cover image The Year of the Sawdust Man

The Year of the Sawdust Man

A. LaFaye. Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, $12.95 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-689-83106-5

Set in a small 1930s Louisiana town, this first novel about an 11-year-old girl abandoned by her mother ""is filled with poignant insights into a hurt child's fragile psyche,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 8-12. (Oct.)