cover image ALT ED

ALT ED

Catherine Atkins, . . Penguin/Speak, $5.99 (198pp) ISBN 978-0-14-240235-1

"Carefully nuanced connections between characters plus insight into the adolescent ability to use low self-esteem as a cruel weapon catapults this novel of troubled teens well above the familiarity of its trappings," said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)