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Predator!
Bruce Brooks
Hardcover (Farrar Straus Giroux, March 15, 1991)This close look at the ageless struggle between predator and prey elucidates why animals develop their specialized defenses, and helps readers appreciate the delicate balance of the food chain and the dangers of human interference on the dynamics of the natural world.
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The Moves Make the Man
Bruce Brooks
Library Binding (HarperCollins, Sept. 26, 1984)"Brooks's fine first novel has a baskeball theme and plenty of action, but sport is merely the vehicle for delivering a serious story of friendship and madness." ' SLJ. "Brilliant sportswriting and a trenchant examination of the friendship between narrator Jerome Foxworthy [an African-American seventh-grader] and Bix, a white boy in trouble." ' BL. 1985 Newbery Honor BookNotable Children's Books of 1984 (ALA)1985 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA)1985 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for FictionBest Books of 1984 (SLJ)100 Favorite Paperbacks 1989 (IRA/CBC)"Best of the 80's" Young Adult Novels (English Journal)
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Everywhere
Bruce Brooks
Hardcover (Harper & Row, Aug. 16, 1990)Afraid that his beloved grandfather will die after suffering a heart attack, a nine-year-old boy agrees to join ten-year-old Dooley in performing a mysterious ritual called soul switching.
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Woodsie, Again
Bruce Brooks
Paperback (Trophy Pr, April 1, 1999)The critically acclaimed series, aimed at young hockey players, concludes as Woodsie, having become one of the leaders of the hockey team, contends with a teammate who is using marijuana, to the team's detriment. Simultaneous.
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Boys Will Be
Bruce Brooks
Hardcover (Henry Holt & Co, Oct. 1, 1993)A collection of humorous but pointed essays captures the loud and gawky pleasures of boyhood with topics such as "Bullies," "Ten Things You Cannot Expect Your Mom to Come Close to Understanding," and "Risky Pals," among others.
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Dolores: Seven Stories About Her
Bruce Brooks
Hardcover (Laura Geringer, April 1, 2002)A series of events, some centering around the older brother she idolizes, captures the life of a free-spirited girl as she grows from a savvy six-year-old to a self-assured sixteen-year-old. Reader's Guide available.
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Prince
Bruce Brooks
Library Binding (HarperCollins, March 1, 1998)When the grade-school basketball coach approaches Prince and asks him to join the team, Prince finds himself facing a serious dilemma as he must decide whether to pursue the sport he loves, hockey, or choose the game everyone else thinks he should play.
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The Red Wasteland: A Personal Selection of Writings About Nature for Young Readers
Bruce Brooks
Hardcover (Henry Holt & Co, July 1, 1998)Provides an array of works from various authors--including Edward Abbey and J. H. Fabre--that explores the richness, wonder, and complexity of the natural world.
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What Hearts
Bruce Brooks
Hardcover (Harper, Jan. 1, 1992)HarperCollins (1992). Hardcover with dust jacket.
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