Kliatt articles from July 2008

Kliatt archives from July 2008

CLA Greater Boston Cooperative Library Association summer reading list Grades 11 & 12.
July 1, 2008... A FAMILY AFFAIR Foer, Jonathan. EXTREMELY LOUD AND INCREDIBLY CLOSE: A NOVEL. Inquisitive and precocious 9-year-old Oscar tries to make sense of his father's death on 9/11. When he finds a mysterious key that belonged to his father, Oscar...

Armstrong, Kelley. The summoning.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... ARMSTRONG, Kelley. The summoning. HarperCollins. 400p. c2008. 978-0-061-66269-0. $17.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-061-66272-0. $18.99). J S High school student Chloe is having a mental breakdown. She thinks that she is seeing people whom no one...

Baldini, Michelle & Biederman, Lynn. Unraveling.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BALDINI, Michelle & BIEDERMAN, Lynn. Unraveling. Random House, Delacorte. 231p. c2008. 978-0-385-73540-7. $15.99. S * Amanda Himmelfarb is a 15-year-old in rebellion against her mother, whom she calls "the Captain," and her father, whom she...

Baskin, Nora Raleigh. All we know of love.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BASKIN, Nora Raleigh. All we know of love. Candlewick. 201p. c2008. 978-0-7636-3623-4. $16.99. S Natalie's mother left home four years ago--a sad, lonely woman. Now that Natalie has had a love affair with a guy who doesn't see her for who...

Bauer, Michael Gerard. The running man.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BAUER, Michael Gerard. The running man. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 272p. c2008. 978-0-06-145508-7. $16.99. S Having been assigned by his art teacher to draw a portrait of someone interesting, Joseph has difficulty picking a subject. That...

Bell, Hilari. Rogue's Home.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BELL, Hilari. Rogue's home. (A Knight and Rogue novel.) HarperCollins, EOS. 432p. c2008. 978-0-06-082506-5. $17.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06082507-2. $18.89.) J S In this sequel to The Last Knight, baron's son Sir Michael and his squire Fisk, a...

Bowler, Tim. Frozen fire.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BOWLER, Tim. Frozen fire. Penguin, Philomel. 336p. c2008. 978-0-399-25053-8. $17.99. S A "I'm dying," says a boy's voice on the phone in the opening line of this spooky thriller. Dusty, age 15, doesn't know what to make of the call,...

Brooks, Kevin. Black rabbit summer.(Brief article)(Book review)(Young adult review)
July 1, 2008... BROOKS, Kevin. Black rabbit summer. Scholastic, Chicken House. 496p. c2008. 978-0-545-05752-3. $17.99. S A Five old friends about to head off for colleges and jobs decide to get together one last time at the local carnival. Pete, age 16,...

Brown, Jason Robert & Elish, Dan. 13, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BROWN, Jason Robert & ELISH, Dan. 13, a novel. HarperCollins. 201p. c2008. 978-0-06-078749-3. $15.99. J Bar mitzvah, divorce, leaving the familiar and moving to a new community--these are the serious themes of this novel for young YAs....

Cabot, Meg. Airhead.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... CABOT, Meg. Airhead. Scholastic, Point. 352p. c2008. 978-0-545-04062-5. $16.99. J S * Em Watts is the ultimate tomboy: she loves most things girls hate. She's addicted to video games, as well as to her fellow video-game pal,...

Cannon, A.E. The loser's guide to life and love.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... CANNON, A.E. The loser's guide to life and love. HarperCollins. 272p. c2008. 978-0-061-12846-2. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-061-12847-9. $1789.) J Ed McIff works at Reel Life Movies. He describes himself as a short loser who never gets the...

Carvell Marlene. Caught between the Pages.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... CARVELL Marlene. Caught between the pages. Penguin, Dutton. 240p. c2008. 978-0-525-47916-1. $16.99. J S High school sophomore PJ is no dummy, though he's a lousy student. Only his strict English teacher, Mrs. Jordan, holds him accountable...

Clement-Moore, Rosemary. Hell week.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... CLEMENT-MOORE, Rosemary. Hell week. (Maggie Quinn: Girl vs. Evil.) Random House, Delacorte. 329p. c2008. 978-0-385-73414-1. $16.99 J S The sequel to Prom Dates From Hell continues Maggie's story as she begins her freshman year in the local...

