Norma fox mazer silver

Jane silver is younger, prettier, harder working, and poorermaking just enough money cleaning houses for her and sarabeth to live in a little trailer. Norma fox mazer is currently considered a single author. But you will soon realize that there is a lot more to this story than you think. Facts on the author norma mazer had battles, due to the fowl language she used in her books, and had many of her books arrested. Norma fox mazer grew up in glens falls, new york, in the foothills of the adirondack mountains and attended both antioch and syracuse universities. She was born in new york city but grew up in glens falls, new york, with parents michael and jean garlan fox. Novelist norma fox mazer of montpelier remembered news. Silver norma fox mazer paperback book young adult fiction. Its a story of happiness, hatred, and a secret that is more painful than anything youve ever known. Babyface norma fox mazer acceptable condition massmarket paperback. Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing. Norma fox mazer books list of books by author norma fox. Norma fox mazer is an awardwinning novelist and a faculty member for the vermont college mfa in writing for children and young adults program. Norma fox mazer 1931 biography personal, career, honors.

Mazer s keen eye for what is important makes her one of the finest, most tunedin youngadult authors around. It is about a girl named sarabeth silver who lived in morrisview central and has to leave everything, and move to roadview trailer park. Fiction, friendship, sexual abuse, juvenile fiction, child sexual abuse, child molesting. Ages 10 and up in the sequel to silver, norma fox mazer explores the universal adolescent struggle for individuation in a poignant comingofage novel. Norma fox mazer silver paperback book young adult fiction. Norma fox mazer, of montpelier, is being remembered as an awardwinning novelist for young people whose work helped illuminate many dark corners of adolescence, exploring subjects like poverty, betrayal, abandonment and loss. Norma fox mazer books, author biography, and reading level. Norma fox mazer may 15, 1931 october 17, 2009 was an american author and teacher, best known for her books for children and young adults. Together with her husband, harry mazer, also an author of young adult novels, she had a distinguished career that spanned over 40 years and included 33 books and many awards, among them a newberry honor, the christopher award, two lewis carroll shelf awards, an edgar, and a national book award nomination.

Girlhearts unflinchingly explores the unthinkable, refusing to drift into sentimentality or easy fixes. The book i craved for christmas 00 nestles besides the prescribed reading for my undergraduate degree, mapping my literary. The book silverby norma fox mazer is a wonderful, sensitive, and meaningful friendship story. She and her husband, harry mazer, whom she met when she was 15, have four children. Sarabeth silver is a young adult girl who lives in a trailer.

Norma fox mazer books list of books by author norma fox mazer. Norma fox mazer may 15, 1931 october 17, 2009 was an american author and teacher. Unlike silver, girlhearts concentrates less on sarabeths relationship with her friends and more on her relationship with the adults in her life. Fiction, friendship, sexual abuse, juvenile fiction, child sexual abuse, child molesting, child abuse, divorce. Her novels, including missing pieces, out of control, girlhearts, and the newbery honor book after the rain, are critically acclaimed and popular among young readers for their portrayal of teens. Norma fox mazer was an american author and teacher, best known for her books for children and young adults. She died a week ago saturday at her home in montpelier at the age of 78. In the sad, shabby trailer where em thurkill lived.

Norma fox mazer primary author only author division. Norma fox mazer passed away on october 17, 2009 after a. This slim volume, and the voice of the main character, might seem very young when compared to the ya literature of today. Silver deals with some challenging subject matter sexual abuse as well as class issues with surprising maturity. That adolescent me, the girl who was, as i remember her, insecure, unsure, dreaming, yearning, longing, that girl who was hard on herself, who was cowardly and brave, who was confused and determinedthat girl who was mestill exists. Silver sarabeth, book 1 by norma fox mazer fantastic fiction. Ages 10 and up in the sequel to silver, norma fox mazer explores the universal adolescent struggle.

Silver mass market paperback 1 july 1995 by norma fox mazer author. Norma fox mazer, 78, who wrote novels for young adults. My mother is determined that i will have a wonderful life better than her own. She was born in new york city but grew up in glens falls, new york, with parents. Continuing the story of sarabeth begun in silver, awardwinning novelist norma fox mazer plumbs the depths of adolescent souls. In the book silver, by norma fox mazer, the main characters are sarabeth silver, patty lewis, grant varrow and mark embelsky. Publication date 1989 topics friendship, child molesting, friendship, child sexual abuse publisher. Silver by norma fox mazer a readers first impression of silver by norma fox mazer will probably be that the story is about a mother daughter relationship. In girlhearts, after the demise of her witty and enthusiastic mother, sarabeth tries to live on her. Norma fox mazer may 15, 1931 october 17, 2009 was an author and teacher, known for her books for children and young adults. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.

