Josh Berk, Writer | Bibliography

Bibliography

THE DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN
by Josh Berk
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

THE DARK DAYS OF HAMBURGER HALPIN is the story of Will Halpin, an overweight deaf teen who spends his first year at a mainstream high school looking for love, failing Algebra, unraveling the school's social scene, trying to get invited to the greatest party ever … and, oh yeah, solving a murder.

Amazon.com named it one of the "Best Books of 2010 for Teens"

Parents' Choice awarded the book a silver medal (July 2010)

Kirkus Reviews named it to the prestigous "2010 Best Books for Children and Teens"

A Starred Review from Kirkus, December 15, 2009: "This witty tale of mainstreaming, misfits and murder glitters like the 'Future Diamonds' that coal-mine souvenirs promise to someday become."

A Starred Review from School Library Journal, January 2010: “A genre-bending breakthrough that teens are going to love.”

VOYA gave it a perfect 10! "Will is a delightful narrator: smart, wry, and insightful. His experiences in the hearing world, as well as his reflections on deaf culture, add another level of interest in this already compulsively readable novel." (VOYA, June 2010)

The story about how I came to write this book can be found on my bio page.

More about the book:
Amazon
Random House
Good Reads

(hardcover)

(paperback)

Also an audiobook!

COMING SOON!

GUY LANGMAN: CRIME SCENE PROCRASTINATOR
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers

GLCSP is about a guy (named Guy) who joins his high school forensics team, gets embroiled in a mysterious death, deals with the loss of a loved one, tries not to get murdered by a psychopath, and attempts to work his mojo with the ladies. A teen mystery/comedy coming spring 2012.

COMING LESS SOON!

STRIKE THREE: YOU'RE DEAD (The Lenny Norbeck Mysteries)
Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Baseball fan Lenny Norbeck and his two best friends (Mike & Other Mike) solve a series of sports-related crimes while joking around and generally being dorks. I should work on this description. Anyway, the books are funny mysteries with some baseball action and are intended for readers approximately aged 9-12. Probably everyone should read them though. The first one comes out in early 2013.