Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
The year is 1942 (actually the copyright year so thereabouts) and Angie falls in love with Jack. Maureen Daly was in college when she published this and I do think that she portrays the...
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Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Steve Harmon is 16, black and on trial for felony murder. They say he was the lookout for a robbery that went bad. The story is told in the unique format of small bits...
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork
I have to do this before I start course discussion because otherwise I start thinking about mode and tone when what I really want to put here is gut reaction. I was skeptical at...
The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton
Sometimes I worry these classes will get in the way of my love of reading. Tomorrow I’m sure we will talk about if this is still “relevant” and if it still has appeal. However...
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume
Davey’s father is shot and killed in his store in Atlantic City. The family struggle to returns to life and so her aunt Bitsy and her uncle Walter sweep them off to Los Alamos. ...
Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce
I’m supposed to be focusing on school books but there is nothing I enjoy more than the words of Tamora Pierce. A friend was surprised I’d waited this long to read it but I...
