CHILDREN'S
Released: May 22, 2007
"Averaging at least a half-dozen yuks per page, Medina's first offering packs slick, Gossip-Girl-Goes-to-Orlando language stylings with realistic yet over-the-top situations that should have teen readers—gay or straight—doing the locomotion for more. (Fiction. YA)"
Best friends, booze, bodaciousness and bitch-slaps are the name of the game in this hilarious, full-on twist on the mistaken-identities conundrum.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2006
"Sanchez acts on these cues successfully and non-didactically, ultimately conjuring a universe where young men can come together, regardless of sexuality, to support one another. (Fiction. YA)"
Acne-ridden, slightly pudgy Carlos is the quieter member of a quartet of cocksure, trash-talking high-school boys who've dubbed themselves "Los hornitos" since elementary school.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2006
"The ending is impossibly neat and depth of character isn't happening here, but girls will be cheering Felicia on, and boys, "exiled on the wrong side of puberty" with Ian, will laugh at how well he's inside their heads, and their shorts. (Fiction. YA)"
The pun in the title is a pretty good indication of the direction of this giggle-out-loud first novel.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 14, 2006
"Fine fun for fans of both Kafka and Spiderman. (Fiction. YA)"
While many kids may feel ignored and invisible, Gretchen actually becomes a fly and spends her insect life in the locker room of the boys' gym.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2004
"The point is that this, like sex, is all about good dirty fun. (Fiction. 12+)"
A trio of British teens fantasize, agonize, masturbate, grope, kiss, feel up, and shag their way through one seemingly endless school year in which traditional teen-novel concerns are entirely thrown over for sex.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2001
"To be continued. (Fiction. YA)"
Laugh-out-loud funny, this engaging, high-concept novel about a 17-year-old boy's world, both real and imaginary, is a story that teases, building up reader suspense and expectation then refusing to deliver.
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