Kliatt back issues from January 2008:
The golden compass: movie review.(Movie review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Converting a complex story from a novel to the big screen is a daunting task. Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass has an intricate plot line; but more than that, its characters are multifaceted and not easily explored within a two-hour time period. But even taking into account how ...
Adlington, LJ. Cherry Heaven.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... ADLINGTON, LJ. Cherry Heaven. HarperCollins. 464p. c2008. 978-0-06-143180. $16.99. JS From the opening of the novel, readers are swept into another world. This is a world where laborers at the Hydro factory are called by their position, where the work is hard and where ...
Becker, Tom. Darkside.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BECKER, Tom. Darkside. (Darkside, Book 1.) Scholastic, Orchard. 288p. c2008. 978-0-545-03739-6. $16.99. JS Fourteen-year-old Jonathan Starling gains entry into a nightmarish world under the streets of London in this deliciously creepy horror story. His father is in an asylum, ...
Buckhanon, Kalisha. Conception, a novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BUCKHANON, Kalisha. Conception, a novel. Holtzbrinck. 277p. c2008. 978-0-312-33270-9. $21.95. SA In this gritty novel, 15-year-old baby-sitter Shivana Montgomery gets pregnant by her employer's husband. Poor and undereducated--as her mother was before her--she has to decide if ...
Bryant, Jen. Ringside 1925; views from the Scopes trial.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BRYANT, Jen. Ringside 1925; views from the Scopes trial. Random House, Knopf. 230p. c2008. 978-0-375-84047-0. c2008. $15.99. JS This novel in verse form reminds me of Witness, by Karen Hesse, in that multiple voices describe a single historical event. Ringside 1925 tells about ...
Cadnum, Michael. The king's arrow.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... CADNUM, Michael. The king's arrow. Penguin, Viking. 224p. c2008. 978-0-670-06331-4. $16.99. JS Set in England in the year 1100, not long after the Norman Conquest, this novel tackles a real-life historical mystery: was King William murdered? Our hero is Simon, the 18-year-old ...
Cheva, Cherry. She's so money.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... CHEVA, Cherry. She's so money. HarperCollins. 290p. c2008. 978-0-061-28855-5. $16.99. JS * According to various surveys that show upwards of 70 percent of high schoolers cheat if they think they can get away with it, maybe it's about time to have a subgenre of YA lit on the ...
Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... CONNOR, Leslie. Waiting for normal, a novel. HarperCollins. 304p. c2007. 978-0-06-089088-9. $15.99. JS * Eleven-year-old Addie is afflicted with a lazy, sloppy, selfish, computer chat-obsessed mother. Addie's mother and her latest husband Dwight are recently divorced. Dwight has ...
Dowell, Frances O'Roark. Shooting the moon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... DOWELL, Frances O'Roark. Shooting the moon. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 163p. c2008. 978-1-4169-2690-0. $16.99. J Shooting the Moon has to do with photography, war, brothers and sisters. Jamie is the narrator, and she tells about her family and how they respond to her older ...
Dunmore, Helen. The tide knot, a return to Ingo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... DUNMORE, Helen. The tide knot, a return to Ingo. HarperCollins. 337p. c2006. 978-0-06-081856-2. $18.99. JS Many "hear the call of the sea," but few hear it as well as Sapphire and her brother, Conor. They are among the select humans to have entered Ingo--the underwater dimension ...
Durbin, William. The Winter War.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... DURBIN, William. The Winter War. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 240p. c2008. 978-0-385-74652-6. $15.99. JS * In the fall of 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland, a conflict that came to be known as the Winter War. Although Marko's leg has been crippled by polio, he is eager to help ...
Fahy, Thomas. The unspoken.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... FAHY, Thomas. The unspoken. Simon & Schuster. 176p. c2008. 978-1-4169-4007-4. $15.99. S When Allison learns of the death by drowning of Harold, though his body was found in a field far from any water, her past comes rushing back to haunt her. Long ago Allison's little sister was ...
Fehler, Gene. Beanball.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... FEHLER, Gene. Beanball. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 128p. c2008. 978-0-618-84348-0. $16.00. JS In this moving baseball novel in free verse, Luke "Wizard" Wallace, a gifted high school center fielder, gets beaned by a pitch--beaned hard enough to crack his skull and cause the ...
