Kliatt back issues from May 2008:
Questions about graphic novels.
May 01, 2008; ... George Galuschak started his library's graphic novel collection six years ago. He works at the Montvale Public Library, deep in the wilds of New Jersey. He has been reading, writing reviews, and doing conferences about graphic novels for years. Graphic novels are the source of ...
Angle, Kimberly Greene. Hummingbird.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... ANGLE, Kimberly Greene. Hummingbird. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 243p. c2008. 978-0-374-333768. $16.95. J* This novel is attuned to the seasons of life on a watermelon farm in Jubilee, Georgia, where 11-then- 12-year-old March Anne Tanner lives with her father, younger brother and ...
Bauer, Joan. Peeled.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BAUER, Joan. Peeled. Penguin, Putnam. 248p. c2008. 978-0-399-23475-0. $16.99. JS A small town in upstate New York is the setting for this story about journalism--yes, journalism. Hildy is the daughter of a reporter (who died too young) and she herself is a reporter on her high ...
Bell, Ted. Nick of time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BELL, Ted. Nick of time. St. Martin's Griffin. 419p. c2008. 978-0312-38068-7. $1795. J The two men appeared seemingly out of thin air, miraculously dry despite the storm howling outside the inn. For Nick McIver, though, this mystery is just one of many. In the past week, he has ...
Benway, Robin. Audrey, wait.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BENWAY, Robin. Audrey, wait. Penguin, Razor-bill. 313p. c2008. 978-1-59514-191-0. $16.99. S This is about popular music, paparazzi, popular culture--everything else you can think of that's fleeting, but obsessively interesting. Audrey's boyfriend, a struggling musician, writes a ...
Block, Francesca Lia. Blood roses.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BLOCK, Francesca Lia. Blood roses. HarperCollins. 144p. c2008. 978-0-060-76384-8. $15.99. S Block is known for magical realism, for intertwining the experiences of young people with fantasy and myth. This collection of short stories follows in that tradition; it begins with a ...
Boggess, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BOGGESS, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic. (The Mia Fullerton Series.) Bancroft. 168p. c2008. 978-1-890862-56-5. $19.95. J Mia is 15 now, and it's summer vacation. Her boyfriend Tim has to spend the summer far away in Maine, and she is stuck at home and needs a job. She starts ...
Bradbury, Jennifer. Shift.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BRADBURY, Jennifer. Shift. Simon & Schuster. 242p. c2008. 978-1-4169-4732-5. $16.99. JS Reminiscent of Chris Crutcher's Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes or E. L. Konigsburg's Silent to the Bone, this book is a story of a boy going to extraordinary lengths to save a friend. It begins ...
Brothers, Meagan. Debbie Harry sings in French.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BROTHERS, Meagan. Debbie Harry sings in French. Henry Holt. 240p. c2008. 978-0-8050-80803. $16.95. SA Johnny never seems to fit in, and his Goth clothes and eye makeup don't help. Circumstances surrounding his father's tragic death force him to become independent at an early ...
Bruchac, Joseph. March toward the thunder.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BRUCHAC, Joseph. March toward the thunder. Penguin, Dial. 304p. maps. bibliog, c2008. 978-0-8037-3188-2. $16.99. JS* Louis Nolette is a 15-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada, but Union recruiters in 1864 are eager to sign him up to fight in the Civil War anyway: they need all ...
Burg, Shana. A thousand never evers.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BURG, Shana. A thousand never evers. Random House, Delacorte. 301 p. c2008. 978-0-385-73470-7 $15.99. J When the mayor of Kuckachoo, Missippippi learns that the Supreme Court has declared that segregated schools are illegal, he boasts, "Integration here? ... That ain't nothin' ...
Cornish, D.M.: Lamplighter.(Lamplighter: Monster Blood Tattoo, Book Two)(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... CORNISH, D.M. Lamplighter. (Monster Blood Tattoo, BookTwo.) Penguin. 710p. illus, maps. c2008. 978-0-399-24639-5. $19.99. JSA In this second volume of the series, Rossamund Bookchild is now an apprentice lamplighter in the Emperor's service. The responsibility of the ...
