Kliatt articles from July 2004

Kliatt archives from July 2004

CLA Greater Boston Cooperative Library Association reading list grades 9 & 10.(Cooperative Library Association )(Bibliography)
July 1, 2004... This reading list was prepared for the Cooperative Library Association by Sandy Horwitz, Beaver Country Day School; Martha Kennedy, Concord Academy; Susan Akie, Mt. Alvernia High School; Margaret Whittaker, Pingree School; Lynn Grilli, The...

Bruchac, Joseph. The dark pond.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BRUCHAC, Joseph. The dark pond. HarperCollins. 160p. illus, c2004. 0-06-052995-4. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-052997-0. $16.89) JS Arnie, part Shawnee and part Armenian, boards at a prep school while his parents, high-powered lawyers, are off...

Teen idol.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CABOT, Meg. Teen idol. HarperCollins. 304p. c2004. 0-06-009616-0. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-009617-9. $16.89). JS* Jen is a high school junior in a little town in Indiana, a kind, nice, "girl-next-door" type in whom everyone confides. In...

The Alison rules (Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CLARK, Catherine. The Allison rules. HarperCollins. 272p. c2004. 0-06-055980-2. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-055981-0. $16.89). S Allison meets the clever, wisecracking new boy named Patrick in geometry class, and they become friends when he...

Goobie, Beth. Flux.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... GOOBIE, Beth. Flux. Orca. 258p. c2004. 1-55143-314-1. $16.95. JS Goobie is a proven writer of provocative YA fiction. This book, which will be followed by a sequel, tells of a complex alternative world in which individuals face terrible...

Hightman, Jason. The saint of dragons.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HIGHTMAN, Jason. The saint of dragons. HarperCollins. 292p. c2004. 0-06-054011-7. $15.99. J Simon is a loner, a boarding student at a special school for boys in New England. He knows nothing about his parents. Then his father appears, and...

Hobbs, Valerie. Letting go of Bobby James, or how I found my self of steam.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HOBBS, Valerie. Letting go of Bobby James, or how found my self of steam. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 136p. c2004. 0-374-34384-5. $16.00. JS Jody is letting go of her abusive husband Bobby James. She is only 16 years old and has grown up in a...

Holubitsky, Katherine. The hippie house.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HOLUBITSKY, Katherine. The hippie house. Orca. 233p. c2004. 1-55143-316-8. $16.95. JS For a YA novel, this is one of the longer ones, with fully developed characters, a complex situation, and a well-realized setting of time and place. It...

Lasky, Kathryn. Blood secret.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... LASKY, Kathryn. Blood secret. HarperCollins. 236p. c2004. 0-06-000065-1. $15.99. JS This is a fascinating story told somewhat awkwardly--not because of the language, but because of the mechanism that drives the plot. A modern-day girl in...

Limb, Sue. Girl, 15, charming but insane.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... LIMB, Sue. Girl, 15, charming but insane. Random House, Delacorte. 214p. c2004. 0-385-73214-7. $15.95. JS What are the odds that we would be reviewing two novels about stand-up comics in this issue? (See Comedy Girl by Ellen Schreiber,...

Lion, Melissa. Swollen.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... LION, Melissa. Swollen. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books, 183p. c2004. 0-385-74642-3. $15.95. JS* As a reader of numerous YA novels, I truly enjoy finding a gifted new author in the field, and Melissa Lion is one. She writes in prose, but...

Mackler, Carolyn. Vegan, virgin, valentine.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MACKLER, Carolyn. Vegan, virgin, valentine. Candlewick Press. 228p. c2004. 0-7636-2155-2. $16.99. S This is the story of two young women on the edge of adulthood, and oddly enough they are an aunt and a niece. The niece, V, is the daughter...

Matthews, Andrew. A winter night's dream.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MATTHEWS, Andrew. A winter night's dream. Random House, Delacorte. 160p. c2004. 0-385-90127-5. $17.99. JS Matthews employs two parallel narrators--Casey, a ninth-grade girl; and Stew, a senior boy--to tell this tale of first love and loss...

Napoli, Donna Jo. North.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... NAPOLI, Donna Jo. North. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 352p. c2004. 0-06-057987-0. $15.99. (Library ed: 0-06-057988-9. $16.89). J Alvin, age 12, lives with his over-protective mother and grandmother in Washington, DC. At school he is...

