Laura E. Williams, Author Henry Holt & Company $15.95 (144p) ISBN 978-0-8050-6453-7
Williams's (Torch Fishing with the Sun) novel, set in contemporary small-town Louisiana, stars 13-year-old Starshine Bott and her 1960s-holdover mother, Miracle. As pivotal events take place in Starshine's home (she menstruates for the first time;...
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Laura E. Williams, Author, Erica Magnus, Author, Erica Magnus, Illustrator Milkweed Editions $15.95 (150p) ISBN 978-1-57131-621-9
Williams (Behind the Bedroom Wall) returns to the subject of Nazism and its effect on youths, this time setting her story in modern-day America, juxtaposing the thoughts of a teenage ""skinhead"" against the memories of a former member of the Hitler
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Laura E. Williams, Author, A. Nancy Goldstein, Illustrator Milkweed Editions $15.95 (169p) ISBN 978-1-57131-607-3
Melodrama substitutes for conflict in this heavy-handed novel set in Nazi Germany. At 13, Korinna Rehme is just like the other members of her girls' youth group: besotted with the Fuhrer (""Hitler is the most wonderful man, Mother. Don't you think...
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Laura E. Williams, Author, Craig Orback, Illustrator , illus. by Craig Orback. Lee & Low $18.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-60060-266-5
In Williams's (The Best Winds
) poignant story, Tim wants a skateboard badly, but money is tight. Watching a homeless man everyone calls the Can Man (except Tim's parents, who remember when he used to live in their building and still call...
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Laura E. Williams, Author, Grayce Bochak, Illustrator Boyds Mills Press $10.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56397-856-2
In a starred review, PW said, ""This graceful story has the weight of a time-honored folktale. Elegant, understated cut-paper art evokes the Japanese setting while underscoring the considerable emotional impact of the text."" Ages 4-up. (Feb.)
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Laura E. Williams, Author, Grayce Bochak, Illustrator Boyds Mills Press $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56397-236-2
This graceful story, the author's first, has the weight of a time-honored folktale. Each evening, Yasuyo's grandmother ties together silk threads and adds them to an ever-growing ball. For each thread, she tells her granddaughter a story from her...
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Laura E. Williams, Author, Fabricio Vanden Broeck, Author, Fabricio Vanden Broeck, Illustrator Boyds Mills Press $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-56397-685-8
Williams (The Long Silk Strand) fashions an affectionate original folktale about a boy who inherits his grandfather's legacy of catching the sun so the men of their village can fish the Hawaiian seas at night. Young Makoa's grandfather launches out...
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