Kliatt articles from March 2007

Kliatt archives from March 2007

Ahhhhh! Technology: now playing at your (virtual) public library: e-audiobooks.
March 1, 2007... Look around you, and you'll discover more and more young adults showing off their MP3 players: those tiny, eminently portable digital audio devices that hold hundreds, even thousands, of their favorite songs. When they are new, these players...

Alexander, Alma. Worldweavers; gift of the unmage.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... ALEXANDER, Alma. Worldweavers; gift of the unmage. HarperCollins. 389p. c2007. 0-06-083955-4. $16.99. JS As the seventh child of two powerful seventh children, Galathea Winthrop was expected to grow into magical abilities beyond anything...

Anderson, Laurie Halse. Twisted.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... ANDERSON, Laurie Halse. Twisted. Penguin, Viking. 256p. c2007. 0-670-06101-8. $16.99. S* A Laurie Halse Anderson novel comes with certain standard features: lively prose, witty descriptions, short chapters, tense action, complex...

Arnold, Tedd. Rat life, a mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... ARNOLD, Tedd. Rat life, a mystery. Penguin, Dial, Sleuth. 187p. c2007. 0-8037-3020-9. $16.99. JS Todd, the narrator, is a writer. He's 14 years old, and he relates a story about an older boy named Rat and the death and destruction he...

Bailey, Len. Fantasms.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... BAILEY, Len. Fantasms. Tor, Starscape. 295p. c2007. 0-765-30982-3. $17.95. J After an ignoble rodeo encounter, Oklahoma cowboy Danny Ray crosses a shimmering doorway to enter the Kingdom of Elidor. He has been summoned once more to help...

Beaudoin, Sean. Going nowhere faster.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... BEAUDOIN, Sean. Going nowhere faster. Little, Brown. 224p. c2007. 0-316-01415-X. $16.99. S* Poor Stan Smith. Aside from his unfortunate name and his compulsion to make lists, he has a spindly body--fodder for bullies. He won a chess...

Carroll, Michael. Quantum prophecy; the awakening.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... CARROLL, Michael. Quantum prophecy; the awakening. Penguin, Philomel. 272p. c2007. 0-399-24725-4. $16.99. J No more super heroes or super villains remain after an explosion ten years ago, which saved New York City. True, three super heroes...

Charlton-Trujillo, e.E. Feels like home.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... CHARLTON-TRUJILLO, e.E. Feels like home. Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2007. 978-0-385-73332-8. $15.99. S This is an intense story about loss and pain. Michelle, or Mickey as she is called, has had a rough home life. Her mother left the...

Clement-Moore, Rosemary. Prom dates from hell, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... CLEMENT-MOORE, Rosemary. Prom dates from hell, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 308p. c2007. 978-0-385-73412-7. $15.99. S My recollection of the film Ghostbusters is a bit vague, but this story mentions the movie and in fact shares some of...

Craig, Joe. Jimmy Coates; target.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... CRAIG, Joe. Jimmy Coates; target. Harper-Collins. 272p. c2007. 0-06-077266-2. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-077267-0. $16.89.) J In this sequel to Jimmy Coates: Assassin?, Jimmy, a genetically programmed killer, has escaped from NJ7, the British...

Dahlberg, Maurine. The story of Jonas.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... DAHLBERG, Maurine. The story of Jonas. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. c2007. 160p. 0-374-37264-0. $16.00. J It is 1859 and people from the East are heading out to the Kansas territory in search of gold. So it is that Percy Hooper, the spoiled son...

Dogar, Sharon. Waves.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... DOGAR, Sharon. Waves. Scholastic, Chicken House. 325p. c2007 0-439-87180-8. $16.99. SA Waves is a complex, psychological, ghostly story that was first published in England, with a quote by Philip Pullman on the cover: "A remarkable novel...

Dowd, Siobhan. A swift pure cry.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... DOWD, Siobhan. A swift pure cry. Random House, David Fickling. 310p. c2006. 978-0-385-75108-7. $16.39. SA Inspired by James Joyce (the title comes from his Ulysses), Dowd writes about a small town in Ireland in 1984, though it feels like an...

Durrant, Sabine. Cross your heart, Connie Pickles.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... DURRANT, Sabine. Cross your heart, Connie Pickles. HarperCollins, Tempest. 263p. $2005. 0-06-085479-0. s16.99. JS This novel fits into the wacky British family narratives beloved of many readers. Durrant is a journalist in London who has...

