Russell and Elisa

Johanna Hurwitz. HarperTrophy, $4.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-688-16666-3

Calling Hurwitz ""a master of middle-grade fiction,"" PW said that these chapter books ""have the ring of authenticity."" Ages 5-up. (Apr.)

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