Kliatt articles from May 2006

Kliatt archives from May 2006

You and the secret knowledge.("Choose Your Own Adventure")(Book review)
May 1, 2006... R.A. Montgomery is the author of the phenomenally successful Choose Your Own Adventure[R] books. Since 1979--the year the first Choose Your Own Adventure book was published--the series has been translated into 38 foreign languages, has over 250...

Abrahams, Peter. Behind the Curtai: An Echo Falls Mystery.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... ABRAHAMS, Peter. Behind the curtain, an Echo Falls mystery. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer Books. 348p. c2006. 0-06-073704-2. $15.99. J This is a sequel to Down the Rabbit Hole, which introduced Ingrid, her family and community; it probably...

Barkley, Brad & Hepler, Heather. Scrambled eggs at midnight.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... BARKLEY, Brad & HEPLER, Heather. Scrambled eggs at midnight. Penguin, Dutton. 262p. c2006. 0-525-47760-8. $16.99. JS The authors are both teachers of creative writing at the college level, and both have published their fiction in literary...

Belton, Sandra. Storebought baby.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... BELTON, Sandra. Storebought baby. HarperCollins. c2006. 256p. 0-06-085086-8. $15.99. JS The death of her big brother Luce has understandably affected Leah's whole family. She endures the funeral, the return to school, and the unending...

Bennett, Veronica. Angelmonster. Candlewick.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... BENNETT, Veronica. Angelmonster. Candlewick. 234p. c2005.0-7636-2994-4. $15.99. S Most of us vaguely know about Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. Bennett, a professor of English studies, saw the YA appeal of the story of Mary's...

Buckley, Michael. The problem child.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... BUCKLEY, Michael. The problem child. (The Sisters Grimm.) Abrams. 292p. c2006. 0-8109-4914-8. $14.95. J Sabrina and Daphne are back in this entertaining third novel in the series. They're confronting Little Red Riding Hood, an escapee from...

Burton, Rebecca. Leaving Jetty Road.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... BURTON, Rebecca. Leaving Jetty Road. Random House, Knopf. 272p. c2005. 0-375-83488-5. $15.95. S This is a debut novel that has won Burton recognition in Australia as an emerging writer of YA fiction. As is true of numerous other fine...

Calonita, Jen. Secrets of my Hollywood life.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... CALONITA, Jen. Secrets of my Hollywood life. Little, Brown. 244p. c2006. 0-316-15442-3. $16.99. JS This is a first novel by Calonita, who used to be a senior editor at Teen People. She clearly knows how to appeal to YAs who love to follow...

Carbone, Elisa. Blood on the River: James Town 1607.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... CARBONE, Elise. Blood on the river: James Town 1607. Penguin, Viking. c2006, bibliog. 256p. 0-670-06060-7. $16.99. J Carbone has drawn from journals and letters from historical archives and written them into the story of Samuel Collier, a...

Carter, Ally. I'd Tell You I Love You, but Then I'd Have to Kill You.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... CARTER, Ally. I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill you. Hyperion. 284p. c2006. 1-4231-0003-4. $16.99. JS Carter introduces The Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women--a school for spies, actually, but no one outside the...

Cooney, Caroline. Hit the road.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... COONEY, Caroline. Hit the road. Random House, Delacorte Press. c2006. 176p. 0-385-72944-8. $17.99. JS Brittany Anne Bowman is standing at her grandmother's house as her parents take off for a trip to Alaska. Dumped on the doorstep, or so...

Dines, Carol. The queen's soprano.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... DINES, Carol. The queen's soprano. Harcourt. 312p. c2006. 0-15-205477-4. $17.00. JS Fans of historical fiction featuring plucky heroines in peril will enjoy this novel. Fortunately for authors, enough cold, hard facts about the real-life...

Dorfman, Joaquin. Playing it cool.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... DORFMAN, Joaquin. Playing it cool. Random House. 339p. c2006. 0-375-83641-1. $15.95. S Joaquin, with his father Ariel Dorfman, wrote Burning City a few years ago. He now lives in North Carolina, where Playing It Cool is set. It's a...

Dreyer, Ellen. The glow stone.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... DREYER, Ellen. The glow stone. Peachtree. 184p. c2006. 1-56145-370-6. $15.95. JS This tale about a grieving girl who is a loner turns into a suspenseful survival story with ghostly overtones. Dreyer teaches creative writing to YAs and has...

