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Raven Summer David Almond Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-73806-4 | November 2009 | $16.99 | Ages 12 Up Hardcover Library Binding | 978-0-385-90715-6 | November 2009 | $19.99 | Ages 12 Up

Set in the north of England, near ancient Roam ruins, Liam Lynch and his friend Max are visited by a raven, who leads the boys from Liam's backyard garden to a crumbling stone farmhouse where they discover an abandoned baby girl.  Liam brings the infant home, and the baby is soon placed in foster care.  While paying a visit to the baby, Liam meets Oliver and Crystal, teenage foster children with pasts scarred by unspeakable loss and violence.  Their growing friendship causes Liam to question many difficult questions about his own life and his potential for hatred, brutality, and ultimately compassion.

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Prepared by Colleen Carroll

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