Kliatt articles from March 2005

Kliatt archives from March 2005

My unbrilliant career (or how I wrote my first Novel in just 26 years).(First Novels--Part Two)(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)
March 1, 2005... I know from experience that careers do not always arise from a deep sense of destiny. My seven-year-old daughter, for instance, was set on a career in veterinary medicine until someone mentioned she'd have to put her hand up a cow's bottom. Now...

Why I write.(First Novels--Part Two)(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... There are three reasons for my being a writer. In chronological order: 1) I wrote before I could read. 2) Susan Vreeland failed me in my high school writing class. 3) I feel like I'm still in high school. My first memory is lying on my...

Abrahams, Peter. Down the rabbit hole; an Echo Falls mystery.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ABRAHAMS, Peter. Down the rabbit hole; an Echo Falls mystery. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer. 375p. c2005. 0-06-073701-8. $15.99. JS * Abrahams is known as a writer of crime stories for adults; this is his first foray into YA literature in a...

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Prom.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ANDERSON, Laurie Halse. Prom. Penguin, Viking. 224p. c2005.0-670-05974-9. $16.99. S* Ashley, age 18, can't wait to get out of her Philadelphia high school, and she certainly couldn't care less about the upcoming prom. All she cares about...

Bell, Hilari. The wizard test.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BELL, Hilari. The wizard test. HarperCollins, Eos. 176p. c2005.0-06-059940-5. $15.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-059941-3. $16.89.) J * Dayven knows he has wizard blood, but he's ashamed of it. His ambition is to become a Guardian, a skilled...

Blacker, Terence. Boy 2 girl.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BLACKER, Terence. Boy 2 girl. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 296p. c2005. 0-374-309264. $16.00. J Twelve-year-old Matthew Burton's life is turned upside down when his cousin Sam from America comes to live with his family in England after Sam's...

Brooks, Kevin. Candy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BROOKS, Kevin. Candy. Scholastic, The Chicken House. 368p. c2005. 0-439-68327-0. $16.95. S Joe is on the way to a doctor's appointment in London when he meets beautiful young Candy--and soon discovers that she's a drug-addicted prostitute...

Bruchac, Joseph. Code talker; a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BRUCHAC, Joseph. Code talker; a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two. Penguin, Dial. 240p. bibliog. c2005. 0-8037-2971-9. $16.99. JS Ned Begay leaves his sheepherding Navajo family at age six for a strict mission school, where...

Carbone, Elisa. Last dance on Holladay Street.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... CARBONE, Elisa. Last dance on Holladay Street. Random House, Knopf. 208p. c2005. 0-375-82896-6. $15.95. JS * Eva is 13 years old and living on the prairies of Colorado in 1878 with Mama Kate and Daddy Walter. Walter is a blacksmith and Kate...

Castellucci, Cecil. Boy proof.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... CASTELLUCCI, Cecil. Boy proof. Candlewick Press. 202p. c2005. 0-7636-2333-4. $15.99. JS Castellucci is a filmmaker, an actress, and a singer-songwriter. She lives in Hollywood, and this, her first novel, is set there. It's wonderfully...

Clarke, Judith. Kalpana's dream.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... CLARKE, Judith. Kalpana's dream. Front Street. 164p. c2004. 1-932425-22-5. $16.95. $16.95. J Clarke is an award-winning author of children's books in Australia and this story about some friends and their families is charmingly different....

Cohn, Rachel. Shrimp.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... COHN, Rachel. Shrimp. Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2005.0-689-86612-7. $15.95. S In this sequel to Cohn's popular Gingerbread, our narrator, feisty, spoiled Cyd Charisse, is starting her senior year of high school back in San Francisco, after...

DeFelice, Cynthia. The missing manatee.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... DeFelice, Cynthia. The missing manatee, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux. 192p. c2005.0-374-31257-5. $16.00. J Skeet Waters is on spring break. Living along the Gulf Coast of Florida, that means 11-year-old Skeet is going to be able to spend the...

Denenberg, Barry. Shadow life: a portrait of Anne Frank and her family.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... DENENBERG, Barry. Shadow life: a portrait of Anne Frank and her family. Scholastic. 240p. illus, notes, bibliog, c2005. 0-439-41678-7. $16.95. JS The Diary of Anne Frank has become a classic piece of literature, providing a glimpse of the...