Neale, Jonathan. Himalaya.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... NEALE, Jonathan. Himalaya. Houghton Mifflin. 153p. c2004. 0-618-41200-X. $15.00. J The amazingly capable children we first met in Neale's Lost at Sea are here on the ground--to be precise, the snowy mountains in Nepal. This time it is...

Ogilvy, Ian. Measle and the Wrathmonk.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... OGILVY, Ian. Measle and the Wrathmonk. HarperCollins. 224p. c2004. 0-06-058686-9. $15.99. J Measle is miserable. At 12 1/2, he has lived the past six years with the horrible Basil Tramplebone, his court-appointed guardian, in a darkly...

Peck, Robert Newton. Bro.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... PECK, Robert Newton. Bro. HarperCollins. 160p. c2004. 0-06-052974-1. $16.99. (Library ed. 0-06-052975-X. $17.89). J Peck, the author of A Day No Pigs Would Die, the Soup series, Horse Thief, and other novels for young readers, sets this...

Perkins, Mitali. Monsoon summer.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... PERKINS, Mitali. Monsoon summer. Randora House, Delacorte, 257p, c2004. 0-385-73123-X. $15.95. JS Jasmine (aka Jazz) lives in Berkeley, California, and she and her best friend Steve have a little business they run after school, weekends,...

Pike, Christopher. Alosha.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... PIKE, Christopher. Alosha. Tor. 304p. c2004 0-765-31098-8. $24.95. JS Pike has moved beyond series horror into the realm of fantasy novels. In this his fourth book in the genre, we are introduced to Ali Warner, a 13-year-old Southern...

Rennison, Louisa. Away laughing on a fast camel; even more confessions of Georgia Nicolson.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... RENNISON, Louisa. Away laughing on a fast camel; even more confessions of Georgia Nicolson. HarperTempest. 276p c2004. 0-06-058934-5. $15.99. JS* Oh, the "heartbreakousity"! Georgia's boyfriend, also known as the Sex God has gone off to...

Roberts, Willo Davis. Blood on his hands.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... ROBERTS, Willo Davis. Blood on his hands. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 192p. c2004. 0-689-85074-3. $16.95. JS When we first meet Marc he's on the run with only a dog named Rat for company, trying to hitchhike from northern California to...

Rosoff, Meg. How I live now.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... ROSOFF, Meg. How I live now. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books. 194p. c2004. 0-385-74677-6. $16.95. JS* KLIATT reviews a lot of YA novels, and when we pick up a new book to read and a narrative voice is immediately compelling and original,...

Schreiber, Ellen. Comedy girl.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... SCHREIBER, Ellen. Comedy girl. HarperCollins. 275p. c2004. 0-06-009338-2. $15.99. JS Schreiber is the author of Vampire Kisses, which also reveals the author's abilities as a comic--Comedy Girl tells how Trixie, a shy high school student,...

Townley, Roderick. Sky.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... TOWNLEY, Roderick. Sky. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 272p. c2004. 0-689-857128. $16.95. JS The setting is New York City, 1959, and soft-spoken 15-year-old Sky is passionate about playing jazz--and also passionate about his attractive friend...

Valentine, James. Rule #1: don't touch anything.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... VALENTINE, James. Rule #1: don't touch anything. (Jumpman series). Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2004. 0-689-86872-3. $14.95. J Jules, age 13, is just getting up the nerve to ask his old friend Gen out on a date when a teenager with weird...

Wittlinger, Ellen. Heart on my sleeve.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... WITTLINGER, Ellen. Heart on my sleeve. Simon & Schuster. 219p. c2004. 0-689-03383-4. $16.95. JS Wittlinger has been a successful author of YA novels such as Hard Love, Razzle, and Zig Zag. Here she tells a story through e-mails and...

Wooding, Chris. The haunting of Alaizabel Cray.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... WOODING, Chris. The haunting of Alaizabel Cray. Scholastic, Orchard Books. 304p. c2004. 0-439-54656-7 $16.95. JS London's Old Quarter is filled with creatures of the dark, wych-kin that terrify those who dare walk the streets after dark....

