Criss cross

Summary: She wished something would happen. Something good. To her. Checking her wish for loopholes, she found one. Hoping it wasn't too late, she thought the word soon. Meanwhile, in another part of town, he felt as if the world was opening. Life was rearranging itself; bulging in places, fraying in spots. He felt himself changing, too, but into what? So much can happen in a summer. --

Record details

ISBN: 0060092726
ISBN: 0060092734 (lib. bdg.)
ISBN: 9780060092726
Physical Description: print
337 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Greenwillow Books, [2005]
Copyright: ©2005

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	The catch -- Hector goes into a sponge state and has a satori -- Boys, dogs, science fiction -- Radio show -- Leg buds -- In the rhododendrons -- The fable of Lenny -- Easy basin wrench, or Debbie has a mechanical moment, too -- Guitar lessons -- Conversation in the dark: brilliant eskimo thoughts -- Hector's first song -- Truck lessons -- Ravine -- Japanese chapter -- Guitar progress -- Home work -- At the Tastee-freez on a Tuesday evening -- In and out of the cocoon -- Where the necklace went -- Hair -- Confession -- Wuthering heights/Popular mechanics -- The childhood friend -- Grosi -- Meanwhile -- Somewhere else -- Meanwhile, elsewhere -- Mrs. Bruning -- Elephants -- What Patty said when Debbie showed her the photo -- California of the mind -- Dan Persik's progress -- A pig roast -- Roasting the pig -- Sarong -- Flip-flop, necklace -- On the roof -- lightning bugs.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader MG+ 5.5 7 7 101361
Awards Note:	Newbery Medal, 2006