Mousetraps (Exceptional Reading & Language Arts Titles for Upper Grades) - Hardcover

Schmatz, Pat

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0822586576 ISBN 13: 9780822586579

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, 2008

Synopsis

Back in grade school, Maxie and Rick were best friends. Rick would design crazy inventions, and Maxie, the artistic one, would draw them. Then something terrible happened to Rick, and he vanished from her school and her life. Years later, he shows up at Maxie's high school. In some ways he's the same person she once knew. But in other ways - frightening ones - he's very, very different . . .

About this title

From the Publisher:

An original, compelling look at bullying and its far-reaching effects on its victims, from the point of view of an artistic teen whose cartoons illustrate the story.

About the Author:

Pat Schmatz has supported her writing habit with a variety of jobs, including forklift operator, janitor, fitness consultant, stable hand, secretary, and shipping clerk. She is a 2003 recipient of a fellowship grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. Her first YA novel, Circle the Truth, was published in Fall 2007. She lives in Amherst Junction, Wisconsin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0822586576
• ISBN 13: 9780822586579
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192
• Illustrator: Hauser Bill