Kliatt back issues from September 2005:
What poetry means to me: inside the mind of a young reviewer.(Critical Essay)
Sep 01, 2005; ... Almost all lovers of poetry can tell you the very first poem that sparked their love of verse. For me it was a poem by e.e. cummings. I was in an artsy gift shop somewhere on Cape Cod where they were selling these hand-painted wooden jewelry boxes. Beneath the lid of one such box were ...
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Falcondance.(Young Adult Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... ATWATER-RHODES, Amelia. Falcondance. (The Kiesha'ra Series, Vol. 3.) Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2006. 0-385-73194-9. $16.99. JS Fans of young writer Amelia Atwater-Rhodes will enjoy this third tale about serpent and bird shapeshifters. In this novel, Nicias Silvermead, son ...
Bechard, Margaret. Spacer and Rat.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... BECHARD, Margaret. Spacer and Rat. Roaring Brook. 192p. c2005. 1-59643-058-3. $16.95. J Jack is a Spacer, working in a bar on an inhabited asteroid. His family was one of the early colonists from Earth, which is slowly being evacuated. Jack's luck is looking up as he is slated ...
Bowler, Tim. Apocalypse.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... BOWLER, Tim. Apocalypse. Simon & Schuster, McElderry. 352p. c2005. 1-4169-0370-4. $16.95. S Kit and his parents are shipwrecked on a bleak and peculiar island, where compasses and watches don't work and eerie cries rise from the sea. The island is inhabited by a hostile group of ...
Brian, Kate. Megan Meade's guide to the McGowan boys.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... BRIAN, Kate. Megan Meade's guide to the McGowan boys. Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2005. 1-4169-0030-6. $14.95. JS Megan Meade is looking forward to her junior year in high school when her parents, career military officers, drop the bombshell--they have been reassigned to South ...
Caletti, Deb. Wild roses.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CALETTI, Deb. Wild roses. Simon & Schuster. 298p. c2005.0-689-86766-2. $15.95. JS The author of The Queen of Everything and Honey, Baby, Sweetheart keeps up her funny, smart banter in this story of an impossible stepfather. The narrator is a 17-year-old named Cassie, who has ...
Calhoun, Dia. The Phoenix Dance.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CALHOUN, Dia. The Phoenix Dance. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 272p. c2005. 0-474-35910-5. $17.00. JS Calhoun shows her skill in reinterpreting fairy tales with a modern sensibility. Phoenix Dance is a young woman who lives in a kingdom torn by politics where discontented citizens ...
Clements, Bruce. What Erika wants.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CLEMENTS, Bruce. What Erika wants. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 224p. c2005. 0-374-32304-6. $16.00. J Erika is 14 and smack in the middle of a custody case between her parents. All she wants to do is concentrate on trying out for the school play, but that's difficult shuffling ...
Coburn, Jake. Love sick.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... COBURN, Jake. Love sick. Penguin, Dutton. 288p. c2005. 0-525-47383-1. $16.99. S The author, who also wrote Prep, a novel exposing "the hidden, fiendish world" of prep school gangs (reviewed in KLIATT in Sept. 2003), claims in the preface that Love Sick is a true story, but, of ...
Cooney, Caroline B. Code orange.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... COONEY, Caroline B. Code orange. Random House, Delacorte. 192p. bibliog. c2005. 0-385-73259-7. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90277-8. $17.99.) JS Happy-go-lucky Mitty, a junior at a Manhattan prep school, finds his comfortable world turned upside down when he starts to research ...
Corder, Zizou. Lionboy: the truth.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CORDER, Zizou. Lionboy: the truth. (Lionboy trilogy, #3.) Penguin, Dial. 240p. map. illus. c2005. 0-8037-2985-5. $16.99. J This final tale about young Charlie Ashanti, "lion-rescuer, shipwreck-survivor, circus veteran, son of asthma-cure-inventing scientists, and Catspeaker," ...
