Background
She was born in New York City but grew up in Glens Falls, New York, with parents Michael and Jean Garlan Fox.
( Fourteen-year-old Toni has always felt lucky--but her l...)
Fourteen-year-old Toni has always felt lucky--but her luck begins to change the summer her father suffers a near-fatal heart attack, her best friend moves away, and Toni is sent to New York City stay with her older sister, Martine, who reveals a devastating secret about their family.
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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The death of her abusive, manipulative older sister prompts 17-year-old Em to remember their unpleasant life together, with their parents and then later on their own.
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( At fifteen, Rachel is a worrier. She worries about whe...)
At fifteen, Rachel is a worrier. She worries about whether her family understands her, whether her friends like her, and whether she'll get her first kiss before she turns sixteen. And she worries about whether she can handlehaving a real boyfriend if he does come along. But it takes a dying old man -- her grandfather -- who has never been easy for anyone to handle, to show Rachel she has very special abilities. With love and compassion, she reaches the heart of an old tyrant who has always been unreachable. And in so doing, she comes to a better understanding of her family, her friends, and herself.
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( For as long as I can remember, It's just been Daddy an...)
For as long as I can remember, It's just been Daddy and me. I can't remember my mother. I was told she died in an accident when I was four, and that's all I know about her. I don't understand why there isn't even a picture of her. The other thing I don't understand is why we're always moving -- different towns -- with no explanations. I know something is wrong. It begins with my birth certificate-- my only link to my mother. Then I overhear a conversation: "Tell terri the truth ," Why are we moving all the time? Are we running away from something or someone? What kind of secret is Daddy hiding...and why can't he share it with me.
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( After falling asleep in a park, fourteen-year old Zan a...)
After falling asleep in a park, fourteen-year old Zan awakens to find herself transported back in time to the forest world of a band of prehistoric cave dwellers. Adopted by the group, she learns their language and customs, exults in their triumphs, and shares in their grief. However, the society's wise woman has her doubts about Zan, who she believes has brought misfortune with her. In mortal danger, Zane is able to return to her own time—an eleven-month absence which was only a few hours back home. Norma Fox Mazer (1931–2009) was an American author and teacher best known for her books for young adults. Among the honors Mazer earned for her writing were a National Book Award nomination, a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (for Saturday, The Twelfth of October), and a Newbery Medal.
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( Fourteen-year-old Terri has lived with her father since...)
Fourteen-year-old Terri has lived with her father since the death of her mother in a car accident when she was four. Father and daughter move often, the reason for which becomes clear when Terri finds out that her mother is not dead, and that she was kidnapped by her father when her parents were getting a divorce.
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She was born in New York City but grew up in Glens Falls, New York, with parents Michael and Jean Garlan Fox.
Mazer graduated from Glens Falls High School, then went to Antioch College, where she met Harry Mazer, whom she married in 1950. They had four children, three of whom survived Mazer, one of whom, Anne Mazer, is also a writer In addition to Antioch, Mazer also studied at Syracuse University.
Her novels featured credible young characters confronting difficult situations such as family separation and death. In 2009, She died at the age of 78 from brain cancer. Mazer"s books were praised for the intelligence of their dialogue, psychological acumen, and the nuance with which domestic difficulties and tragedies were portrayed in the lives of young people.
Rather than offering simple resolutions, her stories charted more complex and sometimes suspenseful paths that followed the characters" growth and self-knowledge.
New York Times Book Review contributor Ruth I. Gordon wrote that Mazer "has the skill to reveal the human qualities in both ordinary and extraordinary situations as young people mature..it would be a shame to limit their reading to young people, since they can show an adult reader much about the sometimes painful rite of adolescent passage into adulthood". In 1988 Mazer said: "I hesitate to say I"m delivering messages..I"m writing stories and novels.
I hope there"s an underlying feeling for the reader -- a hope, perhaps a moral. But I"m not preaching.
I"m telling stories".
From 1997 to 2006 Mazer taught in the Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children & Young Adults Program at Vermont College. How I Saved My.
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( At fifteen, Rachel is a worrier. She worries about whe...)
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When She Was Good.
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