The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Huser, Glen , Huser, Glen

Stitches

199 pp. | Groundwood | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-88899-553-9 $$15.95

(1) 4-6 Here's a classic scapegoats-vs.-bullies story with low-key but unusual distinctions. Chantelle, who has a limp and a scarred face, and Travis, unselfconscious about his love for puppets and sewing, joined forces against bullying in fifth grade; in junior high the teasing gets uglier and, eventually, violent. The real story is the friendship between two outsiders and their marshaling of forces within themselves, each other, and their ragtaggle families.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2003