Foyt, Victoria. The virtual life of Lexie Diamond.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... FOYT, Victoria. The virtual life of Lexie Diamond. HarperCollins. 320p. c2007. 0-060-82563-4 $16.99. J Lexie Diamond is a computer geek. She spends her time on her computer and feels there is a special energy and relationship that she...

French, Jackie. Rover.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... FRENCH, Jackie. Rover. HarperCollins. 284p. map. c2007. 0-06-085078-7 $16.99. JS About 1000 years ago, Vikings sailed to Vinland, the coast of what is now North America. We know this from scant archeological evidence and from the Norse...

Gormley, Beatrice. Salome.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... GORMLEY, Beatrice. Salome. Random House, Knopf. 306p. 978-0-375-83908-5. 306p. $15.99 JS Perhaps most of us know the story of Salome, who danced before Herod and demanded the head of John the Baptist as a reward. If we don't know it from...

Haas, Jessie. Chase.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HAAS, Jessie. Chase. HarperCollins, Green-willow. 256p. c2007. 0-06-112850-3. $16.99. J* You may remember Haas's name from Unbroken and other horse stories. She really outdoes herself with this one, with a remarkable horse, a boy named...

Hemphill, Stephanie. Your own, Sylvia; a verse portrait of Sylvia Plath.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HEMPHILL, Stephanie. Your own, Sylvia; a verse portrait of Sylvia Plath. Random House, Knopf. 272p. e2007. 978-0-375-83799-9. $15.99. S One can only be in awe of an author who decides to write the story of Sylvia Plath's life "based on real...

Hershey, Mary. The one where the kid nearly jumps to his death and lands in California.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HERSHEY, Mary. The one where the kid nearly jumps to his death and lands in California. Penguin, Razorbill. c2007 288p. 1-59514-150-2. $15.99. J* Alastair is going to spend the summer with his father and stepmother in California. Although...

Hobbs, Valerie. Anything but Ordinary.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HOBBS, Valerie. Anything but ordinary. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 176p. c2007. 0-374-30374-6. $16.00. S Bernie and Winifred became best friends at Pittstown Middle School. Their relationship continued into high school and now that they have...

Hogan, Mary. The perfect girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HOGAN, Mary. The perfect girl. HarperCollins. 196p. c2007 0-060-84108-7 $16.99. J The perfect girl of the title has only a walk-on part in this novel. She's who 14-year-old Ruth from tiny Odessa, Delaware, wants to be so that she can...

Holmes, Sara. Letters from Rapunzel.(Children's review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HOLMES, Sara. Letters from Rapunzel. HarperCollins. 184p. c2007. 0-06-078073-8. $15.99. J The publishers suggest this book for readers age 8-12. Because Rapunzel (aka Cadence) is a brilliant young teenager trying to make sense of her father's...

Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas. A samurai never fears death.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HOOBLER, Dorothy & Thomas. A samurai never fears death. (A Samurai Mystery.) Penguin, Sleuth/Philomel. 208p. c2007. 978-0-399-24609-8. $12.99. JS Seikei, a 16-year-old samurai and adopted son of famously clever Judge Ooka (a real person,...

Hughes, Mark Peter. Lemonade Mouth.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HUGHES, Mark Peter. Lemonade Mouth. Random House, Delacorte. 352p. c2007. 978-0-385-73392-2. $15.99. JS* This is told as Naomi Fishmeier's authorized biography of a high school band, Lemonade Mouth. Comprised of five unlikely students in...

Jahn-Clough, Lisa. Me, Penelope.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... JAHN-CLOUGH, Lisa. Me, Penelope. Houghton Mifflin. 208p. c2007. 0-618-77366-5. $16.00. S Lopi, short for Penelope, is a 16-year-old prickly loner, bright, even intellectually arrogant. She thinks of high school as a prison and plots a way...

Jocelyn, Marthe. How it happened in Peach Hill.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... JOCELYN, Marthe. How it happened in Peach Hill. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 232p. c2007. 978-0-375-83701-2. $15.99. JS Narcissistic, selfish mothers frequently pop up in literature, as we all know. Here is another one. This mother makes her...

