Kissing Doorknobs (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780440413141)

During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what?, Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen?

Then, at the age of 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's "quirks" grew and developed: arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual wherin she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs....

Author: Terry Spencer Hesser
ISBN-10: 0440413141
ISBN-13: 9780440413141
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Language: English
Published: 11/09/1999
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28514 / Kissing Doorknobs

Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/29/1999 pg. 73
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 977