JAKE WIZNER

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Jake Wizner, author

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COMING SEPTEMBER 2008: Spanking Shakespeare in paperback. 

and in May 2009, Jake's new book:

Castration Celebration

"Exceptionally funny and smart." 

Publisher's Weekly, starred review

Author Jake Wizner, an eighth grade English and history teacher turned first time author, has done an absolutely stunning job depicting the life of a teenage chronic masturbator obsessed with little more than finding a girl to mate with and wallowing in his own self pity. At times the writing is so terrifically realistic that it begs the question: Is Shakespeare Shapiro really the true-life Wizner back in the day? Whether he is or not, Wizner has created an unbelievable, disturbingly honest teenager who you can gawk at, be shocked by, and at the same time, completely relate to.  -Andrew Fersch, VAIL DAILY

The New York Post reviews Spanking Shakespeare. Do you like Adrian Mole? Read on!

 

ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 2008

 

Random House Author Spotlight

 

Fall 2007 Book Sense Teen Pick!

 

"Take a teenager, Shakespeare Shapiro, who hates his name; two unusual friends; several love interests; a younger brother who knows more about females than he does; and an assignment to write his senior memoir...and what do you get? Tear-inducing laughter and one of the best reads of the season. If you're not laughing by the end of the first page, check your pulse." --David Richardson, The Blue Marble Children's Bookstore, Fort Thomas, KY