Woods, Brenda. Emako Blue.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... WOODS, Brenda. Emako Blue. Penguin Putnam. 126p. c2004. 0-399-24006-3. $15.99. JS This short novel about the murder of a gifted young woman is told from the perspective of several classmates: Monterey, Emako's best friend; Jamal, the boy...

Avi. Crispin; the cross of lead.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... AVI. Crispin; the cross of lead. Hyperion. 310p. c2002. 0-7868-1658-9. $6.99. J* This is the 2003 Newbery Medal winner. Following his mother's death, Asta's son finds out his name is Crispin. The 13-year-old boy flees his poor village,...

Brashares, Ann. The sisterhood of the traveling pants.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BRASHARES, Ann. The sisterhood of the traveling pants. Random House, Dell. 294p. c2001. 0-440-22970-7 $6.99. JS* This is the book, now available in paperback, which comes before The Second Summer of the Sisterhood. The two have been...

Cannon, A.E. Charlotte's Rose.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CANNON, A.E. Charlotte's Rose. Random House, Dell Yearling. 246p. map. c2002. 0-440-41840-2. $5.50. J* Twelve-year-old Charlotte's mother has died in childbirth along with her baby brother David. She and her father, as converts to the...

Chan, Gillian. The carved box.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CHAN, Gillian. The carved box. Kids Can Read Press. 231p. c2001. 1-55337-016-3. $6.95. J After the death of his parents, 15-year-old Callum arrives in Upper Canada from Scotland to live on his uncle's farm. Reared to be a scholar by his...

Chan, Gillian. A foreign field.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CHAN, Gillian. A foreign field. Kids Can Read. 184p. c2002. 1-55337-350-2. $5.96. JS Stephen Dearborn, a young English soldier in Service Flight Training School near Hagersville, Ontario, is taken in by the Logan family as a result of a...

Corey, Deborah Joy. The skating pond.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... COREY, Deborah Joy. The skating pond. Penguin, Berkley. 245p. c2003. 0-425-19404-3. $14.00. SA This beautifully written novel describes the cold world of Stonington. Maine, where people live, love and die in harsh surroundings of rock and...

Dean, Carolee. Comfort.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... DEAN, Carolee. Comfort. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 244p. c2002. 0-618-43912-9. $6.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2002: The theme of a likeable teenager with impossible parents has near universal YA...

De Oliveira, Eddie. Lucky.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... DE OLIVEIRA, Eddie. Lucky. Scholastic, Push. 239p. c2004. 0-439-54655-9. $6.99. SA Growing up in Surrey, England, Sam has always felt different from everyone around him. During his summer vacation from college, he plays striker for the...

Fischer, Jackie Moyer. An egg on three sticks, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... FISCHER, Jackie Moyer. An egg on three sticks, a novel. St. Martin's Griffin. 310p. c2003. 0-312-31775-1. $12.95. SA* Twenty-seven Seconals. Abby can't believe what's happening, even though she knows she should have seen the overdose...

Fredericks, Mariah. The true meaning of cleavage.(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... FREDERICKS, Mariah. The true meaning of cleavage. Simon & Schuster. 211p. c2003. 0-689-86958-4. $6.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: Cleavage means separation, we're always thinking of the word in...

Gantos, Jack. What would Joey do?(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... GANTOS, Jack. What would Joey do? HarperTrophy. 229p. c2003. 0-06-054403-1. $5.99. J* Joey Pigza is back for the final installment of adventure, medication, and realizations. The previous Joey Pigza books, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key and...

Giordano, Marie. I love you like a tomato, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... GIORDANO, Marie. I love you like a tomato, a novel. Tor, Forge. 387p. c2003. 0-765-34588-9. $6.99. SA It is post WW II, and the Maggiordino family expects a loving reunion at Ellis Island with Mama's husband, an American soldier she...

Graeme-Evans, Posie. The innocent, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... GRAEME-EVANS, Posie. The innocent, a novel. Atria Books. 406p. c2002. 0-7434-4372-1. $14.00. SA This historical novel set in 15th-century England tells the tale of young Anne, a 14-year-old who is caught between many worlds: child and...

Haddon, Mark. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HADDON, Mark. The curious incident of the dog in the night-time, a novel. Random House, Vintage Contemporaries. 226p. c2003. 1-4000-3271-7. $12.00. SA* To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT, January 2004: This truly original...

