WHAT EVERY GIRL (EXCEPT ME) KNOWS

Nora Raleigh Baskin, . . Dell/Yearling, $4.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41852-8

Sixth-grade Gabby was three when her mother died, and she ardently wishes she had someone to teach her how to be more like a girl. In this "bittersweet, emotionally complex first novel, the light at the end of Gabby's journey into womanhood seems real," said PW in a starred review. Ages 10-up. (Nov.)

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