Kliatt back issues from March 2005:
My unbrilliant career (or how I wrote my first Novel in just 26 years).(First Novels--Part Two)(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny. My seven-year-old daughter, for instance, was set on a career in veterinary medicine until someone mentioned she'd have to put her hand up a cow's bottom. Now she wants to be a dog walker, which is a ...
Why I write.(First Novels--Part Two)(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... There are three reasons for my being a writer. In chronological order: 1) I wrote before I could read. 2) Susan Vreeland failed me in my high school writing class. 3) I feel like I'm still in high school. My first memory is lying on my stomach in my aunt's bed in Hawaii with one ...
Abrahams, Peter. Down the rabbit hole; an Echo Falls mystery.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... ABRAHAMS, Peter. Down the rabbit hole; an Echo Falls mystery. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer. 375p. c2005. 0-06-073701-8. $15.99. JS * Abrahams is known as a writer of crime stories for adults; this is his first foray into YA literature in a book that will appeal to all ages. The ...
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... ANDERSON, Laurie Halse. Prom. Penguin, Viking. 224p. c2005.0-670-05974-9. $16.99. S* Ashley, age 18, can't wait to get out of her Philadelphia high school, and she certainly couldn't care less about the upcoming prom. All she cares about is her boyfriend, TJ, even if he is ...
Bell, Hilari. The wizard test.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... BELL, Hilari. The wizard test. HarperCollins, Eos. 176p. c2005.0-06-059940-5. $15.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-059941-3. $16.89.) J * Dayven knows he has wizard blood, but he's ashamed of it. His ambition is to become a Guardian, a skilled warrior, and serve the Lordowner, but the ...
Blacker, Terence. Boy 2 girl.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... BLACKER, Terence. Boy 2 girl. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 296p. c2005. 0-374-309264. $16.00. J Twelve-year-old Matthew Burton's life is turned upside down when his cousin Sam from America comes to live with his family in England after Sam's mother is killed in a car crash. It's bad ...
Brooks, Kevin. Candy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... BROOKS, Kevin. Candy. Scholastic, The Chicken House. 368p. c2005. 0-439-68327-0. $16.95. S Joe is on the way to a doctor's appointment in London when he meets beautiful young Candy--and soon discovers that she's a drug-addicted prostitute with a violent pimp named Iggy. Up until ...
Bruchac, Joseph. Code talker; a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... BRUCHAC, Joseph. Code talker; a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two. Penguin, Dial. 240p. bibliog. c2005. 0-8037-2971-9. $16.99. JS Ned Begay leaves his sheepherding Navajo family at age six for a strict mission school, where his mouth is washed out with soap for ...
Carbone, Elisa. Last dance on Holladay Street.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... CARBONE, Elisa. Last dance on Holladay Street. Random House, Knopf. 208p. c2005. 0-375-82896-6. $15.95. JS * Eva is 13 years old and living on the prairies of Colorado in 1878 with Mama Kate and Daddy Walter. Walter is a blacksmith and Kate takes in laundry to make ends meet as ...
Castellucci, Cecil. Boy proof.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... CASTELLUCCI, Cecil. Boy proof. Candlewick Press. 202p. c2005. 0-7636-2333-4. $15.99. JS Castellucci is a filmmaker, an actress, and a singer-songwriter. She lives in Hollywood, and this, her first novel, is set there. It's wonderfully quirky, as is the main character, Victoria, ...
Clarke, Judith. Kalpana's dream.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... CLARKE, Judith. Kalpana's dream. Front Street. 164p. c2004. 1-932425-22-5. $16.95. $16.95. J Clarke is an award-winning author of children's books in Australia and this story about some friends and their families is charmingly different. Kalpana is Neema's great-grandmother, who ...
Cohn, Rachel. Shrimp.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... COHN, Rachel. Shrimp. Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2005.0-689-86612-7. $15.95. S In this sequel to Cohn's popular Gingerbread, our narrator, feisty, spoiled Cyd Charisse, is starting her senior year of high school back in San Francisco, after a summer visiting her biological father ...
DeFelice, Cynthia. The missing manatee.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... DeFelice, Cynthia. The missing manatee, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux. 192p. c2005.0-374-31257-5. $16.00. J Skeet Waters is on spring break. Living along the Gulf Coast of Florida, that means 11-year-old Skeet is going to be able to spend the day going out through the river and ...
