Stoner Spaz

Author : Ron Koertge
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2011-04-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763654443

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Stoner & Spaz by Ron Koertge Pdf

A funny, in-your-face novel starring an unlikely teenage pair - a sheltered cinemaphile with cerebral palsy and the tattooed, straight-talking stoner who steals his heart. For sixteen-year-old Ben Bancroft - a kid with cerebral palsy, no parents, and an overprotective grandmother - the closest thing to happiness is hunkering alone in the back of the Rialto Theatre watching Bride of Frankenstein for the umpteenth time. Of course he waits for the lights to dim before making an entrance, so that his own lurching down the aisle doesn’t look like an ad for Monster Week. The last person he wants to run into is drugged-up Colleen Minou, resplendent in ripped tights, neon miniskirt, and an impressive array of tattoos. But when Colleen climbs into the seat beside him and rests a woozy head on his shoulder, Ben has that unmistakable feeling that his life is about to change. With unsparing humor and a keen flair for dialogue, Ron Koertge captures the rare repartee between two lonely teenagers on opposite sides of the social divide. It’s the tale of a self-deprecating protagonist who learns that kindred spirits can be found for the looking - and that the incentive to follow your passion can be set into motion by something as simple as a human touch.

Author : Ron Koertge
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-09
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763656348

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Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II by Ron Koertge Pdf

Quick repartee. Unsparing wit. Insight, poignancy, and spot-on characters. Welcome the much-awaited sequel to the acclaimed STONER & SPAZ. (Ages 14 and up) Beautiful but troubled Colleen Minou is the only girl who ever looked at Ben Bancroft as more than a spaz-- more than just that kid with cerebral palsy. Yet the more time Ben spends with her, the more glaring their differences appear. Is what Ben feels for Colleen actual affection, or more like gratitude? Then there’s Amy (aka A.J.), who is everything Colleen isn’t, and everything Ben’s grandma wants for him: clean-cut and upper-class, academically driven, just as obsessed with filmmaking as Ben is. But what does A.J. see when she looks at Ben? CP? Or the person behind the twisted body? In Ron Koertge’s sharp, darkly humorous follow-up to the award-winning Stoner & Spaz, Ben tries to come to terms with his confused feelings toward A.J. and his inimitable connection to Colleen, who is sometimes out of it, sometimes into him, and always exhilarating.

Author : Ronald Koertge
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763629397

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Shakespeare Bats Cleanup by Ronald Koertge Pdf

When Kevin Boland, a fourteen-year-old baseball player, catches mononucleosis, he discovers that keeping a journal and experimenting with poetry not only helps fill the time, it also helps him deal with life, love, and loss. Reprint.

Author : Tara Kelly
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-25
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 142993686X

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Harmonic Feedback by Tara Kelly Pdf

Sixteen-year-old, music- and sound design-obsessed Drea doesn't have friends. She has, as she's often reminded, issues. Drea's mom and a rotating band of psychiatrists have settled on "a touch of Asperger's." Having just moved to the latest in a string of new towns, Drea meets two other outsiders. And Naomi and Justin seem to actually like Drea. The three of them form a band after an impromptu, Portishead-comparison-worthy jam after school. Justin swiftly challenges not only Drea's preference for Poe over Black Lab but also her perceived inability to connect with another person. Justin, against all odds, may even like like Drea. It's obvious that Drea can't hide behind her sound equipment anymore. But just when she's found not one but two true friends, can she stand to lose one of them? Harmonic Feedback is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Author : Clare Vanderpool
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307974129

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Navigating Early by Clare Vanderpool Pdf

“Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading.” —James Patterson “Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn.” —The Wall Street Journal A Michael L. Printz Honor Winner From the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest comes the odyssey-like adventure of two boys’ incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail. When Jack Baker’s father sends him from his home in Kansas to attend a boys’ boarding school in Maine, Jack doesn’t know what to expect. Certainly not Early Auden, the strangest of boys. Early keeps to himself, reads the number pi as a story, and refuses to accept truths others take for granted. Jack, feeling lonely and out of place, connects with Early, and the two become friends. During a break from school, the boys set out for the Appalachian Trail on a quest for a great black bear. As Jack and Early travel deeper into the mountains, they meet peculiar and dangerous characters, and they make some shocking discoveries. But their adventure is only just beginning. Will Jack’s and Early’s friendship last the journey? Can the boys make it home alive? An ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection An ALA-ALSC Notable Children’s Book A New York Times Editor’s Choice A New York Times Bestseller An Indie Pick A Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Booklist Books for Youth Editors’ Choice Selection A BookPage Best Children’s Book A Texas Lone Star Reading List Selection A Notable Children's Book in Language Arts Book A Down East Magazine Best of Maine Book A North Carolina Young Adult Book Award Master List Selection An Iowa Children's Choice Award Finalist

Author : Harriet McBryde Johnson
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781466833067

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Accidents of Nature by Harriet McBryde Johnson Pdf

I'm in the middle of a full-blown spaz-attack, and I don't care. I don't care at all. At home I always try to act normal, and spaz-attacks definitely aren't normal. Here, people understand. They know a spaz-attack signals that I'm excited. They're excited too, so they squeal with me; some even spaz on purpose, if you can call that spazzing . . . An unforgettable coming-of-age novel about what it's like to live with a physical disability It's the summer of 1970. Seventeen-year-old Jean has cerebral palsy, but she's always believed she's just the same as everyone else. She's never really known another disabled person before she arrives at Camp Courage. As Jean joins a community unlike any she has ever imagined, she comes to question her old beliefs and look at the world in a new light. The camp session is only ten days long, but that may be all it takes to change a life forever. Henry Holt published Harriet McBryde Johnson's adult memoir, Too Late to Die Young, in April 2005. Ms. Johnson has been featured in The New York Times Magazine and has been an activist for disability rights for many years.

Author : T. Michael Martin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062201829

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The End Games by T. Michael Martin Pdf

John Green meets Stephen King in this original take on the zombie apocalypse by author T. Michael Martin, which ALA Booklist called "the best of the undead bunch" in a starred review. Seventeen-year-old Michael and his five-year-old brother, Patrick, have been battling monsters in the Game for weeks. In the rural mountains of West Virginia—armed with only their rifle and their love for each other—the brothers follow Instructions from the mysterious Game Master. They spend their days searching for survivors, their nights fighting endless hordes of "Bellows"—creatures that roam the dark, roaring for flesh. And at this Game, Michael and Patrick are very good. But the Game is changing. The Bellows are evolving. The Game Master is leading Michael and Patrick to other survivors—survivors who don't play by the rules. And the brothers will never be the same. T. Michael Martin's debut novel is a transcendent thriller filled with electrifying action, searing emotional insight, and unexpected romance.

Author : Ron Koertge
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763644062

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Lies, Knives, and Girls in Red Dresses by Ron Koertge Pdf

Writing in free verse honed to a wicked edge, the incomparable Ron Koertge brings dark and contemporary humor to twenty iconic fairy tales. Once upon a time, there was a strung-out match girl who sold CDs to stoners. Twelve impetuous sisters escaped King Daddy’s clutches to jiggle and cavort and wear out their shoes. A fickle Thumbelina searched for a tiny husband, leaving bodies in her wake. And Little Red Riding Hood confessed that she kind of wanted to know what it’s like to be swallowed whole. From bloodied and blinded stepsisters (they were duped) to a chopped-off finger flying into a heroine’s cleavage, this is fairy tale world turned upside down. Ron Koertge knows what really happened to all those wolves and maidens, ogres and orphans, kings and piglets, and he knows about the Ever After. So come closer — he wants to whisper in your ear.

Author : Ronald Koertge
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1439570256

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Margaux with an X by Ronald Koertge Pdf

Despite being popular, gorgeous, and witty, Margaux's life isn't as picture-perfect as it would appear as she struggles to cope with a disturbing home, her gambling father, and her shopping-addict mother, but a surprising friendship with a quiet boy named Danny gives Margaux an improved attitude and a more hopeful outlook for her future. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Reprint.

