School Library Journal articles from November 2011

School Library Journal archives from November 2011

What I learned along the way.(Editorial)
November 1, 2011... Since this is my last editorial as School Library Journal's editor-in-chief--I'm leaving the magazine to return to my first love, public libraries-forgive me for engaging in a little reflection. Back when I joined SLJ, in August 2005, the...

Governor Palin? It's not possible to continually update online reference sources.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2011... YOUR KIND OVERALL ASSESSMENT (AUG. 2011, p. 61) of SOLR (Sharpe Online Reference) is touch appreciated by this general editor of its culture wars section. However, there is a critical statement in the review I wish to question: "SOLR still lists...

With a little help from Twitter: cash poor, librarian Keisa Williams turns to donorschoose.org and social media.(Tech Knowledge)
November 1, 2011... A paltry materials budget got you down? Keisa Williams knows the feeling well. So the school librarian at the K-5 Monarch Academy in Oakland, CA, turned to DonorsChoose.org with her cause. And the good people of the Web responded. ...

Nook simple touch and Kobo eReader Touch: touchscreen ereaders.(Test Drive)(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2011... Anyone want to buy my gently used first edition Nook? All of a sudden it just seems sooo embarrassingly 2009. On the other hand, both of these touchscreen ereaders, the Nook Simple Touch and the Kobo eReader Touch, are way cool. They're so much...

Ebooks on the rise.(The NEXT BIG Thing)(Brief article)
November 1, 2011... Despite tight budgets, more school libraries are offering ebooks--and a majority of media specialists plan to add them to their collections over the next two years, says a new study by School Library Journal and Library Journal. The 90-page...

Role model: lessons on leadership and user experience.(The NEXT BIG Thing)(Steve Jobs)
November 1, 2011... With the passing of Steve Jobs, the world lost a great innovator. Just as his work will resonate in Apple products yet to be released, the example of leadership set by the company's founder and former CEO will continue to inspire and inform...

Ready, set, action! Web-based apps--including a new one--let students create videos at home and in school.(Cool Tools)(Product/service evaluation)
November 1, 2011... The beauty of the modern Web is that useful new services appear all the time. Case in point: my column last year featured a selection of Web-based video creation tools that my students were using. Since then, two new applications have appeared...

Overheard on Twitter.(Tech Knowledge)(Brief article)
November 1, 2011... Another Jobs lesson: education, pedigree and market dominance are ultimately no match for imagination.--@joshgreenman

Avoidance behavior: moving children's books to the teen collection is the coward's way out.(Scales on Censorship)
November 1, 2011... We've always kept Robie Harris's books in our children's room. But after a mother complained about them, our public library director asked us to put the titles in our teen collection. Although I was reluctant to move them, I felt I had to...

When trauma hits home: did you know that infants are the largest single group of victims?(First Steps)
November 1, 2011... One of the most startling things we learned this year is that 48.6 percent of trauma victims in our state of Oregon are younger than six years old. And infants make up the largest single group of victims. These children may experience violence...

Absolutely dino-mite! Jessie Hartland's latest picture book puts a new spin on kids' favorite reptiles.(Under Cover)(How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum )(Interview)
November 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How the Dinosaur Got to the Museum tells the true story of how a 145-million-year-old Diplodocus longus ended up at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Were you crazy about dinosaurs as a kid? I was not one of those...

Energize the curriculum: put game-based learning in the palm of your students' hands.(The Gaming Life)
November 1, 2011... Mobile computing and game-based learning are two of the six major trends that will have a huge impact on K-12 learning in the next five years according to projections found in the New Media Corsortium's 2011 K-12 Edition of the Horizon Report...

Make way for stories: there's a good reason why people are passing up picture books.
November 1, 2011... Last October the New York Times featured an article by Julie Bosman, "Picture Books No Longer a Staple for Children," which outlined the fate of most new picture books: they tend to "die a sad little death" on booksellers' shelves as more...

Sonic youth: looking for must-have audiobooks for teens and tweens? We have plenty of great new choices.(Bibliography)
November 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ARE YOU LISTENING? We hope so, because kids across the country are wild about audiobooks. Voracious readers and reluctant ones, special-needs students and English-language learners are all hooked on them--and not just...

