Kliatt articles from July 2007

Kliatt archives from July 2007

"CLA reading list".(Cooperative Library Association)
July 1, 2007... Zusak, Marcus. THE BOOK THIEF. At nine years old, Liesel Meminger is taken from her mother to live with a foster family in Molching, Germany, during Hitler's rise to power. A most unusual narrator, Death, recounts tales about Liesel's life and...

Alexander, Lloyd. The golden dream of Carlo Chuchio.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... ALEXANDER, Lloyd. The golden dream of Carlo Chuchio. Henry Holt. 320p. c2007 0-8050-83333-2. $16.95. J Alexander was a master storyteller, and his story of orphaned Carlo Chuchio is no exception. After failing to rise to the work assigned...

Bell Hilari. The last knight.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BELL Hilari. The last knight. (A Knight and Rogue novel.) HarperCollins, Eos. 357p. c2007 0-06-082503-4. $16.99. JS There is a knight, and there is a rogue, and they alternate narrating chapters, so we read Michael's side of the story and...

Bildner, Phil. Busted.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BILDNER, Phil. Busted. Simon & Schuster. 246p. c2007. 1-4169-2424-8. $15.99. S Is zero tolerance of high school misconduct a sound principle, given that everyone, nerd, jock, preppie, teacher, and principal, are all up to something...

Bradley, Alex. Hot lunch.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BRADLEY, Alex. Hot lunch. Penguin, Dutton. 224p. c2007 978-0-525-47830-0. $16.99. JS Molly and Cassie pair up for an assignment at the Sunshine Day High School and good things do not come from the pairing. Molly is sarcastic and a loner;...

Brewer, Heather. Eighth grade bites.(The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BREWER, Heather. Eighth grade bites. (The Chronicles of VladimirTod.) Penguin, Dutton. 184p. c2007. 0-525-47811-9. $16.99. J As if contending with bullies, impossible crushes, and math problems weren't enough, Vladimir Tod harbors a secret...

Bruchac, Joseph. Bearwalker.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BRUCHAC, Joseph. Bearwalker. HarperCollins. 224p. illus. c2007. 0-06-112309-9. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-112311-0. $16.89.) J According to Ojibway tradition, "bearwalkers" are part bear and part human, vicious monsters driven by blood lust....

Cabot, Meg. Jinx.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... CABOT, Meg. Jinx. HarperCollins. 2620. c2007. 0-06-083765-5. $17.89. JS Another entertaining, fluffy novel from Meg Cabot that will have appeal to those who like their chick lit mixed with some magic. Jinx is the name stuck to Jean, since...

Cheng, Terrence. Deep in the mountains; an encounter with Zhu Qixhan.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... CHENG, Terrence. Deep in the mountains; an encounter with Zhu Qixhan. (Art Encounters.) Watson-Guptill. 192p. c2007. 0-8230-0423-6. $16.95. JS In this entry in the Art Encounters series, Terrence Cheng takes his readers inside the life of...

Clinton, Cathryn. The eyes of van Gogh.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... CLINTON, Cathryn. The eyes of van Gogh. Candlewick. 216p. c2007. 0-7636-2245-9. $16.99. S The haunting portrait on the cover is of Jude, the girl who thinks she has the eyes of van Gogh, reflecting madness. Jude is an artist and art is the...

Compestine, Ying Chang. Revolution is not a dinner party, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... COMPESTINE, Ying Chang. Revolution is not a dinner party, a novel. Henry Holt. 249p. c2007. 0-8050-8207-4. $16.95. J Based on the author's family's experiences in China during the Cultural Revolution under Mao, this tells of one family's...

DeVita, James. The silenced.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... DeVITA, James. The silenced. HarperCollins. 4950. c2007 0-06-078462-8. $1799. JS Imagine a world where all common identifiers, including body hair and memory, are taken, and from the essence of what is left, a character must decide who he...

Draper, Sharon M. Fire from the rock.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... DRAPER, Sharon M. Fire from the rock. Penguin, Dutton. 229p. bibliog. c2007. 0-525-47720-4. $16.99. JS Using the events that surrounded the black teens, now known as the Little Rock Nine, who were chosen to integrate Central High School in...

