CHILDREN'S
Released: May 24, 2011
Sixteen years after the publication of the Pura Belpré–winning An Island Like You (1995), Cofer returns to the characters of her New Jersey barrio with an affecting treatment of one girl's coming-of-age.
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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)"
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: 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: 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)"
