Kliatt articles from January 2007

Kliatt archives from January 2007

It's not what they're teachin' me in school: promoting boys' reading.
January 1, 2007... Avi Kramer, a 2005 graduate of Vassar College, spent the last year teaching high-school English in the Hunan province of China. He is currently a teaching intern, dorm parent and coach at The Fessenden School in West Newton, Massachusetts. In...

Anderson, Jodi Lynn. The Secrets of Peaches.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... ANDERSON, Jodi Lynn. The secrets of peaches. (Sequel to Peaches.) HarperCollins. 299p. c2006. 0-06-073308-X. $16.99. JS Birdie, Murphy, and Leeda are back in this sequel to Anderson's debut novel, Peaches. Picking up where Peaches ends,...

Antieau, Kim. Broken Moon.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... ANTIEAU, Kim. Broken moon. Simon & Schuster. 183p. c2007 1-4169-1767-5. $15.99. JSA This story focuses on a girl's life in Pakistan and on the little-known practice by wealthy Bedouins of kidnapping children to race desert camels, forcing...

Bauer, Cat. Harley's Ninth.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BAUER, Cat. Harley's ninth. Random House, Knopf. 208p. c2007. 978-0-375-83736-4. $15.99. S On October 9th, Harley's art exhibit goes up in a gallery in New York. It should be the most exciting time of her life, but Harley thinks she might...

Beam, Matt. Getting to First Base with Danalda Chase.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BEAM, Matt. Getting to first base with Danalda Chase. Penguin, Dutton. 192p. illus. c2007 0-525-47578-8, $16.99. J What do love and baseball have in common? Baseball nut Darcy, a junior high student, has a crush on pretty Danalda but he...

Birdsall, Olivia. Notes on a Near-Life Experience.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BIRDSALL, Olivia. Notes on a heart-life experience. Random House, Delacorte. 257p. c2006. 978-0-385-73370-0. $15.99. JS An excellent family story by a first-time novelist. We all have heard of near-death experiences; well, Mia, the...

Boggess, Eileen. Mia the Meek.(The Mia Fullerton Series)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BOGGESS, Eileen. Mia the Meek. (The Mia Fullerton Series.) Bancroft Press. 155p. c2006. 1-890862-46-0. $16.95. J Boggess has experience teaching middle school students at a Catholic school in the Midwest (the setting for the Mia series)....

Bondoux, Anne-Laure. Life As It Comes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BONDOUX, Anne-Laure. Life as it comes. Tr. from the French by Y. Maudet. Random House, Delacorte. 211p. c2004. 978-0-385-90390-5. $15.99. S * This is a European story, with French sisters the main characters, coping together in a crisis....

Booth, Coe. Tyrell.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BOOTH, Coe. Tyrell. Scholastic, Push. 320p. 0-439-83879-7. $16.99. S Tyrell lives in a homeless shelter in the Bronx with his mother and his younger brother. His father is in jail, and 15-year-old Tyrell knows he doesn't want to end up...

Brashares, Ann. Forever in blue.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BRASHARES, Ann. Forever in blue. (The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood.) Random House, Delacorte. 388p. c2007. 978-0-385-72936-9. $18.99. S The friends (Tibby, Carmen, Bridget, and Lena) have finished their first year of university and are...

Brooks, Kevin. Being.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BROOKS, Kevin. Being. Scholastic, Chicken House. 336p. c2007. 0-439-89973-7. $16.99. SA When 16-year-old Robert goes into the hospital for a routine test, he wakes up on a gurney to hear doctors exclaiming, "What the hell is that?" Inside...

Caletti, Deb. The nature of Jade.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... CALETTI, Deb. The nature of Jade. Simon & Schuster. 284p. c2007. 1-4169-1005-0. $16.99. S * Caletti, author of carefully written YA novels such as Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award, gives us an unusual story...

Carney, Jeff. The adventures of Michael MacInnes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... CARNEY, Jeff. The adventures of Michael MacInnes. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 256p. c2006. 0-374-30146-8. $17.00. S The old-fashioned comic book-like cover of this adventure tale suits its style perfectly. The setting is a traditional boys'...

Cheshire, Simon. The Prince and the Snowgirl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... CHESHIRE, Simon. The prince and the snow-girl. Random House, Delacorte. 160p. c2007. Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90359-2. $11.99. Trade pb: 978-0-385-73342-7. $8.99. JS Fifteen-year-old Tom resembles teenage British heartthrob Prince George so...

