Kliatt articles from May 2005

Kliatt archives from May 2005

Misconceptions about graphic novels.
May 1, 2005... The cover of the Winter 2005 issue of Young Adult Library Services, which is a fine periodical for YA librarians, shows Barbara Gordon walking down a hall, and the reflection in the window illuminates her alter-ego, Batgirl. Great cover;...

Adlington, L.J. The Diary of Pelly D.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... ADLINGTON, L.J. The Diary of Pelly D. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 288p. c2005. 0-06-0766158. $15.99. JS Toni V and Pelly D are as different as night and day. Toni V grew up in poverty and now works on the Demolition Crew sent to the ruined...

Allende, Isabel. Forest of the pygmies.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... ALLENDE, Isabel. Forest of the pygmies. Tr. by Margaret Sayers Peden. HarperCollins. 304p. c2005. 0-06-076196-2. $19.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-076197-0. $20.89.). JS Allende completes her trilogy that began with City of the Beasts and...

Avi. The Book Without Words.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... AVI. The Book Without Words. Hyperion. 204p. c2005.0-7868-0829-2. $15.99. J Avi, author of the Newbery Medal-winning Crispin." The Cross of Lead as well as many other novels for young readers, returns to medieval England for this tale...

Banks, Lynne Reid. Tiger, tiger.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BANKS, Lynne Reid. Tiger, tiger. Random House. 256p. c2005. 0-385-73240-6. $15.95. JS Aurelia is the 12-year-old daughter of Caesar in ancient Rome. She lives a privileged life and is on the verge of adulthood, when she will marry and take...

Bauer, Joan. Best foot forward.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BAUER, Joan. Best foot forward. Penguin, Putnam. 192p. c2005. 0-399-23474-8. $16.99. JS * Jenna, spunky heroine of Bauer's award-winning Rules of the Road, makes a welcome reappearance in this sequel. Back in Chicago after a road trip...

Bell, Hilari. Rise of a hero.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BELL, Hilari. Rise of a hero. (The Farsala Trilogy.) Simon & Schuster. 480p. map. c2005. 0-689-85415-3. $16.95. JS * In this sequel to Fall of a Kingdom (formerly titled Flame), we continue to follow the stories of three young people whose...

Blackman, Malorie. Naughts & Crosses.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BLACKMAN, Malorie. Naughts & Crosses. Simon & Schuster. 387p. c2005. 0-689-04333-3. $15.95. JS Blackman takes modern society and turns it inside out. Naughts are nothing, the lowest class, as pale in society as their white skin. Crosses...

Broach, Elise. Shakespeare's secret.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BROACH, Elise. Shakespeare's secret. Henry Holt. 256p. c2005. 0-8050-7387-6. $16.95. J Hero Netherfield is entering the sixth grade in a new town and a new school. Her father has just recently taken a job at the Maxwell Library and the...

Cabot, Meg. Princess in training.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... CABOT, Meg. Princess in training. (The Princess Diaries, Vol. VI.) HarperCollins. 288p. c2005. 0-06-078786-4. $16.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-009614-4. $17.89.) JS * HRH Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Renaldo Thermopolis, heir to the...

Cadnum, Michael. The dragon throne.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... CADNUM, Michael. The dragon throne. Penguin, Viking, 224p. c2005. 0-670-03631-5. $16.99. JS * In this final volume of a trilogy that began with the National Book Award finalist The Book of the Lion and continued with The Leopard Sword,...

Crutcher, Chris. The sledding hill.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2005... CRUTCHER, Chris. The sledding hill. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 230p. c2005. 0-06-050243-6. $15.99. JS Another dead narrator! Billy Bartholomew dies when he is crushed in an accident. After death, he lingers in familiar places because of...

Czech, Jan M. Grace happens, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
May 1, 2005... CZECH, Jan M. Grace happens, a novel. Penguin, Viking, 159p. c2005. 0-670-05962-5. $15.99. JS This is Czech's first novel, and she sets it on Martha's Vineyard, a place she and her family love to visit. The island is as important as any of...

Deuker, Carl. Runner.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DEUKER, Carl. Runner. Houghton Mifflin. 224p. c2005. 0-618-54298-1. $16.00. JS Chance lives on a sailboat in Seattle's harbor, but it isn't exactly a "floating mansion." It's as beaten-up and beaten-down as his alcoholic father, who can't...

