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327 pp.
| Holt
| April, 2013
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-8283-8$17.99
(3)
YA
High schoolers Meg, Stephanie, and Alix are angry at the world, each for her own reason. When mysterious Ambrosia unites them, the girls learn that they are actually the Furies, goddesses of Greek mythology. Suddenly the three have the power to retaliate against injustice; yet with power comes responsibility. A well-paced and cohesive story.
245 pp.
| Holt
| April, 2009
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TradeISBN 978-0-8050-8282-1$17.99
(3)
YA
Dani's heart is three times the size of a normal one. After receiving a transplant, she's given a new lease on life. The story is told in shifting viewpoints between Dani and the organ donor's older brother, richly complicated characters both. Wolfson raises difficult and painful questions that will resonate with readers after the last page is read.
281 pp.
| Holt
| October, 2006
|
TradeISBN 0-8050-7670-0$16.95
(3)
4-6
Whitney--a.k.a. "Termite"--is a foster kid with lots of energy and a big mouth. Her twelfth foster home is located in a depressed logging town in rural northern California, where she unexpectedly falls in love with nature and the great outdoors. Termite's first-person narration--including misheard and mixed-up phrases--is both hilarious and heartwarming without being sappy.