Wind Blows Backward

Mary Downing Hahn. Harper Teen, $4.95 (272pp) ISBN 978-0-380-77530-9

A high-school girl perseveres through a disturbing relationship; PW praised the ``realistic empathy and deft style'' of Hahn's ``taut and emotionally driven story.'' Ages 12-up. (Aug.)

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