Joyce Sweeney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-21986-6
Describing a girl who sees the ghost of her cat, Sweeney ""offers believably complex characters"" and ""challenges conventional views of reality,"" said PW. Ages 12-up. (May)
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (216p) ISBN 978-0-385-32051-1
Thirteen-year-old Sarah Shaheen's family thinks she is crazy when she tells them she has been seeing the ghost of her dead cat, Shadow. However, the new maid (conveniently, a psychic) has also felt a ghostly feline presence in the house, and she is...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15 (232p) ISBN 978-0-385-30841-0
Beneath Zachary Lloyd's calm, self-assured demeanor lie intimations of terror which surface only in nightmares. With the help of a therapist, the high school senior is able to connect symbols from his dreams (tigers, apple orchards, a ghost-like...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15 (227p) ISBN 978-0-385-30534-1
Less compelling than some of Sweeney's previous novels ( The Dream Collector ; Face the Dragon ), this story about teen love nevertheless offers more than fluff. Deidre, the 14-year-old heroine, emerges as a slightly cynical culinary wizard who...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (231p) ISBN 978-0-385-30164-0
Six gifted freshmen become an intimate group when they are singled out to participate in an accelerated program. After reading Beowulf as their first English assignment, the classmates decide it is time to face their own dragons by admitting and...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (196p) ISBN 978-0-385-29813-1
Fifteen-year-old Becky can't get all her family members the presents they want for Christmas, so instead she buys everyone a self-help book that explains how to make wishes come true through positive thinking. The gift does prove inspirational, but...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Winslowhouse International $16.95 (225p) ISBN 978-1-890817-54-1
Sweeney (Shadow; The Spirit Window) explores the disastrous effects of competitiveness gone too far in this suspenseful story about a high school basketball team. Corey, from whose point of view the novel is told, plus three other returning starters
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $4.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-440-21975-0
In this ""suspenseful adventure story,"" four teenage boys get trapped in a cave for 24 hours. ""Lean and skillfully wrought, this novel hooks the reader and doesn't let go,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Oct.)
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Delacorte Press $15.95 (229p) ISBN 978-0-385-32211-9
Four high school boys are lost for 24 hours in an underground cave in this suspenseful adventure story. Seventeen-year-old Neil and his friend Randy grudgingly allow Neil's younger brother, David, and his friend Terry to join them on a road trip...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author . Cavendish $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5138-9
Sophie, a high school senior who "breathe[s] poems," is determined to go to college even though she's in the third trimester of her pregnancy. Treated badly at school, she walks an equally uneasy line at home with her single mom: not...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-440-21915-6
Two teenage cousins experience traumatic affairs of the heart with two vastly different boyfriends in this honest and often amusing romantic novel. Ages 12-up. (July)
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-21246-1
When Eric enters an accelerated program in high school, he faces his fears with inspiration from Beowulf. Ages 12-up. (June)
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-21131-0
Becky's supposedly ideal Christmas gift for her family generates unexpected conflicts. In PW 's words, ``With precisely etched characters, this affecting and tender novel presents a perfect blend of humor and dramatic tension.'' Ages 12-up. (Dec.)
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Joyce Sweeney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-20678-1
This engrossing novel concerns 21-year-old Kevin, always the shining light of his family, who is prevented by his sister from taking his life. Ages 12-up. (July)
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Joyce Sweeney, Author . Holt $16.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8019-3
Hunter LaSalle, 13, might as well be named Hunted: his foster mother, two of his foster sisters and the school bully are all out to get him. His best friend was his foster dad, Mike, and the story opens at Mike’s funeral. But when a motorcycle
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Joyce Sweeney, Author . Holt $16.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8018-6
An 18-year-old trades gymnastics for a professional wrestling class—pursuing a chance to become "a WWE superstar"—in Sweeney's latest novel, which makes the world of wrestling as fascinating a backdrop as basketball was in...
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Joyce Sweeney, Author . Cavendish $6.95 (220p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5236-2
"Sweeney explores the disastrous effects of competitiveness gone too far in this suspenseful story about a high school basketball team," wrote PW
. Ages 12-up. (Dec.)
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Joyce Sweeney, Author, Joan Sweeney, Author Laurel Leaf Library $3.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-440-21927-9
Eighteen-year-old Zack struggles to decode his nightmares; Sweeney displays ``remarkable insight into family relationships and human nature,'' said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Feb.)q
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