From a Sealed Room: A Novel Young Adult

From a Sealed Room: A Novel Young AdultIn this affecting, perceptive debut novel, Rachel Kadish reflects on the ghosts of the past, the tensions of war, and the difficult bonds of family. When Maya enrolls at Hebrew University in Jerusalem shortly after the Gulf War, she hopes to leave New York and a fraught relationship with her mother behind her. In Israel, she gets to know her older cousin Tami, a housewife whose home has a room sealed against the war's Scud missile attacks. Like Maya,

Publisher: Delacorte BYR (January 10

and bounce to their hearts' content (though not on couches

and finally get some rest

faking it in a world to which she’s never truly belonged

He was soon on his own

Owning the best towns and railroads determines victory

the flashbacks have been a lonely obsession—one she has hidden from her family

plus a posable Giganotosaurus measuring over 12

(21 cm) wide and 6 in

powerful portrait of a lost generation who have experienced sex

Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an scientific trailblazer

This Where's Waldo