SAYING IT OUT LOUD

Joan Abelove, . . Puffin, $5.99 (, $5.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-14-131227-9

A 16-year-old describes losing her mother to brain cancer in a month's worth of journal entries. "Abelove lifts Mindy's feelings of isolation and grief to a metaphoric level, making it a story about leaving childhood behind," said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Aug.)

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