John Ed. Johnston, Author, Julie Johnston, Author . Tundra $9.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-88776-649-7
This story of a 12-year-old girl whose older brother contracts polio "starts slowly and accelerates into a spectacular novel, balancing coming-of-age angst with grief from a sudden, devastating affliction," wrote PW
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John Ed. Johnston, Author, Julie Johnston, Author . Tundra $9.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-88776-648-0
A 15-year-old foster child is placed in a loving family—except for their delinquent teen, who nearly destroys the family. PW
called the story "moving and memorable." Ages 11-up. (Sept.)
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Julie Johnston. Tundra, $19.95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-77049-313-1
WWII may have ended, but 14-year-old Rachel McLaren still has plenty of things getting her down: the eczema that has her forever itching her arms; her small Canadian town; her older brother, Jamie, who has just returned from the war traumatized and...
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Julie Johnston, Author Tundra Books (NY) $14.95 (232p) ISBN 978-0-88776-441-7
The author of Hero of Lesser Causes and Adam and Eve and Pinch Me offers a leisurely paced coming-of-age novel tinged with mystery. In the summer of 1904, Fred Dickinson, a 16-year-old Canadian, sets out with his two younger brothers and sister for...
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Julie Johnston, Author Joy Street Books $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-316-46988-3
Johnston makes a rousing debut with this moving book, set in 1946, winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature in Canada. Keely, age 12, and her spirited, slightly older brother Patrick are ``Siamese twins joined at the mind.''...
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Julie Johnston, Author Little Brown and Company $15.95 (180p) ISBN 978-0-316-46990-6
A hard veneer encases 15-year-old Sara. Through a series of hardships and tragedies, Sara, given up at birth by her unwed mother, has traveled from one foster home to another. She eagerly awaits her next birthday, when she can quit school and be on...
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