Kliatt articles from November 2004

Kliatt archives from November 2004

Creating a lifelong love affair: newspapers and children.
November 1, 2004... Wouldn't you love to hand every teen a set of keys labeled voracious reader, world-class citizen, globally confident, and discriminating character? Those keys would enable these young adults to cruise anywhere they choose in life. You can do...

Bodett, Tom. Norman Tuttle on the last frontier; a novel in stories.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BODETT,Tom. Norman Tuttle on the last frontier; a novel in stories. Random House, Knopf. 192p. c2004. 0-679-89031-9. $15.95. (Lib. bdg.: 0-679-99031-3. $1799.) J* Bodett, a storyteller and author of Williwaw! for YAs, took a character from...

Booth, Martin. Doctor Illuminatus: the alchemist's son.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BOOTH, Martin. Doctor Illuminatus: the alchemist's son. Little, Brown. c2003. 0-316-15675-6. $14.99. J A family moves into an old house on a British estate. At night, Pip hears strange knocking noises in her bedroom wall. She and her...

Brugman, Alyssa. Finding Grace.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BRUGMAN, Alyssa. Finding Grace. Random House, Delacorte. 240p. c2004. 0-38573116-7. $15.95. JS Rachel is graduating from high school when she meets Alistair Preston. He is an imposing man who later slips Rachel a classified ad for a...

Cabot, Meg. The Princess Present: A Princess Diaries Book.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... CABOT, Meg. The princess present. (A Princess Diaries book.) HarperCollins. 96p. c2004, 0-06-075433-8. $8.99. JS* This brief new entry in the popular series about Mia, a Manhattan high school student who also happens to be heir to the...

Delaney, Mark. Pepperland.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... DELANEY, Mark. Pepperland. Peachtree. 184p. c2004. 1-56145-317-X. $14,95. JS It's the fall of 1980, and the Beatles are over but their legacy lives on. Star's mother loved the Beatles and passed both her passion and her musical talents on...

De Lint, Charles. The blue girl.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... DE LINT, Charles. The blue girl. Penguin Putnam, Viking. 384p. c2004. 0-670-05924-2. $19.99. J Redding High School is filled with bullies and fairies and one lonely ghost. Imogene is a new girl in school. She has left her reputation and...

The Darkest Evening.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... DURBIN, William. The darkest evening. Scholastic, Orchard. 240p. c2004. 0-439-37307-7. $15.95. J Jake and his family live in a Finnish mining community in Minnesota, but his father, a dedicated Socialist, is determined to move them to the...

Ehrenhaft, Daniel. 10 Things to Do Before I Die.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... EHRENHAFT, Daniel. 10 things to do before I die. Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2004. 0-385-73007-1. $15.95. (Lib. bdg.: 0-385-90912-8. $1799.). S "Have you ever really lived, Burger?" Ted Burger's best friend Mark asks him. Ted has never...

Friend, Natasha. Perfect, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... FRIEND, Natasha. Perfect, a novel. Milkweed. 169p. c2004. 1-57131-652-3. $16.95. (Also available in paperback: 1-57131-651-5. $6.95.) J Isabelle is just 13 years old. Her mother, her younger sister, and she are still reeling from the death...

Hale, Shannon. Enna burning.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... HALE, Shannon. Enna burning. (Sequel to The Goose Girl.) Bloomsbury. 317p. c2004. 1-58234-889-8. $1795. JS Readers need to have read The Goose Girl to enjoy this sequel, because so many of the characters grow out of the first book. The...

Haycak, Cara Red palms.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... HAYCAK, Care. Red palms. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 327p. c2004. 0-385-74648-2. $16.95. S* This first novel by an author with experience working with tribal people in South America is remarkable--certainly a candidate for awards in the...

Kehret, Peg. Abduction.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... KEHRET, Peg. Abduction. Penguin, Dutton. 224p. c2004. 0-525-47294-0. $16.99. J Bonnie is a pretty typical seventh grade student. She is responsible for her six-year-old brother after school and so she leaves the middle school directly to...

Korman, Gordon. Son of the mob: Hollywood hustle.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... KORMAN, Gordon. Son of the mob: Hollywood hustle. Hyperion. 268p. c2004. 0-7868-0918-3. $15.99. SA* We first met Vince in the funny and acclaimed YA novel Son of the Mob (reviewed in paperback in this issue), as he was struggling to...

