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Norma Fox Mazer: A Writer's World |
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Arthea J. Reed |
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From School Library Journal
Reed has provided a good working text to continue that done by Sally Holmes Holtze in Presenting Norma Fox Mazer (Twayne, 1987; o.p.), but aimed at an older, more academic audience. Quoting heavily from the author herself and published reviews of her work, the author provides a chronology of major events in Mazer's life and then goes into deeper detail about her subject's childhood and adolescence and how her upbringing played a vital role in her novels and partnership with her husband, Harry Mazer. Several works are comprehensively analyzed, notably Silver, Missing Pieces, Downtown, Babyface, and Dear Bill, Remember Me? Several works are discussed at length due to their complexity and impact on literature: Up in Seth's Room, When We First Met, Taking Terri Mueller, Out of Control, the devastating When She... |
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One Hot Second: Stories about Desire |
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Cathy Young (Editor) |
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Cathy Young, author of the brassy, bold Favorite Teenage Angstbooks Web zine has finally made her mark on the paper publishing scene as the editor of this stellar collection of teen cravings created to make you blush. In "Someone Bold," Sarah Dessen writes about a former fat girl who learns she deserves better than the first sweet-talking boy who comes along post-poundage. Victor Martinez writes poignantly about how desire can quickly be tempered by divisions of race and class in "The County Fair," and Jacqueline Woodson's story of two girls who loved and lost because of death and drugs won't make you blush so much as weep. And in a genuinely funny turn, Jennifer Armstrong's short riff about a girl whose love object isn't another person, but rather something with four wheels and a gearshift will leave teens... |
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What I Believe |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 5-8–Vicki's life is turned upside down when her father loses his job, becomes despondent, and eventually leaves the family. She reveals her innermost thoughts through poems and journal entries that tell the story of change–a new neighborhood, new school, new friends, and a once-secure life that is becoming more and more uncertain. Readers are drawn into the girl's struggle to right her impulsive decision to steal money, and they will identify with the anguish Vicki faces each day, trying to be normal and hiding the facts of her home life and changed financial situation. The format and the contemporary setting make this an appealing story for both strong and reluctant readers. Those who enjoyed Sonya Sones's What My Mother Doesn't Know (2001) and Margaret Peterson Haddix's Don't You Dare... |
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Out of Control |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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0380713470 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Mazer's story about high school sexual harassment is "thought-provoking" and "powerful," said PW . Ages 12-up. Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Perhaps it wasn't exactly a rape, but Valerie knows that those few moments when she was cornered in the school corridor have changed her forever. The nightmares may fade, but she'll never regain her trust in a safe world. With great skill and compassion, Mazer endows the cast of this familiar drama with real individuality. Two of the boys are school leaders with home problems to fuel the anger they act out in mean-spirited pranks; the third--oversize, relatively nice Rollo (whose point of view prevails)--is a follower, thoughtlessly caught up in the excitement of his friends' misdeeds. The student... |
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Good Night, Maman |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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0152014683 |
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Young readers who have loved and mourned Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl may take solace in the more hopeful ending of Good Night, Maman, Norma Fox Mazer's tender story of a brother and sister's escape from the Holocaust. Like all Jews in France during World War II, Karin and her older brother Marc are on the run from the Nazis. At first the siblings and their strong and gentle mother hide for more than a year in a tiny storage closet in a neighbor's house. But when the Jew Searches are intensified, they must leave, traveling on foot and only at night. At last Karin and Marc are lucky enough to find places on a ship bound for the United States, but Maman is too ill for the journey and must stay behind. At the refugee camp in Oswego, New York, Karin takes comfort in writing unmailed letter after letter to her mother, as... |
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Visions: 19 Short Stories |
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Donald R. Gallo |
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Book Description
Imagine...
Nineteen superb stories by today's best-known authors of young adult novels, coming together to create a window of the mind, a vision illuminating the joys and sorrows of young people.
These nineteen splendid stories range from tales of tender romance and the delights of mystery and fantasy to the struggles of death, divorce, and growing up. Here are recollections from the past, stories of today, and visions of the future.
