Diane Les Becquets, . . Cavendish, $6.95 (306pp) ISBN 978-0-7614-5238-6
PW
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 »
A grandchild resists helping to harvest mangoes at the start of a layered picture book that melds concepts of counting, senses, and values. When Carmencita expresses a dislike Continue reading »
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Amy Cherrix
In this thrilling work, Cherrix (Eye of the Storm) breaks down the fascinating careers of scientists employed in the Epidemic Intelligence Service, “the world’s most elite Continue reading »
Siblings Shirley, Pearlie, and Curlie’s world is turned upside down when Pearlie and Curlie are whisked away by a two-headed swan to a lost dimension. Now, Shirley and Mommy Continue reading »
After mysteriously drowning in the river near the tourist town of Les´na Woda at 16, Gisela became a rusalka, or a water nymph. She longs to reunite with her family, but the Continue reading »