cover image The Alison Rules

The Alison Rules

Catherine Clark, . . HarperTempest, $6.99 (264pp) ISBN 978-0-06-055982-3

High school sophomore Alison is withdrawing: she broke up with her senior football quarterback boyfriend and avoids hanging out with her dad and younger brother "The strength here lies in Clark's ability to create a very real world through vivid details," said PW . "The author also realistically presents grief as a slow and difficult process." Ages 14-up. (Aug.)