Harry Mazer, Author . S&S/Aladdin $4.99 (112p) ISBN 978-0-689-84160-6
A 14-year-old boy, newly arrived in 1941 Hawaii, witnesses the attack on Pearl Harbor. In a starred review, PW
said, "Mazer successfully fuses a strong portrayal of Adam's transformation with both a vivid account of the attack and subtle...
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Harry Mazer, Author Simon & Schuster $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-689-80753-4
This herky-jerky collection of three dog-related stories never fully gels; none of the pieces is quite strong enough to stand on its own, and the combination of the entries doesn't add much enhancement. The best is ""Puppy Love,"" which deals with a
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Harry Mazer, Author Scholastic $2.75 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40515-7
The breakup of a six-year relationship sends George Farina searching for his own identity; Mazer's use of a first-person narrator manages to be both humorous and moving. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)
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Harry Mazer, Author T.Y. Crowell Junior Books $12.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-690-04640-3
In this sequel to The War on Villa Street, Mazer shows how much he cares about his characters. And because he cares, readers will welcome meeting Willis Pierce again. Back in the city, 19-year-old Willis dreams of the perfect girl friend. Sophie...
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Harry Mazer, Author T.Y. Crowell Junior Books $13.95 (152p) ISBN 978-0-690-04557-4
Mazer's perfect dialogue and intimacy with New York's vast boroughs provide the foundation for another of his riveting novels. Tolley Holtz tells what happens during the Depression when his father leaves the family apartment in the Bronx to look for
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Harry Mazer, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40383-2
Billy Keller, his older brother Kevin and younger sister Lori try to hold together after a plane crash kills their parents. PW termed this ""a solid novel, which is also very sad. Mazer strikes a realistic note at the outset, but it's hard to...
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Harry Mazer, Author Avon Books $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-70025-7
Jeff tables his dreams of directing movies when his dream girl, who left town to become a theatrical star, returns as an unwed mother. PW called this an ""engrossing story of lopsided love,'' but added that ``the term YA is really too elastic; this...
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Harry Mazer, Author Scholastic $11.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-32167-9
This is a solid novel by an author whose works are almost invariably critical and popular successes. It's also, however, very sad, perhaps too disheartening for wide appeal. Mazer strikes a realistic note at the outset, when Billy Keller tells his...
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Harry Mazer, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-21922-4
A troubled 14-year-old claims to be the missing son of a middle-class family; PW cited the conflicts here as a ``metaphor for the alienation that many teenagers feel.'' Ages 12-up. (Apr.)q
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Harry Mazer, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (188p) ISBN 978-0-385-31136-6
Mazer ( Snow Bound ) offers a Sommersby of sorts for YA readers, a darker version of Caroline Cooney's The Face on the Milk Carton . A teenage boy shows up on the Diaz family's doorstep holding a Missing Child poster and claiming to be their lost...
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Harry Mazer, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-21097-9
Mazer's dramatic narrative concerns sisters Lisa and Robyn who, when their father dies and their mother abandons them, must adjust to a new life with aunt and uncle. and--most at issue--cousin Sam. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
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Harry Mazer, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-385-30161-9
Lisa Allen's world of privilege and comfort crumbles when her father dies and her mother, unable to cope with her grief and the mounting debts, abandons her. Lisa and her sister, Robyn, move in with their aunt, uncle and cousin Sam. As Sam helps...
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Harry Mazer, Author . Simon & Schuster $15.99 (208p) ISBN 978-1-4169-3884-2
Drawing on a limber imagination and knack for storytelling, Mazer (Boy at War
; Heroes Don't Run
) turns a few facts from Abraham Lincoln's childhood into a vivid historical novel. The title notwithstanding, the future president does not...
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Harry Mazer and Peter Lerangis. Simon & Schuster, $15.99 (160p) ISBN 978-1-4169-3895-8
Mazer (Heroes Don’t Run) and Lerangis (wtf) use strong characters and storytelling to explore the slow and painful recovery of an injured teenage soldier. High school senior Ben has great grades and a potentially bright future in the arts, so his...
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Harry Mazer, Author, Mazer, Author, Deborah Lanino, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers $15 (112p) ISBN 978-0-689-80751-0
Readers may at first be misled, thinking that the wild kid of the title is the worried-looking boy clinging with long slender fingers to a cliff in the eye-catching jacket painting. However, once they reach the pictured climactic scene, readers may...
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Harry Mazer, Author, Henry Mazer, Author . S&S $15 (112p) ISBN 978-0-689-84161-3
Mazer's (The Last Mission) taut adventure adopts the perspective of a 14-year-old newly arrived in Hawaii to capture the chaos surrounding the unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Adam is fishing near Pearl Harbor when the bombs are...
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Norma Fox Mazer, Author, Harry Mazer, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-05808-6
Years ago, Amos saved Tod from drowning, and the grateful friend promised to repay the debt, somehow, sometime. Now Amos shyly requests a favor; he wants Tod to get to know beautiful Hilary and then smooth the way for an introduction to Amos. Tod...
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Norma Fox Mazer, Author, Harry Mazer, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $16 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-08126-8
This snappily paced tale follows four teens from disparate circumstances through their summer internship at a small-town newspaper. In focusing alternately on driven, ambitious Vicki and good-humored, macho Chris, the Mazers ( Heartbeat ; The Solid...
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Harry Maxer, Author, Harry Mazer, Author Scholastic $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40511-9
George, 17, is a teenager with no definite plans, but his life is nevertheless fairly well mapped out: he is reasonably sure that he'll work in his father's beauty parlor, he might go to college, and he is certain he'll marry his longtime girlfriend,
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