false 166999 8 Colleen Minou is a hard-core stoner, a girl whose motto is, "I'll get high and do anything." Ben Bancroft is a movie-addicted preppie who suffers from cerebral palsy, "the resident spaz, invisible as the sign that says NO RUNNING, the one no one pays attention to." Together, they form the most unlikely couple since Dharma and Greg. He's Brooks Brothers, she's Salvation Army. He's never even smoked a cigarette, she's got 20 different chemicals running through her veins. But when these two lonely teens meet one night at Ben's favorite hang, the Rialto (a classic film theatre that "smells like butter from the Paleozoic"), sparks fly. At least for Ben they do. Maybe it's because Colleen's the first girl to ever really notice him, to have the nerve to tease him about his disability instead of pretend it's not there. For once, Ben is actually more interested in his real life than a movie. Colleen takes him clubbing, lights his first joint, even challenges him to direct his own movie. But when Ben, in turn, dares her to stay straight, Colleen admits that, despite his devotion, she still needs the drugs to "smooth out the edges." Is Ben capable of convincing her otherwise? If not, how will he ever be cured of his Colleen addiction?<p> Author of the acclaimed <I>Brimstone Journals</I>, Ron Koertge's wry depiction of this car wreck of a relationship is sharply observed and wholly original. Teen readers will have a tough time turning the last page of this oddly endearing, screwball love story. (Ages 13 and older) <I>--Jennifer Hubert</I> 2568568 2002 Stoner & Spaz total:456|5:104|4:156|3:138|2:41|1:17| 456 1657 680 90 1 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 23 13:39:41 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 15:46:52 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 05:50:34 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 06:13:02 -0700 2009 By Ron Koertge

This book is nonfiction. Its about a kid named joe who has cerebal palsy and falls in love with a girl who is a pothead named colleen. When he first meets her he thinks that she is the most beautiful thing the has ever seen. The goes out of his way just t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jan 27 10:19:56 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 11:32:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 12 19:19:07 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 19:19:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 23 05:10:03 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 18:50:13 -0800 2008
Buku ini bercerita tentang Benjamin Bancroft, anak sekolah menengah yang menderita cerebral...more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 22 14:23:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 14:24:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Aug 09 17:36:35 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 17:36:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 26 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 09:18:17 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 06:37:54 -0700 2009 1 Stoner & Spaz
Ron Koertge
Candlewick Press, 2004, 174, $6.99
Handicaps, Drugs, Teenagers, Relationships, Family Dynamics
ISBN: 9780763621506

Stoner&Spaz is a fast-paced story about a young man, Ben, with cerebral palsy who meets and interacts with a girl, Colleen, ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 12 07:38:14 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 19 06:55:33 -0800 2009 Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist and has fascinating characters in Ben and Colleen. I felt it had a coming of age type theme and style, akin to Judy Blume's Forever fro...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 20:10:48 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 19:46:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Mar 06 18:23:41 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 18:24:56 -0800 2008
Ron Koertge knows how people -- espec...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Feb 11 08:48:22 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 14 16:45:30 -0800 2008 offend or worry his grandmother, with whom he lives. However, one night, while out at the movies, Ben runs into Colleen, a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 10:28:21 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 19:37:08 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Mar 15 20:54:55 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 06 19:23:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 06 15:25:36 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 15:26:04 -0700 2008 One day when at the movies, Ben is accosted by the local druggie Colleen. Through a series of incidents at the theater a strange friendship is formed. Ben is charmed by her willingness to touch him, as many of those around him don’t understand his ce...more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 22 18:41:13 -0700 2009 Fri May 22 19:06:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 07:32:22 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 23 07:40:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 10:51:32 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 19 12:02:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Feb 18 06:30:24 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 06:32:06 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:47:37 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 08:50:45 -0700 2009 The young man in the book has cerebral palsy, hence the spaz in the title.]]>