Dan Elish, Author . Atheneum/Jackson $16 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-84386-0
Teenage angst may be no laughing matter, but readers will find it hard not to giggle over the misadventures of Elish's (The Worldwide Dessert Contest) 5'1½" eighth-grade narrator, Matt Greene, who is constantly outshined by his...
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Dan Elish, Author . S&S/Simon Pulse $4.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-86213-7
"Teenage angst may be no laughing matter, but readers will find it hard not to giggle over the misadventures of this 5'1" eighth-grade narrator, whose best friend constantly outshines him," PW
said. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)
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Dan Elish, Author . St. Martin's/Griffin $12.95 (276p) ISBN 978-0-312-33943-2
Endearingly neurotic, 32-year-old Jewish composer Henry Mann fantasizes about marriage with virtually every attractive, single woman he meets after being dumped by his girlfriend, Sheila. In the midst of his ongoing slump, Henry may have hit the...
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Dan Elish, Author . St. Martin's $24.95 (290p) ISBN 978-0-312-33945-6
From the author of Nine Wives
comes this amusing tale of an insecure college grad who wants nothing more than to drop a few pounds, write the great American novel and lose his virginity. Raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Justin Hearnfeld...
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Dan Elish, Author Skylark Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-15878-6
Fourth-grader Jason benefits from the training tips of a large, furry baseball coach--who gives new meaning to a team of Bruins. Ages 7-11. (Apr.)
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Dan Elish. Harper, $15.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-06-113873-7
Eleven-year-old Daphna Whispers is a musical genius at the Blatt School for the Insanely Gifted in New York City. In preparation for the upcoming Insanity Cup competition, Daphna's best friends Harkin and Cynthia are working on a Gum-Top ("The...
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Dan Elish, Author, Denys Cazet, Illustrator Orchard Books (NY) $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-531-05995-1
Fed up with humans and their litter, a band of squirrels blockades the roads into New York City's Central Park. Ten-year-old Sally saves the squirrel's leader, Scruff, from a policeman's net by sending him off on her skateboard. Through Mort, a...
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Dan Elish, Author, John Steven Gurney, Illustrator Orchard Books (NY) $13.95 (206p) ISBN 978-0-531-05752-0
A little bit of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with a dash of Homer Price's donut maker, this novel pays homage to the longstanding rapport between children and sweets. John Apple longs to win the Worldwide Dessert Contest, but all his delicious...
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Dan Elish. Vesuvian, $13.99 paper (300p) ISBN 978-1-944109-54-7
Eleven-year-old Ike Rupert Hollingsberry’s father died while starring in The Fighting Dragons, a popular television show about a modern-day group of dragon-riding knights who fight giant locusts. When Ike is attacked by an enormous locust in New...
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