The vast majority of the "kid's bookcase" in the Melville Keep dining room is from my collection. Some of the Pinkwater (and Diana Wynne Jones) are still upstairs in the "read to kestrell pile". Coincidentally, I just read her "Young Adult Novel" over the past few nights :-)
I was already warped by the time I discovered Pinkwater, but he certainly helped confirm me in my warped-ness. He also inadvertently taught me an important lesson about the strangeness of reality. During High School, my mom would give me a ride to school every morning, and I got in the habit of reading to her during the drive, often Pinkwater books, which work well in small doses. I was quite surprised to discover that many of the oddest locations in his books were not only real, but my mom had grown up near them! Turns out that most of his books are set in a very thinly-fictionalized Chicago...
Are you aware that there are one and a half sequels to YAN?
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I was already warped by the time I discovered Pinkwater, but he certainly helped confirm me in my warped-ness. He also inadvertently taught me an important lesson about the strangeness of reality. During High School, my mom would give me a ride to school every morning, and I got in the habit of reading to her during the drive, often Pinkwater books, which work well in small doses. I was quite surprised to discover that many of the oddest locations in his books were not only real, but my mom had grown up near them! Turns out that most of his books are set in a very thinly-fictionalized Chicago...
Are you aware that there are one and a half sequels to YAN?