The Facts Speak for Themselves

Brock Cole. Puffin Books, $5.99 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-14-130696-4

PW's Best Books citation called this story of a sexually abused 13-year-old who witnesses the murder of the man with whom she's been having an affair a ""brilliant psychological study. The author's stringent refusal to resolve disturbing questions raised by the girl's version of events gives his writing a devastating authenticity."" Ages 12-up. (Apr.)

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