Bruce McBay, Author, James Heneghan, Author, Bruce McBay, Illustrator . Orca $7.95 (176p) ISBN 978-1-55143-270-0
As this Canadian novel opens, Mike Scott's father, mother and sister die in a car crash that leaves him legless and wheelchair-bound. Sullen and withdrawn, Mike goes to live with his aunt Norma, who eventually convinces him to return to high...
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James Heneghan, Author . FSG/Foster $16 (192p) ISBN 978-0-374-35057-4
In an uneasy mix of burlesque and grief, Heneghan's (Wish Me Luck) ambitious but underdone novel opens in rainy Vancouver, Canada, as the Sheehogue, or Faeries, "practice sundry small mischiefs" at the mall. A few paragraphs later, they...
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James Heneghan, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.50 (256p) ISBN 978-0-440-22948-3
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called this novel about a 13-year-old mistreated foster child who investigates an abandoned construction site, falls into a hole lined with decaying coffins and is magically transported to 1847 Ireland, an "eerie time travel tale." Ages...
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James Heneghan, Author . Orca $7.95 (96p) ISBN 978-1-55143-269-4
Part of the new Orca Soundings series of stylish-looking paperbacks designed to attract reluctant teen readers, this title presents what sounds like an edgy premise in language geared to a third-grade reading level. As Heneghan's (Waiting for...
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James Heneghan, Author Viking Children's Books $14.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-670-85180-5
After his mother and younger sister are killed in a terrorist bombing in their native Belfast, Declan joins the Holy Terrors, a youth gang modeled after the IRA. When the authorities catch up with him, Declan is sent--very much against his will--to...
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James Heneghan, Author Laurel Leaf Library $4.5 (208p) ISBN 978-0-440-22764-9
This historical novel, based on the sinking of the City of Benares during WWII, is ""eye-opening and utterly gripping,"" said PW's starred review. Ages 12-up. (Oct.)
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James Heneghan, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $17 (256p) ISBN 978-0-374-32765-1
This eerie time-travel tale revolves around the excavation of a mass grave in Liverpool, England. Thirteen-year-old narrator Tom, a mistreated foster child, investigates an abandoned construction site and falls into a hole lined with decaying...
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James Heneghan, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (208p) ISBN 978-0-374-38453-1
Heneghan (Torn Away) pulls off a rare achievement: he creates historical fiction that does not depend on historical incidents--even so dramatic an incident as the WW II torpedoing of an ocean liner--for its tension, momentum or purpose. The narrator,
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