Sons from Afar

Cynthia Voigt. Simon Pulse, $5.99 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-689-80889-0

This installment of the Tillerman saga (begun in Homecoming) focuses on the Tillerman brothers' search for the father who abandoned them; PW said the work ""rings with truth and compassion."" Ages 12-up. (Sept.)

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