Duey, Kathleen. Skin hunger.(A Resurrection of Magic, Book One)(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... DUEY, Kathleen. Skin hunger. (A Resurrection of Magic, Book One.) Simon & Schuster. 357p. c2007. 0-689-84093-4. $17.99. SA Sadima has always been able to understand animals. In her brother's eyes, that makes her crazy. In her father's eyes...

Durst, Sarah Beth. Into the Wild.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... DURST, Sarah Beth. Into the Wild. Penguin, Razorbill, 288p. c2007. 978-1-59514-156-9. $15.99. J Suppose that the characters that populate fairy tales manage to escape their fictional existence and live in the "real" world? This is the...

Easton, Kelly. White magic; spells to hold you, a novel.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... EASTON, Kelly. White magic; spells to hold you, a novel. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 193p. c2007. 0-375-83769-2. $15.99. JS "Karen is white because she's pure, aside from a few lapses, and I wear red because I'm vibrant. What color are you?"...

Ellis, Ann Dee. This is what I did.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... ELLIS, Ann Dee. This is what I did. Little, Brown. 176p. c2007 0-316-01363-3. $16.99. J Timid Logan is relentlessly bullied by classmates and fellow Boy Scouts because of something they think he did last year, in 7th grade. Suspense builds...

Erskine, Kathryn. Quaking.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... ERSKINE, Kathryn. Quaking. Penguin, Philomel. 256p. c2007 978-0-399-24774-3. $16.99. JS Matilda has survived a traumatic childhood. She witnessed the death of her mother at the hands of an abusive father and since has been moved from...

Farmer, Nancy. The Land of the Silver Apples.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... FARMER, Nancy. The Land of the Silver Apples. (Sequel to The Sea of Trolls.) Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 512p. illus. bibliog. c2007. 978-1-4169-0735-0. $18.99. JSA* In this entrancing if lengthy sequel, Jack, now 13 and a...

Gates, Susan. Beyond the billboard.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... GATES, Susan. Beyond the billboard. Harcourt. 210p. c2005. 0-15-295983-5. $16.00. JS This novel reads like an allegory similar to Plato's cave. The plot is not plausible. A family of eel fishermen lives in a swamp just outside a modern...

Green, Tim. Football genius.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... GREEN, Tim. Football genius. HarperCollins. 256p. c2007. 0-06-112270-X. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-112270-X. $17.89.) J Troy, age 12, is a dedicated if hotheaded football fan with a unique gift: he can predict plays. When his single mother...

Halverson, Deborah. Honk if you hate me.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... HALVERSON, Deborah. Honk if you hate me. Random House, Delacorte. 272p. c2007. 978-0-385-73393-9. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90407-0. $18.99.) JS Monalisa Kent has a reputation. She is known as the girl who single-handedly brought an end...

Harazin, S.A. Blood brothers.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... HARAZIN, S.A. Blood brothers. Random House, Delacorte. 208p. c2007 978-0-385-73364-9. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90379-0. $18.99.) JS Poor boy Clay and rich boy Joey have been best friends since they were seven. Now they're about to...

Harper, Suzanne. The secret life of Sparrow Delaney.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... HARPER, Suzanne. The secret life of Sparrow Delaney. HarperCollins. 368p. c2007. 0-06113158-X. $16.99. JS* There's no getting around it: Sparrow Delaney's family is eccentric. She, her six older sisters, her mother and her grandmother live...

Hautman, Pete. All-in.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... HAUTMAN, Pete. All-in. (Sequel to No Limit.) Simon & Schuster. 192p. c2007. 1-4169-1325-4. $15.99. S Seventeen-year-old poker prodigy Denn is in Vegas, and almost broke. He'd won a casino and restaurant from Artie Kingston, but now his...

Horvath, Polly. The corps of the bare-boned plane.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... HORVATH, Polly. The corps of the bare-boned plane. Farrar Straus Giroux. 272p. c2007. 978-0-374-31553-5. $17.00. JS After their parents are killed in a train accident, teenage cousins Meline and Joceyln go to live with their eccentric,...

Humphreys, Chris. Vendetta.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... HUMPHREYS, Chris. Vendetta. (The Runestone Saga, Book Two.) Random House, Knopf. 336p. c2007. 0-375-83293-2. $15.99. SA Traveling to a new country is always difficult, but it is even more so when one is being chased by death spirits and...

