Criss Cross
| Author | : Lynne Rae Perkins |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2005-08-30 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780060092726 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0060092726 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (726 Downloads) |
Download or read book Criss Cross written by Lynne Rae Perkins and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2005-08-30 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debbie is wishing something would happen. Something good. To her. Soon. In the meantime, Debbie loses a necklace and finds a necklace (and boy does the necklace have a story to tell), she goes jeans shopping with her mother (an accomplishment in diplomacy), she learns to drive shift in a truck (illegally), she saves a life (directly connected to being able to drive, thus proving something), she takes a bus ride to another town (in order to understand what it feels like to be from "elsewhere"), she meets a boy (who truly is from "elsewhere"), but mostly she hangs out with her friends: Patty, Hector, Lenny, and Phil. Their paths cross. Their stories crisscross. And in Lynne Rae Perkins's remarkable book, a girl and her wish grow up. Illustrated throughout with black–and–white pictures, comics, and photographs by the author. Ages 10+