Dean, Claire. Girlwood.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... DEAN, Claire. Girlwood. Houghton Mifflin. 246p. c2008. 978-0-618-88390-5. $16.00. J Bree and Polly are four years apart in age. It didn't seem to make much of a difference when they were children, but when Bree turns 16, she puts away childish things and turns to boys and ...
de Lint, Charles. Dingo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... de LINT, Charles. Dingo. Penguin, Firebird. 213p. c2008. 978-0-14-240816-2. $11,99. JS Seventeen-year-old Miguel Schreiber doesn't know much about girls, but even he's pretty sure there's something odd about Lainey Howe. The day she stumbles into his father's shop--all red ...
Downing, Wick. The trials of Kate Hope.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... DOWNING, Wick. The trials of Kate Hope. Houghton Mifflin. 331p. c2008. 978-0-618-89133-7. $16.00. JS The reader must buy into the premise that at the age of 14 a girl who is bright but not necessarily brilliant can be a certified, practicing, and competent lawyer in Denver, ...
Ferris, Jean. Twice upon a marigold.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... FERRIS, Jean. Twice upon a marigold. Harcourt. 304p. c2008. 978-0-15-206382-5. $17.00. JS This sequel to Once Upon a Marigold offers more fairy tale fun. The first book ended with the marriage of Christian and Princess Marigold and the defeat of evil stepmother Queen Olympia, ...
Gardner, Sally. The red necklace.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... GARDNER, Sally. The red necklace. Penguin, Dial. 378p. c2007. 978-0-8037-3100-4. $16.99. JSA First published in England, this is an old-fashioned historical novel, set during the French Revolution. The main character is Yann Margoza, a Gypsy who has spent his childhood as part ...
Geerling, Marjetta. Fancy white trash.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... GEERLING, Marietta. Fancy white trash. Penguin, Viking. 240p. c2008. 978-0-670-01082-0. $15.99. S Abby's life resembles a soap opera in more ways than she'd like. Her parents are divorced, and her mom has married a much younger "guitar player" and is pregnant again. Her ...
Grab, Daphne. Alive and well in Prague, New York.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... GRAB, Daphne. Alive and well in Prague, New York. HarperCollins. 249p. c2008. 978-0-0612570-7 $16.99. JS This is Grab's first novel, and since she is from upstate New York herself, she describes the setting, as newcomer Matisse finds it, with acute understanding. Matisse is the ...
Grant, Michael. Gone; what if everyone you love disappeared in a flash?(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... GRANT, Michael. Gone; what if everyone you love disappeared in a flash? HarperCollins. 558p. illus, c2008. 978-0061448768. $1799. JSA At 10:17 a.m., Sam Temple was learning about the Civil War, Astrid Ellison was taking notes in her ninth-grade class, and Lana Lazar was driving ...
Henkes, Kevin. Bird Lake moon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... HENKES, Kevin. Bird Lake moon. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 192p. c2008. 978-0-06-147076-9. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-147078-3. $16.89.) J* Mitch, age 12, has come to Bird Lake with his mother to stay with his grandparents, now that his father has left them. He secretly lays ...
Hyde, Catherine Ryan. The day I killed James.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... HYDE, Catherine Ryan. The day I killed James. Random House, Knopf. 224p. c2008. 9780-375-84158-3. $16.99, (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-94158-0. $19.99). S The provocative title of this novel will attract the attention of many a YA reader and the carefully crafted unraveling of the ...
Jenkins, A.M.: Night road.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... JENKINS, A.M. Night road. HarperCollins, HarperTeen. 368p. c2008. 978-0-06-054604-5. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-054605-2. $17.89.) S They call themselves hemevores, not vampires, and try not to draw attention to themselves--who knows what the people (the "omnivores") they feed ...
Jinks, Catherine. Genius Squad.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... JINKS, Catherine. Genius Squad. Harcourt. 448p. c2008. 978-0-15-205985-9. $17.00. JS In this sequel to Evil Genius, gifted computer hacker Cadel is now 15, and unhappily living in foster care in Sydney, Australia. He's under police protection while the man who may or may not be ...
Kostick, Conor. Saga.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... KOSTICK, Conor. Saga. Penguin, Viking. 367p. c2008. 978-0-670-06280-5. $18.99. JS In Ghost's world, several laws have been universal for as long as she can remember: social status is determined by the different-colored cards carried by every member of the public, and the Dark ...
Levine, Gail Carson. Ever.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... LEVINE, Gail Carson. Ever. HarperCollins. 256p. c2008. 978-0-061-22962-6. $16.99. (Lib bdg: 978-0061-22963-3. $17.89.) J Levine has become well known for modern retellings of classic fairy tales. In Ever, she creates the story of an immortal, Olus, who wants to live with the ...