Morgenroth, Kate. Jude.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... MORGENROTH, Kate. Jude. Simon & Schuster. 277p. c2004. 0-689-86479-5. $16.95. SA We first meet Jude at age 15, at the scene of his drug-dealing father's murder--a murder that the police suspect he committed. Fearful for his own life. Jude...

Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... MORPURGO, Michael. Private Peaceful. Scholastic. 208p. c2003. 0-439-63648-5. $16.95. JS* It's the longest night of young Thomas's life, as he stands watch over the battlefields of France in WWI, and he spends it thinking back on his life...

Napoli, Donna Jo. Bound.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... NAPOLI, Donna Jo. Bound. Simon & Shuster, Athenum. 192p. c2004. 0-689-86175-3. $16.95. J Xing Xing is the daughter of master potter, Wu. With the death of her father, she lives with Stepmother and a half-sister, Wei Ping. Stepmother is...

Nixon, Joan Lowery. Laugh till you cry.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... NIXON, Joan Lowery. Laugh till you cry. Random House, Delacorte. 128p. c2004. 0-385-73027-6. $15.95. (Lib. bdg.: 0-385-90186-0. $1799.) J Cody, age 13, has moved to Texas with his mother so that she can help take care of his grandmother,...

Noel, Michel. Good for nothing.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... NOEL, Michel. Good for nothing. Tr. by Shelley Tanaka. Groundwood. 322p. c2004. 0-88899-478-8. $18.95. JS Noel is of Metis and Algonquian descent. and he grew up in northern Quebec where this story takes place, with the main character,...

O'Connell, Tyne. Pulling princes; the Calypso chronicles.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... O'CONNELL, Tyne. Pulling princes; the Calypso chronicles. Bloomsbury. 224p. c2004. 1-58234-957-6, $16.95. JS This is a first YA novel by an experienced British author best known for adult comedy novels. O'Connell once attended a Catholic...

Rinaldi, Ann. Brooklyn Rose.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... RINALDI, Ann. Brooklyn Rose. Harcourt. 240p. c2004.0-15-205117-1. $1700. J Rinaldi is known for her ability to bring historic times to life and in this novel she turns her attention to a fictional recreation of her own grandparents' story....

The Ratastrophe Catastrophe.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... STONE, David Lee. The ratastrophe catastrophe. (The Illmoor Chronicles, Book One.) Hyperion. 276p. c2004. 0-7868-5128-7. $16.99. JS With a healthy dose of sarcasm and one-liners that fly by quickly, Book One of the Illmoor Chronicles...

Trottier, Maxine. Sister to the Wolf.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... TROTTIER, Maxine. Sister to the wolf. Kids Can Press. 348p. c2004. 1-55337-519-X. $16.95. JS* Trottier lives in Canada and her ancestors are linked to this historical fiction that takes place at Fort Detroit in the early 1700s. It's the...

Turnbull, Ann. No shame, no fear.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... TURNBULL, Ann. No shame, no fear. Candlewick. 293p. c2003. 076362505-1. $15.99. JS First published in England, this historical fiction is set in small English towns in 1662, at a time of great prosecution of Quakers. American YAs may not...

Williams, Tad. Shadowmarch, Vol. 1.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WILLIAMS, Tad. Shadowmarch, Vol. 1. Penguin, DAW. 656p. maps. c2004. 0-7564-0219-0. $25.95. JS Fantasy lovers waiting to immerse themselves into the next great epic will be thrilled with Shadowmarch. Williams' three-part volume takes...

Wyeth, Sharon Dennis. Orphea Proud.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WYETH, Sharon Dennis. Orphea Proud. Random House, Delacorte, c2004. 208p. 0-385-32497-9. $15.95. S* Orphea Proud has been raised by a loving mother and a strict father. Now, at 16, she is an orphan, living with her half-brother Rupert and...

Young, Karen Romano. Cobwebs.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... YOUNG, Karen Romano. Cobwebs. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 388p. c2004. 0-06029761-1. $15.99. JS* By the author of The Beetle and Me and other books for young readers, this strange tale reminds me of the work of Donna Jo Napoli in her...