From the Publisher
Imagine...Nineteen superb stories by today's best-known authors of young adult novels, coming together to create a window of the mind, a vision illuminating the joys and sorrows of young people.These nineteen splendid stories range from tales of tender romance and the delights of mystery and fantasy to the... |
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Good Night, Maman |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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Young readers who have loved and mourned Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl may take solace in the more hopeful ending of Good Night, Maman, Norma Fox Mazer's tender story of a brother and sister's escape from the Holocaust. Like all Jews in France during World War II, Karin and her older brother Marc are on the run from the Nazis. At first the siblings and their strong and gentle mother hide for more than a year in a tiny storage closet in a neighbor's house. But when the Jew Searches are intensified, they must leave, traveling on foot and only at night. At last Karin and Marc are lucky enough to find places on a ship bound for the United States, but Maman is too ill for the journey and must stay behind. At the refugee camp in Oswego, New York, Karin takes comfort in writing unmailed letter after letter to her mother, as... |
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When She Was Good |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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From Publishers Weekly
After years of abuse from her mentally ill older sister, a girl gingerly takes her first steps toward liberation when her tormentor dies. PW's starred review called the novel "heart-wrenching." Ages 12-up. (Jan.) n Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up. A taut, introspective narrative in which Em is worn down by years of physical and emotional abuse from her sister. Hope comes with the teen's eventual realization that she will emerge intact. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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After the Rain |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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0380750252 |
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From Publishers Weekly
In Mazer's eloquent, reassuring book, Rachel has one last chance to understand her dying grandfather and she learns about herself in the process. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 6 Up Step by grudging step, Rachel and her ornery grandfather come together in the last months of his life. In the background are Rachel's fear of social isolation; her irritation with her stolid, sweet parents; and her tentative romance with Lewis Olswanger. When Rachel's best friend brings her birthday party to the old man's apartment, they participate in a joyous celebratory dance, and the contrast of youth to age, life to death is poignantly reassuring. Even surrounding characters are revealed with care, and rich visual imagery adds... |
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Presenting Harry Mazer |
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Arthea J. Reed |
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VOYA : "Twayne is to be commended for this excellent series, an important contribution to YA literature."
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School Library Journal : "These will undoubtedly be widely used in most secondary schools."
-- School Library Journal
Book Description
Series Editor: Patricia Campbell This groundbreaking series examines the life and work of a bestselling young adult novelist, helping both teachers and readers of young adult literature to understand many of their favorite authors. Each Title in this unique series provides: A succinct, readable summary of the life and art of a leading young adult author Extensive interviews with the authors themselves, giving young readers the means to get to know their favorite authors as real people Jargon-free literary... |
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Silver |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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From Publishers Weekly
In this sensitive story of friendship, Mazer subtly breaks down barriers between rich and poor as Sarabeth Silver is finally accepted on her own terms by her wealthy friends. "The book captures the endearingly goofy moments of youth," stated PW. Ages 12-up. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Grade 7-12 Finding friends in a new school isn't easy for any junior high school student, but it seemed like it was going to be twice as hard for Sarabeth Silver, who came from the wrong side of the tracks to a wealthy district. But with a slight twisting of the truth, Sarabeth gets acquainted with the one girl in school she really wanted to know, Grant Varrow, and quickly falls into Grant's circle of friends. Then Patty, the least friendly in... |
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Taking Terri Mueller |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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0380790041 |
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For as long as I can remember, It's just been Daddy and me. I can't remember my mother. I was told she died in an accident when I was four, and that's all I know about her. I don't understand why there isn't even a picture of her. The other thing I don't understand is why we're always moving -- different towns -- with no explanations. I know something is wrong. It begins with my birth certificate-- my only link to my mother. Then I overhear a conversation: "Tell terri the truth ," Why are we moving all the time? Are we running away from something or someone? What kind of secret is Daddy hiding...and why can't he share it with me.
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Fourteen-year-old Terri remembers only life with her father, but then she discovers that he kidnapped her from her mother... |
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When She Was Good |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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0613230507 |
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From Publishers Weekly
After years of abuse from her mentally ill older sister, a girl gingerly takes her first steps toward liberation when her tormentor dies. PW's starred review called the novel "heart-wrenching." Ages 12-up. (Jan.) n Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Mass Market Paperback
edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 8 Up. A taut, introspective narrative in which Em is worn down by years of physical and emotional abuse from her sister. Hope comes with the teen's eventual realization that she will emerge intact. Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
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Girlhearts |
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Norma Fox Mazer |
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0380722909 |
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One moment 14-year-old Sarabeth Silver's life is all her own, quirky mom and all. The next minute, she's spinning out of control, her mother dead of a heart attack at 30, family friends debating who should take her in, her home rented to another family, her stuff in storage. And Sarabeth herself changes. She becomes jagged, cynical. Her funny, loyal friends stand by her side, but nothing is the same anymore. The loss of her mother, conversations with her new friend James, and her uncomfortable living situation with her mom's best friend, her husband, and their baby--in a one-bedroom apartment--inspire Sarabeth to embark (with great trepidation) on a journey to trace her mysterious roots. The town where her parents grew up--and were later shunned--reveals some very unexpected secrets that ultimately provide the... |
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