The World of Daughter McGuire

Sharon Dennis Wyeth. Yearling Books, $3.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-440-41114-7

PW singled out Wyeth's ``compassionate renderings of contemporary families'' in this novel about an 11-year-old who becomes the target of racial slurs as a result of her mixed racial and ethnic heritage. Ages 8-12. (Nov.)

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