Jean Ferris, Author Harcourt Children's Books $17 (192p) ISBN 978-0-15-202367-6
HFerris (Invincible Summer) tackles issues of tolerance, homosexuality and self-discovery in this insightful and atmospheric novel set in rodeo country. On the surface, John, the 18-year-old narrator, seems to fit right in: as he puts it, being a...
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $17 (192p) ISBN 978-0-374-30479-9
Ferris (Invincible Summer) follows six months in the life of a 16-year-old confined to a criminal rehabilitation center for teenage girls in this novel based on interviews with young women in real-life rehab. Dallas craves the excitement of ""skating
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (192p) ISBN 978-0-374-30204-7
Beginning with the uninspired title, Ferris (Relative Strangers) delivers a less satisfying work than her previous books, which explore similar territory-namely, absent or emotionally distant parents. With his mother off on an extended honeymoon, 16-
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $14 (121p) ISBN 978-0-374-36909-5
Shattered by the recent death of her twin sister, 17-year-old Hannah has little hope that a family vacation to Lascaux, France, site of the famous cave paintings, will lift her spirits. The last thing she expects is to fall in love with a Gypsy....
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $3.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-374-43608-7
This bittersweet, lyrical novel describes a girl's first romance--and her struggle with leukemia. Ages 12-up. (Apr.)
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $16 (229p) ISBN 978-0-374-36243-0
Berkeley, who lives with her mother in San Diego, has had little contact with her father except for a few awkward visits and for the inappropriate birthday gifts he has sent through the mail, even though he lives in Los Angeles. His invitation to...
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (215p) ISBN 978-0-374-30030-2
Having been placed under the guardianship of unpredictable Paige, 17-year-old Will Griffin has no choice but to go along with his older sister's crazy whims. When Paige decides that she and her brother should rent their house by the ocean and move...
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (167p) ISBN 978-0-374-34649-2
The author of Invincible Summer writes of a new kind of heroine: one who is almost arrogantly independent and of necessity deceitful. When Daphne, who knows she wants to go to college (and has single-mindedly pursued the goal of saving money for...
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Jean Ferris, Author Avon Books $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-70619-8
In a very moving story, Robin is diagnosed with leukemia and Rick, another cancer patient, offers her hope despite his own physical decline. Ages 12-up. (Feb.)
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Jean Ferris, Author Farrar Straus Giroux $15 (170p) ISBN 978-0-374-37212-5
Kitty, Fran and Mary are the closest of friends, and they feel that nothingnot even boyscan drive them apart. Then handsome and athletic Nick Arlington comes to their high school. When he shows an attraction to Mary, Kitty is awed. But as the year...
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Jean Ferris, Author . FSG/Aerial $5.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-374-40475-8
A 16-year-old girl spends six months confined to a criminal rehab center. "The narrator comes off as more of an observer than a fully realized character," said PW, "but the author's willingness to explore the issues these girls face,
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Jean Ferris, Author . Harcourt $17 (297p) ISBN 978-0-15-206382-5
Wrought in the same whimsical style as Once Upon a Marigold
, this sequel to the fractured fairy tale tells what happens after evil Queen Olympia's plot to murder her husband and his daughter Marigold fails. After the queen falls into a river...
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Jean Ferris, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $16 (168p) ISBN 978-0-374-37243-9
Ferris (Across the Grain
) often centers her novels around change and choice, both of which come into play in this historical novel based on two real-life slaves who meet in 1839 Kentucky. With his lenient master, Stephen Bishop firmly believes...
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Jean Ferris, Author . Harcourt $17 (265p) ISBN 978-0-15-205706-0
Written in the same spirit as Audrey Couloumbus's The Misadventures of Maude March
, Ferris's (Once Upon a Marigold
) comical Wild West adventure introduces a group of wittily portrayed characters, all of whom live in Grubstake, a mining...
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Jean Ferris, Author . Harcourt $5.95 (275p) ISBN 978-0-15-205084-9
A boy raised by a troll decides to see the world one day and discovers that lovely Princess Marigold, with whom he has corresponded, is about to become betrothed. "The author breathes new life into archetypal characters by adding unexpected and
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Jean Ferris, Author . FSG/Sunburst $6.95 (215p) ISBN 978-0-374-45584-2
In what PW
called "a taut novel," a high school senior who can hear and who knows sign language often finds himself in a burdensome and exhausting position in a family in which everyone else is deaf. Ages 12-up. (Apr.)
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Jean Ferris, Author . Harcourt $17 (272p) ISBN 978-0-15-216791-2
In a gratifying fantasy that contains elements of classic fairy tales, Ferris (Love Among the Walnuts) breathes new life into archetypal characters by adding unexpected and often humorous dimensions to their personalities. The protagonist, Christian,
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Jean Ferris, Author . Puffin $5.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-14-230121-0
"Ferris tackles issues of tolerance, homosexuality and self-discovery in this insightful and atmospheric novel set in rodeo country," said PW
in a starred review. "A fast-paced ride that will leave readers thinking." Ages 12-up. (M
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Jean Ferris, Author . FSG $16 (224p) ISBN 978-0-374-35580-7
In this emotionally taut novel Ferris (Bad; Eight Seconds) chronicles the conflicts of high school senior Theo, caught between the hearing and deaf worlds. Theo, who can hear and who knows sign language, often finds himself in a burdensome and...
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Jean Ferris, Author, Ferris, Author Harcourt Children's Books $16 (224p) ISBN 978-0-15-201590-9
In this modern-day farce featuring a cast of offbeat characters and some punchy dialogue, Ferris (Invincible Summer; Looking for Home) shows how peace inside a man-made utopia is disrupted by outside jealousy and greed; but the plot will have more...
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