Kliatt back issues from May 2007:
Spanish-language audiobooks.(Audiobook review)
May 01, 2007; ... !Hola! audiobook lovers! For the first time, KLIATT is reviewing audiobooks in a language other than English. The following Spanish language titles are from a single publisher, Recorded Books, but there are many other sources of Spanish audiobooks. Those below were chosen for ...
Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Does my head look big in this?(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... ABDEL-FATFAH, Randa. Does my head look big in this? Scholastic, Orchard. 352p. c2005. 0-439-91947-9. $16.99. JS * We have been waiting for just such a book as this in YA literature! Abdel-Fattah is a Muslim, an Egyptian-Palestinian-Australian who lives in Sydney. Her narrator is ...
Alegria, Malin. Sofi Mendoza's guide to getting lost in Mexico.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... ALEGRIA, Malin. Soft Mendoza's guide to getting lost in Mexico. Simon & Schuster. 304p. c2007. 0-689-87811-7. $15.99. JS Sofi Mendoza is the typical suburban high school student. She talks to friends on the computer and complains that her parents are too strict. She is planning ...
Avi. The Traitors' Gate.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... Avi. The Traitors' Gate. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 368p. illus. c2007 0-689-85335-1. $1799. J * When his father is carted off to debtors' prison, 14-year-old John Huffam must save his family by discovering who has arranged to have the man imprisoned and why, so that he can ...
Babbitt, Natalie. Jack Plank tells tales.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... BABBITT, Natalie. Jack Plank tells tales. Scholastic, Michael Di Capua Books. 144p. illus. c2007. 978-0-545-00496-1. $15.95. J * "Jack Plank was an out-of-work pirate," begins this enchanting story about telling stories. Jack was never very good at plundering, and now he's come ...
Barkley, Brad & Hepler, Heather. Dream factory.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... BARKLEY, Brad & HEPLER, Heather. Dream factory. Penguin, Dutton. 250p. c2007 0-525-47802-7. $16.99. JS Orlando, Florida--the home of the dream factory that is Disney World--is the all-important setting for a story told in two voices by two authors. Ella and Luke are the ...
Bingham, Kelly. Shark Girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... BINGHAM, Kelly. Shark Girl. Candlewick. 276p. c2007 0-7636-3207-6. $16.99. JS In a series of titled poems, the girl known as Shark Girl, Jane Arrowood, tells us how she is recovering from an attack by a shark. In the attack, Jane lost her right arm. That is devastating, of ...
Blos, Joan W. Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... BLOS, Joan W. Letters from the corrugated castle: a novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 320p. c2007. 0-689-87077-9. $17.99. J Eldora leaves New Bedford, Massachusetts with her aunt and uncle to settle in California during the Gold Rush. Through ...
Bowers, Laura. Beauty shop for rent.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... BOWERS, Laura. Beauty shop for rent. Harcourt. 328p. c2007. 0-15-205764-0. $1700. JS Does a plot that revolves around six women in a beauty shop in the South, one a grump, one maternal, one naive and in need of guidance, sound familiar? Consider this novel Steel Magnolias for ...
Burgess, Melvin. Sara's face.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... BURGESS, Melvin. Sara's face. Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2007. 1-4169-3617-3. $16.99. S * This book raises questions about reality and identity, especially reality and identity as perceived by different people and their remembered experiences. It also raises questions about the ...
Calonita, Jen. Secrets of my Hollywood life; on location.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... CALONITA, Jen. Secrets of my Hollywood life; on location. Little, Brown. 231p. c2007. 0-316-15439-3. $16.99. JS A frolic into a world of a teenage actor, filled with her entourage, her boyfriend, her best friend, her worst enemy, and incredible clothes and accessories. Kaitlin ...
Carey, Janet Lee. Dragon's keep.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... CAREY, Janet Lee. Dragon's keep. Harcourt. 301 p. c2007. 0-15-205926-2. $17.00. JS All her life, Rosalind Pendragon and her mother have kept a secret, one that has kept her from a royal marriage and from fulfilling the prophecy surrounding her reign as the 21st queen of Wilde ...
Castellucci, Cecil. Beige.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... CASTELLUCCI, Cecil. Beige. Candlewick Press. 307p. c2007. 978-0-3066-9. $16.99. JS This book starts off slowly as 14-year-old Katy deplanes at LAX from Montreal. She's meeting her father, a famous drummer named Rat from the band Suck, while her mother is on an archeological dig ...