Ehrenhaft, Daniel. Drawing a Blank, or, How I Tried to Solve a Mystery, End a Feud, and Land the Girl of My Dreams.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... EHRENHAFT, Daniel. Drawing a blank; or how I tried to solve a mystery, end a feud, and land the girl of my dreams. Trevor Ristow, illus. HarperCollins. 336p. c2006. 0-06-075252-1. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-075253-X. $16.89.) JS Carlton Dunne...

Fisher, Catherine. Day of the scarab.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... FISHER, Catherine. Day of the scarab. (The Oracle Prophecies, Book Three.) HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 400p. c2006. 0-06-057163-2. $16.99. JS This volume brings readers back to the City where General Argelin continues to destroy the...

Gantos, Jack. The love curse of the Rumbaughs.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GANTOS, Jack. The love curse of the Rumbaughs. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 187p. c2006. 0-374-33690-3. $17.00. S Young Ivy, the protagonist and narrator, is part of a lineage of children who obsessively love their mothers, and since they have...

Gauthier, Gail. Happy Kid!(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GAUTHIER, Gail. Happy Kid! Penguin, Putnam. 230p. c2006. 0-399-24266-X. $16.99. J Kyle truly believes that his middle school is "the gateway to hell," as he tells his mother just before starting 7th grade, but she insists he's just...

Gideon, Melanie. Pucker, a novel.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GIDEON, Melanie. Pucker, a novel. Penguin, Razorbill. 273p. c2006. 1-59514-055-7. $16.99. JS Pucker is Thomas Quicksilver's name, not because he's a good kisser but because his face is disfigured from a childhood fire incident. His mother...

Gilliland, Judith Heide. Strange birds.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GILLILAND, Judith Heide. Strange birds. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 234p. c2006. 0-374-37275-6. $17.00. J In classic Little Princess fashion, 10-year-old Anna goes from beloved daughter, looking forward to her first horse, to lonely orphan...

Greenburg, Dan. Claws.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GREENBURG, Dan. Claws. Random House. 144p. c2006. 0-375-83410-9. $15.95. JS Greenburg says in an afterword that he worked for a while on a ranch in Texas that had more than 70 large cats: tigers, lions, cougars, leopards. That's good to...

Greene, Michele Dominguez. Chasing the jaguar.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GREENE, Michele Dominguez. Chasing the jaguar. (A Martika Galvez mystery.) HarperCollins. 226p. c2006. 0-06-076353-1. $15.99. JS* This combines all the eerie spookiness of the TV show Medium with Mayan history and modern-day California...

Han, Jenny. Shug.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HAN, Jenny. Shug. Simon & Schuster. 248p. c2006. 1-4169-0942-2. $14.95. J* This is yet another story of a 12-year-old outsider, on the cusp of young womanhood, who feels she's not as pretty as her older sister and that her parents love her...

Hautman, Pete. Rash.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HAUTMAN, Pete. Rash. Simon & Schuster. 256p. c2006. 0-689-86801-4. $15.95. JSA* Sixteen-year-old Bo suffers from a fatal lack of self-control in a late 21st-century American society that values safety above all else. A third of the men are...

Hautman, Pete & Logue, Mary. Snatched.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HAUTMAN, Pete & LOGUE, Mary. Snatched. (The Bloodwater Mysteries.) Penguin, Putnam, Sleuth. 176p. c2006. 0-399-24377-1. $15.99. J* This is the first entry in a mystery series featuring intrepid teenage detectives. Curious, logical Brian,...

Hemphill, Helen. Long gone daddy.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HEMPHILL, Helen. Long gone daddy. Front Street. 174p. c2006. 1-932425-39-1. $16.95. JS This wild, funny story will be all the more amusing to those who can laugh at religious fundamentalism. It all starts with a body in a funeral home....

Herrick, Steven. By the river.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HERRICK, Steven. By the river. Front Street. 238p. c2004. 1-932425-72-1. $16.95. JSA Herrick is an established poet in Australia, and his novels for YAs in poetry format were some of the first attempted. Now, of course, we see the format...

Horowitz, Anthony. Evil star.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HOROWITZ, Anthony. Evil star. (The Gatekeepers, Book 2.) Scholastic. 320p. c2006. 0-439-67996-6, $17.99. JS* This sequel to Raven's Gate (a 2006 ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant YA Readers) won't disappoint fans of this exciting new...

