cover image LUCY THE GIANT

LUCY THE GIANT

Sherri L. Smith, . . Dell/Laurel-Leaf, $5.50 (217pp) ISBN 978-0-440-22927-8

"At six-foot-plus, the 15-year-old heroine of this bittersweet debut novel quite literally doesn't fit in," wrote PW, calling the first-person narrative "affecting." Ages 14-up. (Aug.)