Waiting for Christopher

<ul><li>New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age<li><I>Girls' Life Magazine</I> Ten Best Summer Reads<li>Featured in <I>Teen Discussion Groups @ the Library</i></ul></p><p>.flowing prose and vivid characterization.Hawes deliverers a rewarding read.<br>-<I><b>Publishers Weekly</b></I></p><p>.behind the kidnapping drama Hawes' eloquent words reveal complex truths of family love and sorrow.<br>-<I><b>Booklist</b></I></p><p>Hawes is excellent on the day-to-day difficulties of caring for a toddler especially in secret.<br>-<I><b>Washington Post</b></I></p><p>Hawes deals poignantly with loss and longing in a novel that is full of disappointment and heartbreak but that in the end offers hope.<br>-<I><b>The Horn Book</b></I></p>