Kliatt articles from May 2007

Kliatt archives from May 2007

Spanish-language audiobooks.(Audiobook review)
May 1, 2007... !Hola! audiobook lovers! For the first time, KLIATT is reviewing audiobooks in a language other than English. The following Spanish language titles are from a single publisher, Recorded Books, but there are many other sources of Spanish...

Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Does my head look big in this?(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... ABDEL-FATFAH, Randa. Does my head look big in this? Scholastic, Orchard. 352p. c2005. 0-439-91947-9. $16.99. JS * We have been waiting for just such a book as this in YA literature! Abdel-Fattah is a Muslim, an...

Alegria, Malin. Sofi Mendoza's guide to getting lost in Mexico.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... ALEGRIA, Malin. Soft Mendoza's guide to getting lost in Mexico. Simon & Schuster. 304p. c2007. 0-689-87811-7. $15.99. JS Sofi Mendoza is the typical suburban high school student. She talks to friends on the computer and complains that her...

Avi. The Traitors' Gate.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... Avi. The Traitors' Gate. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 368p. illus. c2007 0-689-85335-1. $1799. J * When his father is carted off to debtors' prison, 14-year-old John Huffam must save his family by discovering who has arranged to have the...

Babbitt, Natalie. Jack Plank tells tales.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BABBITT, Natalie. Jack Plank tells tales. Scholastic, Michael Di Capua Books. 144p. illus. c2007. 978-0-545-00496-1. $15.95. J * "Jack Plank was an out-of-work pirate," begins this enchanting story about telling stories. Jack was never very...

Barkley, Brad & Hepler, Heather. Dream factory.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BARKLEY, Brad & HEPLER, Heather. Dream factory. Penguin, Dutton. 250p. c2007 0-525-47802-7. $16.99. JS Orlando, Florida--the home of the dream factory that is Disney World--is the all-important setting for a story told in two voices by two...

Bingham, Kelly. Shark Girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BINGHAM, Kelly. Shark Girl. Candlewick. 276p. c2007 0-7636-3207-6. $16.99. JS In a series of titled poems, the girl known as Shark Girl, Jane Arrowood, tells us how she is recovering from an attack by a shark. In the attack, Jane lost her...

Blos, Joan W. Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BLOS, Joan W. Letters from the corrugated castle: a novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 320p. c2007. 0-689-87077-9. $17.99. J Eldora leaves New Bedford, Massachusetts with her aunt and uncle to settle in...

Bowers, Laura. Beauty shop for rent.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BOWERS, Laura. Beauty shop for rent. Harcourt. 328p. c2007. 0-15-205764-0. $1700. JS Does a plot that revolves around six women in a beauty shop in the South, one a grump, one maternal, one naive and in need of guidance, sound familiar?...

Burgess, Melvin. Sara's face.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BURGESS, Melvin. Sara's face. Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2007. 1-4169-3617-3. $16.99. S * This book raises questions about reality and identity, especially reality and identity as perceived by different people and their remembered...

Calonita, Jen. Secrets of my Hollywood life; on location.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... CALONITA, Jen. Secrets of my Hollywood life; on location. Little, Brown. 231p. c2007. 0-316-15439-3. $16.99. JS A frolic into a world of a teenage actor, filled with her entourage, her boyfriend, her best friend, her worst enemy, and...

Carey, Janet Lee. Dragon's keep.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... CAREY, Janet Lee. Dragon's keep. Harcourt. 301 p. c2007. 0-15-205926-2. $17.00. JS All her life, Rosalind Pendragon and her mother have kept a secret, one that has kept her from a royal marriage and from fulfilling the prophecy surrounding...

Castellucci, Cecil. Beige.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... CASTELLUCCI, Cecil. Beige. Candlewick Press. 307p. c2007. 978-0-3066-9. $16.99. JS This book starts off slowly as 14-year-old Katy deplanes at LAX from Montreal. She's meeting her father, a famous drummer named Rat from the band Suck,...

Coll, Susan. Acceptance, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... COLL, Susan. Acceptance, a novel. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 288p. c2007. 0-374-23719-0. $23.00. SA Applying to and getting into college has turned into a deadly serious business for some students and their parents, but Susan Coil manages to...

