| Undercover Contributor(s): Kephart, Beth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061238953 ISBN-13: 9780061238956 Publisher: Harperteen OUR PRICE: $8.54 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2009 Annotation: Elisa Cantors love poems are famous, but never attributed to their true author. Theyre signed by the boys at Elisas high school, who flock to her seeking her verses to woo their girlfriends. When Theo Moses asks for a poem to court Lila, that request sets off a chain of unexpected events for Elisa. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Young Adult Fiction | Girls & Women - Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings - Young Adult Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.06" W x 7.12" (0.40 lbs) 304 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 118253 Reading Level: 5.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Like a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac, Elisa ghostwrites love notes for the boys in her school. But when Elisa falls for Theo Moses, things change fast. Theo asks for verses to court the lovely Lila--a girl known for her beauty, her popularity, and a cutting ability to remind Elisa that she has none of these. At home, Elisa's father, the one person she feels understands her, has left on an extended business trip. As the days grow shorter, Elisa worries that the increasingly urgent letters she sends her father won't bring him home. Like the undercover agent she feels she has become, Elisa retreats to a pond in the woods, where her talent for ice-skating gives her the confidence to come out from under cover and take center stage. But when Lila becomes jealous of Theo's friendship with Elisa, her revenge nearly destroys Elisa's ice-skating dreams and her plan to reunite her family. National Book Award nominee Beth Kephart's first young adult novel is a stunning debut. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kephart, Beth: - Beth Kephart was nominated for a National Book Award for her memoir A Slant of Sun. Her first novel for teens, Undercover, received four starred reviews and was named a Best Book by Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Amazon.com. In 2005 Beth was awarded the Speakeasy Poetry Prize. She has also written Into the Tangle of Friendship: A Memoir of the Things That Matter; Still Love in Strange Places: A Memoir; Ghosts in the Garden: Reflections on Endings, Beginnings, and the Unearthing of Self; Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia's Schuylkill River; Zenobia: The Curious Book of Business; and House of Dance. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family. |