Waiting for Christopher

About the Book

• New York Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age
• Girls' Life Magazine, Ten Best Summer Reads
• Featured in Teen Discussion Groups @ the Library

" flowing prose and vivid characterization Hawes deliverers a rewarding read."
-Publishers Weekly

" behind the kidnapping drama, Hawes' eloquent words reveal complex truths of family love and sorrow."
-Booklist

"Hawes is excellent on the day-to-day difficulties of caring for a toddler, especially in secret "
-Washington Post

"Hawes deals poignantly with loss and longing in a novel that is full of disappointment and heartbreak but that in the end offers hope."
-The Horn Book

About the Author

Louise Hawes is the author of The Vanishing Point, a NY Public Library Best Book for the Teen Age, and Rosey in the Present Tense a Young Adult Library Association Popular paperback. She lives in North Carolina, and you can learn more about her at: www.louisehawes.com.