Desdemona-Twelve Going on Desperate - Hardcover

Keller, Beverly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688060765 ISBN 13: 9780688060763

Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard, 1986

Synopsis

Calamity stalks a seventh grader in the form of social disasters, and throughout it all, to her great embarrassment, she keeps running into the most attractive boy in school

About this title

About the Author:

Beverly Keller's other books include No Beasts! No Children! and Fowl Play, Desdemona. She lives in Davis, Ca.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-7 A perfect change of pace for Anastasia Krupnik fans. This sequel to No Beasts! No Children! (Lothrop, 1983) continues the soap opera dramatics of an articulate 12 year old caught in the throes of adolescence with her impoverished psychologist father, her 5-year-old twin brother and sister, and an opinionated housekeeper. Desdemona's family is threatened with eviction from their dilapidated cottage by her best friend Sherman's father, who is running for mayor. A bottle of varnish mislabeled as shampoo sets off a steady barrage of calamities in Desdemona's life, including a hilarious party scene in which she unwittingly serves dog food instead of pate to Sherman's father's political friends. Desdemona's wry one-liners are fresh without being overly cutesy; her life is zany and appealing. There's also some food for thought here about slumlords, image-conscious politicians, and true friends. Desdemona's trials and tribulations may well develop into an appealing series. Linda Wicher, Lincolnwood Public Lib . , Ill.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0688060765
• ISBN 13: 9780688060763
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 140