Agent: George Nicholson, Sterling Lord Literistic. Bauer also brings moments of levity and hopefulness to the story, which she peppers with a cast of thoughtfully crafted personalities. It was bad enough not having a boyfriend for New Year's Eve. I was dateless, as usual, deep in the vice grip of unrequited love.

Sugar’s anger, fear, humility, and resolve are portrayed with insight and compassion. Thwonk by Joan Bauer 1,712 ratings, 3.26 average rating, 215 reviews Open Preview Thwonk Quotes Showing 1-18 of 18 It was February sixth: eight days until Valentine's Day. Bauer (Close to Famous) explores a timely issue through the eyes of a resilient girl-the kind of heroine so familiar to Bauer’s fans. She relies on her poetry, along with support from a loving foster family and a favorite teacher, when the stress of their circumstances drives Reba to a serious breakdown. “Before all this happened/ I wasn’t brave like I am now./ I didn’t know I could take care of my mother/ or pee by the side of the road/ and not get my underpants wet,” writes Sugar, a talented poet. But when they lose their house, Sugar must summon additional strength as she and Reba face homelessness. (Feb.Twelve-year-old Sugar Mae Cole has had to act older than her age ever since her beloved grandfather died, and her father abandoned Sugar and her mother, Reba, yet again. Book enhanced with curriculum aligned questions and activities. Bauer's buoyant narrative will elicit chuckles as it delivers its message (thwonk!) with the accuracy of a well-aimed arrow from Cupid. Read Thwonk by Bauer, Joan, lexile & reading level: 860, (ISBN: 9781101657911). discovers that what she has wished for is more likely to suffocate her than to bring her happiness. Catapulted into Peter's popular, decidedly vapid crowd, A.J. Peter asks her out and then, much to A.J.'s embarrassment, insists on proclaiming his undying love in public-loudly. Not only does he lead her to the site of the ideal photo op for the paper, but he shoots his arrow into the heart of the drop-dead gorgeous Peter Terris, whom A.J. He comes to life, setting A.J.'s existence onto an amusing-if obviously unbelievable-roller-coaster of a ride. Driving home one day she almost runs over a box, out of which rolls a stuffed cupid. As it turns out, her inspiration for that task comes from a most unusual source. A.J., a high school senior who is very serious about her future career as a photographer, is quickly approaching the final deadline for a big assignment: to take the cover photo for the Valentine's Day issue of her school paper. Bauer's (Squashed) lighthearted (literally) story subtly delivers a meaningful statement to its YA audience.

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