Coy, John. Box out.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... COY, John. Box out. Scholastic. 304p. c2008. 978-0-439-87032-0. $16.99. J S Liam, a high school sophomore, is thrilled when he's asked to join the varsity basketball team to replace an injured player. The tough coach values Liam for his...

Craft, Elizabeth & Fain, Sarah. Footfree and fancyloose.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... CRAFT, Elizabeth & FAIN, Sarah. Footfree and fancyloose. Little, Brown. 427p. c2008. 978-0316-05795-0. $16.99. S * Life magazine's review of the prequel to this book, Bass Ackwards and Belly Up, said, "For those who have outgrown the...

Davis, Tanita S. A la carte.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... DAVIS, Tanita S. A la carte. Random House, Knopf. 288p. 978-0-3758-4815-5. $15.99. J S High school senior Lainey Seifert is a loner by choice. All she needs in the world is her work at her mother's restaurant, her recipe notebook, and her...

de la Pena, Matt. Mexican white boy.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... de la PENA, Matt. Mexican white boy. Random House, Delacorte. 256p. c2008. 978-0-385-73310-6. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90329-5. $18.99.) SA * Half-Mexican, half-white, Danny feels he's too brown to fit in at his snooty San Diego prep...

Docherty, Jimmy. The ice cream con.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... DOCHERTY, Jimmy. The ice cream con. Scholastic, Chicken House. 256p. c2008. 978-0-545-02885-1. $16.99. JS * Young Jimmy, looking to protect himself from constantly being mugged by the tough characters at his Glasgow, Scotland housing...

Doctorow, Cory. Little brother.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... DOCTOROW, Cory. Little brother. Tor. 382p. bibliog. c2008.978-0-7653-1985-2. $17.95. SA * Marcus, age 17, and his hacker friends pick the wrong day to cut school. They get caught up in the chaos following a major terrorist attack on San...

Forester, Victoria. The girl who could fly.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... FORESTER, Victoria. The girl who could fly. Macmillan, Feiwel and Friends. 208p. c2008. 9780-312-37462-4. $16.95. J Piper McCloud comes from a household that does what they do because doing otherwise would break tradition--they don't handle...

George, Madeleine. Looks.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... GEORGE, Madeleine. looks. Penguin, Viking. 240p. c2008. 978-0-670-60167-9. $16.99. JS The heroines of Looks are an unlikely pair for the obvious reasons: they look very different from one another. Meghan Ball is grossly overweight yet goes...

Gray, Claudia. Evernight.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... GRAY, Claudia. Evernight. HarperCollins. 336p. c2008. 978-0-0612-8439-7. $16.99. JS Evernight Academy is a gloomy boarding school filled with the rich and the vampire, with a few humans to keep the school from attracting too much attention...

Halam, Ann. Snakehead.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HALAM, Ann. Snakehead. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 291p. map. c2008. 978-0-375-84108-8. $16.99. JSA * Look to the stars (or a star map) and find there the characters in this marvelous retelling of the ancient story: Perseus, Andromeda,...

Harper, Suzanne. The Juliet Club.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HARPER, Suzanne. The Juliet Club. HarperCollins. 405p. c2008. 978-0-061-36691-8. $16.99. JS Kate and her father, Dr. Sanderson, are on their way to Verona, Italy for the summer Shakespeare Seminar. While he is teaching a class at the first...

Hearn, Julie. Ivy, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HEARN, Julie. Ivy, a novel. Simon & Schuster. 355p. c2008. 978-1-4169-2506-4. $17.99. S * In Victorian England, red-haired Ivy is orphaned as a toddler and is raised by her thieving and predatory aunt and uncle and ruled over by cousins of...

Hightman, J.P. Spirit.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HIGHTMAN, J.P. Spirit. HarperCollins. 224p. c2008. 978-0-06-085063-0. $16.99. SA Death is what brought Tess and Tobias Goodraven together. After a theater fire killed both their parents, the couple became ghost hunters, traveling the world...

Hooper, Mary. Newes from the dead.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HOOPER, Mary. Newes from the dead. Roaring Brook. 2600. illus, bibliog. c2008. 9781-59643-355-7. $16.95. JSA The basic facts of this novel make it intriguing. In England in 1650, a servant girl named Anne Green was seduced by the young...

