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Stacey Donovan. Puffin Books, $4.99 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-14-037962-4

PW praised Donovan's ""loose-jointed, poetic first-person narration,"" concluding that ""the author's frank approach to lesbian love and fatal illness packs a hard punch that will leave readers breathless."" Ages 12-up. (June) r

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