cover image Bill

Bill

Chap Reaver. Yearling Books, $3.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41153-6

PW singled out the author's ability to ""interweave comedy, tragedy and truth"" in this novel about a girl named Jess who finds she has no one to turn to but her dog, Bill, after her alcoholic father is arrested for making and selling illegal whiskey. Ages 10-up. (Feb.)