Carly's Buck

by C.S. Adler

A tragic accident forces Carly to reconsider the righteous anger she feels toward her father and her new boyfriend and acknowledge that she herself is not without guilt

Genres: Fiction, Childrens

167 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1987

About the author

C.S. (Carole) Adler moved to Tucson, Arizona, after spending most of her life in upstate New York. She was an English teacher at Niskayuna Middle School for nearly a decade. She is a passionate tennis player, grandmother, and nature lover, and has been a full-time writer since the publication of her first book,The Magic of the Glits, in 1979. That book won both the William Allen White Award and the Golden Kite Award.

Her bookThe Shell Lady’s Daughter was chosen by the A.L.A. as a best young adult book of l983. With Westie and the Tin Man won the Children’s Book Award of the Child Study Committee in l986, and that committee has commended many of Adler’s books. Split Sisters in l987 and Ghost Brother in 1991 were I.R.A. Children’s Choices selections. One Sister Too Many was on the 1991 Young Adults’ Choices list. Always and Forever Friends and Eddie’s Blue Winged Dragon were on a 1991 I.R.A. 99 Favorite Paperbacks list.

Many of her books have been on state lists and have also been published in Japan, Germany, England, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, and France.

Reviews

[Catherine Mustread · Rating 3 out of 5]

Grade 4+. Carly befriends a wild deer as hunting season approaches and tries to cope with her mother's death.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a good read.