Melissa Walker. Bloomsbury, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-59990-527-3
Both tender and provocative, this coming-of-age story takes place in a small evangelical town famous for a graphic, terrifying Hell House staged every Halloween by the House of Enlightenment. Sixteen-year-old narrator Lacey, a pastor's daughter,...
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Melissa Walker. Bloomsbury, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-59990-528-0
Walker (Small Town Sinners) brings honest, heartfelt storytelling to the tale of 16-year-old Clementine, who’s embarking on a summer boat trip with her parents while leaving a ravaged social life behind. As her family sails along the Midwestern...
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Melissa Walker. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-06-207734-9
Walker's (Unbreak My Heart) paranormal coming-of-age story is built on a premise that drains the narrative tension before it really gets going. Callie McPhee is an improbable adrenaline junkie, calm and introverted in manner but addicted to stunts...
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Melissa Walker. Harper, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-256716-1
Moving states and schools midyear has 11-year-old Mattie worried, but when she meets her outgoing and eccentric new neighbor Agnes—a girl just her age—she’s comforted to have made a fast friend. But Mattie quickly realizes that being friends with...
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Melissa Walker. HarperCollins, $16.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-256720-8
Money changes everything, or at least it seems that way, in Walker’s (Let’s Pretend We Never Met) heartfelt, honest look at how three pals assess the cost of appearances and the value of friendship. Claire believes her summer before seventh grade is
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