Cotton, Cynthia. Fair has nothing to do with it.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... COTTON, Cynthia. Fair has nothing to do with it. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 160p. c2007. 0-374-39935-2. $16.00. J On the day that 12-year-old Michael and his mother and sisters arrive at his grandfather's farm, everything changes. His...

De Guzman, Michael. Finding Stinko.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... de GUZMAN, Michael. Finding Stinko. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 144p. c2007 0-374-32305-4. $16.00. J Newboy has lived in 11 foster homes over the last 12 years, but the Knox home is the worst he's experienced. It's run like a military...

Ellsworth, Loretta. In search of mockingbird.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... ELLSWORTH, Loretta. In search of mockingbird. Henry Holt. 181p. c2007. 0-8050-7236-5. $16.95. JS This is a quiet story of a runaway. Erin is soon turning 16 and her father is getting remarried. Her mother died just after Erin was born and...

Felin, M. Sindy. Touching snow, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... FELIN, M. Sindy. Touching snow, a novel. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 234p. c2007. 1-4169-1795-0. $16.99. S I review this with trepidation. If I were recommending it for adults, there would be no hesitation. Felin is a first-generation...

Friesner, Esther. Nobody's princess.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... FRIESNER, Esther. Nobody's princess. Random House. 305p. c2007 0-375-87528-1. $16.99. JS Who was Helen before she was Helen of Troy? Friesner tells about Helen's childhood and ends the story just as Helen is entering adulthood--in Bronze...

Garfinkle, D.L. Stuck in the 70's, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... GARFINKLE, D.L. Stuck in the 70's, a novel. Penguin, Putnam. 186p. c2007. 978-0-399-24663-0. $16.99. S A cheerful story about a hip teenager from our times who somehow is caught in a time warp and ends up living in a typical family in the...

Green, Julia. Hunter's heart.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... GREEN, Julia. Hunter's heart. Lerner, Carolrhoda Books. 264p. c2007. 978-0-7613-9493-8. $16.95. JS In Julia Green's first American release, the British author tells the story of a troubled boy and his love of the hunt. Fourteen-year-old...

Hall, Barbara. The Noah confessions.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HALL, Barbara. The Noah confessions. Random House, Delacorte. 215p. c2007. 978-0-385-73328-1. $15.99. JS Lynnie Russo is turning 16 and she is supposed to get a car. Instead, her father hands her an ugly bird charm bracelet from her...

Halpin, Brendan. How ya like me now.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HALPIN, Brendan. How ya like me now. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 201p. c2007. 0-374-33495-1. $16.00. JS This short novel about a suburban boy fitting into an inner-city charter school has charm and humor. Eddie's father has died and his...

Harrison, Mette Ivie. The princess and the hound.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HARRISON, Mette Ivie. The princess and the hound. HarperCollins. 410p. c2007. 0-06-113187-3. $17.99. JS With the language and feeling of a fairy tale, Harrison tells a story of a prince, George, who is capable of speaking the language of...

Hautman, Pete & Logue, Mary. Skullduggery.(The Bloodwater Mysteries)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HAUTMAN, Pete & LOGUE, Mary. Skullduggery. (The Bloodwater Mysteries.) Penguin, Sleuth/Putnam. 192p. c2007. 978-0-399-24378-3. $16.99. JS The young heroes of Snatched, the first Bloodwater Mystery, get involved in efforts to save local...

Heneghan, James. Payback.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HENEGHAN, James. Payback. Groundwood. 184p. c2007. 0-88899-701-9. $16.95. J Ultimately, this is a story about bullying and violence. The narrator, Charley, is a young Irish teenager, recently come to Canada with his family and trying to...

Horowitz, Anthony. Nightrise.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HOROWITZ, Anthony. Nightrise. (The Gatekeepers, Book 3.) Scholastic. 320p. c2007. 978-0-439-68001-1. $17.99. JS * Only the Gatekeepers--five brave teenagers-can prevent the return of the evil Old Ones who seek to destroy humanity....

Jenkins, A.M. Repossessed.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... JENKINS, A.M. Repossessed. HarperCollins. 224p. c2007. 0-06-083568-0. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-083569-9. $16.89.) JS * Fed up with endlessly overseeing the torment of souls in Hell, the spirit of a demon takes a little holiday: he moves into...

