Jane Conly Lesley, Author, Jane Leslie Conly, Author Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-8050-7464-2
Conly (While No One Was Watching) paints a realistic picture of a Baltimore neighborhood, its sense of community, and how it starts to unravel due to drug gangs. However, the author juggles a few too many themes to develop them all fully. The...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author . Holt $16.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6069-0
Oluu, an independent-minded, impulsive young alien, lands on a Vermont farm and, in very short order, breaks every rule established by the Wise Ones in her galaxy. Rather than "wait and watch," for example, the invisible Oluu decides to...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author Henry Holt & Company $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-8050-3934-4
As in her previous novels, Conly (Crazy Lady; Trout Summer) once again explores vivid characters living on the fringe of society, this time taking the point of view of the misfits themselves. Earl, Frankie and Angela Foster are temporarily left in...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author Scholastic Paperbacks $4.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-590-93975-1
Summer in a riverside cabin becomes dangerous and difficult for a pair of children when they befriend a crotchety old man who takes them on some turbulent river rapids. Ages 9-12. (June)
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author HarperCollins $5.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-440787-8
Three children left in the care of their alcoholic aunt shakily fend for themselves. ""By writing from the children's points of view, the author achieves a riveting immediacy and a wistful sense of irony,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (Mar.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author, Leonard Lubin, Illustrator HarperTrophy $7.99 (278p) ISBN 978-0-06-440245-3
The heroes of the Newbery-winning Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH return in another funny, poignant adventure. Ages 9-12. (Sept.)
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author, Leonard Lubin, Illustrator, Leonard Lubin, Photographer HarperCollins $7.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-06-440387-0
Lost in the woods, Margaret and her brother Artie are rescued by the celebrated superintelligent rats, who teach the children resourcefulness. PW said, ``The novel proves enjoyable for its excitement and believably drawn characterizations.'' Ages 9-1
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author, Leonard Lubin, Illustrator, Leonard Lubin, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $14.95 (260p) ISBN 978-0-06-021363-3
Margaret feels responsible when she and her autistic brother Artie (R-T) get lost in the woods. But when she discovers that Artie has kept secret from her the mysterious visits to their newly-discovered cave by a talking rat named Christopher, she...
READ FULL REVIEW
Jane Leslie Conly, Author, Leonard Lubin, Illustrator, Robert C. O'Brien, Photographer HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (278p) ISBN 978-0-06-021361-9
Taking up the tale where her father Robert C. O'Brien ended Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, Conly does full justice to his Newbery-winning novel. So does Lubin, depicting the endearing company that now includes a cheeky little rat named Rasco....
READ FULL REVIEW