Jordan, Sherryl. Time of the Eagle.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... JORDAN, Sherryl. Time of the Eagle. (sequel to Secret Sacrament.) HarperCollins, Eos. 462p. c2007. 0-06-059554-X. $16.99. JSA* This is a sequel I have looked forward to, because I was so enthusiastic about Secret Sacrament, a book Jordan...

Kephart, Beth. Undercover.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... KEPHART, Beth. Undercover. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer. 281p. c2007. 0-06-123893-2. $16.99. JS I have reviewed novels in poetry format that don't necessarily sound like poetry; this is a prose novel dense with poetic language. Somehow...

Kerr, M.E. Someone like Summer.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... KERR, M.E. Someone like Summer. HarperCollins. 263p. c2007. 0-06-114099-6. $15.99. JS The field of YA literature has been enriched for decades by the fine work of M.E. Kerr, who has never hesitated to tackle controversial topics....

Koertge, Ron. Strays.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... KOERTGE, Ron. Strays. Candlewick. 176p. c2007. 978-0-7636-2705-8. $16.99. JS When Ted's parents are killed in a car crash, he ends up in foster care in Pasadena, CA with creepy Mr. and Mrs. Rafter. He also acquires two foster brothers:...

Kraft, Erik P. Miracle Wimp.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... KRAFT, Erik P. Miracle Wimp. Little, Brown. 241p. illus. c2007. 0-316-01165-5. $16.99. JS* This book tells YAs that high school is class-based, and that socioeconomic status along with physical development determines both friends and...

Meyer, Carolyn. Duchessina, a novel of Catherine de Medici.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MEYER, Carolyn. Duchessina, a novel of Catherine de Medici. Harcourt. 261p. c2007. 0-15-205588-2. $17.00. JS Meyer has written other historical novels about women in history, especially European history, so you may be familiar with her...

Miller, Sarah. Miss Spitfire; reaching Helen Keller.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MILLER, Sarah. Miss Spitfire; reaching Helen Keller. Simon & Schuster. 240p. c2007. 1-4169-2542-2. $16.99. JS This novel retells the events that took place when Annie Sullivan arrived in Alabama from Massachusetts to teach deaf, blind Helen...

Moranville, Sharelle Byars. The Snows, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MORANVILLE, Sharelle Byars. The Snows, a novel. Henry Holt. 225p. c2007. 0-8050-7469-7. $16.95. JS* This episodic novel tells of pivotal events in the lives of several generations of the Snow family, when each character in each episode is...

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. The off season.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MURDOCK, Catherine Gilbert. The off season. (Sequel to Dairy Queen.) Houghton Mifflin. 277p. c2007. 0-618-68695-7. $16.00. JS* In Dairy Queen, a six-foot-tall female protagonist teaches a boy from a rival high school to play football, joins...

Nelson, Blake. They came from below.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... NELSON, Blake. They came from below. Tor. 299p. c2007. 0-765-31423-9, $17.95. JS* In a wonderfully innovative deception, Nelson starts with a typical YA summer novel situation, and uses this framework to tell a morality tale about the...

Oppel, Kenneth. Darkwing.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... OPPEL, Kenneth. Darkwing. HarperCollins, EOS. 432p. c2007. 978-0-06-085054-8. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-085055-5. $17.89.) JS* In this companion to Oppel's prize-winning fantasies about bats, Silverwing, Sunwing, and Firewing, he imagines...

Ryan, P.E. Saints of Augustine.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... RYAN, P.E. Saints of Augustine. HarperCollins, Tempest. 320p. c2007. 0-060-85810-9. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-060-85811-7. $17.99). JS Charlie has been through the death of his mother from cancer, his father's alcoholism and a developing...

Schmidt, C.A. Useful fools.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... SCHMIDT, C.A. Useful fools. Penguin, Dutton. 264p. c2007. 0-525-47814-0. $18.99. S* This novel, by an American journalist who lived in Peru for several years, when the Shining Path tried to take control of an autocratic government,...

Spinelli, Jerry. Love, Stargirl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... SPINELLI, Jerry. Love, Stargirl. Random House. 288p. c2007. 978-0-375-81375-7. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-91375-4. $19.99.) JS In this sequel to Stargirl, the free-spirited, openhearted title character gets to tell her own story in the...

