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The Strength of Saints

A. LaFaye. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $16.95 (192pp) ISBN 978-0-689-83200-0

The Strength of Saints by A. LaFaye (The Year of the Sawdust Man and Nissa's Place) continues the story of Nissa Bergen. As a growing population challenges the resources and long-held beliefs of her racially divided town, the young heroine, creator of ""separate but equal"" libraries, must confront the difficulties head on. (June)