CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 8, 2011
" An outstanding love story peopled by a wealth of memorable characters. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2011
"Overall, the tone is as raw, down-to-earth and transcendent as the music Scout and Kid ultimately make together. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 9, 2011
"The comedy and drama are both mild, but the two eminently likable teens at the center of it look capable of keeping heads and hearts in balance in a world subject to sudden tilts. (Fiction. 13-16)"
Almost despite himself, 16-year-old Stan emerges with flying colors from a week of sweet confusion, domestic turmoil and momentous tests of character.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2011
"Refreshingly hopeful and beautifully written. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
In an isolated island culture, a girl guides her people into the future despite encroaching mainland influences.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 5, 2011
"Wickedly macabre and absolutely terrifying. (Horror. 14 & up)"
Two girls are brought together more from ennui than anything else in this riveting tale that brings the murderous history of a disintegrating coastal town into the present.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: July 5, 2011
"Williams, a renowned dramatist, gives readers compelling characters and, in simple language, delivers a complicated story rooted--sadly and upliftingly--in very real events. (author's note, glossary) (Fiction. 12 & up)"
