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Howe, Norma
4 Reviews
(3)
YA
A guardian angel lands in Las Vegas in the form of a teenager named Noah. Having failed in his last mission to save Princess Diana, Noah (who seems more human than angelic) is determined to protect his new charge Barbra, a young Diana lookalike. The playful story, which often reads like a tour book of Vegas, also keeps readers in suspense.
Reviewer: Marika Jeffrey
(3)
YA
Desperate to save his girlfriend's family from eviction, sixteen-year-old Blue is hired by a wealthy filmmaker to play a dirty trick on an old nemesis. Blue's scheme works, but then he's faced with a moral decision about how to use the money he's earned. As with other books in this clever series, the sprawling plot is almost secondary to the inventive narrative style and eccentric characters.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
YA
In this follow-up to The Adventures of Blue Avenger, sixteen-year-old Blue finds a way to send his girlfriend, Omaha Nebraska Brown, to Rome in order to meet her long-lost father. Later, Blue himself travels to Venice, where he tries to solve the mystery of who really wrote Shakespeare's plays. The plot sprawls in dozens of directions in this high energy, thought-provoking novel, which is related in an idiosyncratic omniscient voice.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
(3)
YA
When sixteen-year-old David changes his name to Blue Avenger, he saves his principal from an attack of killer bees, falls in love with classmate Omaha Nebraska Brown, and creates a "weepless" lemon meringue pie--among other achievements large and small. The dizzying plot addresses issues of predetermination and chaos theory through the heady escapades of some quirky, yet nicely defined characters.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta
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