Hey Kid Does She Love Me

Harry Mazer. Avon Books, $2.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-380-70025-7

Jeff tables his dreams of directing movies when his dream girl, who left town to become a theatrical star, returns as an unwed mother. PW called this an ""engrossing story of lopsided love,'' but added that ``the term YA is really too elastic; this story requires a reader more mature than a 12-year-old.'' (12-up)

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