Jones, Diana Wynne. The game.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... JONES, Diana Wynne. The game. (Firebird, book 1.) Penguin. 192p. c2007. 0-14-240718-6. $11.99. JS In this first of the Firebird Novella Series, orphaned Hayley is sent to live with her aunts and cousins. After some rambunctious play,...

Kent, Rose. Kimchi & calamari.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... KENT, Rose. Kimchi & calamari. HarperCollins. 222p. c2007. 0-06-083769-1. $15.99. J The author has two children who were adopted from Korea and she has two biological children who are part Korean, so this, her first novel, about a boy born...

Knox, Elizabeth. Dreamquake.(Young adult review)(Book review)(Brief review)
March 1, 2007... KNOX, Elizabeth. Dreamquake. (Dreamhunter Duet, Book 2.) Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 464p. c2007 0-374-31854-9. $19.00. JS The second book of the Dreamhunter Duet begins on St. Lazarus Eve in 1906 as a crowd of over 1,000 has come to the...

Kostick, Conor. Epic.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... KOSTICK, Conor. Epic. Penguin, Viking. 384p. c2007. 978-0-670-06179-2. $1799. JS* On New Earth, violence is forbidden. All conflicts are resolved through a fantasy role-playing computer game called Epic, which is controlled by the...

Lester, Julius. Cupid; a tale of love and desire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... LESTER, Julius. Cupid; a tale of love and desire. Harcourt. c2007 198p. 0-15-202056-X. $1700. JS This retelling of the Cupid and Psyche myth is told by a witty, wordy and knowledgeable storyteller. As the storyteller meanders among the...

Lubar, David. True talents.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... LUBAR, David. True talents. (Sequel to Hidden Talents.) Tor, Starscape. 313p. c2007 0-765-309777. $1795. J* It's been some time (1999) since Hidden Talents introduced Lubar's characters--the friends Martin, Trash, Cheater, Torchie, Flinch...

Marsden, John. While I live.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... MARSDEN, John. While I live. (The Ellie Chronicles, Book 1.) Scholastic. 304p. c2007 0-439-783186. $16.99. JS These books were first published in Australia, and the audiobooks have appeared in the US already; this is the first US...

Mead, Alice. Dawn and dusk.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... MEAD, Alice. Dawn and dusk. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 152p. 0-374-31708-9. c2007. $16.00. JS With much of the news focus on the Middle East, many of us know something about the Kurds, the minority people in Iraq, Turkey, and Iran who are...

Mitchard, Jacquelyn. Now you see her.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... MITCHARD, Jacquelyn. Now you see her. Harper Collins. 200p. c2007. 0-06-111683-1. $15.99. S* What does a veteran author of Oprah's Book Club do for an encore? The answer is to write an interesting young adult novel. This book defines the...

Moloney, James. The Book of Lies.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... MOLONEY, James. The Book of Lies. Harper Collins. 368p. c2007. 0-06-057842-4. $16.99 JS Marcel, aka Robert, thinks he is a foundling; that is, until he lays his hands on the mysterious Book of Lies. When he pronounces, "I am an orphan,"...

Myers, Walter Dean. Harlem summer.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... MYERS, Walter Dean. Harlem summer. Scholastic. 176p. illus. c2007. 978-0-439-36843-8. $16.99. JS* It's the hot summer of 1925 and 16-yearold Mark, hoping for a record contract, just wants to play sax with his jazz band. His family needs...

O'Dell, Kathleen. Bad tickets.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... O'DELL, Kathleen. Bad tickets. Random House, Knopf. 240p. c2007. 978-0-375-83801-9. $15.99. S This is the kind of book that mothers don't want their young teenage daughters to read because it suggests that the mothers did not all come to...

Parker, Robert B. Edenville Owls.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... PARKER, Robert B. Edenville Owls. Penguin, Sleuth/Philomel. 208p. c2007. 978-0-399-24656-2. $1799. JS* Parker, the best-selling author of detective tales for adults, is now trying his hand at YA fiction, and the result is a real winner. The...

Paver, Michelle. Soul eater.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... PAVER, Michelle. Soul eater. (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness, Book 3.) HarperCollins. 336p. c2007. 0-06-072832-9. $16.99. JS The third installment of seven in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series finds Torak, Renn and Wolf being torn...