Lisle, Janet Taylor. Black Duck.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... LISLE, Janet Taylor. Black Duck. Penguin, Philomel. c2006. 240p. 0-399-23963-4. $15.99. J All his life David Peterson has heard about the rumrunners who sold illegal alcohol on and off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island during Prohibition....

MacHale, D.J. The Quillan Games.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... MacHALE, D.J. The Quillan Games. (Book Seven: Pendragon.) Simon & Schuster. 486p. c2006. 1-4169-1423-5. $15.95. JS Bobby Pendragon, fresh from a deadly encounter with Saint Dane, finds an invitation to the Games of Quillan, and off he goes...

Masson, Sophie. Snow, fire, sword.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... MASSON, Sophie. Snow fire sword. HarperCollins. 359p. c2006. 0-06-079091-1. $15.99. J Using elements of traditional Indonesian mythology, Masson weaves in a 20th-century sensibility to create an accessible tale for younger YAs....

Miller, Sarah. Inside the mind of Gideon Rayburn.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... MILLER, Sarah. Inside the mind of Gideon Rayburn. St. Martin's. 290p. c2006. 0-312-33375-7. $16.95. S Gideon, a new boy at a posh prep school, is smart but not wealthy. Drinking, drugs, sex, cliques and hierarchies are all givens in prep...

Moesta, Rebecca & Anderson, Kevin J. Crystal doors.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... MOESTA, Rebecca & ANDERSON, Kevin J. Crystal doors. Little, Brown. 292p. c2006. 0-316-01055-3. $15.99. JS Two married award-winning authors offer a new fantasy trilogy that combines science, myth and magic, engaging characters, and a touch...

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen, a novel.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... MURDOCK, Catherine Gilbert. Dairy Queen, a novel. Houghton Mifflin. 278p. c2006. 0-618-68307-0. $16.00. JS* Fifteen-year-old D.J. is the only daughter in a family of dairy farmers. Her older brothers are football heroes, now gone off to...

Na, An. Wait for me, a novel.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... NA, An. Wait for me, a novel. Penguin, Putnam. 172p. c2006.0-399-24275-9. $15.99. JS An Na's first novel A Step from Heaven won a great deal of acclaim, including being an ALA Best Book for YAs and a finalist for the National Book Award....

Naidoo, Beverley. Web of lies.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... NAIDOO, Beverley. Web of lies. (Sequel to The Other Side of Truth.) HarperCollins. 243p. c2004. 0-06-076075-3. $15.99. J In this sequel to Naidoo's Carnegie Award-winning novel, Sade's younger brother Femi is the focal character. New to...

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Alice in the know.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... NAYLOR, Phyllis Reynolds. Alice in the know. (Alice series.) Simon & Schuster. 277p. c2006. 0-689-87092-2. $15.95. JS Here we are again in Alice's life, this time in the summer before her junior year in high school. Usually she works in her...

Nicholson, William. Seeker.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... NICHOLSON, William. Seeker. (Book One of the Noble Warriors,) Harcourt. 412p. c2006. 0-15-205768-4. $1700. JSA The Noble Warriors are the protectors of the Lost Child, the god who made all things. They are the Nomana, powerful and meek,...

Noonan, Brandon. Plenty Porter.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... NOONAN, Brandon. Plenty Porter. Abrams, Amulet Books. 240p. c2006. 0-810-95996-8. $16.95. JS Plenty is the youngest of 11 children living in rural Alexis, Illinois. The family farms on land owned by the wealthy Prindergast family who live...

Papademetrious, Lisa. The Wizard, the Witch, and Two Girls from Jersey, a novel.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... PAPADEMETRIOU, Lisa. The wizard, the witch & two girls from Jersey, a novel. Penguin, Razorbill. 273p. c2006. 1-59514-074-3. $8.99. JS* This book is for fantasy readers who like a joke or two at their expense, or for readers who don't...

Park, Linda Sue. Archer's quest.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... PARK, Linda Sue. Archer's quest. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 176p. c2006. 0-618-59631-3. $16.00. J* When a menacing if puzzled Korean archer from the distant past suddenly materializes in Kevin's room in modern-day Dorchester, New York, the...