Taylor, Laini. Faeries of Dreamdark; Blackbringer.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... TAYLOR, Laini. Faeries of Dreamdark; Blackbringer. Penguin, Putnam. 434p. c2007. 0-399-24630-2. $17.99. JSA* Ever since one incredibly clever devil granted three wishes to the humans who freed him from his fairy prison, Magpie Windwitch's...

Uhlig, Richard. Last dance at the Frosty Queen.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... UHLIG, Richard. Last dance at the Frosty Queen. Random House, Knopf. 359p. c2007. 0375-83967-2. $15.99. S* Arty feels like he's living a dead-end life in a dead-end Kansas town. His father is the town funeral director; his stepmother is...

Walsh, Marissa. A field guide to high school.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... WALSH, Marissa. A field guide to high school. Random House, Delacorte. 144p. c2007. 978-0-385-73410-3. $14.99 (Lib. bdg: 978-0-38590427-8. $1799). J Andie's sister Claire is leaving for Yale and although Andie, about to go to high school,...

Weaver, Will. Defect.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... WEAVER, Will. Defect. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 208p. 978-0-374-31725-6. c2007. $16.00. JS With his bugged-out eyes, pinched face and hearing aids, David looks different from his classmates--pretty much the kiss of death when you're 16....

Wild, Kate. Fight game.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... WILD, Kate. Fight game. Scholastic. 304p. c2007. 978-0-439-87175-4. $16.99. JS Freedom Smith, a 15-year-old Gypsy boy, is a ferocious street fighter with "sinews of steel." He needs all his fighting skills when he's framed for a crime and,...

Wittlinger, Ellen. Parrotfish.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... WITTLINGER, Ellen. Parrotfish. Simon & Schuster. 294p. c2007 1-4169-1622-9. $16.99. JS In the genre of "problem fiction," this novel would be tagged as about a transgender adolescent. Wittlinger is a good storyteller and this is far from...

Abrahams, Peter. Behind the curtain; an Echo Falls mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... ABRAHAMS, Peter. Behind the curtain; an Echo Falls mystery. HarperTrophy. 374p. c2006. 0-06-073706-1. $6.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: This is a sequel to Down the Rabbit Hole, which introduced Ingrid, her...

Alegria, Malin. Estrella's quinceanera.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... ALEGRIA, Malin. Estrella's quinceanera. Simon, Pulse. 260p. c2006. 0-689-87810-9. $8.99. JS Estrella's mother can hardly contain her excitement about her daughter's upcoming 15th birthday. She will have a lavish quinceanera (or quince, a...

Amateau, Gigi. Claiming Georgia Tate.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... AMATEAU, Gigi. Claiming Georgia Tate. Candlewick. 196p. c2005.0-7636-3311-0. $7.99. J Georgia Tate Johnson has led a quiet life with her Nana and Granddaddy Tate in Ripley, Mississippi. She has always been told that her mother is dead, and...

Apelqvist, Eva. Swede dreams.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... APELQVIST, Eva. Swede dreams. (Students Across the Seven Seas.) Penguin, Speak. 202p. c2007. 0-14-240746-1. $6.99. JS This addition to the S.A.S.S series features Calista Swanson, who decides to visit Stockholm, Sweden. At first, the only...

Baker, Calvin. Dominion, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BAKER, Calvin. Dominion, a novel. Grove. 368p. c2006.0-8021-4309-9. $13.00. SA Dominion is the story of three generations of a family, beginning with Jasper Merian, a man who is freed from slavery in Virginia and makes his way to the wilds...

Barham, Lisa. A girl like moi; the fashion, forward adventures of Imogene.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BARHAM, Lisa. A girl like moi; the fashion, forward adventures of Imogene. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 265p. illus, c2006. 1-4169-1443-9. $8.99. JS Life at Greenwich Country Academy isn't always easy for Imogene, who is not part of the...

Berger, Zdena. Tell me another morning, an autobiographical novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BERGER, Zdena. Tell me another morning, an autobiographical novel. Paris Press (PO Box 487, Ashfield, MA 01330). 272p. c2007 1-930464-10-0. $15.95. JSA This "autobiographical novel" is based on the author's experience as a young girl in...

Brashares, Ann. Girls in pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BRASHARES, Ann. Girls in pants. (The Third Summer of the Sisterhood.) Random House, Dell Laurel-Leaf. 387p. c2005.0-553-49504-1. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2005: Fans of this delightful series of books will...