Anonymous, as told to Tucker Shaw. Confessions of a Backup Dancer.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... ANONYMOUS, as told to Tucker Shaw. Confessions of a backup dancer. Simon & Schuster. 265p. c2004. 0-689-87075-2. $8.99. S The confessions are those of Kelly Kimball, a 17-year-old dance instructor with a dysfunctional family and a best...

Blackwell, Elise. Hunger.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BLACKWELL Elise. Hunger. Little, Brown, Back Bay, 133p, c2003.0-316-90719-7. $12.95. A During the Siege of Leningrad, when everyone is forced to make do with very little food, scientists in a botany lab make a pact to protect their stores...

Block, Francesca Lia. Wasteland.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BLOCK, Francesca Lia. Wasteland. HarperCollins. 150p. 0-06-440839-6. $7.99. SA To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: Always one to test the boundaries of form and topic. Block gives us a story with multiple...

Bohner, Charles. Bold Journey: West with Lewis and Clark: A Novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BOHNER, Charles. Bold journey; west with Lewis and Clark, a novel. Houghton Mifflin. 171p. map. bibliog. c1985.0-61843718-5. $6.95. J* The story of Lewis and Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean with Sacagawea in tow is usually a...

Brooke, Martha. True confessions of a heartless girl.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BROOKE, Martha. True confessions of a heartless girl. HarperCollins, Tempest. 216p. c2003. 0-06-059497-7 $6.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: This is a wonderful work of realistic fiction, truly a...

Bryant, Annie. Beacon Street Girls Series.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BRYANT, Annie. Beacon Street Girls Series. Worst enemies/best friends. 232p. 09746587-6-6. Bad news/good news, 277p. 0-9746587-0-7. B*tween Productions (1666 Massachusetts Ave., Ste. 17, Lexington, MA 02420). c2004. $7.99 each. J In Worst...

Cabot, Meg. The highs and lows of being Mia.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... CABOT, Meg. The highs and lows of being Mia. (The Princess Diaries, Volumes III and IV.) HarperCollins, Avon. 422p. 0-06059001-7 $13.99. JS* These two volumes (here in one book) were reviewed separately in hardcover in KLIATT. Volume III...

Castellani, Christopher. A kiss from Maddalena, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... CASTELLANI, Christopher. A kiss from Maddalena, a novel. Penguin, Berkley. 339p. c2003. 0-425-19642-9. $14.00. SA An unusual love story from beginning to end, between the prettiest girl in town, Maddalena Piccinelli, and one of the last...

Christofferson, April. Buffalo medicine.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... CHRISTOFFERSON, April. Buffalo medicine. Tor. 373p. c2004. 0-765-34419-X. $799. SA Written by an author who is a lawyer with a background in veterinary medicine, this tale of the clash of ranchers and environmentalists in Montana is...

Coel, Margaret. Killing raven.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... COEL, Margaret. Killing raven. Penguin, Berkley, Prime Crime. 291p. c2003. 0-42519750-6. $6.99. SA Another in the mystery series set on an Arapaho Reservation featuring the lawyer Vicky, an Arapaho woman struggling to make a living...

Who Is Jesse Flood?(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... DOYLE, Malachy. Who is Jesse Flood? Bloomsbury. 173p. c2002. 1-58234-922-3. $6.95. JS Opening with an intense third-person description of a harrowing self-imposed dare in a train tunnel, this recent book from the UK is sure to keep readers...

Donnelly, Jennifer. A northern light.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... DONNELLY, Jennifer. A northern light. Harcourt. 396p. c2003. 0-15-205310-7. $8.95. SA To quote from the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, September 2003: On July 12, 1906, the body of Grace Brown, a young girl pregnant but unmarried, was...

Dumbleton, Mike. Watch out for Jamie Joel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... DUMBLETON, Mike. Watch out for Jamie Joel. Alien & Unwin. 139p. c2003. 1-86508532-4. $795. JS Jamie Joel is a young lady with many troubles. She lives with her aunt, who abuses her frequently; she constantly gets in trouble in school; and...

Ellis, Virginia. The photograph.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... ELLIS, Virginia. The photograph. Random House, Ballantine. 323p. c2003.0-345-466195. $13.95. SA Sisters-in-law Ruth and Maddy take turns narrating the story of the year they spend in Miami during WW II. Ruth's husband, Davey (Maddy's...

