The Secret Life of Amanda K. Woods
Ann Cameron. Puffin Books, $6.99 (201pp) ISBN 978-0-14-130642-1
This National Book Award finalist, set in 1950s Wisconsin, centers on an 11-year-old girl's coming of age. PW called her transformation ""less dramatic than a butterfly's metamorphosis, but just about as impressive."" Ages 10-14. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 09/13/1999
Genre: Children's