Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!zehntel!dual!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian From: boyajian@akov68.DEC (Jerry Boyajian) Newsgroups: net.books Subject: re: LIZARD MUSIC Message-ID: <3249@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Fri, 10-Aug-84 08:45:02 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3249 Posted: Fri Aug 10 08:45:02 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Aug-84 00:36:41 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 18 From: dartvax!chip 8-Aug-1984 19:09:16 > I have just read a book called "Lizard Music" by one D. Manus > Pinkwater. It's written for the 6-10th grade level (I imagine), > but it deserves some praise. Don D'Ammassa, who does book reviews for the SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE, always has good things to say about Pinkwater's books. If I can remember correctly, his favorite is THE SNARKOUT BOYS AND THE AVOCADO OF DEATH. Don't feel reluctant about recommending books written for children or teenagers. There are many good writers in that "field" whose books are worth reading, such as Madeleine L'Engle, Judy Blume, Norma Fox Mazer, and Richard Peck. I have a couple of shelves worth of "young adult" novels. --- jayembee (Jerry Boyajian, DEC, Maynard, MA) UUCP: {decvax|ihnp4|allegra|ucbvax|...}!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-akov68!boyajian ARPA: boyajian%akov68.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA