cover image The Exiles

The Exiles

Hilary McKay. Margaret K. McElderry Books, $4.5 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-689-80592-9

PW compared this uproarious first novel, about four unruly girls ""exiled"" to the country with their no-nonsense grandmother, to the writings of Beverly Cleary and Lois Lowry. Ages 9-12. (May)