Diane Les Becquets, . . Cavendish, $6.95 (306pp) ISBN 978-0-7614-5238-6
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called the author of this first novel, set in Spring Gap, Ala., in 1966, "a writer to watch. The lyricism of the narrative and the well-developed relationship between the white heroine and an African-American girl, carries the novel." Ages 12-up. (Dec.)
This first novel, set in 1966 Spring Gap, Ala., pegs Les Becquets as a writer to watch. She orients readers in the deep South, where whites gamble on the outcome of bare-hand boxing between young Continue reading »
After three young adult novels, Les Becquets scores big with this very adult thriller about two women facing life and death challenges in western Colorado’s rugged wilderness. During a November Continue reading »
Marian Engström, the 26-year-old heroine of this elegantly written thriller from Les Becquets (Breaking Wild), joins a conservation study group in northeastern Alberta, where she begins her Continue reading »
Athlete Is Agender: True Stories of LGBTQ+ People in Sports
Previous collaborators Locke and Melleby (This Is Our Rainbow) collect first-person narratives of queer athletes—including authors Erik J. Brown, Marieke Nijkamp, and A.J. Continue reading »
Eighteen-year-old Vanity Adams lives in the Museum,
a curated attraction meant to showcase the power of witches to the public. It also functions as her prison. Vanity
will one Continue reading »
To rebuild their lives following her father’s death, artistic 12-year-old synesthete Lucretia Sanderson and her painter mother move to tiny Candle Island, Maine. Initially Continue reading »
Weather-obsessed Savvy Montrose, who reads as white, dreams of following in her older sister Levi’s footsteps by winning the Miss Liberty pageant and taking on the coveted role Continue reading »