Dickinson, John. The widow and the king.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DICKINSON, John. The widow and the king. (Sequel to The Cup of the World.) Random House, David Fickling. 613p. c2005. 0-385-75084-6. $18.95. JS This is an especially long, complicated novel--following The Cup of the World, also lengthy....

Dorfman, Ariel & Joaquin. Burning city.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DORFMAN, Ariel & Joaquin. Burning city. Random House. 272p. c2003. 0-375-83203-3, $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-375-93203-8. $17.95.) S It's the scorching summer of 2001 in New York City, and 16-year-old Heller is working as a messenger for a...

Flinn, Alex. Fade to black.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... FLINN, Alex. Fade to black. HarperCollins, 192p. c2005. 0-06-056839-9. $16.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-056841-0. $17,89.) JS The facts are clear: Alex Crusan, an HIV-positive Cuban-American high school student who recently moved to small-town...

Goobie, Beth. Fixed.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... GOOBIE, Beth. Fixed. (Sequel to Flux.) Orca. 279p. c2004. 1-55143-374-5. $16.95. JS Difficult, dark, complicated, and brilliant--some of the adjectives one could use to describe Goobie's bleak work. She has envisioned a future world in...

Grant, Vicki. Quid pro quo.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... GRANT, Vicki. Quid pro quo. Orca. 168p. c2005. 1-55143-394-X. $16.95. (Also available in paperback: 1-55143-370-2. $7.95.) J * This short novel has humor, wackiness, intelligence, and suspense--what else would we wish for young YAs? Cyril's...

Gross, Philip. Turned to stone.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... GROSS, Philip. Turned to stone. Penguin, Dial Books. 224p. c2005. 0-8037-3005-5. $16.99. JS You see them in any big city, usually where crowds gather. They are the artists who cloak their humanity and have perfected the art of posing......

Halam, Ann. Siberia, a novel.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... HALAM, Ann. Siberia, a novel. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 263p. c2005. 0-38574650-4. $16.95. JS * Halam is a British author who writes adult SF under the name of Gwyneth Jones. As Ann Halam, she has written two successful YA novels, Dr....

Hanley, Victoria. The light of the Oracle.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... HANLEY, Victoria. The light of the Oracle. (Companion to The Seer and the Sword and The Healer's Keep.) Random House, David Fickling. 312p. map. c2005. 0-385-75086-2. $15.95. JS An absolutely beautiful cover illustration of Bryn, the main...

Hill, Laban Carrick. Casa Azul: an encounter with Frida Kahlo.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... HILL, Laban Carrick. Casa Azul: an encounter with Frida Kahlo. Watson-Guptill. 147p. c2005. 0-8230-0411-2. $15.95. JS Maria and her brother Victor leave their home in the Mexican countryside and head to Mexico City to find their mother...

Hill, Stuart. The cry of the Icemark.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... HILL, Stuart. The cry of the Icemark. Scholastic, Chickenhouse. 496p. c2005. 0-439-68626-1. $19.95. JS The publisher who first discovered Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone has come upon yet another promising fantasy writer. Stuart Hill...

Hughes, Mark Peter. I am the wallpaper.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... HUGHES, Mark Peter. I am the wallpaper. Random House. 229p. c2005.0-385-73241-4. $15.95. J The author of this novel is male, while the protagonist is 13-year-old Floey, cursed with big boobs, often mentioned as inconveniences and the focus...

Ingold, Jeanette. Hitch.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... INGOLD, Jeanette. Hitch. Harcourt. 288p. bibliog, c2005.0-15-204747-6. $1700. JS When Moss Trawnley, age 17, loses his job at an airfield in Texas in the depths of the Depression, he heads out to Montana to try to find his father and make...

Jones, Diana Wynne. Conrad's fate.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... JONES, Diana Wynne. Conrad's fate. (A Chrestomanci Book.) HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 384p. c2005. 0-06-074743-9. $16.99. (Library bdg: 0-06-074744-7 $1789.) JS Stallery Mansion looms high in the English Alps above the town of...

