Wise Young Fool - Softcover

- Larger-than-life characters....Behind the music quest, sarcasm and pursuit of girls, however, lies a more complicated and often compelling story about family, grief and flawed coping mechanisms.---Kirkus * -Beaudoin is the Fred Astaire of comic writing, translating each sentence into a manic dance routine of half-invented jargon (-chewing the profunda-cud-) on his way to blessedly non-cloying coming-of-age glory.- --Booklist (starred review) -[Beaudoin] plays language like Hendrix plays a guitar.---BCCB -The author does a brilliant job getting into the head of a troubled teen and does not shy away from racy topics.---School Library Journal (starred review) " Larger-than-life characters....Behind the music quest, sarcasm and pursuit of girls, however, lies a more complicated and often compelling story about family, grief and flawed coping mechanisms."--Kirkus * "Beaudoin is the Fred Astaire of comic writing, translating each sentence into a manic dance routine of half-invented jargon ("chewing the profunda-cud") on his way to blessedly non-cloying coming-of-age glory." --Booklist (starred review) "[Beaudoin] plays language like Hendrix plays a guitar."--BCCB "The author does a brilliant job getting into the head of a troubled teen and does not shy away from racy topics."--School Library Journal (starred review)