Ferguson, Alane. The Circle of Blood: A Forensic Mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... FERGUSON, Alane. The circle of blood, a forensic mystery. Penguin, Viking. 238p. c2008. 978-0-670-06056-6. $15.99. JS This is part of a series about 17-year-old Cameryn, who wants to be a forensic expert. She lives in a small town in Colorado where her father is the county ...
Friedman, Aimee. The year my sister got lucky.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... FRIEDMAN, Aimee. The year my sister got lucky. Scholastic. 415p. c2008. 078-0-439-92227-2. $16.99. J This is a novel about being sisters. It's from the point of view of Katie, who is 14, telling about her older sister Michaela, a high school senior, and how their lives change ...
Gallagher, Liz. The opposite of invisible.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... GALLAGHER, Liz. The opposite of invisible. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 151 p. c2008. 978-0-375-84152-1. $15.99. JS * This is Gallagher's first novel and it's a fine beginning. The story is set in Seattle (whew, a change from NYC or LA) and Alice, a sophomore in high school, is the ...
Harmel, Kristin. When you wish.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... HARMEL, Kristin. When you wish. Random House, Delacorte. 273p. c2008. 978-0-385-73475-2. $15.99. JS A celebrity finds out what "real life" is like: this seems to be a successful plot for YA readers. In this novel, teenager Star Beck is a world-famous singer and TV celebrity, the ...
Headley, Justina Chea. Girl overboard.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... HEADLEY, Justina Chea. Girl overboard. Little, Brown. 339p. c2008. 978-0-316-01130-3. $16.90. JS Syrah is the 15-year-old daughter of billionaire Ethan Cheng. But instead of having everything she wants, Syrah feels she has to give her exacting mother everything she wants in a ...
Hernandez, David. Suckerpunch.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... HERNANDEZ, David. Suckerpunch. HarperCollins, HarperTeen. 224p. c2008. 978-0-06-117330-1. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-117331-8. $17.89.) S Marcus, nicknamed "Nub" because he lost part of a finger in a Rollerblade accident, lives with his younger brother Enrique and his mother ....
Jones, Frewin. The sorcerer king.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... JONES, Frewin. The sorcerer king. (Book Three of the Faerie Path.) HarperCollins. 324p. c2008. 978-0-06-087108-6. $16.99. JS The concluding book of the Faerie Path Trilogy begins where The Lost Queen left off as Tania, her sisters, Queen Titania and Edric arrive to find Faerie ...
Lamb, Sue. Girl, barely 15; flirting for England.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... LAMB, Sue. Girl, barely 15; flirting for England. Random House, Delacorte. 256p. c2008. 978-0-385-73638-4. $15.99. JS The beginning of a series, the title alone reveals that this is not heavy reading but escape for teenage girls, with rotating partners worthy of A Midsummer ...
Laser, Michael. Cheater.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... LASER, Michael. Cheater. Penguin, Dutton. 224p. c2008. 978-0-525-47826-3. $16.99. JS Karl is a brainy nerd, and so no one is more surprised than he when the cool kids suddenly take notice of him and start chatting him up. Of course, it's because they want him to share his test ...
Lecesne, James. Absolute brightness.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... LECESNE, James. Absolute brightness. HarperCollins. 474p. c2008.0-06-1256277. $1799. S * Fifteen-year-old Phoebe lives with her beautiful older sister and her divorced mother, who owns a beauty salon next door to their small house. Her father has run off with another woman. Her ...
Mazer, Norma Fox. The missing girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... MAZER, Norma Fox. The missing girl. HarperCollins. 285p. c2008. 978-0066237763. $16.99. S * This book is reminiscent of Kate Atkinson's recent best-seller for adults, Case Studies. Five sisters live together in a seedy part of town. Almost every day they walk to school together ....
McKenzie, Nancy. Guinevere's gift.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... McKENZIE, Nancy. Guinevere's gift. Random House, Knopf. 325p. c2008. 978-0-375-94345-4. $15.99. J Yes, that Guinevere. Here she is nearly 13 years old, a foster child living in her cousin Elaine's household. Elaine's father, King Pellinore, is fighting in support of the young ...
Meyer, Kai. The glass word.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... MEYER, Kai. The glass word. (The Dark Reflections Trilogy, Book 3.) Trans. by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Simon & Schuster, Margaret K. McElderry Books. 288p. c2008.0-689-87791-9. $16.99. JS In this sequel to The Water Mirror and The Stone Light, the final battle is on to free the ...
