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169 pp.
| Candlewick |
May, 2002 |
TradeISBN 0-7636-1608-7$$15.99
(2)
YA
Sixteen-year-old Ben, impaired by cerebral palsy, believes that nobody wants to deal with him and his disability. When drugged-out Colleen, a classmate, falls asleep on his shoulder during a showing of Bride of Frankenstein, Ben determines not to let this chance at human contact slip away. The first-person narrative, related in Ben's witty voice, is part angst-ridden teen romance, part coming-of-age story.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2002