Fitzgerald, Dawn. Getting in the game.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... FITZGERALD, Dawn. Getting in the game. Roaring Brook, A Deborah Brodie Book. 136p. c2005. 1-59643-044-3. $15.95. J Jo is a petite athlete who wants above all else to get on the ice hockey team; in her school, that means the boys' ice hockey...

Dent, Grace. LBD: live & fabulous!(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... DENT, Grace. LBD: live & fabulous! Penguin, Putnam. 268p. c2004. 0-399-24188-4. $15.99. JS * LBD stands for Les Bambinos Dangereuses, and consists of three 15-year-old English girls--Ronnie, Fleur, Claude--who have a series of...

Geras, Adele. Other echoes.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... GERAS, Adele. Other echoes. Random House, David Fickling Books. 144p. c2005. 0-385-75055-2. $15.95. S Nineteen-year-old Flora is ill; and in her boarding school infirmary she has asked for paper and pen. As she recuperates, she is writing...

Gonzales, Susan & ABRAHAM, Denise. Cecilia's year.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... GONZALES, Susan & ABRAHAM, Denise. Cecilia's year. Cinco Puntos Press (701 Texas Ave, El Paso TX 79901). 210p. illus, c2004. 0-938317-87-3. $16.95. J * The conflict is evident from the first page. An avid reader stealing time away from her...

Gonzalez, Julie. Wings.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... GONZALEZ, Julie. Wings, Random House, Delacorte. 197p. c2005. 0-385-73227-9. $15.95. J Ben Delaney claims he was born to fly. The skin of his shoulder blades hides wings waiting to burst forth and lift him aloft. When they do, he will...

Green, John. Looking for Alaska.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... GREEN, John. Looking for Alaska. Penguin, Dutton. 272p. c2005. 0-525-47506-0. $15.99. SA Geeky, friendless Miles, whose hobby is collecting famous last words, goes off to boarding school in Alabama seeking new experiences, the "Great...

Grover, Lorie Ann. Hold me tight.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... GROVER, Lorie Ann. Hold me tight. Simon & Schuster, McElderry Books 336p. c2005. 0689-85248-7. $16.95. J An attractive cover immediately draws a reader's attention to this novel told in poems. Essie, the narrator, holds that reader close...

Hemphill, Stephanie. Things left unsaid; a novel in poems.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... HEMPHILL, Stephanie. Things left unsaid; a novel in poems. Hyperion. 262p. c2004. 0-7868-1850-6. $16.99. JS We are getting accustomed to the format of the novel in poems. This first novel by a poet stands out as being generally better...

Horowitz, Anthony. Scorpia.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... HOROWITZ, Anthony. Scorpia. (An Alex Rider Adventure.) Penguin, Philomel. 320p. c2005.0-399-24151-5. $1799. JS * Once again, intrepid British teenage spy Alex Rider (hero of Eagle Strike and other thrillers) must save the day. Alex is...

Ives, David. Scrib.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... IVES, David. Scrib. HarperCollins. 188p. c2005.0-06-059841-7 $15.99. JS The cover, featuring a cowboy hat, pencils, and paper flying through the air, riddled by bullets, sums up this rollicking tale nicely. The front page provides a...

Jeapes, Ben. The new world order.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... JEAPES, Ben. The new world order. Random House, David Fickling. 437p. c2004. 0385-75013-7. $15.95. JS This is a lengthy, challenging fantasy first published in England. It takes place during the civil war in England, which was a complicated...

Jinks, Catherine. Pagan's scribe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... JINKS, Catherine. Pagan's scribe. (Pagan Chronicles.) Candlewick Press. 368p. map. c2005.0-7636-2022-X. $16.99. SA This last novel in a four-book series about medieval times, following Pagan's Cruz sade, Pagan in Exile, and Pagan's Vows,...

Klise, Kate. Deliver us from Normal.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... KLISE, Kate. Deliver us from Normal. Scholastic Press. c2005.0-439-52322-2. 240p. $16.95. J Charles Harrisong is in the sixth grade and lives in Normal, Illinois. Or rather, he lived in Normal until one night when his father decides to...

