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The Ten-Cent Boy and the Brooklyn Dime Contributor(s): DeLaney, W. (Author), de Cuir, Gabrielle (Read by) |
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ISBN: 150467071X ISBN-13: 9781504670715 Publisher: Skyboat Media
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Compact Disc - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: November 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Love & Romance - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
Age Level: 12-17 |
Grade Level: 7-12 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.2" W x 5.7" L (0.35 lbs) |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship |
Features: Price on Product, Unabridged |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Blanche Bianco, a fifteen-year-old girl, reluctantly transfers to a high school 250 miles north of Brooklyn, where her mother was educated. Her parents are concerned about her slipping grades and problems with drugs, arrests, and pregnancy at her Brooklyn school. Beautiful in a flashy sort of way and with a Brooklyn accent, she thinks she's an outcast. Then she meets Ken, a student athlete of unexpected quality but limited means because of a broken home.Blanche doesn't treat Ken differently just because he is poor, and they quickly forge a strong relationship--one that cracks when Blanche returns to Brooklyn High School of the Arts for her senior year before enrolling at the Brooklyn College of Performing Arts. Ken gets a lacrosse scholarship to Maritime College in the Bronx with Blanche's help and tries to maintain contact with her, but their relationship is severed when Blanche transfers to Pace University and subsequently gets a movie contract requiring she go to Los Angeles. The only viable link between them lies with Blanche's parents.Having not seen each other for three years, Ken and Blanche meet in the summer and spend five days together. But when Blanche is engaged to a Hollywood producer as a publicity stunt, she becomes concerned that Ken will do something violent. |
Contributor Bio(s): DeLaney, W.: - W. DeLaney is a retired ophthalmologist living in upstate New York. The Ten-Cent Boy and the Brooklyn Dime is his first novel. De Cuir, Gabrielle: -Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narration, has narrated over two hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her "velvet touch" as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities. |
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