Kliatt back issues from November 2005:
How to succeed in children's books by trying really, really hard.
Nov 01, 2005; ... How does one go from being a moderately popular mid-list middle-grade children's novelist to join the ranks of the heavyweight, top-drawer, front-of-the-store, best-selling elite? This is the problem I have been struggling with for the last few years. As I see it, there are nine ...
Alphin, Elaine Marie. The perfect shot.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... ALPHIN, Elaine Marie. The perfect shot. Lerner, Carolrhoda Books. 212p. 1-57505-862-6. c2005. $16.95. JS The novel opens with the murder of Amanda, her little brother and her mother. It was a day when Brian Hammett and his friends were playing basketball next door. In the heat ...
Amesse, Susan. Kissing Brendan Callahan.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... AMESSE, Susan. Kissing Brendan Callahan. Roaring Brook. 160p. c2005. 1-59643-015-X. $15.95. J Twelve-year-old Katie wants to be a writer. Her role model is romance writer Antonia DeMarco, author of Enraptured Thorns of My Heart, and similar novels. As fate would have it, Antonia ...
Banks, Kate. Friends of the heart; amici del cuore.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BANKS, Kate. Friends of the heart; amici del cuore. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 144p. c2005. 0-374-32455-7. $16.00. J Lucrezia, nicknamed Lukey or Lou, is a 12-year-old Italian girl from Rome. Her best friend is 12-year-old Ollie, who lives in Milan. They meet every summer at her ...
Barron, T.A. Shadow on the stars.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BARRON, T.A. Shadow on the stars. (The Great Tree of Avalon, Book 2.) Penguin, Philomel. 430p. c2005.0-399-23764-X. $19.99. JS The second book in the Avalon series picks up where the first left off, and readers will be well rewarded for their wait. Following a harrowing vision ...
Coy, John. Crackback.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COY, John. Crackback. Scholastic. 206p. c2005. 0-439-69733-6. $16.99. JS * An excellent football story by a newcomer to the field of YA fiction; Coy has written children's books in the past and teaches writing "in schools across the country." Miles plays high school football, ...
De Alcantara, Pedro. Befiddled, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... DE ALCANTARA, Pedro. Befiddled, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 179p. c2005. 0-385-73265-1. $15.95. J Poor Becky Cohen, age 13. She's an outsider, and everybody makes fun of her. She's poor. She's plain. Her mother doesn't understand her. She loves to play the violin but ...
De Guzman, Michael. The Bamboozlers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... DE GUZMAN, Michael. The bamboozlers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 168p. c2005. 0-374-30512-9. $16.00. J Albert, age 12, longs for adventure and a trip out of Mountain View, Idaho, and when he meets his grandfather Wendell for the first time his wishes come true in a big way. He and ...
Douglas, Lola. True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... DOUGLAS, Lola. True confessions of a Hollywood starlet, a novel. Penguin, Razorbill. 272p. c2005. 1-59514-035-2. $16.99. JS * Many YA novels start out with the protagonist, for whatever reason, suddenly transformed and dropped into the milieu of the rich and privileged (think ...
Drvenkar, Zoran. Tell Me What You See .(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... DRVENKAR, Zoran. Tell me what you see. Tr. by Chantal Wright. Scholastic, Chicken House. 282p. c2002.0-439-72452-X. $16.99. JS * This is translated seamlessly from the German; it is set in modern Berlin, but the only details that place the story there are geographic locations ...
Dunbar, Fiona. The Truth Cookie.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... DUNBAR, Fiona. The truth cookie. Scholastic, Orchard. 224p. c2005. 0-439-74022-3.$15.99. J This first novel by Australian Fiona Dunbar begins the Lulu Baker trilogy. Lulu is a young teen with only memories of her mother (who died years earlier), living with her father who is ...
Fuqua, Jonathon Scott. King of the Pygmies.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... FUQUA, Jonathon Scott. King of the pygmies. Candlewick. 246p. c2005.0-7636-1418-1. $16.99. JS This is an engrossing story about a teen who is starting to hear voices, which triggers his diagnosis as a schizophrenic. The author has a long note at the back of the book about how ...
Houston, Julian. New Boy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... HOUSTON, Julian. New boy. Houghton Mifflin. 288p. c2005.0-618-432531. $16.00. JS Rob, age 16, has left Virginia to come to Draper, a Connecticut boarding school, to get the kind of education denied to African Americans in the segregated South of the late 1950s. A bright but ...
