Erika Tamar, Author Yearling Books $5.5 (192p) ISBN 978-0-679-88561-0
A girl living in the projects befriends a neglected junkyard dog and embarks on a plan to feed him and build him a waterproof doghouse. ""A tough-edged but tender story... sure to satisfy readers,"" commented PW in a starred review. Ages 8-12. (Nov.)
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Erika Tamar, Author Atheneum Books $13.95 (135p) ISBN 978-0-689-31478-0
Readers eager for an account of life in the Greenwich Village of the '80s will be pleased to find that this novel is as detailed and authentic as the watercolor that graces its jacket. Andy helps his father run Cecilia's, a small restaurant serving...
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Erika Tamar, Author Viking Children's Books $12.95 (251p) ISBN 978-0-670-82843-2
Alice's life changes when she becomes a model at a top agency. Money and admiration pour in, until Alice is nearly swept off her feet. Then, in a predictable plot twist, Alice's beloved younger brother is involved in a serious accident, and Alice is
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Erika Tamar, Author Random House Books for Young Readers $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-679-80424-6
Daughter of the late jazz great Silk Garcia, Linda Ann discovers some unpleasant truths while delving into her father's past; PW called this novel ``well plotted and quite realistic. . .sensitive and moving.'' Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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Erika Tamar, Author Collier Books $3.95 (135p) ISBN 978-0-02-045395-6
PW praised the ``engaging characters and intriguing setting'' (Greenwich Village in the '80s) of this multi-plotted novel about a boy who helps his father run a neighborhood restaurant. Ages 12-up. (Oct.)
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Erika Tamar, Author Graphia Books $3.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-15-200020-2
At the beginning of his summer on Long Island, the dreams of Greenwich Villager Andy Szabo (introduced in It Happened at Cecilia's ) seem to be coming true. Not only does the 17-year-old aspiring journalist land his first job with a ``real''...
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Erika Tamar, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-375-80159-4
In this novel set during the Great Depression, Tamar (The Junkyard Dog) adds some twists to the much-explored terrain of the orphan train. As the story opens, 11-year-old Deirdre O'Rourke and her two brothers are boarding a train at New York's Grand
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Erika Tamar, Author, James Ed. Hall, Author Graphia Books $3.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-15-227065-0
With frankness, insight and imagination, Tamar translates a headline-making New Jersey crime into a thoughtful and gripping novel about a mildly retarded girl in a Long Island community who is gang-raped and otherwise molested by a group of high...
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Erika Tamar, Author, Robert Lacey, Author Atheneum Books $14.95 (186p) ISBN 978-0-689-31789-7
Andy Szabo, the teenage New Yorker featured in It Happened at Cecilia's , returns in this sequel set during his freshman year. Andy starts dating a reserved Vietnamese-American girl, Kim O'Hara, about the time his parents buy a historically choice,...
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Erika Tamar, Author, R. Gordon, Author HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-06-027328-6
Growing up motherless in a neighborhood where drug dealers rule the streets, Marisol has her share of worries, but nothing can squelch her passion for music and dance. A door to opportunity opens for the 10-year-old when she wins a scholarship to...
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Erika Tamar, Author, Mavis Gallant, Author, Barbara Lambase, Illustrator Harcourt Children's Books $17 (40p) ISBN 978-0-15-230582-6
Tamar, the author of such tough-minded YA novels as Fair Game, turns dewy-eyed in her first picture book, an idealistic tale about a community garden in a rundown part of New York City. A studiously multiethnic coalition of neighbors claims an empty
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Erika Tamar, Author, Dalton, Author Atheneum Books $21 (202p) ISBN 978-0-689-31689-0
Johnny, lead singer of a popular high school band, has a history of intense, short-lived involvements with drugs, drinking and girls. Jessica, the band's guitarist, is his latest--and most serious--infatuation. While the boy's lavish attentions are...
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Erika Tamar, Author, Bonforte, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (185p) ISBN 978-0-679-87057-9
Demonstrating a deep understanding of preadolescent concerns, Tamar (Fair Game) produces a tough-edged but tender story about an 11-year-old and the dog she befriends. Big-hearted Katie can't stand to see a junkyard dog being starved by its owner...
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Thomas Kinkade, Author, Erika Tamar, Author . HarperCollins/Parachute $12.99 (165p) ISBN 978-0-06-054341-9
Kinkade spins off his Cape Light Novels for adults with this engaging if sometimes contrived debut book of a series set in the same New England coastal town, co-written with Tamar. Aspiring artist Kat, the daughter of the lighthouse keeper, stands...
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Thomas Kinkade, Author, Erika Tamar, Author HarperCollins Publishers $12.99 (183p) ISBN 978-0-06-054344-0
Abused racehorses and women's suffrage figure in the story lines of Thomas Kinkade and Erika Tamar's The Girls of Lighthouse...
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Ericka Tamar, Author, Erika Tamar, Author, Tamar, Author Simon Pulse $3.5 (256p) ISBN 978-0-671-73432-9
Alice discovers that her burgeoning career as a fashion model exacts a high price in a novel that PW noted is ``packed with authentic detail.'' Ages 12-up. (Dec.)
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