Buchanan Doris Smith, Author, Doris Buchanan Smith, Author Puffin Books $3.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-14-032224-8
A hospitalized 12-year-old girl escapes her pain and confinement in an origami boat; PW said, ``Smith links fantasy and realism to produce a tale as delicate and splendid as Janessa's paper boat. . . . The novel is a celebration of life and truth;...
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author Viking Children's Books $13.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-670-83752-6
No one can understand better than Nealy the devastation Mrs. Dees feels when her home is gutted by fire, for underneath the house was Nealy's special hiding place, where she escaped her mother's wrath and stowed her favorite treasures. The child's...
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author Viking Children's Books $11.95 (176p) ISBN 978-0-670-80739-0
Strapped to a hospital bed with a broken back, 12-year-old Janessa feels vulnerable and afraid. More than anything, she dreads the long afternoons when there are no visitors and few distractions. In order to pass the hours, Janessa learns the art of
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-14-032223-1
Smith writes a resounding story about the power of love, as a girl and her mother make a home for themselves among people they left 10 years earlier. Ages 8-12. (September)
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author Viking Children's Books $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-670-80783-3
Twelve-year-old Lacey Bittner returns to Bitter Creek, in the mountains of North Carolina, to a family she doesn't remember. Lacey's mother, Campbell, has agreed to go back to her native home with her lover, David, who has gotten a job at the...
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author Putnam Publishing Group $14.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-399-22443-0
Smith ( Return to Bitter Creek ; Voyages ) tackles the thorny subjects of Alzheimer's disease and prejudice in this heavy-handed novel featuring junior-high computer wiz John Viravek. Last summer, Nanna's absentmindedness seemed harmless and amusing,
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author, Mike Wimmer, Illustrator HarperCollins Publishers $4.99 (85p) ISBN 978-0-06-440238-5
In Smith's moving story, a prank ends in tragedy, and a boy must learn to live not only with the loss of a friend, but with the feeling that he could have prevented it. Ages 7-10. (August)
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author, D. Brodie, Editor Puffin Books $3.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-14-034538-4
Smith's moving story demonstrates that links to the past need not obstruct present relationships, as Ancil learns to adjust to a stepfather and a new town while not wanting to forget her MIA father. Ages 8-12. (Oct.)
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Doris Buchanan Smith, Author, Leslie Bowman, Illustrator Putnam Publishing Group $14.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-399-21840-8
Sixth-grader Jonathon and his pals Alex, Benjy and Craig are dismayed when their neighborhood is invaded by seven ragged, noisy children--the new occupants of the previously vacant corner house. The oldest and brashest of the lot, Sanders George,...
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