Creech, Sharon. Replay.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CREECH, Sharon. Replay. HarperCollins. 240p. c2005. 0-06-054019-2. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-054020-6. $16.89.) J* Leo is part of a large, noisy Italian American family, and he often feels overwhelmed and overlooked, like "a little sardine, squashed in a tin." In his frequent ...
deLaney, Joseph. The last apprentice; revenge of the witch.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... DeLANEY, Joseph. The last apprentice; revenge of the witch. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 336p. c2005. 0-06-076618-2. $14.99. J In the same vein as other trendy, spooky British coming-of-age tales, The Last Apprentice tells the tale of 12-year-old Thomas Ward, the seventh son of a ...
de La Pena, Matt. Ball don't lie.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... DE LA PENA, Matt. Ball don't lie. Random House, Delacorte. 279p. c2005. 0-385-73232-5. $16.95. S* This is a work of art by a newcomer to the field. It's a dark tale about a basketball player, related in the third person about a teenager whose personal history couldn't be much ...
DuPrau, Jeanne. Car trouble.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... DuPRAU, Jeanne. Car trouble. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 288p. c2005. 0-06-073672-0. $15.99 (Lib. bdg: 0-06-073674-7. $16.89.) JS Duff, a somewhat clueless computer geek just graduated from high school in Virginia, has what sounds like a great job offer in California. Despite ...
Frank, E.R. Wrecked, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... FRANK, E.R. Wrecked, a novel. Simon & Schuster. 247p. c2005. 0-689-87383-2. $15.95. JS* Sixteen-year-old Anna kills her brother's girlfriend Cameron in a car crash after drinking at a party, but she was not drunk. Her best friend Ellen is also seriously injured. To make matters ...
Gardner, Sally. I, Coriander.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... GARDNER, Sally. I, Coriander. Penguin, Dial Books. 272p. c2005. 0-8037-3099-3. $16.99. J Coriander at the beginning of the novel is a grown woman, living in the house in London in which she was raised and telling her story one evening by candlelight. Her story is one of a happy ...
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double identity.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... HADDIX, Margaret Peterson. Double identity. Simon & Schuster. 218p. c2005. 0-689-87374-3. $15.95. J Bethany's weeping parents drop her off with an aunt she has never met, in a small Midwestern town. Slowly her identity, her double identity, is revealed to her and to her aunt and ...
Hearn, Julie. Sign of the raven.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... HEARN, Julie. Sign of the raven. Simon and Schuster, Atheneum. 336p. c2005. 0-689-85734-9. $16.95. J Tom is a 12-year-old only child living at his grandmother's house in London. His mother is recovering from cancer and has returned to set things right with her own mother. Tom ...
Hiaasen, Carl. Flush.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... HIAASEN, Carl. Flush. Random House, Knopf. 272p. c2005. 0-375-82182-1. $16.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-375-92182-6. $18.99.) JS* Another wild eco-comedy set in Florida from the author of the Newbery Honor Book Hoot, Hiaasen is also a columnist for the Miami Herald and the author of many ...
Hoffman, Alice. The foretelling.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... HOFFMAN, Alice. The foretelling. Little, Brown. 167p. c2005. 0-316-01018-9. $16.99. JS* Amazon warriors riding horses, terrifying the men they fight: this is the world Hoffman describes with poetic force in The Foretelling. The narrator is Rain, daughter of the queen, but never ...
Howe, James. Totally Joe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... HOWE, James. Totally Joe. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 208p. c2005. 0-689-83957-X. $15.95. J* Howe continues the story of 13-year-old Joe, one of the protagonists of his fine novel The Misfits, in this "alphabiography." As an English assignment, Joe is told to write about his ...
Johnson, Maureen. 13 little blue envelopes.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... JOHNSON, Maureen. 13 little blue envelopes. Harper Collins. 336p. c2005. 0-06-054141-5. $15.99. JS Ginny begins an incredible summer journey with a package of little blue envelopes from her Aunt Peg. Peg ran away from home at age 17 and traveled to a variety of places where she ...
Jubert, Herve. Dance of the assassins.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... JUBERT, Herve. Dance of the assassins. (The Devil's Dances Trilogy, Vol. One.) HarperCollins. 400p. c2005. 0-06-077717-6. $16.99. S The time is the near future; crime has dramatically decreased with the advent of nanotechnology tracers. But in the tourist spot of reconstructed ...
Klass, David. Dark angel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... KLASS, David. Dark angel. Farrar. Straus & Giroux. 320p. c2005. 0-374-39950-6. $17.00. S The striking cover, featuring a face that is half bird of prey and half human, aptly represents this novel about good and evil. Jeff, age 17, has an older brother he never talks about, ...