Hoving, Isabel. The Dream Merchant.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... HOVING, Isabel. The dream merchant. Candlewick. 630p. c2002.0-76;36-2880-8. $1799. J Josh is your normal 12-year-old Londoner: he loves gadgets, collects stuff, and is a bit of thief. But he's special enough to catch the attention of Gippart, a company specializing in ...
Hughes, Pat. Open Ice.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... HUGHES, Pat. Open ice. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 288p. c2005. 0-385-74675-X. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90906-3. $1799.) S Nick lives to play hockey, but when he suffers yet another severe concussion on the ice, his doctor, his parents, and his coach agree: his hockey career is ...
Kearney, Meg. The Secret of Me.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... KEARNEY, Meg. The secret of me. Persea, dist. by W.W. Norton. 136p. bibliog, c2005.0-89255-3227 $1795. JS Lizzie McLane is a 14-year-old in a family created by adoptions: her older sister and brother are also adopted. Yet, no one in the family is able to talk about birth ...
Kirwan, Anna. Portraits : Of Flowers and Shadows.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... KIRWAN, Anna. Portraits: of flowers and shadows. Scholastic. 160p. c2005.0-439-71010-3. $9.99. J Aurelia Sandborn is the young housemaid for the Sinclair family in Boston. She is an orphan, found after the shipwreck of the Aspiration on the famous reef at Norman's Woe. When the ...
Lawrence, Iain. The Cannibals.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... LAWRENCE, lain. The cannibals. (Sequel to The Convicts.) Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2005. 0-385-73088-8. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90110-0. $17.99.) JS We first met young Tom in The Convicts, set in 19th-century London, where he finds and then loses a cursed diamond, and ...
Lenhard, Elizabeth. Chicks with Sticks: It's a Purl Thing.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... LENHARD, Elizabeth. Chicks with sticks (it's a purl thing.) Penguin, Dutton. 241p. c2005. 0-525-47622-9. $15.99. J Okay, this sounds like a weird story--how knitting knits together friendships and unravels tension. (Sorry.) Four girls, with different personalities and interests, ...
Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... LYNCH, Chris. Inexcusable. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 176p. c2005.0-689-84789-0. $16.95. S Keir, a high school senior, thinks of himself as a "good guy." So how could he possibly feel responsible when he cripples a football player on the field, earning himself the nickname ...
Malone, Patricia. Lady Ilena: Way of the Warrior.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... MALONE, Patricia. Lady Ilena way of the warrior. Random House, Delacorte. 199p. c2005. 0-385-73225-2. $15.95. J This is a sequel to The Legend of Lady Ilena, but stands firmly on its own. The setting is the Dark Ages (6th century AD) in Britain, when King Arthur and his knights ...
McGhee, Alison. All Rivers Flow to the Sea.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... McGHEE, Alison. All rivers flow to the sea. Candlewick. 176p. c2005. 0-7636-2591-4. $15.99. JS * Without once descending to sentimentality or melodrama, this novel manages to reveal 17-year-old Rose Latham's pain at being the driver of the car in an accident that put her older ...
McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert. Traitor.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... McNAB, Andy & RIGBY, Robert. Traitor. Penguin, Putnam. 269p. c2005.0-399-24464-6. $15.99. JS * McNab is an experienced (highly decorated) British soldier and Rigby has written extensively for children. Their combined efforts here make for a compelling thriller with highly ...
Murphy, Rita. Looking for Lucy Buick.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... Murphy, Rita. Looking for Lucy Buick. Random House, Delacorte. 167p. c2005.0-385-729391. $15.95. JS This tale has a great title and it's packed full of bizarre characters and events. Alice Hoffman meets Billie Letts; that is, magical realism encounters small-town Iowa and kindly ...
Oppel, Kenneth. Skybreaker.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... OPPEL, Kenneth. Skybreaker. HarperCollins, Eos. 384p. illus, c2005.0-06-053227-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-053228-9. $17.89.) JS * In this sequel to Airborn, a winner of Canada's Governor General's Award and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book, 16-year-old Matt Cruse is now a student ...
Pierce, Tamora. The Will of the Empress.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... PIERCE, Tamora. The will of the empress. Scholastic. 320p. c2005. 0-439-44171-4. $17.99. JSA * In her latest tale, fantasy queen Pierce reunites the four young mages from her Circle of Magic and Circle Opens series, and her many fans will be delighted. The book opens as thread ...