Sarabeth silver is a great character, faced with the death of her mother, loneliness, a home, her friends, school, and her new family. Silver is a book written by norma fox mazer with a lexile level of 520l. Publication date 1989 topics friendship, child molesting, friendship, child sexual abuse publisher new york. Her novels featured credible young characters confronting difficult situations such as family separation and death. Norma fox mazer, author of young adult literature, died on october 17, 2009, of brain cancer. Despite their different backgrounds, sarabeth, a teenager living with her mother in a trailer and transferring to a new. There is a semilove interest in this, but hes not given much book time. My mother is determined that i will have a wonderful life better than her own i guess she can t imagine what it is like for me, a kid from a trailer park, to transfer to the junior high school where all the rich kids go the kind of kids who come from homes where my mother works as a cleaning woman. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. But somehow, miraculously, i ve become part of a little clique ofmy mother is determined that i.

This slim volume, and the voice of the main character, might seem very young when compared to the ya. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Sarabeth silver isnt rich, so shes thrilled when different students seek her friendship, but she learns a lesson in appearances and true friendship. Norma fox mazer 1931 biography personal, career, honors awards, writings, adaptations, work in progress, sidelights born 1931, in new york, ny. Silver norma fox mazer good condition massmarket paperback. Girlhearts is the story of a perceptive yearold whose world suddenly unravels with the death of her only surviving parent. See all books authored by norma fox mazer, including the missing girl, and after the rain, and more on. Oct 25, 2009 norma fox mazer, an awardwinning novelist for young people whose work helped illuminate many dark corners of adolescence, exploring subjects like poverty, betrayal, abandonment and loss, died on. This study guide consists of approximately 59 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of after the rain. Buy a cheap copy of silver book by norma fox mazer. Junior arjun june 18, 2008 10th literaturecomposition 2. Her books have received a newbery honor, a christopher award, an edgar allan poe award for best juvenile mystery, a national book award nomination, and other honors.

Buy silver book online at low prices in india silver. This item will ship to united states, but the seller has not specified shipping options. Norma fox mazer s silver is an interesting testament to a different era of young adult literature. I guess she cant imagine what it is like for me, a kid from a trailer park, to transfer to the junior high school where all the rich kids go the kind of kids who.

New york public library books for the teenage list, 1984, for downtown, 1989, for silver, 1990, for heartbeat and for. After the rain by norma fox mazer book 32 editions published between 1987 and 2005 in english and german and held by 2,792 worldcat member libraries worldwide. Norma fox mazer 19312009 grew up in glens falls, new york, in the foothills of the adirondack mountains. Her novels featured credible characters confronting situations such as family separation and death. Norma fox mazer s remarkable story of two sisters fighting to survive against a world without caring, reissued in a 10th anniversary paperback edition, to coincide with mazer s new novel in hardcover. Fish, ape, and me, the dump queen, after the rain, taking terri mueller, i, trissy, the missing girl, downtown. Norma fox mazers silver is yet another quality effort in an already exemplary career.

Check out our giveaways and exclusive cover reveals for. The book is about a teen girl who lives in a trailer park and moves to a school full of rich. Norma fox mazer, who lives in montpelier, vermont, has written nearly thirty novels and shortstory collections for young adults. Silver by norma fox mazer 1989, paperback for sale. Norma fox mazer despite their different backgrounds, sarabeth, a teenager living with her mother in a trailer and transferring to a new school, makes friends with grant and her affluent friends, including troubled. Silver deals with some challenging subject matter sexual abuse as well as class issues. Harper collins, oct 2, 1989 juvenile fiction 202 pages. She isnt driven to school in her dads new bentley from their multipleroomed mansion, and allowed to go out on shopping sprees with her friends. Norma fox mazer, an awardwinning novelist for young people whose work helped illuminate many dark corners of adolescence, exploring subjects like. Silver norma fox mazer paperback book young adult fiction newbery honor.

Sarabeth silver is a simple girl who lives in a trailer park with her mom. In the end, i did find out and decided to read this book. Norma fox mazer passed away on october 17, 2009 after a battle with cancer. Silver by norma fox mazer and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Ages 10 and up n the sequel to silver, norma fox mazer explores the universal adolescent struggle for individuation in a poignant comingofage novel.