Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!
Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!

Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!

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Product NameDinky Hocker Shoots Smack!
ManufacturerHarpercollins Juvenile Books
Product Number MPN0064470067
Retail Price $6.99
EAN-1409780064470063
UPC978006447006
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TitleDinky Hocker Shoots Smack!
ISBN0064470067
Author(s)M. E. Kerr
Release Date06 October, 1989, 1989-10-06
FormatPaperback
Num of Pages208
Num. of Items1
EAN9780064470063
Weight0.5 lbs.
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5 Star Rating  "Unforgettable"2009-08-18
- Reviewed By User: A1JG496IZFE661
I was playing the game Bookworm when the bonus word came up and it was "Dinky". It got me thinking about this amazing book I read at least 28 years ago. I've thought about this book off and on for years because there is no way anyone could read this book and not have it resonate even years later.

I sit here a grown woman now with my own teenager and I think about how this book addressed issues that so many kids deal with. What's so amazing is this book was written in 1972. M.E. Kerr really was in touch with her inner teenager.

Even now, thinking back on this book, I remember Dinky best, because she was the one just wanted to have attention. I remember that feeling. All the characters are memorable though.

A great book for children and one that maybe parents should read too.

 
5 Star Rating  "Brutally, beautifully honest"2009-04-26
- Reviewed By dalehrabi
The title of this book unnerved me as a kid; it sounded harsh, depressing, too big-city, too threatening. In the children's section of the library, most of the fictional kids did not shoot heroin.

Of course, that's not at all what the book's actually about, and, although Kerr's novel does involve unemployment, class anxiety, suicide, mental illness, compulsive eating, and (scariest of all) a rabidly right-wing teenager...it's extremely endearing and funny. The awkward but determined romance between Tucker Woolf and Natalie is one of the most memorable in young-adult fiction. I love this book.
 
5 Star Rating  "a very very very very very good read"2006-09-23
- Reviewed By sebasto20002002
this is a very charming tale of this mean girl who adopts this boys cat when his dad develops an allergy.he misses the cat so much he goes over to thier house all the time.one day dinky hockers[WHAT A NAME!]cousin same over and the boy and her fall in love.her name is natalia line.shes a schizophrennic who rhymes all her sentences and words when under stress.its a wonderful story that has a "to kill a mockingbird" like charm to it.not the bad stuff but the parts where the kids are just bein g kids.i fell in love with this story right away.it will always have a place in my heart.
 
5 Star Rating  "Will touch your soul"2006-05-26
- Reviewed By kwoods29
I read this book when I was in junior high school. That was over 30 years ago and I still remember it and how well I could relate to the struggles of teen life. If you are a teenager considering this book or a parent considering buying it for your child, do not hesitate. After all, though I am a pretty smart and well educated person, this is the only book (I'm serious here) that left a lasting impression on me from the K-12 years. It's gotta be special.
 
5 Star Rating  "Best of the best"2005-03-01
- Reviewed By student_sellin_books
It has been seven years since I was assigned to read this book for my eighth grade class and I stll think about it to this day. The book has a way of drawing you in to their everyday routine. I am sure I still have the book somewhere in my room, but I just can't find it.
 
5 Star Rating  "One of the best little known teen books in the world"2004-01-10
- Reviewed By ramseelbird
Books written by adults for adults that talk about politics usually want you to pigeonhole them. Once you understand the gist of the book's take on life and liberty you can decide whether or not its politics are the same as yours, thereby allowing you to instantly love it or hate it without even reading it. Books written by adults for children or teens that talk about politics also usually want you to pigeonhole them. So went my thinking until I read "Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack!". Ladies and gentlemen, I have just changed my worldview on politics in children's books. And it's all thanks to this little number.

A plot synopsis. This is a story about Tucker Woolf, his family, his friends, and his friends' families. In New York city, Tucker is fifteen years old and for the first time in his life he's seriously interested in a girl. This interest isn't without its complications. The girl, Natalia, attends a school for the mentally imbalanced. And her cousin, Dinky Hocker, has issues of her own. Dinky is overweight, an unsurprising fact when you consider her negligent, often cruel, parents. From this unlikely set of characters comes a story about dealing with the problems of others, as well as yourself. Kerr could have easily taken the easy route with this book. How simple it would be to turn this plot into an After School Special, complete with everyone a little older and wiser at the end. Instead, the author meets such ooey-gooey sentiments head on, challenging the hypocrisy people exhibit every day. Along the way, other issues are brought up as well. Originally conceived and published in 1972, the book deals with politics. Everyone's parent is a liberal of the 60s, though how they display this political leaning differs per person. When we meet the radical P. John, Dinky's brief beau, the reader is suddenly shown a human being that doesn't fit neatly into any real category. P. John is conservative, racist, intolerant, and honest. To read his character is to question everything the book is saying about the political climate of this country. But if you really read this book, really examine what's it's saying, it's clear as crystal that there is no single political stance taken in this story. People are not all one thing or another. Not all liberals are whining wimps waiting for a handout. Not all conservatives remain unchanging and unsympathetic. I can see how people would love this book and how people would hate this book. All I ask of you is that you find yourself intrigued by this review and decide to actually read this book. Draw your own conclusions. Decide I'm insanely wrong or absolutely correct. The point is, this book should never be forgotten. It is so well written, so interesting and full of great points that I can't even give you a glimpse of what it really means. You'll just have to find out for yourself.

 
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