Cohn, Rachel. Cupcake.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... COHN, Rachel. Cupcake. Simon & Schuster. 248p. c2007. 1-4169-1217-7. $15.99. S * This is the third novel in a trilogy about Cyd Charisse, a former bad girl, now good (sort of), in love with Shrimp, and finally graduated from high school...

Elliott, Patricia. Ambergate.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... ELLIOTT, Patricia. Ambergate. (Companion novel to Murkmere.) Little, Brown. 390p. c2006. 0-316-01060-X. $16.99. JS An imaginary world more ghastly than Oliver Twist's England is expanded in this companion story. Murkmere takes place on an...

Fredericks, Mariah. In the cards; love.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... FREDERICKS, Mariah. In the cards; love. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 288p. c2006. 1-4169-3013-2. $15.99. J Fredericks's young characters are given a deck of tarot cards when an old woman dies in Anna's apartment building. This sets up the...

Fullerton, Alma. Walking on glass.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... FULLERTON, Alma. Walking on glass. HarperCollins. 144p. c2007. 0-06-077851-2. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-077852-0. $16.89.) S In this brief, stark "journal" in free verse, an unnamed teenager tells how his life has been changed by his mother's...

Gorman, Carol. Games; a tale of two bullies.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... GORMAN, Carol. Games; a tale of two bullies. HarperCollins. 288p. c2007. 0-06-057027-X. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-057028-8. $16.89.) J Forced to play games with your foe until you can learn to get along: what kind of punishment is that?...

Harmon, Michael. Skate.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HARMON, Michael. Skate. Random House, Knopf. 256p. c2006. 0-375-87516-6. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0375-97516-0. $17.99). S * Yes, there's a skateboard on the cover, and the main character, Ian, is a skater punk, an outcast in a sea of jocks. But...

Hill, Laban Carrick. A brush with Napoleon; an encounter with Jacques-Louis David.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HILL, Laban Carrick. A brush with Napoleon; an encounter with Jacques-Louis David. (Art Encounter.) Watson-Guptill. 161p. c2007. 0-8230-0417-1. $16.95. JS Except for the most avid student of art history, this will be a hard sell. But it...

Hill, Stuart. Blade of fire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HILL, Stuart. Blade of fire. (The Icemark Chronicles, Book 2.) Scholastic, Chicken House. 584p. c2007. 0-439-84122-4. $18.99. JS Book 2, sequel to The Cry of the Icemark, picks up the story of Thirrin and Oskan 20 years after their defeat...

Hopkins, Ellen. Impulse.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HOPKINS, Ellen. Impulse. Simon & Schuster. 666p. c2007. 1-4169-0356-9. $16.99. J Deciding whether poetry, especially freeform poetry, is good is so subjective. One is tempted to dismiss a thick YA novel written in such a form as...

Jablonski, Carla. Silent echoes.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... JABLONSKI, Carla. Silent echoes. Penguin, Razorbill. 352p. 978-1-59514-082-1. $16.99. JS Lucy lives in 19th-century Manhattan; Lindsay lives there in the present. Lucy's father manages her career as a spiritualist, holding seances for...

Jones, Frewin. The faerie path.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... JONES, Frewin. The faerie path. Harper Collins. 312p. c2007. 0-06-087102-4. $16.99. JS London teen Anita Palmer, on the brink of her 16th birthday, seems as if she has it all: loving parents, the lead in the school production of Romeo and...

Jonsberg, Barry. Am I right or am I right?(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... JONSBERG, Barry. Am I right or am I right? Random House, Knopf. 240p. c2005. 978-90375-83637-4. $15.99. S Jonsberg is an Englishman living in Australia; he is the successful author of The Crimes and Punishments of Miss Payne (reviewed in...

Laskas, Gretchen Moran. The miner's daughter.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... LASKAS, Gretchen Moran. The miner's daughter. Simon & Schuster. 247p. c2007. 1-4169-1262-2. $15.99. JS Laskas is an 8th-generation West Virginian and she was inspired by her own family's history when writing about Willa, the miner's...

