Best Selling Books by Bruce Brooks

A black boy and an emotionally troubled white boy in North Carolina form a precarious friendship.

Recipient of a 1993 Newbery Honor, this novel is an achingly beautiful, powerfully rendered journey through childhood that is not to be missed, now available in a new edition with a striking new cover. “From an outstandingly perceptive writer, a moving portrait of a boy, observed at four revealing turning points.” -- Pointer Review/Kirkus Reviews “Combines fast, exciting action with an astonishing ending that proves the power of the individual imagination.” -- Starred Review/ALA Booklist "Asa—possessed of rare sweetness, humor, and inner strength—survives intact cruel tests of his integrity, intellect, and sense of decency. From an outstandingly perceptive writer, a moving portrait of a boy, observed at four revealing turning points." —K. "Told with controlled imagery, insightful illumination of motive and the needs of his characters, Brooks has proven himself once again a master of language." —BL. 1993 Newbery Honor Book Notable Children''s Books of 1993 (ALA) 1993 Best Books for Young Adults (ALA) 1993 Fanfare Honor List (The Horn Book) 1993 Teachers'' Choices (IRA) 1993 Books for the Teen Age (NY Public Library)

Three novellas explore the effects of death on young lives.

A sixteen-year-old cellist and musical prodigy travels crosscountry with her father, a product of the 1960s, to meet her mother, who abandoned her as a baby.

Alice just can''t stop crying. To her, it seems as if it should be simple. If your parents split up, you live with the one who understands you best. Alice''s father had always been the one to "get" her. But somehow she had ended up living with her mom, who drank too much, and her stepfather, who didn''t like her and didn''t care who knew it. So when a bout with bronchitis lands her in the hospital, she decided she just can''t face going home again--ever. What if she simply stops eating--goes on a hunger strike? They would have to keep her there, wouldn''t they? It seems like the simplest solution, even when the hallucinations start, even when they kind of take over. But suppose she goes into a coma--or dies? If that happens, she''ll have her new friend Rex, the mysterious boy who says he''s dying, but whose jaunty ways have brought Alice to life. Once again, Bruce Brooks tells an intriguing story that puts new twists on the oldest, biggest issues--love, death, and taking charge of your own life as you move toward adulthood.

Celebrates the gawky, loud, graceless joy of being a boy and discusses a variety of topics qualifying as boy stuff, including caps, sports, mothers, and friends who are a bad influence.

Ten-year-old Zip struggles to deal with his best friend''s defection to a rival hockey team, a move that will test their friendship and leave them face to face on opposite sides in a close game.

Rhyming text and illustrations with some cut-outs reveal that things are often more than they seem at first.

In his twenty-first century society, fourteen-year-old Sam is allowed to decide the fate of his family after his mother is released from an alcohol rehabilitation center.

At the start of the new ice hckey season, Woodsie alone believes that his teammates can pick themselves up after several key players defect to a rival team.

Stories of bird psychology and behavior.

Eleven-year-old Cody, who plays both hockey and guitar, tries to combine his two interests by forming a fledgling band with some of his teammates, but he is presented with a diffuclt coice when a conflict develops.

"Bruce and Taeko Brooks have returned this wide-ranging text to its full historical and intellectual setting, organizing the sayings in their original chronological sequence, and permitting the Analects to be read for maximum understanding, not as a closed system of thought but as a richly revealing record of the interaction of life and thought as it evolved over almost the entire Warring States period.".

Fully expecting to be elected captain of his ice hockey team, Dooby is dismayed when the position goes to the new player because she is a girl.

Their 160 letters from 1926-1958 covered a wide range of topics, including Wright''s position on the history of American architecture and contemporary practice, their friends and rivals, the invention and spread of the International Style, and political events in Europe and the United States.".

This text studies the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. It provides an analysis of his career until his death in 1959.

Jerome is the first black kid at his Junior High and is terrific at basketball! When he meets Bix, another great athlete, the two discover they have much in common and a strong friendship develops. As Jerome teaches Bix more about basketball how will these moves translate into real life? (Reading Grade Level 7 & up) (An Accelerated Reader title).