James, Brian. Zombie blondes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... JAMES, Brian. Zombie blondes. Macmillan, Feiwel and Friends. 232p. c2008. 978-0-312-37298-9. $16.95. S This one is for lovers of stories about zombies, vampires, and witches. In certain scenes, it's strongly reminiscent of the movie, The...

Jocelyn, Marthe. Would you.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... JOCELYN, Marthe. Would you. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 165p. 978-0-375-83703-6. $15.99. JS In a moment, life changes tragically. Natalie's much-loved older sister Claire is hit by a car, and in that moment the beautiful, smart, athletic...

Johnson, Maureen. Suite Scarlett.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... JOHNSON, Maureen. Suite Scarlett. Scholastic, Point. 350p. c2008. 978-0-439-89927-7. $16.99. JS From the author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes and other imaginative YA novels, this tells about an unusual family who own and manage an old hotel...

Joyce, Graham. The exchange.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... JOYCE, Graham. The exchange. Penguin, Viking. 256p. c2008. 978-0670-06207-2. $16.99. J Imagine creeping into a stranger's house and standing as close to the person's sleeping face as possible. Creepy, isn't it? Caz and Lucy, 15-year-old...

Kadohata, Cynthia. Outside beauty.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... KADOHATA, Cynthia. Outside beauty. Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2008. 978-0-689-86575-6. $16.99. JS Shelby is almost 13 years old. She is the third of the four daughters of a beautiful Japanese woman, each by a different husband. They live...

Karr, Katherine. Fortune's fool.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... KARR, Katherine. Fortune's fool. Random House, Knopf. 224p. bibliog. c2008. 978-0-375-84816-2. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-94816-9. $18.99.) JS In this lively story of the Middle Ages, Conrad, a teenaged court jester, has had it with...

Kephart, Beth. House of dance.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... KEPHART, Beth. House of dance. HarperCollins. 263p. c2008. 978-0-06-142928-6. $16.99. JS* This novel is for young people dealing with the loss of loved ones, whether through death or disappointment. Fifteen-year-old Rosie is lonely. Her...

Kidd, Ronald. On Beale Street.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... KIDD, Ronald. On Beale Street. Simon & Schuster. 256p. c2008. 978-1-4169-3387-8. $16.99. J S It's Memphis, 1954, and Elvis Presley is just recording his first song. The narrator is Johnny Ross, slightly younger than Elvis, drawn to Beale...

Kogler, Jennifer Anne. The otherworldlies.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... KOGLER, Jennifer Anne. The otherworldlies. HarperCollins, Eos. 385p. c2008. 978-0-06-073959-1. $16.99. J S I am a big fan of Kogler's first YA novel Ruby Tuesday, and again here in The Otherworldlies, Kogler's intelligence and imagination...

Landman, Tanya. I am Apache.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... LANDMAN, Tanya. I am Apache. Candlewick. 305p. bibliog. c2008. 978-0-7636-3664-7. $1799. J S A dramatic story, with a dramatic cover, telling of an adolescent girl who chooses to be a warrior to avenge the death of her little brother when...

Lewis, Richard. The demon queen.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... LEWIS, Richard. The demon queen. Simon & Schuster. 228p. c2008. 978-1-4169-6226-7. $15.99. J S On the surface, Jesse and Honor couldn't be more different. His years in foster care taught him to blend into the background, especially since...

Ly, Many. Roots and wings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... LY, Many. Roots and wings. Random House, Delacorte. 262p. c2008. 978-0-385-73500-1. $15.99. J S A Grace is 14 years old; her mother, a Cambodian refugee, is now a teacher in Pennsylvania. Grace doesn't know who her father is. She is close...

Mankell, Henning. Shadows in the twilight.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MANKELL, Henning. Shadows in the twilight. Random House, Delacorte. 208p. c2008. 978-0-385-73496-7. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90490-2. $18.99.) J In this companion to A Bridge to the Stars, it's now the fall of 1957 in the little...

Marchetta, Malina. Jellicoe Road.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MARCHETTA, Malina. Jellicoe Road. HarperCollins. 419p. c2006. 978-0-06-143183-8. $1799. J S A * I approached this book already favorably impressed by Marchetta's previous books, Saving Francesca and Looking for Alibrandi, both set in...