Lyons, Mary E. Letters from a slave boy; the story of Joseph Jacobs.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... LYONS, Mary E. Letters from a slave boy; the story of Joseph Jacobs. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 208p. illus. bibliog. 0-689-87867-2. $15.99. JS This is a companion novel to Lyons's Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet-Jacobs...

Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood dancing.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MARILLIER, Juliet. Wildwood dancing. Random House, Knopf. 408p. c2007. 978-375-83364-9. $16.99. SA * Marillier turns to the magic and mystery of Transylvania for her newest novel. Jena, her older sister Tatiana, and her younger sisters...

McCaughrean, Geraldine. The white darkness.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... McCAUGHREAN, Geraldine. The white darkness. HarperCollins. 371p. c2005. 0-06-089035-5. $16.99. JSA This is an amazing work, highly praised in Great Britain where it was first published; there is no question that McCaughrean is a fine...

Meyer, Kai. The stone light.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MEYER, Kai. The stone light. (The Dark Reflections Trilogy, Book 2.)Trans. from the German by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Simon & Schuster, Margaret K. McElderry Books. 368p. 0-689-87789-7. $16.95. JS When we last saw Merle, the 14-year-old...

Morgenroth, Kate. Echo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MORGENROTH, Kate. Echo. Simon & Schuster. 144p. c2007. 1-4169-1438-2. $15.99. JS Justin and his younger brother Mark are left home alone. While goofing around, Mark picks up a gun and accidentally kills himself. A year later, the family is...

Moses, Shelia P. The baptism, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MOSES, Shelia P. The baptism, a novel. Simon & Schuster. 127p. c2007. 1-4169-0671-1. $15.99. J Fans of The Legend of Buddy Bush and The Return of Buddy Bush have a new companion novel set in Occoneechee Neck, North Carolina to enjoy. Those...

Mueller, Pamela Bauer. An angry drum echoed; Mary Musgrove, queen of the Creeks.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MUELLER, Pamela Bauer. An angry drum echoed; Mary Musgrove, queen of the Creeks. Pinata Publishing (5862 Cromo Drive, Suite 205, El Paso, TX 79912). 256p. c2007. 978-0-9685097-7-7. $18.95. JS Coosaponakeesa, called Coosa, is the daughter of...

Peet, Mal. Tamar; a novel of espionage, passion, and bertrayal.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... PEET, Mal. Tamar; a novel of espionage, passion, and bertrayal. Candlewick Press. 424p. c2007. 978-0-7636-3488-9. $1799. SA This lengthy novel tells how the horrors of WW II terrorism (aka resistance fighting) affect three generations in...

Pierce, Tamora. Terrier.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... PIERCE, Tamora. Terrier. (Beka Cooper, Book One; A Tortall Legend.) Random House. 581p. map. c2006. 978-0-375-81468-6. $18.95. JS Tamora Pierce holds a longstanding reputation as a leading fantasy writer for teens. Her latest series, the...

Prosek, James. The day my mother left.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... PROSEK, James. The day my mother left. Illus. by the author. Simon & Schuster. 292p. illus. c2006. 1-4169-2934-7. $15.99. JSA * Prosek's story is the sort English teachers would love to assign. It is a fine book, with a quality of...

Rabb, Margo. Cures for heartbreak, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... RABB, Margo. Cures for heartbreak, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 238p. c2007. 978-0-385-73402-8. $15.99. J * This novel is based on the author's own experience when her mother died after a nine-day illness. The protagonist here is Mia,...

Reinhardt, Dana. Harmless.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... REINHARDT, Dana. Harmless. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 229p. c2007. 978-0-385-74699-1. $15.99. JS Three 14-year-old friends--Anna, Emma, and Mariah--at a private school outside of Manhattan, alternate as narrators to tell how their lives...

Russon, Penni. Breathe.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... RUSSON, Penni. Breathe. Harper Collins, Green-willow. 368p. c2007. 0-060-79393-7. $16.99. S In Australian Penni Russon's sequel to the novel Undine, 17-year-old Undine is learning to live with the magic inside her. Through carefully...

Schneider, Robyn. Better than yesterday.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... SCHNEIDER, Robyn. Better than yesterday. Random House, Delacorte. 220p. c2007. 978-0-385-73345-8. $15.99. S YA novels frequently use a journey as a vehicle for the protagonist's exploration and maturation. In this case, the protagonists,...

