The Whistling Toilets

Randy Powell. Farrar Straus Giroux, $5.95 (243pp) ISBN 978-0-374-48369-2

A 15-year-old tennis champ is on a losing streak, and it is up to her best friend to help. But when he becomes the team's coach, things get a little complicated. PW said, ""The ironies about love and gamesmanship are executed with style."" Ages 12-up. (Apr.)n

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