Kliatt articles from November 2005

Kliatt archives from November 2005

How to succeed in children's books by trying really, really hard.
November 1, 2005... How does one go from being a moderately popular mid-list middle-grade children's novelist to join the ranks of the heavyweight, top-drawer, front-of-the-store, best-selling elite? This is the problem I have been struggling with for the last few...

Alphin, Elaine Marie. The perfect shot.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... ALPHIN, Elaine Marie. The perfect shot. Lerner, Carolrhoda Books. 212p. 1-57505-862-6. c2005. $16.95. JS The novel opens with the murder of Amanda, her little brother and her mother. It was a day when Brian Hammett and his friends were...

Amesse, Susan. Kissing Brendan Callahan.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... AMESSE, Susan. Kissing Brendan Callahan. Roaring Brook. 160p. c2005. 1-59643-015-X. $15.95. J Twelve-year-old Katie wants to be a writer. Her role model is romance writer Antonia DeMarco, author of Enraptured Thorns of My Heart, and...

Banks, Kate. Friends of the heart; amici del cuore.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BANKS, Kate. Friends of the heart; amici del cuore. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 144p. c2005. 0-374-32455-7. $16.00. J Lucrezia, nicknamed Lukey or Lou, is a 12-year-old Italian girl from Rome. Her best friend is 12-year-old Ollie, who lives in...

Barron, T.A. Shadow on the stars.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BARRON, T.A. Shadow on the stars. (The Great Tree of Avalon, Book 2.) Penguin, Philomel. 430p. c2005.0-399-23764-X. $19.99. JS The second book in the Avalon series picks up where the first left off, and readers will be well rewarded for...

Coy, John. Crackback.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... COY, John. Crackback. Scholastic. 206p. c2005. 0-439-69733-6. $16.99. JS * An excellent football story by a newcomer to the field of YA fiction; Coy has written children's books in the past and teaches writing "in schools across the...

De Alcantara, Pedro. Befiddled, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... DE ALCANTARA, Pedro. Befiddled, a novel. Random House, Delacorte. 179p. c2005. 0-385-73265-1. $15.95. J Poor Becky Cohen, age 13. She's an outsider, and everybody makes fun of her. She's poor. She's plain. Her mother doesn't understand...

De Guzman, Michael. The Bamboozlers.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... DE GUZMAN, Michael. The bamboozlers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 168p. c2005. 0-374-30512-9. $16.00. J Albert, age 12, longs for adventure and a trip out of Mountain View, Idaho, and when he meets his grandfather Wendell for the first time...

Douglas, Lola. True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... DOUGLAS, Lola. True confessions of a Hollywood starlet, a novel. Penguin, Razorbill. 272p. c2005. 1-59514-035-2. $16.99. JS * Many YA novels start out with the protagonist, for whatever reason, suddenly transformed and dropped into the...

Drvenkar, Zoran. Tell Me What You See .(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... DRVENKAR, Zoran. Tell me what you see. Tr. by Chantal Wright. Scholastic, Chicken House. 282p. c2002.0-439-72452-X. $16.99. JS * This is translated seamlessly from the German; it is set in modern Berlin, but the only details that place the...

Dunbar, Fiona. The Truth Cookie.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... DUNBAR, Fiona. The truth cookie. Scholastic, Orchard. 224p. c2005. 0-439-74022-3.$15.99. J This first novel by Australian Fiona Dunbar begins the Lulu Baker trilogy. Lulu is a young teen with only memories of her mother (who died years...

Fuqua, Jonathon Scott. King of the Pygmies.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... FUQUA, Jonathon Scott. King of the pygmies. Candlewick. 246p. c2005.0-7636-1418-1. $16.99. JS This is an engrossing story about a teen who is starting to hear voices, which triggers his diagnosis as a schizophrenic. The author has a long...

Houston, Julian. New Boy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HOUSTON, Julian. New boy. Houghton Mifflin. 288p. c2005.0-618-432531. $16.00. JS Rob, age 16, has left Virginia to come to Draper, a Connecticut boarding school, to get the kind of education denied to African Americans in the segregated...

Hoving, Isabel. The Dream Merchant.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HOVING, Isabel. The dream merchant. Candlewick. 630p. c2002.0-76;36-2880-8. $1799. J Josh is your normal 12-year-old Londoner: he loves gadgets, collects stuff, and is a bit of thief. But he's special enough to catch the attention of...

Hughes, Pat. Open Ice.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HUGHES, Pat. Open ice. Random House, Wendy Lamb. 288p. c2005. 0-385-74675-X. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90906-3. $1799.) S Nick lives to play hockey, but when he suffers yet another severe concussion on the ice, his doctor, his parents, and...

Kearney, Meg. The Secret of Me.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... KEARNEY, Meg. The secret of me. Persea, dist. by W.W. Norton. 136p. bibliog, c2005.0-89255-3227 $1795. JS Lizzie McLane is a 14-year-old in a family created by adoptions: her older sister and brother are also adopted. Yet, no one in the...

Kirwan, Anna. Portraits : Of Flowers and Shadows.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... KIRWAN, Anna. Portraits: of flowers and shadows. Scholastic. 160p. c2005.0-439-71010-3. $9.99. J Aurelia Sandborn is the young housemaid for the Sinclair family in Boston. She is an orphan, found after the shipwreck of the Aspiration on...

Lawrence, Iain. The Cannibals.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... LAWRENCE, lain. The cannibals. (Sequel to The Convicts.) Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2005. 0-385-73088-8. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90110-0. $17.99.) JS We first met young Tom in The Convicts, set in 19th-century London, where he finds...

