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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on November 1, 2011
Sixteen-year-old Stan is driven to make the basketball team this year, but a couple of distractions enter his life. First, Stan develops a crush on Janine Igwash: beautiful, mysterious, but rumored to be a gwog (i.e., goes with other girls). And second, Stan's home life—already complicated by his high-strung, high-maintenance mother, her well-meaning boyfriend, and his problematic younger s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Sixteen-year-old Stan is driven to make the basketball team, but a couple of distractions enter his life. First, Stan develops a crush on Janin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on October 1, 2011
Hilarious and heartbreaking, Tilt is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel. Stan is an endearing misfit with a good heart. Readers will sympathize with his confusion over Janine’s intentions and over his feelings for her. Alan Cumyn’s inventive, kinet...Log In or Sign Up to Read More