Gloria D. Miklowitz (1927–2015)
Author of The War Between the Classes
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Works by Gloria D. Miklowitz
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No Easy Answers: Short Stories About Teenagers Making Tough Choices (1997) — Contributor — 152 copies, 1 review
With All My Heart, With All My Mind: Thirteen Stories About Growing Up Jewish (1999) — Contributor — 62 copies, 1 review
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- Birthdate
- 1927-05-18
- Date of death
- 2015-01-20
- Gender
- female
- Education
- University of Michigan
- Occupations
- novelist
young adult writer - Relationships
- Miklowitz, Julius (husband)
- Short biography
- From the Scholastic web site: Gloria D. Miklowitz is the author of over 60 fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Her books have won national and international awards and deal with important issues such as racial injustice, steroid abuse, date violence and militia involvement. Three of her novels were made into award-winning television specials, including one which won the Emmy for "Best Children's Special" in 1985 (The War Between the Classes). A frequent speaker at schools, Ms. Miklowitz has also taken part in conferences in the USA, South Africa and Sweden.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Pasadena, California, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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YA Story about a color war game in Name that Book (January 2013)
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This book is about 17-year-old Alex who contracted HIV through a blood transfusion, and how he, his girlfriend Shannon, his friends and his family come to terms with the implications of his illness.
I had read this when I was 11 or 12, and remembered it vividly. I read it when I was first beginning to cotton on to the fact that the world is not a thoroughly benign place, and that through sheer ignorance people can be subjected to fear, prejudice and hatred.
I was delighted to find this copy in show more a charity shop, which meant I could re-read a book I read 16 years ago. show less
I had read this when I was 11 or 12, and remembered it vividly. I read it when I was first beginning to cotton on to the fact that the world is not a thoroughly benign place, and that through sheer ignorance people can be subjected to fear, prejudice and hatred.
I was delighted to find this copy in show more a charity shop, which meant I could re-read a book I read 16 years ago. show less
Cam narrates the story of his high school senior year. Handsome and popular, he is quarterback of the school's football team and candidate for a college football scholarship if he gains 30 pounds. However, Cam's life becomes suddenly complicated: the only way he can gain that much weight is by using steroids, and he struggles with this moral dilemma. If he takes steroids, his father will be disappointed in him, but would it be worse if he didn't land the scholarship? Cam's coach encourages show more him to take the steroids, but another boy who had used them is in the hospital. Ultimately Cam must rely upon his own judgment and accept the consequences of his actions. Miklowitz brings to this timely issue her usual care in creating realistic situations and in Cam's character, a sense of honest introspection. show less
Netta, an Israeli, is troubled when her brother doesn't come home. The family had moved to Los Angeles, and had brought their knowledge of the terror of Palestinian/Israeli conflict with them, and it affected how they saw things. A Palestinian boy, who reminds her of suicide bombers, sits down, and she suddenly suspects him in her brother's disappearance. In the end of the book, Netta and her parents find out that Adam was NOT killed because he was Jewish or from Israeal. The Palestinians show more had nothing to do with his death. show less
An Israeli teenager's disappearance propels this suspenseful story that reveals some of the tensions in Israeli-Palestinian relations. The Los Angeles setting brings the conflict home to American teens; the ending is painful.
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- Works
- 66
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 1,130
- Popularity
- #22,721
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 14
- ISBNs
- 137
- Languages
- 4
- Favorited
- 1