James W. Bennett, Author . Scholastic/Signature $4.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-590-48672-9
After Sonny wins a basketball scholarship to college and his athletic talents win him national celebrity, he irrevocably takes his fate in his own hands in this "acutely perceptive account of a young man's emotional and intellectual...
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James W. Bennett, Author . Holiday $16.95 (247p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1778-0
Bennett (I Can Hear the Mourning Dove; Blue Star Rapture) once again shows insight into the teen psyche as he traces the downward spiral of a troubled adolescent. Anne-Marie, a cheerleader in danger of failing her senior year of high school, is...
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James W. Bennett, Author Scholastic $3.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-45691-3
PW praised the author's ``tenderness and remarkable insight'' in describing the psychological struggles negotiated by his traumatized teenage heroine. Ages 12-up. (Jan.)
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James W. Bennett, Author Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $16 (208p) ISBN 978-0-689-83137-9
High-school senior Coley Burke seems to have everything going for him. His pitching skills have won him glory at school and attracted the attention of several baseball scouts; he lives in a beautiful house (with a full-size bronze statue of Reggie...
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James W. Bennett, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $14.95 (197p) ISBN 978-0-395-53623-0
In the tradition of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden , this engrossing first novel invites readers to enter the imagination of an emotionally disturbed girl and trace the slow, difficult process of her healing. When Grace is released from the...
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James W. Bennett, Author Scholastic $14.95 (182p) ISBN 978-0-590-46680-6
Although foster child Floyd Rayfield, a lonely 15-year-old, knows little about his origins, he is certain of his destiny after he dreams he is a Dakota warrior. Determined to ``become'' a Native American, he changes his name to Charly Black Crow,...
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James W. Bennett, Author Scholastic $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-48671-2
It helps to really like basketball in order to enjoy this novel to its fullest. Interwoven around gritty, occasionally brutish, guys-only scenes of fraternity hazing, basketball team practice and tension-filled games is an acutely perceptive account
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