Pinkwater, Daniel. The Neddiad; how Neddie took the train, went to Hollywood, and saved civilization.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... PINKWATER, Daniel. The Neddiad; how Neddie took the train, went to Hollywood, and saved civilization. Houghton Mifflin. 320p. c2007 978-0-618-59444-3. $16.00. J On a whim, Neddie Wentworthstein and his family move from Chicago to Los...

Pratchett, Terry. Johnny and the bomb.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... PRATCHETT, Terry. Johnny and the bomb. (The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy.) HarperCollins. 256p. c1996, c2007 06-054191-1. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06054192-X. $1789.) JS* In this time travel adventure, 13-year-old Johnny has nightmares about planes...

Ryan Hyde, Catherine. The year of my miraculous reappearance.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... RYAN HYDE, Catherine. The year of my miraculous reappearance. Random House, Knopf. 240p. c2007. 978-0-375-93257-1. $1799. JS* Thirteen-year-old Cynnie has an alcoholic mother who runs a stream of unsavory boyfriends through her bedroom, a...

Saldana, Rene, Jr. The whole sky full of stars.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... SALDANA, Rene, Jr. The whole sky full of stars. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books. 129p. c2007. 978-0-385-73053-2. $15.99. S Barry's mother works hard for a living. He wants to be able to make her life a little easier. Alby, his best friend,...

Smith, Cynthia Leitich. Tantalize.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... SMITH, Cynthia Leitich. Tantalize. Candlewick. 310p. c2007. 0-7636-2791-7. $16.99. SA Quincie Morris is a typical 17-year-old girl living a typical life in Austin, Texas: except for the fact that her best friend (and seemingly unwitting...

Stahler, David, Jr. The Seer.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... STAHLER, David, Jr. The Seer. (TheTruesight Trilogy, book 2.) HarperCollins. 256p. c2007. 0-06-052288-7. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-052289-5. $17.89.) JS Truesight, the previous volume, is a dystophic SF tale (reminiscent of The Giver) about...

Townley, Roderick. The red thread.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... TOWNLEY, Roderick. The red thread. Simon & Schuster. 292p. c2007. 1-4169-2930-4. $17.99. JS Ghostly, weird, time-bending experiences are the core of The Red Thread's plot. Dana, the heroine, is 16. She has a wonderful boyfriend and they...

Trueman, Terry. 7 days at the hot corner.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... TRUEMAN, Terry. 7 days at the hot corner. HarperCollins. 160p. c2007. 0-06-057494-1. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-057495-X. $16.89.) S Playing third base is so tricky it's known as "the hot corner." Scott, a high school senior, plays varsity...

Turnbull, Ann. Forged in the fire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... TURNBULL, Ann. Forged in the fire. Candlewick Press. 312p. c2007. 978-0-7636-3144-4. $16.99. JS The first book about William and Susanna, No Shame, No Fear, was selected as an ALA Best Book for YAs, among other honors, despite the...

Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency's revenge.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... UPDALE, Eleanor. Montmorency's revenge. Scholastic. 304p. c2007. 978-0-439-81373-0. $16.99. JSA Fourth in Updale's engaging, character-and action-packed series about thief-turned-gentleman/spy Montmorency, this picks up where the last...

Weinheimer, Beckie. Converting Kate.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... WEINHEIMER, Beckie. Converting Kate. Penguin, Viking. 314p. c2007. 978-0-670-06152-5. $16.99. JS* The Holy Divine Church Kate has been raised in, which her mother belongs to and her father rejected, is fictional, but recognizable,...

Wells, Rosemary. Red moon at Sharpsburg.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... WELLS, Rosemary. Red moon at Sharpsburg. Penguin, Viking. 238p. c2007. 0-670-03638-2. $16.99. JS* History becomes as real as the present in this fine novel about the Civil War in Virginia in the Shenandoah valley, as experienced by India...

Welsh, T.K. Resurrection men.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... WELSH, T.K. Resurrection men. Penguin, Dutton. 224p. c2007. 978-0-525-47699-3. $16.99. S After his parents are killed right in front of him, 12-year-old Victor, from Modena, Italy, is sold as a cabin boy. His leg is shattered in a terrible...

White, Ruth. Way down deep.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... WHITE, Ruth. Way down deep. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. c2007. 208p. 0-374-38251-4. $16.00. J Infant Ruby June shows up in Way Down, West Virginia one day, with curly red hair and no parent in sight. It is 1944 and Miss Arbutus Ward,...

