Toothpick

Ethridge, Kenneth E.

ISBN 10: 0823405850 / ISBN 13: 9780823405855

Published by Holiday House, 1986

About this Item

The book is complete and readable, with all pages and cover intact. Dust jacket, shrink wrap, or boxed set case may be missing. Pages may have light notes, highlighting, or minor water exposure, but nothing that affects readability. May be an ex-library copy and could include library markings or stickers.

Seller Inventory # BSM.1BWR6

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Toothpick
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823405850
• ISBN 13: 9780823405855
• Condition: acceptable

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Synopsis

Jamie Almont, who has a crush on Ginger Gregson, the most popular girl in eleventh grade, befriends a scrawny new girl nicknamed Toothpick, who has a terminal disease, even if it means alienating the in-group

Reviews

Grade 6 Up Jamie Almont, called Needle because of his long skinny legs, is an ordinary high-school nerd. He admires a beautiful girl in school but is too overwhelmed and insecure to get to know her. A new classmate, Janice Brooks, (Toothpick), who's skinnier than Jamie due to her cystic fibrosis, helps Jamie gain confidence, the beauty queen and a special relationship with a true friend. Janice's cystic fibrosis is described through basic, but not heavy, discussion. This gradual method of learning about a friend's disability or disease is typical of the way in which most people get to know a friend and the many special qualities of that person. Thus, this is a realistic approach to developing Janice's character as a sensitive, warm person with a life-threatening disease. The quick, chatty style of Jamie's narration will help young readers to identify easily with Jamie and his friends. Even slower readers will find this a rewarding book. Ruth Amernick, San Francisco Public Library
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