I first read this in 8th grade English class, probably around April or May of 1992. About 3 or 4 years ago I remembered it, and scoped it out online. Being poor it went on my "to get" list on Amazon, and stayed there until last week when I needed to get one more thing to qualify for super saver...
"People who don't shoot smack have problems too" This is one of my all time favorite young adult novels, and the reason why I'd read all of Kurt Vonnegut by the time I was 17. I read this book over & over as a young teen, but I haven't read since then and revisiting it now all these years later i...
Annabel first sees him playing soccer near her house. His name is Esteban--she sees it on the back of his team shirt. He notices her, smiles, then looks back over his shoulder at her again.It is the beginning of summer in the resort town of Seaview. It is also the start of a romance between a you...
Told by her brother Parr, this is the story of 18-year-old Evie, her Missouri farm family, and the turmoil created by Evie's love for the local banker's daughter.
If this book isn't a typical teenage life, I do not know what is. This book explains the struggle between love, life, and future decisions. Many teenagers go through the same things that Wally goes through. I would recommend this book to middle schoolers. I believe that children will relate to th...
Your Eyes in the Stars is a captivating novel mainly about two teenage girls growing up during the Great Depression. It is told both from the perspective of Jessica, the main character, and from the perspective of a criminal who is held prisoner at Jessica's father's prison where he is warden. As...
Erick knows the family code: "Family is first. Toe the line. Fit in." At Seaville High his life is tame, predictable - hanging out with his girlfriend, Dill, and his pal Jack. Then Erick falls in love with Nicki Marr. Nicki's sort of scary. She's 17 going on 25. Every word she says, every move sh...
The animals at Critters animal shelter all hope to be adopted, but never as much as at Christmas. Placido, the one-eyed Siamese cat, is adopted but with his sour attitude everybody expects him back in no time. Catherine, the retired greyhound, is adopted for Christmas and hopes that the adoptio...
World War II is raging in Europe, but back home in Sweet Creek, Pennsylvania, Bud Shoemaker, a Quaker and a pacifist, has taken a one-man stand against the fight by declaring himself a conscientious objector.Fourteen-year-old Jubal sees his brother′s choice as noble and brave, although most of th...
This book caught and held my attention from page one. The author has an engaging voice that doesn't feel dated despite the fact that this book was written in the 70s. The tone is light and the characters are likeable and well rounded. Adam is the sixteen-year-old son of a famous politician (who i...
I thought of Dib and decided in favor of the bus. I wanted to tell him all that Rinaldo had told me. But a block before Hickory I turned into Playwicky Road. While I’d been at the Deems’, I’d forgotten Lasher and Creery. For all the luxury at Sevens, I’d missed cooking, and eating a meal in a qui...