Myers, Walter Dean. Game.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... MYERS, Walter Dean. Game. HarperCollins. 240p. c2008. 978-0-06-058294-4. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-058295-1. $1789.) JS * Harlem High School senior Drew, a star on his basketball team, dreams of playing college ball for a Division I college and making it to the NBA. His tough ...
Norris, Shana. Something to blog about, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... NORRIS, Shana. Something to blog about, a novel. Abrams, Amulet. 245p. c2008. 978-0-8109-9474-4. $15.95. J The cover illustration for this funny, light novel consists of three panels of a comic strip, without words, telling the story of the first incident in Libby's life that ...
Owen, James A. The search for the red dragon; the chronicles of the Imaginatium Geographica.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... OWEN, James A. The search for the red dragon; the chronicles of the Imaginatium Geographica. Simon & Schuster. 384p. c2007 1-4169-4850-3. $17.99. JS Nine years after their adventures in the Archipelago of Dreams, Jack calls a meeting with John and Charles, the other Caretakers ...
Perez, L. King. Remember as you pass me by.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... PEREZ, L. King. Remember as you pass me by. Milkweed. 184p. c2007 978-157131-677-6. $16.95. (Also avail. in paperback: 978-1-57131-678-3. $6.95.) J Sylvy and Mabelee have been friends forever, laughing and playing together while Mabelee's morn works for Sylvy's grandmother This ...
Perkins, Mitali. First daughter; White House rules.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... PERKINS, Mitali. First daughter; White House rules. Penguin, Dutton. 216p. c2008. 978-0-525-47951-2. $16.99. JS A great cover photograph of a lovely South Asian teenager on the grounds of the White House says a lot about this book. Sparrow (Sameera) started her story when her ...
Rinaldi, Ann. The redheaded princess, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... RINALDI, Ann. The redheaded princess, a novel. HarperCollins. 211p. bibliog. c2008. 978-0-06-073374-2. $15.99. JS This is the story of Elizabeth I when she was a child and teenager, ending when she becomes queen. Rinaldi writes a lot of historical fiction for YAs and knows how ...
Rodda, Emily. The key to Rondo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... RODDA, Emily. The key to Rondo. Scholastic. 333p. c2007. 978-0-545-03535-4. $16.99. J Leo Kifkak inherits the family heirloom: a beautifully painted music box. Along with it, Leo also acquires the box's set of rules. He never questions the rules, but his visiting cousin Mimi ...
Stone, Phoebe. Deep down popular.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... STONE, Phoebe. Deep down popular. Scholastic. 285p. c2008. 978-0-439-80245-1. $16.99. J Jessie Lou has few friends. Her gorgeous older sister will be competing in the Apple Blossom Junior Teen Beauty Pageant. But Jessie Lou understands popularity because of her crush on popular ...
Walden, Mark. H.I.V.E.; the overlord protocol.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WALDEN, Mark. H.I.V.E.; the overlord protocol. Simon & Schuster. 384p. c2008. 978-1-4169-3573-5. $15.99. JS Otto Malpense and his friends are back in this sequel to H.I.V.E: Higher Institute of Villainous Education. Now they're in their second year at this unusual school, facing ...
Winston, Sherri. The Kayla chronicles.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WINSTON, Sherri. The Kayla chronicles. Little, Brown. 188p. c2007 978-0-316-11430-1. $16.00. JS Kayla is almost 15, a sophomore in high school, trying to figure out how she fits into her family and her world. For years she has been bossed around by her best friend, Rosalie, who ...
Woodson, Jacqueline. After Tupac and D Foster.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WOODSON, Jacqueline. After Tupac and D Foster. Penguin, Putman. 153p. c2008. 978-0-399-24654-8. $16.99. JSA * Woodson, Newbery Honor winner and National Book Award finalist, has written some of our best YA fiction, and this novel is no exception. Her spare prose is like poetry, ...
Wright, Bil. When the black girl sings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WRIGHT, Bil. When the black girl sings. Simon & Schuster. 266p. c2007 978-1-4169-3995-5. $16.99. JS Growing up is difficult, but it's even harder when you are 15-year-old Lahni Schuler and you feel like an outsider at home and at school. Lahni is the only black student at The ...
Yoo, Paula. Good enough.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... YOO, Paula. Good enough. HarperCollins. 329p. c2008. 978-0-060790851. $16.99. J Patti Yoon is expecting to be named to the Connecticut All State High School Orchestra first chair All-State Concertmaster for the fourth year in a row when she instead meets Cute Trumpet Guy ....