Sound bites: what titles make good audiobooks and what goes into making them good? To find out, we surveyed some of the best in the business.
November 1, 2011... Michele Cobb/AudioGo Vice president, sales and marketing President, Audio Publishers Association When we look at what print titles we want to make into audiobooks, the first consideration is story. Whether fiction or nonfiction, intended...

One step ahead: SLJ's latest leadership summit tackles the swiftly changing world of reading and ebooks.
November 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It was like a scene out of Oprah Suddenly, there was a collective gasp, followed by a heartfelt explosion of cheering, clapping, and ear-to-ear grins, as more than 200 librarians and educators found out they'd each...

A world of possibilities: craving adventure, professional growth, and some fabulous perks? consider the life of an international librarian.
November 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Have you ever pictured yourself on safari in the Serengeti? Or fancied yourself wandering through Istanbul's Grand Bazaar on a leisurely Saturday morning? With all of the budget cuts, pink slips, and upheaval that have...

Read beyond the lines: transmedia--and its multiplatform brethren--has changed the very notion of books and reading.
November 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] WHENEVER I SPEAK TO A GROUP OF MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, I run the same simple test. I ask the audience to think about the day before I arrived. Only that one day. Then I have them count on their fingers each of the...

OMGs!(focus on: Greek Myths)(Bibliography)
November 1, 2011... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Terrifying monsters and fearsome beasts? Courageous and quick-witted heroes? Thrilling adventures and dangerous quests? These tales have it all, plus the unforgettable characters, timeless themes, and range of human...

The "Are You a Bully?" Test.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... The "Are You a Bully?" Test. DVD. 23 min. with tchr's, guide. Human Relations Media. 2011. ISBN 978-1-55548-9380. $149.95. Gr 6-10--In this video, hosted by a young woman and a young man, different kinds of bullying, including physical,...

Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late!(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... * Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! DVD. 6 min. Weston Woods. 2011. ISBN 978-0-545-32610-0. $59.95; CD, ISBN 978-0-545-32607-0: $12.95; CD with hardcover book, ISBN 978-0-5453273%0: $29.95. PreS-Gr 2--Oh that pigeon--the embodiment of every...

The Itsy Bitsy Tiger and Other Ridiculous Stories and Songs.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... * The Itsy Bitsy Tiger and Other Ridiculous Stories and Songs. DVD. 43 min. Priscilla Howe, Storyteller. 2010, 2011 release. ISBN unavail. $15. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PreS-Gr 5--Storyteller Priscilla Howe delights viewers and an audience...

A Pirate's Guide to First Grade.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... A Pirate's Guide to First Grade. DVD. 7:30 min. Spoken Arts. 2011. ISBN 0-8045-8138-X. $50; CD with hardcover book, ISBN 0-8045-4225-2: $29.95. K-Gr 2--A young buccaneer relates his first day of school in this predominantly iconographic...

Scaredy Squirrel.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Scaredy Squirrel. DVD. 7 min. with tchr's. guide. Weston Woods. 2011. ISBN 0-54532712-1: $59.95; CD, ISBN 978-0-54532713-8: $12.95; CD with hardcover book, ISBN 978-0-545-32740-4: $29.95; CD with paperback book, ISBN 978-0545-32752-7: $18.95. ...

Stone Soup.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... Stone Soup. DVD. 12 min. with tchr's. guide. Weston Woods. 2011. ISBN 0-54532714-8: $59.95. CD, ISBN 978-0-54532715-2: $12.95; CD with hardcover book, ISBN 978-0-545-32741-1: $29.95. PreS-Gr 3--Jon Muth's handsomely re-imagined traditional...

Private Tutor: Your Complete SAT Math Prep Course with Amy Lucas.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... * Private Tutor: Your Complete SAT Math Prep Course with Amy Lucas. 5 DVDs. with book. Private Tutor SAT. 2011. $119.95 ser.; DVD: $29.95 ea.; book: $29.95. Gr 10 Up--This five-volume series addresses the math concepts that students must be...

China Quake.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... China Quake. DVD. 47 min. Prod. by Natural History New Zealand. Dist. by The Video Project. 2011. ISBN unavail. schools and libraries: $85. Gr 10 Up--This production examines the aftermath of the May 2008 magnitude 7.9 quake that devastated...