Coll, Susan. Acceptance, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... COLL, Susan. Acceptance, a novel. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 288p. c2007. 0-374-23719-0. $23.00. SA Applying to and getting into college has turned into a deadly serious business for some students and their parents, but Susan Coil manages to make it funny and sometimes poignantly ...
Cotton, Cynthia. Fair has nothing to do with it.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... COTTON, Cynthia. Fair has nothing to do with it. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 160p. c2007. 0-374-39935-2. $16.00. J On the day that 12-year-old Michael and his mother and sisters arrive at his grandfather's farm, everything changes. His grandfather has a fatal heart attack, so ...
De Guzman, Michael. Finding Stinko.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... de GUZMAN, Michael. Finding Stinko. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 144p. c2007 0-374-32305-4. $16.00. J Newboy has lived in 11 foster homes over the last 12 years, but the Knox home is the worst he's experienced. It's run like a military establishment, and Newboy is determined to ...
Ellsworth, Loretta. In search of mockingbird.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... ELLSWORTH, Loretta. In search of mockingbird. Henry Holt. 181p. c2007. 0-8050-7236-5. $16.95. JS This is a quiet story of a runaway. Erin is soon turning 16 and her father is getting remarried. Her mother died just after Erin was born and Erin is hungry for information about her ...
Felin, M. Sindy. Touching snow, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... FELIN, M. Sindy. Touching snow, a novel. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 234p. c2007. 1-4169-1795-0. $16.99. S I review this with trepidation. If I were recommending it for adults, there would be no hesitation. Felin is a first-generation American. The narrator of Touching Snow is a ...
Friesner, Esther. Nobody's princess.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... FRIESNER, Esther. Nobody's princess. Random House. 305p. c2007 0-375-87528-1. $16.99. JS Who was Helen before she was Helen of Troy? Friesner tells about Helen's childhood and ends the story just as Helen is entering adulthood--in Bronze Age Greece, this is at puberty. Friesner ...
Garfinkle, D.L. Stuck in the 70's, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... GARFINKLE, D.L. Stuck in the 70's, a novel. Penguin, Putnam. 186p. c2007. 978-0-399-24663-0. $16.99. S A cheerful story about a hip teenager from our times who somehow is caught in a time warp and ends up living in a typical family in the 1970s. The first scene of the novel gets ...
Green, Julia. Hunter's heart.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... GREEN, Julia. Hunter's heart. Lerner, Carolrhoda Books. 264p. c2007. 978-0-7613-9493-8. $16.95. JS In Julia Green's first American release, the British author tells the story of a troubled boy and his love of the hunt. Fourteen-year-old Simon enjoys all things tactical. He ...
Hall, Barbara. The Noah confessions.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... HALL, Barbara. The Noah confessions. Random House, Delacorte. 215p. c2007. 978-0-385-73328-1. $15.99. JS Lynnie Russo is turning 16 and she is supposed to get a car. Instead, her father hands her an ugly bird charm bracelet from her mother, who was killed in a car wreck eight ...
Halpin, Brendan. How ya like me now.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... HALPIN, Brendan. How ya like me now. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 201p. c2007. 0-374-33495-1. $16.00. JS This short novel about a suburban boy fitting into an inner-city charter school has charm and humor. Eddie's father has died and his mother has gone into a rehab program for drug ...
Harrison, Mette Ivie. The princess and the hound.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... HARRISON, Mette Ivie. The princess and the hound. HarperCollins. 410p. c2007. 0-06-113187-3. $17.99. JS With the language and feeling of a fairy tale, Harrison tells a story of a prince, George, who is capable of speaking the language of animals, a talent he inherited from his ...
Hautman, Pete & Logue, Mary. Skullduggery.(The Bloodwater Mysteries)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... HAUTMAN, Pete & LOGUE, Mary. Skullduggery. (The Bloodwater Mysteries.) Penguin, Sleuth/Putnam. 192p. c2007. 978-0-399-24378-3. $16.99. JS The young heroes of Snatched, the first Bloodwater Mystery, get involved in efforts to save local woodland from developers in this new ...
Heneghan, James. Payback.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... HENEGHAN, James. Payback. Groundwood. 184p. c2007. 0-88899-701-9. $16.95. J Ultimately, this is a story about bullying and violence. The narrator, Charley, is a young Irish teenager, recently come to Canada with his family and trying to settle into a new school after the death ...
