Mark Goldblatt

Twerp

1 - Twerp (Jun-2013)
2 - Finding the Worm (Feb-2015)

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  Might As Well Be Dead
  

  • May-2023
  • / General Fiction
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  Thirteen-year-old David Salmon is getting over his mom's sudden decision to pick up and leave. He seems to be adjusting fairly well, but then a strange thing happens. He meets a middle-aged Englishman named Winston outside his house. David suspects t...

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  Finding the Worm
  

  • Feb-2015
  • / General Fiction
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  Twerp - 2
  

  Finding the Worm is a sequel that stands on its own--an unforgettable coming-of-age story about life, loss, and friendship. Perfect for fans of The Sandlot and readers who love books by Jennifer L. Holm, Andrew Clements, and Rebecca Stead. It’s...

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  Twerp
  

  • Jun-2013
  • / General Fiction
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  Twerp - 1
  

  It's not like I meant for Danley to get hurt. . . . Julian Twerski isn't a bully. He's just made a big mistake. So when he returns to school after a weeklong suspension, his English teacher offers him a deal: if he keeps a journal and writes about...

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  The Unrequited
  

  • May-2013
  • / Mystery
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  Two rival tabloid reporters Calvin Hooker and Jewel Parsons set out for Elizabethtown a sleepy hamlet in upstate New York to write separate stories about Daniel Lockett a confessed killer rapist who castrated himself in prison. Lockett has been pa...

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  Sloth
  

  • May-2010
  • / Literary
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  "Have you ever tried to convince someone you weren't crazy?" So begins the seduction journal of the unnamed narrator of Sloth. It's not a mere hypothetical because he's fallen in love with a TV exercise girl named Holly Servant; he must convince her ...

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  Africa Speaks
  

  • Feb-2002
  • / General Fiction
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  An anonymous white sociologist conducts a series of weekly interviews with Africa Ali, in which the twenty-three-year-old black man discusses his adventures, loves, beliefs, and the "dawgs" in the 149th Street Crew he calls family....

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