An Egg on Three Sticks

Finally Abby is thirteen. A real teenager who only wants to pierce her ears, have a boyfriend, and run her own life. But when her mother suffers a nervous breakdown, Abby faces a life far different from what she hoped for. Set in the Bay Area in the '70s, An Egg on Three Sticks is Jackie Moyer Fischer's emotional, funny, and extraordinarily heartfelt novel about Abby's struggle to hold her family together, find love from a mother who has little to give, and simply try to be thirteen.

With a voice completely fresh and honest, Abby takes us on a journey that is often hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, and overwhelmingly hopeful. But a journey no thirteen-year-old should have to take.

Author: Jackie Fischer
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 05/01/2004
Pages: 309
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780312317751

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 78761 / Egg on Three Sticks


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 04/01/2004 pg. 328
Booklist 05/01/2004 pg. 1544
School Library Journal 07/01/2004 pg. 105
Kliatt 07/01/2004 pg. 17
Booksense '76 May 2004 05/01/2004 pg. 1
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2004 pg. 381
Booklist Editors Choice/Adult 01/15/2005 pg. 771
Booklist Ed Choice Adu Bk YA's 01/01/2005 pg. 771

About the Author

Jackie Moyer Fischer grew up in Saratoga, California, and McMinnville, Oregon. She graduated from Oregon State University (English) and Lewis and Clark Northwestern School of Law (J.D). She now lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband and too many cats. She has made peace with the rain and now prefers it to sunshine.