Ellen Wittlinger, Author . Simon Pulse $6.99 (219p) ISBN 978-0-689-84999-2
Two teens become smitten with each other during a college preview weekend, and readers learn about their lives through e-mails, instant messages and letters. "Chloe and Julian's fate may be fairly obvious, but most readers will applaud the...
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Ellen Wittlinger. Charlesbridge, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-58089-749-5
This middle grade book by Printz Honor author Wittlinger (Saturdays with Hitchcock) shows the grief, anger, and outright havoc that suicide can leave in its wake. Twelve-year-old narrator Izzy, an aspiring comic, feels low about her father’s new...
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Ellen Wittlinger. Charlesbridge, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-58089-775-4
Twelve-year-old Maisie loves seeing old movies at the local theater with her best friend Cy, and she worships her Uncle Walt, who is in Hollywood trying to make it as an actor. When Walt injures himself on set and comes to stay with Maisie’s family,
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Ellen Wittlinger. F&W Media/Merit, $17.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4405-8900-3
Teenage best friends grapple with sudden loss in Wittlinger’s (Love & Lies) uneven coming-of-age tale. Jackie, Finn, Lucas, and Lorna have been close since fourth grade, when Lorna and her mother moved to Provincetown, Mass. On a stormy night in May
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (144p) ISBN 978-0-395-65969-4
One year has passed since Justine Trainor and her parents moved from Iowa to a Boston suburb, yet the studious girl remains friendless. When the Lombardos move into the palatial house across the street, Mrs. Trainor hopes that beautiful Heather, 15,
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . Simon & Schuster $16.99 (211p) ISBN 978-1-4169-7101-6
Fifth-grader Juliet cannot grasp why Lowell doesn't want to be her friend anymore, so when Patsy moves into her neighborhood, she happily befriends the loud, opinionated girl. Lowell seems relieved (“You have a girl to play with, and I...
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S $16.99 (294p) ISBN 978-1-4169-1622-2
Grady, the teen at the center of Wittlinger’s (Blind Faith
) latest novel, realizes that “inside the body of this strange, never-quite-right girl was hiding the soul of a typical, average, ordinary boy,” so he changes his name (he...
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S $15.95 (280p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0273-7
Wittlinger's (Sandpiper
) heartfelt novel shows how loss can tear families apart and sometimes bring strangers together. Fifteen-year-old Liz Scattergood is still reeling from the death of her vivacious grandmother, Bunny, when she meets Nathan,
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S/Aladdin $8 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-84154-5
. PW
said of this novel about the complex friendship between high school friends, "The awkwardness of awakening sexuality, a growing preoccupation with identity and crossing the line from friendship to more are themes here with which teens will
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S $16.95 (227p) ISBN 978-0-689-86802-3
Wittlinger's (Heart on My Sleeve
) intense novel introduces Sandpiper, who learned in the eighth grade that performing oral sex is a "foolproof method" to having a boyfriend. Now a sophomore, she finds that "after a week or so with a
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . Simon Pulse $6.99 (264p) ISBN 978-0-689-84998-5
A 17-year-old takes a "zigzag" route to L.A. with three less-than-desirable companions. "The heroine's conflicts and romantic notions will strike a familiar chord, and readers might glean some inspiration from her epiphanies,"...
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S $16.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-689-84997-8
Wittlinger's (Hard Love
) ambitious novel opens just after artistic Chloe and Julian become smitten with each other during a college preview weekend. Readers learn about their lives and interests through e-mails, instant messages, postcards and...
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S $16.95 (264p) ISBN 978-0-689-84996-1
Wittlinger (The Long Night of Leo and Bree; Razzle) introduces a colorful array of characters and settings while tracing 17-year-old Robin's eye-opening road trip throughout the western United States. Although taking a "zigzag" route to...
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . Houghton $5.95 (137p) ISBN 978-0-618-31108-8
In what PW
called a "forthright and convincing first novel," romantic feelings threaten a comfortable relationship with a neighbor who is two years younger and inches shorter than a studious, otherwise friendless girl. Ages 10-14. (May)
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . Simon/Pulse $7.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-85600-6
When his parents retire, the 15-year-old narrator begrudgingly moves with them from Boston to Cape Cod, where he meets eccentric Razzle. "Readers will relate to the strained relationship he has with his parents, especially his mother who...
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (186p) ISBN 978-0-689-84960-2
Sixth-grader Bess is on a campaign to be "cool," but she becomes less concerned with her own social status as she searches for a way to keep a homeless woman fed and sheltered. "A convincing look at a middle schooler's awakening to
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S $15 (128p) ISBN 978-0-689-83564-3
Narrated by two very different teens—Leo, a poor, troubled dropout, and Bree, a rich girl rebelling against her sheltered life—Wittlinger's (Hard Love) novel raises interesting issues, but ultimately its premise is too problematic.
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (, $4.99 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-689-84532-1
Wittlinger writes in 10 distinct teen voices for this story about a town's war over what to call itself; the sides divide along class lines. "Readers will likely respond to the realism of both the characters and their dilemmas," said PW.
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author . S&S $17 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-83565-0
When his parents retire, Kenyon, the 15-year-old narrator of Wittlinger's (Hard Love) uneven new book, begrudgingly moves with them from Boston to the Cape Cod beach community, where they plan to renovate and run a cottage colony for tourists....
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author, Ethan Trask, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-689-82134-9
Wittlinger's (Lombardo's Law) somewhat overdramatized account of unrequited love explores the complexity of relationships in the 1990s. The story unfolds through the thoughts and writings of John Galardi, a high school student who pens a zine called
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author, John Mathias, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-82551-4
Wittlinger (Hard Love) convincingly creates 10 distinct teen voices, each of which takes a turn narrating a chapter. While the chapters offer readers only a glimpse of each character, several of them feature in the other teens' accounts, and...
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Ellen Wittlinger, Author, Janet Hamlin, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-689-82249-0
At the onset of her sixth-grade year, narrator Bess's campaign to be ""cool"" includes reinventing her wardrobe around some funky vintage clothes. It's while sifting through such items in a thrift shop that she first meets Gracie, a homeless woman,...
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