Perri Klass, Author, Sheila Solomon Klass, Author . Ballantine $23.95 (289p) ISBN 978-0-345-47718-7
These authors avoid the pitfalls of the often saccharine mother-daughter memoir by interspersing humorous anecdotes within a solid framework of stories of mom Sheila's dark upbringing during the 1940s and daughter Perri's current struggle to
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author . Holt/Ottaviano $17.95 (213p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8200-5
The real-life Deborah Sampson's experiences dressing as a man for two years to serve as a soldier during the Revolutionary War form the foundation of Klass's (The Uncivil War
) provocative historical novel. The story starts with a terrific
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Starfire $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-26049-6
Amy's mother wants her to go to Bennington after she graduates from high school. Amy has other plans for her creativity, and they don't include college. In PW's words, ""Klass enlivens it with humor and an extended cast of fully realized characters.'
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Starfire $2.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-553-26901-7
The fourth page of his college application becomes a space in which David examines the influences on his life and the ways he plans to change. Ages 12-up. (January)
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Black Heron Press $22.95 (200p) ISBN 978-0-930773-44-1
After a series of novels set in West Bengal (A Perpetual Sunrise), Klass returns to the New York City of her earliest work: this time, the Orthodox Jewish community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where immigrants Eva and Sol Greenfield have just...
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Yearling Books $4.5 (176p) ISBN 978-0-440-41493-3
This fictional biography of the female sharpshooter concentrates on its heroine's rough childhood. ""Klass's portrayal of Oakley's courageous individualism makes this tale hit the mark,"" said PW. Ages 9-12. (Nov.)
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Yearling Books $4.5 (176p) ISBN 978-0-440-41572-5
PW said, ""In this convincing, ultimately triumphant novel, the 12-year-old heroine wages battle on several fronts,"" including her weight problem and her overprotective mother. Ages 9-12. (Oct.)
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Scribner Book Company $12.95 (166p) ISBN 978-0-684-18745-7
David Smith's life is shattered when his father leaves the family to move to Alaska with a young woman. David, whose goal was to prove that jocks are smart by getting into a good college, stops going to school, quits the school basketball team and...
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Scribner Book Company $12.95 (137p) ISBN 978-0-684-18889-8
Klass specializes in novels arising from critical choices as in The Bennington Stitch, etc. Here she mixes buoyant humor in a story with serious overtones, as told by Carole Warren, 16, whose credo has been ""I buy; therefore I am.'' The daughter of
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Holiday House $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1279-2
At the age of eight, Phoebe Anne Moses, heroine of this fictional biography, takes up her late father's rifle and shoots her hungry family a rabbit. It proves to be a pivotal moment: she will go on to hone her near-miraculous talent for hunting game
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Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Holiday House $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1472-7
Klass's (Shooting Star: A Novel About Annie Oakley) storytelling runs thin in this earnest historical novel set during Louisa May Alcott's girlhood. Susan, a shy, stammering 11-year-old from a hardworking farm family, chronicles the Alcotts' brief...
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Shelia Solomon Klass, Author, Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Scholastic $13.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-44250-3
Annie, almost 15, hates her nose, especially since a vindictive classmate has started calling her Bump. Despite assurances from her loving family and handsome boyfriend, the girl wants to get a nose job, her determination boosted by a dream starring
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Shelia Solomon Klass, Author, Sheila Solomon Klass, Author Scholastic $14.95 (181p) ISBN 978-0-590-46686-8
Beth, 14, hates leaving her posh Manhattan apartment to live with her divorced father, Pete, a Vermont sculptor as antimaterialistic as her wealthy mother, Clarissa, is a conspicuous consumer. Clarissa, pregnant and on her third marriage, has...
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