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Zindel, Paul
HARRY AND HORTENSE AT HORMONE HIGH
New York : Bantam, 1985.
IL YA RL 7.4
ISBN 0553251759
Typical high school scenes but two regular students befriend a troubled transfer student who believes he is Icarus reborn with a message to save the world. Because of the students' interests, we pick up a lot on mythology and on Freudian psychology. Humorous style and absurd situations make this a quick read.
SUBJECTS:      Mentally ill -- Fiction.
               Friendship -- Fiction.
               High schools -- Fiction.
               Schools -- Fiction.

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