Dear Nobody

Berlie Doherty. Harper Teen, $5.99 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-688-12764-0

The Carnegie Medal-winning novel offers an affecting look at a teenager's pregnancy--and the resultant tensions with her boyfriend and family. Ages 13-up. (May)

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