Denenberg, Barry. Shadow life: a portrait of Anne Frank and her family.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... DENENBERG, Barry. Shadow life: a portrait of Anne Frank and her family. Scholastic. 240p. illus, notes, bibliog, c2005. 0-439-41678-7. $16.95. JS The Diary of Anne Frank has become a classic piece of literature, providing a glimpse of the Holocaust through the eyes of a teenage ...
Fitzgerald, Dawn. Getting in the game.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... FITZGERALD, Dawn. Getting in the game. Roaring Brook, A Deborah Brodie Book. 136p. c2005. 1-59643-044-3. $15.95. J Jo is a petite athlete who wants above all else to get on the ice hockey team; in her school, that means the boys' ice hockey team. There is a certain fallout to ...
Dent, Grace. LBD: live & fabulous!(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... DENT, Grace. LBD: live & fabulous! Penguin, Putnam. 268p. c2004. 0-399-24188-4. $15.99. JS * LBD stands for Les Bambinos Dangereuses, and consists of three 15-year-old English girls--Ronnie, Fleur, Claude--who have a series of misadventures maintaining friendships and attracting ...
Geras, Adele. Other echoes.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... GERAS, Adele. Other echoes. Random House, David Fickling Books. 144p. c2005. 0-385-75055-2. $15.95. S Nineteen-year-old Flora is ill; and in her boarding school infirmary she has asked for paper and pen. As she recuperates, she is writing the story of her year in Kampong Aya, ...
Gonzales, Susan & ABRAHAM, Denise. Cecilia's year.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... GONZALES, Susan & ABRAHAM, Denise. Cecilia's year. Cinco Puntos Press (701 Texas Ave, El Paso TX 79901). 210p. illus, c2004. 0-938317-87-3. $16.95. J * The conflict is evident from the first page. An avid reader stealing time away from her numerous chores, 14-year-old Cecelia, ...
Gonzalez, Julie. Wings.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... GONZALEZ, Julie. Wings, Random House, Delacorte. 197p. c2005. 0-385-73227-9. $15.95. J Ben Delaney claims he was born to fly. The skin of his shoulder blades hides wings waiting to burst forth and lift him aloft. When they do, he will leave home to find others like himself. In ...
Green, John. Looking for Alaska.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... GREEN, John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin, Dutton. 272p. c2005. 0-525-47506-0. $15.99. SA Geeky, friendless Miles, whose hobby is collecting famous last words, goes off to boarding school in Alabama seeking new experiences, the "Great Perhaps." He certainly finds them: his ...
Grover, Lorie Ann. Hold me tight.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... GROVER, Lorie Ann. Hold me tight. Simon & Schuster, McElderry Books 336p. c2005. 0689-85248-7. $16.95. J An attractive cover immediately draws a reader's attention to this novel told in poems. Essie, the narrator, holds that reader close with the first poem, telling of her ...
Hemphill, Stephanie. Things left unsaid; a novel in poems.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... HEMPHILL, Stephanie. Things left unsaid; a novel in poems. Hyperion. 262p. c2004. 0-7868-1850-6. $16.99. JS We are getting accustomed to the format of the novel in poems. This first novel by a poet stands out as being generally better poetry than others in the genre. Each poem ...
Horowitz, Anthony. Scorpia.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... HOROWITZ, Anthony. Scorpia. (An Alex Rider Adventure.) Penguin, Philomel. 320p. c2005.0-399-24151-5. $1799. JS * Once again, intrepid British teenage spy Alex Rider (hero of Eagle Strike and other thrillers) must save the day. Alex is horrified when he learns that his father, ...
Ives, David. Scrib.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... IVES, David. Scrib. HarperCollins. 188p. c2005.0-06-059841-7 $15.99. JS The cover, featuring a cowboy hat, pencils, and paper flying through the air, riddled by bullets, sums up this rollicking tale nicely. The front page provides a lengthy subtitle that describes the plot: ...
Jeapes, Ben. The new world order.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... JEAPES, Ben. The new world order. Random House, David Fickling. 437p. c2004. 0385-75013-7. $15.95. JS This is a lengthy, challenging fantasy first published in England. It takes place during the civil war in England, which was a complicated struggle between Cromwell, the ...
