Kliatt articles from May 2008

Kliatt archives from May 2008

Questions about graphic novels.
May 1, 2008... George Galuschak started his library's graphic novel collection six years ago. He works at the Montvale Public Library, deep in the wilds of New Jersey. He has been reading, writing reviews, and doing conferences about graphic novels for years....

Angle, Kimberly Greene. Hummingbird.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... ANGLE, Kimberly Greene. Hummingbird. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 243p. c2008. 978-0-374-333768. $16.95. J* This novel is attuned to the seasons of life on a watermelon farm in Jubilee, Georgia, where 11-then- 12-year-old March Anne Tanner...

Bauer, Joan. Peeled.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BAUER, Joan. Peeled. Penguin, Putnam. 248p. c2008. 978-0-399-23475-0. $16.99. JS A small town in upstate New York is the setting for this story about journalism--yes, journalism. Hildy is the daughter of a reporter (who died too young) and...

Bell, Ted. Nick of time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BELL, Ted. Nick of time. St. Martin's Griffin. 419p. c2008. 978-0312-38068-7. $1795. J The two men appeared seemingly out of thin air, miraculously dry despite the storm howling outside the inn. For Nick McIver, though, this mystery is...

Benway, Robin. Audrey, wait.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BENWAY, Robin. Audrey, wait. Penguin, Razor-bill. 313p. c2008. 978-1-59514-191-0. $16.99. S This is about popular music, paparazzi, popular culture--everything else you can think of that's fleeting, but obsessively interesting. Audrey's...

Block, Francesca Lia. Blood roses.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BLOCK, Francesca Lia. Blood roses. HarperCollins. 144p. c2008. 978-0-060-76384-8. $15.99. S Block is known for magical realism, for intertwining the experiences of young people with fantasy and myth. This collection of short stories...

Boggess, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BOGGESS, Eileen. Mia the melodramatic. (The Mia Fullerton Series.) Bancroft. 168p. c2008. 978-1-890862-56-5. $19.95. J Mia is 15 now, and it's summer vacation. Her boyfriend Tim has to spend the summer far away in Maine, and she is stuck at...

Bradbury, Jennifer. Shift.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BRADBURY, Jennifer. Shift. Simon & Schuster. 242p. c2008. 978-1-4169-4732-5. $16.99. JS Reminiscent of Chris Crutcher's Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes or E. L. Konigsburg's Silent to the Bone, this book is a story of a boy going to...

Brothers, Meagan. Debbie Harry sings in French.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BROTHERS, Meagan. Debbie Harry sings in French. Henry Holt. 240p. c2008. 978-0-8050-80803. $16.95. SA Johnny never seems to fit in, and his Goth clothes and eye makeup don't help. Circumstances surrounding his father's tragic death force...

Bruchac, Joseph. March toward the thunder.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BRUCHAC, Joseph. March toward the thunder. Penguin, Dial. 304p. maps. bibliog, c2008. 978-0-8037-3188-2. $16.99. JS* Louis Nolette is a 15-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada, but Union recruiters in 1864 are eager to sign him up to fight...

Burg, Shana. A thousand never evers.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BURG, Shana. A thousand never evers. Random House, Delacorte. 301 p. c2008. 978-0-385-73470-7 $15.99. J When the mayor of Kuckachoo, Missippippi learns that the Supreme Court has declared that segregated schools are illegal, he boasts,...

Cornish, D.M.: Lamplighter.(Lamplighter: Monster Blood Tattoo, Book Two)(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... CORNISH, D.M. Lamplighter. (Monster Blood Tattoo, BookTwo.) Penguin. 710p. illus, maps. c2008. 978-0-399-24639-5. $19.99. JSA In this second volume of the series, Rossamund Bookchild is now an apprentice lamplighter in the Emperor's...

Dean, Claire. Girlwood.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... DEAN, Claire. Girlwood. Houghton Mifflin. 246p. c2008. 978-0-618-88390-5. $16.00. J Bree and Polly are four years apart in age. It didn't seem to make much of a difference when they were children, but when Bree turns 16, she puts away...

de Lint, Charles. Dingo.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... de LINT, Charles. Dingo. Penguin, Firebird. 213p. c2008. 978-0-14-240816-2. $11,99. JS Seventeen-year-old Miguel Schreiber doesn't know much about girls, but even he's pretty sure there's something odd about Lainey Howe. The day she...