Selzer, Adam. How to get suspended and influence people.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... SELZER, Adam. How to get suspended and influence people. Random House, Delacorte. 192p. c2007. 978-0-385-73369-4. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0385-90384-4. $17.99.) J Eighth-grader Leon is in the advanced studies class, and their latest...

Snadowsky, Daria. Anatomy of a boyfriend.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... SNADOWSKY, Daria. Anatomy of a boyfriend. Random House, Delacorte. 259p. c2007. 978-0-385-73320-5. $16.99. S Appropriately, this book is dedicated to Judy Blume, and it may be the kind of groundbreaking novel that Forever was when first...

Thompson, Kate. The new policeman.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... THOMPSON, Kate. The new policeman. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 416p. bibliog. c2005, 2007. 0-06-117427-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-117427-8. $17.89.) JS * The old tales of fairies are true after all, J.J. discovers. Time seems to be...

Wade, Rebecca. The theft & the miracle.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... WADE, Rebecca. The theft & the miracle. Harper Collins. 352p. c2007. 0-060-77493-2. $16.99. J This is a fantasy cleverly packaged as a modern-day mystery with Stephen King overtones and a little historical background regarding clerical...

Yeomans, Ellen. Rubber houses.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... YEOMANS, Ellen. Rubber houses. Little, Brown. 150p. c2007. 0-316-10647-X. $15.99. JS The jacket copy claims this is Yeomans's first novel. To call it a novel is a stretch, as the narration is a series of poems that are like snapshots of...

Zarr, Sara. Story of a girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... ZARR, Sara. Story of a girl. Little, Brown. 192p. c2007. 0-316-01453-2. $16.99. S Deanna Lambert is a girl with a past. Ever since she was caught by her father having sex with her brother's friend in the back-seat of a car, her life has...

Alphin, Elaine Marie. Picture perfect.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... ALPHIN, Elaine Marie. Picture perfect. Carol-rhoda. 256p. c2003. 0-8225-6468-8. $795. JS Ian's best friend Teddy has disappeared. Both amateur photographers who enjoyed snapping shots of the redwoods, they were to meet in the forest after...

Atwood, Margaret. The Penelopiad.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... ATWOOD, Margaret. The Penelopiad. Grove, Atlantic, Canon Gate. 199p. c2005. 1-84195-798-4. $12.00. SA From the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, March 2006: Ever since first reading The Odyssey, Atwood has been haunted by the fate of...

Auseon, Andrew. Funny little monkey.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... AUSEON, Andrew. Funny little monkey. Harcourt. 298p. c2005. 0-15-205413-8. $6.95. J Arty is tired of being "freakishly short." He injects himself with growth hormones daily and wishes that his 4' 2" height would change. The other kids at...

Barnes, Derrick. The making of Dr. True, love.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BARNES, Derrick. The making of Dr. True, love. Simon & Schuster. 233p. c2006. 1-04169-1439-0. $7.99. S Nearly 16 years old, Diego is concerned because he's still a virgin. His relationship with Roxanne (aka Roxy) seems to be progressing...

Bielski, Nella. The year is '42, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... BIELSKI, Nella. The year is '42, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 207p. c2004. 1-4000-7664-1. $12.95. SA It is 1942, and the Germans occupy France. Karl Bazinger, a member of the Wehrmacht, is living a comfortable life in Paris. He maintains...

Caletti, Deb. Wild roses.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... CALETTI, Deb. Wild roses. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 296p. c2005. 0-689-86475-2. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: The author of The Queen of Everything and Honey, Baby, Sweetheart keeps up her funny,...

Dalecki, Linden. Kid B.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... DALECKI, Linden. Kid B. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 246p. c2006.0-618-60566-5. $7.99. S Kid B is a white B-boy, or break-dancer, living in Texas. Break dancing is all he has. His home life is a mess. His mother's dead, his father is always...

Denman, K.L. Battle of the bands.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... DENMAN, K.L. Battle of the bands. Orca, Soundings. 97p. c2006. 1-55143-540-3. $8.95, JS Truism or cliche: A person must have intense, often harsh life experiences in order to create exceptional works. This theme makes up the focus in...

