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Author Shoemaker, Joel, author

Title Pete Hautman : speaking the truth to teens / Joel Shoemaker
Published Lanham, Maryland : Rowman and Littlefield, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 223 pages)
Series Studies in Young Adult Literature
Studies in young adult literature.
Contents Introduction -- The person and person and writer up close -- Godless -- Eden West -- Mr. Was -- The Klaatu Diskos trilogy -- Hole in the sky and Rash -- The gambling books: Stone cold/No limit/Feeling lucky, all-in; and Full house -- Realistic contemporary fiction: Sweetblood; Invisible; How to steal a car; Blank confession -- Romances: The big crunch and What boys really want -- Conclusion
Summary This book examines the life and work of Pete Hautman, whose more than 15 books for young adults cover a wide ride of diverse subjects. Chapters will explicate his work, offering critical commentary on the content, style, and standard literary elements, beginning with his first YA novel, Mr. Was (1996)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206) and index
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Subject Hautman, Pete, 1952- -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Hautman, Pete, 1952- fast
Subject LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021677094
ISBN 9781442257191
1442257199