Phoebe Stone, Author . Scholastic/Levine $16.99 (280p) ISBN 978-0-439-80245-1
This feel-good tale about the social pecking order of tweens in rural Virginia has likable characters and a positive message, but its persistent down-home twanginess gets downright annoying at times. Jessie Lou Ferguson, a poem-writing tomboy who...
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Phoebe Stone, Scholastic/Levine, $16.99 (304p) ISBN 978-0-545-21511-4
Stone's (Deep Down Popular) intricate and lyrical novel, set during WWII, resembles The Secret Garden in all the best ways. Bright and bold Felicity Bathburn Budwig's parents leave her with her father's family in Maine, without an explanation, far...
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Phoebe Stone, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-316-81645-8
Stone (When the Wind Bears Go Dancing) turns from picture books to middle-grade fiction with a novel about a family devastated by a shocking ""incident."" Set during the Kennedy administration, the story is heavy with references to period TV shows,...
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Phoebe Stone. Scholastic/Levine, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-545-21512-1
There’s a dark mystery propelling this extremely well-done novel about Louise,
a tiny seventh-grader nursing a deep wound. Something so terrible happened
a year earlier that she has “blocked a whole week out of [her] conscious mind.” However, she’s
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Phoebe Stone. Scholastic/Levine, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-545-44362-3
This confection of a story about scrappy 12-year-old Petunia "Pet" Beanly and her family while on sabbatical in Paris delivers a satisfying look at sibling rivalry and discovering true talents. Initially, Pet imagines writing a book on being a...
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