![]() ![]() ~ This tale of a girl who, like Pandora, is given not one but two boxes she is forbidden to open, is filled with the author's ""signature high-style ick and suspense,"" said PW. ~ ""Set in France and wrought with energy and wit, this chronicle of a deprived young man whose life is turned topsy-turvy with a new neighbor's arrival is not to be missed,"" wrote PW in a starred review. (July) ~ SECRET LETTERS FROM 0 TO 10 Susie Morgenstern, trans. ![]() ![]() Three more Blaze books previously available only in hardcover will follow. ~ Originally published in 1950, this story of Billy and his adventures exploring the forest with his pony is available in paperback for the first time, complete with colorized cover art. ~ The illustrator of Good Dog, Carl creates a cozy woodland gathering of cuddly bears, inspired by a favorite song. (S&S, $17 ages 8-12 ISBN 6-4 Aug.) THE TEDDY BEARS' PICNIC Jimmy Kennedy, illus. (Holt, $16.95 ages 9-12 ISBN 0-8050-4921-5 July) A companion to Steal Away Home, Lois Ruby's Soon Be Free alternates between a present-day mystery set in a bed-and-breakfast and a historical adventure about a 13-year-old boy who aids four runaway slaves in 1857. This installment, set in 1817, finds 13-year-old Remembrance Nye leading her younger siblings back from upstate New York to their grandmother's house in Connecticut. The ill-starred pioneer family of Mary Jane Auch's Journey to Nowhere and Frozen Summer returns in The Road to Home. ![]()
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