cover image BREAKING RANK

BREAKING RANK

Kristen Downey Randle, . . HarperTempest, $6.95 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-380-73281-4

This novel challenges stereotypes and stigmas when an unprecedented friendship develops between two teens of rival high school groups. "Randle is adept at conveying ingrained prejudices as well as the frustration and alienation that leads some youths to forsake the 'straight' world for a more friendly and accepting one of their own making," said PW. Ages 12-up. (Jan.)