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by Laura Moriarty
Published Jul 2004
Read ReviewsIn this extraordinary first novel, a young girl tries to make sense of an unruly world spinning around her. Growing up with a single mother who is chronically out of work and dating a married man, Evelyn Bucknow learns early how to fend for herself.
by Liza Nelson
Published Jan 2001
Read ReviewsLiza Nelson captures that pivotal time when a parent's power to shape and shield her child is drawing to an end.
by Barbara Delinsky
Published May 2000
Read ReviewsWith this powerful story, Barbara Delinsky, the bestselling and acclaimed author of Coast Road and Three Wishes, has written her richest and most exciting novel yet.
by Elizabeth Strout
Published Feb 2000
Read ReviewsAmy Goodrow, a shy high school student in a small mill town, falls in love with her math teacher, and together they cross the line between understandable fantasy and disturbing reality.
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