Paulsen, Gary. The amazing life of birds; the twenty-day puberty journal of Duane Homer Leach.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... PAULSEN, Gary. The amazing life of birds; the twenty-day puberty journal of Duane Homer Leach. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books. 96p. c2006. 0-385-74660-1. $13.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90897-0. $15.99.) J* Duane tells what it's like to suddenly...

Peters, Julie Anne. Between Mom and Jo.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... PETERS, Julie Anne. Between Mom and Jo. Little, Brown. c2006. 240p. 0-316-73906-5. $12.99. JS Nicholas is the son in a nuclear family that consists of two morns, Jo and Erin. This novel is his scrapbook of incidents and events as he looks...

Reeve, Philip. Infernal devices.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... REEVE, Philip. Infernal devices. (The Hungry City Chronicles.) HarperCollins, Eos. 368p. c2005. 0-06-082635-5. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-082636-3. $1789.) JSA* This sequel to the acclaimed British SF tales Mortal Engines and Predator's Gold...

Rennison, Louise. Startled by his furry shorts; confessions of Georgia Nicolson.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... RENNISON, Louise. Startled by his furry shorts; confessions of Georgia Nicolson. HarperCollins. c2006. 0-06-085384-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-0853859. $17.89.) JS* Fans of the irrepressible Georgia will welcome this 7th entry in her diary...

Ritter, John H. Under the baseball moon.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... RITTER, John H. Under the baseball moon. Penguin, Philomel. 304p. map. c2006. 0-399-23623-6. $16.99. JS Andy Ramos, a skateboarding trumpeter, dreams of creating a new kind of music that fuses Latin jazz, rock, and hip-hop and making it big...

Rodowsky, Colby. That Fernhill summer.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... RODOWSKY, Colby. That Fernhill summer. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 170p. c2006. 0-374-37442-2. $16.00. J Most grandparents in children's literature are portrayed as loving and understanding--so it's quite entertaining to encounter Zenobia,...

Sedgwick, Marcus. The foreshadowing.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... SEDGWICK, Marcus. The foreshadowing. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books. 293p. c2006. 0-385-74646-6. $16.95. JSA* Senseless war--a subject that never fails to move us. Sedgwick, an accomplished British writer, tells a story of a 17-year-old...

Senate, Melissa. Theodora Twist.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... SENATE, Melissa. Theodora Twist. Random House, Delacorte. 221p. c2006. 0-385-73301-1. $15.95. JS* A rash of similar plots has appeared in recent months: that is, a celebrity is forced to live like a normal teenager, or conversely, a normal...

Serros, Michele. Honey blonde chica.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... SERROS, Michele. Honey blonde chica. Simon & Schuster. 279p. c2006. 1-4169-1591-5. $14.95. S This book is written for the ever-growing Latina high school audience, though it may be far from the dally reality of many of its projected...

Simmons, Michael. Vandal.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... SIMMONS, Michael. Vandal. Roaring Brook. 176p. c2006. 1-59643-070-2. $16.95. JS Jason is more than just a vandal; he's also a bully, an arsonist, and a bona fide juvenile delinquent. And unfortunately, he's Will's older brother. There's no...

Sloan, Brian. Tale of two summers.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... SLOAN, Brian. Tale of two summers. Simon & Schuster. 233p. c2006. 0-689-87439-1. $15.95. S This book is for gay teens or people who are fascinated with the mechanics of gay teen love. It has a manic writing style, in the form of a blog...

Sorrells, Walter. The silent room.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... SORRELLS, Walter. The silent room. Penguin, Dutton. 240p. c2006. 0-525-47697-0. $15.99. JS This is scary. It's a YA version of conspiracy theory suspense as Oz tells his plight in letters to his father, who has died a few years before....

St. Anthony, Jane. The summer Sherman loved me.(young adult book)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... ST. ANTHONY, Jane. The summer Sherman loved me. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. c2006. 144p. 0-374-37289-6. $16.00. J Margaret and Sherman live next door to each other. At 12 years old Margaret is trying to maneuver between thoughts of Sherman's...

Stahler, David, Jr. Doppelganger.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... STAHLER, David, Jr. Doppelganger. HarperCollins, EOS. 272p. c2006. 0-06-097232-2. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-087233-0. $1789.) JS In this spooky horror story, doppelgangers kill people and take over their bodies and their lives. Our...