Brouwer, Sigmund. Blazer drive.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... BROUWER, Sigmund. Blazer drive. Orca, Sports. 160p. c2007. 1-55143-717-0. $8.95. JS Stephanie and Josh each live on a ranch; their families own prize bulls from the same bloodline and both have had their bulls and other cows mysteriously...

Cabot, Meg. Ready or not.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... CABOT, Meg. Ready or not. (An All-American girl novel.) HarperCollins. 310p. c2005.0-06-072452-8. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2005: Readers first met Samantha in All-American Girl, in which she foiled an...

Cleave, Chris. Incendiary, a novel.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... CLEAVE, Chris. Incendiary, a novel. Random House, Anchor. 237p. c2005. 1-4000-9668-5. $12.95. SA Cleave's debut novel is, in its entirety, a letter that his unnamed female narrator is writing to Osama bin Laden ("Dear Osama," it begins)...

Clinton, Cathryn. The calling.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... CLINTON, Cathryn. The calling, Candlewick. 166p. c2001.0-7636-3373-8. $5.99. JS Twelve-year-old Esther Leah (or Esta Lea, as she is called) is at a family reunion in 1962 when she is called by the Lord. As her father preaches, she feels...

Dee, Barbara. Just another day in my insanely real life.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... DEE, Barbara. Just another day in my insanely real life. Simon & Schuster. 252p. c2006. 1-4169-4739-4. $5.99. J When 12-year-old Cassie's parents split up, her life turns upside down. Cassie, her mother, her sister Miranda, and her brother...

Deuker, Carl. Runner.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... DEUKER, Carl. Runner. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 216p. c2005.0-618-73505-1. $7.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: Chance lives on a sailboat in Seattle's harbor, but it isn't exactly a "floating mansion." It's...

Ferraro, Tina. Top Ten Uses for an Unworn Prom Dress.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... FERRARO, Tina. Top ten uses for an unworn prom dress. Random House. 222p. c2006.0-385-73368-7. $7.99. S Just two days prior to the prom, sophomore Nicolette Antonovich is dumped by her prom date. Rod, or "Rascal," is a year older than Nic...

Fleischner, Jennifer. nobody's boy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... FLEISCHNER, Jennifer. nobody's boy. Univ. of Missouri Press. 112p. illus. bibliog. c2006. 1-883982-58-4. $12.95. J A work of fiction based on historical data, nobody's boy is the story of a slave boy, George, and his mother Elizabeth,...

Frankel, Valerie. Fringe girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... FRANKEL, Valerie. Fringe girl. Penguin, NAL, Jam. 248p. c2006.0-451-21772-1. $9.99. SA "Say you want a revolution, well, you know..." What do you know about a revolution, really? Besides the fact that you want to change the world, do you...

Grant, Vicki. I.D.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... GRANT, Vicki. I.D. Orca, Soundings. 101p. c2007. 1-55143-694-4. $8.95. JS Once again, Orca Soundings has provided a high-quality story for reluctant readers. This fast-paced, heart-thumping novel is about what it's like to get the chance...

Greenland, Shannon. The specialists; model spy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... GREENLAND, Shannon. The specialists; model spy. Penguin, Speak. 160p. c2007 0-14-240849-0. $6.99. JS Sixteen-year-old Kelly's life has never really been typical. After her parents died in a plane crash when she was six, Kelly bounced...

Hyland, M.J. Carry me down.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... HYLAND, M.J. Carry me down. Canongate. 334p. c2006. 1-84195-878-6. $13.00. SA Set in Ireland in the 1970s, this novel's main character is John Egan, an 11-year-old who is almost six feet tall. The story is told completely from John's point...

Ibbotson, Eva. The morning gift.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... IBBOTSON, Eva. The morning gift. Penguin, Speak. 411p. c1993.0-14-240911-4. $8.99. S* When it becomes clear that the Nazis will invade Vienna, the wealthy Berger family flees to London. Twenty-year-old Ruth Berger is mired in red tape and...

Jackson, Joshilyn. Between, Georgia.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... JACKSON, Joshilyn. Between, Georgia. Hachette, Warner. 312p. c2006. 0-446-69945-4. $13.99. SA An entertaining adult novel that will have appeal to older teenagers since it falls into the bordering-on-outrageous shenanigans of a quirky...

