Keep Stompin' Till the Music Stops

by Stella Pevsner

Book Overview

Twelve-year-old Richard struggles to achieve independence in spite of a learning disability while his great-grandfather defies the family's plans to curtail his own independent lifestyle. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816431876
• ISBN13: 9780816431878
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Seabury Press
• Length: 136 Pages

Customer Reviews

Keep Stompin' Till The Music Stops

With this fabulous book come rare insights into the thought processes of the learning disabled with weak short term memory, concrete interpretations, and the continuous blur of fact and emotion. Richard is slow to connect clues as he blends cause and effect. Pevsner's unique descriptions of dimly-lit, maze-like tunnels are a spectacular effort to recreate the often clouded efforts of the learning challenged to "see the light." The sixth-grader shares center stage with his great-grandfather whose relatives continue to plan his relocation. Richard's lack of inhibition allows him to intervene and "slay the common enemy," ending the story on an uncommon note of success.