The Local News
Author: Miriam Gershow
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Price: $27.95 (Hardcover)

Siblings Lydia and Danny Pasternak are on opposite ends of the adolescent spectrum. Lydia is the brains and Danny’s the brawn, which places Lydia in her brother’s shadow and attracts the disdain of his popular friends. When Danny disappears, it’s Lydia who takes the spotlight as a media darling expected to sing her brother’s praises. The exposure, however, along with the hints that arise to explain Danny’s disappearance, affect Lydia’s life in a way she couldn’t have imagined, changing her course as she learns to cope with loss.

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