Bad Girl Blues

Sally Warner. HarperCollins Publishers, $15.95 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-06-028274-5

Quinney Todd, the level-headed middle-grader introduced in Totally Confidential, finds her friendships in trouble in Bad Girl Blues by Sally Warner. She, Marguerite and Brynn have always been best friends, but then Marguerite starts acting reckless. Brynn wants nothing to do with Marguerite, but Quinney doesn't have that option because her parents take Marguerite in to shield her from her own father's anger. A subplot includes Quinney's volunteer job at an animal shelter. ( June)

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