Jinks, Catherine. Evil genius.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... JINKS, Catherine. Evil genius. Harcourt. 496p. c2005/2007. 978-0-15-205988-0. $17.00. JS Cadel is a young genius with a particular gift for deciphering--and destroying--systems of all kinds. Encouraged by his psychologist (who turns out to...

Johnson, Maureen. Girl at sea, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... JOHNSON, Maureen. Girl at sea, a novel. HarperCollins. 323p. c2007. 0-06-054144-X. $15.99. JS An improbable but entertaining plot, by the author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes. Clio is the heroine and she has a complicated history with her...

Jones, Carrie. Tips on having a gay (ex) boyfriend.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... JONES, Carrie. Tips on having a gay (ex) boyfriend. Llewellyn, Flux. 287p. c2006.0-7387-1050-4. $16.95. S A small town in Maine (6000 people) where everyone knows everyone is the setting for this love story. Belle and Dylan are lovers,...

Karasyov, Carrie & Kargman, Jill. Summer intern.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... KARASYOV, Carrie & KARGMAN, Jill. Summer intern. HarperCollins. 184p. c2007. 0-06-1153753. $16.99. JS It's The Devil Wears Prada--lite. Kira Parker has a summer internship at a fashion magazine called Skirt. Instead of the boss from hell...

Kelly, Tom. Finn's going.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... KELLY, Tom. Finn's going. HarperCollins, Greenwillow Books. 288p. c2007 0-061-21453-1. $16.99. J Danny and Finn are identical twins, but one night there is a horrible accident and one of the boys dies, leaving the other to reconcile...

Lasky, Kathryn. The last girls of Pompeii.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... LASKY, Kathryn. The last girls of Pompeii. Penguin, Viking. 181p. c2007. 0-670-06196-9. $15.99. J We know Lasky as a fine historical novelist, and telling a story of the last days of Pompeii apparently has fulfilled a lifelong interest in...

Levitin, Sonia. Strange relations.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... LEVITIN, Sonia. Strange relations. Random House, Knopf. 298p. c2007 0-375-83751-7 $15.99. JS * Levitin has written many outstanding books for YAs about the Jewish experience, both contemporary and historical. Strange Relations is set in...

Lupica, Mike. Summer ball.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... LUPICA, Mike. Summer ball. Penguin, Philomel. 256p. c2007. 978-0-399-24487-2. $17.99. J * Danny, the hero of Travel Team, is back in this sequel, but it can stand alone, and certainly basketball fans won't want to miss it. Danny is now...

Lurie, April. Brothers, boyfriends & other criminal minds.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... LURIE, April. Brothers, boyfriends & other criminal minds. Random House, Delacorte. 291 p. c2007 0-385-73124-9. $15.99. JS * When a story makes me laugh out loud, I love it. And so, I love this novel, written by the author of Dancing in the...

Mathews, Ellie. The linden tree.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... MATHEWS, Ellie. The linden tree. Milkweed. 180p. c20071-57131-673-6. $16.95. J The linden tree sits on a hill on the Hanson farm in rural Iowa. When Katy Sue's mother dies after contracting meningitis, she is lovingly buried beneath its...

McNeal, Laura & Tom. The decoding of Lana Morris.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... McNEAL, Laura &Tom. The decoding of Lana Morris. Random House, Knopf. 289p. c2007. 978-0-375-83106-5. $15.99. JS * An omniscient, sly, wise voice narrates this novel, the story of Lana Morris, a foster child, age 16, daughter of a...

Michaels, Rune. Genesis Alpha, a thriller.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... MICHAELS, Rune. Genesis Alpha, a thriller. Simon and Schuster. 208p. c2007. 978-0-689-824748. $15.99. JS Michaels skillfully knits together SF and cyberspace with a mystery plot, giving readers a thriller that's hard to put down. Underlying...

Moesta, Rebecca & Anderson, Kevin J. Ocean realm.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... MOESTA, Rebecca & ANDERSON, Kevin J. Ocean realm. (Crystal Doors, Book II.) Little, Brown. 290p. c2007 0-316-01056-1. $15.99. JS This sequel to Island Realm finds the five apprentices celebrating following the defeat of the sea creature...