Secrets of the Dead: China's Terracotta Warriors.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... Secrets of the Dead: China's Terracotta Warriors. DVD. approx. 60 min. Prod. by Natural History New Zealand Ltd. in assn. with WNET.org and Nat'l. Geographic Channel. Dist. by PBS Dist. 2011. ISBN 978-1-60883-449-5. $24.99. Gr 10 Up--It is...

A History of Equal Rights in America.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... A History of Equal Rights in America (Series). 4 DVDs. 3:44 hrs. with tchr's. guide. Prod. by Centre Communications/ Ambrose Video. Dist. by Ambrose Video. 2011. ISBN 1-58281-377-9. $199.99 ser. Gr 7 Up--This comprehensive series presents...

Immigrant Nation! The Battle for the Dream.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... Immigrant Nation! The Battle for the Dream. DVD. 96 min. New Day Films. 2010, 2011 release. ISBN 978-1-57448076-4. $150. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gr 10 Up--A seemingly routine 2006 immigration arrest in Chicago fueled an already simmering...

Lodz Ghetto, Poland.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... Lodz Ghetto, Poland (Taken from My Home Series). DVD. 24 min. Fascinating Learning Factory. 2010, 2011 release. ISBN unavail. $29.95. Gr 9 Up--One particularly gruesome aspect of the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe was the establishment of...

Mother: Caring for 7 Billion.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2011... Mother: Caring for 7 Billion. DVD. 54 min. with tchr's, guide. Prod. by Tiroir A Films. Dist. by motherthefilm.com. 2011. libraries: $39.95 (+$5 s/h), middle/high schools: $95 (+$5 s/h). Gr 9 Up--As the world's population reaches the seven...

Amalee.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Amalee (unabr.). 4 CDs. 3:53 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-1023-9. $54.97. Lights, Camera, Amalee (unabr.). 6 CDs. 6:52 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-1029-1. $54.97. Gr 5-7--Amalee Everly, a bright,...

The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech as Discovered by Gary Paulsen.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * The Amazing Life of Birds: The Twenty-Day Puberty Journal of Duane Homer Leech as Discovered by Gary Paulsen (unabr.). 2 CDs. 1:29 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0177-0. $39.97. Gr 5-8--Gary Paulsen has written (Wendy Lamb...

Angel Burn.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * Angel Burn (unabr.). 12 CDs. 14:30 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0930-1. $59.97. Gr 9 Up--A rash of supernatural romance novels involving angels have been published recently, but L. A. Weatherly has done the unexpected here...

Beauty Queens.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * Beauty Queens (unabr.). 12 CDs. 14:30 hrs. Scholastic Audiobooks. 2011. ISBN 978-0-545-31538-8. $74.99. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gr 9 Up--Libba Bray takes vicious aim at American corporate culture, politics, our perceptions of physical...

Beet Fields.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Beet Fields (unabr.). 3 CDs. 3:19 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-1092-5. $39.97. Gr 11 Up--Gary Paulsen makes an abrupt departure from gentle middle-grade fiction with this gritty story (Delacorte, 2000) for mature young adults....

Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading (unabr.). 3 CDs. 3:29 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0303-3. $49.97. Gr 5-7--In this wry and engaging story (Roaring Brook Press, 2011) by Tommy Greenwald, Charlie Joe has achieved...

Cryer's Cross.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Cryer's Cross (unabr.). 5 cassettes or 5 CDs. 5:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4561-3600-0: $41.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4561-3601-7: $51.75. Gr 7 Up--There's a secret in the small Montana community of Cryer's Cross that is...

Dead End in Norvelt.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Dead End in Norvelt (unbar.) 6 CDs. 7 hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4272-1356-3. $29.99. Gr 5-8--It is the summer of 1962 and Jack Gantos is 12 years old in this "entirely true and wildly fictional" story (Farrar, Straus, 2011). Jack...

Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Disobedience School.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Disobedience School. CD. 12:26 min. with paperback book. Scholastic Audiobooks. 2011. ISBN 978-0-545-31537-1. $18.99. K-Gr 3--David de Vries presents Marc Teague's sad tale (Scholastic, 2002) of poor Ike LaRue with...

