Kristin Levine, Author . Putnam $16.99 (266p) ISBN 978-0-399-25090-3
Tension builds just below the surface of this energetic, seamlessly narrated first novel set in small-town Alabama in 1917. Twelve-year-old Harry, aka Dit, has been looking forward to the arrival of the new postmaster from Boston, said to have a son
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Kristin Levine. Putnam, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-399-25644-8
Successfully weaving historical events with a dynamic personal narrative, Levine (The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had) offers a riveting, frequently tense portrait of 1958 Little Rock, Ark., the tumultuous year when the governor refused integration by...
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Kristin Levine. Putnam, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-399-16328-9
Inspired by her father's childhood, Levine (The Lions of Little Rock) explores the charged emotions of the McCarthy era in a hard-hitting story set in suburban Chicago. "Cowboys have scars. Bad guys have scars. Sisters aren't supposed to have scars,"
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Kristin Levine. Putnam, $17.99 (368p) ISBN 978-0-399-17452-0
Levine (The Lions of Little Rock) crafts a powerful puzzle of a novel about a missing father and his daughter’s search for the truth. The memorable narrator, 12-year-old Claudia, pieces together this “scrapbook” of a story through an inventive...
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Kristin Levine. Putnam, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-525-51864-8
In 1993, 12-year-old Becca’s anxiety disorder makes her nervous about many things—developing cancer from an airport X-ray machine or salmonella from undercooked food—but she is determined to visit her father in Vienna for the summer. While he works...
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