Henderson, Aileen Kilgore. Hard times for Jake Smith: A Story of the Depression Era.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HENDERSON, Aileen Kilgore. Hard times for Jake Smith; a story of the Depression Era. Milkweed. 192p. c2004. 1-57131-649-3. $6.95. J* In 1935, 12-year-old MaryJake Wildsmith faces "relocating" again as the Depression deepens, but this time...

Herrick, Steven. Love, ghosts, & facial hair.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HERRICK, Steven. Love, ghosts, & facial hair. Simon & Schuster. 115p. c1996. 0-689-86710-7. $6.99. A place like this. (Companion to love, Ghosts & Facial Hair). Simon & Schuster. 137p. c1998. 0-689-86711-5. $6.99. S Sixteen-year-old Jack...

Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HIAASEN, Carl. Hoot. Random House, Knopf. 292p. c2002. 0-375-82916-4. $6.95 J* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Hiaasen, a columnist for the Miami Herald and the author of many best-selling novels for...

Hobbs, Will. Far north.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HOBBS, Will. Far north. HarperTrophy. 280p. map. c1996.0-06-054096-6. $5.99. JS* Fans of Gary Paulsen's adventure books will enjoy this novel, which is most similar to Paulsen's Hatchet and its sequels. At 15, Gabe Rogers decides to attend...

Hoffman, Alice. The probable future, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HOFFMAN, Alice. The probable future, a novel. Random House, Ballantine. 336p. c2003. 0-345-45591-6, $13.95. SA To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT, January 2004: Hoffman's 16th novel tares us to New England and the Sparrow...

Holm, Jennifer L. Boston Jane: Wilderness Days.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HOLM, Jennifer L. Boston Jane; wilderness days. HarperTrophy. 242p. c2002. 006-440881-7. $5.99. JSA In the second installment of the Boston Jane series, Jane has set up house in the New Frontier to fend for herself among a settlement of...

Honey, Elizabeth. Remote man.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HONEY, Elizabeth. Remote man. Random House, Dell Yearling. 259p. c2000. 0-440-41901-8. $4.99. J Written by one of the most popular novelists for YAs in Australia, Remote Man has settings all over the world: the Northern Territory in...

Hopkins, Cathy. Truth or Dare Series. The princess of pop.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HOPKINS, Cathy. Truth or Dare Series. The princess of pop. 183p. 0-689-87002-7. White lies and barefaced truths, 182p. 0-689-87003-5. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. c2002. $5.99 each. JS This new (to the US) series by the author of the Mates,...

Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HOSSEINI, Khalad. The kite runner, a novel. Penguin, Berkley, Riverhead. 372p. c2003. 1-59448-000-1. $14.00. SA* To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT. November 2003: A gripping testament to the power of place, this novel...

Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Kat's fall.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... HRDLITSCHKA, Shelley. Kat's fall. Orca. 168p. c2004. 1-55143-312-5. $7.95. JS Ten years into a 15-year sentence for throwing her baby from a balcony, Sherri Murphy is being paroled back into the lives of her family and the unforgiving town...

Jordan, Sherryl. The raging quiet.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... JORDAN, Sherryl. The raging quiet. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 362p. c1999. 0-689-87004-3. $5.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 1999: Jordan is a New Zealand writer, and in her afterword, she says she...

Kudlinski, Kathleen. The spirit catchers; an encounter with Georgia O'Keeffe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... KUDLINSKI, Kathleen. The spirit catchers; an encounter with Georgia O'Keeffe. (Art Encounters). Watson-Guptill. 165p. bibliog. c2004. 0-8230-0412-0. $6.99. JS This new Art Encounters series incorporates biographical facts about artists...

Krulik, Nancy. Love & SK8.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... KRULIK, Nancy. Love & SK8. Simon & Schuster. 316p. c2004, 0-689-87076-0. $5.99. JS This is the story of Angle, an amazing skateboarder, artist and hard worker. She is determined to go to art school even though her parents cannot afford to...

Lawrinson, Julia. Loz & Al.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... LAWRINSON, Julia. Loz & Al. Freemantle Arts Center Press. 137p. c2004, 1-92073-1245. $13.50. J* Loz and Al are Laura and Alice, best friends in their last year of primary school in Perth, Australia. Even when they fight, they stay...