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Dangerously, Alice.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... NAYLOR, Phyllis Reynolds. Dangerously, Alice. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 294p. c2007. 1-41694239-9. $15.99. JS Naylor continues/Alice's story in this 21st book in the series. Alice is now a junior in high school, sometimes at odds with her...

Patterson, James. Maximum Ride; saving the world and other extreme sports.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... PATTERSON, James. Maximum Ride; saving the world and other extreme sports. (Maximum Ride, Book 3.) Little, Brown. 368p. c2007. 0-316-15560-8. $16.99. JS * Buckle your seatbelts: the final book in this breathless SF adventure series about...

Phillips, Suzanne. Chloe Doe.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... PHILLIPS, Suzanne. Chloe Doe. Little, Brown. 188p. c2007. 0-316-01413-3. $16.99. S * Take a 17-year-old girl, a genius who loves to read, and let her tell the story of how she became a teenage prostitute and what life is like in the...

Reeve, Philip. A darkling plain.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... REEVE, Philip. A darkling plain. (The Hungry City Chronicles, Vol. 4.) HarperCollins, EOS. 576p. c2007. 0-06-089055-X. $18.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-089056-8. $19.89.) JSA * Reeve concludes this outstanding SF series in great style, picking up...

Rinaldi, Ann. Come Juneteenth.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... RINALDI, Ann. Come Juneteenth. Harcourt. 246p. bibliog, c2007 13-978-0-15-205947-7 $1700. JS A historical novel, by definition, means that much of the action is imagined. Yet Rinaldi often leaves readers pondering The Great Debate about...

Ruby, Laura. The chaos king.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... RUBY, Laura. The chaos king. HarperCollins. 325p. c2007 0-06-075258-0. $16.99. JS Georgetta Rose Aster Bloomington has had a stranger life than most, and she's only in high school. That's because "Georgie," as she's now known, can make...

Russell, Christopher. Hunted.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... RUSSELL, Christopher. Hunted. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 254p. c2007. 0-06-084119-5. $15.99. J Feudal life in the English countryside, during the Black Plague--a perilous time for all. When death strikes at the manor house, killing the...

Russo, Marisabina. A portrait of Pia.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... RUSSO, Marisabina. A portrait of Pia. Harcourt. 221p. c2007. 0-15-205577-6. $17.00. J Pia lives in New York City with her mother; she has never known her father. She and her mother are worried about Mario, Pia's older brother, who stopped...

Sandell, Lisa Ann. Song of the sparrow.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SANDELL, Lisa Ann. Song of the sparrow. Scholastic. 392p. bibliog. c2007. 0-439-91848-0. $16.99. JSA * Once more to the Arthurian Legend we go, as have thousands of others so many times in past centuries. This time the story centers on...

Sargent, Pamela. Farseed.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SARGENT. Pamela. Farseed. (Sequel to Earthseed.) Tor. 287p. c2007. 0-765-31427-4. $1795. JSA Finally, more than 20 years after Sargent wrote her classic Earthseed, her sequel has arrived. The story opens a logical generation later with two...

Schmidt, Gary D. The Wednesday wars.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SCHMIDT, Gary D. The Wednesday wars. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 272p. c2007. 0-618-72483-4. $16.00. J * The year is 1967, and on Wednesday afternoons in Holling's Long Island, NY 7th-grade class, all the Catholic students go to Catechism,...

Scott, Michael. The alchemyst; the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SCOTT, Michael. The alchemyst; the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel. Random House, Delacorte. 384p. c2007. 0-385-73357-1. $16.99. JS Bookseller Nicholas Flamel looks pretty good for his nearly 700 years. He owns the Book of Abraham...

Sharenow, Robert. My mother the cheerleader.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SHARENOW, Robert. My mother the cheerleader. HarperCollins. 300p. c2007. 0-081-14896-2. $16.99. JS This book offers a dose of history from the Civil Rights Era when an African American first grader integrated a Louisiana elementary school....

Smith, Roland. Peak.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SMITH, Roland. Peak. Harcourt. 256p. c2007. 9780-15-202417-8. $1700. JS When Peak scales a Manhattan skyscraper in order to tag it, he's caught and arrested. He escapes being sentenced to Juvenile Detention when he agrees to go live with...

Sones, Sonya. What my girlfriend doesn't know.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SONES, Sonya. What my girlfriend doesn't know. Simon & Schuster. 293p. c2007 1-4169-4229-7 $15.99. JS * This is a sequel to What my Mother Doesn't Know, telling the story of Sophie and Robin's romance from Robin's point of view. Since he...

