cover image ZIGZAG

ZIGZAG

Ellen Wittlinger, . . Simon Pulse, $6.99 (264pp) ISBN 978-0-689-84998-5

A 17-year-old takes a "zigzag" route to L.A. with three less-than-desirable companions. "The heroine's conflicts and romantic notions will strike a familiar chord, and readers might glean some inspiration from her epiphanies," said PW . Ages 12-up. (Feb.)