Kogler, Jennifer Anne. Ruby Tuesday.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... KOGLER, Jennifer Anne. Ruby Tuesday. HarperCollins. 307p. c2005. 0-06-073956-8. $15.99. JS * Another excellent first novel, this one began as the author's senior thesis when she was at Princeton University as an English major. The unusual,...

Love, D. Anne. The secret prince.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... LOVE, D. Anne. The secret prince. Simon & Schuster, McElderry Books. 226p. c2005. 0-689-84426-3. $16.95. J The land of Kelhadden was once a great and pleasant kingdom, governed by a generous king whose subjects were prosperous and happy....

McNaughton, Janet. The secret under my skin.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... McNAUGHTON, Janet. The secret under my skin. HarperCollins. 264p. 2005. 0-06008989-X. $15.99. JS * The events in this dystopia take place in a slightly recognizable world several hundred years in the future. (McNaughton says in an Author's...

Melling, O.R. The hunter's moon.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... MELLING, O.R. The hunter's moon. (The Chronicles of Faerie.) Abrams, Amulet. 284p. c2005.0-8109-5857-0. $16.95. J Two 16-year-old cousins, Gwen, from Canada, and Finn, from Ireland, plan to spend their summer touring Ireland and finding...

Mills, Claudia. Makeovers by Marcia.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... MILLS, Claudia. Makeovers by Marcia. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. c2005.0-374-346542. 160p. $16.00. J Claudia Mills continues the story of students from West Creek Middle School in this fifth book in the series, focusing on Marcia Faitak,...

Moloney, James. Black taxi.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... MOLONEY, James. Black taxi. HarperCollins. 264p. c2003.0-06-055937-3. $15.99. S When Rosie's grandfather is sent to jail for six months for petty larceny, he gives her the keys to his beautiful black Mercedes as well as his cell phone. He...

Myracle, Lauren. Rhymes with witches.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... MYRACLE, Lauren. Rhymes with witches. Abrams, Amulet Books. c2005.0-8109-5859-7. 208p. $16.95. S The story follows freshman high school student Jane and her quest to be part of a highly popular foursome called the Bitches. At the start of...

Oates, Joyce Carol. Sexy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... OATES, Joyce Carol. Sexy. HarperCollins. 272p. c2005. 0-06-054149-0. $16.99. S Darren Flynn is 16, a star swimmer, and sexy. Not just sexy on the outside, but sexy on the inside and about to burst from all the sexual tension he's holding...

Park, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... PARK, Linda Sue. Project Mulberry. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 232p. bibliog. c2005.0-618-47786-1. $15.00. J * Seventh-graders Julia and Patrick decide to join an after-school club and work together on a project to be exhibited at the state...

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride: the Angel experiment.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... PATTERSON, James. Maximum Ride: the Angel experiment. Little, Brown. 422p. c2005.0-316-15556-X. $16.99. JS * In a note to the reader, best-selling suspense writer Patterson explains that a character named Max appears in his adult novels...

Paver, Michelle. Wolf brother.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... PAVER, Michelle. Wolf brother. (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book One.) HarperCollins. 305p. c2005. 0060728256. $16.99. JS This first book in a six-book series introduces readers to the clans that inhabit the primeval forest, hunting and...

Sachs, Marilyn. Lost in America.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... SACHS, Marilyn. Lost in America. Roaring Book Press. 160p. c2005. 1-59643-040-0. $16.95. JS Nicole Nieman is living with her parents and younger sister in Aix-les-Bains, France in 1943. While she is spending the night with a classmate, the...

Shearer, Alex. Sea legs.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... SHEARER, Alex. Sea legs. Simon & Schuster. 320p. c2005.0-689-87143-0 $15.95. J Eric and Clive are twins, but they are really nothing alike. Just ask Eric, the eldest. He'll tell you. And he'll tell you the story about how he and Clive...

Sleator, William. The last universe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... SLEATOR, William. The last universe. Abrams, Amulet Books. c2005.0-8109-58589.176p.$16.95. JS Fourteen-year-old Susan lives on the edge of a garden, a very strange garden, because it was built by a physicist. Drawing from work on quantum...

Spinner, Stephanie. Quicksilver.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... SPINNER, Stephanie. Quicksilver. Random. House, Knopf. 236p. c2005. 0-375-82638-6. $15.95. JS This isn't for everyone, but those who like mythology and fantasy will find an imaginative story featuring Hermes, aka Quicksilver or Mercury....

