DILLON DILLON

Kate Banks, . . FSG/Sunburst, $5.95 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-374-41715-4

When the title character wonders how his parents could have given him a first name that is the same as his last, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery. PW wrote, "While many readers may react more to the slow pacing than to the poetics, Banks's stylistic devices may well enthrall literary-minded middle-graders." Ages 8-12. (Apr.)

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