Shelley Stoehr

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CREDITS: NOVELS: •Crosses (Bantam Doubleday Dell/Delacorte Press: 1991, Laurel Leaf: 1993, 1998, iUniverse: 2003) *an ALA Best Book for Young Adults *an ALA Quick Pick *an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers •Tomorrow Wendy (BDD/Delacorte Press: 1998, iUniverse: 2003) *an ALA Quick Pick *an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers *A New York Library Best Books for the Teenaged 1998 •Wannabe (BDD/Delacorte Press: 1997) •Weird on the Outside (BDD/Delacorte Press: 1995, Laurel Leaf: 1996, iUniverse: 2003) *an ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers •Saturn Returns (2003, not yet published) SHORT STORIES: •“Troll Bumps” (Love and Sex, edited by Michael Cart, Simon & Schuster: Spring, 2001) •“The Book” (Lost and Found, edited by M. Jerry and Helen S. Weiss, Tor Books: 2000)

Tomorrow Wendy

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“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes. “Stoehr displays a keen appreciation for love’s ambiguities and complexities.” (Kirkus) *An ALA Quick Pick *An ALA Recommended Book for Reluctant Young Readers *A New York Public Library Best Books for the Teenaged, 1998

Selected Works

Young Adult Fiction

Crosses
Nancy and Katie are best friends with one big thing in common -- they both cut themselves, “Not by accident, we do it purposely -- and regularly -- because physical pain is comforting, and because now it has become a habit.”

Weird on the Outside
When sixteen-year-old Tracey runs away she finds that making ends meet in New York City for a young girl with few real skills is nearly impossible. That’s when Tracey becomes Amanda, a topless dancer.

Tomorrow Wendy
“I’ve discovered that if you wear a big enough hat, no one worries much about what’s going on inside your head,” says Cary. And no one, not even her boyfriend, Danny, knows about the things inside Cary’s head. Especially the feelings she has for Wendy, a girl with bright green hair and hard-candy sadness in her eyes.

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