Stolls, Amy. Palms to the ground.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... STOLLS, Amy. Palms to the ground. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 244p. c2005.0-374-35731-5. $16.00. JS Every character in this book is weird. Each is a grotesque after the manner of Carson McCullers, and the author also attempts wacky humor with...

Thesman, Jean. Singer.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... THESMAN, Jean. Singer. Penguin, Viking. 280p. bibliog. c2005. 0-670-05937-4. $16.99. JS Thesman has written numerous novels for YAs and this is a re-telling of an Irish folktale, "The Children of Lir." The narrator is Singer, pictured...

White, Ruth. The search for Belle Prater.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... WHITE, Ruth. The search for Belle Prater. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 176p. c2005. 0-374-30853-5. $16.00. J In this sequel to the Newbery Honor Book, Belle Prater's Boy, Ruth White has returned to Gypsy and her cousin, Woodrow. Now a year...

Whyman, Matt. Boy kills man.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... WHYMAN, Matt. Boy kills man. HarperCollins. 160p. c2005. 0-06-074663-7. $15.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-074664-5. $16.89.) JS In Medellin, Colombia, "gangsters rule" and "the gun speaks louder than words." Sonny and his hulking best friend...

Bennett, Cherie. Life in the fat lane.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BENNETT, Cherie. Life in the fat lane. Random House, Dell, Laurel-Leaf. 260p. c1998.0-440-22029-7. $5.50. JS Lara Lynn Ardeche has it all. She is popular, pretty, thin, has countless beauty pageant wins to her name, perfect parents, good...

Black, Jim. River season.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BLACK, Jim. River season. Penguin. 198p. c1999.0-14-200444-8. $12.00. JS It is 1966 in a small Texas town, and a 13-year-old boy, Jim, is experiencing growing up. His father has died, but he has his small community, the friendship of two...

Chen, Da. Wandering warrior.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... CHEN, Da. Wandering warrior. Random House. 322p. c2003. 0-440-23771-8. $5.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: My main contact with Chinese kung fu legends has been watching the movie Crouching Tiger,...

Cliffe, Susan. Thread of deceit; a tale of crime and betrayal in Upper Canada.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... CLIFFE, Susan. Thread of deceit; a tale of crime and betrayal in Upper Canada. Sumach. 200p. map. bibliog, c2004. 1-894549-38-4. JS Lilly McNabb is a feisty 19-year-old milliner living in Upper Canada in 1835. The Upper St. Lawrence River...

Cook, Lorna J. Departures, a novel.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... COOK, Lorna J. Departures, a novel. St. Martin's Griffin. 242p. c2004. 0-312-32129-5. $12.95. SA One measure of family strength is how able the children are to leave when the time comes. In this novel, which tells the story of the...

Creech, Sharon, Granny Torrelli makes soup.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... CREECH, Sharon, Granny Torrelli makes soup. HarperTrophy. 141p. c2003. 0-06-440960-0. $5.99. J To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2003: Creech is the winner of the Newbery Medal for Walk Two Moons, and she also wrote...

Draper, Sharon M. The battle of Jericho.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... DRAPER, Sharon M. The battle of Jericho. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 336p. c2003.0-689-84233-3. $5.99. JS To quote from the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, September 2004: If you're a male student at Douglass High School, the best club to...

Elderkin, Susan. The voices.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ELDERKIN, Susan. The voices. Grove. 323p. c2003.0-8021-4170-6. $13.00. A The story of Billy Saint begins at the end. Billy, an engaging and somewhat innocent hero, is hospitalized with wounds that are horrible to behold and impossible to...

Ellis, Deborah. Mud city.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ELLIS, Deborah. Mud city. (The Bread winner Trilogy, Book 3.) Groundwood. 164p. map. c2003.0-88899-542-3. $5.95. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: Ellis, familiar to NPR listeners for her reporting from...

Harlow, Joan Hiatt. Shadows on the sea.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... HARLOW, Joan Hiatt. Shadows on the sea. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 244p. c2003.0690-84927-3. $4.99. J "Don't worry so much. Don't worry so much." So starts this tale set during 1942 in a small coastal vacation community in Maine. Jill...