Kortege, Ron. Boy girl boy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... KORTEGE, Ron. Boy girl boy. Harcourt. 176p. c2005. 0-15-205325-5 $16.00. JS Kortege is back with another multiple-voice novel that focuses on the friendship of high school seniors Larry, Teresa and Eliot. They are at a turning point in their lives, ready to leave childhood ...
Levitin, Sonia. The goodness gene.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... LEVITIN, Sonia. The goodness gene. Penguin, Dutton. 257p. bibliog. c2005. 0-525-47397-1. $16.99. JS It's the future (2207) and the world has gone through a devastating chaos; now a seemingly benign dictator is in charge. He has twin sons, who are approaching adult= hood, being ...
Lynch, Chris, Me, dead dad, and Alcatraz.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... LYNCH, Chris, Me, dead dad, and Alcatraz. HarperCollins. 240p. c2005. 0-06-059709-7. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-059710-0. $16.89.) J In this third tale about Elvin Bishop, following Slot Machine and Extreme Elvin, the self-deprecating 14-year-old is startled, to say the least, when ...
Manning, Sarra. Pretty things.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MANNING, Sarra. Pretty things. Penguin, Dutton. 262p. c2005. 0-525-47522-2. $15.99. S* Mix Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew with four troubled teenagers looking for summer fun, two of whom are gay and two straight, and each suffering a crisis of sexual identity. Brie is a ...
Marley, Louise. Singer in the snow.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MARLEY, Louise. Singer in the snow. Penguin, Viking. 306p. c2005. 0-670-05965-X. $16.99. JS* Marley has written several books already about the world of Nevya, but this is the first I have read. Her story of the singers who are so essential to survival on this ice world ...
Marsden, John. Out of time.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MARSDEN, John. Out of time. Tor. 127p. c1990. 10-0-765-31412-6. $16.95. JS This is an unusual SF story for YAs, by the author of The Tomorrow Series and other excellent YA novels first published in Australia. It requires readers with curious minds who like puzzles and ...
Mazer, Norma Fox. What I believe, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MAZER, Norma Fox. What I believe, a novel. Harcourt. 166p. c2005.0-15-201462-4. $16.00. JS Not one of Mazer's strongest stories, but good nonetheless. Told in poetry format, it is a story of a family that has known privilege and now knows near ruin. It's extremely hard for ...
Meyer, Kai. The water mirror.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MEYER, Kai. The water mirror. (Dark Reflections, Book 1.) Tr. by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Simon & Schuster, McElderry. 256p. c2001, 2005. 0-689-87787-0. $15.95. J In Venice, Italy, two young orphans are apprenticed to a maker of magical mirrors: blind Junipa, age 13, for whom the ...
Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MEYER, Stephanie. Twilight. Little, Brown. 288p. c2005.0-316-16017-2. $17.99. JS In a style reminiscent of Anne Rice, Meyer brings the macabre to a small Washington town in a novel combining mystery, romance, fantasy, and sensuality. Isabella Swan has moved to her father's house ...
Morris, Gerald. The lioness & her knight.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MORRIS, Gerald. The lioness & her knight. (The Squire's Tales.) Houghton Mifflin. 343p. c2005. 0-618-50772-8. $16.00. JS This addition to Morris's tales about King Arthur's Camelot is filled with wry comments and dramatic encounters. It's highly accessible, not requiring much ...
Mowll, Joshua. Operation Red Jericho.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... MOWLL, Joshua. Operation Red Jericho. (The Guide Trilogy, Book One.) Candlewick Press. 288p. illus, c2005.0-7636-2634-1. $15.99. JS Clever in both its conception and format, Mowll's first novel is sure to appeal to young readers with its interactive mystery plot. The premise is ...
Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi. Zahrah the windseeker.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... OKORAFOR-MBACHU, Nnedi. Zahrah the windseeker. Houghton Mifflin. 320p. c2005. 0-618-34090-4. $16.00. JSA Far away, in the world of Ginen, 14-year-old Zahrah Tsami lives with her parents in the Ooni Kingdom. Born dada, she has dadalocks, clumps of hair with vines attached. Legend ...
Paolini, Christopher. Eldest.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... PAOLINI, Christopher. Eldest. (Book Two of Inheritance Trilogy.) Random House, Knopf. 684p. illus, c2005.0-375-82670-X. $21.00. JS* Readers who have been waiting two years for the release of Paolini's second installment in the Inheritance Trilogy will not be disappointed. The ...
