Kliatt back issues from July 2004:
CLA Greater Boston Cooperative Library Association reading list grades 9 & 10.(Cooperative Library Association )(Bibliography)
Jul 01, 2004 ... This reading list was prepared for the Cooperative Library Association by Sandy Horwitz, Beaver Country Day School; Martha Kennedy, Concord Academy; Susan Akie, Mt. Alvernia High School; Margaret Whittaker, Pingree School; Lynn Grilli, The Roxbury Latin School; Jane Carver, Walnut Hill ...
Bruchac, Joseph. The dark pond.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... BRUCHAC, Joseph. The dark pond. HarperCollins. 160p. illus, c2004. 0-06-052995-4. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-052997-0. $16.89) JS Arnie, part Shawnee and part Armenian, boards at a prep school while his parents, high-powered lawyers, are off working for the rights of native ...
Teen idol.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... CABOT, Meg. Teen idol. HarperCollins. 304p. c2004. 0-06-009616-0. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-009617-9. $16.89). JS* Jen is a high school junior in a little town in Indiana, a kind, nice, "girl-next-door" type in whom everyone confides. In fact, she's secretly the school ...
The Alison rules (Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... CLARK, Catherine. The Allison rules. HarperCollins. 272p. c2004. 0-06-055980-2. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-055981-0. $16.89). S Allison meets the clever, wisecracking new boy named Patrick in geometry class, and they become friends when he joins the staff of the high school ...
Goobie, Beth. Flux.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... GOOBIE, Beth. Flux. Orca. 258p. c2004. 1-55143-314-1. $16.95. JS Goobie is a proven writer of provocative YA fiction. This book, which will be followed by a sequel, tells of a complex alternative world in which individuals face terrible restrictions on their freedom. However, ...
Hightman, Jason. The saint of dragons.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HIGHTMAN, Jason. The saint of dragons. HarperCollins. 292p. c2004. 0-06-054011-7. $15.99. J Simon is a loner, a boarding student at a special school for boys in New England. He knows nothing about his parents. Then his father appears, and his father turns out to be part of a ...
Hobbs, Valerie. Letting go of Bobby James, or how I found my self of steam.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HOBBS, Valerie. Letting go of Bobby James, or how found my self of steam. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 136p. c2004. 0-374-34384-5. $16.00. JS Jody is letting go of her abusive husband Bobby James. She is only 16 years old and has grown up in a family with a loving mother who ...
Holubitsky, Katherine. The hippie house.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HOLUBITSKY, Katherine. The hippie house. Orca. 233p. c2004. 1-55143-316-8. $16.95. JS For a YA novel, this is one of the longer ones, with fully developed characters, a complex situation, and a well-realized setting of time and place. It is the 1970s, in rural Canada. Emma, the ...
Lasky, Kathryn. Blood secret.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... LASKY, Kathryn. Blood secret. HarperCollins. 236p. c2004. 0-06-000065-1. $15.99. JS This is a fascinating story told somewhat awkwardly--not because of the language, but because of the mechanism that drives the plot. A modern-day girl in New Mexico discovers the truth about her ...
Limb, Sue. Girl, 15, charming but insane.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... LIMB, Sue. Girl, 15, charming but insane. Random House, Delacorte. 214p. c2004. 0-385-73214-7. $15.95. JS What are the odds that we would be reviewing two novels about stand-up comics in this issue? (See Comedy Girl by Ellen Schreiber, below.) Jess lives in England, and her ...
Lion, Melissa. Swollen.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... LION, Melissa. Swollen. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books, 183p. c2004. 0-385-74642-3. $15.95. JS* As a reader of numerous YA novels, I truly enjoy finding a gifted new author in the field, and Melissa Lion is one. She writes in prose, but anyone hearing the story could easily ...
Mackler, Carolyn. Vegan, virgin, valentine.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... MACKLER, Carolyn. Vegan, virgin, valentine. Candlewick Press. 228p. c2004. 0-7636-2155-2. $16.99. S This is the story of two young women on the edge of adulthood, and oddly enough they are an aunt and a niece. The niece, V, is the daughter of Mara's much older sister and Mara ...
Matthews, Andrew. A winter night's dream.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... MATTHEWS, Andrew. A winter night's dream. Random House, Delacorte. 160p. c2004. 0-385-90127-5. $17.99. JS Matthews employs two parallel narrators--Casey, a ninth-grade girl; and Stew, a senior boy--to tell this tale of first love and loss set in the UK. With some subtle ...
