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261 pp.
| Random
| February, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-0-375-86693-7$16.99
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LibraryISBN 978-0-375-96693-4$19.99
(2)
YA
Liz can't figure out why her "forever-best friend" Kate is avoiding her. Slowly and skillfully, through prose poems, Kate's secret is revealed: Liz's brother raped her. When Liz confronts him, he denies it. Who is she to believe? By giving Liz a voice that's expressive yet down-to-earth, Marcus keeps the drama from skittering into Lifetime TV territory and avoids a quick-fix ending.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2011
32 pp.
| Putnam
| April, 2011
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TradeISBN 978-0-399-25004-0$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mike Lester.
The tale begins with a flea-flustered stray dog and ends with a friendship. The action/reaction rhyming scenario follows the itchy pup who lands "THUD! 'OH CRUD!'" on a man who later notices, "Now I see. / A bite from a flea made you land on me." Energetic sketchlike cartoons capture the story's frenetic itch and the bumbling--yet ultimately satisfying--mess that ensues.