Ellen Potter, Author, Anne Mazer, Author, Matt Phelan, Illustrator , illus. by Matt Phelan. Roaring Brook/Flash Point $16.99 (275p) ISBN 978-1-59643-628-2
Young scribes may find the tools they need with these guides to the craft.
Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook
Anne Mazer
and Ellen Potter
, illus. by Matt Phelan. Roaring Brook/Flash Point
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Anne Mazer, Author Persea Books $28 (164p) ISBN 978-0-89255-190-3
Mazer ( Moose Street ) presents a smorgasbord of multiethnic experiences with 14 slice-of-life stories featuring teens (mostly contemporary) whose parents or grandparents immigrated to the U.S. The sociocultural backgrounds of characters are diverse,
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Anne Mazer, Author Persea Books $28 (180p) ISBN 978-0-89255-205-4
``To find out who they are and where they're going, the writers of this collection have looked back to where they've come from,'' Mazer (editor of the fiction collection America Street) states in her introduction. Her solid anthology uses 14 entries
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Anne Mazer, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $13 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-83233-1
This sometimes eccentric story of a Jewish girl among her Catholic and Protestant neighbors overdoses on black humor and other typically adult commodities. Back in the days when a candy bar cost a nickel, Lena immerses herself in the life of Moose...
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Anne Mazer, Author, Steve Johnson, Illustrator, Lou Fancher, Illustrator Dragonfly Books $6.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-679-86187-4
PW described this ``atmospherically illustrated'' tale about a boy's plans to accommodate a salamander as a ``fitting tribute to a child's perseverance and imagination,'' Ages 4-8. (Mar.)
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Anne Mazer, Author, Monica Gesue, Illustrator Scholastic $4.99 (118p) ISBN 978-0-439-14977-8
Mazer (The Fixits) introduces a spunky and appealing heroine in this inaugural volume of The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes: she--and her days--are more average than amazing. This is, in fact, the bee in Abby's bonnet. Her three ""SuperSibs"" outshine...
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Anne Mazer, Author, Bill Brown, Illustrator Scholastic Paperbacks $4.99 (95p) ISBN 978-0-439-87246-1
Launching Mazer's (The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes novels) Sister Magic series, this snappy tale introduces two likable siblings who couldn't be more different. Neat and organized, no-nonsense Mabel has little patience for her free-spirited younger...
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Anne Mazer, Author, Steve Johnson, Author, Steve Johnson, Illustrator Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $17 (32p) ISBN 978-0-394-82945-6
When Brian finds an orange salamander in the woods, his mother offers many familiar reasons not to keep it. ``Where will he sleep?'' she asks, and notes that the salamander ``will miss his friends in the forest.'' But Brian has a plan. If he needs...
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Anne Mazer, Author, Ross Collins, Illustrator Arthur A. Levine Books $15.95 (40p) ISBN 978-0-590-68049-3
Intellectual kin to James Marshall's The Stupids, Dav Pilkey's Dumb Bunnies and not to be confused with Michele Sobel Spirn's Know-Nothings, Bertram Reliable Butternut No-Nothing and his wife Doriana Hiccup Whatsername No-Nothing seem unlikely...
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Anne Mazer, Author, Paul Meisel, Author, Paul Meisel, Illustrator Hyperion Books $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0213-5
As confident as they are klutzy, Ed and Tom Fixit arrive on the scene to help out two children who broke their mother's favorite plate. Dropping the plate and gluing the broom to the floor are just the beginning: soon the Fixits have reduced the...
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