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Young Adult Books

Nonfiction

Bell, Ruth. Changing Bodies, Changing Lives. Rev. ed.
1987. Random/Vintage, $19.95 (0-394-56499-5); paper, $12.95
(0-394-75541-3).

One of the best of its kind, this landmark handbook--first
published in 1981 and revised in 1987--offers a comprehensive,
attractively designed guide to the physical and emotional changes
and challenges of growing up.


Benedict, Helen. Safe, Strong, and Streetwise. 1987. Little,
Brown/Joy Street Books, $14.95 (0-316-08900-4); paper, $5.95
(0-316-08900-1).

Candid, practical, and sensitive to the concerns of both young men
and women, Benedict counsels teenagers on sexual assault--what it
is, how to avoid it, and how to deal with it should it occur.


Blum, Arlene. Annapuma: A Woman's Place. 1980. Sierra Club; dist.
by Scribner, $19.95 (0-87156-236-7); paper, $10.25 (0-87156-806-3).

In a compelling narrative, Blum describes the 1978 all-woman
expedition she led up Nepal's Annapurna.


Boslough, John. Stephen Hawking's Universe. 1984. Morrow, $12.95
(0-688-03530-2); Avon, paper, $3.95 (0-380-70763-2).

Given only a few years to live after a 1963 diagnosis of Lou
Gehrig's disease, Hawking--brilliantly vitalized in Boslough's
biography--has survived to change the scientific world with his
theories of black holes and the origin of the universe.


Callahan, Steven. Adrift. 1986. Houghton, $15.95 (0-395-38206-8);
Ballantine, paper, $4.95 (0-345-34083-3).

In a candid and stirring narrative, Callahan relives his incredible
76-day ordeal adrift alone on an inflatable rubber raft in the
Atlantic.


Cohen, Susan and Cohen, Daniel. When Someone You Know is Gay. 1989.
Evans, $13.95 (0-87131-567-X).

Considering lesbians as well as gays, the Cohens' frank, sensitive
account, written largely for heterosexuals, clears up
misconceptions and supplies information about the gay experience.


Fossey, Dian. Gorillas in the Mist. 1983. Putnam, OP; paper, $8.95
(0-395-48928-8).

Sharing some of the events of the 13 years she spent observing--and
sometimes interacting with--endangered mountain gorillas in their
African habitat, Fossey conveys a genuine sense of these great and
gentle beasts.


Going Over to Your Place: Poems for Each Other. Ed. by Paul B.
Janeczko. 1987. Bradbury, $13.95 (0-02-747670-7).

Modern poems--many about love, family, and friendship--reveal
excitement in common experience.


Hayden, Terry L. One Child. 1980. Putnam, OP; Avon, paper, $3.95
(0-380-54262-5).

In an absorbing narrative that is both disturbing and cathartic,
young therapist Hayden tells how she discovered that six-year old,
emotionally disturbed Sheila is, in fact, a genius whose uncle
sexually abused her.


Johanson, Donald C. and Edey, Maitland A. Lucy: The Beginnings of
Humankind. 1981. Simon & Schuster, OP; Warner, paper, $13.95
(0-446-38625-1).

This is the exciting story of the discovery of what was, at the
time, possibly the oldest and most complete skeleton of a hominid.
Physical anthropology par excellence.


Kazimiroff, Theodore L. The Last Algonquin. 1982. Walker, $14.95
(0-8027-0698-3).

Kazimiroff recreates in moving detail the story of Joe Two Trees,
who, orphaned at 13, was unable to make it in the white world and,
during the Civil War, retreated to his island birthplace off New
York City, where he lived a solitary life until his death in 1924.


Macaulay, David. The Way Things Work. 1989. Houghton, $29.95
(0-395-42857-2).

In a lively, informative combination of drawings and text, Macaulay
ingeniously popularizes the science behind the functioning of
everything from cam shafts to computers.


Madaras, Lynda. Lynda Madaras Talks to Teens about AIDS. 1988.
Newmarket; dist. by Harper, $12.95 (1-55704-010-9); paper, $5.95
(1-55704-009-5).

Madaras is direct and authoritative as she discusses AIDS in an
effort to help teenagers protect themselves against it.


Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy. 1986. Macmillan, $19.95
(0-02-581800-7); NAL/Signet, paper, $4.95 (0-451-15799-0).

The intense autobiography of a black teenager's coming-of-age under
apartheid describes what it is like to grow up where racism is the
savagely imposed law.


McKee, Steven. Call of the Game. 1986. McGraw-Hill, $15.95
(0-07-045354-3).

The 1984 Super Bowl wrapped up McKee's one-year 54,000-mile,
24-state journey from sports event to sports event: from women's
power lifting, tiddleywinks, and synchronized swimming to dog
shows, rodeo finals, and assorted pro games, all of which are
described in colorful detail.


Mech, L. David. The Arctic Wolf: Living with the Pack. 1988.
Voyager Press, $27.95 (0-89658-099-7).

Wolf biologist Mech's first-person, gloriously illustrated account
documents his landmark expedition to the High Arctic, where he
observed and interacted with a wolf pack.


Under All Silences: Shades of Love. Ed. By Ruth Gordon. 1987.
Harper/Charlotte Zolotow, $12.95 (0-06-022154-2).

Subtle, passionate, and witty love poems from many times, places,
and languages celebrate love that both holds and frees, fragile
intimacy so powerful that it reaches out to the universe.


Wilford, John Noble. The Riddle of the Dinosaur. 1986. Knopf,
$24.95 (0-394-52763-1); Random/Vintage, paper, $8.95
(0-394-74392-X).

A sense of wonder pervades an absorbing account that not only
describes what is known and hypothesized about dinosaurs, but also
brings to life the bone hunters who have pursued the riddle of the
dinosaur.


Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize. 1987. Viking, $24.95
(0-670-81412-1); Penguin, paper, $10.95 (0-14-009653-1).

Williams' powerful, illustrated, historical account combines
objective analysis with a heart-felt remembrance of the civil
rights movement and its activists.


Wolff, Tobias. This Boy's Life. 1989. Atlantic Monthly Press; dist.
by Little, Brown, $18.95 (0-87113-248-6).

In a candid memoir, dark, tender, and funny, Wolff remembers
growing up in the Seattle area; deep down, he knows how bad he is,
but he longs to be a scholar-athlete, a boy of dignity, a success.



FICTION


Anthony, Piers. On a Pale Horse. 1983. Ballantine/Del Rey, OP;
paper, $3.95 (0-345-33858-8).

Trying to commit suicide, a young man named Zane kills Death
instead, assuming not only the role of Death, but also a pivotal
part in the stepped-up war between God and Satan. The stunning
first volume in the Incarnations of Immortality series.


Auel, Jean M. The Clan of the Cave Bear. 1980. Crown, $18.95
(0-517-54202-1); Bantam, paper, $5.50 (0-553-25042-6).

A vivid evocation of prehistory in which an orphaned child finds
refuge with a tribe of prehistoric humans who regard her as a
deformed oddity rather than as a step up the evolutionary ladder.


Avi. Wolf Rider. 1986. Bradbury, $12.95 (0-02-707760-8);
Macmillan/Collier, paper, $2.95 (0-02-04511-7).

In a chilling psychological thriller, 15-year-old Andy becomes
obsessed by a disturbing phone call in which the caller claims to
have killed a college student, who--it turns out--is very much
alive.


Cole, Brock. Celine. 1989. Farrar, $13.95 (0-374-31234-6).

An exquisite story, both gentle and funny, in which two lonely TV
junkies--teenage artist Celine and seven-year-old divorce-casualty
Jake--help each other overcome despair and make a home in the city.


Crutcher, Chris. Running Loose. 1983. Greenwillow, $12.95
(0-688-02002-X); Dell, paper, $2.95 (0-440-97570-0).

During his senior year, Louie accuses his football coach of racial
prejudice, falls in love, and loses his girlfriend in an accident.
A hard-hitting and candid coming-of-age story.


Davis, Jenny. Good-bye and Keep Cold. 1987. Watts/Orchard/Richard
Jackson, $12.95 (0-531-05715-1); Dell/Laurel-Leaf, paper, $2.95
(0-440-20481-X).

