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Author: W DeLaney ,
Gabrielle de Cuir
Publisher: Skyboat Media
Imprint: Skyboat Media
Edition: Unabridged edition
Dimensions:
Width: 13.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 14.50cm
Weight: 0.159kg
ISBN: 9781504670715
ISBN 10: 150467071
Publication Date: 10 November 2015
Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
'Brooklyn Dime' is slang for a girl who is a perfect ten, a knockout, as William Delaney reveals in the author's note in his debut The Ten-Cent Boy and the Brooklyn Dime...The title hints at the uneven match between the central pair...The course of their on-again, off-again relationship echoes classic love stories...Ken is an appealing main character...[and] Delaney successfully imitates the Brooklyn accent and nineties teen-speak, throwing in some enjoyable one-liners...The novel works well as a canny examination of relationships...By appropriating the classic themes of chastened female sexuality and delayed romantic gratification, Delaney makes subtle allusions to Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and Jane Austen's Emma. This solid teen novel should appeal to fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell. -- Clarion Reviews
"'Brooklyn Dime' is slang for a girl who is a perfect ten, a knockout, as William Delaney reveals in the author's note in his debut The Ten-Cent Boy and the Brooklyn Dime...The title hints at the uneven match between the central pair...The course of their on-again, off-again relationship echoes classic love stories...Ken is an appealing main character...[and] Delaney successfully imitates the Brooklyn accent and nineties teen-speak, throwing in some enjoyable one-liners...The novel works well as a canny examination of relationships...By appropriating the classic themes of chastened female sexuality and delayed romantic gratification, Delaney makes subtle allusions to Charles Dickens' Great Expectations and Jane Austen's Emma. This solid teen novel should appeal to fans of John Green and Rainbow Rowell. -- ""Clarion Reviews"""
Author Information
W. DeLaney is a retired ophthalmologist living in upstate New York. The Ten-Cent Boy and the Brooklyn Dime is his first novel. Gabrielle de Cuir, award-winning narrator, has narrated over three hundred titles and specializes in fantasy, humor, and titles requiring extensive foreign language and accent skills. She was a cowinner of the Audie Award for best narration in 2011 and a three-time finalist for the Audie and has garnered six AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her ""velvet touch"" as an actor's director has earned her a special place in the audiobook world as the foremost producer for bestselling authors and celebrities.
