CHILDREN'S
Released: March 17, 2008
"A winner at every level. (Historical fiction. 9-12)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2008
"The innovative format works well in relating the multiple love stories, and the story ought to appeal to a wide range of readers. (Fiction. 12+)"
How many novels have such a cast of characters: A Red Sox addict who writes letters to his dead mother; his gay American-born Chinese "brother"; a love interest whose role model is Jacqueline Kennedy and who's the daughter of the ambassador to Mexico; a young boy who thinks Mary Poppins is real; and a father romancing his son's school adviser?
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2006
"Three of "Andy's" songs are added as a special gift at the end of this truly remarkable work. (Fiction. 12-16)"
Andres Ramos has an incredible musical talent that takes the best of jazz, rock, salsa and hip-hop and fuses it into something that is unique and pure.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2006
"Corbett remains carefully true to Felix's view and interpretation of events and deftly weaves a moving coming-of-age story with a sweet, satisfying conclusion. (afterword, glossary) (Fiction. 9-12)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Feb. 1, 2005
"Humorous and insightful. (Fiction. 10-12)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2003
"Kevin's mix of lame and not-so-lame poems effectively convey realistic learning and recovery curves—and may also plant the idea in receptive readers that it's okay for guys to write. (Fiction. 10-12)"
Koertge (Brimstone Journals, 2001, etc.) joins the ever-swelling ranks of writers experimenting with novels-in-verse with this journal of a teenaged jock who develops a taste for writing poetry while laid up with mono.
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