In an affecting family story, Edda Coombs looks back on life in
rural Kentucky, where her father died in a strip-mining accident
and her mother tentatively took up with the man responsible.


Dickinson, Peter. Eva. 1989. Delacorte, $14.95 (0-385-29702-5).

After an automobile accident, Eva wakes up in the hospital to
discover that the doctors have saved her life by transferring her
neuron memory to the brain of a female chimpanzee; she soon
realizes that to be whole she must integrate her human
consciousness with her chimp nature and instincts. A novel that
transcends the science fiction genre, raising provocative moral
questions.


Dorris, Michael. A Yellow Raft in Blue Water. 1987. Holt, $16.95
(0-8050-0045-3); Warner, paper, $7.95 (0-446-38787-8).

The spirited voice of 15-year-old half-Indian, half-black Rayona
leads off an engrossing three-part novel of three generations of
Indian women who struggle to find lives for themselves both on and
off the reservation.


Duder, Tessa. In Lane Three, Alex Archer. 1989. Houghton, $13.95
(0-395-50927-0).

An excellent swimmer with her sights set on the Olympics, outgoing,
talented, and totally inner directed, Alex Archer is shocked out
of her self-absorption when her boyfriend is killed by a
hit-and-run driver. As impressive for its sports drama as for its
coming-of-age portrayal.


Ehrlich, Amy. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows. 1988. Dial, $14.95
(0-8037-0575-1).

Nina has grown up strong and confident with her loving,
single-parent mother, Joyce. But why does Joyce insist that they
move so much, and why won't she allow Nina to have close friends,
or even to play on a sports team? A suspenseful, disturbing
thriller that is both profound moving.


Garden, Nancy. Annie on My Mind. 1982. Farrar, $12.95
(0-374-30366-5); paper, $3.50 (0-374-40413-5).

In a tender, romantic story, college freshman Liza Winthrop recalls
her senior year in high school, when she and Annie Kenyon fell in
love with each other.


Greenberg, Joanne. Of Such Small Differences. 1988. Holt, $18.95
(0-8050-0902-7).

Blind since birth and deaf since age nine, 25-year-old John Moon
falls in love with aspiring actress Leda Milan, who makes him feel
for the first time that he has a chance to be a part of a sighted,
hearing world. With imaginative empathy, Greenberg takes her
readers into the world of the deaf-blind.


Hambly, Barbara. Those Who Hunt the Night. 1988. Ballantine/Del
Rey, $16.95 (0-345-34380-8); paper $4.50 (0-345-36132-6).

An exceptionally clever turnabout vampire yarn in which a professor
is hired by a member of old London's undead to ferret out the fiend
who is killing off his ghastly brethren.


Hillerman, Tony. Skinwalkers. 1987. Harper, $15.95 (0-06-015695-3);
paper, $3.95 (0-06-080893-4).

Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee combine forces to
determine if an attempt on Chee's life is related to three recent
murders, each of which shows distinct signs of Navajo witchcraft.
Evocative native American culture serves as the background for a
riveting mystery.


Kerr, M.E. Night Kites. 1986. Harper/Charlotte Zolotow, $12.70
(0-06-023253-6); paper, $2.75 (0-06-447035-0).

As 17-year-old Jim struggles to adjust to the fact that his beloved
brother has AIDS, he must also cope with changes in his
relationship with his parents and with his girlfriend. One of the
first portrayals of AIDS in YA fiction, this witty, humane story
goes beyond the usual problem novel.


King, Stephen. Firestarter. 1980. Viking, $22.95 (0-670-31541-9);
NAL, paper $4.50 (0-451-15031-7).

Two college students volunteer for a secret government experiment.
Their offspring is a clever little girl who can push things around
with her mind, then set them on fire. By a master of the horror
genre.


Mahy, Margaret. The Catalogue of the Universe. 1986.
Macmillan/Margaret K. McElderry, $12.95 (0-689-50391-1);
Scholastic/Point, paper, $2.50 (0-590-40450-4).

Rejected when she finally meets the father she has never known,
high school senior Angela finds love with brilliant, homely, fellow
student Tycho, who shares her excitement about science. A story
that makes the search for love and ideas thrilling.


