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2 reviews
Will Weaver

Square Fish, 2009

Courtesy of Teens Read Too
It's not NASCAR or the Indy 500. It is small town, dirt track racing. There's dust in the air, and colorful characters racing their cars around the track. There's plenty of competition, an intense desire to win, and enough mystery and intrigue to keep even non-racing fans on the edge of their seats. SATURDAY NIGHT DIRT is set at Headwaters Speedway in Minnesota. Mel Walters and her father, ...

Claws

25 reviews
Will Weaver

HarperTeen, 2003

A Great Read
This book will deeply touch anyone who reads this book. As you read the book you become the characters and feel their same feelings. By the time you come to the ending you will be amazed at your feelings. I recommend this book to anyone. To find out more about this book read the other reviews, this is truly an ideal book.

Sweet Land: New and Selected Stories

4 reviews
Will Weaver

Borealis Books, 2006

Our book club loved this book!
Will Weaver - what an interesting writer! His word pictures and the way he presents his characters are intriguing. Each story in Sweet Land has a different flavor; some thought provoking and some hysterically funny! Our book club will be adding Will Weaver to our "must read" lists!

Full House

1 review
Pete Hautman, Francine P. Pascal, ...

Putnam Juvenile, 2007

Full house - Full of great stories!
I was lucky enough to get the ARC of this book and wanted to come and review it for others who are considering purchasing it. With story contributions by many of today's prominent YA authors, Pete Hautman puts them together in this collection of stories which have poker as the central theme. We have "Poker for the Complete Idiot" by KL Going which features a hot-shot kid who thinks that ...

Full Service

3 reviews
Will Weaver

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2008

Richie's Picks: FULL SERVICE
" 'No, no, no,' she said impatiently, wiping her hands and turning down her radio, 'a real summer job--full-time. One where you could meet the public.' "I glanced quickly through the screen door. 'What about Father?' " 'I'll talk with him.' "I shrugged. 'Yeah, well, what about the others?' " 'For once let's not worry about the others,' she said. She turned back to her dishes, and her hands ...

A Gravestone Made of Wheat

5 reviews
Will Weaver

Simon & Schuster, 1989

Response to author on-line interview
I just finished reading the author interview listed under Will Weaver; however, the interview published is NOT Will Weaver of Minnesota. It is William Woy Weaver. The Weaver who wrote the Billy Baggs series, Gravestone... and Red Earth, White Earth is William Weller Weaver. Thought you might want to know to correct this. I am his sister and know his name and background. I didn't know how ...

Striking Out

10 reviews
Will Weaver

Demco Media, 1995

If you like Baseball you must read this Book
A boy and his brother live on a farm with their parents in a small town. One day the main character goes and works in a field on their farm. His little brother wants to join him so he comes and gets on the tractor with his older brother. The little boy wants to drive but his older brother won't let him so he tries anyway. He falls backwards off of the tractor and dies because he gets tore up in a ...

Barns of Minnesota (Minnesota Byways)

2 reviews
Will Weaver

Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2005

Living in a Barn
We live in a Yankee Barn Home in Minnesota that is constructed from 150-100 year old timbers from old barns and industrial buildings from the east coast. As such, we are fascinated with the tradition and long standing barns across this great nation. BARNS of MINNESOTA captures the essence of the old barns in this great state of ours. We purchased this book along with the BACKROADS of MINENESOTA ...

Farm Team

18 reviews
Will Weaver

Demco Media, 1999

Farm Team
A young boy starts a team. It all starts when a dealer sells his mom a bad car and his dad gets mad. The father goes to jail, so the mom works in towm and the son takes care the farm.They start a team on the farm. WANT TO READ MORE???? Read farm team.

Red Earth, White Earth

4 reviews
Will Weaver

Macmillan, 1987

Favorite book ever!
For many reasons, this is the best book I've ever read. Not only does the story take me through a gamut of emotions, but I love Will Weaver's writing and descriptions. He describes everyday things in ways that sound unique and lyrical. I have read this book several times and enjoy it more each time. Don't miss out on this one!

On the Fringe

13 reviews
Chris Crutcher, Ron Koertge, ...

Dial, 2001

A Great Book for Sharing
I used selections from this collection as read-alouds for my 8th grade language arts class (I end class most days with a read-aloud, while students keep a response journal). Because of the subject matter, these stories definitely engage the students and keep their attention. Do they all "get" the message? No, but I guarantee that when you look around the room and see the eyes of those two or ...

Claws
Will Weaver

Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2004

Memory Boy

21 reviews
Will Weaver

HarperTeen, 2001

You can learn a lot from your elders
I didn't grow up with computers. I was out of high school when the first video games (Atari) hit the market. Air Conditioning was something for rich people and corporations. I saw my first Mall at the age of 16. How did I survive in a low tech world? How will you survive in a post-apocolypse world? Even though Will Weaver paints a 'temporarily' grim picture brought on by a natural disaster, ...

Claws
Will Weaver

Harpercollins Childrens Books, 2004

Hard Ball

19 reviews
Will Weaver, Michael Koelsch

HarperTeen, 1999

my review on hard ball
I think you should read this book because it teaches you not to like someone just becausewhere they come from. It's about a fram boy that has to leave in the city for a week and acity kid that has to live in the city so they can paly for there baseball team at school.which they both fight over a girl which you tries to protect the other one and one tries to go out with her. over the week there ...

Defect

3 reviews
Will Weaver

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007

Courtesy of Teens Read Too
David is more than just odd, or strange, or different. David is kind of a genetic anomaly, truly a freak of nature. His "hearing aids" actually minimize sound, under his hat are bat-like ears, and under his sweatshirt, well, that's the craziest part of all. David actually has wings. Not big feathery things, but a thin layer of tissue that allows him to coast through the air if he jumps from a ...

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