Crosses Resources & Further Study

This Study Guide consists of approximately 20 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Crosses.

Crosses Resources & Further Study

This Study Guide consists of approximately 20 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Crosses.
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Campbell, Patty. "Sand in the Oyster." The Horn Book (July-August 1995): 495-498.

Review primarily of Weird on the Outside which discusses the writing of Crosses based on an interview with Stoehr.

Gill, David. "Shelley Stoehr." In Writers for Young Adults. New York: Scribner, 2000.

Long analytical article reviewing each Stoehr novel, as well as themes, style, and structure.

Jenkinson, David. "Portraits: Shelley Stoehr."

Emergency Librarian (September-October 1995): 61-64. Profile of the author.

Lesesne, Teri S. "Forget-Me-Nots: Books Worth a Second Look." ALAN Review (winter 1998): 52-54. A look at books which were overlooked when first published, including Crosses. Short discussion of the title and author notes that "Stoehr manages to create characters readers care about, characters who are fully three dimensional."

MacRae, Cathi Dunn. "The Young Adult Perplex." Wilson Library Bulletin (February 1992): 86-87. Looks at Crosses along with non-fiction book Teenage Wasteland: Suburbia's Dead End Kids. Emphasis is...

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