Flake, Sharon G. Begging for change.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... FLAKE, Sharon G. Begging for change. Hyperion. 248p. c2004. 0-7868-1405-5. $5.99. JS This sequel to Money Hungry opens with Raspberry Hill's mother in the hospital after her neighbor hit her over the head with a pipe. For Raspberry, whose...

Forsyth, Christine. Adrenaline High.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... FORSYTH, Christine. Adrenaline High. Lorimer, dist. by Orca. 126p. c2003. 1-55028792-3. $4.99. J D'Arcy is a hyperactive 16-year-old with many affectations (i.e., buying thrift shop clothes, using mutilated foreign phrases, indulging a...

Gayle, Mike. Dinner for two; real life doesn't come in single servings.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... GAYLE, Mike. Dinner for two; real life doesn't come in single servings. Simon & Schuster, Downtown Press. 338p. c2002.07434-7766-9. $13.00. SA Although written about an adult relationship, this story will appeal to YAs as well. Izzy and...

Giles, Gail. Dead girls don't write letters.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... GILES, Gail. Dead girls don't write letters. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 126p. e2003. 0-689-86624-0. $6.99. J To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2003: This is a slight book, a psychological thriller. The narrator is Sunny...

Holm, Jennifer L. The creek, a novel of suspense.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... HOLM, Jennifer L. The creek, a novel of suspense. HarperTrophy. 288p. c2003.0-06000135-6. $5.99. J Holm brings readers a suspenseful story with moderate success. School is out for the summer and Penny is looking forward to having fun with...

Jinks, Catherine. Pagan's crusade.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... JINKS, Catherine. Pagan's crusade. (Book One of the Pagan Chronicles.) Candlewick. 246p. c1992.0-7636-2584-1. $6.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: street urchin Pagan Kidrouk, age 16, desperate for...

Karr, Kathleen. Gilbert & Sullivan set me free.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... KARR, Kathleen. Gilbert & Sullivan set me free. Hyperion. 226p. c2003. 0-7868-51856. $5.99. JS Perhaps best known for her works of historical fiction, Kerr brings readers back to the early 20th century for a glimpse at life inside a...

Koja, Kathe. Buddha Boy, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... KOJA, Kathe. Buddha Boy, a novel. Penguin, Speak. 117p. c2003. 0-14-240209-5. $5.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: High school, as we all know, can be a place of torture for those students who don't...

Korman, Gordon. Son of the mob.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... KORMAN, Gordon. Son of the mob. Hyperion. 262p. c2002.0-7868-1593-0. $5.89. S* To quote from the review of the audio-book in KLIATT, March 2003: And you think you've got problems? Vince Luca is just an ordinary horny high school guy...

Lawrence, Iain. The lightkeeper's daughter.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... LAWRENCE, lain. The lightkeeper's daughter. Random House. 246p. c2002. 0385-73127-2. $7.95. S* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2002: Lawrence is known for his swashbuckling novels for YAs set in the time of...

Mayfield, Sue. Drowning Anna.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... MAYFIELD, Sue. Drowning Anna. Hyperion. 253p. c2001.0-7868-0957-4. $5.99. J* This novel covers a topic rapidly becoming familiar territory because of current pressing social problems. Sixteen-year-old Anna is bullied at school by Haley,...

McPhee, Peter. Out of time.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... McPHEE, Peter. Out of time. Lorimer, dist. by Orca. 163p. c2003. 1-55028-796-6. $4.99. JS With suicide the leading cause of death among YAs, the topic of this novel is timely. Three friends, who consider themselves outsiders, form a...

Myers, Walter Dean. The dream bearer.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... MYERS, Waiter Dean. The dream bearer. HarperCollins, Trophy. 1800. c2003. 0-06447289-2. $5.99. J To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2003: It's summer on 145th Street in Harlem, and 12-year-old David spends his time...

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Patiently Alice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... NAYLOR, Phyllis Reynolds. Patiently Alice. (Alice series.) Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 243p. c2003. 0-689-87073-6. $5.99. J* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2003: Now that her freshman year of high school is over,...

Placide, Jaira. Fresh girl.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... PLACIDE, Jaira. Fresh girl. Random House. 216p. c2002.0-440-23764-5. $5.50. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2002: Mardi spent much of her childhood in Haiti with her grandmother, her uncle, aunt, and older...