Horowitz, Anthony. Nightrise.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... HOROWITZ, Anthony. Nightrise. (The Gatekeepers, Book 3.) Scholastic. 320p. c2007. 978-0-439-68001-1. $17.99. JS * Only the Gatekeepers--five brave teenagers-can prevent the return of the evil Old Ones who seek to destroy humanity. Fourteen-year-old Native American twins Jamie ...
Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... JENKINS, A.M. Repossessed. HarperCollins. 224p. c2007. 0-06-083568-0. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-083569-9. $16.89.) JS * Fed up with endlessly overseeing the torment of souls in Hell, the spirit of a demon takes a little holiday: he moves into the body of a teenage boy named Shaun, ...
Jinks, Catherine. Evil genius.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... JINKS, Catherine. Evil genius. Harcourt. 496p. c2005/2007. 978-0-15-205988-0. $17.00. JS Cadel is a young genius with a particular gift for deciphering--and destroying--systems of all kinds. Encouraged by his psychologist (who turns out to have an agenda of his own), Cadel ...
Johnson, Maureen. Girl at sea, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... JOHNSON, Maureen. Girl at sea, a novel. HarperCollins. 323p. c2007. 0-06-054144-X. $15.99. JS An improbable but entertaining plot, by the author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes. Clio is the heroine and she has a complicated history with her father. The two created a highly ...
Jones, Carrie. Tips on having a gay (ex) boyfriend.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... JONES, Carrie. Tips on having a gay (ex) boyfriend. Llewellyn, Flux. 287p. c2006.0-7387-1050-4. $16.95. S A small town in Maine (6000 people) where everyone knows everyone is the setting for this love story. Belle and Dylan are lovers, yes--lovers. This is the story of one week ...
Karasyov, Carrie & Kargman, Jill. Summer intern.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... KARASYOV, Carrie & KARGMAN, Jill. Summer intern. HarperCollins. 184p. c2007. 0-06-1153753. $16.99. JS It's The Devil Wears Prada--lite. Kira Parker has a summer internship at a fashion magazine called Skirt. Instead of the boss from hell she runs afoul of an evil intern, the ...
Kelly, Tom. Finn's going.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... KELLY, Tom. Finn's going. HarperCollins, Greenwillow Books. 288p. c2007 0-061-21453-1. $16.99. J Danny and Finn are identical twins, but one night there is a horrible accident and one of the boys dies, leaving the other to reconcile himself to a life without his twin. Of course ...
Lasky, Kathryn. The last girls of Pompeii.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... LASKY, Kathryn. The last girls of Pompeii. Penguin, Viking. 181p. c2007. 0-670-06196-9. $15.99. J We know Lasky as a fine historical novelist, and telling a story of the last days of Pompeii apparently has fulfilled a lifelong interest in that place of doom. She has chosen to ...
Levitin, Sonia. Strange relations.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... LEVITIN, Sonia. Strange relations. Random House, Knopf. 298p. c2007 0-375-83751-7 $15.99. JS * Levitin has written many outstanding books for YAs about the Jewish experience, both contemporary and historical. Strange Relations is set in the present, and most of the action takes ...
Lupica, Mike. Summer ball.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... LUPICA, Mike. Summer ball. Penguin, Philomel. 256p. c2007. 978-0-399-24487-2. $17.99. J * Danny, the hero of Travel Team, is back in this sequel, but it can stand alone, and certainly basketball fans won't want to miss it. Danny is now almost 14 and off to basketball summer camp ...
Lurie, April. Brothers, boyfriends & other criminal minds.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... LURIE, April. Brothers, boyfriends & other criminal minds. Random House, Delacorte. 291 p. c2007 0-385-73124-9. $15.99. JS * When a story makes me laugh out loud, I love it. And so, I love this novel, written by the author of Dancing in the Streets of Brooklyn, which is set in ...
Mathews, Ellie. The linden tree.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... MATHEWS, Ellie. The linden tree. Milkweed. 180p. c20071-57131-673-6. $16.95. J The linden tree sits on a hill on the Hanson farm in rural Iowa. When Katy Sue's mother dies after contracting meningitis, she is lovingly buried beneath its spreading branches. Katy Sue, the youngest ...
McNeal, Laura & Tom. The decoding of Lana Morris.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... McNEAL, Laura &Tom. The decoding of Lana Morris. Random House, Knopf. 289p. c2007. 978-0-375-83106-5. $15.99. JS * An omniscient, sly, wise voice narrates this novel, the story of Lana Morris, a foster child, age 16, daughter of a drug-addicted mother and a dead father, who ...
