GO AND COME BACK: A NOVEL
by Joan Abelove
DK Ink;ISBN: 0789424762;$16.95;1998

By turns funny and poignant, this unusual novel explores life in an Amazon rainforest village from the point of view of a local teenager observing two visiting anthropologists.

Suggested for ages 14 - 16
Subjects: Amazon | Fiction | Indians | Isabo

SMACK
by Melvin Burgess
Henry Holt;ISBN: 080505801X;$16.95;1998

Two teenagers discover heroin and do whatever it takes to get a fix in this wrenching novel that ends on a small note of hope.

Suggested for ages 14 - 16
Subjects: Drug Abuse | England | Fiction | Runaways

IN A DARK WOOD
by Michael Cadnum
Orchard;ISBN: 0531300714;$17.95;1998

Geoffrey, sheriff of Nottingham, comes to respect Robin Hood, who challenges the sense of duty that has been ingrained in Geoffrey since his childhood.

Suggested for ages 14 - 16
Subjects: England | Fiction | Outlaws | Robbers

WHIRLIGIG
by Paul Fleischman
Henry Holt;ISBN: 0805055827;$16.95;1998

Sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop embarks on a cross-country whirligig-making mission to atone for his reckless behavior and its tragic results.

Suggested for ages 12 - 15
Subjects: Fiction | Forgiveness | Whirligigs

MARTHA GRAHAM: A DANCER'S LIFE
by Russell Freedman
Clarion;ISBN: 0395746558;$18;1998

This biography of one of the founders of modern dance—a woman who lived a passionate, single-minded life will fascinate all who love the subject or have a dream of their own to follow. Black and white pho-tos are full of movement and emotion.

Suggested for ages 11 - 15
Subjects: Choreographers | Dancers | Women

SUNSHINE RIDER: THE FIRST VEGETARIAN WESTERN
by Ric Lynden Hardman
Bantam Doubleday Dell;ISBN: 0385325436;$15.95;1998

You don’t have to be a vegetarian or a cowboy to enjoy the laugh-out-loud adventures of 17-year-old Wylie Jackson, assistant cook on a cattle drive from Texas to Kansas in 1881. Recipes from the trail add to the fun.

Suggested for ages 12 - 15
Subjects: Drives | Fiction | Historical | Sons | Westerns

DARK LORD OF DERKHOLM
by Diana Wynne  Jones
Greenwillow;ISBN: 0688160042;$16;1998

In this inventive fantasy, Wynne Jones tells of a magical world invaded each year by off-world Pilgrim Parties who participate in orchestrated battles between the powers of good and evil.

Suggested for ages 12 - 16
Subjects: Fiction | Magic | Wizards

THERE'S A HAIR IN MY DIRT!: A WORM'S STORY
by Gary Larson
HarperCollins;ISBN: 006019104X;$15.95;1998

The “Far Side” cartoonist presents a look at biology from the bottom of the food chain—worm’s eye level.

Suggested for ages 14 - 16
Subjects: Fiction | Satire | Worms