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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Gentlehands by M.E. Kerr
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Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack made me want to read more from M.E. Kerr, and there was a parent on amazon complaining about Gentlehands being g...
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! by M.E. Kerr
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For a minute there, I thought I was in for a pretty generic book. We had a male narrator (not so striking in a 1972 book) living in New Yo...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Dear Bruce Springsteen by Kevin Major
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I first read this book in middle school, I think, about eight years after its mid-80s release. Even by then, the concept of a teenager who ...
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
"Don't Play Dead Before You Have To."
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If you really want to survive you've got to figure out how to con your parents. The best way is to do something dumb such as play Lit...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
The Rise and Fall of a Teen-age Wacko by Mary Anderson
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As a general rule, I would not want to have the word "teen-age" used in one of my titles, unless I was clearly doing it ironicall...
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
Space Station Seventh Grade by Jerry Spinelli
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Once, riding my bike, I saw a dead crow in the street. I stopped and looked. Cars were going by. Each time a car tire whizzed real clos...
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Back Home by Michelle Magorian
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" Rusty gazed out the window at all the bombed buildings...and for a moment she felt angry at her parents for sending her away. She ...
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