Kissing Doorknobs

During her preschool years, Tara Sullivan lived in terror that something bad would happen to her mother while they were apart. In grade school, she panicked during the practice fire drills. Practice for what?, Tara asked. For the upcoming disaster that was bound to happen?

Then, at the age of 11, it happened. Tara heard the phrase that changed her life: Step on a crack, break your mother's back. Before Tara knew it, she was counting every crack in the sidewalk. Over time, Tara's "quirks" grew and developed: arranging her meals on plates, nonstop prayer rituals, until she developed a new ritual wherin she kissed her fingers and touched doorknobs....

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Laurel Leaf Library
Published: 11/09/1999
ISBN: 9780440413141
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 6.80h x 4.10w x 0.50d
Award: Iowa Teen Award - Nominee
Award: Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/29/1999 pg. 73
Booklist 01/01/2001 pg. 977

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 28514 / Kissing Doorknobs
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 5