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Books by Terence Blacker

MS. WIZ by Terence Blacker
FANTASY
Released: Sept. 1, 2008
by Terence Blacker, illustrated by Tony Ross
"Instead of plot development, the focus relies too heavily on cheap jokes for little laughs. (Fiction. 6-9)"
Clad in tight jeans and sporting black nail polish, spell-casting Ms. Wiz, with an omniscient cat and curious rat in tow, transforms the Class Three children from little terrors to terrific pupils. Read full book review >
PARENT SWAP by Terence Blacker
FAMILY AND GROWING UP
Released: Aug. 10, 2006
by Terence Blacker
"A satisfying, entertaining spoof on both a common teenage desire and reality show culture. (Fiction. 10-14)"
With a mother who's moved out to pursue a career and a sit-in-front-of-the-TV-and-drink-beer-all-day father who used to be a hit musician in the '70s but now can't even leave the apartment, who wouldn't want to change parents? Read full book review >
BOY2GIRL by Terence Blacker
FICTION
Released: March 9, 2005
by Terence Blacker
"Quite different from Blacker's other import, Angel Factory (2002), this farce with a slightly too-convenient ending will please readers looking for light laugh. (Fiction. 11-14)"
Matthew, a British 13-year-old, is all set for a quiet summer of knocking about with his friends when his mother is called away to America to attend the funeral of her wild sister, Galaxy. Read full book review >
THE ANGEL FACTORY by Terence Blacker
FAMILY AND GROWING UP
Released: Sept. 1, 2002
by Terence Blacker
"What food there is here for discussion—free will, adoption, good and evil—is like most junk food: superficially appealing and not terribly satisfying. (Fiction. 10-14)"
Driven by plot and theme, this British import features a 12-year-old boy who discovers that angels right here on Earth are asking for his help in saving humanity from itself. Read full book review >
KILL YOUR DARLINGS by Terence Blacker
FICTION & LITERATURE
Released: Dec. 1, 2001
by Terence Blacker
"A long in-joke, but a good one."
Adult and children's author Blacker (Homebird, 1993, etc.) reveals far more than anyone should know about a writer's inner and outer lives—in a very amusing bit of madness that will prove hideously embarrassing to anyone who's ever dreamed of literary success. Read full book review >
HOMEBIRD by Terence Blacker
FAMILY AND GROWING UP
Released: April 30, 1993
by Terence Blacker
"The danger and cast of runaways in Nelson's The Beggar's Ride (1992) are far more vividly drawn. (Fiction. 11- 13)"
 A wry, loosely knit story of a British teenager who experiments with running away. Read full book review >