a mom with a high-powered, high-paying job—the works.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2007
"All in all, a pleasing portrait of the healing that can follow an all-too-common childhood trauma. (Fiction/poetry. 7-11)"
First-person free-verse poems describe the emotional journey made by one little girl when her family is forced to move.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 6, 2007
"A powerful portrayal from an innocently youthful perspective. (Fiction. 10-12)"
Georgina and younger brother Toby begin a homeless life living in Mom's car, having been evicted when Dad leaves.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
"Mazur's problem verse-novel becomes unexpectedly uncomfortable and one may wonder if the payoff comes to Vicki and her readers at too high a price. (Fiction. 10-14)"
A fast-paced verse novel chronicles a suburban teen's nightmare: losing her most comfortable, well-appointed lifestyle to a bare bones existence in the city.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2005
"Tobin's own blossoming, through friendship, and the rediscovery of his family, and the love for and of his chickens, is entirely satisfying—just right. (Fiction. 10-14)"
Seventh-grader Tobin has pretty much flown under the radar most of his life, only stealing a paper clip now and then to prove his relationship to the rest of his juvenile-delinquent family.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 1, 2004
"Thought-provoking, despite occasional lapses into social-studies lessons about Islam. (Fiction. 9-12)"
