Authors: Beth Kephart, Beth Kephart
ISBN-13: 9780688172282, ISBN-10: 0688172288
Format: Paperback
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: October 1999
Edition: 1 ED
Beth Kephart was nominated for a National Book Award for her memoir A Slant of Sun. Her first novel for teens, Undercover, received four starred reviews and was named a Best Book by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Amazon.com. In 2005 Beth was awarded the Speakeasy Poetry Prize.
At a time when as many as one in five children face the challenge of growing up with a behavioral disorder, more and more parents are finding themselves at a loss to know how best to raise their children.
"Beth Kephart . . . is a gifted, even poetic writer."
preface | 9 |
dancing | 15 |
reaching for my son | 27 |
hat tricks | 36 |
hard knocks | 43 |
where silence starts | 51 |
diagnosis | 64 |
aftermath | 77 |
looking for help | 78 |
one sudden, quiet knowing | 99 |
working it out | 107 |
houseguest | 120 |
waiting for the red baron | 127 |
afternoon concert, minor keys | 136 |
competing wisdoms | 146 |
child's play | 153 |
moving on | 160 |
the farmer in the dell | 174 |
wings | 185 |