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Rosie and Skate

By Beth Ann Bauman

By Beth Ann Bauman

By Beth Ann Bauman

By Beth Ann Bauman

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Apr 05, 2011 | ISBN 9780385737364 | Young Adult

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Aug 11, 2009 | ISBN 9780375893902 | Young Adult

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    About Rosie and Skate

    “The novel uses the empty storefronts and windy beaches of autumn to explore loss, confusion and love.” —The New York Times Book Review.

    It’s off-season at the Jersey shore. The boardwalk belongs to the locals—including Rosie and Skate, sisters who are a year apart in age but couldn’t be more different. Rosie’s fifteen, shy, and waiting for her life to begin. Skate, sixteen, is tougher and knows what she wants. Readers will be totally caught up as the sisters’ story plays out within the embrace of their quirky, warmhearted community.

    About Rosie and Skate

    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.

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    About Beth Ann Bauman

    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 lives in New… More about Beth Ann Bauman

    About Beth Ann Bauman

    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 lives in New… More about Beth Ann Bauman

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Paperback | $8.99
    Published by Ember
    Apr 05, 2011 | 224 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780385737364

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Wendy Lamb Books
    Aug 11, 2009 | 224 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9780375893902
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    Praise

    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.”

    Review, New York Times Books Review, January 17, 2010:
    “In capturing the miscues of first love and shifting family dynamics, Rosie and Skate is as sharp as a splinter on the boardwalk.”

    Awards

    Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice WINNER 2009

    New Jersey Garden State Teen Book Award NOMINEE

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