Spinelli, Jerry. Eggs.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... SPINELLI, Jerry. Eggs. Little, Brown. 240p. c2007. 0-316-16646-4. $15.99. J David and Primrose make an odd pair. David, age nine, recently lost his mother, and he vents his rage at his long-suffering grandmother. Primrose, age 15, has a...

St. Anthony, Jane. Grace above All.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... ST. ANTHONY, Jane. Grace above all. Farrat, Straus & Giroux. 176p. c2007 0-374-39940-9. $16.00. J In this companion piece to The Summer Sherman Loved Me, we return to a time before the Internet and cell phones. Grace is spending the summer...

Strasser, Todd. Boot camp.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... STRASSER, Todd. Boot camp. Simon & Schuster. 256p. bibliog. c2007. 1-4169-0848-X. $15.99. $15.99. JS * This gripping novel opens as Garrett, age 15, is being kidnapped and taken off to a disciplinary boot camp because he won't do what his...

Toksvis, Sandi. Hitler's canary.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... TOKSVIS, Sandi. Hitler's canary. Roaring Brook Press. 191p. c2005. 1-59643-247-0. $16.95. J Toksvis is a Dane and this fiction about the Nazi occupation of Denmark during WW II is based on a story her father told her; it is basically true....

Volponi, Paul. Rucker Park setup.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... VOLPONI, Paul. Rucker Park setup. Penguin, Viking. 160p. c2007. 978-0-670-06130-3. $15.99. S Mackey and J.R. live to play basketball and they dream of winning the big tournament at Harlem's Rucker Park--that is, until J.R. is stabbed to...

Wein, Elizabeth E. The lion hunter.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... WEIN, Elizabeth E. The lion hunter. (The Mark of Solomon, Book One.) Penguin, Viking. 223p. map. c2007. 0-670-06163-1. $16.99. JSA Wein has created unique and amazing stories about the Arthurian/Aksumite cycle, including The Winter Prince,...

Yansky, Brian. Wonders of the world, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... YANSKY, Brian. Wonders of the world, a novel. Llewellyn, Flux. 219p. c2007. 0-7387-10846. $16.95. S Grim and realistic, Yansky's story is about young people living on the streets. They are outcasts, trash, really, with no one caring what...

Abraham, Susan & Gonzales, Denise. Cecilia's year.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... ABRAHAM, Susan & GONZALES, Denise. Cecilia's year. Cinco Puntos Press. 210p. illus. c2004. 1-933693-02-6. $11.95. J * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2005: The conflict is evident from the first page. An avid reader...

Barnholdt, Lauren. The secret identity of Devon Delaney.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BARNHOLDT, Lauren. The secret identity of Devon Delaney. HarperCollins. 263p. c2007. 14169-3503-7. $5.99. JS One lie leads to another, and another. Devon's efforts to be loyal to her true friend Mel, while keeping up a front with "summer...

Bossley, Michele Martin. Swiped.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BOSSLEY, Michele Martin. Swiped. Orca, Currents. 109p. c2006. 1-55143-646-9. $8.95. J This short mystery begins with stolen lunches. The middle school students are in a quandary over who is taking food. They get into sleuth mode when they...

Brown, Peter C. The fugitive wife.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... BROWN, Peter C. The fugitive wife. Norton. 414p. c2006.0-393-32975-5. $14.95. SA This novel takes place around the turn of the 20th century, first in Minnesota, then in Nome during the gold rush. The author based the story on his own...

Collins, Yvonne & Rideout, Sandy. New and improved Vivien Leigh Reid; diva in control.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... COLLINS, Yvonne & Rideout, Sandy. New and improved Vivien Leigh Reid; diva in control. St. Martin's, Griffin. 231p. c2007. 0-312-35828-8. $9.95. JS In the third book about Leigh's life as an up-and-coming actress (following Introducing...

Creech, Sharon. Replay.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... CREECH, Sharon. Replay. HarperCollins, Joanna Cotler Books. 180p. c2005. 0-06-054021-4. $5.99. J * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT. September 2005: Leo is part of a large, noisy Italian American family, and he often feels...