Jonsberg, Barry. The crimes and punishments of Miss Payne.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... JONSBERG, Barry. The crimes and punishments of Miss Payne. Random House, Knopf. 257p. c2004. 0-375-83240-8. $15.95. S * The 15-year-old protagonist of this novel, Calma Harrison, is a gifted writer. She also claims if there were an Olympic...

Komaiko, Leah. Malibu Carmie.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... KOMAIKO, Leah. Malibu Carmie. Random House, Delacorte. 256p. c2005.0-385-731728. $15.95. J Wittingly or unwittingly, Komaiko captures the narcissism of 13-year-old Carmie. Since her parents' divorce, her mother has been sick with chronic...

Lerangis, Peter. Smiler's bones.(Book Review)(Children's Review)
May 1, 2005... LERANGIS, Peter. Smiler's bones. Scholastic. 160p. c2005.0-439-34485-9. $16.95. JS The cover, featuring a small Inuit face peering out soberly, even fearfully, from a fur hood, is perfect for this tale based on the sad experiences of a...

Lester, Julius. Day of tears; a novel in dialogue.(Book Review)(Children's Review)
May 1, 2005... LESTER, Julius. Day of tears; a novel in dialogue. Hyperion. 175p. bibliog, c2005.07868-0490-4. $15.99. JSA Nearly 200 years ago it rained for two days, merging God's tears with those of over 400 slaves auctioned in Georgia, separated from...

Levine, Ellen. Catch a tiger by the toe.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... LEVINE, Ellen. Catch a tiger by the toe. Penguin, Viking. 208p. c2005.0-670-88461-8. $15.99. J It is 1953 in New York and the nation is watching Senator Joseph McCarthy fight against the Communists on television. Jamie Morse is 13 years...

Lion, Melissa. Upstream.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... LION, Melissa. Upstream. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 149p. c2005. 0-385-74643-1. $15.95. JS * You may recall that Melissa Lion wrote an article in KLIATT's March '05 issue, after the publication of her first YA novel, Swollen. Upstream...

Madison, Bennett. Lulu Dark can see through walls.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... MADISON, Bennett. Lulu Dark can see through walls. Penguin, Razorbill. c2005. 1-59514-010-7. $16.99. JS * This novel is Good in Bed or Confessions of a Shopaholic for teenage girls. Since the plot also contains an element of mystery,...

McAuley, Amy. Over and over you.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... McAULEY, Amy. Over and over you. Roaring Brook. 192p. c2005. 1-59643-0176. $16.95. JS The psychic at the party at Penny's house suggests to Penny that destiny is trying to enter her life and there is a boy out there trying to connect with...

McNeill, J.D. The last codfish.(Brief Article)(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
May 1, 2005... McNEILL, J.D. The last codfish. Henry Holt. 183p. c2005.0-8050-7489-9. $16.95. J First I have to admit my opinion of the cover and the title is negative, so it is important to get beyond that with YA readers who probably share my reaction....

Mosley, Walter. 47.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... MOSLEY, Waiter. 47. Little, Brown. 232p. c2005.0-316-11035-3. $16.99. JS An orphaned young slave boy named 47 toils on a Georgia plantation under a vicious overseer until he meets a strange copper-colored teenager who calls himself Tall...

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Alice on her way.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... NAYLOR, Phyllis Reynolds. Alice on her way. (Alice series.) Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 336p. c2005.0-689-87090-6. $15.95. JS Alice is an old friend to many readers now (there are more than 20 titles in this series) and this latest episode...

Newman, Leslea. Jailbait.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... NEWMAN, Leslea. Jailbait. Random House, Delacorte. 239p. c2005. 0-385-73198-1. $15.95. JS * Andi may be one of the loneliest 15-year-olds in suburban New Jersey. She calls her parents by their first names or refers to them as "the units."...

Nye, Naomi Shihab. Going going, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... NYE, Naomi Shihab. Going going, a novel. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 232p. c2005. 0-688-16185-5. $15.99. JS Nye is a poet and an anthropologist, and she has taken on a theme she obviously feels strongly about, avoiding the perils of...

Qualey, Marsha. Just like that.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... QUALEY, Marsha. Just like that. Penguin, Dial. 233p. c2005. 0-8037-2840-9. $16.99. Qualey is a successful novelist and her previous YA books have appeared on lists of best books--this one almost surely will as well. She doesn't shy away...