Downing, Wick. The trials of Kate Hope.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... DOWNING, Wick. The trials of Kate Hope. Houghton Mifflin. 331p. c2008. 978-0-618-89133-7. $16.00. JS The reader must buy into the premise that at the age of 14 a girl who is bright but not necessarily brilliant can be a certified,...

Ferris, Jean. Twice upon a marigold.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... FERRIS, Jean. Twice upon a marigold. Harcourt. 304p. c2008. 978-0-15-206382-5. $17.00. JS This sequel to Once Upon a Marigold offers more fairy tale fun. The first book ended with the marriage of Christian and Princess Marigold and the...

Gardner, Sally. The red necklace.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... GARDNER, Sally. The red necklace. Penguin, Dial. 378p. c2007. 978-0-8037-3100-4. $16.99. JSA First published in England, this is an old-fashioned historical novel, set during the French Revolution. The main character is Yann Margoza, a...

Geerling, Marjetta. Fancy white trash.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... GEERLING, Marietta. Fancy white trash. Penguin, Viking. 240p. c2008. 978-0-670-01082-0. $15.99. S Abby's life resembles a soap opera in more ways than she'd like. Her parents are divorced, and her mom has married a much younger "guitar...

Grab, Daphne. Alive and well in Prague, New York.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... GRAB, Daphne. Alive and well in Prague, New York. HarperCollins. 249p. c2008. 978-0-0612570-7 $16.99. JS This is Grab's first novel, and since she is from upstate New York herself, she describes the setting, as newcomer Matisse finds it,...

Grant, Michael. Gone; what if everyone you love disappeared in a flash?(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... GRANT, Michael. Gone; what if everyone you love disappeared in a flash? HarperCollins. 558p. illus, c2008. 978-0061448768. $1799. JSA At 10:17 a.m., Sam Temple was learning about the Civil War, Astrid Ellison was taking notes in her...

Henkes, Kevin. Bird Lake moon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... HENKES, Kevin. Bird Lake moon. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 192p. c2008. 978-0-06-147076-9. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-147078-3. $16.89.) J* Mitch, age 12, has come to Bird Lake with his mother to stay with his grandparents, now that his...

Hyde, Catherine Ryan. The day I killed James.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... HYDE, Catherine Ryan. The day I killed James. Random House, Knopf. 224p. c2008. 9780-375-84158-3. $16.99, (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-94158-0. $19.99). S The provocative title of this novel will attract the attention of many a YA reader and the...

Jenkins, A.M.: Night road.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... JENKINS, A.M. Night road. HarperCollins, HarperTeen. 368p. c2008. 978-0-06-054604-5. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-054605-2. $17.89.) S They call themselves hemevores, not vampires, and try not to draw attention to themselves--who knows what...

Jinks, Catherine. Genius Squad.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... JINKS, Catherine. Genius Squad. Harcourt. 448p. c2008. 978-0-15-205985-9. $17.00. JS In this sequel to Evil Genius, gifted computer hacker Cadel is now 15, and unhappily living in foster care in Sydney, Australia. He's under police...

Kostick, Conor. Saga.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... KOSTICK, Conor. Saga. Penguin, Viking. 367p. c2008. 978-0-670-06280-5. $18.99. JS In Ghost's world, several laws have been universal for as long as she can remember: social status is determined by the different-colored cards carried by...

Levine, Gail Carson. Ever.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... LEVINE, Gail Carson. Ever. HarperCollins. 256p. c2008. 978-0-061-22962-6. $16.99. (Lib bdg: 978-0061-22963-3. $17.89.) J Levine has become well known for modern retellings of classic fairy tales. In Ever, she creates the story of an...

Lockhart, E., Sarah Mlynowski & Lauren Myracle. How to be bad.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... LOCKHART, E., Sarah Mlynowski & Lauren Myracle. How to be bad. HarperCollins. 322p. c2008. 978-0-06-128422-9. $16.99. JS A summer road trip allows three girls to escape their regular lives and problems at home. The girls each have their own...