Rinehart, Steven. Built in a day, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... RINEHART, Steven. Built in a day, a novel. Random House, Anchor. 241p. c2003.0-38549856-X. $13.00. SA Andrew Bergman thinks he has finally settled down when at the age of 32 he marries Isabel, the mother of 15-year-old twin boys and foster...

Rosenfeld, Stephanie. Massachusetts, California, Timbuktu.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... ROSENFELD, Stephanie. Massachusetts, California, Timbuktu, a novel. Random House, Ballantine. 403p. c2003.0-345-44826X. $14.95. SA Twelve-year-old Justine and her younger sister Rona are uprooted and taken across the country by their mother...

Shapiro, Dani. Family history, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... SHAPIRO, Dani. Family history, a novel. Random House, Anchor. 269p. c2003.1-40003211-3. $13.00. SA Each family has a history and in parts of that history, there is happiness; other times there is sadness and even tragedy. This is a story...

von Ziegesar, Cecily. You're the one that I want; a Gossip Girl novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... von ZIEGESAR, Cecily. You're the one that I want; a Gossip Girl novel. Little, Brown. 230p. c2004. 0-316-73516-7. $9.99. SA* It's spring on the Upper East Side and all the senior girls and boys are finding out which colleges accepted them....

Whytock, Cherry. My cup runneth over; the life of Angelica Cookson Potts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WHYTOCK, Cherry. My cup runneth over; the life of Angelica Cookson Potts. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 163p. illus, c2003. 0-689-86551-1. $5.99. J To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: Angelica, known as "Angel,"...

Wilson, Debbie. Tiger in the shadows, a novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WILSON, Debbie. Tiger in the shadows, a novel. Kregel, 395p. bibliog, c2004. 0-82544108-0. $14.99. SA Christians in The People's Republic of China endure intense persecution as "cultists" resisting political control. Stefanie Peng, a...

Barker, Clive. Abarat.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BARKER, Clive. Abarat. (Book One.) HarperCollins. 431p. c2002.0-06-059637-6. $6.99. SA* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2002: The first in a four-part series, Abarat takes readers into Clive Barker's...

Brennan, Herbie. Faerie wars.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BRENNAN, Herbie. Faerie wars. Bloomsbury. 368p. c2003.1-58234-943-6. $795. J* To quote from the review of the audiobook in this issue: Young Henry Atherton's life seems set for mayhem. First he discovers that his mother is having an affair...

Fforde, Jasper. The well of lost plots.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... FFORDE, Jasper. The well of lost plots. (Thursday Next series.) Penguin, 373p. c2003. 0-14-303435-9. $14.00. JSA* To quote KLIATT's July 2004 review of the audiobook edition: Another deliciously involving tale about literary detective...

Holder, Nancy. Spirited.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... HOLDER, Nancy. Spirited. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 257p. c2004. 0-689-87063-9. $5.99. JS This is a historical novel with the passion of the film The Last of the Mohicans (art inspiration to the author). It also includes an interpretation of...

Mariotte, Jeff. Witch season: fall.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... MARIOTTE, Jeff. Witch season: fall. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 294p. c2004. 0-689-86724-7. $5.99. S Kerry Profitt is back and she's seeking revenge. When readers last left her in Witch Season: Summer, Kerry's world had been turned upside...

McCutchen, H. L. LightLand.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... McCUTCHEN, H. L. LightLand. Scholastic. 230p. c2002.0-439-39566-6. $4.99. J Lottie Cook and her friend, Lewis Weaver, are magically transported to LightLand, a fantasy world comprised only of memories. The passageway is a story box that...

Pierce, Tamora. Lady knight.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... PIERCE, Tamora. Lady knight. (Protector of the Small, Book 4.) Random House, 431p. map. c2002.0-375-81471-X. $5.99. JS* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2002: In this last book of the series, set in the medieval...

Pierce, Tamora. Trickster's choice.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... PIERCE, Tamora. Trickster's choice. Random House. 422p. maps. c2003.0-375-828796. $8.95. JSA* To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT. November 2003: It's not easy being the daughter of a legend. Aly's mother is the bold and...

Reeve, Philip. Mortal engines.(Book Review)(Children's Review)
November 1, 2004... REEVE, Philip. Mortal engines. (The Hungry City Chronicles.) Harper Collins. 373p. c2001. 0-06-008209-7. $6.99. JS * To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2003: The opening line of this SF novel sets the stage...