Michaels, Rune. Genesis Alpha, a thriller.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... MICHAELS, Rune. Genesis Alpha, a thriller. Simon and Schuster. 208p. c2007. 978-0-689-824748. $15.99. JS Michaels skillfully knits together SF and cyberspace with a mystery plot, giving readers a thriller that's hard to put down. Underlying the story are lingering questions ...
Moesta, Rebecca & Anderson, Kevin J. Ocean realm.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... MOESTA, Rebecca & ANDERSON, Kevin J. Ocean realm. (Crystal Doors, Book II.) Little, Brown. 290p. c2007 0-316-01056-1. $15.99. JS This sequel to Island Realm finds the five apprentices celebrating following the defeat of the sea creature merlons in their latest attack on the ...
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Dangerously, Alice.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... NAYLOR, Phyllis Reynolds. Dangerously, Alice. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 294p. c2007. 1-41694239-9. $15.99. JS Naylor continues/Alice's story in this 21st book in the series. Alice is now a junior in high school, sometimes at odds with her stepmother, and eager to try new ...
Patterson, James. Maximum Ride; saving the world and other extreme sports.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... PATTERSON, James. Maximum Ride; saving the world and other extreme sports. (Maximum Ride, Book 3.) Little, Brown. 368p. c2007. 0-316-15560-8. $16.99. JS * Buckle your seatbelts: the final book in this breathless SF adventure series about young people with wings has arrived. Max ...
Phillips, Suzanne. Chloe Doe.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... PHILLIPS, Suzanne. Chloe Doe. Little, Brown. 188p. c2007. 0-316-01413-3. $16.99. S * Take a 17-year-old girl, a genius who loves to read, and let her tell the story of how she became a teenage prostitute and what life is like in the Madeline Parker Institute for Girls where ...
Reeve, Philip. A darkling plain.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... REEVE, Philip. A darkling plain. (The Hungry City Chronicles, Vol. 4.) HarperCollins, EOS. 576p. c2007. 0-06-089055-X. $18.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-089056-8. $19.89.) JSA * Reeve concludes this outstanding SF series in great style, picking up the various threads of the tale about six ...
Rinaldi, Ann. Come Juneteenth.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... RINALDI, Ann. Come Juneteenth. Harcourt. 246p. bibliog, c2007 13-978-0-15-205947-7 $1700. JS A historical novel, by definition, means that much of the action is imagined. Yet Rinaldi often leaves readers pondering The Great Debate about how accurate a fiction writer must be ...
Ruby, Laura. The chaos king.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... RUBY, Laura. The chaos king. HarperCollins. 325p. c2007 0-06-075258-0. $16.99. JS Georgetta Rose Aster Bloomington has had a stranger life than most, and she's only in high school. That's because "Georgie," as she's now known, can make herself invisible. As if Georgie's life ...
Russell, Christopher. Hunted.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... RUSSELL, Christopher. Hunted. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 254p. c2007. 0-06-084119-5. $15.99. J Feudal life in the English countryside, during the Black Plague--a perilous time for all. When death strikes at the manor house, killing the kindly wife of the old knight, it sets off ...
Russo, Marisabina. A portrait of Pia.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... RUSSO, Marisabina. A portrait of Pia. Harcourt. 221p. c2007. 0-15-205577-6. $17.00. J Pia lives in New York City with her mother; she has never known her father. She and her mother are worried about Mario, Pia's older brother, who stopped going to Harvard. He has now been ...
Sandell, Lisa Ann. Song of the sparrow.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SANDELL, Lisa Ann. Song of the sparrow. Scholastic. 392p. bibliog. c2007. 0-439-91848-0. $16.99. JSA * Once more to the Arthurian Legend we go, as have thousands of others so many times in past centuries. This time the story centers on Elaine, the Lady of Shalott, made famous in ...
Sargent, Pamela. Farseed.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SARGENT. Pamela. Farseed. (Sequel to Earthseed.) Tor. 287p. c2007. 0-765-31427-4. $1795. JSA Finally, more than 20 years after Sargent wrote her classic Earthseed, her sequel has arrived. The story opens a logical generation later with two factions trying to survive on their ...
Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday wars.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SCHMIDT, Gary D. The Wednesday wars. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 272p. c2007. 0-618-72483-4. $16.00. J * The year is 1967, and on Wednesday afternoons in Holling's Long Island, NY 7th-grade class, all the Catholic students go to Catechism, while all the Jewish students go to ...
