THE GRAVE

James Heneghan, . . Dell/Laurel-Leaf, $5.50 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-440-22948-3

PW called this novel about a 13-year-old mistreated foster child who investigates an abandoned construction site, falls into a hole lined with decaying coffins and is magically transported to 1847 Ireland, an "eerie time travel tale." Ages 12-up. (June)

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