cover image When She Was Good

When She Was Good

Norma Fox Mazer. Scholastic Paperbacks, $6.99 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-590-31990-4

After years of abuse from her mentally ill older sister, a girl gingerly takes her first steps toward liberation when her tormentor dies. PW's starred review called the novel ""heart-wrenching."" Ages 12-up. (Jan.) n