• children's spring/summer 2011 - Chronicle Books

Spinning Out
By David Stahler Jr.
OLDER READERS
High school senior Frenchy has little ambition beyond hanging out at the
smoking rock until his best friend, the ever-witty and conniving Stewart,
gets him to try out for Man of la Mancha. To everyone’s surprise, the guys
are a hit. But when Stewart’s antics begin to grow more obsessive—he wears
his costume 24/7, freaks out about little details, and displays an incessant
hatred of the high-tech windmills outside of town—Frenchy worries that
there’s something deeper going on. Is Stewart spiraling into madness, just
like Don Quixote? And can Frenchy battle through his own demons in time
to save his friend from self-destruction before it’s too late?
David Stahler Jr., is the author of several novels for young adults. He teaches high school English
in the mountains of northern Vermont.
Spinning Out
$16.99 US
HC • 978-0-8118-7780-0
5∞ x 8ø in, 288 pages,
Rights: NAM
Guided Reading Level: Z+
Ages 12 and up • JUNE
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Two slackers turn their high
school musical upside down.
Then their lives are turned
inside out.
My father had answered the call to service,
to discipline and dedication. And now it
was my turn. Of course, he’d gone to war—
two wars, actually, both in the Gulf. Me?
I was in a fruity play.
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