Napoli, Donna Jo. North.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... NAPOLI, Donna Jo. North. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 352p. c2004. 0-06-057987-0. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-057988-9. $16.89). J Alvin, age 12, lives with his over-protective mother and grandmother in Washington, DC. At school he is researching Matthew Henson, and he is ...
Neale, Jonathan. Himalaya.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... NEALE, Jonathan. Himalaya. Houghton Mifflin. 153p. c2004. 0-618-41200-X. $15.00. J The amazingly capable children we first met in Neale's Lost at Sea are here on the ground--to be precise, the snowy mountains in Nepal. This time it is their father who has invited them on what ...
Ogilvy, Ian. Measle and the Wrathmonk.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... OGILVY, Ian. Measle and the Wrathmonk. HarperCollins. 224p. c2004. 0-06-058686-9. $15.99. J Measle is miserable. At 12 1/2, he has lived the past six years with the horrible Basil Tramplebone, his court-appointed guardian, in a darkly bleak house overshadowed by a perpetual rain ...
Peck, Robert Newton. Bro.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... PECK, Robert Newton. Bro. HarperCollins. 160p. c2004. 0-06-052974-1. $16.99. (Library ed. 0-06-052975-X. $17.89). J Peck, the author of A Day No Pigs Would Die, the Soup series, Horse Thief, and other novels for young readers, sets this dark tale in Yazoo City, Florida, in 1933 ....
Perkins, Mitali. Monsoon summer.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... PERKINS, Mitali. Monsoon summer. Randora House, Delacorte, 257p, c2004. 0-385-73123-X. $15.95. JS Jasmine (aka Jazz) lives in Berkeley, California, and she and her best friend Steve have a little business they run after school, weekends, and in the summer--a business that is ...
Pike, Christopher. Alosha.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... PIKE, Christopher. Alosha. Tor. 304p. c2004 0-765-31098-8. $24.95. JS Pike has moved beyond series horror into the realm of fantasy novels. In this his fourth book in the genre, we are introduced to Ali Warner, a 13-year-old Southern California girl who feels passionately about ...
Rennison, Louisa. Away laughing on a fast camel; even more confessions of Georgia Nicolson.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... RENNISON, Louisa. Away laughing on a fast camel; even more confessions of Georgia Nicolson. HarperTempest. 276p c2004. 0-06-058934-5. $15.99. JS* Oh, the "heartbreakousity"! Georgia's boyfriend, also known as the Sex God has gone off to "Kiwi-a-go-go-land" (New Zealand), and ...
Roberts, Willo Davis. Blood on his hands.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... ROBERTS, Willo Davis. Blood on his hands. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 192p. c2004. 0-689-85074-3. $16.95. JS When we first meet Marc he's on the run with only a dog named Rat for company, trying to hitchhike from northern California to reach his father in Seattle. Marc, age 14, ...
Rosoff, Meg. How I live now.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... ROSOFF, Meg. How I live now. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books. 194p. c2004. 0-385-74677-6. $16.95. JS* KLIATT reviews a lot of YA novels, and when we pick up a new book to read and a narrative voice is immediately compelling and original, it's a fantastic treat. Daisy, in How I ...
Schreiber, Ellen. Comedy girl.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... SCHREIBER, Ellen. Comedy girl. HarperCollins. 275p. c2004. 0-06-009338-2. $15.99. JS Schreiber is the author of Vampire Kisses, which also reveals the author's abilities as a comic--Comedy Girl tells how Trixie, a shy high school student, becomes a professional stand-up comic ....
Townley, Roderick. Sky.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... TOWNLEY, Roderick. Sky. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 272p. c2004. 0-689-857128. $16.95. JS The setting is New York City, 1959, and soft-spoken 15-year-old Sky is passionate about playing jazz--and also passionate about his attractive friend Suze. Unfortunately, Sky's widowed ...
Valentine, James. Rule #1: don't touch anything.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... VALENTINE, James. Rule #1: don't touch anything. (Jumpman series). Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2004. 0-689-86872-3. $14.95. J Jules, age 13, is just getting up the nerve to ask his old friend Gen out on a date when a teenager with weird clothes and pulsing multicolored hair ...
