Diane Les Becquets, . . Cavendish, $6.95 (306pp) ISBN 978-0-7614-5238-6
PW
called the author of this first novel, set in Spring Gap, Ala., in 1966, "a writer to watch. The lyricism of the narrative and the well-developed relationship between the white heroine and an African-American girl, carries the novel." Ages 12-up. (Dec.)
This first novel, set in 1966 Spring Gap, Ala., pegs Les Becquets as a writer to watch. She orients readers in the deep South, where whites gamble on the outcome of bare-hand boxing between young Continue reading »
After three young adult novels, Les Becquets scores big with this very adult thriller about two women facing life and death challenges in western Colorado’s rugged wilderness. During a November Continue reading »
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A child grieving a move to a new
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