Parallel Lines

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Summary: Coyote Gordon creates a cast of characters that are real.
Review: Coyote Gordon writes about real characters working through real problems. As a teenager it is not always easy to understand that everybody has his or her own set of problems to deal with and Nick seems to have greater than his fair share. His father dies, his mother is put away in a mental institution and he lives in more foster homes than he can count. Not only that, but he misses his little brother. He knows a lot about the other side of the tracks and not fitting in. He figures that he's totally on his own and is due in for life of just getting by. All that changes when he meets the right foster parents and an English teacher offeres him a way to open up and let the pain out by writing a journal and having a trusted friend to share it with.

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Summary: Real Life Voice for Teens
Review: I read this book and immediately completed all the paperwork and the review process that would add this book to the library of our Alternative Education school. My students commented after the first chapter, "Now this is the real thing. This boy has been out there." Laura Moe offers a voice that captures the thoughts of a boy, lost from the many turns of a painful childhood, searching for the intersection of the past and the promise of the future. This story offers a current view of the lives of youth on the edge that goes beyond the layers that were pulled back by The Outsiders and Homecoming.

Rating:
Summary: Real Life Voice for Teens
Review: I read this book and immediately completed all the paperwork and the review process that would add this book to the library of our Alternative Education school. My students commented after the first chapter, "Now this is the real thing. This boy has been out there." Laura Moe offers a voice that captures the thoughts of a boy, lost from the many turns of a painful childhood, searching for the intersection of the past and the promise of the future. This story offers a current view of the lives of youth on the edge that goes beyond the layers that were pulled back by The Outsiders and Homecoming.