Rinaldi, Ann. The color of fire, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... RINALDI, Ann. The color of fire, a novel. Hyperion. 198p. bibliog. c2005. 0-7868-0938-8. $15.99. JS As Rinaldi explains in an Author's Note, she often chooses little-known historical events as the basis for her fiction, and this novel is...

Ryan, Amy Kathleen. Shadowfalls.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... RYAN, Amy Kathleen. Shadowfalls. Random House, Delacorte. 216p. c2005. 0-385-73132-9. $15.95. JS * Fifteen-year-old Annie lives in Denver but has spent her summers since childhood staying in the Grand Tetons with her older brother Cody and...

Sheldon, Dyan. Sophie Pitt-Turnbull discovers America.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... SHELDON, Dyan. Sophie Pitt-Turnbull discovers America. Candlewick. 185p. c2003.0-7636-2740-2. c2005. $15.99. JS Sheldon has lived in both London and Brooklyn, so she is in a good position to write about a teenager from London who spends six...

Shusterman, Neal. Dread Locks.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... SHUSTERMAN, Neal. Dread Locks. (Dark Fusion.) Penguin, Dutton. 176p. c2005. 0-525-47554-0. $15.99. JS A spoiled-rotten 14-year-old named Parker Baer (bear, get it?) finds his life changed forever when a mysterious new neighbor shows up in...

Simmons, Michael. Finding Lubchencko.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... SIMMONS, Michael. Finding Lubchencko. Penguin, Razorbill. 281p. c2005. 1-59514-021-2. $16.99. JS "So this is basically a story about a murder"--so begins Simmons' newest novel with yet another engaging narrator. Evan's father, a wealthy...

Spizman, Robyn Freeman & Johnston, Mark. Secret agent.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... SPIZMAN, Robyn Freeman & JOHNSTON, Mark. Secret agent. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 231p. c2005. 0-689-87044-2. $16.95. J Secret Agent is an amusing, offbeat story of an ingenious boy, Kyle, who figures out a way to keep his parents from...

Taylor, Theodore. Billy the Kid.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... TAYLOR, Theodore. Billy the Kid. Harcourt. 240p. c2005. 0-15-204930-4. $1700. JS * Honey-tongued sharpshooter Billy Bonney Jr. is only 19, but he's already down on his luck and flat broke. His luck becomes even worse when he meets an older...

Thomson, Sarah L. The manny.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... THOMSON, Sarah L. The manny. Penguin, Dutton. 188p. c2005. 0-525-47413-7. $15.99. JS Justin Blakewell has a plan for the summer. He is going to be a nanny for four-year-old Aspen Jeremy Belton in the Hamptons. It is a plan that will get...

Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency on the rocks.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... UPDALE, Eleanor. Montmorency on the rocks. Scholastic, Orchard Books. 362p. c2004. 0-439-60676-4. $16.95. JS This sequel to Montmorency: Thief Liar, Gentleman? (reviewed in KLIATT in May 2004) continues the adventures of an audacious...

VanOosting, James. Walking Mary.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... VanOOSTING, James. Walking Mary. HarperCollins. 144p. c2005. 0-06-028471-4. $15.99. JS Pearl Harbor Keenan was born on December 7, 1941. Her brother, Frankie, was born two years later. When Pearl is six and a half years old, she meets...

White, Andrea. No child's game; reality TV 2083.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... WHITE, Andrea. No child's game; reality TV 2083. HarperCollins. 325p. c2005. 0-06-055454-1. $15.99. JS White's novel predicts the future of television as the source for all edu-tainment headed by the government's Secretary of...

Wynne-Jones, Tim. A thief in the House of Memory.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... WYNNE-JONES, Tim. A thief in the House of Memory. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 224p. c2005. 0-06374-37478-3. $16.00. JS The House of Memory sits on the hill above Dec's present house. It's where he used to live with his parents and sister Sunny...

Avi, Rachel. Never mind! A twin novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... AVI & VAIL, Rachel. Never mind! A twin novel. HarperTrophy. 200p. c2004. 0-06-054316-7 $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: Meg and Edward are twins, but as different as night and day. Meg looks almost...

