James Lincoln Collier, Author Delacorte Press $14.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-385-29516-1
Older boys come to visit Harry's older sister Helen, knowing she'll let them ""use'' her. It makes Harry angry, but he knows he can't do anything about it. In Timber Falls, people think his father is a thief and the whole White family is ``trash.''...
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James Lincoln Collier, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $13.95 (179p) ISBN 978-0-02-723100-7
Once more Collier has given an outcast from society center stage to show younger readers that they may exert control over their lives. Fergy, 14, lives with his family in a van; his father, J. P., believes that because ""the system'' cheats everyone,
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James Lincoln Collier, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $0 (169p) ISBN 978-0-02-722831-1
From the author of Outside Looking In , among other notable titles, comes this story of a Massachusetts mill town, in which the mill's wealthy owners, the Winchesters, often face off with the rest of the town. On the less-affluent side of the family
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James Lincoln Collier, Author Avon Books $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-70961-8
Frustrated by his father's lawlessness and countercultural lifestyle, Fergy takes his little sister with him when he runs away in pursuit of a conventional home. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)
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James Lincoln Collier, Author MacMillan Publishing Company $13.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-02-722985-1
The author of Louis Armstrong: An American Success Story tells another musical tale with a strong, clear sense of the field. Collier chronicles the early years of Edward Kennedy Ellington, who was pampered and made to feel elite--like his nickname....
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James Lincoln Collier, Author Oxford University Press, USA $30 (320p) ISBN 978-0-19-505277-0
There was a lot to respect in America's sexually repressed Victorian Age, contends cultural historian Collier. Why did family feeling, concern for people, self-sacrifice and a work ethic--basic values--dissolve in the permissiveness of an impersonal
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James Lincoln Collier, Author Puffin Books $4.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-14-037778-1
Although the author ""deftly recreates the spirit of 1920s Chicago and the thriving world of jazz,"" PW found certain plot devices ""weak"" and the ending overly neat. Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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James Lincoln Collier, Author Avon Books $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-70808-6
Chris Winchester is torn between being part of his regular high school crowd and remaining loyal to his wealthy, powerful family, in this affecting study of an adolescent's search for identity. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)
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James Lincoln Collier, Author Oxford University Press, USA $25 (336p) ISBN 978-0-19-507943-2
Collier, who has written biographies of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman, is an engaging and often controversial critic. The essays collected here are centered on the notion that ``style or form in art gains adherence not simply...
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James Lincoln Collier, Author Henry Holt & Company $15.95 (216p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2821-8
Newbery Honor author Collier ( My Brother Sam Is Dead ) deftly recreates the spirit of 1920s Chicago and the thriving world of jazz and its stars, including King Oliver and Louis Armstrong, in this story of a 12-year-old obsessed with making music....
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James Lincoln Collier, Author, Collier Collier, Author, Collier, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (161p) ISBN 978-0-385-30037-7
In 1802, factories are being built across America, and 15-year-old Annie must go to spin at the local mill so that her improvident father can pay for a clock. However, the mill's corrupt overseer, aptly named Hoggart, makes improper advances toward...
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James Lincoln Collier, Author, Christopher Collier, Author, Christopher Collier, Contribution by Yearling Books $6.5 (192p) ISBN 978-0-440-49504-8
A suspenseful historical novel about a young black woman's fight against racism. Ages 812. (February)
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James Lincoln Collier, Author, Christopher Collier, With Laurel Leaf Library $6.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-440-21983-5
PW called this work ""a strong, affecting picture of the Civil War era... of the privations of the home front as well as the chaos and carnage of the battlefield."" Ages 10-up. (Jan.)
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James Lincoln Collier, Author, John JR. Collier, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $15 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-74224-9
Although 14-year-old Roger Hardy's life of crime starts small (he heists a bucket of fried rice), the boy has played a key role in two major robberies by the time this novel is over. Collier ( The Winchesters ; Outside Looking In ) does an excellent
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