Lockhart, E., Sarah Mlynowski & Lauren Myracle. How to be bad.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... LOCKHART, E., Sarah Mlynowski & Lauren Myracle. How to be bad. HarperCollins. 322p. c2008. 978-0-06-128422-9. $16.99. JS A summer road trip allows three girls to escape their regular lives and problems at home. The girls each have their own reasons for taking the trip. Jesse is ...
Lurie, April. The latent powers of Dylan Fontaine.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... LURIE, April. The latent powers of Dylan Fontaine. Random House, Delacorte. 208p. c2008. 978-0-385-73125-6. $15.99. S* I'm very fond of Lurie's pervious work, Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds and Dancing in the Streets of Brooklyn. She really understands sibling ...
Marr, Melissa. Ink exchange.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MARR, Melissa. Ink exchange. HarperCollins. 336p. c2008. 978-0-06-121468-4. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-121469-1. $17.89). S Leslie is a high school senior who has been sexually molested by her brother's "friends." Her mother has abandoned the family, her father is nonexistent ...
McCarthy, Maureen. Rose by any other name.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... McCARTHY, Maureen. Rose by any other name. Roaring Brook, 336p. c2006. 978-1-59643372-4. $17.96. SA McCarthy is a popular Australian author and this is her debut novel published in the US. I think American YAs (and adults who like family stories) will like it. The narrator is ...
McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert. Meltdown; the final chapter of the Watts Family Adventures.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... McNAB, Andy & RIGBY, Robert. Meltdown; the final chapter of the Watts Family Adventures. Penguin, Putnam. 248p. c2007, 9780-399-24686-9. $16.99. JS This is the weakest of the series, but a good adventure all the same. I miss Elena, who was killed off in the last book. So does ...
Mebus, Scott. Gods of Manhattan.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MEBUS, Scott. Gods of Manhattan. Penguin, Dutton. 342p. c2008. 978-0-525-47955-0. $17.99. JS Rory Hennessy is every magician's worst nightmare: he's able to see through every trick. Every trick, that is, except for the one a mysterious magician named Hex performs at his sister's ...
Meldrum, Christina. Madapple.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MELDRUM, Christina. Madapple. Random House, Knopf. 416p. c2008. 978-0-375-85176-6. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-95176-3. $19.99). SA This novel is a fascinating look at belief and the interplay between the rational and the religious. Fifteen-year-old Aslaug has been isolated ...
Mikaelsen, Ben. Ghost of Spirit Bear.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MIKAELSEN, Ben. Ghost of Spirit Bear. HarperCollins. 160p. c2008. 978-0-06-009007-4. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-009-008-1. $17.89.) JS In Touching Spirit Bear, Cole was exiled to a remote Alaskan island for a year after beating up a boy named Peter. In this sequel, Cole must ...
Mitchard, Jacquelyn. All we know of heaven, a novel.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MITCHARD, Jacquelyn. All we know of heaven, a novel. HarperCollins. 311p. c2008. 978-0-08-134578-4. $16.99. JS* The second YA novel from best-selling author Mitchard will keep YAs reading, that's for sure. She bases this unusual plot on an actual situation: when two adolescent ...
Morden, Simon. The lost art.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MORDEN, Simon. The lost art. Random House, David Fickling. 522p. c2007. 978-0-385-75147-6. $16.99. JS The Earth has turned, and its inhabitants have reverted to pre-industrial practices. A remote Siberian monastery holds a set of book written by the Users, the most advanced ...
Mundi, Mariah. The Midas box.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MUNDI, Mariah. The Midas box. Penguin, Putnam. 302p. c2008. 978-0-399-24347-9. $17.99. JSA* The Sudan is where Mariah's parents were captured and supposedly killed, and the Sudan is where the man sitting in Mariah's train seat just came from. On his way to his first job at the ...
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MURDOCK, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben. Houghton Mifflin. 344p. c2008. 978-0-618-95971-6. $16.00. JS A good cover helps to sell this story. As in many familiar fairy tales and traditional tales, this takes place in an imaginary kingdom. The Princess (Benevolence) has been ...
Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise over Fallujah.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... MYERS, Walter Dean. Sunrise over Fallujah. Scholastic. 304p. map. c2008. 978-0-439-91624-0. $17.99. JSA* Twenty years ago, Myers wrote Fallen Angels, a classic YA novel about a 17-year-old African American soldier's experiences in Vietnam. In this companion novel, that man's ...
Peterson, Will. Triskellion.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... PETERSON, Will. Triskellion. Candlewick. 368p. c2008.978-0-7636-3971-6. $16.99. J Like me, when you read this story you may have to do a bit of research on the Green Man and how that mythology fits in with Morris dancers, pub names, and those weird faces people sometimes put on ...
Parker, Robert B.: The boxer and the spy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... PARKER, Robert B. The boxer and the spy. Penguin, Philomel. 224p. c2008. 978-0-399-24775-0. $17.99. JS* In his second novel for YAs (following Edenville Owls), popular mystery writer Parker scores a hit. When a high school boy's body washes up on a New England beach, the death ...
Plum-Ucci, Carol. Streams of Babel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... PLUM-UCCI, Carol. Streams of Babel. Harcourt. 432p. c2008, 978-0-15-216556-7. $17.00. SA Don't drink the water ... in this bioterrorism thriller, it's poisoned with a substance called Red Vinegar that can cause fatal strokes and aneurysms. A brilliant 16-year-old Pakistani ...
Popescu, Petru. Footprints in time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... POPESCU, Petru. Footprints in time. HarperCollins. 256p. c2008. 978-0-06-088399-7. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-088400-0. $17.89.) JS Jack, age 13, is thrilled to be spending the summer helping his scientist dad tag lions in Tanzania. But their expedition ends in tragedy when ...
Reinhardt, Dana. How to build a house, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... REINHARDT, Dana. How to build a house, a novel. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 227p. c2008. 978-0-375-84453-9. $15.99. S* Harper's family is in a shambles. Her stepmother, the only mother Harper has known, is moving out and creating a new home for her children (the only siblings ...
Rinaldi, Ann. Juliet's moon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... RINALDI, Ann. Juliet's moon. Harcourt. 256p. c2008. 978-0-15-206170-8. $17.00. J This novel is based on one of the most dramatic events in the Civil War. Twelve-year-old Juliet Bradshaw lives in Missouri, and her older brother Seth is a rider with Quantrill's Raiders. Readers ...
Scott, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... SCOTT, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven. HarperCollins. 320p. c2008. 978-0-06-112280-4. $16.99. S Stealing has been the way of life for 18-year-old Dani for as long as she can remember. Dani and her morn have moved around to more places than she can count and in each area, they settle ...
Scott, Kieran. Geek magnet.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... SCOTT, Kieran. Geek magnet. Penguin, Putnam. 306p. c2008. 978-0-399-24760-6. $16.99. J Drama is big in the life of KJ Miller. But she also seems to have attracted every geek in school for the past year, while working as stage manager for the yearly school musical. KJ desperately ...
Shoup, Barbara. Everything you want.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... SHOUP, Barbara. Everything you want. Llewelyn, Flux. 318p. c2008. 978-0-7387-1227-7. $16.95. SA* How did it happen that I've recently read TWO books about families changed by windfall fortunes? (See also The Fortunes of Indigo Skye in KLIATT's March 2008 issue.) In both stories, ...
Spinelli, Jerry. Smiles to go.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... SPINELLI, Jerry. Smiles to go. HarperCollins. 256p. c2008. 978-0-06-028133-5. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-028134-2. $17.89.) JS Sensible Will, a chess champ and would-be astronomer, plays Monopoly with his best friends BT and Mi-Su every Saturday night, while his little sister ...
Stahler Jr., David. Otherspace.(Otherspace book three of the Truesight trilogy)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... STAHLER Jr., David. Otherspace. (The Truesight Trilogy, Book 3.) HarperCollins, Eos. 342p. c2008. 978-0-06-052291-9. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-006-0532292-6. $17.89.) JS In this concluding volume, following Truesight and The Seer, Jacob, a teenager exiled from a community of blind ...
Stein, Tammar. High dive.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... STEIN, Tammar. High dive. Random House, Knopf. 201p. c2008. 978-0-375-83024-2. $15.99. S Although the cover features a pair of swimmer's feet as she dives from a cliff into the water below, there is little actual diving in this novel. The "high dive" is, of course, metaphorical ...