Lubar, David. Dunk.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... LUBAR, David. Dunk. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 260p. c2002. 0-618-43909-9. $6.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Summer at the shore sounds idyllic, but 15-year-old Chad is unhappy. He lives near...

Mestre-Reed, Ernesto. The second death of Unica Aveyano, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MESTRE-REED, Ernesto. The second death of Unica Aveyano, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 259p. c2004. 1-4000-3316-0. $13.00. A Unica Aveyano, an elderly, terminally ill Cuban exile decides, during the furor over Elian Gonzales, to walk into...

Meyer, Carolyn. Doomed Queen Anne.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MEYER, Carolyn. Doomed Queen Anne. (Young Royals Series.) Harcourt, Gulliver. 230p. c2002.0-15-205086-8. $5.95. J YA readers will be front-row witnesses to Anne Boleyn's rise to power and her manipulative schemes to secure and maintain the...

Meyer, L.A. Bloody Jack; being an account of the curious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, ship's boy.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MEYER, LA. Bloody Jack; being an account of the carious adventures of Mary "Jacky" Faber, ship's boy. Harcourt. 301 p. c2002. 0-15-205085-X. $6.95. J* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT. September 2002: This stands up to...

Mosher, Richard. Zazoo.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MOSHER, Richard. Zazoo. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 266p. c2001. 0-618-43904-8. $6.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2001: A Vietnamese girl, named Zazoo by her adopted grandfather when he brought her to...

Napoli, Donna Jo. Song of the Magdalene.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... NAPOLI, Donne Jo. Song of the Magdalene. Simon & Schuster. 240p. c1996. 0-68987396-4. $5.99. JS* With the current high interest in Mary Magdalene (The Da Vinci Code, etc.), this YA novel about Mary's childhood and young adulthood up until...

Pearce, Jonathan. John-Browne's body & sole; a semester of life.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... PEARCE, Jonathan. John-Browne's body & sole; a semester of life. The Writer's Collective, 145p. c2001. 1-59411-053-0, $14.95. J When 13-year-old John-Browne and a few of his classmates get into a fight at Balona Junior High, the principal...

Plum-Ucci, Carol. What happened to Lani Garver.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... PLUM-UCCI, Carol. What happened to Lani Garver. Harcourt. 314p. 0-5-205088-4. $6.95. SA To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Is Lani a he or a she? Or perhaps an angel? Claire isn't sure, though Lani is her...

Prose, Francine. After.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... PROSE, Francine. After. HarperTempest. 330p. c2003. 0-06-008083-3. $7.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: This suspenseful story takes place in a high school after a violent shooting incident (like the...

Santana, Patricia. Motorcycle ride on the sea of tranquility, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... SANTANA, Patricia. Motorcycle ride on the sea of tranquility, a novel. Univ. of New Mexico Press. 270p. c2002. 0-8263-2436-3, S* Several novels about younger sisters with brothers gone to fight in Vietnam have emerged for teen readers in...

Shattuck, Jessica. The hazards of good breeding.(Adult Review)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... SHATTUCK, Jessica. The hazards of good breeding. Norton. 292p. c2003. 0-393-324834. $13.95. SA Whether its style and characters resemble Ann Beattie, John Cheever or Elizabeth Berg, this debut novel realistically portrays a contemporary...

Stolz, Karen. Fanny and Sue, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... STOLZ, Karen. Fanny and Sue, a novel. Hyperion, 239p. c2003. 0-7868-8605-6. $12.95. JSA Twin girls are born in 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri and although they are identical in appearance, they are not alike in personality. Stolz uses their...

Stratton, Allan. Chanda's secrets.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... STRATTON, Allan. Chanda's secrets. Firefly. 193p. c2004. 1-55037-834-1. $8.95. JS In an author's note, Stratton, the author of Leslie's Journal--his first YA novel--explains the fictional nature of Chanda's Secret as "it is not intended to...

Swanson, Julie A. Going for the record.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... SWANSON, Julie A. Going for the record. Eerdmans. 217p. c2004. 0-8028-5273-4. $8.00. JS A first novel, based on the author's own experiences, Going for the Record combines the best of sports excitement with a heart-wrenching family crisis....