Ziegler, Jennifer. How Not to Be Popular, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... ZIEGLER, Jennifer. How not to be popular, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 339p. c2008. 978-0-385-90463-6. $15.99. JS Sugar Magnolia Dempsey (Maggie for short) is moving for the tenth time since high school started because her carefree, hippie parents think that moving gives ...
Abani, Chris. Song for night, a novella.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABANI, Chris. Song for night, a novella. Akashic Books. 162p. c2007. 978-1-933354-31-6. $12.95. SA The nightmare of war in West Africa is vividly told in flashbacks through the eyes of My Luck, a 15-year-old boy separated from his platoon after a mine explosion. He wanders the ...
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. Secrets of my suburban life.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BARATZ-Logsted, Lauren. Secrets of my suburban life. Simon & Schuster. 225p. c2008. 978-1-4169-5288-6. $6.99. S When Ben D'Arc must move from her home in New York City to the suburbs, she is much like any teenager who must leave her friends and activities. She is not happy with ...
Begag, Azouz. Shantytown kid.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BEGAG, Azouz. Shantytown kid. Trans. by Naima Wolf and Alec G. Hargreaves. University of Nebraska, Bison Press. 212p. bibliog. c1986. 978-0-8032-6258-4. $15.95. SA * A recent translation of Begag's 1986 portrayal of his youth in an Arab shantytown on the banks of the Rhone in ...
Blacker, Terence. Boy2girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BLACKER, Terence. Boy2girl. Macmillan, Square Fish. 301 p. c2004. 978-0-312-37146-3. $6.95. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2005: Twelve-year-old Matthew Burton's life is turned upside down when his cousin Sam from America comes to live with his family in ...
Broach, Elise. Shakespeare's secret.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BROACH, Elise. Shakespeare's secret. Holtzbrinck, Square Fish. 258p. c2005. 978-0-312-37132-6. $5.99. J To quote a review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: Hero Netherfield is entering the sixth grade in a new town and a new school. Her father has just recently taken a job ...
Cohen, Gabriel. Boombox.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... COHEN, Gabriel. Boombox. Academy Chicago. 220p. c2007. 978-0-89733-558-4. $15.95. SA This novel is made up of a series of chapters about four neighbors living in a neighborhood in Brooklyn. One family consists of a mother and her teenage son who has dropped out of school after ...
Draper, Sharon M. Copper sun.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... DRAPER, Sharon M. Copper sun. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 302p. c2006. 1-4169-5348-5. $8.99. S * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2006: In the classic The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois, speaking of the slaves' sorrow songs, writes, "Through all of the ...
Hamilton, Jane. When Madeline was young, a novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... HAMILTON, Jane. When Madeline was young, a novel. Random House, Anchor. 322p. c2006. 978-1-4000-9699-2. $13.95. A Jane Hamilton writes about ordinary people living in the '50s and '60s in an upper middle class family, except for one fact: the narrator Mac has an unusual family ...
Johnston, Julie. Susanna's quill; based on the life of Susanna Moodie.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... JOHNSTON, Julie. Susanna's quill; based on the life of Susanna Moodie. Tundra. 330p. c2004. 978-0-88776-806-4. $9.95. SA Johnston's historical novel tells of a 19th-century English-Canadian writer. Johnston takes the reader from Moodie's youth in England through her marriage and ...
Lekich, John. King of the lost and found.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... LEKICH, John. King of the lost and found. Raincoast. 308p. c2007. 978-1-55192-802-9. $11.95. JS Raymond J. Dunne is a high school geek. He faints, sneezes, coughs, has a crush on the most popular girl in the school, and generally has no friends. His morn has left the family and ...
Marshall, Joseph M. III. Hundred in the hand, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... MARSHALL, Joseph M. III. Hundred in the hand, a novel. (LakotaWesterns.) Fulcrum. 371p. maps. c2007 978-1-55591-653-4. $16.95. JSA Joseph Marshall is a Lakota Sioux who grew up on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. Often published as a historian of his people, Marshall ...
Maude, Rachel. Poseur.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... MAUDE, Rachel. Poseur. Little, Brown. 288p. illus, c2008. 0-316-06583-8. $9.99. S Perfect for fans of Gossip Girl or The O.C. Maude creates a world of wealth in which the rotating narrators thrive. In this story set in a California high school, three girls deal with the ...
