CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 4, 1987
"The author does communicate an upbeat, positive impression of life in the Big Apple, but it's a vague impression, from a single angle."
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 3, 1986
"Her audiences will not be disappointed."
This new novel by the popular Danziger features a heroine who lives in the year 2057 but whose problems will seem familiar to today's teens.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 1982
"But there isn't much to find behind these snappy lines and readymade attitudes."
Like other Danziger ninth graders, Phoebe Brooks works out problems with her divorced parents and, on the side, acquires a boyfriend who's a "good kisser" and a caring person.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 29, 1981
"Danziger's fans probably won't mind, but neither will they be stretched an inch."
Danziger's camp novel has Marcy from The Cat Ate My Gymsuit tapped by English teacher Ms. Finney to be a CIT (Counselor-in-Training) at a summer arts camp.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 1978
"Not improbable, but shallow—a synthetic slice of "typical teenage" life."
Thirteen-year-old Cassie starts her first-person story with the assertion that "Pistachio nuts, the red ones, cure any problem," and she ends with "Twinkles, I bet, are the answer"—a fair enough indication of the level of growth that has transpired in between.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 28, 1974
"Marcy's tense family situation is really the subject here; the instant therapeutic effect of Ms. Finney, a sort of denim, skirted deus ex machina, is a cop-out."
At its worst, this is a trite and trendy saga of how a junior high English class gets it together to fight for the job of Ms. Finney — a paragon of an innovative teacher who puts across dangling participles and sensitivity sessions with equal ease.
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