Losing Joe's Place

Losing Joe's Place
Author Gordon Korman
Country United States
Language English
Genre Children's fiction
Published 1990, Scholastic
Media type Print, e-book, audiobook
Pages 233 pages
ISBN 0-590-42768-7

Losing Joe's Place is a 1990 children's novel by Gordon Korman.[1][2] The book was first published on April 1, 1990 through Scholastic and follows the adventures of three small town Ontario boys (Jason, Ferguson and Don) as they live in Jason's brother's (Joe) apartment in Toronto for a summer.[3] However, there is one catch: Under no circumstances can they cause Joe to lose his lease. Losing Joe's Place was listed on YALSA's "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2001".[4]

According to WorldCat, the book is held in 659 libraries[5]

Plot

The novel starts in September, after Joe Cardone, the brother of the main character, has come back from his trip to Europe, and after the summer in Toronto for Jason Cardone (Joe's brother) and his two friends, Don and Ferguson (Peachfuzz) the novel chronicles. They have lost his lease and he is taking out his temper on Jason. September ends with Jason calling Don and Ferguson so they can start looking for a new place for Joe to live. The novel then flashes back to the previous June.

When in Toronto, they couldn't have been expecting everything that happened, from Joe's Camaro going missing (more than once), a crazy landlord and the loss of more jobs than they can count on their fingers. From money problems and the risk of losing Joe's place, to making their landlord's deli, Olympian, into a hip, trendy cafe using chocolate cake mix as the main ingredient in every recipe called Chocolate Delight, anything is possible and everything may happen.

Major Characters

Reception

The Canadian Review of Materials praised Losing Joe's Place, remarking that it was "fast paced with great characters and full of unbelievable events that we would all like to believe possible!"[6] The Horn Book Guide also gave a favorable review, calling it the "ultimate teenage fantasy".[7]

References

  1. Elliott, Joan B.; Dupuis, Mary M. (2002). Young Adult Literature in the Classroom: Reading It, Teaching It, Loving it. International Reading Association. p. 24. ISBN 9780872071735. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  2. Richards Bodart, Joni (1996). Booktalking the Award Winners: Young Adult Retrospective Volume. H.W. Wilson. p. 169. ISBN 9780824208776. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. Lesesne, Teri S (March 1, 1991). "Electric Reading: Powerful Books for Young Adults." (PDF). Paper presented at the Annual Southwest Regional Conference of the International Reading Association: 4. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  4. "Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2001". YALSA. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  5. WorldCat book entry
  6. Young, Gerri (July 1990). "LOSING JOE'S PLACE (review)". Canadian Review of Materials 18 (4). Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  7. "Losing Joe's Place (review)". Horn Book Guide. Retrieved 8 August 2015.

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