Cecilia Galante, Author . Bloomsbury $16.99 (292p) ISBN 978-1-59990-249-4
Inspired by her childhood in a religious commune, Galante's swift-moving debut novel may hold a ripped-from-the-headlines fascination for readers. But those who take the bait will find more contrivance than substance in the tale of two teenage...
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Cecilia Galante, Author . S&S/Aladdin $16.99 (265p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8022-3
Galante (The Patron Saint of Butterflies
) writes a heartfelt story of friendship and change. When Lily's single-parent mother gets a new job, the fifth-grader isn't happy about moving to a bigger city (“Their lives had been so...
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Cecilia Galante, S&S/Aladdin, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8023-0
Galante's (Willowood) bittersweet story of a troubled 13-year-old stars spunky Maeve (May) O'Toole, who holds a lot of grudges ("I hated everything. And everybody"). May's most recent target is her English teacher, "Movado the Avocado," who she...
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Cecilia Galante. Random, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-37274-9
Galante (The Sweetness of Salt) crafts a chilling atmosphere in this slowly simmering horror story. Seventeen-year-old Marin developed a peculiar condition after her mother’s suicide: the ability to see the physical manifestations of people’s pain...
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Cecilia Galante. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-545-84845-9
Sixth-grader Wren worries about everything from riding horses to the witch who supposedly haunts nearby Creeper Mountain. Wren is forced to confront her fears when her mother is hospitalized after an emotional breakdown. Wren’s father travels to...
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Cecilia Galante. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-338-04296-2
Galante’s deeply empathic novel—told in alternating chapters by 10-year-old Pippa and her 12-year-old brother, Jack—explores sibling bonds, parental fallibility, and coping with death. After Pippa and Jack’s mother dies from cancer, their father...
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Cecilia Galante. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-338-04300-6
A 12-year-old in emotional and physical limbo narrates this beautiful novel by Galante (Stealing Our Way Home) about loss, honesty, and self-reliance. Fred (short for Winifred) is sent to live with a foster mother, Margery, a motorcycle-riding...
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Cecilia Galante, illus. by Kristi Valiant. Random, $4.99 trade paper (112p) ISBN 978-0-375-86947-1
The Little Wings series opens with this humorous adventure that introduces a strong-willed fledgling cupid whose mop of messy hair, “million-bajillion” freckles, and purple wings set her apart from her peers. Willa Bean’s unorthodox features don’t...
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