Scott, Michael. The alchemyst; the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SCOTT, Michael. The alchemyst; the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel. Random House, Delacorte. 384p. c2007. 0-385-73357-1. $16.99. JS Bookseller Nicholas Flamel looks pretty good for his nearly 700 years. He owns the Book of Abraham the Mage. Filled with formulas to ...
Sharenow, Robert. My mother the cheerleader.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SHARENOW, Robert. My mother the cheerleader. HarperCollins. 300p. c2007. 0-081-14896-2. $16.99. JS This book offers a dose of history from the Civil Rights Era when an African American first grader integrated a Louisiana elementary school. A group of women, called "the ...
Smith, Roland. Peak.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SMITH, Roland. Peak. Harcourt. 256p. c2007. 9780-15-202417-8. $1700. JS When Peak scales a Manhattan skyscraper in order to tag it, he's caught and arrested. He escapes being sentenced to Juvenile Detention when he agrees to go live with his long-absent father, who runs a ...
Sones, Sonya. What my girlfriend doesn't know.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SONES, Sonya. What my girlfriend doesn't know. Simon & Schuster. 293p. c2007 1-4169-4229-7 $15.99. JS * This is a sequel to What my Mother Doesn't Know, telling the story of Sophie and Robin's romance from Robin's point of view. Since he has always been a social outcast, he is ...
Spinelli, Jerry. Eggs.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... SPINELLI, Jerry. Eggs. Little, Brown. 240p. c2007. 0-316-16646-4. $15.99. J David and Primrose make an odd pair. David, age nine, recently lost his mother, and he vents his rage at his long-suffering grandmother. Primrose, age 15, has a childlike, neglectful fortuneteller for a ...
St. Anthony, Jane. Grace above All.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... ST. ANTHONY, Jane. Grace above all. Farrat, Straus & Giroux. 176p. c2007 0-374-39940-9. $16.00. J In this companion piece to The Summer Sherman Loved Me, we return to a time before the Internet and cell phones. Grace is spending the summer in a beach house with her family. Her ...
Strasser, Todd. Boot camp.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... STRASSER, Todd. Boot camp. Simon & Schuster. 256p. bibliog. c2007. 1-4169-0848-X. $15.99. $15.99. JS * This gripping novel opens as Garrett, age 15, is being kidnapped and taken off to a disciplinary boot camp because he won't do what his demanding, snobbish parents tell him ....
Toksvis, Sandi. Hitler's canary.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... TOKSVIS, Sandi. Hitler's canary. Roaring Brook Press. 191p. c2005. 1-59643-247-0. $16.95. J Toksvis is a Dane and this fiction about the Nazi occupation of Denmark during WW II is based on a story her father told her; it is basically true. Bamse is the youngest of three children ...
Volponi, Paul. Rucker Park setup.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... VOLPONI, Paul. Rucker Park setup. Penguin, Viking. 160p. c2007. 978-0-670-06130-3. $15.99. S Mackey and J.R. live to play basketball and they dream of winning the big tournament at Harlem's Rucker Park--that is, until J.R. is stabbed to death on the court. Mackey wants the ...
Wein, Elizabeth E. The lion hunter.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... WEIN, Elizabeth E. The lion hunter. (The Mark of Solomon, Book One.) Penguin, Viking. 223p. map. c2007. 0-670-06163-1. $16.99. JSA Wein has created unique and amazing stories about the Arthurian/Aksumite cycle, including The Winter Prince, A Coalition of Lions, and The Sunbird, ...
Yansky, Brian. Wonders of the world, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... YANSKY, Brian. Wonders of the world, a novel. Llewellyn, Flux. 219p. c2007. 0-7387-10846. $16.95. S Grim and realistic, Yansky's story is about young people living on the streets. They are outcasts, trash, really, with no one caring what happens to them. The narrator is Eric, an ...
Abraham, Susan & Gonzales, Denise. Cecilia's year.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... ABRAHAM, Susan & GONZALES, Denise. Cecilia's year. Cinco Puntos Press. 210p. illus. c2004. 1-933693-02-6. $11.95. J * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2005: The conflict is evident from the first page. An avid reader stealing time away from her numerous ...
Barnholdt, Lauren. The secret identity of Devon Delaney.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2007; ... BARNHOLDT, Lauren. The secret identity of Devon Delaney. HarperCollins. 263p. c2007. 14169-3503-7. $5.99. JS One lie leads to another, and another. Devon's efforts to be loyal to her true friend Mel, while keeping up a front with "summer friend" Lexi, have her head spinning ....