Sheffield, Charles. Resurgence.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... SHEFFIELD, Charles. Resurgence. Baen. 440p. c2003. 0-7434-8819-9. $7.99. SA Following the Convergent Series and Transvergence in Sheffield's Heritage Universe series, this novel once again toys with the theories of the Builders and their...

Silverthorne, Judith. Dinosaur breakout.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... SILVERTHORNE, Judith. Dinosaur breakout. (Sequel to Dinosaur Hideout.) Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Coteau. 198p. notes. bibliog. c2004. 1-55050-294-8. $6.95. J Twelve-year-old Daniel lives on a farm in southwestern Saskatchewan, an area where...

Thornton, Duncan. The Star-Glass.(Thornton, Duncan. The Star-Glass.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... THORNTON, Duncan. The Star-Glass. (Sequel to Kalifax and Captain Jenny and the Sea of Wonders.) Fitzhenry and Whiteside, Coteau. 402p. illus. map. c2003. 1-55050-269-7. $10.95. JS Tom (and his dog, Sparky), Jenny, and Gimlet had some...

Vornholt, John. Genesis force.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... VORNHOLT, John. Genesis force. (Star Trek: The Next Generation.) Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books. 405p. c2003. 0-7434-6502-4. $6.99. JSA This sequel to Vornholt's Genesis Wave Trilogy describes the transformation and the response of one...

Ward, Dayton & Dilmore, Kevin. A time to harvest.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WARD, Dayton & DILMORE, Kevin. A time to harvest. (Star Trek.) Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books. 332p. c2004. 0-7434-8298-0. $6.99. JSA A Time to Harvest completes the Star Trek adventure begun in A Time to Sow in which Captain Picard and...

Watson, Jude. Premonitions.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WATSON, Jude. Premonitions. Scholastic. 241 p. c2004. 0-439-60095-X. $6.99. JS Jude Watson, author of numerous children's Star Wars books, has written an intriguing tale of a teenaged psychic who must save her best friend's life. Gracie...

Weis, Margaret. Mistress of dragons.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WEIS, Margaret. Mistress of dragons. Tor. 345p. c2003. 0-765-34390-8. $6.99. SA * In this first novel in the Dragonvarld series, a dragon has broken all of the rules of the Parliament of Dragons, whose credo includes a no-kill policy on...

Wrede, Patricia C. & Stevermer, Caroline. Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... WREDE, Patricia C. & STEVERMER, Caroline. Sorcery & Cecelia, or The enchanted chocolate pot. Harcourt, Magic Carpet. 326p. c2003. 0-15-205300-X, $6.95. JS * To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2003: Jane Austen meets...

Akamatsu, Ken. A.I. Love You.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... AKAMATSU, Ken. A.I. love you. Tokyopop. 206p. illus. c2004. 1-59182-615-2. $9.99. JS A.I. Love You stars Hitoshi Kobe, a 16-year-old computer geek whose only female friend is the sweet, pretty Saati. The only catch is that Saati, a.k.a...

Bilal, Christian. Townscapes.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... BILAL, Christian. Townscapes. De Comics. 174p. illus, c2004. 1-4012-0361-2. $17.95. SA This graphic novel from France offers social commentary in the form of three stories, all with the same theme--communities threatened by the...

Jodorowsky, Alexandro. The metabarons; #1: Oton & Honorata.(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... JODOROWSKY, Alexandro. The metabarons; #1: Oton & Honorata. DC Comics. 129p. illus. c2004. 1-4012-0362-0. $14.95. A This title reveals the origins of the Metabarons, the mightiest warrior clan in the galaxy. Othon Von Salza lives with his...

Kriek, Eric. Gutsman Comics, Vol. 1.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... KRIEK, Eric. Gutsman comics; vol. 1. Gutsman Comics. 125p. illus. c2004. 90-5492-098-X. $14.95. A Gutsman is the work of Erik Kriek, an artist from Amsterdam, and it offers a spoof of superhero comics with some amusing innovations. There...

Nury, Fabien & Cassaday, John. I am legion; the dancing faun.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2004... NURY, Fabien & CASSADAY, John. I am legion; the dancing faun. Humanoids, DC Comics. 56p. illus. $6.95. SA This combination spy thriller/horror novel is set during WW II. The SS, assisted by an entity that can transfer its soul from body to...