Malloy, Brian. Twelve long months.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MALLOY, Brian. Twelve long months. Scholastic. 319p. c2008. 978-0-439-87761-9. $17.99. S Molly Swain, senior in high school, budding physicist, virginal and average looking, is in love with Mark Dahl, her lab partner, who is one of the...

Massey, Misty. Mad Kestrel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MASSEY, Misty. Mad Kestrel. Tor. 320p. c2008. 978-0-7653-1802-2. $14.95. SA Street punk Kestrel, in hiding from the Danisoba mages who planned to kidnap her and use her powers for their own nefarious purposes, has been rescued by a pirate...

McLaughlin, Lauren. Cycler.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... McLAUGHLIN, Lauren. Cycler. Random House. 250p. c2008. 978-0-375-85191-9. $17.99. S Once again, the reader has to buy the premise in order to enjoy this book. The issue may be won or lost on the first page. For four days every month,...

Mechling, Lauren. Dream girl, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MECHLING, Lauren. Dream girl, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 311p. c2008. 978-0-385-73521-6. $15.99. JS This is one of those books that feel like a guilty pleasure: that is, it's not exactly deep. It's about a 15-year-old daughter of...

Meehl Brian. Suck it up.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MEEHL Brian. Suck it up. Random House, Delacorte. 336p. c2008. 978-0-385-73300-7. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90321-9. $18.99.) SA Sixteen-year-old Morning McCobb is an unlikely vampire. For one thing, he's a vegan who uses a soy blood...

Meyer, L.A. In the belly of the Bloodhound.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MEYER, L.A. In the belly of the Bloodhound. (A Bloody Jack adventure.) Harcourt. 515p. c2006. 978-0-15-206166-1. $795. JS For libraries collecting the series about Jacky Faber, this is of course a necessary purchase. The sagas are long,...

Michaels, Rune. The reminder.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MICHAELS, Rune. The reminder. Simon & Schuster. 192p. c2008. 978-1-4169-4131-6. $16.99. J S Daze hears her mother's voice in the living room. This would not be unusual except that her mother died some two years ago. Daze, her father and...

Mills, Sam. The viper within.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MILLS, Sam. The viper within. Random House, Knopf. 304p. c2008. 978-0-375-84465-2. $16.99. S A When his seemingly devout father leaves the family for a worldly woman, Jon seeks something other than his father's faith to believe in. That's...

Mitchard, Jacquelyn. The midnight twins.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MITCHARD, Jacquelyn. The midnight twins. Penguin, Razorbill. 235p. c2008. 978-1-59514-1606. $16.99. J S * Mitchard knows exactly how to write captivating, slightly melodramatic stories, and here is another one, with certain YA appeal. It...

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Almost Alice.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... NAYLOR, Phyllis Reynolds. Almost Alice. (Alice series.) Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 272p. c2008. 978-1-4169-6214-4. $16.99. J S Alice is getting older--here she is in the spring semester of her junior year in high school. The main event is...

Neumeier, Rachel. The city in the lake.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... NEUMEIER, Rachel. The city in the lake. Random House. 304p. c2008. 978-0-375-947049. $18.99. JS Reflections and magic are everywhere in Neumeier's fantasy. Readers are introduced to this magical landscape by following the life of a young...

Nicholson, William. Noman.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... NICHOLSON, William. Noman. (Book Three of the Noble Warriors.) Harcourt. 362p. c2008. 9780-15-206005-3, $17.00. S A * The Noble Warriors trilogy comes to a satisfying conclusion with this new book. The three former Nomana have each gone off...

Prineas, Sarah. The Magic Thief.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... PRINCEAS, Sarah. The magic thief. (The Magic Thief trilogy, book one.) HarperCollins. 426p. illus. map. c2008. 978-0-06-137587-3. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-137588-0. $1789.) J * Readers pining for Harry Potter will be pleased to make the...

Sensel, Joni. The humming of numbers.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... SENSEL, Joni. The humming of numbers. Henry Holt. 243p. c2008. 978-0-8050-8327-9. $16.95. JS This is historical fiction mixed in with the supernatural, set in the 10th century in an Irish abbey. Alden, at 17, is on the verge of becoming a...

