Finding My Voice

Marie G. Lee. Laurel Leaf Library, $3.99 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-440-21896-8

PW singled out the ``unusually well balanced'' portrayal of the Korean-American heroine of this ``sensitive'' novel as she experiences senior year at her Minnesota high school. Ages 10-up. (Sept.)

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