Beekman's Big Deal - Softcover

De Guzman, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 148028422X ISBN 13: 9781480284227

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2012

Synopsis

Beekman O'Day has lived all of his twelve years in Manhattan. He's lived in fourteen different apartments, hotel rooms and hotels. He's been to nine different schools. When he has to move once again,and start a new school, he puts his foot down with his father, who makes his living making dubious deals. No more moving. No more new schools. They make a deal. A big deal. Then the deal becomes a big mess and Beekman must stand his ground or lose what he's been fighting for, including the affection of his best friend's twin sister. In the end he takes a stand and refuses to budge. He won't give up. A deal is a deal.

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About the Author

Michael de Guzman has written six novels for young readers. Beekman's Big Deal with his second. Prior to writing books, he wrote scripts for television movies. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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A note from the author

I started writing books for young readers when I turned sixty (I wrote scripts for television movies for twenty years). I don't know why, except that it occurred to me I could write what I wanted, the way I wanted, for a demanding audience that would accept nothing less than the best work a writer had to offer.
When I was a kid, there was the world the way it was and the world the way I wanted it to be. That's how I still see it. My characters are innocents. They are romantics. They are bright and tough and they see a thing through. How else can a kid survive?

From Beekman's Big Deal

Beekman didn't think that an interview with yet another new school qualified as a big day. Especially when the fall term had already started. Four days ago. But he kept this to himself. He'd been to too many schools to make an issue of it.
"Think big, live big," Leo said.
"Think small, live small," Beekman said.
"Now you're talking," Leo said. He started singing "Over the Rainbow."
Beekman washed his hair, which was brown and grew in several directions at once and fell forward over his forehead, no matter how much effort he put into training it. He soaped his body. There wasn't an ounce of fat on him. His rib cage looked like a section of bumpy road. He thought that a truly big day would be one in which absolutely nothing happened.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 148028422X
• ISBN 13: 9781480284227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 174