Perkins, Lynne Rae        <br/><br/>
Criss cross  
Lynne Rae Perkins 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York   Greenwillow Books  2005. 
 - 337 p.   ill. ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0060092726 (trade) 0060092734 (lib. bdg.) 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780060092733 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004054023 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Newbery Medal.<br/>Newbery Medal--2006.<br/>Identity (Philosophical concept)--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Nineteen sixties--Juvenile fiction.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.P4313  / Cr 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>jPer   17