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87 pp.
| Clarion |
September, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-395-88898-0$$15.00
(3)
1-3
Illustrated by
Elaine Clayton.
Through a friendship with a boy struggling to come to terms with his parents' divorce and on-going battles with a seemingly inept and out-of-touch student teacher, Woody learns that a person may be quite different than initially perceived. The book will be gobbled up--and enjoyed--by the voracious reader, but it lacks the more highly evolved characterization and plot that mark short novels by authors such as Johanna Hurwitz and Barbara Park.