Tim Bowler, Author . Simon Pulse $4.99 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-84804-9
It is the last wish of 15-year-old Jess's grandfather to return to his childhood home by the river. "Bowler's 1998 Carnegie Medal winner succeeds in conveying the strong bond between Jess and her grandfather; as the novel unfolds, the...
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Tim Bowler, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-689-84573-4
In the riveting opening scene of this novel set in a small seaside town, Ella Parnell is kidnapped, and a vicious ransom note is left for her family. Guilt weighs heavily on older brother Fin, who left Ella and their younger brother, Sam, alone in...
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Tim Bowler, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-689-86161-1
Bowler (River Boy
) experiments with fascinating ideas about the power of music, but his novel takes too long to unfold, and ultimately becomes overly complicated. Luke, a musical genius with the ability to hear sounds as small as "the feather-to
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Tim Bowler, Author . Philomel $16.99 (231p) ISBN 978-0-399-25186-3
Bowler delivers an intense, gripping novel that introduces Blade, a 14-year-old British boy with a mysterious past, who is living on the streets. After Blade suffers a beating by a local gang, an offer of help from a Good Samaritan goes awry and he...
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Tim Bowler, Author Margaret K. McElderry Books $15 (159p) ISBN 978-0-689-80115-0
With its supernatural elements and cautionary moralizing, this British import might have been a Twilight Zone episode. Teenage Midget, abnormally small, can barely speak and has fits as a result of the secret abuse he suffers at the hands of his...
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Tim Bowler, Author Aladdin Paperbacks $8 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-82909-3
""With its supernatural elements and cautionary moralizing, this Carnegie Medal winner might have been a Twilight Zone episode,"" said PW. Ages 12-up. (June)
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Tim Bowler, Author, Rafal Olbinski, Illustrator Margaret K. McElderry Books $16 (160p) ISBN 978-0-689-82908-6
Jess is 15 years old, the same age as her grandfather was when he lost both parents in a fire and moved away from his childhood home by the river. Now growing frail, his last wish is to return to the river and finish his last painting, entitled...
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