Kliatt articles from January 2008

Kliatt archives from January 2008

The golden compass: movie review.(Movie review)
January 1, 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...

Adlington, LJ. Cherry Heaven.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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,...

Becker, Tom. Darkside.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Buckhanon, Kalisha. Conception, a novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Bryant, Jen. Ringside 1925; views from the Scopes trial.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Cadnum, Michael. The king's arrow.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Cheva, Cherry. She's so money.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Connor, Leslie. Waiting for Normal, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Dowell, Frances O'Roark. Shooting the moon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Dunmore, Helen. The tide knot, a return to Ingo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Durbin, William. The Winter War.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Fahy, Thomas. The unspoken.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Fehler, Gene. Beanball.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Ferguson, Alane. The Circle of Blood: A Forensic Mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Friedman, Aimee. The year my sister got lucky.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Gallagher, Liz. The opposite of invisible.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Harmel, Kristin. When you wish.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Headley, Justina Chea. Girl overboard.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Hernandez, David. Suckerpunch.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Jones, Frewin. The sorcerer king.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Lamb, Sue. Girl, barely 15; flirting for England.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Laser, Michael. Cheater.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Lecesne, James. Absolute brightness.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Mazer, Norma Fox. The missing girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

McKenzie, Nancy. Guinevere's gift.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Meyer, Kai. The glass word.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Myers, Walter Dean. Game.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Norris, Shana. Something to blog about, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Owen, James A. The search for the red dragon; the chronicles of the Imaginatium Geographica.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Perez, L. King. Remember as you pass me by.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Perkins, Mitali. First daughter; White House rules.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Rinaldi, Ann. The redheaded princess, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Rodda, Emily. The key to Rondo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Stone, Phoebe. Deep down popular.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Walden, Mark. H.I.V.E.; the overlord protocol.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Winston, Sherri. The Kayla chronicles.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Woodson, Jacqueline. After Tupac and D Foster.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Wright, Bil. When the black girl sings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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....

Yoo, Paula. Good enough.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Ziegler, Jennifer. How Not to Be Popular, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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,...

Abani, Chris. Song for night, a novella.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. Secrets of my suburban life.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Begag, Azouz. Shantytown kid.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Blacker, Terence. Boy2girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Broach, Elise. Shakespeare's secret.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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....

Cohen, Gabriel. Boombox.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Draper, Sharon M. Copper sun.(Young adult review)(Book review)
January 1, 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'...

Hamilton, Jane. When Madeline was young, a novel.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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:...

Johnston, Julie. Susanna's quill; based on the life of Susanna Moodie.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Lekich, John. King of the lost and found.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Marshall, Joseph M. III. Hundred in the hand, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Maude, Rachel. Poseur.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Myers, Walter Dean. Street love.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Paul, Dominique. The possibility of fireflies.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss cross.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Radford, Michelle. Almost fabulous.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Schmidt, Gary. First boy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Schroeder, Lisa. I heart you, you haunt me.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Simmons, Michael. Vandal.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Wasserman, Robin. Hacking Harvard.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Wittlinger, Ellen. Blind faith.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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,...

Wolf, Allan. New found land; Lewis and Clark's voyage of discovery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Woodrell, Daniel. Winter's bone.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Bennett, Holly. The bonemender's choice.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Buckley, Michael. The problem child.(The Sisters Grimm, Book 3)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 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...

Davidson, Mary Janice & Alongi, Anthony. The silver moon elm.(Jennifer Scales Novel, Book 3)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... DAVIDSON, Mary Janice & ALONGI, Anthony. The silver moon elm. (A Jennifer Scales Novel, Book 3.) Berkeley. 355p. c2007. 978-0-425-21526-5. $9.99. JSA * Half-dragon, half-beaststalker Jennifer Scales has never shied away from controversy,...

Hautman, Pete. Rash.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... HAUTMAN, Pete. Rash. Simon & Schuster. 249p. 0-689-86904-5. c2006. $8.99. JSA * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: 16-year-old Bo suffers from a fatal lack of self-control in a late 21st-century American society that...

Lockhart, E. Fly on the wall; how one girl saw everything.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... LOCKHART, E. Fly on the wall; how one girl saw everything. Random House, Delacorte. 182p. c2006. 978-0-385-73282-6. $8.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2006: Paying homage to both Kafka and Spider-Man, Lockhart's...

MacHale, D.J. The Quillan games.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... MacHALE, D.J. The Quillan games. (Pendragon, Book 7) Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 474p. c2006. 978-0-689-86913-6. $8.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: Bobby Pendragon, fresh from a deadly encounter with Saint...

