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Rosie and Skate

Written by Beth Ann BaumanAuthor Alerts: Random House will alert you to new works by Beth Ann Bauman
Juvenile Fiction - Girls & Women; Juvenile Fiction - Family; Juvenile Fiction - Social Situations - Adolescence | Wendy Lamb Books | Hardcover | August 2009 | $15.99 | 978-0-385-73735-7 (0-385-73735-1)
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ABOUT THIS BOOK

A wonderful YA debut full of drama for two very different sisters.

It's off-season at the Jersey shore, when the boardwalk belongs to the locals. Rosie is 15 and her sister Skate is 16. Their dad, an amiable drunk, is spending a few weeks in jail while their cousin Angie looks after them in their falling-down Victorian on the beach. Skate and her boyfriend Perry are madly in love, inseparable—until now, when Perry goes off to Rutgers. Rosie is shyer than Skate, but she’s drawn to Nick, a boy in their Alateen group. What happens to Rosie and Skate in a few tumultuous weeks is deftly shaded, complex, and true. Readers will be caught up in each girl’s shifting feelings as the story plays out within the embrace of their warmhearted community.


REVIEWS

Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2009:
"The novel expertly captures the ever-hopeful ache of adolescents longing for love, stability, and certainty."

Starred Review, Booklist, October 1, 2009:
"This is a novel as brisk and refreshing as an ocean breeze."


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Beth Ann Bauman is the author of a short story collection for adults, Beautiful Girls, and a recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship. Growing up, she spent summers on the Jersey shore. She now lives in New York City.