Lurie, April. The latent powers of Dylan Fontaine.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... LURIE, April. The latent powers of Dylan Fontaine. Random House, Delacorte. 208p. c2008. 978-0-385-73125-6. $15.99. S* I'm very fond of Lurie's pervious work, Brothers, Boyfriends & Other Criminal Minds and Dancing in the Streets of...

Marr, Melissa. Ink exchange.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MARR, Melissa. Ink exchange. HarperCollins. 336p. c2008. 978-0-06-121468-4. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-121469-1. $17.89). S Leslie is a high school senior who has been sexually molested by her brother's "friends." Her mother has abandoned...

McCarthy, Maureen. Rose by any other name.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... McCARTHY, Maureen. Rose by any other name. Roaring Brook, 336p. c2006. 978-1-59643372-4. $17.96. SA McCarthy is a popular Australian author and this is her debut novel published in the US. I think American YAs (and adults who like family...

McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert. Meltdown; the final chapter of the Watts Family Adventures.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... McNAB, Andy & RIGBY, Robert. Meltdown; the final chapter of the Watts Family Adventures. Penguin, Putnam. 248p. c2007, 9780-399-24686-9. $16.99. JS This is the weakest of the series, but a good adventure all the same. I miss Elena, who was...

Mebus, Scott. Gods of Manhattan.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MEBUS, Scott. Gods of Manhattan. Penguin, Dutton. 342p. c2008. 978-0-525-47955-0. $17.99. JS Rory Hennessy is every magician's worst nightmare: he's able to see through every trick. Every trick, that is, except for the one a mysterious...

Meldrum, Christina. Madapple.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MELDRUM, Christina. Madapple. Random House, Knopf. 416p. c2008. 978-0-375-85176-6. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-95176-3. $19.99). SA This novel is a fascinating look at belief and the interplay between the rational and the religious....

Mikaelsen, Ben. Ghost of Spirit Bear.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MIKAELSEN, Ben. Ghost of Spirit Bear. HarperCollins. 160p. c2008. 978-0-06-009007-4. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-009-008-1. $17.89.) JS In Touching Spirit Bear, Cole was exiled to a remote Alaskan island for a year after beating up a boy...

Mitchard, Jacquelyn. All we know of heaven, a novel.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MITCHARD, Jacquelyn. All we know of heaven, a novel. HarperCollins. 311p. c2008. 978-0-08-134578-4. $16.99. JS* The second YA novel from best-selling author Mitchard will keep YAs reading, that's for sure. She bases this unusual plot on an...

Morden, Simon. The lost art.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MORDEN, Simon. The lost art. Random House, David Fickling. 522p. c2007. 978-0-385-75147-6. $16.99. JS The Earth has turned, and its inhabitants have reverted to pre-industrial practices. A remote Siberian monastery holds a set of book...

Mundi, Mariah. The Midas box.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MUNDI, Mariah. The Midas box. Penguin, Putnam. 302p. c2008. 978-0-399-24347-9. $17.99. JSA* The Sudan is where Mariah's parents were captured and supposedly killed, and the Sudan is where the man sitting in Mariah's train seat just came...

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MURDOCK, Catherine Gilbert. Princess Ben. Houghton Mifflin. 344p. c2008. 978-0-618-95971-6. $16.00. JS A good cover helps to sell this story. As in many familiar fairy tales and traditional tales, this takes place in an imaginary kingdom....

Myers, Walter Dean. Sunrise over Fallujah.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MYERS, Walter Dean. Sunrise over Fallujah. Scholastic. 304p. map. c2008. 978-0-439-91624-0. $17.99. JSA* Twenty years ago, Myers wrote Fallen Angels, a classic YA novel about a 17-year-old African American soldier's experiences in Vietnam....

Peterson, Will. Triskellion.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... PETERSON, Will. Triskellion. Candlewick. 368p. c2008.978-0-7636-3971-6. $16.99. J Like me, when you read this story you may have to do a bit of research on the Green Man and how that mythology fits in with Morris dancers, pub names, and...

Parker, Robert B.: The boxer and the spy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... PARKER, Robert B. The boxer and the spy. Penguin, Philomel. 224p. c2008. 978-0-399-24775-0. $17.99. JS* In his second novel for YAs (following Edenville Owls), popular mystery writer Parker scores a hit. When a high school boy's body...

