Sarah Honenberger's Blog - Posts Tagged "coming-of-age"

Just received the wonderful letter from The Library of Virginia that Catcher, Caught is a nominee for their 2010 Fiction award. Now, we have to see who the competition is ... and pray.
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Published on March 01, 2011 07:26 • 35 views • Tags: best-sellers, classics, coming-of-age, holden-caulfield, literary-fiction
$$$$$$$$$$ ME TO YOU: B & N Gift card ($50) and a first edition copy of CATCHER, CAUGHT

YOU TO ME: Post a TWITTER, Goodreads and/or FB message to your friends "READ the best-selling novel CATCHER, CAUGHT." (Add the link below)
Be sure your friends send me a message that has your first name and Catcher, Caught in the message.
(IE Ben says I should read the best-seller Catcher, Caught)

The first one who gets 100 of their friends to add themselves as FANS to the CATCHER, CAUGHT FB page will win BUT there is a proviso/condition to win.

PROVISO: BONUS $$ If any of the messages/posts with your first name say which character first says "LIFE IS GLORIOUS." Catcher, Caught

And be sure you friend me here on Goodreads and put in your friend request to me that you are doing the contest for Catcher, Caught. Catcher, Caught
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Published on March 03, 2011 06:42 • 60 views • Tags: adult-books-for-ya, catcher-caught, coming-of-age, contest, dollars, holden-caulfield, leukemia, young-adult
Here's the link to sone photo shots of the filming in Central park for the movie from Foer's book. http://www.monstersandcritics.com/peo...

I've been doing reading survey of books with teenage protagonists because of 16 year-old Daniel in Catcher, Caught. (So I can talk intelligently about my program on April 17 on "YA OR NOT: That is the question" at Charlottesville, VA WriterHouse at 7 pm.
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Published on April 02, 2011 08:24 • 68 views • Tags: catcher-caught, coming-of-age, holden-caulfield, honenberger, teenagers
I may be particularly tuned in lately to teenage boys after my own novel CATCHER, CAUGHT but Emma Rathbone's PATTERNS OF PAPER MONSTERS evokes the world of juvey in an accessible and realistic story about 17 year-old Jacob who's tendency to violence stems from his anger at the world and his mother's boyfriend. The 'kids' in this book are so real and the adults who want to help so fairly portrayed despite the disrespect Jacob has for them, it will appeal to adult and teenage readers. And Rathbone works magic with words, amazing descriptions of buildings "the cartilage" and people "once they've reached the end of whatever personal disppointment corridor they've started on, a secret shoved way down deep into the butt pocket of the universe. . ." WOW. The Patterns of Paper Monsters
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Published on May 12, 2011 07:56 • 61 views • Tags: abuse, coming-of-age, dysfunctional-families, juvenile-detention, teenagers