Criss Cross is a novel by Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator of books for children or young adult. It expands the story and, especially, the character of Debbie from her previous book All Alone in the Universe. Despite the mixed reviews (some consider it too subtle and many feel the contemporary realism in it resonates with them), the novel has proven its excellence in children's literature and won Newbery Medal in 2006.
Filled with vignettes, poems (haikus), illustrations, and photographs, the novel focuses on a bunch of teenagers in a small town, where nothing “big” really happens. The two main characters who narrate most of the story are Debbie and Hector; both are 14 years old both are entering the phase of leaving childhood behind yet not fully grown up. The other teen characters, who experience the exact same thing as both of them, are Patty, Lenny, Phil, and Peter.
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