Wilhelm, Doug. Falling.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... WILHELM, Doug. Falling. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 244p. c2007. 0-374-32251-1. $1700. JS* This is a novel about a 15-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy falling in love, masquerading as a sports story. The boy is Matt Shaw, promising...

Zindel, Lizabeth. Girl of the moment.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... ZINDEL, Lizabeth. Girl of the moment. Penguin, Viking. 272p. c2007. 0-670-06210-3. $17,99. JS This novel is The Devil Wears Prada for teens. Normal, likeable, pretty, smart, 16-year-old Lily misses out on an opportunity for an internship...

Bass, Rick. The diezmo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... BASS, Rick. The diezmo. Houghton Mifflin. 208p. c2005.0-618-71050-7. $13.95. SA This story, set in 1842, is one of war, told through the eyes of a 16-year-old soldier. Born in Texas (newly created as an independent nation separate from...

Choy, Wayson. All that matters, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... CHOY, Wayson. All that matters, a novel. Other Press. 444p. c2004. 1-59015-215-4. $16.95. JSA This is a perfect novel for any school library. It is the coming-of-age story of Kiam-Kim, a Chinese boy who arrives in Vancouver in 1927 at the...

Conrad, Liza. The poker diaries, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... CONRAD, Liza. The poker diaries, a novel. Penguin, NAL. 210p. c2007. 978-0-451-22024-0. $9.99. JS With the current interest in poker, this book will be popular. It is the story of Lulu, whose parents are divorced, but who has the best of...

Foley, John. Hoops of steel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... FOLEY, John. Hoops of steel. Llewellyn, Flux. 238p. c2007. 0-7387-0981-6. $8.95. S Jackson O'Connell lives for basketball, but he's not your typical jock. Sensitive, stressed-out, and 17, Jax begins his senior year as a role player for the...

Frost, Helen. Keesha's house.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... FROST, Helen. Keeshaa's house. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 116p. c2003. 978-0-374-40012-5. $8.00. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: A new addition to the poetry novel genre, Keesha's House is composed of sonnets...

Frizzell, Colin. Chill.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... FRIZZELL, Colin. Chill. Orca, Soundings. 98 pages. c2006. 1-55143-507-1. $8.98. JS* Sean's best friend Chill has had a limp all his life. Yet, no one picks on him as one might expect. In fact, Chill's equanimity makes him well respected...

Frizzell, Colin. Just J.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... FRIZZELL, Colin. Just J. Orca. 138p. c2007 978-155143-650-0. $795. J J's mother has recently lost a long and painful bout with cancer and has left behind 13-year-old J, her dad, and her five-year-old brother, Billy. J is not just sad, she...

Grekul, Lisa. Kalyna's song.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... GREKUL, Lisa. Kalyna's song. Coteau Books. 460p. c2003. 1-55050-355-3. $12.95. JSA I wholeheartedly recommend this book for middle and senior high school libraries. It is a coming-of-age story set in a small town in Alberta, Canada and...

Harper, Josephine & Harper, Jo. Teresa's journey.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HARPER, Josephine & HARPER, Jo. Teresa's journey. Texas Tech Univ. Press. 162p. notes, bibliog. c2006.0-89672-591-x. $1795. JSA This is the sequel to Delfino's Journey. However, it is not necessary to have read Delfino's story to enjoy this...

Hull, Maureen. The view from a kite.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HULL, Maureen. The view from a kite. Vagrant, dist. by Orca. 338p. c2006. 1-55109-591-2. $15.95. SA Gwen is the teenage star of this luminous novel that chronicles her situation in a wonderfully fresh and honest voice that the reader will...

McCarthy, Cormac. The Sunset Limited; a novel in dramatic form.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... McCARTHY, Cormac. The Sunset Limited; a novel in dramatic form. Random House, Vintage. 143p. c2006.0-307-27836-0. $13.95. SA Instead of McCarthy's usual setting along the Texas-New Mexico-northern Mexico border, this "novel in dramatic...

Nichol, James W. Midnight Cab.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... NICHOL, James W. Midnight Cab. Canongate, dist. by Publishers Group West. 337p. c2002. 184195-792-5. $14.00. SA When Walker Devereaux was three, he was left on the side of a rural road near Big River, Ontario. Although he was adopted by a...

