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Beaty, Andrea

Cicada Summer

167 pp. | Abrams/Amulet | May, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8109-9472-0 $15.95
(2) 4-6 Twelve-year-old narrator Lily exiled herself to silence after a hinted-at tragedy involving her brother, Pete. When a new girl, Tinny, comes to town, she threatens to expose Lily's secret, but the real trouble starts when a criminal arrives looking for Tinny. The various strands of the mobster mystery, Pete's fate, and Lily's mutism meet in an expertly constructed, tense, and moving climax.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2008

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