cover image Chill Wind

Chill Wind

Janet McDonald, . . FSG/Sunburst, $6.95 (134pp) ISBN 978-0-374-41183-1

Returning to territory first explored in Spellbound , McDonald focuses on a high school dropout who was pregnant with one child already. "Readers get a strong sense of Aisha's world—the projects, her battles with the welfare system, her friends and their families—and the ribbing between friends reads genuine," wrote PW . Ages 12-up. (Feb.)