Plum-Ucci, Carol. Streams of Babel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... PLUM-UCCI, Carol. Streams of Babel. Harcourt. 432p. c2008, 978-0-15-216556-7. $17.00. SA Don't drink the water... in this bioterrorism thriller, it's poisoned with a substance called Red Vinegar that can cause fatal strokes and aneurysms....

Popescu, Petru. Footprints in time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... POPESCU, Petru. Footprints in time. HarperCollins. 256p. c2008. 978-0-06-088399-7. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-088400-0. $17.89.) JS Jack, age 13, is thrilled to be spending the summer helping his scientist dad tag lions in Tanzania. But...

Reinhardt, Dana. How to build a house, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... REINHARDT, Dana. How to build a house, a novel. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 227p. c2008. 978-0-375-84453-9. $15.99. S* Harper's family is in a shambles. Her stepmother, the only mother Harper has known, is moving out and creating a new home...

Rinaldi, Ann. Juliet's moon.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... RINALDI, Ann. Juliet's moon. Harcourt. 256p. c2008. 978-0-15-206170-8. $17.00. J This novel is based on one of the most dramatic events in the Civil War. Twelve-year-old Juliet Bradshaw lives in Missouri, and her older brother Seth is a...

Scott, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... SCOTT, Elizabeth. Stealing Heaven. HarperCollins. 320p. c2008. 978-0-06-112280-4. $16.99. S Stealing has been the way of life for 18-year-old Dani for as long as she can remember. Dani and her morn have moved around to more places than she...

Scott, Kieran. Geek magnet.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... SCOTT, Kieran. Geek magnet. Penguin, Putnam. 306p. c2008. 978-0-399-24760-6. $16.99. J Drama is big in the life of KJ Miller. But she also seems to have attracted every geek in school for the past year, while working as stage manager for...

Shoup, Barbara. Everything you want.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... SHOUP, Barbara. Everything you want. Llewelyn, Flux. 318p. c2008. 978-0-7387-1227-7. $16.95. SA* How did it happen that I've recently read TWO books about families changed by windfall fortunes? (See also The Fortunes of Indigo Skye in...

Spinelli, Jerry. Smiles to go.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... SPINELLI, Jerry. Smiles to go. HarperCollins. 256p. c2008. 978-0-06-028133-5. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-028134-2. $17.89.) JS Sensible Will, a chess champ and would-be astronomer, plays Monopoly with his best friends BT and Mi-Su every...

Stahler Jr., David. Otherspace.(Otherspace book three of the Truesight trilogy)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... STAHLER Jr., David. Otherspace. (The Truesight Trilogy, Book 3.) HarperCollins, Eos. 342p. c2008. 978-0-06-052291-9. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-006-0532292-6. $17.89.) JS In this concluding volume, following Truesight and The Seer, Jacob, a...

Stein, Tammar. High dive.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... STEIN, Tammar. High dive. Random House, Knopf. 201p. c2008. 978-0-375-83024-2. $15.99. S Although the cover features a pair of swimmer's feet as she dives from a cliff into the water below, there is little actual diving in this novel. The...

Thompson, Kate. The last of the high kings.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... THOMPSON, Kate. The last of the high kings. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 368p. c2008. 978-0-06-117595-4. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06117596-1. $17.89.) J* This sequel to Thompson's enchanting, award-winning fantasy, The New Policeman, is set...

Triana, Gaby. The temptress four.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... TRIANA, Gaby. The temptress four. HarperCollins. 247p. c2008. 978-0-06-088567-0. $18.99. S Triana is good at these trendy, hip YA stories, having also written Backstage Pass and Cubanita. She is from Florida, and so are the four friends in...

Van Draanen, Wendelin. Confessions of a serial kisser.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... VAN DRAANEN, Wendelin. Confessions of a serial kisser. Random House, Knopf. 294p. c2008. 978-0-375-84248-1. $15.99. JS Evangeline Logan is confused. The 16-year-old's parents recently separated, and she and her mother had to move to a...

