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• Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The by Chris Fuhrman (1994)

  [7/10]

  "Fuhrman does an excellent job at recalling the emotional states and physical feelings of first love. He also uses the racial tensions of the 1970s to good effect to show that racial politics affected even eight graders' relationships with their schoolmates."

• Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, The directed by Peter Care (2002)

  [7/10]

  "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys tells a touching story that really captures the essence of growing up as a teenage boy in a staunch Catholic family, and in spite of all the anachronisms, I found the movie completely engaging."

• Great Brain at the Academy, The by John D. Fitzgerald (1972)

  [6/10]

  "The Great Brain at the Academy makes a good contribution to the entire series and sets up the maturation Tom experiences in the later volumes."

  Average score: 6.67