Marsha Qualey, Author . Dial $16.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2602-4
With overtones of both Roman Holiday
and Go Ask Alice, Qualey's (Close to a Killer) Hollywood-esque novel casts a tragedy-scarred 19-year-old opposite the handsome crown prince of Lakveria, a war-torn Balkans-like nation. The story takes place...
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Marsha Qualey, Author . Penguin/ Speak $5.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-14-250150-4
"With overtones of both Roman Holiday
and Go Ask Alice
, this Hollywood-esque novel casts a tragedy-scarred 19-year-old opposite the handsome crown prince of Lakveria," wrote PW
. "The narrator's strong voice will keep readers...
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Marsha Qualey, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (192p) ISBN 978-0-395-64168-2
At the beginning of this contemporary story, Cory Knutson's biggest problem is paying off a debt incurred by breaking a window. Matters quickly become more complicated when the Wisconsin teen finds herself attracted to a boy of a different race, and
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Marsha Qualey, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (224p) ISBN 978-0-395-68986-8
Bittersweet and intensely moving, this novel is a prequel of sorts to Qualey's debut, Everybody's Daughter. The first section centers on Maud, who in the summer of 1969 learns that her sister Lucy, an anti-war activist and fugitive, has just killed...
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Marsha Qualey, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $14.95 (272p) ISBN 978-0-385-32298-0
In this riveting study of obsession and denial, readers are challenged to test their deductive skills against those of a 17-year-old orphan. Arden is convinced that her ex-guardian and older brother, Scott, is alive and on the run although he has...
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Marsha Qualey, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (192p) ISBN 978-0-385-32597-4
Anxious to start a new life after serving a 15-year prison sentence, Barrie's mother opens a beauty parlor with some of her ex-con friends, all of whom have done time for killing. Business booms at Killer Looks until the husband of a client and then
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Marsha Qualey, Author Laurel Leaf Library $4.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-440-22037-4
Convinced that her brother's death was staged, a teenage orphan sets off on a relentless search for the truth. ""An edge-of-the-seat adventure,"" said PW in a starred review. Ages 12-up. (Nov.)r
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Marsha Qualey, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $13.95 (201p) ISBN 978-0-395-55870-6
Beamer Flynn spent the first 10 years of her life in a backwoods commune with her parents and their idealistic friends. Even though the group has been disbanded for some time, Beamer still feels crowded by former members who frequently congregate at
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Marsha Qualey, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-395-72666-2
Border is none too happy about being uprooted-once again-when his divorced father, Gumbo, moves the two from Albuquerque to his small Minnesota hometown.The locals are none too happy to see Gumbo, either-many still resent Gumbo for fleeing to Canada
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Marsha Qualey, Author Morrow/Avon $3.99 (176p) ISBN 978-0-380-72921-0
A boy is harassed for being the son of a draft dodger in this ""first rate"" novel set at the start of the Gulf War; PW's starred review praised its ""uncommon dimension"" and incisive eloquence. Ages 12-up. (Apr.) ...
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Marsha Qualey, Author Dial Books $16.99 (233p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2840-0
After two teens die riding an ATV across a frozen lake, 18-year-old narrator Hanna Martin, the last person to see them alive, becomes obsessed with not having warned them about the thin ice. Hanna connects with another bystander\x97Will Walker, the...
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