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Questions about graphic novels.

May 01, 2008; Galuschak, George ... George Galuschak started his library's graphic novel collection six years ago. He works at the Montvale Public Library, deep in the wilds of New Jersey. He has been reading, writing reviews, and doing conferences about graphic novels for years. Graphic novels are the source of ...

Angle, Kimberly Greene. Hummingbird.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Marler, Myrna ... ANGLE, Kimberly Greene. Hummingbird. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 243p. c2008. 978-0-374-333768. $16.95. J* This novel is attuned to the seasons of life on a watermelon farm in Jubilee, Georgia, where 11-then- 12-year-old March Anne Tanner lives with her father, younger brother and ...

Bauer, Joan. Peeled.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... BAUER, Joan. Peeled. Penguin, Putnam. 248p. c2008. 978-0-399-23475-0. $16.99. JS A small town in upstate New York is the setting for this story about journalism--yes, journalism. Hildy is the daughter of a reporter (who died too young) and she herself is a reporter on her high ...

Bell, Ted. Nick of time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Chancellor, Cara ... BELL, Ted. Nick of time. St. Martin's Griffin. 419p. c2008. 978-0312-38068-7. $1795. J The two men appeared seemingly out of thin air, miraculously dry despite the storm howling outside the inn. For Nick McIver, though, this mystery is just one of many. In the past week, he has ...

Benway, Robin. Audrey, wait.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... BENWAY, Robin. Audrey, wait. Penguin, Razor-bill. 313p. c2008. 978-1-59514-191-0. $16.99. S This is about popular music, paparazzi, popular culture--everything else you can think of that's fleeting, but obsessively interesting. Audrey's boyfriend, a struggling musician, writes a ...

Block, Francesca Lia. Blood roses.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Flint-Ferguson, Janis ... BLOCK, Francesca Lia. Blood roses. HarperCollins. 144p. c2008. 978-0-060-76384-8. $15.99. S Block is known for magical realism, for intertwining the experiences of young people with fantasy and myth. This collection of short stories follows in that tradition; it begins with a ...

Boggess, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... BOGGESS, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic. (The Mia Fullerton Series.) Bancroft. 168p. c2008. 978-1-890862-56-5. $19.95. J Mia is 15 now, and it's summer vacation. Her boyfriend Tim has to spend the summer far away in Maine, and she is stuck at home and needs a job. She starts ...

Bradbury, Jennifer. Shift.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Marler, Myrna ... BRADBURY, Jennifer. Shift. Simon & Schuster. 242p. c2008. 978-1-4169-4732-5. $16.99. JS Reminiscent of Chris Crutcher's Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes or E. L. Konigsburg's Silent to the Bone, this book is a story of a boy going to extraordinary lengths to save a friend. It begins ...

Brothers, Meagan. Debbie Harry sings in French.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Larsen, Ashleigh ... BROTHERS, Meagan. Debbie Harry sings in French. Henry Holt. 240p. c2008. 978-0-8050-80803. $16.95. SA Johnny never seems to fit in, and his Goth clothes and eye makeup don't help. Circumstances surrounding his father's tragic death force him to become independent at an early ...

Bruchac, Joseph. March toward the thunder.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Rohrlick, Paula ... BRUCHAC, Joseph. March toward the thunder. Penguin, Dial. 304p. maps. bibliog, c2008. 978-0-8037-3188-2. $16.99. JS* Louis Nolette is a 15-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada, but Union recruiters in 1864 are eager to sign him up to fight in the Civil War anyway: they need all ...

Burg, Shana. A thousand never evers.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Hinton, Kaavonia ... BURG, Shana. A thousand never evers. Random House, Delacorte. 301 p. c2008. 978-0-385-73470-7 $15.99. J When the mayor of Kuckachoo, Missippippi learns that the Supreme Court has declared that segregated schools are illegal, he boasts, "Integration here? ... That ain't nothin' ...

Cornish, D.M.: Lamplighter.(Lamplighter: Monster Blood Tattoo, Book Two)(Young adult review)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Scanlon, Donna ... CORNISH, D.M. Lamplighter. (Monster Blood Tattoo, BookTwo.) Penguin. 710p. illus, maps. c2008. 978-0-399-24639-5. $19.99. JSA In this second volume of the series, Rossamund Bookchild is now an apprentice lamplighter in the Emperor's service. The responsibility of the ...

Dean, Claire. Girlwood.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Farmer, Lesley ... DEAN, Claire. Girlwood. Houghton Mifflin. 246p. c2008. 978-0-618-88390-5. $16.00. J Bree and Polly are four years apart in age. It didn't seem to make much of a difference when they were children, but when Bree turns 16, she puts away childish things and turns to boys and ...

de Lint, Charles. Dingo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Chancellor, Cara ... de LINT, Charles. Dingo. Penguin, Firebird. 213p. c2008. 978-0-14-240816-2. $11,99. JS Seventeen-year-old Miguel Schreiber doesn't know much about girls, but even he's pretty sure there's something odd about Lainey Howe. The day she stumbles into his father's shop--all red ...

Downing, Wick. The trials of Kate Hope.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Marler, Myrna ... DOWNING, Wick. The trials of Kate Hope. Houghton Mifflin. 331p. c2008. 978-0-618-89133-7. $16.00. JS The reader must buy into the premise that at the age of 14 a girl who is bright but not necessarily brilliant can be a certified, practicing, and competent lawyer in Denver, ...

Ferris, Jean. Twice upon a marigold.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Rohrlick, Paula ... FERRIS, Jean. Twice upon a marigold. Harcourt. 304p. c2008. 978-0-15-206382-5. $17.00. JS This sequel to Once Upon a Marigold offers more fairy tale fun. The first book ended with the marriage of Christian and Princess Marigold and the defeat of evil stepmother Queen Olympia, ...

Gardner, Sally. The red necklace.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... GARDNER, Sally. The red necklace. Penguin, Dial. 378p. c2007. 978-0-8037-3100-4. $16.99. JSA First published in England, this is an old-fashioned historical novel, set during the French Revolution. The main character is Yann Margoza, a Gypsy who has spent his childhood as part ...

Geerling, Marietta. Fancy white trash.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Cole, Aimee ... GEERLING, Marietta. Fancy white trash. Penguin, Viking. 240p. c2008. 978-0-670-01082-0. $15.99. S Abby's life resembles a soap opera in more ways than she'd like. Her parents are divorced, and her mom has married a much younger "guitar player" and is pregnant again. Her ...

Grab, Daphne. Alive and well in Prague, New York.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... GRAB, Daphne. Alive and well in Prague, New York. HarperCollins. 249p. c2008. 978-0-0612570-7 $16.99. JS This is Grab's first novel, and since she is from upstate New York herself, she describes the setting, as newcomer Matisse finds it, with acute understanding. Matisse is the ...

Grant, Michael. Gone; what if everyone you love disappeared in a flash?(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

May 01, 2008; Chancellor, Cara ... GRANT, Michael. Gone; what if everyone you love disappeared in a flash? HarperCollins. 558p. illus, c2008. 978-0061448768. $1799. JSA At 10:17 a.m., Sam Temple was learning about the Civil War, Astrid Ellison was taking notes in her ninth-grade class, and Lana Lazar was driving ...