Great Reading: Bookmark It! Volume
28, Number 5, June 2001
Individual Desperation, Grades 7-12
Rosemary Chance
The body of Christopher Creed. Carol Plum-Ucci.
Harcourt, Inc., 2000. $17.00. 0-15-202388-7. Torey's
perfect life collapses with the disappearance of Christopher
Creed, a fellow student and an outcast. This novel
goes beyond a mystery/suspense tale to explore the
suffering of people who are different from the norm.
Cut. Patricia McCormick.
Front Street, 2000.
$16.95. 1-886910-61-8. Callie's dysfunctional family
is the reason she is a "Guest" at Sea Pines,
a residential treatment facility. This poignant and
disturbing novel follows 15-year-old Callie's trip
from cutting herself to healing herself.
Dreamland. Sarah Dessen.
Viking, 2000. $15.99.
0-670-89122-3. Caitlin allows herself to enter into
an abusive relationship with the mysterious Rogerson
after her perfect older sister runs away.
Homeless bird. Gloria Whelan.
HarperCollins,
2000. $15.95. 0-06-028454-4. In India, 13-year-old
Koly's parents have arranged for her to marry a boy,
who dies shortly after their marriage. After Koly is
left a young widow in a strange city, she uses her
skill with embroidery to survive and to make a life
for herself. This beautifully written story is a 2000
National Book Award Finalist for Young People's Literature.
 Rosemary Chance is assistant professor in the School
of Library and Information Science at the University
of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She can be
reached at rchance@student.necc.cc.ms.us.
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