cover image THE REAPPEARANCE OF SAM WEBBER

THE REAPPEARANCE OF SAM WEBBER

Jonathon Scott Fuqua, . . Candlewick, $8.99 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-7636-1424-9

. An 11-year-old Baltimore boy's friendship with an African-American school janitor teaches him about racism, loss, grief and forgiveness. According to PW , the author "has a sensitive understanding of the shaky emotional terrain of preadolescence." Ages 10-up. (Apr.)