Mason, Bobbie Ann. In Country. 1985. Harper, $15.95
(0-06-015469-1); paper, $7.95 (0-06-091350-9).

Kentucky teenager Samantha tries to find out about the war in
Vietnam and about her father, who was killed there before she was
born. A novel that sets the universal search for identity firmly
within the contemporary scene.


McKinley, Robin. The Blue Sword. 1982. Greenwillow, $13.95
(0-688-00938-7).

In this vibrant sword-and-sorcery tale, Harry Crew, kidnapped by
the king of the mysterious Free Hillfolk, learns that she possesses
untrained magical powers and is destined to follow in the footsteps
of a legendary female warrior.


Morrison, Toni. Beloved. 1987. Knopf, $18.95 (0-394-53597-9);
NAL/Plume, paper, $8.95 (0-452-26136-8).

A demanding but enthralling novel in which the agony, violence, and
sexual abuse of slavery--and the struggle to escape--are dramatized
through the experience of intensely individualized characters.


Paulsen, Gary. Hatchet. 1987. Bradbury, $12.95 (0-02-770130-1);
Penguin, paper, $3.95 (0-14-032724-X).

In a classic adventure-survival story, teenage Brian is stranded,
alone, in the Alaskan wilderness after a plane crash.


Peck, Richard. Remembering the Good Times. 1985. Delacorte, $14.95
(0-385-29396-8); Dell, paper, $2.95 (0-440-97339-2).

Buck remembers his friendship with brilliant, intense, suicidal
Trav, and how they both loved the same girl, their classmate Kate.
A popular YA novelist at his peak writes with wit and concern.


Pierce, Meredith A. The Darkangel, 1982. Little, Brown/Joy Street
Books, $14.95 (0-316-70741-4); Tor; dist. by St. Martin's, paper,
$2.95 (-0-8125-4900-7).

Not long after a gorgeous vampire carries off her mistress to be
his bride, young Aeriel is herself captured to be servant to his
twelve-and-one wives, now bloodless, soulless wraiths. The first
in a compelling trilogy, this is both hypnotic and eerie.


Porte, Barbara Ann. I Only Made Up the Roses. 1987. Greenwillow,
$10.25 (0-688-05126-9).

A keen observer of those around her, Cydra stitches a strong
patchwork of familial devotion, introducing herself and her
nurturing interracial family in a novel filled with wit, warmth,
and poignancy.


Pullman, Philip. The Ruby in the Smoke. 1987. Knopf, $11.95
(0-394-88826-X); paper, $2.95 (0-394-89589-4).

In nineteenth-century London, recently orphaned 16-year-old Sally
Lockhart faces deadly danger involving a mysterious ruby, a hideous
hag, a forthright hero, and the sweetly sickening smell of opium
smoke. Victorian melodrama at its best.


Santiago, Danny. Famous All over Town. 1983. Simon & Schuster, OP;
NAL/Plume, paper, $7.95 (0-452-25974-6).

Mexican American Chato is sensitive, funny, and smart, but he's
pressured by his father and by the neighborhood gang to be macho
and violent in a powerful family story set in a Los Angeles barrio.


Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. 1989. Putnam, $18.95 (0-399-13420-4).

Compelling, interwoven stories of Chinese American mothers and
daughters, their fierce conflicts and loving bonds.


Voight, Cynthia. The Runner. 1985. Atheneum, $12.95
(0-689-31069-2); Fawcett/Juniper, paper, $2.50 (0-449-70154-9).

Angry and alone, champion runner Bullet is proud that "he ran
himself," but he painfully reaches beyond himself, in his athletics
and in his personal life. A breakthrough novel that centers on a
sometimes unsympathetic character.


Wollf, Virginia Euwer. Probably Still Nick Swansen. 1988. Holt,
$13.95 (0-8050-0701-6).

Caught between his limitations and his longing to experience life
like everyone else, special-education student Nick Swansen invites
a former classmate to the prom and is devastated when she stands
him up. Both harsh and compassionate, this is an utterly believable
story of a boy working through a personal crisis.


Source: Booklist Magazine, Dec. 15, 1989.