Kliatt back issues from September 2007:
The Reader To Reader program.(Reader To Reader Inc.)(Organization overview)
Sep 01, 2007; ... Imagine there is an oil well in your backyard and it gushes so much oil that you can't get rid of it. Everywhere you turn it's nothing but oil, oil, oil. Well, that is the situation in regard to books in affluent communities. Affluent communities have lots of bookstores and libraries. Kids ...
Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part, time Indian.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ALEXIE, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part, time Indian. Little, Brown. 256p. illus, c2007. 0-316-01368-4. $16.99. S * Poet and writer Sherman Alexie, based this, his first YA novel, on his experiences growing up on a Spokane reservation, and it's breathtakingly ...
Archer, Lily. The Poison Apples.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ARCHER, Lily. The Poison Apples. Feiwel & Friends, Holtzbrinck. 275p. c2007. 978-0-312-36762-6. $16.95. JS Three students who have been sent off to boarding school because of wicked stepmothers join together, calling themselves The Poison Apples in an attempt to turn the tables ...
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Wyvernhail.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ATWATER-RHODES, Amelia. Wyvernhall. (The Kiesha'ra, Vol. 5.) Random House, Delacorte 192p. c2007. 978-0-385-73436-3. $14.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90442-1. $17.99.) JS In this continuing saga of birds and snakes, Hai, the cousin of Oliza brought to Wyvern's Court by Nicias in an ...
Benedict, Helen. The opposite of love; half black, half white in a black-and-white world.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... BENEDICT, Helen. The opposite of love; half black, half white in a black-and-white world. Penguin,Viking. 304p. c2007. 0-670-06135-8. $16.99. S Believing fiercely in Elie Wiesel's quote, "The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference," 17-year-old Madge struggles to swim ...
Bloor, Edward. Taken.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... BLOOR, Edward. Taken. Random House, Knopf. 256p. c2007. 978-0-375-83838-7. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-93638-4. $19.99.) JS Charity Meyers is lying on a stretcher and the screen on her widescreen videomonitor tells her that the date is 01-01-36. The year is 2036 and society has ...
Brodsky, Daniella. One trick pony.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... BRODSKY, Daniella. One trick pony. Random House, Delacorte. 279p. c2007 0-385-73452-3. $15.99. S Chocolat? Only this time around, it's designer coffee in Manhattan. A beautiful, mysterious Frenchwoman blows into town and sets up an exotic coffee house named One Trick Pony, whose ...
Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... BROOKS, Martha. Mistik Lake. Farrar Straus Giroux. 207p. c2007 978-0-374-34985-1. $16.00. SA * Brooks's True Confessions of a Heartless Girl is a personal favorite of mine, and while Mistik Lake isn't quite as compelling, it's a fine YA novel too. Brooks draws on her own ...
Bruchac, Joseph. The way.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... BRUCHAC, Joseph. The way. Darby Creek, Oxford Resources (7858 Industrial Parkway, Plain City, OH 43064). 160p. c2007 978-1-58196-062-4. $16.95. J Cody, a fatherless Native American teenager just starting high school, dreams of using martial arts skills to defeat bad guys and ...
Bunting, Eve. The man with the red bag.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... BUNTING, Eve. The man with the red bag. HarperCollins, Joanna Cotler Books. 240p. c2007. 978-0-06-081828-9. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-081835-7 $16.89.) J Kevin, age 12, is on a bus trip with his grandmother, visiting the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone Park, and Mount Rushmore, when ...
Cohn, Rachel & Levitman, David. Naomi and Ely's no kiss list.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... COHN, Rachel & LEVITHAN, David. Naomi and Ely's no kiss list. Random House, Knopf. 240p. c2007. 978-0-375-84440-9. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-94440-6. $19.99.) S Naomi and Ely live in an apartment building in Greenwich Village. They have lived there their entire lives and know ...
Cooney, Caroline B. Diamonds in the shadow.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... COONEY, Caroline B. Diamonds in the shadow. Random House, Delacorte. 240p. c2007. 978-0-385-73261-1. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90278-6. $18.99.) S * Jared is aghast when he learns that his comfortable Connecticut family will be temporarily housing a church-sponsored family of ...
Creech, Sharon. The Castle Corona.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... CREECH, Sharon. The Castle Corona. HarperCollins. 336p. illus, c2007. 0-06-084621-6. $18.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-084622-0. $19.89.) J In the kingdom of Corona live two brave but poor young orphaned peasants, Pia and Enzio, who find a leather pouch with the king's seal on it--a ...