Jinks, Catherine. Pagan's scribe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... JINKS, Catherine. Pagan's scribe. (Pagan Chronicles.) Candlewick Press. 368p. map. c2005.0-7636-2022-X. $16.99. SA This last novel in a four-book series about medieval times, following Pagan's Cruz sade, Pagan in Exile, and Pagan's Vows, is set in Languedoc, in southern France, ...
Klise, Kate. Deliver us from Normal.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... KLISE, Kate. Deliver us from Normal. Scholastic Press. c2005.0-439-52322-2. 240p. $16.95. J Charles Harrisong is in the sixth grade and lives in Normal, Illinois. Or rather, he lived in Normal until one night when his father decides to take the family on a new adventure to the ...
Kogler, Jennifer Anne. Ruby Tuesday.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... KOGLER, Jennifer Anne. Ruby Tuesday. HarperCollins. 307p. c2005. 0-06-073956-8. $15.99. JS * Another excellent first novel, this one began as the author's senior thesis when she was at Princeton University as an English major. The unusual, memorable characters include Ruby ...
Love, D. Anne. The secret prince.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... LOVE, D. Anne. The secret prince. Simon & Schuster, McElderry Books. 226p. c2005. 0-689-84426-3. $16.95. J The land of Kelhadden was once a great and pleasant kingdom, governed by a generous king whose subjects were prosperous and happy. However, as foretold in The Book of ...
McNaughton, Janet. The secret under my skin.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... McNAUGHTON, Janet. The secret under my skin. HarperCollins. 264p. 2005. 0-06008989-X. $15.99. JS * The events in this dystopia take place in a slightly recognizable world several hundred years in the future. (McNaughton says in an Author's Note that "the actual setting is very ...
Melling, O.R. The hunter's moon.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... MELLING, O.R. The hunter's moon. (The Chronicles of Faerie.) Abrams, Amulet. 284p. c2005.0-8109-5857-0. $16.95. J Two 16-year-old cousins, Gwen, from Canada, and Finn, from Ireland, plan to spend their summer touring Ireland and finding their way into the world of Faerie, ...
Mills, Claudia. Makeovers by Marcia.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... MILLS, Claudia. Makeovers by Marcia. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. c2005.0-374-346542. 160p. $16.00. J Claudia Mills continues the story of students from West Creek Middle School in this fifth book in the series, focusing on Marcia Faitak, Sarah Kessel and Alex Ryan. Now in eighth ...
Moloney, James. Black taxi.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... MOLONEY, James. Black taxi. HarperCollins. 264p. c2003.0-06-055937-3. $15.99. S When Rosie's grandfather is sent to jail for six months for petty larceny, he gives her the keys to his beautiful black Mercedes as well as his cell phone. He also asks her to run a few errands while ...
Myracle, Lauren. Rhymes with witches.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... MYRACLE, Lauren. Rhymes with witches. Abrams, Amulet Books. c2005.0-8109-5859-7. 208p. $16.95. S The story follows freshman high school student Jane and her quest to be part of a highly popular foursome called the Bitches. At the start of the school year, Jane and her friend ...
Oates, Joyce Carol. Sexy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... OATES, Joyce Carol. Sexy. HarperCollins. 272p. c2005. 0-06-054149-0. $16.99. S Darren Flynn is 16, a star swimmer, and sexy. Not just sexy on the outside, but sexy on the inside and about to burst from all the sexual tension he's holding back. Sexy has many advantages, though ....
Park, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... PARK, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 232p. bibliog. c2005.0-618-47786-1. $15.00. J * Seventh-graders Julia and Patrick decide to join an after-school club and work together on a project to be exhibited at the state fair. Julia's mother suggests raising ...
Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: the Angel experiment.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... PATTERSON, James. Maximum Ride: the Angel experiment. Little, Brown. 422p. c2005.0-316-15556-X. $16.99. JS * In a note to the reader, best-selling suspense writer Patterson explains that a character named Max appears in his adult novels When the Wind Blows and The Lake House. In ...
Paver, Michelle. Wolf brother.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... PAVER, Michelle. Wolf brother. (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book One.) HarperCollins. 305p. c2005. 0060728256. $16.99. JS This first book in a six-book series introduces readers to the clans that inhabit the primeval forest, hunting and gathering for survival and relying on ...
Sachs, Marilyn. Lost in America.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... SACHS, Marilyn. Lost in America. Roaring Book Press. 160p. c2005. 1-59643-040-0. $16.95. JS Nicole Nieman is living with her parents and younger sister in Aix-les-Bains, France in 1943. While she is spending the night with a classmate, the Gestapo raid her home and her family is ...