Van Etten, David. Likely story.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... VAN ETTEN, David. Likely story. Random House, Knopf. 228p. c2008. 978-0-375-84676-2. $15.99. JS The adolescent child of a celebrity is a familiar character these days in YA fiction, and likely to remain so as our culture can't get enough...

Vega, Denise. Fact of life #31.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... VEGA, Denise. Fact of life #31. Random House, Knopf. 376p. c2008. 978-0-375-84819-3. $16.99. S* Kat (or Katima) works for her mother Abra (no last name), a midwife, an earth mother type. Abra bonds in a maternal way with her prospective...

Venkatraman, Padma. Climbing the stairs, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... VENKATRAMAN, Padma. Climbing the stairs, a novel. Penguin, Putnam. 247p. c2008. 978-0-39924746-0. $16.99. JS A historical novel set in India during WW II, as Gandhi and his followers are challenging British rule. Vidya is the beloved...

Wedekind, Annie. A horse of her own.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... WEDEKIND, Annie. A horse of her own. Macmillan, Feiwel and Friends. 275p. c2008. 978-0-31236927-9. $16.95. J This is an ideal choice for those YA readers who like a good horse story; well, a good horse and rider story. Jane is 14 years old,...

Wood, Jamie Martinez. Rogelia's house of magic, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... WOOD, Jamie Martinez. Rogelia's house of magic, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 300p. c2008. 978-0-385-73477-6. $15.99. JS Parents who hated Harry Potter because of its reliance on magic will also hate this book. In actuality, this novel...

Anderson, Jodi Lynn. The secrets of peaches.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... ANDERSON, Jodi Lynn. The secrets of peaches. (Sequel to Peaches.) HarperCollins. 299p. c2007. 978-0-06-073310-0. $8.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: Birdie, Murphy, and Leeda are back in this sequel to...

Brashares, Ann. Forever in blue; the fourth summer of the sisterhood.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BRASHARES, Ann. Forever in blue; the fourth summer of the sisterhood. Random House, Delacorte. 381p. c2007. 978-0-385-73401-1. $9.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2007: The friends (Tibby, Carmen, Bridget, and...

Brian, Kate. The Virginity Club.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... BRIAN, Kate. The Virginity Club. (Formerly titled The V Club.) Simon & Schuster. 280p. c2005. 1-4169-5370-1. $8.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2005: This novel could be called Sex and the City: High School Edition...

Cabot, Meg. All-American girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... CABOT, Meg. All-American girl. HarperCollins. 398p. c2002.978-0-06-1479892. $7.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Sam doesn't think of herself as anything special. Sure, she has artistic talent, but...

Cabot, Meg. Princess in pink.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... CABOT, Meg. Princess in pink. (The Princess Diaries, Vol. V.) HarperCollins. 256p. 978-0-06154363-0. $7.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Starting a new Princess Diaries book is like opening a box of...

Cabot, Meg. Princess in waiting.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... CABOT, Meg. Princess in waiting. (The Princess Diaries, Vol. IV.) HarperCollins. 225p. c2003. 978-0-06-154364-7. $7.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2003: Fourteen-year-old Mia attends a fancy prep school in New...

Caletti, Deb. The nature of Jade.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... CALETTI, Deb. The nature of Jade. Simon & Schuster. 288p. c2007 1-4169-1006-9. $8.99. S* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January, 2007: Caletti, author of carefully written YA novels such as Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a...

Claudel, Philippe. By a slow river.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... CLAUDEL, Philippe. By a slow river. Random House, Anchor. 194p. c2006. 978-1-4000-7801-1. $12.95. SA In a small French town during WW I, the characters who live along a slow river also live within the shadow of battles taking place right...

Dekeyser, Stacy. Jump the cracks.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... DEKEYSER, Stacy. Jump the cracks. Llewellyn, Flux. 207p. c2007. 978-0-7387-1274-1. $9.95. JS Even before her parents divorced, Victoria couldn't rely on her father to show up when she needed him. Now she is on her way to New York City by...

Elliott, L.M.: Give me liberty.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... ELLIOTT, L.M. Give me liberty. HarperCollins. 376p. map. c2006. 978-0-06-074423-6. $6.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: Nathaniel, age 13, has had a difficult life as an indentured servant in colonial...