Peet, Mal. Keeper.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... PEET, Mal. Keeper. Candlewick. 240p. c2003. 0-7636-2749-6. $15.99. JS* This soccer novel is told in the form of an interview of El Gato ("the cat"), a legendary goalkeeper who has just won the World Cup for his team. El Gato tells how he grew up in a poor logging camp in the ...
Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... PERKINS, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 352p. illus, c2005.0-06-009272-6, $15.99. JS* This quirky, delightful novel ambles, meanders, and strolls its way towards a plot. Told in a series of short vignettes (38 in all), the story centers on a group of ...
Pratchett, Terry. Only you can save mankind.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... PRATCHETT, Terry. Only you can save mankind. (The Johnny MaxwellTrilogy; 1.) HarperCollins. 224p. c1992, 2004.0-06-054185-7 $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-054186-5. $16.89.) J* What happens when war games become all too real? When Johnny starts to play a computer game called "Only You ...
Resnick, Mike. Lady with an alien; an encounter with Leonardo da Vinci.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... RESNICK, Mike. Lady with an alien; an encounter with Leonardo da Vinci. (Art Encounters.) Watson-Guptill. 156p. illus, bibliog. c2005.0-8230-0407-4. $15.95. JS* Resnick, of SF fame, writes with wit and intelligence about a 16-year-old boy named Mario from the future (2523 AD) ...
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. (Harry Potter, #6.) Scholastic. 652p. c2005.0-439-78454-9. $29.99. JSA* Your library already owns multiple copies of this blockbuster fantasy adventure, of course, but just in case you haven't read it yet, this tells of ...
Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow road.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... SANCHEZ, Alex. Rainbow road. (Rainbow Trilogy.) Simon & Schuster. 256p. c2005.0-689-86565-1. $16.95. SA Jason lost a basketball scholarship to college when he came out as gay in his senior year, but now he's been asked to be a speaker at the opening of a new gay/ ...
Schmidt, Gary. First boy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... SCHMIDT, Gary. First boy. Henry Holt. 208p. c2005. 0-8050-7859-2. $16.95. JS Fourteen-year-old Cooper lives happily with his grandfather on a dairy farm in New Hampshire, but when his grandfather dies and suspicious black sedans keep showing up in their small community, his ...
Sedgwick, Marcus. The dark flight down.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... SEDGWICK, Marcus. The dark flight down. (The Book of Dead Days.) Random House, Wendy Lamb. 240p. c2005.0-385-74645-8. $15.95. J Readers of The Book of Dead Days will appreciate the arrival of this sequel. Boy, who has survived the death of his master, magician Valerian, connects ...
Shan, Darren. Lord Loss.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... SHAN, Darren. Lord Loss. (Demonata #1.) Little, Brown. 240p. c2005.0-316-11499-5. $15.99. JS The popularity of Shan's Cirque du Freak series guarantees an audience for this creepy horror story, first in a new series. "I've seen demons rip my world to pieces," teenager Grubbs ...
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Drums, girls & dangerous pie.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... SONNENBLICK, Jordan. Drums, girls & dangerous pie. Scholastic. 273p. 0-439-75519-0. c2004. $16.99. J Steven is in the 8th grade; he's a talented drummer who is part of an all-city jazz band, one of the youngest members. He's got a crush on a beautiful girl, a math whiz; but ...
Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the persimmon tree.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... STAPLES, Suzanne Fisher. Under the persimmon tree. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 275p. c2005.0-374-38025-2. $17.00. JS Staples, who has lived and worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan, makes the recent war horrifyingly clear in this YA novel. She has two main characters: a young Afghan ...
Testa, Maria. Something about America.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... TESTA, Maria. Something about America. Candlewick. 85p. c2005. 0-7636-2528-0. $14.99. J This is a brief story told in poetry about an immigrant family from Kosova. The narrator is a 13-year-old girl who was trapped in the family's burning house when she was four years old during ...
Tiffany, Grace. Ariel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... TIFFANY, Grace. Ariel. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer. 240p. c2005.0-06-075327-7. $16.99. JS Grace Tiffany is a Shakespeare expert, and has written novels for adults. Ariel, her first YA title, gives the back-story of the whimsical sprite Ariel, featured in The Tempest. The first ...
