Ron Koertge

Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs (2010)

The story Shakespeare Makes the Playoffs was ok. Not my favorite, but very interesting. Not sure if my struggling readers would enjoy it. It might have helped if I read the first book first.The story is about a boy name Kevin who enjoys writing poetry, but also plays baseball. He is trying to fig...

Stoner & Spaz (2004)

The first notes I wrote down while reading Stoner and Spaz were “out of touch - old?” When I finished the book, I searched author Ron Koertge’s biography - yeah, turns out he’s in his seventies. So when he wrote Stoner and Spaz in 2002, he was at least 60. It shows.The title sums it up - ther...

Where the Kissing Never Stops (2005)

So what does a young lad do if his mother decides to become a stripper? That’s the question at the heart of the YA title “When the Kissing Never Stops” and it’s made even harder for the teenage hero, Walker, because he is falling in love for the first time. In fact, hormones are zinging all over ...

Strays (2007)