Erlings, Fridrik. Benjamin Dove.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... ERLINGS, Fridrik. Benjamin Dove. North South Books. 206p. c2006. 978-0-7358-2149-1. $7.95. J Twelve-year-old Benjamin spends most of his time running around town with his good friends Jeff and Manny. When they see a new family moving into...

Fitzgerald, Dawn. Soccer chick rules.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... FITZGERALD, Dawn. Soccer chick rules. Holtzbrinck, Square Fish. 150p. c2006. 978-0-312-37662-8. $6.99. J Eighth-grader Tess loves sports. For her, the only point in going to school at all is to play sports. She loves gym class, she loves...

Fletcher, Susan. Alphabet of dreams.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... FLETCHER, Susan. Alphabet of dreams. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 417p. c2006. 978-0-689-85152-0. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: Fletcher brings a carefully developed "what if" to fruition in Alphabet...

Friesner, Esther. Nobody's princess.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... FRIESNER, Esther. Nobody's princess. Random House. 305p. map. c2007. 978-0-375-87529-8. $7.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2007: Who was Helen before she was Helen of Troy? Friesner tells about Helen's childhood...

Greene, Michele Dominguez. Chasing the jaguar.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... GREENE, Michele Dominguez. Chasing the jaguar. (A Martika Galvez mystery.) HarperCollins. 227p. c2006. 978-0-06-076355-8. $7.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2006: This combines all the eerie spookiness of the TV...

Hogan, Mary. Perfect girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... HOGAN, Mary. Perfect girl. HarperCollins. 197p. c2007. 978-0-06-084110-2. $7.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2007: The perfect girl of the title has only a walk-on part in this novel. She's who 14-year-old Ruth...

Lewis, Richard. The killing sea.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... LEWIS, Richard. The killing sea. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 225p. map. 978-1-4169-5372-2. $5.99. JSA* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2006: Sarah is an American teenager vacationing with her family in Indonesia....

McCormick, Patricia. Sold.(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... McCORMICK, Patricia. Sold. Hyperion, Disney. 263p. c2006. 978-078685172-0. $8.99. JSA* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2006: To prepare to write this novel (in poetry format), McCormick traveled to Nepal and India...

McNicoll, Sylvia. Last chance for Paris.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... McNICOLL, Sylvia. Last chance for Paris. Fitzhenry & Whiteside. 204p. c2008. 978-1-55455061-6. $11.95. J First-time author McNicoll puts a quirky spin on the traditional fare of teen summer romance and adventure in an exotic locale. As...

Medina, Nico. Fat hoochie prom queen.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MEDINA, Nico. Fat hoochie prom queen. Simon & Schuster, Simon Pulse. 295p. c2008. 14169-3603-3. $8.99. S High school senior Madge is an oddball. She does her own thing, without worrying too much about what her peers will think, and manages...

Mitchard, Jacquelyn. Now you see her.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MITCHARD, Jacquelyn. Now you see her. HarperCollins. 200p. c2007. 978-0-06-111686-5. $7.99. S* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2007: What does a veteran author of Oprah's Book Club do for an encore? The answer is to...

Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. The off season.(Young adult review)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... MURDOCK, Catherine Gilbert. The off season. (Sequel to Dairy Queen.) Houghton Mifflin. 277p. c2007. 978-0-618-93493-5. $8.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2007: In Dairy Queen, a six-foot-tall female protagonist...

Portman, Frank. King Dork.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... PORTMAN, Frank. King Dork. Random House, Delacorte. 344p. illus, c2006. 978-0-385-73450-9. $8.99. S To quote the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, September 2006: Musician/songwriter Portman has launched his literary career with a...

Rivera, Raquel. Orphan Ahwak.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... RIVERA, Raquel. Orphan Ahwak. Orca. 137p. c2007. 978-1-55143-653-1. $7.95. J Left for dead when her Inuit family is killed in a raid, preteen Aneze is alone in the northern Canadian wilderness, living by the skills she learned from her...

Ruby, Laura. Good girls.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
May 1, 2008... RUBY, Laura. Good girls. HarperCollins. 274p. c2006. 978-0-06-088225-9. $8.99. S Audrey has always been a good girl. She has excelled in school and never caused her parents any trouble. Now in her senior year of high school, Audrey has...