Desert Crossing.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Desert Grossing (unabr.). 5 CDs. 5:55 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4418-1356-5. $49.97. Gr 8 Up--Spring break has just begun for 14-year-old Lucy Martinez. She's traveling with her 18-year-old brother, Jamie, from Kansas to...

The End of Time: The Books of Umber, Book 3.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... The End of Time: The Books of Umber, Book 3 (unabr.). 9 cassettes or 9 CDs. 10:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4407-5000-7: $67.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4561-3375-7: $97.75. Gr 5-8--When Lord Umber revealed to Happenstance his...

Everfound: The Skinjacker Trilogy, Book 3.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * Everfound: The Skinjacker Trilogy, Book 3 (unabr.). 12 CDs. 14 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4418-5390-1. $87.97. Gr 8 Up--Following the cataclysmic confrontation between Nick, the Chocolate Ogre, and Mary Hightower at Graceland's...

Fever Crumb.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Fever Crumb (unabr.). 6 CDs. 6:59 hrs. Scholastic Audiobooks. 2011. ISBN 978-0-545-28292-5. $64.99. Gr 5-8--Fever was adopted as an infant by the Order of Engineers in a future London. The only female, she is raised by Dr. Crumb almost as an...

Flat Broke.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Flat Broke (unabr.). 2 CDs. 1:59 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-1416-9. $39.97. Gr 5-9--Wildly confident, Kevin is back in Gary Paulsen's humorous follow-up (2011) to Liar, Liar (2011, both Wendy Lamb Books). This time, Kevin...

Forgotten.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Forgotten (unabr.). 6 CDs. 6:19 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-:71116-8. $34. Gr 7 Up--What if, at the end of every day all of your memories of that day and all of the days...

The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)(Children's review)
November 1, 2011... The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall (unabr.). 3 CDs. 3:39 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-61106-099-7. $54.97. Gr 4-6--Twelve-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London orphanage in tire winter of 1883 to live in her Great-Uncle Thomas's...

The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen (unabr.). 7 GDs. 8:21 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-74675-7. $50. Gr 5-7--Colorful descriptions of the Midwest in the late 1890s...

The Heart of Glass: The Third Tale from the Five Kingdoms.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... The Heart of Glass: The Third Tale from the Five Kingdoms (unabr.). 5 CDs. 5:24 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0985-1. $44.97. Gr 4-6--Gracie Gillypot and Prince Marcus are off on another adventure. A simple day of dwarf...

Hero.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Hero (unabr.). 10 CDs. 11:21 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0973-8. $59.97. Gr 9 Up--What do you get when you mix fantasy with GLBT fiction? You get a confused, frustrated, and determined hero. Thom Creed is a gay teen whose...

Horton Halfpott.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Horton Halfpott (unabr.). 4 cassettes or 4 CDs. 4 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4498-4904-7: $33.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4618-1552-5: $49.75. Gr 4-7--Mix eccentric characters, outlandish objects, love, slapstick humor, and a...

Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 2: The Hidden Gallery.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, Book 2: The Hidden Gallery (unabr.). 5 CDs. 5:57 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-91700-3. $50. Gr 4-6--Maryrose Wood's wolf-like...

It's the First Day of School ... Forever.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... It's the First Day of School... Forever (unabr.). 3 CDs. 4 hrs. Macmillan Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4272-1255-9. $15.99. Gr 4-6-In R. L. Stine's back-to-school tale of terror (Feiwel & Friends, 2011), everything goes wrong for Artie...

The Lemonade Crime: The Lemonade Wars, Book 2.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... The Lemonade Crime: The Lemonade Wars, Book 2 (unabr.). 2 cassettes or 2 CDs. 2:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4561-3285-9, CD: ISBN 978-1-456t-3289-7. $25.75. Gr 3-5--Jacqueline Davies's The Lemonade Crime (2011) takes...

Little Teggy: Tales from Wales.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)(Children's review)
November 1, 2011... Little Teggy: Tales from Wales. 50 min. Wales Tales. 2010. ISBN unavail. $11.50. K-Gr 3--These ten sweetly innocent tales of young Tegwen of Wales are delightful to the ear, thanks to the charming Welsh accent of the author, Rainer Morgan....

