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McNeal, Laura , McNeal, Tom

Crooked

346 pp. | Knopf | November, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-679-89300-8 $$16.95 | Library ISBN 0-679-99300-2 $$18.99
(2) YA Ninth graders Clara and Amos develop a mutual crush as they both find their lives at home being upturned. When Amos interrupts bad boys Charles and Eddie in an act of vandalism he becomes a hero--then finds competition for Clara's affections from the threatening Eddie. The well-plotted, engaging novel explores both commonly accepted cruelties and vicious criminality.
Reviewer: Lauren Adams | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1999

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