Cross, Shauna. Derby girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... CROSS, Shauna. Derby girl. Henry Holt. 160p. c2007. 0-8050-8023-0. $15.95. S Sixteen-year-old Bliss Cavendar thinks she has the worst life ever. She is a devotee of her own uniqueness, punk, leather, vintage, and torn fishnet stockings. Her mother, however, is a beauty queen ...
Crowley, Suzanne. The very ordered existence of Merilee Marvelous.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... CROWLEY, Suzanne. The very ordered existence of Merilee Marvelous. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 460p. c2007. 978-0-06-123197-1. $16.99. J * An amazing book, especially since it is Crowley's first book. The main character has Asperger's syndrome, and I feel safer in the knowledge ...
Crutcher, Chris. Deadline.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... CRUTCHER, Chris. Deadline. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 320p. c2007 978-0-06-085089-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-085090-6. $1789.) S * Ben finds out he has an aggressive and probably lethal form of leukemia at the beginning of his senior year of high school in tiny Trout, ...
Delaney, Joseph. Night of the Soul Stealer.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... DELANEY, Joseph. Night of the Soul Stealer. (The Last Apprentice, Book 3.) HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 512p. illus, c2007 0-06-076624-7 $16.99. JS In this third volume of the series, Tom Ward and his master Mr. Gregory, the Spook, move to the formidable north moors for the ...
De Lint, Charles. Little (grrl) lost.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... DE LINT, Charles. Little (grrl) lost. Penguin, Viking. 268p. c2007 978-0-670-06144-0. $1799. J A quirky fantasy for YAs still fascinated with the idea of little people--I mean really little people. T.J. hears noises in the baseboard of the family's new home, and assumes the ...
Deuker, Carl. Gym candy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... DEUKER, Carl. Gym candy. Houghton Mifflin. 320p. c2007 978-0-618-77713-6. $16.00. JS Football is in Mick's blood; his father made it to the NFL, and he longs to be a star. But is the high school freshman big enough, strong enough, fast enough? He has doubts, and when a personal ...
Dickinson, Peter. Angel Isle.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... DICKINSON, Peter. Angel Isle. (Sequel to The Ropemaker.) Random House, Wendy Lamb. 501p. illus, c2006. 978-0-385-74690-8. $1799. JSA The epilogue to The Ropemaker is the prologue to Angel Isle, and having read that award-winning fantasy is the best preparation for what awaits ...
Easton, Kelly. Hiroshima dreams.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... EASTON, Kelly. Hiroshima dreams. Penguin, Dutton. 192p. c2007 978-0-525-47821-8. $16.99. JS A quiet, well-written novel about an American girl's great love for her Japanese grandmother, a connection that includes the gift of vision, or the ability to see what others cannot see ....
Ephron, Delia. Frannie in Pieces: Save the Blues for Last.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... EPHRON, Delia. Frannie in pieces; save the blues for last. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer Books. 373p. c2007. 0-06-074716-9. $16.99. JS * One of the fabulous Ephron sisters is back with a dramedy of a novel for YAs. Fifteen-year-old Frannie is exceptionally close to her artist ...
Fleischman, Sid. The entertainer and the dybbuk.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... FLEISCHMAN, Sid. The entertainer and the dybbuk. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 160p. c2007. 978-0-06-134445-9. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-134446-6. $17.89.) J * A young American ex-soldier trying to make a living as a ventriloquist in Europe in 1948 is astonished when he finds ...
Flinn, Alex. Beastly.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... FLINN, Alex. Beastly. HarperCollins. 320p. c2007 978-0-06-087416-2. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-087417-9. $17.89.) S In this updated retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," handsome, spoiled 16-year-old Kyle is cursed by a witch for being unkind and selfish. He is turned into a ...
Forman, Gayle. Sisters in sanity.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... FORMAN, Gayle. Sisters in sanity. HarperCollins. 237p. c2007. 978-0-06-069747-6. $16.99. S The author is a journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, Glamour, and Elle; this novel is based on an article she wrote for Seventeen. It is about a school for difficult ...
Franklin, Emily. The other half of me.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... FRANKLIN, Emily. The other half of me. Random House, Delacorte. 247p. c2007. 978-0-385-73445-5. $15.99. JS It's the end of summer, and Jenny Fitzgerald is trying to grab some time to complete an art project that is good enough to be accepted in the local art exhibit. She is an ...
