Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Year
2011
ISBN
9780763650810
Pages
224 pages
Genre
realism
Format
novel
Item Type
Fiction
Annotation
High schooler Ben Bancroft, a budding filmmaker with cerebral palsy, struggles to understand his relationship with drug-addict Colleen while he explores a new friendship with A.J., who shares his obsession with movies and makes a good impression on Ben's grandmother.
Grade Level
9-12
Lexile Measure
HL580L
Diversity Topics
Family Relationships; Disability and Health; Kinship care; Developmental disability; Addiction; grandparents raising grandchildren; grandmother raising grandson; child living with relatives; cerebral palsy; drug addiction; substance abuse
Main Character
male teenager
Race/Ethnicities
White
Family Formation
grandmother
Keywords
movies; filmmaker; camera; documentary; friendship; relationship; trivia; wealth; drugs
Diversity Impact
direct
STARS Citation
Koertge, Ronald, "Now Playing: Stoner & Spaz II" (2011). Diverse Families. 1660.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/diversefamilies/1660