Shearer, Alex. Sea legs.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... SHEARER, Alex. Sea legs. Simon & Schuster. 320p. c2005.0-689-87143-0 $15.95. J Eric and Clive are twins, but they are really nothing alike. Just ask Eric, the eldest. He'll tell you. And he'll tell you the story about how he and Clive conspired to stow away on the cruise ship ...
Sleator, William. The last universe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... SLEATOR, William. The last universe. Abrams, Amulet Books. c2005.0-8109-58589.176p.$16.95. JS Fourteen-year-old Susan lives on the edge of a garden, a very strange garden, because it was built by a physicist. Drawing from work on quantum physics, Sleator has fashioned a perfect ...
Spinner, Stephanie. Quicksilver.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... SPINNER, Stephanie. Quicksilver. Random. House, Knopf. 236p. c2005. 0-375-82638-6. $15.95. JS This isn't for everyone, but those who like mythology and fantasy will find an imaginative story featuring Hermes, aka Quicksilver or Mercury. Hermes is a son of Zeus, and brother to ...
Stolls, Amy. Palms to the ground.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... STOLLS, Amy. Palms to the ground. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 244p. c2005.0-374-35731-5. $16.00. JS Every character in this book is weird. Each is a grotesque after the manner of Carson McCullers, and the author also attempts wacky humor with much attention paid to nasal ...
Thesman, Jean. Singer.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... THESMAN, Jean. Singer. Penguin, Viking. 280p. bibliog. c2005. 0-670-05937-4. $16.99. JS Thesman has written numerous novels for YAs and this is a re-telling of an Irish folktale, "The Children of Lir." The narrator is Singer, pictured compellingly on the cover, a beautiful ...
White, Ruth. The search for Belle Prater.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... WHITE, Ruth. The search for Belle Prater. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 176p. c2005. 0-374-30853-5. $16.00. J In this sequel to the Newbery Honor Book, Belle Prater's Boy, Ruth White has returned to Gypsy and her cousin, Woodrow. Now a year older, the two cousins seek Woodrow's ...
Whyman, Matt. Boy kills man.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... WHYMAN, Matt. Boy kills man. HarperCollins. 160p. c2005. 0-06-074663-7. $15.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-074664-5. $16.89.) JS In Medellin, Colombia, "gangsters rule" and "the gun speaks louder than words." Sonny and his hulking best friend Alberto dream of being soccer stars, but ...
Bennett, Cherie. Life in the fat lane.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... BENNETT, Cherie. Life in the fat lane. Random House, Dell, Laurel-Leaf. 260p. c1998.0-440-22029-7. $5.50. JS Lara Lynn Ardeche has it all. She is popular, pretty, thin, has countless beauty pageant wins to her name, perfect parents, good grades, and a very cool boyfriend. And ...
Black, Jim. River season.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... BLACK, Jim. River season. Penguin. 198p. c1999.0-14-200444-8. $12.00. JS It is 1966 in a small Texas town, and a 13-year-old boy, Jim, is experiencing growing up. His father has died, but he has his small community, the friendship of two other fatherless boys, and the new ...
Chen, Da. Wandering warrior.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... CHEN, Da. Wandering warrior. Random House. 322p. c2003. 0-440-23771-8. $5.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: My main contact with Chinese kung fu legends has been watching the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Many of the elements I ...
Cliffe, Susan. Thread of deceit; a tale of crime and betrayal in Upper Canada.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... CLIFFE, Susan. Thread of deceit; a tale of crime and betrayal in Upper Canada. Sumach. 200p. map. bibliog, c2004. 1-894549-38-4. JS Lilly McNabb is a feisty 19-year-old milliner living in Upper Canada in 1835. The Upper St. Lawrence River is the scene of radical politics and ...
Cook, Lorna J. Departures, a novel.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... COOK, Lorna J. Departures, a novel. St. Martin's Griffin. 242p. c2004. 0-312-32129-5. $12.95. SA One measure of family strength is how able the children are to leave when the time comes. In this novel, which tells the story of the VanderZee family, two of the children are old ...
Creech, Sharon, Granny Torrelli makes soup.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... CREECH, Sharon, Granny Torrelli makes soup. HarperTrophy. 141p. c2003. 0-06-440960-0. $5.99. J To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2003: Creech is the winner of the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, and she also wrote The Wanderer, a Newbery Honor winner ....