Wittlinger, Ellen. Heart on my sleeve.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... WITTLINGER, Ellen. Heart on my sleeve. Simon & Schuster. 219p. c2004. 0-689-03383-4. $16.95. JS Wittlinger has been a successful author of YA novels such as Hard Love, Razzle, and Zig Zag. Here she tells a story through e-mails and letters, still somewhat of a novelty in ...
Wooding, Chris. The haunting of Alaizabel Cray.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... WOODING, Chris. The haunting of Alaizabel Cray. Scholastic, Orchard Books. 304p. c2004. 0-439-54656-7 $16.95. JS London's Old Quarter is filled with creatures of the dark, wych-kin that terrify those who dare walk the streets after dark. Seventeen-year-old Thaniel is a ...
Woods, Brenda. Emako Blue.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... WOODS, Brenda. Emako Blue. Penguin Putnam. 126p. c2004. 0-399-24006-3. $15.99. JS This short novel about the murder of a gifted young woman is told from the perspective of several classmates: Monterey, Emako's best friend; Jamal, the boy who wants to be Emako's boyfriend; ...
Avi. Crispin; the cross of lead.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... AVI. Crispin; the cross of lead. Hyperion. 310p. c2002. 0-7868-1658-9. $6.99. J* This is the 2003 Newbery Medal winner. Following his mother's death, Asta's son finds out his name is Crispin. The 13-year-old boy flees his poor village, pursued by the cruel steward of the manor. ...
Brashares, Ann. The sisterhood of the traveling pants.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... BRASHARES, Ann. The sisterhood of the traveling pants. Random House, Dell. 294p. c2001. 0-440-22970-7 $6.99. JS* This is the book, now available in paperback, which comes before The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. The two have been extremely popular and perhaps need little ...
Cannon, A.E. Charlotte's Rose.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... CANNON, A.E. Charlotte's Rose. Random House, Dell Yearling. 246p. map. c2002. 0-440-41840-2. $5.50. J* Twelve-year-old Charlotte's mother has died in childbirth along with her baby brother David. She and her father, as converts to the Mormon church from Wales, seek Zion in a ...
Chan, Gillian. The carved box.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... CHAN, Gillian. The carved box. Kids Can Read Press. 231p. c2001. 1-55337-016-3. $6.95. J After the death of his parents, 15-year-old Callum arrives in Upper Canada from Scotland to live on his uncle's farm. Reared to be a scholar by his minister father, Callum does not relish ...
Chan, Gillian. A foreign field.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... CHAN, Gillian. A foreign field. Kids Can Read. 184p. c2002. 1-55337-350-2. $5.96. JS Stephen Dearborn, a young English soldier in Service Flight Training School near Hagersville, Ontario, is taken in by the Logan family as a result of a near mishap with young Colin, who refuses ...
Corey, Deborah Joy. The skating pond.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... COREY, Deborah Joy. The skating pond. Penguin, Berkley. 245p. c2003. 0-425-19404-3. $14.00. SA This beautifully written novel describes the cold world of Stonington. Maine, where people live, love and die in harsh surroundings of rock and ice. But like the summer in Maine, they ...
Dean, Carolee. Comfort.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... DEAN, Carolee. Comfort. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 244p. c2002. 0-618-43912-9. $6.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2002: The theme of a likeable teenager with impossible parents has near universal YA appeal, and Kenny is just such a person. He is ...
De Oliveira, Eddie. Lucky.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... DE OLIVEIRA, Eddie. Lucky. Scholastic, Push. 239p. c2004. 0-439-54655-9. $6.99. SA Growing up in Surrey, England, Sam has always felt different from everyone around him. During his summer vacation from college, he plays striker for the local amateur football (soccer) team, ...
Fischer, Jackie Moyer. An egg on three sticks, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... FISCHER, Jackie Moyer. An egg on three sticks, a novel. St. Martin's Griffin. 310p. c2003. 0-312-31775-1. $12.95. SA* Twenty-seven Seconals. Abby can't believe what's happening, even though she knows she should have seen the overdose coming. Her mom was acting so strangely, ...
Fredericks, Mariah. The true meaning of cleavage.(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... FREDERICKS, Mariah. The true meaning of cleavage. Simon & Schuster. 211p. c2003. 0-689-86958-4. $6.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: Cleavage means separation, we're always thinking of the word in terms of breasts, and indeed the photo on ...