Thompson, Kate. The last of the high kings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... THOMPSON, Kate. The last of the high kings. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 368p. c2008. 978-0-06-117595-4. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06117596-1. $17.89.) J* This sequel to Thompson's enchanting, award-winning fantasy, The New Policeman, is set a number of years later. Its hero, ...
Triana, Gaby. The temptress four.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... TRIANA, Gaby. The temptress four. HarperCollins. 247p. c2008. 978-0-06-088567-0. $18.99. S Triana is good at these trendy, hip YA stories, having also written Backstage Pass and Cubanita. She is from Florida, and so are the four friends in The Temptress Four, who decide to go on ...
Van Draanen, Wendelin. Confessions of a serial kisser.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... VAN DRAANEN, Wendelin. Confessions of a serial kisser. Random House, Knopf. 294p. c2008. 978-0-375-84248-1. $15.99. JS Evangeline Logan is confused. The 16-year-old's parents recently separated, and she and her mother had to move to a downscale apartment while her father ...
Van Etten, David. Likely story.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... VAN ETTEN, David. Likely story. Random House, Knopf. 228p. c2008. 978-0-375-84676-2. $15.99. JS The adolescent child of a celebrity is a familiar character these days in YA fiction, and likely to remain so as our culture can't get enough information about celebrities. Van Etten ...
Vega, Denise. Fact of life #31.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... VEGA, Denise. Fact of life #31. Random House, Knopf. 376p. c2008. 978-0-375-84819-3. $16.99. S* Kat (or Katima) works for her mother Abra (no last name), a midwife, an earth mother type. Abra bonds in a maternal way with her prospective mothers, but she can't talk to Kat without ...
Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the stairs, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... VENKATRAMAN, Padma. Climbing the stairs, a novel. Penguin, Putnam. 247p. c2008. 978-0-39924746-0. $16.99. JS A historical novel set in India during WW II, as Gandhi and his followers are challenging British rule. Vidya is the beloved daughter of a doctor involved in the ...
Wedekind, Annie. A horse of her own.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... WEDEKIND, Annie. A horse of her own. Macmillan, Feiwel and Friends. 275p. c2008. 978-0-31236927-9. $16.95. J This is an ideal choice for those YA readers who like a good horse story; well, a good horse and rider story. Jane is 14 years old, a fine rider, who works at the local ...
Wood, Jamie Martinez. Rogelia's house of magic, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... WOOD, Jamie Martinez. Rogelia's house of magic, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 300p. c2008. 978-0-385-73477-6. $15.99. JS Parents who hated Harry Potter because of its reliance on magic will also hate this book. In actuality, this novel is more chica lit about spoiled Latino ...
Anderson, Jodi Lynn. The secrets of peaches.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... ANDERSON, Jodi Lynn. The secrets of peaches. (Sequel to Peaches.) HarperCollins. 299p. c2007. 978-0-06-073310-0. $8.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: Birdie, Murphy, and Leeda are back in this sequel to Anderson's debut novel, Peaches. Picking ...
Brashares, Ann. Forever in blue; the fourth summer of the sisterhood.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BRASHARES, Ann. Forever in blue; the fourth summer of the sisterhood. Random House, Delacorte. 381p. c2007. 978-0-385-73401-1. $9.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: The friends (Tibby, Carmen, Bridget, and Lena) have finished their first year of ...
Brian, Kate. The Virginity Club.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... BRIAN, Kate. The Virginity Club. (Formerly titled The V Club.) Simon & Schuster. 280p. c2005. 1-4169-5370-1. $8.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: This novel could be called Sex and the City: High School Edition as it centers on the sex lives (or ...
Cabot, Meg. All-American girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... CABOT, Meg. All-American girl. HarperCollins. 398p. c2002.978-0-06-1479892. $7.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Sam doesn't think of herself as anything special. Sure, she has artistic talent, but compared with her beautiful, popular older ...
Cabot, Meg. Princess in pink.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... CABOT, Meg. Princess in pink. (The Princess Diaries, Vol. V.) HarperCollins. 256p. 978-0-06154363-0. $7.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Starting a new Princess Diaries book is like opening a box of chocolates. It's springtime in Manhattan, and ...
Cabot, Meg. Princess in waiting.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 01, 2008; ... CABOT, Meg. Princess in waiting. (The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV.) HarperCollins. 225p. c2003. 978-0-06-154364-7. $7.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: Fourteen-year-old Mia attends a fancy prep school in New York City, adores her cat, Fat Louie, ...