Kathe Koja, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (112p) ISBN 978-0-374-37278-1
Koja (Extremities), the author of novels for adults, enters the YA realm with a solid if sometimes familiar tale of a high school misfit: "What do you do when you're too smart for the freaks, but too much of a freak for the smart kids? when...
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Kathe Koja, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (128p) ISBN 978-0-374-30998-5
Koja (Straydog) accomplishes quite a feat with this novel narrated by high school sophomore Justin: she explores the tenets of Buddhism via an unlikely friendship between two classmates. Justin does not understand the odd behavior of transfer...
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Kathe Koja, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (128p) ISBN 978-0-374-30849-0
The title takes on many connotations in Koja's (Buddha Boy
) eerie, psychologically gripping urban tale. The Blue Mirror doubles as the name of the café where narrator Maggy Klass seeks refuge from the claustrophobic apartment she shares...
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Kathe Koja, Author . Penguin/Speak $5.99 (105p) ISBN 978-0-14-240071-5
Rachel, a high school misfit, feels an instant kinship with a feral collie. "The author plumbs not only Rachel's dark and darkly funny psyche, but also what it means to be human and to make connections of love and trust," wrote PW
. Ages
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Kathe Koja, Author . Penguin/Speak $5.99 (117p) ISBN 978-0-14-240209-2
Narrated by a high school sophomore, this novel explores the tenets of Buddhism via an unlikely friendship between two classmates. In a starred review, PW
called it "a compelling introduction to Buddhism and a credible portrait of how true...
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Kathe Koja, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (144p) ISBN 978-0-374-37382-5
Fans of Koja's (The Blue Mirror
) previous novels may be a bit disappointed with this tale of two high school students sharing the lead in a play called Talk
. The book unfolds through their alternating points of view, with scenes from the play...
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Kathe Koja, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (120p) ISBN 978-0-374-30393-8
Koja's (The Blue Mirror
) novel explores the complex relationship between a teenage brother and sister, through their alternating first-person narratives. Hilly's friend recently committed suicide, and Hilly continues to be haunted by it, so
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Kathe Koja, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (121p) ISBN 978-0-374-39938-2
Koja (Buddha Boy
) incorporates facts and folklore about bees as a metaphor in this spare and haunting novel. As the last few weeks of senior year unwind, Dana completes her bee research for a biology project, and draws comparisons for readers: ̶
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Kathe Koja, Author . FSG/Foster $16.95 (195p) ISBN 978-0-374-32912-9
Class, identity and friendship are the intersecting subjects of this intelligent novel. Now that she's a sophomore and boarding on campus, daughter of privilege Lily Noble wonders if she's outgrown the Vaughan School—she feels...
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Kathe Koja, Small Beer (Consortium, dist.), $24 (376p) ISBN 978-1-931520-70-6
The latest from Koja (Skin) is a page turner with riveting language and close attention to sensory detail. Set in late 19th-century Brussels, the story follows the adventures of puppeteer Istvan and brothel owner Rupert who bond as friends and...
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Kathe Koja, Author Dell Publishing Company $4.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-20782-5
Down-and-out Nicholas and his friend Nakota one day discover a black hole in the floor of an abandoned storage room in his apartment building, which they quickly christen the ``Funhole.'' The two set out to see what happens when they drop various...
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Kathe Koja, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (309p) ISBN 978-0-385-30899-1
This humorless novel about art punks in an unnamed present-day city is long on form and short on content. The main character, Tess Bajac, is an earnest young sculptor who lives for her work, so much so that readers may well long for her to do...
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Kathe Koja, Author Delacorte Press $19.95 (277p) ISBN 978-0-385-30892-2
Writing with a pretentious, almost adolescent sensibility and a bad case of logorrhea, Koja ( Bad Brains ) whines unremittingly in a single-pitched, overwrought stream of consciousness that will probably alienate most readers. The story concerns out-
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Kathe Koja, Author Henry Holt & Company $23 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8050-4391-4
Characters consumed by their obsessions are a Koja (Strange Angels) trademark, but where they have served as appropriate vehicles for the psychological horrors of her earlier novels, they come across as self-absorbed bores in this stab at...
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Kathe Koja, Author Four Walls Eight Windows $20 (232p) ISBN 978-1-56858-122-4
In this daring but unsatisfying collection, Koja (The Cipher; Bad Brains) creates characters on and over the edges of madness, self-destruction and sexual obsession. Of these 17 stories (many first published in leading SF venues), the best are...
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Kathe Koja, Author, Spencer Murphy, Read by, The Full Cast Family, Read by , read by the author and a full cast. Full Cast Audio $17.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-932076-51-6
The social landmine that is high school serves as backdrop for this thought-provoking story about the challenges involved in standing up for one's beliefs. Perfectly content to move through high school as one of the average kids—not...
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Kathe Koja. Meerkat, $17.95 trade paper (300p) ISBN 978-1-946154-75-0
Koja (Velocities) crafts the future that the ravers of the 1990s dreamed of in this immersive and propulsive cyberpunk outing. Experience designer Ari Regon built Dark Factory, a legendary club specializing in “Y reality,” or interactive VR-boosted...
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Kathe Koja. CLASH, $16.95 trade paper (142p) ISBN 978-1-960988-29-4
A companion to Wuthering Heights much in the way that Wide Sargasso Sea is a companion to Jane Eyre, this brilliant retelling from Koja (Dark Factory) whisks readers to the wild English moors but shifts the focus from romantic relationships to a...
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