Julie Reece Deaver, Author . S&S/Simon Pulse $5.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7434-3979-4
Admirers of Deaver's Say Goodnight, Gracie
may welcome the return of two of that book's protagonists but are likely to end up disappointed: the characterizations here are thin and the plotting will seem obvious to anyone at all familiar...
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Julie Reece Deaver, Author Harper Teen $6.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-447007-0
A 17-year-old girl must face life on her own when her closest friend is killed by a drunk driver. PW found this touching first novel ultimately joyful, and said ``the happiness friends inspire in one another . . . is convincingly conveyed and...
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Julie Reece Deaver, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15 (214p) ISBN 978-0-06-021418-0
Tragedy strikes early in Deaver's first book, and so the mood necessarily must be one of sorrow and confusion. But the impression that lingers with readers is closer to unbridled joy. The happiness friends inspire in one anotherin this case Morgan...
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Julie Reece Deaver, Author HarperCollins Publishers $13.95 (216p) ISBN 978-0-06-021426-5
Though Pokie misses her older brother Gib when he leaves for college, she is confident that their special relationship will survive unaltered. The discovery that Gib has fallen in love--and plans to marry--leaves Pokie jealous and confused. But in...
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Julie Reece Deaver, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15 (209p) ISBN 978-0-06-021516-3
Nearly half a year after her mother's suicide, high school senior Bess begins a long-anticipated internship on The Les Comack Show , a Chicago-based TV program. Influenced by her mother's enthusiasm for classic American comedians, Bess has always...
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Julie Reece Deaver, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-06-024675-4
The opening sentence of Deaver's (Say Goodnight, Gracie) latest is bound to rivet the attention of even a jaded reader: ``I have just kidnapped my eleven-year-old sister, although she doesn't know it yet.'' A first-semester scholarship student at a...
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