Rinaldi, Ann. The color of fire, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... RINALDI, Ann. The color of fire, a novel. Hyperion. 198p. bibliog. c2005. 0-786-81825-5. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: As Rinaldi explains in an Author's Note, she often chooses little-known historical...

Ruditis, Paul. Drama! The four Dorothys.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... RUDITIS, Paul. Drama! The four Dorothys. Simon & Schuster. 243p. c2007 1-4169-3991-3. $8.99. S At Orion Academy, in Malibu, the students have everything: a state-of-the-art school built by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright; a fully...

Villareal, Ray. My father, the angel of death.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... VILLAREAL, Ray. My father, the angel of death. Arte Publico Press, Pinata Books. 164p. c2006. 1-55885-466-5. $9.95. JS Jesse Baron is a young boy who has moved to Texas due to his father's job. Jesse tries to keep his father's profession...

Williams-Garcia, Rita. No laughter here.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... WILLIAMS-GARCIA, Rita. No laughter here. HarperCollins. 133p. c2004. 0-06-440992-9. $6.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: Akilah Hunter is spending her tenth summer looking forward to the return of her best...

Wong, Joyce Lee. Seeing Emily.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... WONG Joyce Lee. Seeing Emily. Abrams, Amulet. 268p. c2005. 0-8109-9258-2. $6.95. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: Emily is the child of Chinese immigrants who tells the story (in poetry format) of trying...

Xinran. Sky burial; an epic love story of Tibet.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... XINRAN. Sky burial; an epic love story of Tibet. Random House, Anchor. 206p. c2004. 14000-9564-6. $13.00. SA* In this, her second novel, Xinran displays remarkable depth and poise as she tells the story of Shu Wen, a strong and courageous...

Barnes, Jennifer Lynn. Tattoo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... BARNES, Jennifer Lynn. Tattoo. Random House, Delacorte. 260p. c2007. 978-0-385-73347-2. $7.99. JS Like Barnes's Golden, Tattoo is about seemingly normal teenagers who are part of "regular" teenage life. Bailey, Delia, Annabelle, and Zo are...

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double identity.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HADDIX, Margaret Peterson. Double identity. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 218p. c2005. 0-689-87379-4. $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: Bethany's weeping parents drop her off with an aunt she has never...

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Turnabout.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HADDIX, Margaret Peterson. Turnabout. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 223p. c2000. 1-4169-3653-X. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2000: In the year 2000, two feisty elderly women are among the nursing home...

Hearn, Julie. The minister's daughter.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HEARN, Julie. The minister's daughter. Simon & Schuster. 263p. c2005. 0-689-87691-2. $799. SA In Cromwellian England, Nell is the granddaughter of the village healing woman, called a cunning woman. Nell is learning her grandmother's craft...

Hunter, Faith. Bloodring.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... HUNTER, Faith. Bloodring. Penguin, Roc. 336p. c2006. 0.451-46108-8. $14.00. A It has been ten years since the first plague of the Apocalypse descended upon Paris, but the battle between the seraphim and the hell spawn continues. The main...

Morton-Shaw, Christine. The riddles of Epsilon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... MORTON-SHAW, Christine. The riddles of Epsilon. HarperCollins. 375p. c2005. 0-06-072821-3. $799. J 13-year-old Jess is not enthralled with her parents' decision to move to an old fixe-rupper her mother inherited on an island off the coast...

Priest, Cherie. Wings to the kingdom, an Eden Moore story.(Young adult review)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... PRIEST, Cherie. Wings to the kingdom, an Moore story. Tor. 399p. c2006. 0-76531309-X. $14.95. SA All Eden Moore wants is to be left alone. Just because she can speak with the dead doesn't mean she can locate them on demand, and she's tired...

Richardson, Kat. Greywalker.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... RICHARDSON, Kat. Greywalher. Penguin, Roc. 341p. c2006. 0-451-46107-X. $14.00. SA Harper is a young private investigator who received the wrong end of an angry client--and was technically dead for two minutes. When she revives, she starts...

Viguie, Debbie. Midnight Pearls, a retelling of "The Little Mermaid.".(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 1, 2007... VIGUIE, Debbie. Midnight Pearls, a retelling of "The Little Mermaid." (Once Upon a Time.) Simon & Schuster. 198p. c2003. 104169-4016-2. $5.99. JS Part of a series that retells fairy tales, this entry offers a new look at Hans Christian...