Delaney, Mark. Pepperland.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... DELANEY, Mark. Pepperland. Peachtree. 229p. c2004. 1-56145-402-0. $795. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2004: It's the fall of 1980, and The Beatles are over but their legacy lives on. Star's mother loved The...

Dolnick, Ben. Zoology.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... DOLNICK, Ben. Zoology. Random House, Vintage. 291p. c2007. 0-307-2791-4. $12.95. SA This is a funny, well-written coming-of-age novel. Henry Elinsky begins college with high hopes and the full aspirations of his middle class parents and...

Frank, E.R. Wrecked.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... FRANK, E.R. Wrecked. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 247p. c2005. 0-689-87384-0. $8.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: Sixteen-year-old Anna kills her brother's girlfriend Cameron in a car crash after...

Fredericks, Mariah. In the cards; love.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... FREDERICKS, Mariah. In the cards; love. Simon & Schuster, Aladdin. 270p. c2007. 0-689-87655-4. $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: Fredericks's young characters are given a deck of tarot cards when an old...

Hamilton, Harriet. Ribbons of the sun.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HAMILTON, Harriet. Ribbons of the sun. Brown Barn Books. 159p. c2006. 0-9768126-2-2. $8.95. JSA Rosa is a young Mayan girl raised in a small village by her parents and grandmother. When her grandmother dies and her father is unable to...

Hobbs, Will. Crossing the wire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... HOBBS, Will. Crossing the wire. Harper Trophy. 215p. c2006. 0-06-074140-2. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2006: Victor, age 15, barely scratches out a living for his widowed mother and his four younger...

Jocelyn, Marthe. Mable Riley; a reliable record of humdrum, peril, and romance.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... JOCELYN, Marthe. Mable Riley; a reliable record of humdrum, peril, and romance. Candlewick. 279p. c2004. 0-7636-3287-8. $6.99. J Set in Canada in 1901 and featuring a spunky 14-year-old heroine, Mable Riley, this is a story that will appeal...

KLAM, Cheryl. Learning to swim.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... KLAM, Cheryl. Learning to swim. Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2007. 978-0-385-733724. $9.99. S Steffie Rogers, 17, has, thanks to her mother's "love lunacy," moved 14 times in as many years. Love lunacy happens when her mother, Barbie,...

Koertge, Ron. Boy girl boy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... KOERTGE, Ron. Boy girl boy. Harcourt. 168p. c2005. 0-15-205865-4. $6.95. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: Kortege is back with another multiple-voice novel that focuses on the friendship of high school...

Mac, Carrie. The beckoners.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... MAC, Carrie. The beckoners. Orca. 217p. c2004. 1-55143-729-3. $8.95. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2004: Zoe Anderson does not want to hear that her mother is moving the family--again. At 15 she has already...

Margolis, Leslie. Price of admission.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... MARGOLIS, Leslie. Price of admission. Simon & Schuster. 224p. c2007. 1-4169-2455-8. $8.99. S High school junior Jasmine Green's ex-boyfriend Austin dies of a drug overdose. When his parents clean out his dorm room, they discover a...

Matson, Suzanne. The tree-sitter.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... MATSON, Suzanne. The tree-sitter. Norton. 246p. c2006. 0-393-32944-5. $13.95. SA Julie Prince is a well-heeled child of a single mother who is attending Wellesley College when she meets Neil, a doctorate student. Inspired by his dedication...

Peet, Mal. Keeper.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... PEET, Mal. Keeper. Candlewick. 225p. c2003. 0-7636-3286-1. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2005: This soccer novel is told in the form of an interview of El Gato ("the cat"), a legendary goalkeeper who...

Peters, Kimberly Joy. Painting Caitlyn.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... PETERS, Kimberly Joy. Painting Caitlyn. Lobster. 189p. c2006. 1-897073-40-2. $9.95. JS Caitlyn's life is quickly spiraling out of her control. Having been her mother's only child for so long and never feeling like her stepfather ever...

Rayburn, Tricia. The melting of Maggie Bean.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2007... RAYBURN, Tricia. The melting of Maggie Bean. Simon & Schuster. 250p. c2007. 1-4169-3348-4. $5.99. J Seventh-grader Maggie Bean has just found out that she weighs 186 pounds. She knows she gained a lot of weight in the past year, but is...