Beautiful Losers | Resources

Beautiful Losers For Further Reference

"Barbara Wersba." In Authorsand Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 30. Detroit: Gale, 1999.

Provides a critical overview of Wersba's works, with quotes from various review sources.

"Barbara Wersba." In Something about the Author Autobiography Series, vol. 2. Detroit: Gale, 1986. A lengthy self-portrait of the author as a person and a creative artist.

Review of Beautiful Losers. Kirkus Reviews (February 1, 1988): 208. A generally positive review which states "the realism in this one is both comic and bracing" but suggests that Rita might actually be better off without Arnold Bromberg.

Eaglen, Audrey. "Wersba, Barbara." Twentieth-Century Children's Writers, 3rd ed.

Chicago: St. James Press, 1989, pp. 1026.

A brief critical survey of Wersba's books, focusing on her young adult titles.

Edgerton, Cathi. Review of Beautiful Losers.

Voice of Youth Advocates (April, 1988): 31.