Stenhouse, Ted. Murder on the Ridge.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... STENHOUSE, Ted. Murder on the ridge. Kids Can Press. 240p. c2006. 1-55337-892-X. $16.95. (pb: 1-55337-898-8. $6.95.) J Everyone knows Wilfred Black (Wolfleg to the Blackfoot people) died on Vimy Ridge in WW I. But now, in 1952, Wolfleg's...

Stone, David Lee. The Shadewell Shenanigans.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... STONE, David Lee. The Shadewell shenanigans. (The Illmoor Chronicles, Book Three.) Hyperion, 308p. c2006.0-7868-3795-0, $16.99. JS Stone once again takes beloved fairy tales and turns them on their side with this tongue-in-cheek parody. As...

Stork, Francisco X. Behind the Eyes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... STORK, Francisco X. Behind the eyes. Penguin, Dutton. 246p. 0-525-47735-7. $16.99. S Stork was born in Mexico, grew up in the projects of El Paso, and now is an attorney living in Massachusetts. He wanted to write about the Chicano youths...

Tolan, Stephanie. Listen.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... TOLAN, Stephanie. Listen. Harper Collins. c2006. 208p. 0-06-057935-8. $16.99. J Charly is recovering from a car accident that almost took her life. She is 11 years old and it's time to start rehabilitation. Her best friend has "deserted"...

Underwood, Laura J. Dragon's Tongue.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... UNDERWOOD, Laura I. Dragon tongue. (The Demon Bound, Book 1.) Meisha Merlin. 451p. c2006. 1-59222-028-2. $16.95. J Alaric Braidwine is a young bard who has mage powers. He becomes apprenticed to a roguish mageborn, and is immediately...

Vail, Rachel. You, Maybe.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... VAIL, Rachel. You, maybe. HarperCollins. 199p. c2006.0-06-056917-4. $15.99. JS Take a 15-year-old protagonist, Josie--strong, independent, intellectual, more apt to discuss moral objectivism than the latest lipstick color with her own...

Volponi, Paul. Rooftop.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... VOLPONI, Paul. Rooftop. Penguin, Viking. 208p. c2006. 0-670-06069-0. $15.99. S* Clay, age 17, caught at school with a bag of weed, finds himself in the same drug rehabilitation program as his cousin Addison, a year older and nabbed for...

Westerfeld, Scott. Specials.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... WESTERFELD, Scott. Specials. (Uglies Trilogy, Volume Three.) Simon & Schuster. 384p. c2006. 0-689-86540-6. $15.95. JS* This final volume opens with Tally, Shay, and their friends, who have been transformed again from frivolous pretties into...

Antieau, Kim. Mercy, Unbound.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... ANTIEAU, Kim. Mercy, unbound. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 170p. c2006.1-4169-0893-7 $6.99. JS In her first book for teens, Antieau tells the story of Mercy O'Connor, a 15-year-old girl who thinks she is growing angel wings. She feels them...

Ashton, Victoria. Confessions of a Teen Nanny.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... ASHTON, Victoria. Confessions of a teen nanny. HarperCollins, Tempest. 198p. c2005. 0-06-073178-8. $8.99. S Adrienne can't believe her good luck when she scores a job as a temporary nanny for a ridiculously rich family in New York's Upper...

Brenna, Beverley. Wild Orchid.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... BRENNA, Beverley. Wild orchid. Red Deer Press. 156p. c2005. 0-88995-330-9. $7.95. SA Taylor Jane Simon is 18, and she has Asperger's Syndrome. She would be quick to tell you the exact scientific cause of this syndrome, which means that she...

Cabot, Meg. Princess in Training.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... CABOT, Meg. Princess in training. (The Princess Diaries, Volume VI.) Harper Trophy. 294p. c2005. 0-06-009615-2. $6.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: HRH Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Renaldo...

Choyce, Lesley. Sudden Impact.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... CHOYCE, Lesley. Sudden impact. Orca, Currents. 104p. c2005.1-55143-476-8. $7.95. JS Kurt always wanted to be good at something, but he was never athletic until Tina Wright started training him. Soon, he makes the soccer team, but is...

Cirrone, Dorian. Dancing in Red Shoes Will Kill You.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... CIRRONE, Dorian. Dancing in red shoes will kill you. HarperCollins. 213p. c2005.0-06-055703-6. $7.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2005: we have all heard about the pressure on ballerinas to conform to the ideal...