Uehashi, Nahoko. Moribito; guardian of the spirit.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... UEHASHI, Nahoko. Moribito; guardian of the spirit. Trans. by Cathy Hirano. Scholastic. 248p. c2008. 978-0-545-00542-5. $17.99. JS* This is the first publication in English of Uehashi's first book in the Moribito series, which has already...

Volponi, Paul. Hurricane song; a novel of New Orleans.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... VOLPONI, Paul. Hurricane song; a novel of New Orleans. Penguin, Viking. 144p. c2008. 978-0-670-06160-0. $15.99. S * Miles had always dreamed of going to the Superdome, but as a football player--not as a refugee from Hurricane Katrina. Along...

Wilson, Martin. What they always tell us.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... WILSON, Martin. What they always tell us. Random House, Delacorte. 291p. c2008. 978-0385-73507-0. $15.99. S This story is told in alternating chapters from two points of view. One is that of 15-year-old Alex, who tried to commit suicide by...

Wittlinger, Ellen. Love & lies; Marisol's story.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... WITTLINGER, Ellen. Love & lies; Marisol's story. (Companion volume to Hard Love.) Simon & Schuster. 245p. c2008. 978-1-4169-6231-1. $16.99. S A Hard Love is an ALA Michael L. Printz Honor Book and a Lambda Literary Award winner, so we...

Woodworth, Chris. Double-click for trouble.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... WOODWORTH, Chris. Double-click for trouble. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 176p. c2008. 9780-3743-0987-9. $16.00. J Thirteen-year-old Eddie lives with his protective single mother in Chicago, with lots of love but not much money. He isn't...

Block, Francesca Lia. Psyche in a dress.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BLOCK, Francesca Lia. Psyche in a dress. HarperCollins. 116p. c2006. 978-0-9096-0763-3. $7.99. S A To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: Block, author of Weezie Bat and many other YA novels, turns to free verse to...

Bloss, Josie. Band Geek love.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BLOSS, Josie. Band Geek love. Llewelyn, Flux. 262p. c2008. 978-0-7387-1356-8. $9.95. S For Ellie, high school has always been all about marching band. Now in her senior year, she is the trumpet section leader and thrilled to have a big...

Brian, Kate. The princess & the pauper.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... BRIAN, Kate. The princess & the pauper. Simon & Schuster. 266p. c2003.1-4169-5369-8. $8.99. J S Outside of looking nearly identical, unrelated 16-year-aids Carina and Julia have nothing in common. Julia attends Rosewood, a private high...

Cabot, Meg. How to be popular, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... CABOT, Meg. How to be popular, a novel. HarperCollins. 288p. c2006. 978-0-06-088014-9. $8.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2006: Steph, funny and wholesome, is notorious at her school for once spilling a drink all...

Davies, Peter Ho. The Welsh girl, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... DAVIES, Peter He. The Welsh girl, a novel. Houghton Mifflin. 338p. c2007. 978-0-618-91852-2. $13.95. SA A small village in North Wales is the setting for this story, which takes place right after D-Day. The impact of the war is felt by one...

Felts, Susannah. This will go down on your permanent record, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... FELTS, Susannah. This will go down on your permanent record, a novel. Feather-proof Books. 183p. c2008. 978-0-9771992-42. $9.95. S A It is the summer of 1989, and Vaughn Vance is on her own. Her boyfriend moves away (and no tears are shed)....

Garcia, Cristina. A handbook to luck.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... GARCIA, Cristina. A handbook to luck. Random House, Vintage. 259p. c2007. 978-0-307-27680-3. $13.95. A A novel written for adults featuring three teenagers, this will resonate with YA readers able to handle it. The author was born in...

Going, K.L. Saint Iggy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... GOING, K.L. Saint Iggy. Harcourt. 260p. c2006. 978-0-15-206248-4. $6.95. S A To quote the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, May 2007: When your morn is a junkie who disappears for weeks at a time and your stoned dad barely knows if you're...

Hamamura, John. Color of the sea.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HAMAMURA, John. Color of the sea. Random House, Anchor. 321 p. c2006. 978-0-307-38607-6. $13.95. S A This is truly a multicultural story of a young man born in Japan, raised in Hawaii and Japan and forced to confront his nationality as he...

