DUNK

David Lubar, . . Houghton/Graphia, $6.99 (260pp) ISBN 978-0-618-43909-6

From the moment that soon-to-be-11th-grader Chad hears the boardwalk clown hurling insults, the teen adds the job to his list of goals. In what PW called "an engrossing novel, Lubar ably charts a watershed summer between boyhood and manhood." Ages 13-up. (June)

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