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Alice Hoffman, . . Scholastic/Signature, $4.99 (84pp) ISBN 978-0-439-25636-0

Three teenagers run away from a town where a flood years ago has made the people so fearful of water that the local swimming pool stays drained. "An accomplished storyteller, Hoffman deftly interweaves themes of friendship, identity and the tension between family ties and freedom that adolescence inevitably brings," PW said. Ages 10-up. (June)

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