The Trouble with Zinny Weston

The Trouble with Zinny Weston

Author: Amy Goldman Koss

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1998-06-01

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1101659181

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Zinny Weston has been Ava's best friend since the moment they met. Ava loves animals, but Zinny's idea of a pet is a fur coat. When the Weston’s get a fishpond in their backyard, Ava thinks Zinny might finally be turning into an animal lover. Then a raccoon starts eating the fish, and soon the rumors start flying. What did Mrs. Weston do to eliminate her raccoon trouble? Who ratted on her to Animal Protection? Drawn into a battle with her best friend, Ava wonders: Can they ever be friends again? This novel blends sensitivity and humor in this thought-provoking and often hilarious story about animal rights and friendship.


The Girls

The Girls

Author: Amy Goldman Koss

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780803724945

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Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, and the hurt and self-doubt that it causes them.


The Ashwater Experiment

The Ashwater Experiment

Author: Amy Goldman Koss

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-04-23

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1101658274

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Hillary Siegal and her footloose parents live on the road. To Hillary, each move is an escape from becoming one of the "sleepwalkers" she's seen at all of the seventeen schools she's attended. But then the Siegals land in Ashwater, California. And this time, they're staying put. Seventh grade isn't going to be a typical year for Hillary. What can she do if she can't run? "Undercurrents of humor, and characters who develop surprising complexities, give this bittersweet tale unusual depth." —Kirkus Reviews


Stranger in Dadland

Stranger in Dadland

Author: Amy Goldman Koss

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2001-04-23

Total Pages: 101

ISBN-13: 1101652942

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Every summer John flies to Los Angeles for his visit with Dad. But one week a year isn't a lot of time for father/son bonding, particularly when your father is a workaholic who never seems to have time for his son. Not to mention that Dad always has a new girlfriend hanging around. In the past it's been near impossible to grab some quality time with his father, but this summer John refuses to give up. He's sick of feeling like a stranger in "Dadland."


Teenplots

Teenplots

Author: John T. Gillespie

Publisher: Libraries Unlimited

Published: 2003-09-30

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13:

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Profiles one hundred books for young adults, providing bibliographic information, age levels, plot summaries, commentary, further reading lists, and lists of passages for "booktalks."


The Trouble with Zinny Weston

The Trouble with Zinny Weston

Author: Amy Goldman Koss

Publisher: Dial

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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Animal lover Ava feels torn about what she should do when she hears that her best friend's mother has drowned a raccoon in a garbage can.


Book Review Index

Book Review Index

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Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 1520

ISBN-13:

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Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.