Vernon, Olympia, Eden.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... VERNON, Olympia, Eden. Grove. 2720. c2003. 0-8021-4040-8. $12.00. SA Growing up in rural Pyke County. Mississippi, 14-year-old Maddy Danger-field confronts some difficult situations in this coming-of-age novel. The rural black Southern...

Wall, Wilma. Forbidden.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... WALL, Wilma. Forbidden. Kregel. 316p. c2004. 0-8254-3947-7. $11.99. JSA This book is a Christian romance set at the end of WW II in the small town of Rosemond, CA, where Annie Penner lives with her mother and works as a furniture store...

Wiebe, Rudy. The mad trapper.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... WIEBE, Rudy. The mad trapper. Red Deer Press. 1860. illus, map. c1980, 0-88995-268-X. $9.95. SA The vast and lonely frontier of northern Canada and Alaska has always seemed to justify all kinds of strange and unusual tales. Certainly the...

Wiseman, Eva. A place not home.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... WISEMAN, Eva. A place not home. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 1770. c1996. 0-7737-5834-8. $8.95. J The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and reemerging anti-Semitism force Nelly Adler, her parents and sister to try to escape their native Hungary, now...

Abbey, Lynn. Taking time.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... ABBEY, Lynn. Taking time. (Time series). Penguin, Ace, 328p. c2004. 0-441-01153-5. $6.50. SA The last volume in the Time series, this book begins with Emma's dismay that her mother has re-entered her life--as a with-it 20-something. Since...

Bick, Ilsa J. Well of souls.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BICK, Ilsa J. Well of souls. (Star Trek: The Lost Era). Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books. 465p. c2003.0-7434-6375-7 $6.99. JSA Well of Souls takes place in the year 2336 in the period between the original Star Trek series and the New...

Black, Holly. Tithe; a modern faerie tale.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BLACK, Holly. Tithe; a modern faerie tale. Simon & Schuster. 320p. c2002, 0-068983-7070. $6.99. S* 16-year-old Kaye lives with an alcoholic rock star mom, whose lifestyle lends itself to travel and minimal attachment. The only consistent...

Bradley, Marion Zimmer. Witchlight.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer. Witchlight. Tor. 342p. c2004, 1996. 0-765-34714-8. $6.99, SA First published in 1996 as a hardcover, this mass-market paperback is part of Bradley's "light" series for Tor, following Ghostlight. It recounts the...

Brennan, Noel-Anne. The blood of the land.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BRENNAN, Noel-Anne. The blood of the land. Penguin, Ace. 378p. c2004. 0-441-011543. $6.99. SA In this sequel to The Sword of the Land, Rilsin, now rightfully the SaeKet of Saeditin, must face the inevitability of invasions from the border...

Cavelos, Jeanne, ed. The many faces of Van Helsing.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CAVELOS, Jeanne, ed. The many faces of Van Helsing. Penguin, Berkley, Ace. 400p. 0-441-01170-5. $14.95. SA Forget this year's Van Helsing flick (even if you love sexy Hugh Jackman or the outlandishly wonderful special effects). That movie...

Farmer, Nancy. The house of the scorpion.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... FARMER, Nancy. The house of the scorpion. Simon & Schuster. 3800. c2002.0-68985223-1. $7,99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: In a future world where an evil empire called Opium is tucked in between the...

Ferris, Jean. Once upon a marigold.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... FERRIS, Jean. Once upon a marigold. Harcourt. 275p. c2002. 0-15-205084-1. $5.95. J* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2002: Brought up by a troll in the forest--a troll whose mission in life is to break up the...

Gaiman, Neil. Coraline.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... GAIMAN, Neil. Coraline. HarperTrophy. 194p. illus. c2002.0-06-057591-3. $5.99. J* Coraline (not Caroline!) finds a door key that leads into another house that seems like her house but isn't quite right. There is another mother and father...

Greenberg, Martin H. & Davis, Russell, eds. Faerie tales.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... GREENBERG, Martin H. & DAVIS, Russell, eds. Faerie tales. Penguin, DAW. 309p. c2004. 0-7564-0182-8. $6.99. SA "Fairy tales can come true, they can happen to you..." would be a cautionary song for the readers of this anthology. These...