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Cooney, Caroline B.

A Friend at Midnight

184 pp. | Delacorte | October, 2006 | Trade ISBN 0-385-73326-7 $15.95 | Library ISBN 0-385-90345-6 $17.99
(4) YA Although Lily's long-distance father abandons her eight-year-old brother, Michael, in an airport, Lily, trying to protect Michael, feels obligated to conceal her dad's cruelty. Lily's rage and hatred test her family and her Christian beliefs; reconciliation with both comes slowly (and perhaps too easily), but the novel's focus on faith is accessible and complex, and its tense opening will hook readers.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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