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Strays

Strays

by RonKoertge (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

A teenager's link to animals gives way to human connection in this smart, incisive new novel. Sixteen-year-old Ted O'Connor's parents just died in a fiery car crash, and now he's stuck with a set of semi-psycho foster parents, two foster brothers - Astin, the cocky gearhead, and C.W., the sometimes gangsta - and an inner-city high school full of delinquents. He's having pretty much the worst year of his miserable life. Or so he thinks. Is it possible that becoming an orphan is not the worst thing that could have happened to him?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Publisher: Walker
Published: 03 Nov 2008
ISBN 10: 1406316121
ISBN 13: 9781406316124
Children’s book age: 12+ Years

Media Reviews
By turns insightful, devastatingly funny, and suffused with loneliness...this thoughtful novel about the lost and abandoned is a hopeful one, in which some strays find a place to belong. * Booklist *
Using deft touches of humor and an element of the supernatural, Koertge (Boy Girl Boy) delivers a stirring account of a boy's rise above difficult circumstances. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
The development of Ted, the slightly unreliable narrator-from sullen self-sufficient teen to tentative social animal-is heartwarmingly real, and the light magical touch adds a clever flavor to this appealing coming-of-age story. * Kirkus Reviews *
Featured in Cool New Books Roundup * Teenreads.com *
Fresh and imaginative. * Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (R* review) *
[Ted's] gradual shift into the world of humans is successful and believable. * The Horn Book *
This tight, smoothly plotted, perfectly pitched novel is among the author's best work. * School Library Journal (starred review) *
Unsentimental but moving portrait of a lost 16-year-old finally finding his way. * KLIATT *
STRAYS delivers in spades, offering readers a deceptively simple story that is rich with a gamut of levels to explore and contemplate. * Teenreads.com *
Funny, fast-paced celebration of the resilience to survive loss and start anew. * VOYA *
Easily one of my favorite books so far for this year. * The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction *
Ted is a likable character thrust into a bizarre new life...recommended. * Tri-City Herald *
Highlights the turmoil of abandonment but ends in hope. * The Oklahoman *
Author Bio
Ron Koertge is the author of several acclaimed novels, invluding The Brimstone Journals and Stoner and Spaz (9780744590555). An avid movie buff, Ron lives in the house featured in John Carpenter's film Halloween. He teaches English at Vermont College in the USA.