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Summary: horrible
Review: i really don't see what is so "AWESOME" about this book. it .... the ending especially .... the only way i would actually be able to enjoy this book is by getting really drunk and bored. bad mix. the book's story line is very uninteresting and it seems like the whole book is written in a monotone kind of way (if that's possible). oh well... if you're looking for a good read this is not the book. look elsewhere.
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Summary: Great story, BAD ending!!
Review: I really enjoyed reading this story!! These characters are complete opposites, and yet, they seem to fit together perfectly!! The only thing i didn't like about this sweet story, was the ending!!! It pretty much ruined the whole fairy tale element of the story, and i would suggest stopping reading around page 153! It is the point where the characters still seem to fit together almost magically, and in the 16 pages that follow, it kind of crashes. However, it is an intricately written story and i would definitely suggest reading it!!
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Summary: WOW.
Review: Koertge has a knack for capturing the bare essense of his characters. Ben and Colleen are so real you'll be able to taste them. Driven by clean and very true dialogue, "Stoner and Spaz" won't let you go. Read it. Then read it again.
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Summary: Richie's Picks: STONER & SPAZ
Review: Relatively early on in my career as a "children's" bookbuyer I had the great fortune to participate in a day-long workshop discussing "teen" literature. The experts from whom I was to learn that day were Michael Cart and Richard Jackson. Between them, they made several points that have stuck with me as I define and evaluate young adult literature. Among the words of wisdom that day were: Adolescents create and re-create themselves on a daily basis as they search for their identity. Good teen literature frequently provides characters whose roles teen readers can try on vicariously as if they were cloaks. Good teen literature frequently poses more questions than it provides answers. That day's presentations were the inspiration for my creating a separate young adult section--after a week of quoting the experts I was given the okay to purchase and shelve those books away from the kids' stuff, in the process becoming the "children's and young adult" buyer. This division, of course, is the rule rather than the exception in bookstores and libraries today. STONER AND SPAZ, set in LA, is the latest, perfect example of what young adult fiction is all about. In addition, STONER AND SPAZ is a book that pays homage to film the way SEEK does to radio. Ben (Spaz) Bancroft, a teen "cinefile" whose aloofness is the result of his self-consciousness over his dragging an arm and a leg due to cerebral palsy, tells us the story of his entanglement with Colleen (Stoner) Minou, who is as engaging, witty, and tough as Mona Lisa Vito, Marisa Tomei's character in My Cousin Vinnie. Colleen's boyfriend, Ed, is studying to be a drug lord. Early on, as Ben waits to hand over the report on THE GREAT GATSBY for which Colleen has hit him up, he gives us a look at Ed in action: "Waiting there I feel, I don't know anthropological, I guess. I just need a pair of binoculars and a field guide to watch Ed Dorn in his black jeans and black T-shirt make the rounds, moving from the gangstas in their huge pants through the Mexican tough guys and into the Asian kung-fu fighters. Each clique has a different handshake, and Ed knows them all. He knows which girl's hand to grab and rub over his shaved head, which brother to joke with, which guy's Pepsi to snatch and take a sip of, which one to lean into and whisper. Colleen walks a few steps behind. She wears knee-high silver boots and looks like someone from a different galaxy." When Colleen catches up with Ben, he mentions to her: "'I was watching Ed in action. He's like Louis the Fourteenth,' I said, 'moving through the gardens at Versailles dispensing favors.'" "'Louis better watch his ass,' says Colleen. 'This is Ed's turf.'" Ben has been raised by his grandmother, who dresses him in prep garb and who meets Colleen when she invites herself for a ride home in Grandma's Cadillac and then endears herself to Grandma by immediately puking out the window. Ben has never given Grandma a bit of trouble before. She cannot understand his growing involvement with Colleen: "'What is it exactly that you see in her? Besides the narcotics, she's so profane and...' She thinks for a few seconds. "So badly decorated.'" What Ben sees in Colleen is that she treats his condition so honestly and matter-of-factly. In turn, he makes her feel like a high school kid, which is in such contrast to the scary world of drugs, clubs, and thugs in which she's immersed. And while this is a uniquely descriptive and extremely fun story, it is no fairy tale. When it's over we're left heavy on the side of unanswered questions. I was also left with a profound sadness for having to end my relationship with two characters I came so quickly to like and care so much about--Stoner and Spaz. ...
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Summary: Great couples book i loved it...
Review: Robert Koertge did a wonderful job writeing Stoner & Spaz. He led us through the book with two minds not one...the mind of colleen; a pothead without a clue where she is, and Mr. Perfect Cerebral Palsy movie freak wearing clothes that his grandma choose for him. This book is like a new romeo and juliet (something i havent read although ive heard about it). I would reccommend this book to all young adult readers i think everyone will love it, and if you dont thats you...
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Summary: Interesting Read
Review: Sex, drugs, and rock and roll. What a unique read. I have not read a book like this lately. It is thought provoking for adults and so requires a mature young adult to understand. The moral of the story really requires students to be able to overlook the language and some of the activities of the main characters, but there is a great lesson to be learned about life. The life lessons could include: don't do drugs; acceptance is a beautiful thing; and/or be who you are.I really enjoyed reading this novel and I enjoyed that it made me think about young adults and how they deal with life.
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Summary: Offensive
Review: Something about this book just rubbed me the wrong way. Perhaps it's Mr. Koertge's need to make generalizations and to separate everyone in the school into cliche little cliques, mostly based on their race.
"Waiting there I feel, I don't know, anthropological, I guess. I just need a pair of binoculars and a field guide to watch Ed Dorn in his black jeans and black T-shirt make the rounds, moving from the gangstas in their huge pants through the Mexican tough guys and into the Asian kung-fu fighters" [20].
If that type of writing isn't just blatant stereotyping, then I don't know what is. And why is it that all of the teenage moms in this book are black? What kind of crud is that? So if you enjoy people being classified into groups just based on their race then you will enjoy this book.
I dunno, maybe when Mr. Koertge went to high school in his rural town of Illinois some 40+ years ago things were different, but I found this book offensive. Stereotyping issues aside, this book does not have much to offer. The characters are unbelievable and so is the entire plot for that matter.
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Summary: stoner and spaz
Review: stoner and spaz is by far one of the best books i've read.. i found it interesting from begining to end and would suggest anyone who's young or young at heart should read this story of love and friendship.
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Summary: Great!!!!!
Review: Stoner and Spaz was a great book. I picked it up beacause of the intersting title. I read it in one day and loved it. It was funny, entertaining, and it just hooked me in. You will really enjoy this book. The characters are real and totally different and you wouldn't expent them to click. But they did and thier chemistry really made this book great.
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Summary: A new age romeo and juliet
Review: Stoner and Spaz written by Ronald Koertg is a great book. It is a bout a boy named Ben and a girl named colleen. Colleen is a drug addict and Ben is a prep with C.P. They end up fallen in love then breaking up. This is a great coming of age story, literally. Ben was treated like a baby by grandma, but after a few nights out with colleen he is just like a regular 16 year old. This book goes in to the secret of high school and dating between two totally different people. This is a great book and i think everyone should read this book.
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