Rabin, Staton. Black Powder.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... RABIN, Staton. Black powder. Simon and Schuster, McElderry. 256p. c2005. 0-689-86876-6. $16.95. J Langston Davis is a 14-year-old geek in 2010 gang-ridden L.A. He is fascinated by science, has his own telescope, and hates what guns have done to the city and to his friend, Neely ...
Shahan, Sherry. Death Mountain.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... SHAHAN, Sherry. Death mountain. Peachtree. 202p. c2005. 1-56145-353-6. $15.95. J Erin has been living with her grandmother since the day her mother walked out of the family. All had been well until her mother wants Erin to spend some time with her, to hear the reasons for the ...
Shusterman, Neal. Red Rider's Hood.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... SHUSTERMAN, Neal. Red Rider's hood. (Dark Fusion, Book 2.) Penguin, Dutton. 176p. c2005.0525-47562-1. $15.99. JS "Wow, Grandma ... What gnarly teeth you have." Fusing the tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" with werewolf legends, Shusterman crafts a fast-moving story about tough ...
Stewart, Sharon. Raven Quest.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... STEWART, Sharon. Raven quest. Lerner, Carolrhoda. 320p. c2003.1-57505-894-4. $15.95. JS Remember Jonathan Livingston Seagull? This is a darker, 21st-century eco-friendly version. Tok is a young raven outcast, wrongly accused of a murder, and his father has been accused of ...
Thomas, Jane Resh. The Counterfeit Princess.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... THOMAS, Jane Resh. The counterfeit princess. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 197p. c2005. 0395-93879-8. $15.00. JS This historical novel won't exactly win over new readers to the genre, but for those already comfortable with reading about other times, other places, Thomas's novel ...
Zeises, Lara M. Anyone But You.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... ZEISES, Lara M. Anyone but you. Random House, Delacorte. 244p. c2005. 0-385-73145-0. $15.95. JS In alternate chapters, Seattle and Critter tell about the summer in which their close friendship falls apart in confusion. They are step-sibs because at one time Seattle's father and ...
Bates, Judy Fong. Midnight at the Dragon Cafe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BATES, Judy Fong. Midnight at the Dragon Cafe. Perseus, Counterpoint. 316p. c2005. 158243-189-2. $14.00. SA When Su-Jen and her mother, Lai-Jing, left Communist China in the 1950s for Canada, they spoke no English, and Su-Jen had never met her father. In Ontario, they are the ...
Belgue, Nancy. Summer on the Run.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BELGUE, Nancy. Summer on the run. Orca. 132p. c2005. 1-55143-372-9. $7.95. J Summer on the Run is set during the Depression in the 1930s, with teenagers who have an unemployed mother and a father who has taken off for parts unknown. Douglas, the older brother, decides to help ...
Bell, Julia. Massive.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BELL, Julia. Massive. Simon and Schuster. 261 p. c2002.1-4169-0207-4. $6,99. J "The bathroom is right next to Mum's room, I run the tap full on so the water squeals and I try not to retch too loudly. I am getting good at this." Meet Carmen, who lives in the shadow of her mom's ...
Blacklaws, Troy. Karoo Boy, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BLACKLAWS, Troy. Karoo Boy, a novel. Harcourt, Harvest. 196p. c2004. 0-15-603065-9. $13.00. JSA Cape Town, South Africa in the 1970s is a place and time of turmoil, racial unrest, and general unease as the culture and government are challenged by the underclass and the system of ...
Bohjalian, Chris. Before You Know Kindness.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BOHJALIAN, Chris. Before you know kindness. Random House, Vintage. 429p. c2004. 14000-3165-6. $13.95. SA Spenser McCullough--animal rights activist, father, husband, son--is accidentally shot with his brother-in-law's rifle by his teenage daughter on the first pages of this ...
Boylan, Clare. Emma Brown.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BOYLAN, Clare. Emma Brown. Penguin. 450p. c2003. 0-14-303483-9. $14.00. JSA When Charlotte Bronte died, in 1855, she left behind a two-chapter manuscript of an unfinished novel. The plot may sound familiar to Bronte readers and to admirers of Victorian fiction. Bronte's narrator ...
