Pulling Princes

Tyne O'Connell, . . Bloomsbury, $7.95 (223pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-688-5

In a starred review, PW wrote, "Calypso Kelly, 14, stars in this frothy and fast-paced boarding school novel in which the genre's stalwart traditions are glamourized and brought up to date." Ages 12-up. (Nov.)

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