Barclift, Betty. Stormy fall, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BARCLIFT, Betty. Stormy fall, a novel. Kregel. 169p. c2004.0-8254-2028-8. $6.99. JS This novel is the sequel to Gypsy Summer, which began the saga of the Barnes family when they were homeless. Katie Barnes and her family are finally in...

Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. For freedom; the story of a French spy.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BRADLEY, Kimberly Brubaker. For freedom; the story of a French spy. Random House, Dell Laurel-Leaf. 181p. c2003. 0-440-41831-3. $5.50. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2003: Bradley has written fiction based closely...

Bray, Libba. A great and terrible beauty.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BRAY, Libba. A great and terrible beauty. Random House, Delacorte. 403p. c2003. 0-385-73231-7. $8.95. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: The cover is compelling: a photograph of the back of a young woman...

Brian, Kate. The virginity club.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... BRIAN, Kate. The virginity club. (Formerly titled The V Club,) Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 309p. c2004. 1-4169-0346-1. $5.99. S This novel could be called Sex and the City. High School Edition as it centers on the sex lives (or contemplated...

Cabot, Meg. Princess in pink.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... CABOT, Meg. Princess in pink. (The Princess Diaries, Volume V.) HarperTrophy. 275p. c2004. 0-06-009612-8. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Starting a new Princess Diaries book is like opening a box of...

Carlson, Ron. The speed of light.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... CARLSON, Ron. The speed of light. HarperCollins, Tempest. 280p. c2003.0-380-81312-2. $6.99. J The three months of summer between elementary school and junior high provide rich material for Ron Carlson's coming-of-age story about growing up...

Chapman, Karen B. The Marino mission; one girl, one mission, one thousand words.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... CHAPMAN, Karen B. The Marino mission; one girl, one mission, one thousand words. Wiley Publishing (111 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030). 326p. c2005. 0-7645-7831-6. $12.99. JS As a precocious eight-year-old, I was fond of trying to impress my...

Collins, Pat Lowery. The fattening hut.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
May 1, 2005... COLLINS, Pat Lowery. The fattening hut. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 185p. c2005. 0618-55209-X. $799. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: This story, told as a novel in poetry, is based on the actual customs of...

Coplin, Keith. Crofton's fire.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... COPLIN, Keith. Crofton's fire. Penguin, Berkley. 275p. c2004. 0-425-20022-1. $13.00. SA This little gem is the kind of novel that librarians and remedial reading teachers dream about. Reluctant and/or remedial readers, especially young...

DeFelice, Cynthia. Under the same sky.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DeFELICE, Cynthia. Under the same sky. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sunburst. 215p. c2003.0-374-48065-6. $5.95. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: Joe longs for a motorbike for his 14th birthday, but his father says...

Deuker, Carl. High heat.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DEUKER, Carl. High heat. HarperTrophy. 345p. c2003.0-06-057248-5. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2003: From the author of Night Hoops and Painting the Black comes another successful sports story featuring a...

Dexter, Pete. Train.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DEXTER, Pete. Train. Random House, Vintage. 280p. c2003.0-375-71409-X. $13.00. A To quote KLIATT's January 2004 review of the Recorded Books audiobook: Much like the movie Fargo, Train manages to be dark and humorous at the same time....

Dunant, Sarah. The birth of Venus, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DUNANT, Sarah. The birth of Venus, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 403p. c2003. 0-8129-6897-2. $13.95. SA Other novels have been written lately about young women who are interested in art in 14th-century Italy and have brought that era to...

Dunmore, Helen. Mourning Ruby.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... DUNMORE, Helen. Mourning Ruby. Penguin, Berkley. 294p. c2004. 0-425-20019-1. $14.00. A Helen Dunmore is an exquisite storyteller who demands attention from her readers. As a translator of Mandelstam, she evokes his image of poetry as an...

Elias, David. Sunday afternoon.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... ELIAS, David. Sunday afternoon. Coteau Books (401-2206 Dewdney Ave., Regina, SK, Canada S4R 1H3; www.coteaubooks.com). 257p. c2004.1-55050-301-4. $1795. A In a story set on the border of Canada and the US in the 1960s, Elias tells of one...

Egan, Timothy. The winemaker's daughter, a novel.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... EGAN, Timothy. The winemaker's daughter, a novel. Random House,Vintage. 305p. c2004. 1-4000-3410-8. $14.00. SA In a tale about a vineyard set in the Cascade Mountain basin east of Seattle, Eagan is able to tell of clashing cultures (farmers...

