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Ellen Wittlinger (1948–2022)

Författare till Hard Love

21+ verk 3,171 medlemmar 111 recensioner 6 favoritmärkta

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Inkluderar namnet: Ellen Wittlinger

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Verk av Ellen Wittlinger

Hard Love (1999) 913 exemplar
Parrotfish (2007) 552 exemplar
Razzle (1926) 194 exemplar
Zigzag (2003) 189 exemplar
Sandpiper (2007) 175 exemplar
Heart on My Sleeve (2004) 174 exemplar
Blind Faith (2006) 168 exemplar
Love & Lies: Marisol's Story (2008) 157 exemplar
This Means War! (2010) 146 exemplar
Gracie's Girl (2000) 120 exemplar
The Long Night of Leo and Bree (2002) 100 exemplar
What's in a Name (1882) 91 exemplar
Lombardo's Law (1993) 65 exemplar
Someone Else's Shoes (2018) 37 exemplar
Saturdays with Hitchcock (2017) 35 exemplar
Local Girl Swept Away (2016) 33 exemplar
Noticing Paradise (1995) 15 exemplar
Breakers: Poems (1979) 4 exemplar
Good News Bad News 1 exemplar
Float (1975) 1 exemplar

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Shelf Life: Stories by the Book (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 300 exemplar
Bites: Scary Stories to Sink Your Teeth Into (2009) — Bidragsgivare — 147 exemplar
Twice Told: Original Stories Inspired by Original Artwork (2006) — Bidragsgivare — 110 exemplar
Girl Meets Boy: Because There Are Two Sides to Every Story (2011) — Bidragsgivare — 99 exemplar
Destination Unexpected: Short Stories (2003) — Bidragsgivare — 77 exemplar
On The Edge: Stories At The Brink (2000) — Bidragsgivare — 61 exemplar
Such a Pretty Face: Short Stories About Beauty (2007) — Bidragsgivare — 56 exemplar
Face Relations: 11 Stories about Seeing beyond Color (2004) — Bidragsgivare — 51 exemplar
Things I'll Never Say: Stories About Our Secret Selves (2015) — Bidragsgivare — 25 exemplar

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YA Fiction set in Cape Cod i Name that Book (juli 2012)

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It's 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis is looming and 5th grader Juliet has just lost her beloved grandpa. On top of that, her best friend dumped her just because she's a girl. Left alone, Juliet befriends a new girl named Patsy who decides they should hold a contest to prove that girls are just as good as boys.

This is not an upbeat book. You'd think that the competition between boys and girls would at least be a little fun, but it's mostly not thanks to the older bully, Bruce, bossing everyone else around and Patsy's ferocious need to win. So while the book has good characters, good writing, and an interesting historical context, it didn't wow me because it felt like a big downer. The stress of the looming Cold War greatly affects Juliet, to the point where she seems constantly anxious and depressed. I think the author was worried about the book being too sad, so she had the characters tell a lot of corny jokes. I like a good corny joke, but they didn't really make up for all the gloom and doom.

Another complaint is that the story was a touch on the didactic side. I was especially weary of Juliet's prayers to God and her wondering over whether God exists (not because it wasn't believable, but because it seemed cliched).

This is a good book if you want to learn more about how ordinary kids were affected by the Cold War or if you want a book about how to deal with fear and loss. But it's not the best choice if you want boys vs. girls fun like in [b:The Boys Start the War|24196|The Boys Start the War (Boy/Girl Battle)|Phyllis Reynolds Naylor|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167520590s/24196.jpg|1973511] by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor.
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LibrarianDest | 5 andra recensioner | Jan 3, 2024 |
An important YA book because it is probably only the second ever to deal with a transgender teen character. The author's book Razzle was better overall I thought. This one had a bit of an easy ending.
 
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nogomu | 27 andra recensioner | Oct 19, 2023 |
I remember really liking this book but haven't it read it in a really long time.
 
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AQuietPeople2 | 2 andra recensioner | Oct 28, 2022 |
Note: I received an ARC of this book from the publisher at ALA Midwinter 2018.
 
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fernandie | 1 annan recension | Sep 15, 2022 |

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Verk
21
Även av
10
Medlemmar
3,171
Popularitet
#8,056
Betyg
½ 3.7
Recensioner
111
ISBN
119
Språk
2
Favoritmärkt
6

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