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>Try and rewrite this story, forwarded to me by Kitty and Zoe, as an episode in a YA novel by:
a) Jack Gantos
b) Cecily von Ziegesar
c)Chris Crutcher
d) Paula Fox
Compare and contrast. I thought of including Ron Koertge among the choices, but this scene already practically happens in his first novel Where the Kissing Never Stops.
About Roger SuttonRoger Sutton has been the editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc, since 1996. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his M.A. in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a B.A. from Pitzer College in 1978. Follow him on Twitter: @RogerReads.
>How about Zerna Sharp?
>And where, dare I ask, did Kitty and Zoe get this? (Great for a rainy afternoon in this middle school office, let me tell you.)