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The Red Corduroy Shirt
Illustrated by: Peter Perko
Toronto: Stoddart, 1998.
That's the most beautiful shirt I''ve ever seen... When Jake admires Jerry Hom''s shirt, a friendship is born between two boys who are hungry to belong, share, see their similarities, and marvel at each others differences. But new friendships are fragile as Jake discovers when he comes home wearing Jerry''s treasured gift, the red corduroy shirt.
Praise for The Red Corduroy Shirt (Stoddart Kids, 1998):
“With a work of this originality, classifications aren’t really useful… Kertes packs a lot of complicated emotion into a plain and simple text and Perko’s illustrations capture its introspective quality…Open-ended and real, this is the sort of story that reminds us what learning to read is all about.”
—Quill & Quire, November 1998
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Boardwalk
Toronto: ECW Press, 1998.
The trip to Atlantic City was supposed to be a few days of fun for Clyde and Eddie, but the brothers find much more in the city of boardwalks. Clyde finds himself drawn into the city’s faded glitter by a lounge singer named Bunny, while Eddie ends up in the dark alleys surrounded by gangsters and the world’s cast-offs. When the worlds and the brothers collide, the result is a satire of modern life and contemporary values.
Praise for Boardwalk (ECW Press, 1998):
“I picked up Boardwalk one evening and was still reading it in the early hours - enjoying it hugely. The novel positively crackles along with pace, verve and style. Kertes reveals Eddie’s fresh innocent inner world with a gentle humour and a heartwarming affection.”
—D.M. Thomas
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The Gift
Illustrated by: Peter Perko
Toronto: Groundwood, 1995.
Recounting a Jewish child's experience of Christmas in the 1950s, an eloquent story speaks of what it is like to be a minority in a dominant culture and everyone's experience of longing to share in another's world while remaining true to oneself.
Praise for The Gift (Groundwood, 1995):
“…despite the small picture-book format and the child's first-person narrative, this is a subtle story, which even older students might want to talk about at holiday times: that experience of cultural displacement, those times when you tried so hard and just didn't get it. The ending is beautifully understated…”
—Booklist
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Winter Tulips
Toronto:
Doubleday, 1988.
Winter Tulips is the Leacock award-winning story of a young, Jewish musician from Montreal who moves to Toronto and falls in love with his landlord's daughter, who is Greek-Canadian. It is a rollicking tale of love and friendship, a charming look at coming-of-age in a world where cultures mix.
Praise for Winter Tulips (Doubleday, 1988)):
"Here's the world as it really is: funny, alarming, gentle and treacherous—and blessed with hope."
—Timothy Findley
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