The Year of the Sawdust Man
A. LaFaye. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $12.95 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-689-83106-5
Set in a small 1930s Louisiana town, this first novel about an 11-year-old girl abandoned by her mother ""is filled with poignant insights into a hurt child's fragile psyche,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 8-12. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 10/04/1999
Genre: Children's
Hardcover - 220 pages - 978-0-689-81513-3
Paperback - 224 pages - 978-1-57131-679-0
Prebound-Other - 978-0-613-22663-9
Prebound-Sewn - 978-0-606-17947-8