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From: Todd Krueger <toddbcpl_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:30:52 -0400
As teen books go, a couple of the friendships from this year's Printz titles bear mentioning.
One is the exceptionally tight bromance between Cullen Witter and Lucas Cader as they deal with the disappearance of Cullen's brother in the 2012 Printz winner Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley.
A friendship of another kind is formed, that of necessity and crisis, between Charlie Bucktin and Jasper Jones, the title character of Craig Silvey's Printz honor novel. When Jasper unexpectedly asks Charlie to accompany him to a scene of a grisly incident, the two are instantly bonded. Also within the book, Charlie has a close but lighter, humor-filled friendship with Jeffrey Lu, which portrays the classic bond of friends who are outsiders within a community.
-- Todd Krueger Collection Development Baltimore County Public Library Towson MD 21204 toddbcpl_at_gmail.com On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Megan Schliesman wrote:
Let's take the rest of today for any final posts you'd like to share abou t Friendship in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
Tomorrow we can shift to our topic for the second part of May: Family Dynamics.
Megan
Received on Wed 16 May 2012 01:30:52 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 13:30:52 -0400
As teen books go, a couple of the friendships from this year's Printz titles bear mentioning.
One is the exceptionally tight bromance between Cullen Witter and Lucas Cader as they deal with the disappearance of Cullen's brother in the 2012 Printz winner Where Things Come Back, by John Corey Whaley.
A friendship of another kind is formed, that of necessity and crisis, between Charlie Bucktin and Jasper Jones, the title character of Craig Silvey's Printz honor novel. When Jasper unexpectedly asks Charlie to accompany him to a scene of a grisly incident, the two are instantly bonded. Also within the book, Charlie has a close but lighter, humor-filled friendship with Jeffrey Lu, which portrays the classic bond of friends who are outsiders within a community.
-- Todd Krueger Collection Development Baltimore County Public Library Towson MD 21204 toddbcpl_at_gmail.com On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Megan Schliesman wrote:
Let's take the rest of today for any final posts you'd like to share abou t Friendship in Children's and Young Adult Literature.
Tomorrow we can shift to our topic for the second part of May: Family Dynamics.
Megan
Received on Wed 16 May 2012 01:30:52 PM CDT