Author : Ann Jacobus
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781466870505

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Romancing the Dark in the City of Light by Ann Jacobus Pdf

Haunting and beautifully written, with a sharp and distinctive voice that could belong only to this character, Romancing the Dark in the City of Light is an unforgettable young adult novel. Summer Barnes just moved to Paris to repeat her senior year of high school. After being kicked out of four boarding schools, she has to get on the right track or she risks losing her hefty inheritance. Summer is convinced that meeting the right guy will solve everything. She meets two. Moony, a classmate, is recovering against all odds from a serious car accident, and he encourages Summer to embrace life despite how hard it can be to make it through even one day. But when Summer meets Kurt, a hot, mysterious older man who she just can't shake, he leads her through the creepy underbelly of the city-and way out of her depth. When Summer's behavior manage to alienate everyone, even Moony, she's forced to decide if a life so difficult is worth living. With an ending that'll surprise even the most seasoned reader, Ann Jacobus' Romancing the Dark in the City of Light is an unputdownable and utterly compelling novel.

Author : Ronald Koertge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Cerebral palsy
ISBN : 0329375709

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Stoner & Spaz by Ronald Koertge Pdf

A troubled youth with cerebral palsy struggles toward self-acceptance with the help of a drug-addicted young woman.

Author : Franny Billingsley
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101476048

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Chime by Franny Billingsley Pdf

"Part mystery, part fantasy, this beautifully-written page turner explores guilt, mercy, and love."—New York Times bestselling author Holly Black Briony has a secret. It is a secret that killed her stepmother, ruined her sister's mind, and will end her life, if anyone were to know. She has powers. Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and a great mane of tawny hair. He is as natural as the sun, and he treats her as if she is extraordinary. And everything starts to change . . . A National Book Award Finalist ★ “Exquisite to the final word.”—Booklist, starred review ★ “Both lushly sensual and shivery.”—School Library Journal, starred review

Author : Patricia A. Dunn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Characters and characteristics in literature
ISBN : 1433126222

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Disabling Characters by Patricia A. Dunn Pdf

<I>Disabling Characters provides detailed analyses of selected young adult (YA) novels and short stories. It looks at the relative agency of the disabled character, the behavior of the other characters, the environment in which the character must live, the assumptions that seem to be underlying certain scenes, and the extent to which the book challenges or perpetuates an unsatisfactory status quo. Class discussions about disability-themed literature, however well intentioned, have the potential to reinforce harmful myths or stereotypes about disability. In contrast, discussions informed by a critical disability studies perspective can help readers develop more sophisticated views of disability and contribute to a more just and inclusive society. The book examines discussion questions, lesson plans, study guides, and other supplemental materials aimed at students studying these texts, and it suggests more critical questions to pose about these texts and the positive and/or negative work they do, perhaps subliminally, in our culture. This book is a much-needed addition to college classes in YA literature, literary analysis, methods of teaching literature, disability studies, cultural studies, contemporary criticism, special education, and adolescent literacy.

Author : Ron Koertge
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0605517312

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Stoner and Spaz by Ron Koertge Pdf

Author : Jennifer Castle
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780062209771

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You Look Different in Real Life by Jennifer Castle Pdf

Readers of John Green, Sarah Dessen, and Laurie Halse Anderson will be touched by the emotional depth and realistic characters of Jennifer Castle's teen novel You Look Different in Real Life. Justine charmed the nation in a documentary film featuring five kindergartners. Five years later, her edgy sense of humor made her the star of a second movie that caught up with the lives of the same five kids. Now Justine is sixteen, and another sequel is in the works. Justine isn't ready to have viewers examining her life again. She feels like a disappointment, not at all like the girl everyone fell in love with in the first two movies. But, ready or not, she and the other four teens will soon be in front of the cameras again. Smart, fresh, and funny, You Look Different in Real Life is an affecting novel about life in an age where the lines between what's personal and what's public aren't always clear.