Capella, Anthony. The Food of Love.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... CAPELLA, Anthony. The food of love. Penguin, Plume. 310p. c2004. 0-452-28655-7 $14.00. SA If "chick lit" is a recognized genre, then "foodie lit" should be a delicious offshoot of this predictably enjoyable group. Travel to the eternal city, Rome, with college student Laura ...
Chang, Lan Samantha. Inheritance.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... CHANG, Lan Samantha. Inheritance. Norton. 302p. c2004.0-393-32711-6. $13.95. SA A story of sisterly love, romantic love and betrayal, this novel starts in China in 1931 and takes the reader to California and New York. It is about romantic love and political chaos and how ...
Cohn, Rachel. Pop Princess.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COHN, Rachel. Pop princess. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 311p. c2004. 1-4169-0263-5. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Sexy cover art--the midriff of a lovely girl with a rhinestone in her navel: pop princess indeed. Cohn is the author of the ...
Cooley, Beth. Ostrich Eye.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... COOLEY, Beth. Ostrich eye. Random House, Dell, Laurel-Leaf. 180p. c2004. 0-440-23828-5. $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: Ginger is the narrator, a young teen who lives with her mother, her stepfather, and her younger half-sister, Vivian. She ...
Friedman, Aimee. South Beach.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... FRIEDMAN, Aimee. South Beach. Scholastic. 318p. c2005, 0-439-70678-5. $8.99. S 16-year-old Alexa is looking for a little excitement in her life. Tired of her boyfriend Tyler, who she find naive, safe, and entirely too nice, Alexa breaks up with him and cancels their spring break ...
Hautman, Pete. Godless.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... HAUTMAN, Pete. Godless. Simon & Schuster. 198p. c2004. 1-4169-0816-1. $7.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: The main character in Godless is a 15-year-old boy named Jason Bock, a smart and smart-alecky only child who is driving his parents crazy ....
Hawthorne, Rachel. Island Girls (and Boys).(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... HAWTHORNE, Rachel. Island girls (and boys). HarperCollins, Avon. 313p. c2005. 0-06075546-6. $5.99. JS Best friends Jen, Amy, and Chelsea spend the summer before their first year of college working and living on an island off Texas. Jen, the obsessive planner, thinks she has the ...
Honey, Elizabeth. The Ballad of Cauldron Bay.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... HONEY, Elizabeth. The ballad of Cauldron Bay. Allen & Unwin. 289p. illus, c2004. 1741142555. $7.95. JS * In this whimsical tale, 13-year-old Australian Henni Octon, along with an amusing bunch of friends and family, heads to a remote cottage in Cauldron Bay for a little getaway ....
Leitch, Will. Catch.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... LEITCH, Will. Catch. Penguin, Razorbill. c2005. 159514-069-7. $7.99. S Tim Temples is somewhat of a celebrity in his hometown of Mattoon, where the other big thing is the Lenders Bagels plant and the upcoming Bagelfest. Everyone knows his family and the baseball talent that runs ...
Mikaelsen, Ben. Tree girl, a novel.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... MIKAELSEN, Ben. Tree girl, a novel. Harper-Tempest. 229p. c2004. 0-06-009006-5. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Mikaelsen writes of events during the bitter civil war in Guatemala in the 1980s, based on a story told to him by a survivor of ...
Mitchell, Judith Claire. The last day of the war.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... MITCHELL, Judith Claire. The last day of the war. Random House, Anchor. 366p. bibliog. c2004. 0-385-72201-X. $14.00. SA The fictional "Erinyes," an organization bent on avenging the Armenian genocide of 1915 and 1916, drives the plot of this lively love story. That romance is ...
Nixon, Joan Lowery. Nightmare.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... NIXON, Joan Lowery. Nightmare. Random House, Dell, Yearling. 166p. c2003. 0-440-23773-4. $5.50. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: A good old-fashioned YA thriller, with haunting dreams, loyal friendships, threatening adults, and dense parents--oh, ...
Priestley, Chris. The White Rider.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... PRIESTLEY, Chris. The white rider. Trafalgar Square. 185p. c2004. 0-440-86608-1. $8.99. J Tom Marlowe, nearing his 16th birthday, is in the midst of the violent turmoil of early 18th-century England. As the bitter and bloody conflict between the Jacobites and Loyalists to King ...
Roth, Philip. The plot against America, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... ROTH, Philip. The plot against America, a novel. Random House, Vintage International. 391p. c2004. 1-4000-7949-7. $14.95. SA * To quote the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, March 2005: Roth goes back to 1940 and creates a chillingly believable novel based on Roosevelt's ...
