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by: Ronald Koertge
Binding: Turtleback
EAN: 9780606132916
ISBN: 0606132910
Label: Demco Media
Manufacturer: Demco Media
Publication Date: 1998-04
Publisher: Demco Media
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Studio: Demco Media
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Rating:  - New Kid at School
Tony had a real father once, then had three stepfathers. All of them died, leaving Tony's mother heartbroken and feeling like she's some sort of bad luck charm. Tony has become accustomed to moving to new places, so he isn't very upset when he and his mother move to a new town to live in his aunt's place for a few months. He will do part of his high school time there, making no friends or connections, and then move onto someplace new to finish.
Things don't go the way Tony planned, ... Read More
Rating:  - Awesome!!!!!!!!
I cannot even say how much I enjoyed this book. Although I picked it up for my younger sister (10), at 14 I had a great time with it. While not drowning in romance, or that kind of drippy friendship that most new literature is pressing on us these days this book managed to get across the kind of relationship any teenager needs. Insightful, smart, humorous, and an easy read, this is a great book for anyone who feels like they don't belong, are being discriminated against, is an artist, or likes cooking. ... Read More
Rating: - Confess-O-Rama is good for the soul.
Koertge is one of America's finest writers of books foryoung people, and Confess-O-Rama keeps his string of hitsgoing. Tony's mother has a knack for marrying men who die too soon, starting with Tony's father and going right through his 3 subsequent stepfathers. Now, as Tony and his mom are recovering from the latest death and living [temporarily?] in West Paradise, CA, Tony meets an unusual group of high school artists and begins sharing his problems with a phone service called Confess-O-Rama, little suspecting ... Read More
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