Rachel Vail, Author HarperCollins $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-72180-1
``Large doses of authentic preteen jocularity'' infuse what PW called a ``fresh and appealing slice of junior high achool life,'' in which eighth-grader Whit Levy confronts assorted tribulations. Ages 12-up. (Aug.)
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Rachel Vail. Viking, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-670-01308-1
Before Gracie Grant was born, her older sister, Bret, was killed in an auto accident. As a result, Gracie’s parents do everything in their power to make sure that Gracie, now 13, is never anything less than happy, a hard standard for Gracie to live...
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Rachel Vail. Viking, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-670-01307-4
Backbiting, scheming classmates take center stage in Vail’s (the Justin Case series) contemporary novel about middle-school relationships and acts of disloyalty. The nastiness begins when sixth-grader Truly betrays her friend Hazel by joining the...
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Rachel Vail, Author Puffin Books $5.99 (144p) ISBN 978-0-14-038373-7
""Snappy realistic dialogue... anchors the proceedings in a readily recognizable preteen world,"" said PW's starred review of this account of a girl's first summer at camp. Ages 8-12. (Aug.)
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Rachel Vail, Author Orchard Books (NY) $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-531-09517-1
Abigail has decided that her 11th summer-and her first at sleep-away camp-will be one of transformation. Far away from the neighborhood kids and classmates who think she's a wimp, Abigail longs to become brave, hoping she can show them all and...
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Rachel Vail, Author Scholastic $14.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-590-03370-1
Vail (Ever After) returns to familiar territory, chronicling the trials and triumphs of adolescence in this first in a trio of novels that examines the pleasures and pitfalls of junior-high friendships. Each book is narrated by a different girl,...
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Rachel Vail, Author HarperCollins $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-72465-9
Thanks to Vail's ``characteristic honesty and her eye for telling detail,'' said PW in a starred review, a familiar theme--best friends growing apart--becomes ``an unusually absorbing adventure.'' Ages 12-up. (Aug.)
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Rachel Vail, Author , illus. by Scott Nash. Scholastic/Orchard $5.95 (, $5.95 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-531-07184-7
. "Vail delivers a hilarious and exuberant twist on a classic nursery rhyme, and Nash's crisp watercolors play a crucial supporting role," said PW
in a starred review. Ages 3-7. (May)
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Rachel Vail, Author Orchard Books (NY) $15.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-531-06838-0
The tried-and-true theme of best friends growing apart has been central to many, many YA novels. Vail's ( Wonder ) bittersweet foray into this familiar territory is an unusually absorbing adventure, thanks to her characteristic honesty and her eye...
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Rachel Vail, Author . HarperTeen $16.99 (233p) ISBN 978-0-06-089043-8
Vail (You, Maybe
) again demonstrates a penetrating insight into the concerns of young teen girls, this time upending the conventions of the rich-girl novel. In the first of a trilogy about three sisters, 14-year-old Phoebe, the appealing narrator,...
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Rachel Vail, Author . HarperCollins $15.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-056914-3
Vail (the Friendship Ring series) proves that first love is anything but simple and sweet in this lively contemporary novel narrated by high-school freshman Charlotte ("Charlie") Collins. Charlie's dreams about what it would be like to...
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Rachel Vail, illus. by Jeremy Tankard. Feiwel and Friends, $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-312-64988-3
A small piglet with a big dream—to be the Easter Bunny—will have readers laughing out loud in this spunky outing about self-esteem. Liam is not good at hopping, doesn’t like salad, fumbles egg deliveries, and doesn’t have much family support. But...
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Rachel Vail, Author, Yumi Heo, Illustrator , illus. by Yumi Heo. Scholastic $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-42070-9
Exuberant and self-proclaimed “really happy kid” Katie Honors, the tantrum-thrower from Sometimes I'm Bombaloo
, now explains what happens when she gets an attack of night terrors, otherwise known as “the jibberwillies.”
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Rachel Vail, illus. by Yumi Heo. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-312-61345-7
In their third journey through the emotional states of heroine Katie Honors (following Sometimes I’m Bombaloo and Jibberwillies at Night), Vail and Heo look at what happens when a best friend suddenly turns cold. One day, Katie and Jennifer are...
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Rachel Vail, Author, Yumi Heo, Illustrator , illus. by Yumi Heo. Scholastic $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-08755-1
Emotions bubble over in this wise picture book about how a child deals with anger. Katie Honors is a self-described "really good kid," generally obedient, kind and conscientious. But occasionally her baby brother's penchant for wrecking...
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Rachel Vail, Author, Scott Nash, Illustrator Orchard Books (NY) $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-531-30068-8
In her picture book debut, Vail (Wonder) delivers a hilarious and exuberant twist on a classic nursery rhyme. A lovely, ever-so-hefty cow takes center stage--literally--as a monkey named Hiram Diddle Diddle (Hi for short) directs her in a stage...
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Rachel Vail, Author, Matthew Cordell, Illustrator , illus. by Matthew Cordell. Feiwel and Friends $16.99 (245p) ISBN 978-0-312-53290-1
Vail, who collaborated with Cordell on the picture book Righty and Lefty
, creates an endearing portrait of a third-grade worrywart in this slice-of-life novel written in diary form. At the onset of the school year, Justin K. (later nicknamed Justin
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Rachel Vail, Author, Matthew Cordell, Illustrator , illus. by Matthew Cordell. Scholastic $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-63629-2
In this funny, ingenious take on the meaning of friendship, Vail (Sometimes I’m Bombaloo
) and Cordell (Toby and the Snowflakes
) muse upon the way that two very different feet manage to get along—a good thing, since they belong to the...
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Rachel Vail, Author, Steve Bjorkman, Illustrator Orchard Books (NY) $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-40627-7
A young dinosaur and his patient mother star in the Mama Rex and T chapter-book series for early readers by Rachel Vail, illus. by Steve Bjorkman, first published for the school market and now available to the trade. In the first tale, Mama Rex...
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Rachel Vail, Author, R. Vail, Author Scholastic $15.95 (143p) ISBN 978-0-531-05460-4
The star of this fresh and appealing slice of junior high school life, eighth grader Whitman Levy, appeared briefIy in Vail's first book, Wonder. Here Whit must work through some of life's thornier issues--including his parent's separation and the...
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Avi, Author, Rachel Vail, Author . HarperTrophy $5.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-054316-7
"Collaborating on a novel alternately narrated by seventh-grade twins, Avi and Vail invent a sit-comish plot but redeem it by endowing their characters with strong voices and relaying their mishaps with plenty of wit," said PW
. Ages 10-up.
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Avi, Author, Rachel Vail, Author . HarperCollins $15.99 (200p) ISBN 978-0-06-054314-3
Collaborating on a novel alternately narrated by middle-grade twins, Newbery Medalist Avi (Crispin
) and Vail (the Friendship Ring books) invent a sit-comish plot but redeem it by endowing their characters with strong voices and relaying their...
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Scholastic Books, Author, Rachel Vail, Author Scholastic Paperbacks $3.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-439-08761-2
In a starred review, PW called this insightful series about a quartet of seventh graders ""a heartbreaking and glorious rollercoaster ride."" Ages 9-13. (Oct.)
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Rachel Vail. Viking, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-451-47945-7
Eighth graders Niki and Ava have been best friends since Ava moved to Snug Island, Maine, in third grade and claimed Niki from then-friend Holly. But now critical Ava needs a break. Niki strives to be what Ava wants, even as Ava begins hanging out...
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