cover image SQUASHED

SQUASHED

Joan Bauer, . . Puffin, $5.99 (194pp) ISBN 978-0-698-11917-8

called this first novel about a 16-year-old girl who stakes everything on her 611-pound competition-grade pumpkin "fast-paced and engrossing entertainment that startles the reader with its underlying strength." Ages 12-up. (June).