Smoke Screen

by Amy Goldman Koss

Book Overview

As Mitzi's mother tries unsuccessfully to quit smoking, Mitzi pretends her mother has a terrible disease, Stipitis, in order to win sympathy and affection from a boy she h

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 158485202X
• ISBN13: 9781584852025
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: American Girl Publishing Inc
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

pleease read this book!!

I liked this book because it talkes about the importance of not smoking, especially when you have children. This book talks about this girl and her mom, who's smoking, and how the girl struggles to get her mom to stop smoking. A very good lesson for children of almost all ages.

LYING DOESN'T GET YOU ANYWHERE

I found this book to be very helpful for kids because I learned that smoking is very bad for your health. Plus I enjoyed the characters especially Mitzi Burk and Mike Humphrey. Her problems are very big and the lesson is that lying doesn't ger you anywhere. So that's why I gave it five stars.

Smoke Screen

Mitzi's mother is trying desperately quit smoking, and her withdrawal symptons is driving the whole family crazy. But Mitzi has more to worry about than her Mom's mood swings. She's got to find a way to get Mike Humphrey, her mad crush, to beam his ultra-smile in her direction. And her best friend, Birdy, is too busy getting chummy with a popular girl named Roxy to help. So when Mitzi tells miake a huge lie about her mother's condtition just to get his attention, she has no one to blame but herself for the trouble that follows. I really enjoyed this story, even though I have never had any similar problems. I can still relate to Mitzi though, by the way she tries to get boy's attention, yet I have never gotten in as much trouble as she does in this story !

Smoke Screen Recommended

This book is called Smoke Screen. It was written by Amy Goldberg. I would recommend this book to someone because it is a book that you don't want to put down. My favorite part in the book is when her mom stops smoking, but at that same time her boyfriend breaks up with her. That part is funny because she was happy that her mom stopped smoking, but she was upset that her boyfriend hurt her feelings. She had a fit. Then when her boyfriend went back to her, her mom started smoking again. The problem was that her mom didn't like her boyfriend, so when they got back together her mom got stressed. You must read this book.