Friend, Natasha. Bounce.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... FRIEND, Natasha. Bounce. Scholastic. 188p. c2007. 978-0-439-85350-7. $16.99. J Younger YA readers who love family stories, especially wacky ones, will take to Bounce. The narrator is Evyn, 13 years old, who has lived simply almost all her life with her father, a kindly man, and ...
Friesen, Gayle. For now.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... FRIESEN, Gayle. For now. (Sequel to Losing Forever.) Kids Can Press. 247p. c2007. 978-1-55453-132-5. $16.95. (also available in paperback: 978-1-55453-265-0. $7.95.) JS * This sequel can definitely be read on its own. It's witty and downright hilarious, even while Jes, the ...
Giles, Gail. Right behind You.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... GILES, Gall. Right behind you. Little, Brown. 292p. c2007. 0-316-16636-7. $15.99. S * Wade is now 17, handsome, well built, and intelligent, just the kind of guy to attract friends and girls. But he has a secret. When he was nine, immediately after his mother's horrifying death ...
Gould, Steven. Jumper; Griffin's story.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... GOULD, Steven. Jumper; Griffin's story. Tor. 286p. c2007. 978-0-7653-1827-5. $24.95. JS This is part of a series featuring teleportation, with the others being Jumper and Reflex. This one is a perfect YA selection, with Griffin the main character, first a boy and then a ...
Gratz, Alan. Something rotten, a Horatio Wilkes mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... GRATZ, Alan. Something rotten, a Horatio Wilkes mystery. Penguin, Dial. 211 p. c2007. 0-8037-3216-2. $16.99. JS * Students who have slogged through Hamlet will enjoy this witty, modern retelling of the old story from Horatio's point of view. The Prince family lives in Denmark, ...
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Uprising.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... HADDIX, Margaret Peterson. Uprising. Simon & Schuster. 346p. c2007. 978-1-4169-4537-6. $16.99. JS The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City in 1911 is part of the history of American disasters. The strike at the factory that occurred some months before the ...
Higgins, Jack, with Justin Richards. Sure fire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... HIGGINS, Jack, with Justin Richards. Sure fire. Penguin, Putnam. 176p. c2006.0-978-399-24784-2. $16.99. JS This short thriller will appeal to those who like similar work by Anthony Horowitz and by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby--it should be noted all these writers are British and ...
Hornby, Nick. Slam.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... HORNBY, Nick. Slam. Penguin, Putnam. 304p. c2007 0-978-399-25048-4. $19.99. S * Just as in skateboarding, 15-year-old Sam's passion, he discovers life can roll along smoothly right up until you unexpectedly meet the pavement. Sam has had another passion too, a new girlfriend ...
Jones, Frewin. The lost queen.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... JONES, Frewin. The lost queen. (The Faerie Path, Book 2.) Harper Collins. 335p. c2007 0060871059. $16.99. JS Anita Palmer/Tania, Princess of Faerie returns to the mortal world on a quest: to find her Faerie mother, Titania, and bring her back to Faerie. Accompanying her is Edric ...
Keaney, Brian. The hollow people.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... KEANEY, Brian. The hollow people. (The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus, Book 1.) Illus. by Nicoletta Ceccoli. Random House, Knopf. 224p. illus, c2007 978-0-375-84332-7 $16.99. JS The hollow people (inspired by a T.S. Eliot poem) are those found in Keaney's dystopia Tarnagar, where ...
Koja, Kathe. Kissing the bee.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... KOJA, Kathe. Kissing the bee. Farrar Straus Giroux. 128p. c2007. 0-374-39938-2. $16.00. JS * Koja is a writer who almost writes short prose poems rather than tell a linear story. The story in the novel is that Dana, 17 years old and a senior in high school, is part of a ...
Le Guin, Ursula K. Powers.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... LE GUIN, Ursula K. Powers. (Companion volume to Gifts and Voices.) Harcourt. 502p. maps. c2007. 978-0-15-205770-1. $17.00. JS * In Powers, the third book of this fantasy trilogy, Gavir is a slave at the beginning of the story, educated with the children of the ruling family of a ...
Lenhard, Elizabeth. Chicks with sticks (knitwise).(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... LENHARD, Elizabeth. Chicks with sticks (knitwise). Penguin, Dutton. 260p. c2007. 978-0-525-47838-6. $16.99. JS The four friends (the knitting girls) we've met in previous books are now in their last year together. Three are making plans (or trying to) for college. Scottie is ...
