New Releases by Paula Fox

Autobiografische Kindheitserinnerungen der Autorin, die von hrer Schauspieler-Mutter abgelehnt wurde und innerlich vereinsamt und ohne familiäre Geborgenheit aufwuchs.

"The best first novel I''ve read in quite a long time...A merciless uncovering of the exurban wastelands of the spirit." --New York Review of Books

Annie Ginfala is a young woman cast adrift in Hollywood with World War II looming. Defending herself against personal catastrophe, she tries to save her life and escape.

A Newbery Award-winning author tells the story of a boy who feels angry and rejected because his younger brother has Down''s syndrome and how, through a series of surprising events, he begins to wonder if his brother is indeed worth loving.

First published in 1970 to great acclaim, this novel stands as one of the most dazzling and rigorous examples of the storyteller''s craft in postwar American literature--a novel that, according to Irving Howe, ranks with "Billy Budd" and "The Great Gatsby".

Jessie, un muchacho de trece años, es secuestrado y conducido a un barco negrero donde le obligan a tocar el pífano pqra que bailen los esclavos. [Jessie, a thirteen-year-old boy, is kidnapped and pressed into service on a slave ship where he plays the fife in order to make the slaves dance.].

In the form of a fable, five stories within a story are full of wisdom & humour and feature animal protagonists. 8-11 yrs.

Summary: Liam''s father has AIDS, and his family cannot talk about it until Liam reveals a secret that he has tried to deny ever since he saw his father embracing another man at the beach.

A novel of distinction about a boy whose father is dying of AIDS.

Victoria Finch is a thirteen year old facing many abrupt changes after her father''s death. Victoria and her mother move to a new city where she befriends two boys and, in the entanglements which follow, discovers her own personality.

The retelling of three Italian folktales: Amzat and His brothers, Mezgalten and Olimpia, Cucol and the Door.

Shortly after her father''s death, Victoria and her mother move to a village outside of Boston where she meets a wealthy teenage boy who teaches her a valuable but painful lesson about life.

Ethan is not allowed to walk across the street, so when his ball rolls away he devises a clever way to retrieve it.

An eleven-year-old boy gains a new understanding of himself and his father after a trip to Florida with unusual people.

With the help of a falcon an ineffectual medieval king trades the troubled, boring life of royalty for the freedom of a falconer.

Only his strange great-aunt seems to understand the thoughts behind a young boy''s expressionless face as he returns on an eerie, snowy night from rescuing a dog that dislikes him.