Myers, Walter Dean. Street love.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... MYERS, Walter Dean. Street love. HarperCollins. 134p. c2006. 978-0-06-440732-8. $7.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: Myers employs the novel-in-free-verse format to tell a wrenching but ultimately hopeful story of teenage love set in ...
Paul, Dominique. The possibility of fireflies.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... PAUL, Dominique. The possibility of fireflies. Simon & Schuster. 217p. c2006. 1-4169-1311-4. $8.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: Ellie is 14 years old as this narrative begins. Her older sister Gwen has pretty much gone wild. No-body is ...
Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss cross.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... PERKINS, Lynne Rae. Criss cross. HarperCollins. 337p. illus, c2005. 978-0-06-009274-0. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: This quirky, delightful novel ambles, meanders, and strolls its way towards a plot. Told in a series of short ...
Radford, Michelle. Almost fabulous.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... RADFORD, Michelle. Almost fabulous. HarperCollins. 247p. c2008. 978-0-06-125235-8. $8.99. JS Since Fiona's mother used to be in a great band called the Bliss Babes, and she's been shuttled from school to school forever, Fiona is pretty sure she's figured out the secret to blend ...
Schmidt, Gary. First boy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... SCHMIDT, Gary. First boy. Henry Holt, Square Fish. 205p. c2005. 978-0-312-37149-4. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: Fourteen-year-old Cooper lives happily with his grandfather on a dairy farm in New Hampshire, but when his grandfather ...
Schroeder, Lisa. I heart you, you haunt me.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... SCHROEDER, Lisa. I heart you, you haunt me. Simon & Schuster. 226p. c2008. 978-1-4169-5520-7 $7.99. JS Part love story, part ghost story, I Heart You, You Haunt Me opens with the funeral of Ava's boyfriend Jackson. Through short, staccato sentences we see the stained glass ...
Simmons, Michael. Vandal.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... SIMMONS, Michael. Vandal. Macmillan, Square Fish. 177p. c2006. 978-0-312-37147-0. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: Jason is more than just a vandal; he's also a bully, an arsonist, and a bona fide juvenile delinquent. And unfortunately, he's ...
Wasserman, Robin. Hacking Harvard.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WASSERMAN, Robin. Hacking Harvard. Simon & Schuster. 320p. c2007. 978-1-4169-3633-6. $8.99. S Boy geniuses Eric, Max, and Schwarz are hackers, not pranksters. Where pranks result in humorous moments, a hack has long-lasting effects. As Max sees it, hacking requires "worthy ...
Wittlinger, Ellen. Blind faith.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WITTLINGER, Ellen. Blind faith. Simon & Schuster. 280p. c2006. 978-1-4169-4906-0. $8.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2006: we look forward to Wittlinger's novels, and this one is outstanding. The narrator, Liz, has just suffered the death of her ...
Wolf, Allan. New found land; Lewis and Clark's voyage of discovery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WOLF, Allan. New found land; Lewis and Clark's voyage of discovery. Candlewick. 500p. bibliog, c2004. 978-0-7636-3288-5. $8.99. JSA * This ALA Best Book for YAs is a novel; it is a book of poetry; it is a book of history; it is a tour de force. It is all of the above. Basing ...
Woodrell, Daniel. Winter's bone.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... WOODRELL, Daniel. Winter's bone. Hachette. 193p. c2006. 978-0-316-06641-9. $13.99. SA Ree is one of the Dollys, a large extended family whose members pepper the Ozarks. Most of them are poor, and lots of them are involved with drugs and have served jail time. When new children ...
Bennett, Holly. The bonemender's choice.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... BENNETT, Holly. The bonemender's choice. (Sequel to Bonemender and Bonemender's Oath.) Orca. 222p. map. c2007 978-1-55143-718-7. $8.95. JS This third volume in the Bonemender series will not disappoint readers. Bennett resumes this suspenseful saga when Lady Gabrielle's niece ...
Buckley, Michael. The problem child.(The Sisters Grimm, Book 3)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Jan 01, 2008; ... Buckley, Michael. The problem child. (The Sisters Grimm, Book 3.) Abrams. 305p. c2006. 978-0-8109-9359-4. $5.95. J If 11-year-old Sabrina Grimm could choose her happily ever after, it would definitely include getting her parents back. Since they were kidnapped almost two years ...