Desai, Kiran. The inheritance of loss.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... DESAI, Kiran. The inheritance of loss. Grove. 357p. c2006.0-8021-4281-8. $14.00. SA The theme of loss is explored in this novel through the lives of three characters: a retired judge who went to Cambridge and is now living in Kalimpong, a...

DuPrau, Jeanne. Car trouble, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... DuPRAU, Jeanne. Car trouble, a novel. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 274p. c2005. 0-06-0736755. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: Duff, a somewhat clueless computer geek just graduated from high school...

Edwards, Jo. Love undercover.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... EDWARDS, Jo. Love undercover. Simon & Schuster. 288p. c2006. 1-4169-2465-5. $5.99. J 16-year-old Kaitlyn doesn't exactly have ordinary parents. Her father is a secret agent for the FBI and her mother recently accepted a job with the local...

Ellis, Deborah. I am a taxi.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... ELLIS, Deborah. I am a taxi. Groundwood. 205p. c2006. 0-88899-736-1. $6.95. JS The author, who writes about the treatment of children in poor countries, dedicates this Cocalero novel "To those we keep in cages." Twelve-year-old Diego is in...

Frank, Lucy. Lucky stars.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... FRANK, Lucy. Lucky stars. Simon & Schuster. 295p. c2005.0-689-85934-1. $5.99. J Singing with her father and younger brothers in the subway is not what Kira has in mind when she visits New York City on her school break. She's been living...

Hardy, LeAnne. Glastonbury Tor.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HARDY, LeAnne. Glastonbury Tor. Kregel. 239p. map. c2006.0-8254-2789-4. $12.99. SA The setting for this historical fiction is during the reign of Henry VIII, when his government is systematically destroying monasteries throughout England...

Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Midnight rider.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HARLOW, Joan Hiatt. Midnight rider. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 372p. map. c2005. 0-689-87010-8. $5.99. J This is a Johnny Tremain-like story for girls who like horses. A few years before 1776, in Boston, a 14-year-old girl from Salem...

Hernandez, Jo Ann Yolanda. The throwaway piece.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HERNANDEZ, Jo Ann Yolanda. The throwaway piece. Arte Publico Press. 246p. c2006. 1-55885-353-7. $9.95. JS Hernandez creates authentic and compelling characters in a plot that moves quickly. When Jewel finds herself in yet another foster...

Horrocks, Anita. Almost Eden.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... HORROCKS, Anita. Almost Eden. Tundra. 284p. c2006. 0-88776-742-7. $9.95. JS In times of trouble many of us have tried wishful thinking and bargaining with God. Twelve-year-old Elsie is no different in trying to make deals. Her life has...

Johnston, Jeffry W. Fragments.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... JOHNSTON, Jeffry W. Fragments. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 204p. c2007. 1-4169-2486-8. $6.99. S Chase Farrell's mind is in fragments and his world is falling apart. The only survivor of an accident that killed his best friend, ex-girlfriend,...

Jones, Claudia. Riding out the storm.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... JONES, Claudia. Riding out the storm. Llewellyn. 234p. c2006. 0-7387-0867-4. $8.95. JS Emily Clark, adopted as a baby, is pretty sure she knows who she is. She loves riding her horse, is a good swimmer, and feels no real pull to find her...

Jonsberg, Barry. The crimes and punishments of Miss Payne.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... JONSBERG, Barry. The crimes and punishments of Miss Payne. Random House, Knopf. 257p. c2004. 0-375-84022-2. $8.95. S * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: The 15-year-old protagonist of this novel, Calma Harrison, is a...

Laird, Elizabeth, with Sonia Nimr. A little piece of ground.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... LAIRD, Elizabeth, with Sonia Nimr. A little piece of ground. Haymarket, dist. by Consortium. 216p. c2003. 1-931859-388. $9.95. JS Karim, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, lives under the constant watchful eye of the Israeli military. His town,...

Langston, Laura. Exit point.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... LANGSTON, Laura. Exit point. Orca, Soundings. 110p. c2006. 1-55143-505-5. $7.95. S 16-year-old Logan can hardly believe that he's dead. He looks the same, has thoughts and feelings, and can see everything and everyone around him. But...

Marsden, John. The Tomorrow Series. Tomorrow, when the war began.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MARSDEN, John. THE TOMORROW SERIES. Tomorrow, when the war began. 277p. c1993. 0-439-82910-0. The dead of night. 264p. c1994. 0-439-82911-9. A killing frost. 267p. c1995. 0439-82912-7. Darkness be my friend. 259p. c1996. 0-439-85802-X. Burning...