Cook, Trish. Overnight Sensation.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... COOK, Trish. Overnight sensation. Penguin, NAL. 242p. c2006.0-451-21758-6. $9.99. S After graduating from high school, Trace heads out to California to spend some quality time with her formerly estranged father. When she and her boyfriend...

Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Queen of Dreams: A Novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... DIVAKARUNI, Chitra Banerjee. Queen of dreams, a novel. Random House, Anchor. 340p. c2004. 1-4000-3044-7. $13.95. SA Rahki is the only daughter of a couple who have emigrated from India. Now that she has a daughter of her own, she yearns to...

Elliott, L.M. Annie, between the States.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... ELLIOTT, L.M. Annie, between the states. HarperCollins. 535p. map. bibliog, c2004. 0-06-001213-7. $6.99. JS Virginia's combatants and civilians endured the most battles of the American Civil War As a young woman there, the fiery yet...

Ferri, Linda. Enchantments.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... FERRI, Linda. Enchantments, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 131p. c2005. 1-4000-3352-7. $12.95. SA This debut novel uses a series of linked vignettes to tell the story of a young girl growing up in Europe in the 1960s. The reader never...

Galloway, Gregory. As Simple as Snow.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GALLOWAY, Gregory. As simple as snow. Penguin, Berkley. 308p. c2005. 0-425-20780-3. $14.00. SA Set in a small town where more families leave than stay, the arrival of Anna and her parents sets gossip in motion. Anna wears black clothes,...

Goobie, Beth. The Dream Where the Losers Go.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... GOOBIE, Beth. The dream where the losers go. Orca. 204p. c2005. 1-55143-455-5. $8.95. SA Six months ago was the start of summer, a gang of friends, and belonging; now it is the start of winter, a gang of losers, and uncertainty leaning...

Haycak, Cara. Red Palms.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HAYCAK, Cara. Red palms. Random House, Laurel Leaf. 327p. c2004. 0-553-49412-0. $6.50. S* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2004: This first novel by an author with experience working with tribal people in South...

Hinton, S.E. Hawkes Harbor.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HINTON, S.E. Hawkes Harbor. Tor. 289p. c2004. 0-765-34472-6. $7.99. SA This latest from the acclaimed author of The Outsiders is a creepy, suspenseful, and disturbing genre blend that will keep readers turning the pages. The story opens in...

Hobbs, Valerie. Sonny's War.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... HOBBS, Valerie. Sonny's war. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 215p. c2002.0-374-46970-9. $7.95. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Hobbs gives readers a strong narrative from the year 1968, a terrible year for...

Killian, Beth. Life as a Poser.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... KILLIAN, Beth. Life as a poser. (The 310.) Simon & Schuster, MTV. 243p. c2006.1-4165-2031-3. $9.95. JS Eva Cordes, estranged daughter of a tabloid-fodder Hollywood has-been, graduates from high school early and moves to LA to live with her...

King, Dave. The Ha-Ha: A Novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... KING, Dave. The Ha-ha, a novel. Little, Brown, Back Bay. 340p. c2005.0-316-01073-5. $13.95. A To quote from the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, November 2005: Howard Kapostash has recreated his life after a severe head injury suffered...

Lawrence, Iain. B for Buster.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... LAWRENCE, Iain. B for Buster. Random House, Laurel-Leaf. 321p. c2004. 0-440-23810-2. $5.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: A 16-year-old boy nicknamed "Kak," after his hometown of Kakabeka, lies about his age...

Lion, Melissa. Swollen.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... LION, Melissa. Swollen. Random House, Laurel Leaf. 183p. c2004. 0-553-49408-2. $6.50. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2004: Lion writes in prose, but anyone hearing the story could easily imagine she had written it...

Lychack, William. The Wasp Eater.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... LYCHACK, William. The wasp eater. Houghton Mifflin, Mariner. 170p. c2004. 0-618-61890-2. $10.00. SA Daniel Cussler is a ten-year-old boy caught in the middle of his parents' private and, at times, embarrassingly public war. Anna has caught...

McClintock, Norah. Snitch.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2006... McCLINTOCK, Norah. Snitch. Orca, Soundings. 100p. c2005. 5514484-9. $7.95. JS Josh and Scott were partners in crime, until they stole donation money meant for AIDS research. Scott wanted to return it and snitched on Josh. Now, Josh has a...