false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180309769m/1023328.jpg 1023328 5 When Mike Gold has a heart attack and dies in his 1967 Firebird, the car sits in the family garage untouched for a year. May, Brooks, and Palmer Gold--all teenage girls in what May calls the "Tall, Blond, and Wonderful Family"--suffer from neglect as well when their mother goes to work overtime at the hospital to pay the bills. The three girls deal with their father's death in different ways: Brooks quits softball and starts drinking, Palmer ferociously focuses on pitching and TV, hiding her panic attacks from everyone, and May tries to keep the family together. As the family unravels, the Firebird endures. Palmer uses the back seat as a place to escape, Brooks takes it out for a spin when she's drunk (and gets arrested), and for the grand finale, the three girls take the battleship-sized car to Camden Yards to throw their father's ashes on the pitcher's mound. Fortunately, this is the act that allows the girls to start anew, like the phoenix rising.<br><br> Readers will appreciate the character of the only really steady force in this novel--the frizzy-haired, wonderfully goofy Pete Camp, May's one-time nemesis who ends up helping out the family and ultimately winning her heart. As engaging, wryly funny, and issue-rich as Ann Brashares's <I>The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants</I>, Maureen Johnson's <I>The Key to the Golden Firebird</I> will no doubt appeal to a similar audience of teens dealing with their budding sexuality, peer pressure, and much, much more. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Karin Snelson</I> 1009562 1 6 2004 The Key to the Golden Firebird total:527|5:132|4:220|3:128|2:40|1:7| 527 2011 848 71 1023328 0060541385 9780060541385 487 63 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180309769m/1023328.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1023328.The_Key_to_the_Golden_Firebird 5 1 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 16 19:01:51 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 19 15:07:17 -0700 2007 marueen johnson, though i can't quite put my finger on why. i love the relationship of the sisters, and while i wish the focus wasn't so much on may, i therefore loved whenever the others came in. poor brooks, i really wish she had her own story. and i think i ...more...]]> 409002 0060541407 9780060541408 38 7 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174505115m/409002.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/409002.The_Key_to_the_Golden_Firebird 4 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 11:38:13 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 17 11:44:01 -0700 2007
Maureen's novels are funny because she only has one protagonist. Her main girl is always introspective, too-goody-goody-for-her-own-go...more...]]> 1023328 0060541385 9780060541385 487 63 3.82 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1180309769m/1023328.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1023328.The_Key_to_the_Golden_Firebird 4 0 false Fri Jul 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:13:09 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 13:13:40 -0700 2009 http://yannabe.com/2009/07/13/review-the...

Summary: After their father’s heart attack, their mom starts working overtime and it’s up to the three Gold sisters—May, Palmer, and Brooks—to pull through it on their own.

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