Books by Wendy Wax and Complete Book Reviews
Wendy Wax, Author . Bantam $5.99 (339p) ISBN 978-0-553-58613-8
This debut romantic comedy puts a clever spin on an age-old formula: instead of being marooned together in a snowstorm, Wax's protagonists are stuck in a publicity stunt complete with 24/7 Webcam. Dr. Olivia Moore is a radio therapist whose talk
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Wendy Wax, Author . Bantam $6.50 (368p) ISBN 978-0-553-58614-5
When 38-year-old Miranda Smith comes across a photo of her husband of 15 years in a black lace teddy and thong panties with another woman's hand on his butt, her life begins to cartwheel out of control. Soon after, she learns that he's not...
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Wendy Wax, Author . Berkley $15 (437p) ISBN 978-0-425-23235-4
Life in Atlanta’s suburbs becomes a hot topic for a mom-to-be who knows more about news than diapers in Wax’s bittersweet potboiler. After investigative TV reporter Vivien Armstrong Gray gets shot in the butt while chasing a story, she...
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Wendy Wax. Berkley, $15 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-425-24086-1
The lives of three unlikely strangers converge when Malcolm Dyer disappears with their bank accounts after running a Ponzi scheme in Wax's ninth novel, a fervent tale about overcoming obstacles. After losing the limelight to her more charismatic...
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Wendy Wax. Berkley, $15 trade paper (448p) ISBN 978-0-425-24541-5
Wax returns readers to characters Madeline, Avery, Nikki, and Kyra of Ten Beach Road. After their successful renovation of the dilapidated beachfront mansion Bella Flora, the four friends land a TV show focusing on the renovation of a ramshackle...
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Wendy Wax, illus. by Dave Garbot. Harper, $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-223709-5
“Emergency in Easterville!” In this interactive seek-and-find companion to Bruce Hale’s Santa on the Loose, also illustrated by Garbot, readers help the Easter Bunny figure out who stole his golden egg. To do so, they must scour the spreads to...
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Wendy Wax, Author, David Brooks, Illustrator innovative KIDS $12.99 (0p) ISBN 978-1-58476-218-8
The Big Book of Clues from A to Z by Wendy Wax, illus. by David Brooks, proffers riddles atop sturdy flaps on oversize board book pages. For O, the clue on the flap reads, ""It has a short tail and a very long neck,"" and beneath it lies a picture...
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Wendy Wax, Author, Wendy Wax, Illustrator HarperFestival $6.99 (12p) ISBN 978-0-06-052321-3
The touch-and-feel board book A Very Mice Christmas by Wendy Wax incorporates fabrics and scratch-and-sniff features within zippy photo-collage illustrations.
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Wendy Wax, Author, Wendy Wax, Illustrator Grosset & Dunlap $4.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-448-43190-1
Two more board books, Bus to Booville and You Can't Scare Me!, both by Wendy Wax, photos by Jon Holderer, tell their tales in rhyming texts and stagy photos. In the first, a yellow school bus with a license plate that reads ""Eek!"" collects...
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Wendy Wax, Author, Wendy Wax, Illustrator Grosset & Dunlap $4.99 (14p) ISBN 978-0-448-43189-5
Two more board books, Bus to Booville and You Can't Scare Me!, both by Wendy Wax, photos by Jon Holderer, tell their tales in rhyming texts and stagy photos. In the first, a yellow school bus with a license plate that reads ""Eek!"" collects...
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Wendy Wax, Author, Thomas Payne, Illustrator, Della Rowland, With McGraw-Hill/Contemporary $6.95 (24p) ISBN 978-0-8092-4349-5
If a boomer and a flyer get together, a joey could result. That is, male kangaroos are called ``boomers''; females, ``flyers''; and little ones, you guessed it. A male penguin, instead of making a nest, holds an egg on its feet to keep it warm until
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