McDonnell, Kathleen. 1212; year of the journey.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... McDONNELL, Kathleen. 1212; year of the journey. Second Story Press. 288p. maps. c2006. 1-897187-11-4. $7.95. JSA We don't generally have historical fiction this challenging for teenagers, at least not in the US. It tells of the Children's...

Moore, Lisa. Alligator.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MOORE, Lisa. Alligator. Grove Atlantic, Black Cat. 306p. c2005.0-8021-7025-0. $13.00. SA Set in Newfoundland, Canada, a place most Americans and even Canadians have never been to or know much about, this novel reveals a lot about its...

Myers, Walter Dean. Autobiography of my dead brother.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... MYERS, Walter Dean. Autobiography of my dead brother. Art by Christopher Myers. HarperCollins. 212p. illus, c2005.0-06-058293-6. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2005: This novel is framed by the legendary...

Ohlin, Alix. The Missing Person: A Novel.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... OHLIN, Alix. The missing person, a novel. Random House, Vintage Contemporaries. 292p. c2005. 1-4000-3138-9. $13.00. SA In this debut novel, Lynn Fleming, an art-history grad student living in Brooklyn, narrates the story of the summer she...

Ripslinger, Jon. Derailed.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... RIPSLINGER, Jon. Derailed. Llewellyn, Flux. 258p. c2006. 0-7387-0888-7 $8.95. S Wendell Stoneking, or "Stony," knows what his future will be in his small Iowa town. After he graduates from high school in the spring he will get a job at the...

Ryan, Darlene. Saving Grace.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... RYAN, Darlene. Saving Grace. Orca. 97 pages. 2006. 1-55143-508-x. $8.95. JS Fifteen-year-old Evie is running away with her baby, Brianna, who was renamed Grace by the family who adopted her. But Erie did not want her baby taken away, and...

Tracy, Kristen. Lost it.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... TRACY, Kristen. Lost it. Simon & Schuster. 274p. c2007. 1-4169-3475-8. $6.99. S Tess Whistle is a high school junior with a lot on her mind. Her parents have decided to "find themselves" in a wilderness camp, her best friend Zena Crow...

Vaite, Celestine. Breadfruit.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... VAITE, Celestine. Breadfruit. Little Brown. 334p. c2000. 0-316-01658-6. $12.99. SA Materena Mahi is a housecleaner, mother and co-habitator of 13 years with Pito, the father of her children. One night, in a drunken stupor, he proposes to...

Walde, Christine. The candy darlings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... WALDE, Christine. The candy darlings. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 310p. c2006. 0-618-58969-4. $8.99. SA In this coming-of-age story, two young girls meet in a new school. One's mother has just died and her father has moved to a new town to...

Weyn, Suzanne. Water song; a retelling of "The Frog Prince.".(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... WEYN, Suzanne. Water song; a retelling of "The Frog Prince." Simon & Schuster. 194p. c2006. 1-4169-4013-5. $5.99. JS British-born Emma Winthrop is stranded at her family's ancestral estate in Belgium at the outbreak of World War I. Her...

Whelan, Gloria. Listening for lions.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... WHELAN, Gloria. Listening for lions. HarperTrophy. 194p. bibliog. c2005. 0-06-058176-X. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2005: An old-fashioned story of courage that will appeal to many, by a National Book...

Wiess, Laura. Such a pretty girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... WIESS, Laura. Such a pretty girl. Simon & Schuster, MTV. 212p. c2007. 1-4155-2183-6. $12.00. S * Three years ago, when she was 12, Meredith's father raped her. She went to the hospital; he went to prison. Now he's getting out on an early...

Avi. The Book without Words: A Fable of Medieval Magic.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... AVI. The book without words; a fable of medieval magic. Hyperion. 203p. c2005. 078681659-7. $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: Avi, author of the Newbery Medal-winning Crispin: The Cross of Lead as well as...

Conviser, Josh. Echelon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2007... CONVISER, Josh. Echelon. Ballantine. 289p. c2006. 0-345-48502-5. $13.95. SA With a main character that could be described as a cybernetic James Bond, this science fiction adventure begins with a dangerous rock climb that results in agent...