Triana, Gaby. Cubanita.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... TRIANA, Gaby. Cubanita. HarperCollins. 195p. c2005.0-06-056020-7. $15.99. S The major problem is announced with the first scene. Seventeen-year-old Isabel Diaz, born in America, is engaged in cultural warfare with her mother, a native-born Cuban. Isabel wants to be more ...
Weaver, Will. Full service.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... WEAVER, Will. Full service. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 232p. c2005. 0-374-32485-9. $1700. JS Weaver returns to the farm country of rural Minnesota (familiar to readers of the Billy Baggs Trilogy--Striking Out, Farm Team, and Hard Ball) for this story of a farm boy working in ...
Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... WESTERFELD, Scott. Peeps. Penguin, Razorbill. 320p. c2005. 1-59514-031-X. $16.99. S* One pictures a high school science teacher looking out at a bored class and thinking, "Hmm ... how can I make the theory of evolution interesting? I know. I'll write a novel about vampires!" ...
Whitney, Kim Ablon. The perfect distance.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... WHITNEY, Kim Ablon. The perfect distance. Random House, Knopf. 246p. c2005.0-375-83243-2. $15.95. JS* The tension and self-doubts experienced by athletes at the top of the national horse riding competition (the under-18 category) are the foundation of a moving, suspenseful ...
Wong, Joyce Lee. Seeing Emily.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... WONG, Joyce Lee. Seeing Emily. Abrams, Amulet. 271p. c2005.0-8109-5757-4. $16.95. JS Emily is the child of Chinese immigrants who tells the story (in poetry format) of trying to find herself as an American girl, even as she loves and respects her parents. Although her parents ...
Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... ZEVIN, Gabrielle. Elsewhere. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 288p. c2005. 0-374-32091-8. $16.00. J Lizzie is dead. The 15-year-old was killed in a car accident on her way to the mall to meet a friend. This novel is the story of her "life" in the hereafter--in Elsewhere. Loosely ...
Alphin, Elaine Marie. Simon says.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... ALPHIN, Elaine Marie. Simon says. Harcourt. 258p. c2002.0-15-204678-X. $6.95. S This unusual and compelling novel takes readers inside Whitman High School for the Arts, where students argue about things like whether or not Ravel based his quartet on Debussy's work. Alphin takes ...
Bell, Joanne. Breaking trail.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... BELL, Joanne. Breaking trail. Groundwood Books. 135p. c2005. 0-88899-662-4. $6.95. JS This should be a happy and exciting time for Becky. After all, she has just selected the first dogs for her sled team, and she is determined to have them trained and ready for participation in ...
Cabot, Meg. Teen idol.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CABOT, Meg. Teen idol. HarperTrophy. 291p. c2004. 0-06-009618-7. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2004: 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 ...
Clark, Catherine. The Alison rules.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CLARK, Catherine. The Alison rules. HarperTempest. 264p. c2004. 0-06-055982-9. $6.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2004: Alison meets the clever, wisecracking new boy named Patrick in geometry class, and they become friends when he joins the staff of ...
Corrigan, Eireann. Splintering.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CORRIGAN, Eireann. Splintering. Scholastic, Push. 184p. c2004.0-439-48992-X. $7.99. S* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: A work of fiction, told through poetry, this is a powerful story of a family splintering apart because of an act of violence. A ...
Curran, Colleen. Whores on the hill, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... CURRAN, Colleen. Whores on the hill, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 224p. c2005. 1400079950. $12.95. A This debut novel is set at the last all-girls' school in Milwaukee in the late 1980s. Astrid, Juli, and Thisbe, all age 15, are known around town as the Whores on the Hill, ...
Daswani, Kavita. The village bride of Beverly Hills.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... DASWANI, Kavita. The village bride of Beverly Hills. Penguin, Plume. 271 p. c2004.0-452-28656-5. $14.00. SA This is an enlightening farce. In Dehli, India, Priya agrees to an arranged marriage because the groom is handsome; but this marriage means that within a week of her ...
De La Cruz, Melissa. The au pairs.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Sep 01, 2005; ... DE LA CRUZ, Melissa. The au pairs. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 320p. c2004. 0-68987319-0. $8.99. S It looks like nanny-lit may be one of the next big trends in YA books, and with The Au Pairs it's easy to understand why. In this juicy beach read, three girls get hired as au pairs ...