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Auseon, Andrew
4 Reviews
(3)
YA
As Charlie Wyatt and Gloria Aboud recount their relationship--from strangers to stalkers to friends and, ultimately, to sweethearts--each comes to terms with grief: Gloria lost her older brother in the Afghan war and Charlie is losing his mother to Huntington's disease. Alternating chapters define otherwise indistinct voices, but romance readers and fans of television's Freaks and Geeks will be hooked nevertheless.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt
(3)
YA
Poor, on-edge, and futureless, Jo-Jo thinks he has no reason to live since his girlfriend died. After meeting the hottest band of the afterlife--on tour among the living--he becomes a groupie, even following the band accidentally into death. The story's original conceit, punk-rock sensibility, and edgy characters jazz up this road trip to the other side.
Reviewer: Deborah Kaplan
(3)
4-6
Aliens live on Earth, and fourteen-year-old Gene Brennick is determined to reveal them all. When his weekly newsletter exposes a rival school's guidance counselor's extraterrestrial identity, an intergalactic family feud threatens all aliens' safety. The aliens' underwhelming powers and lonely lives are good foils for Gene's melodramatic teen angst in this comedy about misguided persistence and unexpected inheritances.
Reviewer: Bethany Templeton Klem
(3)
YA
In this disturbing tale of sibling rivalry, Arty Moore enlists the help of an powerful, underground high school society to seek revenge on his abusive twin brother, Kurt. At four foot two, Arty lives in fear of Kurt's massive six foot one physique. A creepy cast of teenage misfits and masterminds populates the sinister (albeit implausible) story as the brothers' relationship unravels.
Reviewer: Marika Hoe
4 reviews
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