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Philip Charles Crawford
2 Reviews
(2)
YA
Eighth-grader Bobby's life gets complicated as he plays JV basketball, develops a crush, and, while investigating a dark secret involving his teacher, discovers a hidden world of violence, domestic abuse, and racial prejudice. Parker's first young adult novel is a suspenseful coming-of-age homage to a bygone era--equal parts Americana, Norman Rockwell, and Archie comics, with a little Hardy Boys thrown in.
Reviewer: Philip Charles Crawford
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2007
(2)
4-6
The woods behind eleven-year-old Dean's house are ideal for army games, but aspects of the adult world soon encroach. Trouble at school and an encounter with a homeless veteran alter Dean's self-confidence. This graphic novel convincingly captures the interior and exterior worlds of a preadolescent boy. Pyle's innovative illustrations show Dean's reality in duo-tone and his interior war-game fantasies in full-color panels.
Reviewer: Philip Charles Crawford
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
July, 2007
2 reviews
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