Pierce, Tamora. Terrier.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... PIERCE, Tamora. Terrier. (Beka Cooper, Book One; ATortall Legend.) Random House. 582p. maps. c2006. 978-0-375-83816-3. $9.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: Tamora Pierce holds a longstanding reputation as...

Shusterman, Neal. Everlost.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... SHUSTERMAN, Neal. Everlost. Simon & Schuster. 377p. c2006. 978-0-689-87238-9. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash they find themselves in a kind of limbo...

Sutherland, Tui T. So this is how it ends.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... SUTHERLAND, Tui T. So this is how it ends. (Avatars, Book 1.) HarperCollins. 480p. c2006. 978-0-06-075029-9. $6.99. S * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: It's the end of the world as we know it, and five...

Westerfeld, Scott. The secret hour.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... WESTERFELD, Scott. The secret hour. (Midnighters, Book 1.) HarperCollins. 297p. c2004. 978-0-06-051953-7 $8.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: As the new girl in Bixby, Oklahoma, Jessica Day is more concerned...

Ito, Junji. Gyo; the death-stench creeps.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... ITO, Junji. Gyo; the death-stench creeps. 2nd ed. Viz. 200p. illus, c2007. 978-1421513874. $9.99. SA Tadashi goes to Okinawa to relax, but his vacation is cut short when a mysterious animal chases his girlfriend Kaori through their house....

Ito, Junji. Uzumaki.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... ITO, Junji. Uzumaki. 2nd ed. Viz. 208p. illus. c2007 978-1-421-51389-8. $9.99. SA Something is wrong in the town of Kurozu-cho. Spirals are everywhere--twisters rush back and forth across the streets; whirlpools appear in otherwise calm...

Kishimoto, Masashi. The art of Naruto; Uzumaki.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... KISHIMOTO, Masashi. The art of Naruto; Uzumaki. Viz. 148p. illus, c2007 978-1421514079. $19.99. (hardcover) JS This volume contains 75 full-color images from Naruto, the popular manga series that totals 27 volumes (with more on the way). A...

Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire kisses; blood relatives.(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... SCHREIBER, Ellen. Vampire kisses; blood relatives. Illus. by REM. Tokyopop. 128p. illus. c2007 978-0-061-34081-9. $7.99. J Raven is a Goth girl. She dresses in black spandex with skull hairpins and a bat necklace and except for her bff...

Murray, Sabina. The caprices.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... MURRAY, Sabina. The caprices. Grove. 210p. c2002. 978-0-8021-4313-6. $13.00. SA The characters in these short stories all served in the Pacific during WW II and some describe settings and characters that will be unfamiliar to many YAs. The...

Adiele, Faith & Frosch, Mary, eds. Coming of age around the world; a multicultural anthology.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... ADIELE, Faith & FROSCH, Mary, eds. Coming of age around the world; a multicultural anthology. The New Press. 300p. illus, c2007 978-1-59558-080-1. $16.95. SA The editors have divided 24 stories into six categories: Displaced Childhood, In...

Haile, Rebecca. Held at a distance: my rediscovery of Ethiopia.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... HAILE, Rebecca. Held at a distance: my rediscovery of Ethiopia. Academy Chicago. 195p. c2007. 978-0-89733-556-0. $17.95. SA Forced to flee the political turmoil of their native Ethiopia in the mid 1970s, Rebecca Haile's family settled in...

Jaffrey, Madhur. Climbing the mango trees; a memoir of a childhood in India.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... JAFFREY, Madhur. Climbing the mango trees; a memoir of a childhood in India Random House, Vintage. 297p. illus, c2005. 978-1-4000-7820-2. $14.95. SA Jaffrey was born in India in the 1930s, and thus is the age of grandparents of today's...

Maathai, Wangari. Unbowed, a memoir.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... MAATHAI, Wangari. Unbowed, a memoir. Random House, Anchor. 326p. illus, index, c2006. 978-0-307-27520-2. $14.95. SA Wangari Maathai, who won the Nobel Prize in 2004, recounts her struggles in an inspirational memoir. Born in Kenya in 1940...

Marquart, Debra. The Horizontal World: Growing Up Wild in the Middle of Nowhere.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... Marquart, Debra. The horizontal world; growing up wild in the middle of nowhere. Counterpoint. 272p. c2006. 978-1-58243-363-9. $15.00. SA Farm kids tend to fall into two different categories: those who cannot imagine any other kind of...

Ford, Emily, with Michael R. Liebowitz, MD and Linda Wasmer Andrews. What You Must Think of Me: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with Social Anxiety Disorder.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
January 1, 2008... FORD, Emily, with Michael R. Liebowitz, MD and Linda Wasmer Andrews. What you must think of me; a firsthand account of one teenager's experience with social anxiety disorder. Oxford Univ. Press. 152p. notes. bibliog, index, c2007....