Scraps, Orts, and Fragments: Pieces of a Life YA_Gift_Guide he was persuaded to convert

he was persuaded to convert to Christianity

Freed tears off all fictional disguises and exposes the human being behind the artist

Elmo learns playful problem-solving and pet-care skills with his puppy Tango

but to prove himself trustworthy to the council

and sometimes shocking

Scraps, Orts, and Fragments: Pieces of a Life YA_Gift_Guide he was persuaded to convertScraps, Orts, and Fragments: Pieces of a Life is a collection of essays, written in fits over several years, comprising what the title suggests: snapshots of a life without any attempt to fashion them into a coherent narrative. Michael Rosenthal explores subjects as diverse as his teen age fascination with Hubert's Flea Circus on New York's 42nd Street; life with his stoic father; sex in the fifties (for "Nice Horace Mann boys"); a brief and