Lori Aurelia Williams, Author . S&S $17 (304p) ISBN 978-0-689-82469-2
Williams picks up where she left off in her stunning debut novel (When Kambia Elaine Flew in From Neptune), chronicling the complicated summer of 13-year-old Shayla. The smart, sensitive narrator is still trying to help Kambia recover from years of...
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Lori Aurelia Williams, Author . S&S/Aladdin $10 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-84593-2
In a starred review of this first novel, about an abused girl who moves in next door to 12-year-old narrator Shayla, PW
wrote, "With words that often read more like poetry than prose, Williams creates a complex coming-of-age story that packs...
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Lori Aurelia Williams, Author . S&S/Simon Pulse $7.99 (308p) ISBN 978-0-689-85670-9
In the sequel to When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune, "The 13-year-old smart, sensitive heroine must grapple with even more complicated feelings and again decide what it means to be a true friend," said PW. "Her strong sense of self...
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Lori Aurelia Williams, Author . S&S $16.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-689-86878-8
Williams (When Kambia Elaine Flew in from Neptune
) once again returns to a Houston, Tex., neighborhood (this time Fifth Ward) for this disturbing novel. Her story centers on 14-year-old China Cup Cameron (named by a physician's assistant since,
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Lori Aurelia Williams, Roaring Brook, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-1-59643-513-1
Desperate to leave home, 17-year-old Maxine fakes a pregnancy so her mother will let her marry her boyfriend, Brian ("I could hear Mama taking out her unhappiness on the pots and pans I left drying in the sink.... The banging didn't bother me. All I
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Lori Aurelia Williams, Author, Heather Alicia Simms, Performed by Listening Library $30 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-6191-0
From the opening strains of blues guitar on this recording, listeners will feel transported to some place southern, ready to hear a tale with its share of painful moments. They won't be disappointed. Twelve-year-old Shayla narrates this...
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Lori Aurelia Williams, Author, Jack Louth, Illustrator Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing $17 (256p) ISBN 978-0-689-82468-5
With words that often read more like poetry than prose, first-time novelist Williams creates a complex coming-of-age story that packs an emotional wallop. Her intelligent and tender narrator, Shayla, a 12-year-old African-American growing up in...
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