Ilene Cooper, Author . Dutton $21.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-525-46923-0
Cooper (The Dead Sea Scrolls) offers an engaging overview of the mischievous and often sickly boy who grew up to become president. Readers may be surprised by how un-presidential Jack behaved in his youth. For though Jack demonstrated strong...
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Ilene Cooper, Author . Scholastic $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-439-43967-1
Cooper's (Jewish Holidays All Year 'Round
) thoughtful if belabored novel centers on 12-year-old Sam, with a Jewish father and Christian mother, who feels caught in the middle—especially this holiday season. Since the family dog has...
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Ilene Cooper, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-81110-7
Two upbeat stories launch the Frances in the Fourth Grade series. In the first book, Frances takes a chance on a new haircut, a new best friend and a new image. As the girl becomes friends with confident, brash Polly Brock, she begins to realize the
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Ilene Cooper, Author Viking Children's Books $15.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-670-86322-8
Shortly before her father's death, Karen has detailed nightmares predicting his fatal automobile accident. Now, years later, she has another sequence of disturbing dreams, this time about Mark, a new boy at school (her dreams about him start even...
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Ilene Cooper, Author Morrow Junior Books $12.95 (163p) ISBN 978-0-688-07933-8
This is the first book in the Kids from Kennedy Middle School series, although the school appeared previously in the well-received The Winning of Miss Lynn Ryan. Robin is uncomfortable with many aspects of being Veronica's best friend, but she knows
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Ilene Cooper, Author Puffin Books $3.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-14-036098-1
This breezy series tackles social and academic issues as it chronicles the trials and tribulations of a group of sixth graders. Ages 10-14. (July)
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Ilene Cooper, Author Puffin Books $3.25 (160p) ISBN 978-0-14-036156-8
The Hollywood Wars series gets off to a good start with this solid commercial offering. Shy, bookish but beautiful Alison, 15, accompanies a friend to an audition, but it's she who's offered a role in a new TV sitcom. It takes some doing--and a...
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Ilene Cooper, Author Viking Children's Books $13.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-670-85057-0
Cooper's (The Kids from Kennedy Middle School books) Holiday Five series begins on an entertaining, if not exceptional note with this sitcom-ish, intermittently realistic story. After being named the best all-around camper at Camp Wildwood, 12-year-o
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Ilene Cooper, Author HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 (183p) ISBN 978-0-06-024663-1
Buddy Love has only two real interests in life-watching girls and watching television. A couch potato whose insights and conversational topics are gleaned largely from talk shows, Buddy is roused from passivity when his family wins a new video...
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Ilene Cooper, Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-37014-5
Cooper (The Golden Rule) composes a quiet story set in Chicago that leavens the realistic problems of four near-teenagers with a hint of magic. Bette is grieving over her mother's death and her sister's recent departure for college ("[I]n the part...
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Ilene Cooper. Abrams, $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-1-4197-2295-0
Studded with lively anecdotes and archival photos, Cooper’s cogent biography elucidates the breadth of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s commitment to and efficacy in the fights for women’s rights, desegregation, and child labor law reforms. The author
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Ilene Cooper, Author, Elivia Savadier, Illustrator , illus. by Elivia Savadier. Abrams $18.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-8109-0550-4
Written by Booklist's children's book editor, abundantly illustrated with Savadier's (The Uninvited Guest: and Other Jewish Holiday Tales) playful watercolors as well as color photographs of art and artifacts from New York City's...
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Ilene Cooper, Author, Gabi Swiatkowska, Illustrator , illus. by Gabi Swiatowska. Abrams $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8109-0960-1
Visually energetic paintings and a reassuring story fortify Cooper's (Jewish Holidays All Year Round
) assertion (in an author's note) that the Golden Rule is an "underlying moral principle found in almost every religion and culture."
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Ilene Cooper, Author, Claudio Munoz, Illustrator . Dutton $16.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-525-47788-4
A familiar story line becomes unexpectedly moving in the experienced hands of Cooper (The Golden Rule
) and Muñoz (Just Another Morning
). Kindergarten is on the horizon, and despite the concerns of his family (hipster Uncle Matt is the lone...
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Ilene Cooper. Viking, $17.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-4514-7585-5
Documenting the subjects’ first meeting and leading up to their meteoric rise to fame, Cooper (A Woman in the House) highlights the stark personality differences that cultivated the “creative alchemy” between John Lennon (1940–1980) and Paul...
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