An ALA "Best Books for Young Adults"
A Booklist "Editor's Choice"
Book Sense Children's 76 Winter 2002 Preview title
A Teen People "Now! Reads" title



"[A] thrilling read, fast-paced with much fast food for thought about our consumer-oriented pop culture. . . .Teenagers will eat this one up." --Kirkus Reviews, starred

"Tashjian's gift for portraying bright adolescents with insight and humor
reaches near perfection here." --School Library Journal, starred

"Tashjian fabricates a cleverly constructed scenario and expertly
carries it out to the bittersweet end." --The Horn Book, starred

"[V]ery fresh." --Booklist, starred

"[A] clever wake-up call to the perils of consumerism for the
sensitive and passionate teenage generation." --Christian Science Monitor

"An innovative, fast-paced, arresting novel in a teen's voice that you won't forget." --Contra Costa Times

"I'll predict that 99 percent of the teen-agers who read 'The Gospel According to Larry' will love it." --Long Beach Press Telegram

"A surprising and absorbing book." --Cleveland Plain Dealer

"Tashjian skillfully uses humor and provides one of the most honest voices in young adult literature since Steve York and Rob Thomas's." --Voice of Youth Advocates

"Humorous. . . .The author gets all the notes just right --the wired adolescent passions, the destructive effects of the media spotlight, and the technology." --Times Picayune

s20"Tashjian is sure to increase in popularity with the adolescent set." --Book Report

"This is a great, well-written read." --Colorado Independent