HOW FAR WOULD YOU HAVE GOTTEN IF I HADN'T CALLED YOU BACK?

Valerie Hobbs, . . Scholastic/Point, $5.99 (306pp) ISBN 978-0-439-58396-1

"This accomplished first novel set in the late 1950s brings uncommon depth to what at first glance seems a conventional plot—a 16-year-old who moves with her family from New Jersey to California and wants to fit in," said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Dec.)

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