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Paul Volponi's Books
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The Hand You're DealtPaul Volponi’s novel about grief, family, and poker is an adrenaline rush that starts with a bang and doesn’t let up until the final page is...Read More -
HomestretchIn Paul Volponi's Homestretch, a runaway boy finds everything he needs, including a family, in the most unlikely of places--at a racetrack.Read More
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New York Times, March 9, 2012
...basketball, along with all the armchair philosophy that colors it, taught me the world. THE FINAL FOUR By Paul Volponi 244 pp. Viking. $16.99. (Young adult; ages 12 and up) BOY21 By Matthew Quick 250 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $17.99. (Young adult;...
School Library Journal, February 7, 2012
...such as James Proimos’s 12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn (Roaring Brook, 2011) and Paul Volponi’s Hurricane Song (Viking, 2008). Should we really worry about the number of pages in a book? As Audrey Eaglen, the author of Buying Books: A...
Wicked Local Weymouth, November 8, 2011
...email to weymouthlibraryfriends@yahoo.com. Breaking Boundaries meeting The Breaking Boundaries Book Club will discuss “Black and White” by Paul Volponi Nov. 25 and finish with “Luna” by Julie Anne Peters Dec. 28. To register, call Maura Deedy at...
CBS MoneyWatch, July 19, 2011
...about a teenage girl who is nearly raped by her best friend’s boyfriend. 8. Rikers High by Paul Volponi. The story tracks a juvenile delinquent’s time in jail after being sent there for telling an undercover cop where to buy weed. 9. The Tattoo...
Your Nabe, June 9, 2011
...Paul Volponi, a former Rikers Island teacher, discusses his novel about racism in the city legal system By Rich Bockmann Thursday, June 9, 2011 11:12 AM EDT Comment (No comments...
School Library Journal, February 7, 2012
...such as James Proimos’s 12 Things to Do Before You Crash and Burn (Roaring Brook, 2011) and Paul Volponi’s Hurricane Song (Viking, 2008). Should we really worry about the number of pages in a book? As Audrey Eaglen, the author of Buying Books: A...
Abby the Librarian, October 6, 2011
...that have come out for kids and teens over the past few years. There was Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi, which put teenage Miles in the middle of the Superdome. There was the superb Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes, which painted a sensory picture of...