Draper, Sharon M. The battle of Jericho.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... DRAPER, Sharon M. The battle of Jericho. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 336p. c2003.0-689-84233-3. $5.99. JS To quote from the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, September 2004: If you're a male student at Douglass High School, the best club to be in is the Warriors of Distinction ....
Elderkin, Susan. The voices.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... ELDERKIN, Susan. The voices. Grove. 323p. c2003.0-8021-4170-6. $13.00. A The story of Billy Saint begins at the end. Billy, an engaging and somewhat innocent hero, is hospitalized with wounds that are horrible to behold and impossible to explain. The reader is to understand that ...
Ellis, Deborah. Mud city.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... ELLIS, Deborah. Mud city. (The Bread winner Trilogy, Book 3.) Groundwood. 164p. map. c2003.0-88899-542-3. $5.95. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: Ellis, familiar to NPR listeners for her reporting from Afghanistan, has given us another novel ...
Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Shadows on the sea.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... HARLOW, Joan Hiatt. Shadows on the sea. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 244p. c2003.0690-84927-3. $4.99. J "Don't worry so much. Don't worry so much." So starts this tale set during 1942 in a small coastal vacation community in Maine. Jill Winters, 14, is sent to spend the summer ...
Hart, Alison. Samuel's horses.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... Hart, Alison. Samuel's horses. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 141p. c2005.0-689-86777-8. $4.99. J Hart has written another historical novel set during the Civil War era and told from the perspective of a young slave. The first in a forthcoming trilogy, the book's title seems ironic ...
Hughes, Kathleen. Dear Mrs. Lindbergh, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... HUGHES, Kathleen. Dear Mrs. Lindbergh, a novel. Norton. 302p. notes, bibliog, c2003. 0-393-32622-5. $13.95. SA This is a lovely story of two people who fall in love with each other and with flying; and whose love never died. When Ruth and Henry Gutterson meet, he is an Air Mail ...
Hurley, Valerie. St. Ursula's girls against the atomic bomb.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... HURLEY, Valerie. St. Ursula's girls against the atomic bomb. Penguin, Plume. 252p. c2003. 0-452-28569-0. $13.00. SA Raine Rassaby, a verbose, political, and unrealistic eccentric, is having a second go at her senior year of high school. But despite efforts from her parents, the ...
Itani, Frances. Deafening.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... ITANI, Frances. Deafening. Grove. 378p. c2003.0-8021-4165-X. $14.00. SA Language and silence, love and war, and the powerful narrative of small-town Ontario, Canada are the outstanding ingredients that draw the reader into Grania O'Neill's deaf world at the time of the Great ...
Kilian, Michael. The Shiloh sisters; a Harrison Raines Civil War mystery.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... KILIAN, Michael. The Shiloh sisters; a Harrison Raines Civil War mystery. Penguin, Berkley. 374p. c2004. 0-425-20004-3. $6.99. SA This is the fifth in this series of mysteries. Kilian is adept at making the events of the Civil War and the people caught up in the horror immediate ...
Krulik, Nancy. She's got the beat.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... KRULIK, Nancy. She's got the beat. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 320p. c2003.1-4169-0020-9. $5.99. S If you can believe that a girl who lacked rhythm and never took a music class can pick up drumsticks and become a professional drummer within weeks, then you might not mind this ...
Menendez, Aria. Loving Che.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... MENENDEZ, Aria. Loving Che. Grove Press. 229p. illus, c2003.0-8021-4174-9. $12.00. A To quote from the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, May 2004: This story begins in Miami where a young woman, raised by her Cuban exile grandfather, seeks answers to her family's past. She is ...
Morrison, Toni. Love, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... MORRISON, Toni. Love, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 201p. c2003. 1-4000-7847-4. $13.00. SA Like William Faulkner, Toni Morrison understands the South and the soul of its people. In her latest novel, Morrison draws the reader into the complex and convoluted loves and lives of a ...
Neenan, Colin. Idiot!(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Mar 01, 2005; ... NEENAN, Colin. Idiot! Brown Barn, Pictures of Record (119 Kettle Creek Road, Weston, CT 06883). 152p. c2004. 0-9746481-1-6. $10.95. S Teen angst from the male point of view. Jim O'Reilly, 16, wakes up one morning madly in love with Zanny (Suzannah) Manning, a girl he's known ...