Lennon, Joan. Questors.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... LENNON, Joan. Questors. Simon & Schuster. 359p. c2007 1-4169-3658-9. $16.99. J Few residents of the worlds of Trentor, Kir, and Dalrodia know that it is a council of five magical elders--one of whom admittedly has a few screws loose--that mainrains the space-time continuum ...
Lipsyte, Robert. Yellow flag.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... LIPSYTE, Robert. Yellow flag. HarperCollins. 240p. c2007 978-0-06-055707-2. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-055708-9. $1789.) S In car racing a yellow flag means proceed with caution, and that's just what 17-yearold Kyle is trying to do. He loves playing trumpet as part of a high ...
Lyga, Barry. Boy toy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... LYGA, Barry. Boy toy. Houghton Mifflin. 416p. c2007 978-0-618-72393-5. $16.95. SA When Josh was 12, his 24-year-old teacher, Eve, seduced him. The affair was discovered as a result of a regrettable incident with a classmate named Rachel, and Eve was convicted and jailed. Now, ...
Mackler, Carolyn. Guyaholic; a story of finding, flirting, forgetting ... and the boy who changes everything.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... MACKLER, Carolyn. Guyaholic; a story of finding, flirting, forgetting ... and the boy who changes everything. (Companion to Vegan Virgin Valentine.) Candlewick. 176p. c2007 978-0-7636-2537-5. $16.99. S V is the granddaughter/niece who was introduced in the first book about the ...
Mandabach, Brian.... or not?.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... MANDABACH, Brian .... or not? Llewellyn, Flux. 408p. c2007 978-0-7387-1100-3. $16.95. J This is a novel with strengths and weaknesses, the latter being that the narrative goes hither and yon, with diary entries and fictional short stories intermeshed. As an editor, I'd like it to ...
Mass, Wendy. Heaven looks a lot like the mall.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... MASS, Wendy. Heaven looks a lot like the mall. Little, Brown. 251p. c2007. 0-316-05851-3. $16.99. JS Tessa Reynolds seems to be having a weird dream. She is alone in the mall where her parents work. Nobody is around, at least, not at first. But then a boy with a nail in his head ...
McKinley, Robin. Dragonhaven.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... McKINLEY, Robin. Dragonhaven. Penguin, Putnam. 272p. c2007 978-0-399-24675-3. $1799. JS * Jake, almost 15, has grown up in Smokehill National Park, a dragon preserve, though few people have ever spotted the huge, fire-breathing, endangered creatures. On a solo outing in the ...
McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert. Avenger.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... McNAB, Andy & RIGBY, Robert. Avenger. (Sequel to Traitor and Payback.) Penguin, Putnam. 263p. c2007. 978-0-399-24685-2. $16.99. JS * Scary, slick suspense, with no false steps in the plotting. McNab's military experience combined with Rigby's youth theater writing is a ...
Meyer, L.A. Mississippi Jack; being an account of the further waterborne adventures of Jacky Faber, midshipman, fine lady, and the lily of the West.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... MEYER, L.A. Mississippi Jack; being an account of the further waterborne adventures of Jacky Faber, midshipman, fine lady, and the lily of the West. (A Bloody Jack Adventure.) Harcourt. 609p. c2007. 978-0-15-206003-9. $17.00. JSA Jacky is amazing. Well, Meyer is amazing. How can ...
Monninger, Joseph. Baby.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... MONNINGER, Joseph. Baby. Front Street. 160p. c2007. 1-59078-502-9. $16.95. JS Fifteen-year-old Baby is in foster care. Her mother has come and gone from her life and her boyfriend Bobby lives on the streets. One cold night her social worker takes her to the home of Mary and Fred ...
Murphy, Pat. The wild girls.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... MURPHY, Pat. The wild girls. Penguin, Viking. 304p. c2007 978-0-670-06226-3. $16.99. J Joan is 11 years old. Her family has moved from Connecticut to California and she is miserable. She doesn't have any friends, she doesn't want to be in California, and she sure doesn't want to ...
Nye, Jody Lynn. An unexpected apprentice.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... NYE, Jody Lynn. An unexpected apprentice. Tor. 400p. c2007. 0-765-31433-9. $25.95. J Tildi's family has been destroyed by Thraiks, airborn devils: first her parents and then her brothers. The locals are forcing her to marry an older villager, but Tildi does not want to live that ...
