Books by Ron Koertge
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review 1: Gary Schmidt recommended this to me - and am I SO glad he did. I loved everything about this novel told in poetry-format. It is the story of Walker trying to come to grips with his brother's death. He flounders on his own until Jesus comes along and helps him siphon through th...
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review 1: I teetered between three and four stars because while I enjoyed the story, it seemed to run out of gas toward the end. The relationship between Colleen and Ben continues to have ups and downs, with Colleen trying to stay away from drugs and Ben steadfastly believing in her despit...
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review 1: This book was more poetry and prose than actual stories...and I loved it. It took a more cynical look at the notion of happily ever after...and I just really loved the cut out shadow images. I'm not sure about its classification as YA. Not that it's particularly over the top,...
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review 1: This book started out strong but petered out towards the ending. The characters started interesting and the story had the possibility of going into some really interesting directions with meditations on life, love and loss. Unfortunately the story went nowhere and became a bland ...
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review 1: Shakespeare makes the playoffs is a 176-page realistic fiction novel written in verse by Ron Koertge. It is about a young kid named Kevin, who has a love for both baseball and poetry. When he goes to a poetry reading, he meets a girl named Amy. Kevin's current girlfriend Mira doe...