Do Angels Sing the Blues?

A. C. Lemieus. HarperTrophy, $4.5 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-380-72399-7

""This absorbing exploration of adolescent hopes, dreams and vulnerability contains undertones as resonant and melancholy as a blues melody,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Aug.)

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