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Walker, Pamela
3 Reviews
Walker, Jackie
& McKuen, Pamela Dittmer
Expressionista: How to Express Your True Self Through (and Despite) Fashion
(4)
4-6
In this friendly guide, tweens identify their Fashion Personas and learn what clothes and accessories work best for their preferred style and body type. The fashion advice can be simplistic, but the message--"know what you feel good wearing and find all the ways you can to express who you are"--is reassuring. Includes an excellent annotated list of resources.
Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith
(3)
4-6
Convinced that a practical joke she played on her pilot father caused his plane to crash, Amelia can no longer hide her turbulent emotions when an ex-convict called Brother Mustard Seed arrives at her house, claiming to have seen her dad in visions. Told in a homespun style, the poignant story gently, sometimes humorously, probes into questions of faith and highlights the importance of keeping an open mind.
Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann
(4)
YA
Need to Know Library series.
Hypothetical vignettes introduce definitions, descriptions, treatments, and coping strategies for people who have the disorders and diseases and for those interacting with them. Looking and Feeling advocates emotional and physical health. Shorter vignettes incorporated in the text supply examples and interest. Color and black-and-white photographs add visual interest but little else. Bib., glos., ind.
Reviewer: Gail Hedges
3 reviews
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