AMERICA

E. R. Frank, . . Simon Pulse, $7.99 (, $7.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-689-85772-0

In what PW called, in a starred review, a "well-crafted and moving story of forgiveness—both of oneself and others," a teenage boy named America, living in a treatment facility after a suicide attempt, alternates between the present and the past. Ages 12-up. (Aug.)

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