cover image TENDER

TENDER

Valerie Hobbs, . . Puffin, $6.99 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-14-240075-3

Fifteen-year-old Olivia goes to live with her father, an ocean diver, who left when she was a baby, after her grandmother dies. "Those seeking a thought-provoking, emotionally stirring read will become intimately involved in Olivia's quest to understand herself," wrote PW . Ages 12-up. (Mar.)