Joyce McDonald, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-32659-9
On the night that a horde of peepers disgorge themselves from local streams into the town of Bellehaven, "shrieking like souls of the dead disturbed from their slumber," a teenage computer whiz named Simon crashes his car into a landmark,...
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Joyce McDonald, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.50 (281p) ISBN 978-0-440-22807-3
When four angry, isolated teens living in rural northwestern New Jersey coincidentally gather in an abandoned camp building, they form a strange bond and begin to commit crimes together. PW
said, "The chilling premise and credible depiction...
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Joyce McDonald, Author . Delacorte $15.95 (263p) ISBN 978-0-385-73107-2
Set in the late 1950s, McDonald's (Swallowing Stones
) engrossing, often brutal novel centers on Dove Alderman, the white daughter of an orange grower prominent in their Florida town, ironically named Benevolence. Small fires have been sparking...
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Joyce McDonald, Author Laurel Leaf Library $6.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-440-22672-7
The lives of four teenagers are drastically changed by a freak Fourth of July accident. ""Readers will quickly become absorbed in this electrifying portrayal of fear and deception,"" said PW. Ages 12-up. (Aug.) r
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Joyce McDonald, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-385-32232-4
Quinn's life could be a bad country music song-Mama left town, Daddy lost his job, they're living in a swamp, and if it weren't for bad luck they'd have no luck at all. This story of family crisis in a dying Florida mining town suffers from two...
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Joyce McDonald, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-385-32662-9
McDonald's (Comfort Creek) chilling premise and credible depiction of the gang dynamic--propelled by fear--will keep the pages turning, but the novel's frequently shifting perspectives among the five principal characters overwhelm the story. When...
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Joyce McDonald, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-32309-3
A bizarre Fourth of July accident, which leaves an innocent man dead, sets McDonald's (Comfort Creek) spiraling drama in motion, drawing together four teenagers whose lives are drastically changed by the incident. Caught in the eye of the storm are...
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