Peet, Mal. The penalty.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... PEET, Mal. The penalty. Candlewick. 272p. c2007. 978-0-7636-3399-8. $15.99. SA In this companion to Peet's Keeper, soccer and the supernatural once again meet up when a teenage soccer phenomenon, El Brujito ("The Little Magician"), goes missing. Sports journalist Paul Faustino ...
Pixley, Marcella. Freak.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... PIXLEY, Marcella. Freak. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 131p. c2007 078-0-374-32453-7 $16.00. J This is a book about a precocious, sometimes obnoxious 12-year-old named Miriam who won't be liked by every YA reader, that's for sure. Her older sister Deborah has changed drastically in ...
Pressler, Mirjam. Let sleeping dogs lie.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... PRESSLER, Mirjam. Let sleeping dogs lie. Tr. by Erik J. Macki. Front Street. 208p. c2007 1-932425-84-5. $16.95. S German high school student Johanna Riemenschneider returns from a community service project in Israel feeling very unsettled. While visiting women who had once been ...
Prevost, Guillaume. The book of time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... PREVOST, Guillaume. The book of time. Tr. by William Rodarmor. Scholastic. 213p. c2006. 0-439-86375-X. $16.99. JS Sam Faulkner's father has disappeared before, but never like this. Even though Sam knows his grandparents have already searched the house above his father's ...
Prose, Francine. Bullyville.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... PROSE, Francine. Bullyville. HarperCollins. 272p. c2007. 978-0-06-057497-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-057498-7 $1789.) J * When Bart's father is killed in one of the Twin Towers on 9/11, the 8th-grader is offered a "mercy" scholarship to Baileywell, a fancy all-boys prep ...
Robinson, Sharon. Slam dunk.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ROBINSON, Sharon. Slam dunk. (Sequel to Safe at Home.) Scholastic. 151p. c2007 0-439-67199-X. $16.99. J In this sequel, Elijah "Jumper" Breeze and his mother have moved from Connecticut to Harlem, where Jumper is in the 6th grade at Langston Hughes Middle School. School would be ...
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (Harry Potter, Book 7.) Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books. 784p. illus, c2007. 0-545-01022-5. $34.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-545-02936-8. $39.99.) JSA * Is there anyone who hasn't read this yet? Most fans, while sad to see the series ...
Sedgwick, Marcus. My swordhand is singing.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... SEDGWICK, Marcus. My swordhand is singing. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books. 208p. c2007. 978-0-375-84689-2. $18.99. JS Evil lurks in the dark forests of Eastern Europe in the early 17th century. Peter and his taciturn, hard-drinking father Tomas are woodcutters who live on the ...
Shaw, Susan. Safe.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... SHAW, Susan. Safe. Penguin, Dutton. 208p. c2007 978-0-525-47829-4. $16.99. JS While Tracy is walking home on the last day of school, she is savagely attacked, beaten and molested by the older brother of a middle school peer. Tracy is 13. She is unable to talk about the ...
Sheldon, Dyan. I conquer Britain.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... SHELDON, Dyan. I conquer Britain. (Companion to Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America.) Candlewick. 201p. c2006. 978-0-7636-3300-4. $15.99. JS Cherokee and Sophie change places this summer, arranged by their mothers who once were friends. We read about Sophie's experiences ...
Shinn, Sharon. General Winston's daughter, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... SHINN, Sharon. General Winston 's daughter, a novel. Penguin, Viking. 342p. c2007. 0-670-06248-5. $16.99. JS * Averie is the daughter of the general of an army trying to conquer a small nation. The names are made up, but it's easy to imagine the British, a century ago, as the ...
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Zen and the art of faking it.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... SONNENBLICK, Jordan. Zen and the art of faking it. Scholastic. 272p. c2007. 978-0-439-83707-1. $16.99. J * Be yourself? Hah! San Lee finds himself once again the new kid in town as he starts 8th grade. As the only Chinese student in a small town Pennsylvania school, adopted, ...
Sorrells, Walter. First shot.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... SORRELLS, Walter. First shot. Penguin, Dutton. 288p. c2007. 978-0-525-47801-0. $16.99. JS * David is in his senior year at The Arsenal, a private school on the rugged coast of Maine where his tough-as-nails father is the headmaster--the father he suspects of murdering his mother ...
Sutherland, Tui T. Avatars; shadows falling.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Sep 01, 2007; ... SUTHERLAND, Tui T. Avatars; shadows falling. (Avatars, Book 2.) Harper Collins. 357p. c2007. 0-06-085146-0. $16.99. JS The second installment of the series picks up where the first book left off, with the avatars trying to grasp their situation. None of them particularly wants ...