Lola at the Library.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Lola at the Library. CD. 4:10 min. with paperback book. Spoken Arts. 2011. ISBN 0-8045-4228-7. $19.95 PreS-K--Lola loves Tuesdays because that's the day she visits the library with her mother. She packs her backpack with last week's books,...

Lola Loves Stories.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Lola Loves Stories. CD. 4:20 min. with paperback book. Spoken Arts. 2011. ISBN 0-8045-4229-5. $19.95. PreS-K--Lola and her daddy visit the library on Saturday, where Lola finds some "excellent" books. Each day, after she and one of her...

Marty McGuire.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Marty McGuire (unabr.). 2 CDs. 1:47 hrs. Scholastic Audiobooks. 2011. ISBN 978-0-545-321464. $29.99. Gr 1-3--Marry McGuire is a spunky third grader who prefers catching crayfish to dressing up in tiaras in this early chapter book (Scholastic,...

Middle School: the Worst Years of My Life.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Middle School: the Worst Years of My Life (unabr.). 4 CDs. 4 hrs. Prod. by Hachette Audio. Dist. by AndioGo. 2011. ISBN 978-1-6111-3602-9. $39.99. Gr 5-7--As Rare sits in an assembly on the first day of middle school, he has a brilliant idea....

Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reverse Verse.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reverse Verse. CD. 16:18 min. with hardcover book. Live Oak Media. 2011. ISBN 978-14301-1015-6. $29.95. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gr 2-5--Marilyn Singer's innovative book (Dutton, 2012) presents poetry based on...

Missing on Superstition Mountain.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Missing on Superstition Mountain (unabr.). 4 CDs. 4:34 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4418-1362-6. $49.97. Gr 4-6--The powerful opening line says it all: "The day Josie ran away was the beginning of everything: the bones in the...

Nerd Girls: The Rise of the Dorkosaurus.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Nerd Girls: The Rise of the Dorkosaurus (unabr.). 5 cassettes or 5 CDs. 6 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4618-0850-3, CD, ISBN 978-1-4618-0849-7. $51.75. Gr 5-8--Maureen, who describes herself as looking like a "baked...

Noah Barleywatch Runs Away.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Noah Barleywatch Runs Away (unabr.). 4 CDs. 5 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 978-1-307-91650-1. $30. Gr 7-10--John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2006), again...

Original Sin (A Personal Demons Novel).(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Original Sin (A Personal Demons Novel) (unabr.). 10 CDs. 12:02 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-2406-9. $49.97 Gr 9 Up--In Lisa Desrochers's riveting sequel (2011) to Personal Demons (2010, both "For Teen), former demon Luc Cain...

The Penalty.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... The Penalty (unabr.). 5 CDs. 6:10 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0073-5. $49.97. Gr 10 Up--Mal Peet weaves past and present throughout this tale (Candlewick, 2007) -of sports, voodoo, murder, slavery, and eye-for-an-eye justice....

Rage of the Fallen: The Last Apprentice, Book 8.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * Rage of the Fallen: The Last Apprentice, Book 8 (unabr.). 6 cassettes or 6 CDs. 6:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4498-6191-9: $61.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4498-6195-7: 587.75. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gr 5-9--After fleeing a...

The Rites and Wrongs of Janice Wills.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... The Rites and Wrongs of Janice Wills (unabr.). 5 CDs. 6:06 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-91690. $30. Gr 8 Up--Typical coming-of-age stories revolve around prom, first loves, or...

Shift: Shade, Book 2.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Shift: Shade, Book 2 (unabr.). 9 CDs. 10 hrs. Brilliance Andio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-2382-6. $69.97. Gr 9 Up--In Jeff Smith-Ready's exciting sequel (2011) to Shade (2010, both Simon Pulse), Logan has regained his benign ghostly status, but...

Spellbound: The Books of Elsewhere, Book 2.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Spellbound: The Books of Elsewhere, Book 2 (unabr.). 6 CDs. approx. 7 hrs. Penguin Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-0-14-242932-6. $19.95. Gr 4-6--In Jacqueline West's sequel (2011) to The Shadows (2010, both Dial), we rejoin Olive and the three...

Stupid Fast.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Stupid Fast (unabr.). 7 cassettes or 7 CDs. 7:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette: ISBN 978-1-4618-1711-6, CD: ISBN 978-1-4618-1640-9. $77.75. Gr 9 Up--Playwright Geoff Herbach's debut young adult novel (Sourcebooks Fire, 2011) is a...

