Randall Beth Platt, Author . Dell/Laurel-Leaf $5.50 (, $5.50 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-440-22880-6
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called this tale about a 14-year-old half-Caucasian, half-Chinese albino girl living in a Washington lumber camp in 1918, "a satisfying story of self-acceptance." Ages 14-up. (May)
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Randall Beth Platt, Author Catbird Press $17.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-945774-14-3
From the opening sentence, Platt creates a convincing voice and point of view for Royal Leckner, narrator of this offbeat, comic western novel set in 1890s Oregon. After rancher Samuel J. Perrault is killed in a freak accident, young foreman Leckner
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Randall Beth Platt, Author Catbird Press $21.95 (244p) ISBN 978-0-945774-40-2
Platt's fifth novel (after Honor Bright), a WWII coming-of-age story, is a realistic though predictable tale of a newly retired naval officer who revisits the summer camp he was forced to attend as a rebellious teenager in 1944. The novel begins in...
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Randall Beth Platt, Author Catbird Press $21.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-945774-35-8
Set in Hollywood in 1915, this zany western, Platt's fifth novel and the sequel to The Four Arrows Fe-As-Ko (1991), is a story ""'bout being who you ain't and becoming what you are."" Royal Leckner is a wealthy, homespun cattle rancher from Walla...
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Randall Beth Platt, Author Catbird Press $24 (300p) ISBN 978-0-945774-47-1
Cornball humor enlivens but crowds this fourth book in the ""Fe-As-Ko"" series, charting the continuing adventures of Royal Leckner, manager of the northeastern Oregon Four Arrows Ranch, and his intrepid wife, Elijah Marie. In this outing, Roy finds
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Randall Beth Platt, Author Laurel Leaf Library $4.5 (240p) ISBN 978-0-440-21987-3
In this WWII domestic drama, 14-year-old Teddy discovers family secrets and resentments when she and her twin brother spend a summer at their grandmother's house. Ages 12- up. (June)
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Randall Beth Platt, Author Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers $15.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-385-32692-6
The narrator of Platt's (Honor Bright) unconventional historical novel is 14-year-old Cordelia Lu Hankins, a comic na f in a tall tale setting. A half-Caucasian, half-Chinese albino, Cordy lives in a Washington State lumber camp in 1918 with her...
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