Holubitsky, Katherine. Tweaked.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HOLUBITSKY, Katherine. Tweeked. Orca. 179p. C2008. 978-1-55143-851-1. $9.95. S A Gordie Jessup appears to be a happy, normal teen. His dad, a college professor, and his mom have provided a loving home; his band is practicing for a battle...

Hopkins, Ellen. Impulse.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HOPKINS, Ellen. Impulse. Simon & Schuster. 666p. c2007 978-1-4169-03574. $9.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: Deciding whether poetry, especially freeform poetry, is good is so subjective. One is tempted...

Horniman, Jeanne. Little wing.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HORNIMAN, Jeanne. Little wing. Allen & Unwin. 172p. c2006. 1-74114-857-X. $9.95. J S * Emily can hardly pull herself together enough to eat a meal and hold a brief conversation. Living with Charlotte, her mother's friend, Emily spends most...

Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Gotcha!(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... HRDLITSCHKA, Shelley, Gotcha! Orca. 259p. c2008. 978-1-55143-737-8. $9.95. S The senior class of Slippery Rock High School is psyched to play Gotcha, a traditional pre-graduation game now banned by the school's administration. The students...

Johnson, Maureen. Girl at sea.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... JOHNSON, Maureen. Girl at sea. HarperCollins. 323p. map. c2007. 978-0-06-0541460. $8.99. J S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2007: An improbable but entertaining plot, by the author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes. Clio is...

Klass, David. Firestorm.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... KLASS, David. Firestorm. (The Caretaker Trilogy: Book 1.) Macmillan, Square Fish. 289p. c2006. 978-0-312-38018-2. $8.99. J S * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: Who is Jack? The 18-year-old abruptly learns he...

Koja, Kathe. Talk.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... KOJA, Kathe. Talk. Macmillan, Square Fish. 139p. c2005. 978-0-312-37605-5. $6.99. S Accepting a dare from his best friend Carma, Kit tries out for the school play. To his surprise, he lands the lead role in Talk. Though it's his first...

Lane, Dakota. The Orpheus obsession.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... LANE, Dakota. The Orpheus obsession. HarperCollins, Katherine Tegen. 273p. illus, c2005. 978-0-06-074175-4. $8.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2005: Anooshka Stargirl becomes obsessed with Orpheus, a young rock...

Lockhart, E. Dramarama.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... LOCKHART, E. Dramarama. Hyperion. 311p. c2007. 978-0-7868-3817-2. $7.99. S Desperate to escape their town in Ohio, the narrator Sadye and her best friend Demi audition for a summer drama camp; they are accepted, and the drama that follows...

Lowenthal, Michael. Charity girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... LOWENTHAL, Michael. Charity girl. Houghton Mifflin, Mariner. 328p. c2007. 978-0-618-91978-9. $13.95. S A Frieda Mintz is a young teenage girl looking for a way to grow up and away from her strict mother, especially after her butcher father...

Meyer, Carolyn. Loving Will Shakespeare.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Audiobook review)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MEYER, Carolyn. Loving Will Shakespeare. Harcourt. 265p. c2006. 978-0-15-206221-7 $6.95. J S To quote the audiobook in KLIATT, September 2007: Anne Hathaway's parents were friends of the Shakespeare family. Seven years Will's senior, Anne...

Min, Katherine. Secondhand world, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MIN, Katherine. Secondhand world, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 269p. c2006. 978-0-307-27499-1. $13.95. SA The story starts with the narrator, Isadora Myung Hee Sohn, known as Isa, telling the reader that she has just spent 95 days in a...

Moses, Shelia P. The baptism, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... MOSES, Shelia P. The baptism, a novel. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 130p. c2007 1-4169-5833-9. $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: Fans of The Legend of Buddy Bush and The Return of Buddy Bush have a new...

Schreck, Karen Halvorsen. Dream journal.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... SCHRECK, Karen Halvorsen. Dream journal. Hyperion. 250p. c2006. 978-1-4231-0106-2. $8.99. J S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: A mother lying in the home dying, a teenager isolated and frightened, a...

Scott, Elizabeth. Perfect you.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 1, 2008... SCOTT, Elizabeth. Perfect you. Simon & Schuster. 279p. c2008. 978-0-4169-5355-5. $9.99. S * Kate's sophomore year is shaping up to be a spectacular mess. Her former best friend is now popular and acts like Kate doesn't even exist. Kate's...