Gantos, Jack. What would Joey do?(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... GANTOS, Jack. What would Joey do? HarperTrophy. 229p. c2003. 0-06-054403-1. $5.99. J* Joey Pigza is back for the final installment of adventure, medication, and realizations. The previous Joey Pigza books, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key and Joey Pigza Loses Control, deal more with ...
Giordano, Marie. I love you like a tomato, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... GIORDANO, Marie. I love you like a tomato, a novel. Tor, Forge. 387p. c2003. 0-765-34588-9. $6.99. SA It is post WW II, and the Maggiordino family expects a loving reunion at Ellis Island with Mama's husband, an American soldier she married in Italy. Instead, they are redirected ...
Graeme-Evans, Posie. The innocent, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... GRAEME-EVANS, Posie. The innocent, a novel. Atria Books. 406p. c2002. 0-7434-4372-1. $14.00. SA This historical novel set in 15th-century England tells the tale of young Anne, a 14-year-old who is caught between many worlds: child and woman, city and forest, servant and royalty ....
Haddon, Mark. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HADDON, Mark. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time, a novel. Random House, Vintage Contemporaries. 226p. c2003. 1-4000-3271-7. $12.00. SA* To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT, January 2004: This truly original and engaging story is told in the first ...
Henderson, Aileen Kilgore. Hard times for Jake Smith: A Story of the Depression Era.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HENDERSON, Aileen Kilgore. Hard times for Jake Smith; a story of the Depression Era. Milkweed. 192p. c2004. 1-57131-649-3. $6.95. J* In 1935, 12-year-old MaryJake Wildsmith faces "relocating" again as the Depression deepens, but this time her parents have nothing left to support ...
Herrick, Steven. Love, ghosts, & facial hair.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HERRICK, Steven. Love, ghosts, & facial hair. Simon & Schuster. 115p. c1996. 0-689-86710-7. $6.99. A place like this. (Companion to love, Ghosts & Facial Hair). Simon & Schuster. 137p. c1998. 0-689-86711-5. $6.99. S Sixteen-year-old Jack is obsessed with sex, sports, and nose ...
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HIAASEN, Carl. Hoot. Random House, Knopf. 292p. c2002. 0-375-82916-4. $6.95 J* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Hiaasen, a columnist for the Miami Herald and the author of many best-selling novels for adults about the wild and wacky side of ...
Hobbs, Will. Far north.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HOBBS, Will. Far north. HarperTrophy. 280p. map. c1996.0-06-054096-6. $5.99. JS* Fans of Gary Paulsen's adventure books will enjoy this novel, which is most similar to Paulsen's Hatchet and its sequels. At 15, Gabe Rogers decides to attend boarding school in Yellowknife, the ...
Hoffman, Alice. The probable future, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HOFFMAN, Alice. The probable future, a novel. Random House, Ballantine. 336p. c2003. 0-345-45591-6, $13.95. SA To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT, January 2004: Hoffman's 16th novel tares us to New England and the Sparrow family, founded by a strange child who ...
Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane: Wilderness Days.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HOLM, Jennifer L. Boston Jane; wilderness days. HarperTrophy. 242p. c2002. 006-440881-7. $5.99. JSA In the second installment of the Boston Jane series, Jane has set up house in the New Frontier to fend for herself among a settlement of strange men after her supposed fiance ...
Honey, Elizabeth. Remote man.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HONEY, Elizabeth. Remote man. Random House, Dell Yearling. 259p. c2000. 0-440-41901-8. $4.99. J Written by one of the most popular novelists for YAs in Australia, Remote Man has settings all over the world: the Northern Territory in Australia; Kingston, Jamaica; Chateau Thenay, ...
Hopkins, Cathy. Truth or Dare Series. The princess of pop.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HOPKINS, Cathy. Truth or Dare Series. The princess of pop. 183p. 0-689-87002-7. White lies and barefaced truths, 182p. 0-689-87003-5. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. c2002. $5.99 each. JS This new (to the US) series by the author of the Mates, Dates ... series is sure to be a hit with ...
Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HOSSEINI, Khalad. The kite runner, a novel. Penguin, Berkley, Riverhead. 372p. c2003. 1-59448-000-1. $14.00. SA* To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT. November 2003: A gripping testament to the power of place, this novel takes the reader to Afghanistan just ...
Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Kat's fall.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... HRDLITSCHKA, Shelley. Kat's fall. Orca. 168p. c2004. 1-55143-312-5. $7.95. JS Ten years into a 15-year sentence for throwing her baby from a balcony, Sherri Murphy is being paroled back into the lives of her family and the unforgiving town of Hope Springs. Darcy, now 15. and his ...