Hart, Alison. Samuel's horses.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Hart, Alison. Samuel's horses. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 141p. c2005.0-689-86777-8. $4.99. J Hart has written another historical novel set during the Civil War era and told from the perspective of a young slave. The first in a forthcoming...

Hughes, Kathleen. Dear Mrs. Lindbergh, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... HUGHES, Kathleen. Dear Mrs. Lindbergh, a novel. Norton. 302p. notes, bibliog, c2003. 0-393-32622-5. $13.95. SA This is a lovely story of two people who fall in love with each other and with flying; and whose love never died. When Ruth and...

Hurley, Valerie. St. Ursula's girls against the atomic bomb.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... HURLEY, Valerie. St. Ursula's girls against the atomic bomb. Penguin, Plume. 252p. c2003. 0-452-28569-0. $13.00. SA Raine Rassaby, a verbose, political, and unrealistic eccentric, is having a second go at her senior year of high school. But...

Itani, Frances. Deafening.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ITANI, Frances. Deafening. Grove. 378p. c2003.0-8021-4165-X. $14.00. SA Language and silence, love and war, and the powerful narrative of small-town Ontario, Canada are the outstanding ingredients that draw the reader into Grania O'Neill's...

Kilian, Michael. The Shiloh sisters; a Harrison Raines Civil War mystery.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... KILIAN, Michael. The Shiloh sisters; a Harrison Raines Civil War mystery. Penguin, Berkley. 374p. c2004. 0-425-20004-3. $6.99. SA This is the fifth in this series of mysteries. Kilian is adept at making the events of the Civil War and the...

Krulik, Nancy. She's got the beat.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... KRULIK, Nancy. She's got the beat. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 320p. c2003.1-4169-0020-9. $5.99. S If you can believe that a girl who lacked rhythm and never took a music class can pick up drumsticks and become a professional drummer within...

Menendez, Aria. Loving Che.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... MENENDEZ, Aria. Loving Che. Grove Press. 229p. illus, c2003.0-8021-4174-9. $12.00. A To quote from the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, May 2004: This story begins in Miami where a young woman, raised by her Cuban exile grandfather,...

Morrison, Toni. Love, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... MORRISON, Toni. Love, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 201p. c2003. 1-4000-7847-4. $13.00. SA Like William Faulkner, Toni Morrison understands the South and the soul of its people. In her latest novel, Morrison draws the reader into the...

Neenan, Colin. Idiot!(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... NEENAN, Colin. Idiot! Brown Barn, Pictures of Record (119 Kettle Creek Road, Weston, CT 06883). 152p. c2004. 0-9746481-1-6. $10.95. S Teen angst from the male point of view. Jim O'Reilly, 16, wakes up one morning madly in love with Zanny...

Odhiambo, David. Kipligat's chance, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... ODHIAMBO, David. Kipligat's chance, a novel. St. Martin's Press. 271 p. c2003. 0-312-32954-7. $12.95. SA * John "Leeds" Kipligat and Kulvinder Sharma are best friends and mortal enemies. Both are 17-year-old refugees from Kenya living in...

Paulsen, Gary. The Glass Cafe; or, the stripper and the state: how my mother started a war with the system that made us kind of rich and a little bit famous.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... PAULSEN, Gary. The Glass Cafe; or, the stripper and the state: how my mother started a war with the system that made us kind of rich and a little bit famous. Random House. 99p. c2003. 0-440-23843-9. $5.99. J To quote from the review of the...

Pinkwater, Daniel. The education of Robert Nifkin.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... PINKWATER, Daniel. The education of Robert Nifkin. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 178p. c2005.0-618-55208-1. $6.99. JS Daniel Pinkwater captures the essence of life in the 1950s for a beatnik teenager fed up with conformity. Robert Nifkin is...

Reed, Stephanie. Across the wide river.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... REED, Stephanie. Across the wide river. Kregel. 176p. c2004.0-8254-3576-5. $7.99. J Based on a real family that once lived in historic Ripley, Ohio, this book follows the life of Lowry Rankin, the first child of a large family devoted to...

Ryan, Darlene. Rules for life.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... RYAN, Darlene. Rules for life. Orca. 163p. c2004.1-55143-350-8. $7.95. S * "I knew my father had had sex the minute I walked into the kitchen. It wasn't as though he was smoking a cigarette and basking in the afterglow. It was subtler than...

