Caribou

Meg Wolitzer. Bantam Books, $2.5 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-553-25560-7

Becca at first despairs and then takes action when her older brother goes to Canada rather than fight in Vietnam. ""The author is a gifted storyteller and her novel is an adroit balance of quiet humor and fitting seriousness,'' PW stated. (12-up)

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