Hamilton's first novel, Zeely, features a girl who, like M.C., must cope with the transition to adulthood. In The Planet of Junior Brown, Junior and his friend Buddy confront an urban world that drifts toward madness; they face their own limitations and, like M.C., must develop for themselves sound, honest values. Unlike M.C. and Junior Brown, the heroine of A Little Love has no extraordinary intellectual gifts. Family is an important.....
