cover image Shepherd

Shepherd

Julian F. Thompson. Puffin Books, $4.99 (176pp) ISBN 978-0-14-037502-2

-037503-1 PW praised Shepherd for blending ""humor and pathos to characterize a teenager's budding sexuality,"" but said that Fling's ""paper-thin characters and convoluted melodrama"" are likely to disappoint Thompson's fans. Ages 12-up. (May) r