Jordan, Sherryl. The raging quiet.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... JORDAN, Sherryl. The raging quiet. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 362p. c1999. 0-689-87004-3. $5.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 1999: Jordan is a New Zealand writer, and in her afterword, she says she purposefully placed this story of Marnie and ...
Kudlinski, Kathleen. The spirit catchers; an encounter with Georgia O'Keeffe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... KUDLINSKI, Kathleen. The spirit catchers; an encounter with Georgia O'Keeffe. (Art Encounters). Watson-Guptill. 165p. bibliog. c2004. 0-8230-0412-0. $6.99. JS This new Art Encounters series incorporates biographical facts about artists into fictional accounts of how certain ...
Krulik, Nancy. Love & SK8.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... KRULIK, Nancy. Love & SK8. Simon & Schuster. 316p. c2004, 0-689-87076-0. $5.99. JS This is the story of Angle, an amazing skateboarder, artist and hard worker. She is determined to go to art school even though her parents cannot afford to send her there. Nor do they want her to ...
Lawrinson, Julia. Loz & Al.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... LAWRINSON, Julia. Loz & Al. Freemantle Arts Center Press. 137p. c2004, 1-92073-1245. $13.50. J* Loz and Al are Laura and Alice, best friends in their last year of primary school in Perth, Australia. Even when they fight, they stay "friendly enemies." Al has a bullying brother ...
Lubar, David. Dunk.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... LUBAR, David. Dunk. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 260p. c2002. 0-618-43909-9. $6.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Summer at the shore sounds idyllic, but 15-year-old Chad is unhappy. He lives near the beach in New Jersey year-round with ...
Mestre-Reed, Ernesto. The second death of Unica Aveyano, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... MESTRE-REED, Ernesto. The second death of Unica Aveyano, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 259p. c2004. 1-4000-3316-0. $13.00. A Unica Aveyano, an elderly, terminally ill Cuban exile decides, during the furor over Elian Gonzales, to walk into the ocean (or, maybe, just walk to the ...
Meyer, Carolyn. Doomed Queen Anne.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... MEYER, Carolyn. Doomed Queen Anne. (Young Royals Series.) Harcourt, Gulliver. 230p. c2002.0-15-205086-8. $5.95. J YA readers will be front-row witnesses to Anne Boleyn's rise to power and her manipulative schemes to secure and maintain the position of queen, as well as her final ...
Meyer, L.A. Bloody Jack; being an account of the curious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, ship's boy.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... MEYER, LA. Bloody Jack; being an account of the carious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, ship's boy. Harcourt. 301 p. c2002. 0-15-205085-X. $6.95. J* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT. September 2002: This stands up to Avi's The True Confessions of Charlotte ...
Mosher, Richard. Zazoo.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... MOSHER, Richard. Zazoo. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 266p. c2001. 0-618-43904-8. $6.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2001: A Vietnamese girl, named Zazoo by her adopted grandfather when he brought her to his village in France, tells about ...
Napoli, Donna Jo. Song of the Magdalene.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... NAPOLI, Donne Jo. Song of the Magdalene. Simon & Schuster. 240p. c1996. 0-68987396-4. $5.99. JS* With the current high interest in Mary Magdalene (The Da Vinci Code, etc.), this YA novel about Mary's childhood and young adulthood up until she meets Jesus will have extra appeal ....
Pearce, Jonathan. John-Browne's body & sole; a semester of life.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... PEARCE, Jonathan. John-Browne's body & sole; a semester of life. The Writer's Collective, 145p. c2001. 1-59411-053-0, $14.95. J When 13-year-old John-Browne and a few of his classmates get into a fight at Balona Junior High, the principal and their eighth-grade English teacher, ...
Plum-Ucci, Carol. What happened to Lani Garver.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... PLUM-UCCI, Carol. What happened to Lani Garver. Harcourt. 314p. 0-5-205088-4. $6.95. SA To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Is Lani a he or a she? Or perhaps an angel? Claire isn't sure, though Lani is her new classmate and close friend, a kind, ...
Prose, Francine. After.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Jul 01, 2004; ... PROSE, Francine. After. HarperTempest. 330p. c2003. 0-06-008083-3. $7.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: This suspenseful story takes place in a high school after a violent shooting incident (like the one at Columbine High School) occurs in a ...