Jaffe, Michele. Bad kitty.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... JAFFE, Michele. Bad kitty. HarperCollins. 268p. c2006.0-06-078110-1. $8.99. JS Seventeen-year-old Jasmine (or Jas, as her friends call her) believes that everyone has a superpower, no matter how seemingly trivial it is. Her power happens...

Lawrence, Sara. Those girls.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... LAWRENCE, Sara. Those girls. Penguin, Razorbill. 311p. c2007 1-59514-169-9. $9.99. SA At the posh English boarding school Stagmount, best friends Jinx and Liberty are finally running the place. They've figured out all of the best hiding...

Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... LYNCH, Chris. Inexcusable. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 164p. c2005. 1-4169-3972-6. $6.99. S* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2005: Keir, a high school senior, thinks of himself as a "good guy." So how could he...

Matas, Carol. The whirlwind.(Young adult review)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MATAS, Carol. The whirlwind. Orca. 128p. c2007. 1-55143-703-3. $8.95. J* The Whirlwind chronicles the story of a young boy struggling to live in a world fraught with danger and uncertainty. Fourteen-year-old Ben Friedman longs for a place...

Mazer, Norma Fox. What I believe, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MAZER, Norma Fox. What I believe, a novel. Harcourt. 163p. c2005. 0-15-206283-5. $6.95. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: Not one of Mazer's strongest stories, but good nonetheless. Told in poetry format,...

McCarthy, Cormac. The road.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... McCARTHY, Cormac. The road. Random House, Vintage. 287p. c2006. 0-307-38789-9. $14.95. SA* To quote from the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, May 2007: The Man and the Boy are wandering the countryside, trying to find food and simply to...

McGhee, Alison. All rivers flow to the sea.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... McGHEE, Alison. All rivers flow to the sea. Candlewick. 168p. c2005. 0-7636-3372-1. $7.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2005: Without once descending to sentimentality or melodrama, this novel manages to...

Mechling, Lauren & MOSER, Laura. Foreign exposure; the social climber abroad.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MECHLING, Lauren & MOSER, Laura. Foreign exposure; the social climber abroad. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 312p. c2007. 0-618-66379-8. $8.99. S Having survived her first school year in New York at the elite Baldwin School, Mimi Schulman (The...

Morgan, Nicola. The passion flower massacre.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MORGAN, Nicola. The passion flower massacre. Hachette, Hodder; dist. by Independent Publishers Group. 289p. c2005. 0340877340. $799. JSA Written in the tradition of gothic novels, this is a story of a young innocent caught up in the spell...

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy queen.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... MURDOCK, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy queen. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 274p. c2006. 0-618-86335-8. $8.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: Fifteen-year-old D.J. is the only daughter in a family of dairy farmers....

Noel, Katharine. Halfway house.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... NOEL, Katharine. Halfway house. Grove. 365p. c2006.0-8021-4291-7. $13.00. SA In this novel of mental illness and familial relationships, readers will find much to relate to and much to think about. Angie Voorster seems to be the perfect...

Rapp, Adam. Under the Wolf, under the Dog.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... RAPP, Adam. Under the wolf, under the dog. Candlewick. 310p. c2004. 0-7636-3365-3. $8.99. SA To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2004: Steve is in a resident treatment facility for junkies and suicidal teens, and in...

Rennison, Louise. Startled by his furry shorts; confessions of Georgia Nicolson.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... RENNISON, Louise. Startled by his furry shorts; confessions of Georgia Nicolson. HarperCollins, Teen. 278p. c2006. 0-06-085386-0. $7.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: Fans of the irrepressible Georgia will...

Strasser, Todd. Mob princess; for money and love.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... STRASSER, Todd. Mob princess; for money and love. Simon & Schuster. 196p. c2007. 1-4969-3533-9. $8.99. S The first in a projected new series, this novel introduces the Blessings, a family of mobsters. Sonny Blessing, head of the group,...

Tullson, Diane. Zero.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2007... TULLSON, Diane. Zero. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 185p. c2006. 1-55041-050-1. $9.95. S With a cover that may have readers expecting an outdoor survival story, Tullson brings alive a character struggling to endure different kinds of elements:...