A Tale of Two Castles.(Brief article)(Audiobook review)(Children's review)
November 1, 2011... * A Tale of Two Castles (unabr.). 7 CDs. 8:32 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0833-5. $59.97. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gr 5-8--Elodie is leaving home to become an apprentice to a weaver, at least that is what her family thinks....

Theodore Boone: The Abduction.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Theodore Boone: The Abduction (unabr.). 4 CDs. 4 hrs. Penguin Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-0-14-242941-9. $19.95. Gr 6-8--John Grisham continues the story of Theodore Boone, 13-year-old son of two lawyers who wants to follow in his parents'...

The Throne of Fire, The Kane Chronicles, Book 2.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * The Throne of Fire, The Kane Chronicles, Book 2 (unabr.) 11 CDs. 12:56 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0839-7. $72.97. Gr 5-8--Sadie and Carter, children of Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, are back in the second title (Hyperion,...

Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales (unabr.) 10 CDs. 11:41 hrs. Prod. by Listening Library. Dist. by Listening Library/Books on Tape. 2011. ISBN 978-0-307-91638-9. $60. Gr 7 Up--This collection of 11 stories (Random, 2011) by...

Troubletwisters.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Troubletwisters (unabr.). 8 CDs. 8:45 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-0851-9. $64.97. Gr 4-6--Twelve-year-old twins Jade and Jack's world turns upside down when a bizarre "storm" blows their home apart and nearly takes them with...

True (... Sort of).(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... True (... Sort of) (unabr.). 6 cassettes or 6 CDs. 6:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette: ISBN 878-1-4618-1795-6, CD: ISBN 978-1-4618-1796-3. $66.75. Gr 5-7--Delly Pattison, 11, is a girl whose love of life often gets her into trouble, and...

Uncommon Criminals: A Heist Society Novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Uncommon Criminals: A Heist Society Novel (unabr.). 6 CDs. 6:47 hrs. Brilliance Andio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4558-1535-7. $71.97. Gr 6-10--Kat, 16, is one of the top international art thieves for hire. Her parents were thieves and apples don't...

We'll Always Have Summer.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... We'll Always Have Summer (unabr.). 6 cassettes or 6 CDs. 6:45 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4561-3301-6: $51.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4561-3305-4: $66.75. Gr 9 Up--Isobel "Belly" Conklin has always known that someday she would...

When It Happens.(Young adult review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... When It Happens (unabr.). 6 CDs. 6:41 hrs. Brilliance Audio. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4418-6235-8. $69.97. Gr 9 Up--Sara is thrilled when her crush, Dave, finally asks her out. But dating Dave isn't nearly as amazing as she imagined it would be. Sara...

Wither: The Chemical Garden, Book 1.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... Wither: The Chemical Garden, Book 1 (unabr.). 9 cassettes or 9 CDs. 10:30 hrs. Recorded Books. 2011. cassette, ISBN 978-1-4561-2056-6: $67.75; CD, ISBN 978-1-4561-2057-3: $97.75. Gr 9 Up--The first installment (S & S, 2011) of Lauren...

The Golden State.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
November 1, 2011... * The Golden State. CD. 37:36 min. Prod. by The Hipwaders. Dist. by CDBaby.com. 2011. ISBN unavail. $11.97. PreS-Gr 3--Listening to this album is like stepping into a time machine and traveling back to the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, with sounds...

My Name Is Handel: The Story of Handel's "Water Music.".(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)
November 1, 2011... * My Name Is Handel: The Story of Handel's "Water Music." CD. 48:45 rain. with booklet. Maestro Classics. 2011. ISBN 978-1-932684-10-0. $16.98. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gr 2-6--Stephen and Bonnie Ward Simon present another in their series of...

Songs, Stories and Friends: Let's Go Play.(Sound recording review)(Brief article)(Children's review)
November 1, 2011... Songs, Stories and Friends: Let's Go Play. CD. approx. 45 min. Prod. by Little Maple Leaf Prods. Dist. by AV Cafe. 2011. ISBN unavail. $14.99. PreS-Gr 3--On her third album, Canadian songstress Charlie Hope sings her heart out on each of...