My Father's Scar: A Novel - Hardcover

Cart, Michael

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9780689807497: My Father's Scar: A Novel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 068980749X ISBN 13: 9780689807497

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1996

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Presents the poignant story of eighteen-year-old Andy Logan, who reflects on the tender moments and personal struggles he faced while growing up from a little boy, with fears and worries, to a man of independence and strength.

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Review:

""My Father's Scar takes us deep into Andy Logan's mind and heart through finely crafted metaphor and visceral drama. Like Andy who loves literature and long runs, the prose of this book is both poetic and full of physical energy." --Francesca Lia Block
"Andy's voice is authentic, and he is surrounded by well-realized minor characters...intense, but blessed with flashes of humor." --"Library Journal
"Andy's growing awareness of his gayness is handled well, with action and dialogue revealing to reader what Andy hasn't full recognized in himself...emotionally satisfying...a sensitive tale." -"-Kirkus Magazine

About the Author:

Michael Cart is a writer, a lecturer, a consultant, and a nationally recognized expert in YA literature. He is the former director of the Beverly Hills (California) Public Library and a past president of the Young Adult Library Services Association, and his column "Carte Blanche" appears monthly in Booklist magazine.

He is the author or editor of twenty books, including the gay coming-of-age novel My Father's Scar, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults; From Romance to Realism: 50 Years of Growth and Change in Young Adult Literature; and with Christine A. Jenkins The Heart Has Its Reasons, a critical history of young adult literature with gay/lesbian/queer content. His many anthologies include Love and Sex: Ten Stories of Truth, Necessary Noise: Stories About Our Families as They Really Are, and How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity.

In 2008, he became the first recipient of the YALSA/Greenwood Publishing Group Service to Young Adults Achievement Award, and in 2000, he received the Grolier Foundation Award for his contribution to the stimulation and guidance of reading by young people. Mr. Cart lives in Columbus, Indiana.

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