Middle-Grade Novels

SECOND COUSINS This spellbinding story of family love and betrayal features twelve-year-old Cammy Coleman from Cousins and introduces a cast of intriguing new characters. When Cammy’s second cousins from new York come for a Coleman family reunion, their sophisticated ways and dark secrets threaten to destroy a friendship—and change the Coleman clan forever. October 1998 Publication Ages 10-14

COUSINS Cammy loves her ailing grandmother but has mixed feelings about her cousins. "It’s a story that makes this book special, with astonishing moments of retrayal and redemption…Read it." – Booklist, starred review Ages 8-12

PLAIN CITY A 12-year-old girl’s search for the truth about her own past and her missing father. "A universal myth of awakening." -- Booklist, starred review Ages 8-12

THE MYSTERY OF DREAR HOUSE "Hamilton’s clean, spare style delights and surprises withits unexpected melodies and insights." Kirkus Reviews, pointer review Ages 8-12

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