Rottman, S.L. Shadow of a Doubt.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... ROTTMAN, S.L. Shadow of a doubt. Peachtree. 197p. c2003. 1-56145-365-4. $7.95. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2003: Shadow got his nickname because he always trailed around after his beloved older brother, Daniel. But seven years ago, at the age of ...
Shreve, Anita. Light on Snow, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... SHREVE, Anita. Light on snow, a novel. Little, Brown, Back Bay. 305p. c2004. 0-316-01067-7. $14.95. SA * We look for novels published for adults that have immediate appeal for YAs, and Shreve's Light on Snow is just such a book. First of all, it is told in the voice of a ...
Skyler, Heather. The perfect age.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... SKYLER, Heather. The perfect age. Norton. 394p. c2004. 0-393-32688-8. $13.95. SA Perhaps it's the Las Vegas setting, or the sultry days spent around the Dunes Hotel pool over a period of three summers, but the plot of The Perfect Age seems to meander rather than face the issues ...
Sones, Sonya. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... Sones, Sonya. One of those hideous books where the mother dies. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 268p. c2004. 1-4169-0788-2. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: Sones is a gifted writer of novels in poetry. (Her novel What My Mother Doesn't Know was ...
Spragg, Mark. An Unfinished Life, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... SPRAGG, Mark. An unfinished life, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 257p. c2004. 1-4000-6514-5. $13.95. SA This novel has been called a modern Western, but it is far more than that. When Jean, a 30-year-old widow with a l0-year-old daughter, Grif, is once again forced to leave a ...
Vernon, Olympia. Logic.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... VERNON, Olympia. Logic. Grove. 254p. c2004. 0-8021-4199-4. $12.00. A Ironically named, Logic seems anything but. While growing up in rural and desolate Valsin County, Mississippi, Logic Harris, now 13, had a traumatic accident that makes it difficult for her to reason. The ...
Weeks, Sarah. So B, It, a novel.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... WEEKS, Sarah. So B, It, a novel. HarperCollins. 245p. c2004. 0-06-441047-1. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: Heidi has had a most unusual childhood. She lives with her mother, who is severely mentally handicapped, in Reno, Nevada. Next door in ...
Wheeler, Susan. Record Palace.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... WHEELER, Susan. Record Palace. Graywolf. 278p. c2005. 1-55597-420-1. $15.00. A Like listening to jazz, like reading poetry, like walking in fog, this novel does not lead the reader in a straight line through the plot. The story begins with Cindy, a California girl who leaves the ...
Yumoto, Kazumi. The Friends.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... YUMOTO, Kazumi. The friends. Tr. by Cathy Kirano. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 170p. c1996. 0-374-42461-6. $6.95. J From the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, March 1999: Three sixth graders, Yamashita, Kiyama and Kowalee, become obsessed with death and want to see a dead body, so ...
Bennet, Holly. The Bonemender.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BENNET, Holly. The bonemender. Orca. 203p. map. c2005. 1-55143-336-2. $7.95. JS Lady Gabrielle, of the Kingdom of Verdeau, is a bonemender--a healer. Bonemenders are not common and among bonemenders, Gabrielle is quite extraordinary. Daughter to King Jerome and Queen Solange, ...
Butler, Charles. The Fetch Of Mardy Watt.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... BUTLER, Charles. The fetch of Mardy Watt. Trafalgar Square. 223p. c2004. 0-00-712857-6. $9.99. J A fetch is an apparition designed to "fetch" the body of another. Mardy's fetch begins innocently, buying chocolate bars and writing in her diary, but when a mastermind plays Mardy's ...
Catanese, P.W. The Brave Apprentice.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... CATANESE, P.W. The brave apprentice. Simon & Schuster. 224p. c2005. 0-689-87174-0. $4.99. J Patch is just a mild-mannered tailor's apprentice, but when his friend Osbert is threatened by a troll, he manages to slay the evil (if elderly) beast, becoming a village hero. So great ...
Constable, Kate. The Singer of All Songs.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
Nov 01, 2005; ... CONSTABLE, Kate. The singer of all songs. (Chanters of Tremaris, Book 1.) Scholastic. 297p. c2002.0-439-55479-9. $5.99. JSA * Calwyn is living a quiet life as a novice priestess of ice-magic, hidden away from the world behind a magical wall of ice. Then one day she finds a ...