Sally Warner, Author . Viking $15.99 (209p) ISBN 978-0-670-03574-8
Warner (Sort of Forever) relays another moving story of loss and healing. An eerily quiet scene opens the story: a shocked 11-year-old discovers herself alone in the middle of the desert at night. Soon the girl, Janey, realizes that she and her five-
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Sally Warner, Author Alfred A. Knopf $4.99 (150p) ISBN 978-0-679-89097-3
From the author of The Indian in the Cupboard comes a gleeful romp with a pair of twins: one good and one evil. ""The expansive storytelling and comic exaggeration produce high kid appeal,"" said PW. Ages 8-12. (May)
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Sally Warner, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (227p) ISBN 978-0-06-028464-0
Warner demonstrates that she is equally at ease in the past as the present (How to Be a Real Person [In Just One Day], reviewed above) as she plumbs her great-grandmother's diary to create this winning historical novel set in the early 1880s. After...
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Sally Warner, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $4.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-375-80207-2
In a starred review of this novel about a 12-year-old girl and her best friend, who is dying of cancer, PW said, ""Warner has previously explored the themes of friendship and change, but never more powerfully or affectingly."" Ages 8-12. (Aug.)
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Sally Warner, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-06-028261-5
""Where do I fit in?"" Warner's (Sort of Forever) earnest heroine asks herself, adding, ""Maybe I'm like the invisible part of a machine that keeps everything else running smoothly."" Bright, articulate and entirely likable, 12-year-old Quinney...
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Sally Warner, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $13 (150p) ISBN 978-0-679-87147-7
An artist who has written three nonfiction books for adults, Warner makes her children's book debut with this intermittently poignant novel. Case Hill, a mature 12-year-old, is adjusting to some major changes. His father, convicted of robbery, has...
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Sally Warner, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15 (128p) ISBN 978-0-679-87620-5
Case Hill, the 12-year-old Philadelphian introduced in Dog Years, has plenty to cope with--starting with his father, still serving time for armed robbery. So he can appreciate his best friend Ned's dilemma. Ned has been living with his grandmother...
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Sally Warner, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $16 (150p) ISBN 978-0-679-88229-9
Ellie loves ballet, but perhaps not as much as her controlling mother loves it--or, more accurately, relishes the idea of her daughter becoming a ""real dancer."" Her mother assumes Ellie will audition for a slot in a student dance company, but...
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Sally Warner, Author Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers $15.95 (128p) ISBN 978-0-375-80434-2
The rather flippant tone of its title belies the depth and substance of Warner's (Sort of Forever) fine novel. Written in the credible voice of 11-year-old Kara, the narrative unfolds on several planes. The sixth-grader flashes back to the past to...
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Sally Warner, Author HarperCollins Publishers $15.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-028274-5
Quinney Todd, the level-headed middle-grader introduced in Totally Confidential, finds her friendships in trouble in Bad Girl Blues by Sally Warner. She, Marguerite and Brynn have always been best friends, but then Marguerite starts acting ...
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Sally Warner, illus. by Jamie Harper. Viking, $14.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-670-06243-0
EllRay is shorter than everyone in his third-grade class—even the girls, who include Emma of Warner's Only Emma and its sequels. Yet in this lively series launch, EllRay displays big-time guts as he stands up to class bully Jared. Pondering why...
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Sally Warner, illus. by Shearry Malone. Viking, $14.99 (144p) ISBN 978-1-101-99986-8
In this entertaining spin-off of the EllRay Jakes series, Warner turns her focus to EllRay’s younger sister, seven-year-old Alfie, as she prepares to start second grade. Testing her boundaries, Alfie secretly brings home a kitten, breaking a family...
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