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Delacorte |
Delacorte 2008
"An expert use of metaphor, combined with sympathetic insight into the impact of depression on families, turns a painful subject into a standout novel."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"A readable, ultimately uplifting book about a difficult subject."
--School Library Journal, Starred Review
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Delacorte |
Delacorte September 2006
"I should probably mention something right now before this story goes any further: my name is Theodora Grumman, and I am a liar."
It's hard for Thea to write four truths a day in the notebook her mother gave her for the summer. Especially when her grandparents'. . .
2007 Minnesota Book Award Winner—Young Adult Literature
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Delacorte |
Delacorte 2005
Livvie isn't superstitious
like her best friend, Joyce, who thinks everything is bad
luck. So Livvie isn't worried about tearing up the chain
letter and throwing it away -- until she's humiliated in
gym class, falls down her back stairs, and gets invited
to Thanksgiving dinner at Peter Finch's house. . . .
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Delacorte
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Delacorte 2004
"Anyone who has ever felt abandoned
will relate to Frances Cressen, the 11-year-old heroine
of Schumacher's introspective and funny first novel for
young people.... Schumacher convincingly depicts the not-always-rational,
up-and-down emotions of preadolescence with humor and compassion...."
-- Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Soho Press |
Soho Press 1997
In
this collection of stories, Julie Schumacher captures
the intensely visceral dynamics of family, the inextricable
bonds of siblings, and the dangers and mysteries of adolescence,
all rendered with a pathos that is totally original.
"Unusually intelligent,
confident, and moving... Tuning one moment into the frequency
of Flannery O'Connor, another into that of J.D. Salinger."
--Kirkus Reviews |
Soho Press |
Soho Press 1995
"Quirky...
vividly original... marvelously poignant... painfully funny...
a magnetically lyrical, bittersweet, and resonant tale...
pure bliss from its lovely title to its ineffably moving denouement."
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