cover image Heartbreak and Roses

Heartbreak and Roses

Janet Bode. Laurel Leaf Library, $4.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-440-21966-8

ISBN 0-440-21966-3 A dozen real-life stories explore teenage relationships, focusing on such topics as interracial dating, codependence, coping with a disability and breaking up. PW called the work ``compassionate and compelling.'' Ages 12-up. (Jan.)