Oddballs

Oddballs

by William Sleator

Book Details

Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: 1995
Language: en
Pages: 144
ISBN: 9780140374384
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💥Violence
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❤️Romance and Sexuality
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🧠Mental Health
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🧙Fantasy / Supernatural
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🍷🚬Substance Use
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🏳️‍🌈Gender Identity & Representation
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😨Fear / Horror

Description

The author of such reliably offbeat sf thrillers as Strange Attractors (1990) radically changes pace for ten hilarious, semi- autobiographical stories. With affection and a splendid sense of comic timing, Sleator drags forth incidents from his family closet's darkest recesses--the time young Tycho was hypnotized and then made to drink from the toilet; an indignant skit that laid bare the failings of certain parents, to their vast amusement; rough-and-tumble car games; and deliciously horrifying...

Themes & Topics

Juvenile FictionFamilySocial ThemesAdolescence & Coming of AgeImagination & Play

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