Fama, Elizabeth. Overboard.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... FAMA, Elizabeth. Overboard. Random House, Dell Laurel-Leaf. 158p. c2002. 0-55349436-8. $5.50. J * TO quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2002: Fourteen-year-old Emily is living in Sumatra, Indonesia, where her pediatrician...

Flinn, Alex. Nothing to lose.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... FLINN, Alex. Nothing to lose. HarperTempest. 277p. c2004.0-06-051752-2. $6.99. S * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: A year ago, Michael ran away from his Florida home to become a carny, running the Whack-a-Mole...

Gavin, Jamila. Coram boy.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... GAVIN, Jamila. Corarn boy. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sunburst. 327p. c2000. 0-374-41374-6. $7.95. SA To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2001: This prize-winning British novel deals with a nasty and brutish facet of...

Guest, Jacqueline. At risk.(Book Review)(Children's Review)
May 1, 2005... GUEST, Jacqueline. At risk. Lorimer. 187p. c2004. 1-55028-846-6. $4.99. JS Two strong female characters are at the center of this Canadian tale. Tia Winter is a college psychology major working as a counselor at a ranch for troubled teen...

Hartinger, Brent. The Last Chance Texaco.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
May 1, 2005... HARTINGER, Brent. The Last Chance Texaco. HarperTempest. 228p. c2004. 0-0605091407. $6,99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: The author writes at the end of the book, "My stint as a group home counselor was...

Hobbs, Will. Leaving Protection.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
May 1, 2005... HOBBS, Will. Leaving Protection. HarperTrophy. 178p. c2004. 0-380-73312-0. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Robbie has been raised in tiny Port Protection, Alaska, but now that he's 16 he's eager to...

Hua, Yu. Chronicle of a blood merchant, a novel.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... HUA, Yu. Chronicle of a blood merchant, a novel. Random House, Anchor. 263p. c2003. 1-4000-3185-0. $13.00. SA Written almost like a parable, this novel tells the story of a provincial town in rural China and the townspeople who are forced...

Iversen, Jeremy. 21.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... IVERSEN, Jeremy. 21. Simon & Schuster. 261p. c2005. 0-689-87623-8. $6.99. A Universities seem to be taking an interest in putting a stop to drinking excesses on campus, but not fast enough. As this tale opens, the college is about to close...

Jenkins, A.M. Out of order.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... JENKINS, A.M. Out of order. HarperTempest. 247p. c2003. 0-06-447374-0. $6.99. S * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: Colt, a sophomore, hates high school--except for baseball and his girlfriend, Grace....

Jinks, Catherine. Pagan in exile.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... JINKS, Catherine. Pagan in exile. (Book Two of the Pagan Chronicles.) Candlewick. 326p. map. c1994. 0-7636-2691-0. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: Street urchin Pagan Kidrouk, age 16, desperate for...

Jones, Ben. The rope eater, a novel.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... JONES, Ben. The rope eater, a novel. Random House, Anchor. 294p. c2003. 1-4000-3368-3. $13.95. SA This slow-moving novel features Brendan Kane, a weary veteran of the American Civil War who has returned to the North. With no other...

Loughead, Deb. Time & again.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)
May 1, 2005... LOUGHEAD, Deb. Time & again. Sumach, dist. by Orca. 190p. c2004. 1-894549-39-2. $9.95. J Combining elements of a mystery, a ghost story, and a coming-of-age tale, Time & Again takes 15-year-old Kate Owens through a summer at Shady Oaks,...

Lowry, Lois. The silent boy.(Book Review)(Children's Review)
May 1, 2005... LOWRY, Lois. The silent boy. Random House, Dell Laurel-Leaf. 178p. illus. c2003. 0-440-41980-8. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: Inspired by old photos (reproduced at the beginning of each chapter),...

Marks, John. War torn.(Book Review)
May 1, 2005... MARKS, John. War torn. Penguin, Riverhead. 374p. c2003. 1-59448-036-2. $14.00. A This book, called savagely beautiful by some, reminiscent of Graham Greene by others, is a piece of literature that should be read. It is literate,...