Sa, Shan. The girl who played go.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... SA, Shan. The girl who played go. Tr. from the French by Adriana Hunter. Penguin. 280p. c2003.1-4000-3228-8. $13.95. SA * This book is an Asian version of an archetypal doomed love story, the tale of a 16-year-old Chinese girl obsessed with...

Sedgwick, Marcus. The dark horse.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... SEDGWICK, Marcus. The dark horse. Random House. 217p. c2003. 0-440-41908-5. $5.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: Sixteen-year-old Sig lives in a coastal village with his tribe of farmers and...

Strasser, Todd. Cut back, Book 1.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... STRASSER, Todd. Cut back, Book 1. 320p. 0-689-87030-2. Take off, Book 2. 303p. 0-689-87029-9. Impact Zone series. Simon & Schuster. c2004. $5.99 each. JS This new series focuses on the life of Kai, a young surfer stuck in a transient life...

Taylor, Jeannie St. John. Out at home: A Novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... TAYLOR, Jeannie St. John. Out at home, a novel. Kregel. 137p. c2004. 0-8254-3724-5. $5.99. J Dakota's world caves in when fie learns that his mom and dad are separating. Although he tries to find ways to throw them back together, at 13 he...

Torrey, Michele. To the Edge of the World.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... TORREY, Michelle. To the edge of the world. Random House, Dell Laurel-Leaf. 233p. map. Bibliog. c2003. 0-440-23793-9. $5.99. JS * To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: After losing his parents to the pestilence...

White, Ruth. Belle Prater's boy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... WHITE, Ruth. Belle Prater's boy. Random House, Dell Yearling. 196p. c1996. 0-440-41372-9. $5.99. J To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT, May 1998: This is one of those rare books that transcend age with its timeless story...

Wittlinger, Ellen. Zigzag.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... WITTLINGER, Ellen. Zigzag. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 264p. c2003.0-689-84998-2. $6.99. JS * To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2003: The cover art catches the eye: a young woman's face caught in the rearview mirror of...

Bell, Hilari. Fall of a kingdom.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BELL, Hilari. Fall of a kingdom. (Formerly titled Flame.) (The Farsala Trilogy, Book 1). Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 422p. c203.0-689-85414-5. $5.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September, 2003: Set in the...

Butcher, Nancy. Beauty.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... BUTCHER, Nancy. Beauty. Simon & Schuster. 166p. c2005.0-689-86235-0. $6.99. J In the fantasy kingdom of Ran, a young princess has worked to degrade her natural beauty in order to keep her mother's affection. At 16, Tatiana Anatolia (Ana)...

Card, Orson Scott. The crystal city.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... CARD, Orson Scott. The crystal city. (The Tales of Alvin Maker, Vol.VI.) Tor. 340p. c2003. 0-812-56462-6. $799. JSA In this long-awaited next episode in the saga of Alvin Maker, Peggy sends Alvin to Nueva Barcelona with Arthur Stuart. There...

David, Peter. Stone and anvil.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... DAVID, Peter. Stone and anvil. (Star Trek New Frontier, Book 14.) Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books. 360p. c2003. 0-7434-9618-3. $6.99. JSA The Star Trek New Frontier series deals with the exploits of Captain Mackenzie Calhoun. This...

DeCandido, Keith R.A. A time for war, a time for peace.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... DeCANDIDO, Keith R.A. A time for war, a time for peace. (StarTrek.) Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books. 344p. c2004. 0-74349179-3. $6.99. JSA This is the ninth and final tale in the series of Star Trek adventures that follow the adventures of...

Dragons in the archives; the best of Weis & Hickman anthology.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... Dragons in the archives; the best of Weis & Hickman anthology. Wizards of the Coast. 374p. c2004. 0-7869-3669-X. $7.99. SA Welcome back to the land of Krynn! This short story compilation celebrating 20 years of the DragonLance phenomenon...

Fisher, Catherine. The oracle betrayed.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
March 1, 2005... FISHER, Catherine. The oracle betrayed. (Book One: The Oracle Prophecies.) Harper-Collins, Greenwillow. 332p. c2004. 0-06-057159-4. $6.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Blending the mythology of...