Lenhard, Elizabeth. Chicks with Sticks: It's a Purl Thing.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... LENHARD, Elizabeth. Chicks with sticks (it's a purl thing.) Penguin, Dutton. 241p. c2005. 0-525-47622-9. $15.99. J Okay, this sounds like a weird story--how knitting knits together friendships and unravels tension. (Sorry.) Four girls, with...

Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... LYNCH, Chris. Inexcusable. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 176p. c2005.0-689-84789-0. $16.95. S Keir, a high school senior, thinks of himself as a "good guy." So how could he possibly feel responsible when he cripples a football player on the...

Malone, Patricia. Lady Ilena: Way of the Warrior.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... MALONE, Patricia. Lady Ilena way of the warrior. Random House, Delacorte. 199p. c2005. 0-385-73225-2. $15.95. J This is a sequel to The Legend of Lady Ilena, but stands firmly on its own. The setting is the Dark Ages (6th century AD) in...

McGhee, Alison. All Rivers Flow to the Sea.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... McGHEE, Alison. All rivers flow to the sea. Candlewick. 176p. c2005. 0-7636-2591-4. $15.99. JS * Without once descending to sentimentality or melodrama, this novel manages to reveal 17-year-old Rose Latham's pain at being the driver of the...

McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert. Traitor.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... McNAB, Andy & RIGBY, Robert. Traitor. Penguin, Putnam. 269p. c2005.0-399-24464-6. $15.99. JS * McNab is an experienced (highly decorated) British soldier and Rigby has written extensively for children. Their combined efforts here make for...

Murphy, Rita. Looking for Lucy Buick.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Murphy, Rita. Looking for Lucy Buick. Random House, Delacorte. 167p. c2005.0-385-729391. $15.95. JS This tale has a great title and it's packed full of bizarre characters and events. Alice Hoffman meets Billie Letts; that is, magical...

Oppel, Kenneth. Skybreaker.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... OPPEL, Kenneth. Skybreaker. HarperCollins, Eos. 384p. illus, c2005.0-06-053227-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-053228-9. $17.89.) JS * In this sequel to Airborn, a winner of Canada's Governor General's Award and a Michael L. Printz Honor Book,...

Pierce, Tamora. The Will of the Empress.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... PIERCE, Tamora. The will of the empress. Scholastic. 320p. c2005. 0-439-44171-4. $17.99. JSA * In her latest tale, fantasy queen Pierce reunites the four young mages from her Circle of Magic and Circle Opens series, and her many fans will...

Rabin, Staton. Black Powder.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... RABIN, Staton. Black powder. Simon and Schuster, McElderry. 256p. c2005. 0-689-86876-6. $16.95. J Langston Davis is a 14-year-old geek in 2010 gang-ridden L.A. He is fascinated by science, has his own telescope, and hates what guns have...

Shahan, Sherry. Death Mountain.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SHAHAN, Sherry. Death mountain. Peachtree. 202p. c2005. 1-56145-353-6. $15.95. J Erin has been living with her grandmother since the day her mother walked out of the family. All had been well until her mother wants Erin to spend some time...

Shusterman, Neal. Red Rider's Hood.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SHUSTERMAN, Neal. Red Rider's hood. (Dark Fusion, Book 2.) Penguin, Dutton. 176p. c2005.0525-47562-1. $15.99. JS "Wow, Grandma... What gnarly teeth you have." Fusing the tale of "Little Red Riding Hood" with werewolf legends, Shusterman...

Stewart, Sharon. Raven Quest.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... STEWART, Sharon. Raven quest. Lerner, Carolrhoda. 320p. c2003.1-57505-894-4. $15.95. JS Remember Jonathan Livingston Seagull? This is a darker, 21st-century eco-friendly version. Tok is a young raven outcast, wrongly accused of a murder,...

Thomas, Jane Resh. The Counterfeit Princess.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... THOMAS, Jane Resh. The counterfeit princess. Houghton Mifflin, Clarion. 197p. c2005. 0395-93879-8. $15.00. JS This historical novel won't exactly win over new readers to the genre, but for those already comfortable with reading about other...

Zeises, Lara M. Anyone But You.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... ZEISES, Lara M. Anyone but you. Random House, Delacorte. 244p. c2005. 0-385-73145-0. $15.95. JS In alternate chapters, Seattle and Critter tell about the summer in which their close friendship falls apart in confusion. They are step-sibs...

Bates, Judy Fong. Midnight at the Dragon Cafe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BATES, Judy Fong. Midnight at the Dragon Cafe. Perseus, Counterpoint. 316p. c2005. 158243-189-2. $14.00. SA When Su-Jen and her mother, Lai-Jing, left Communist China in the 1950s for Canada, they spoke no English, and Su-Jen had never met...

Belgue, Nancy. Summer on the Run.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BELGUE, Nancy. Summer on the run. Orca. 132p. c2005. 1-55143-372-9. $7.95. J Summer on the Run is set during the Depression in the 1930s, with teenagers who have an unemployed mother and a father who has taken off for parts unknown....

Bell, Julia. Massive.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BELL, Julia. Massive. Simon and Schuster. 261 p. c2002.1-4169-0207-4. $6,99. J "The bathroom is right next to Mum's room, I run the tap full on so the water squeals and I try not to retch too loudly. I am getting good at this." Meet...

Blacklaws, Troy. Karoo Boy, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BLACKLAWS, Troy. Karoo Boy, a novel. Harcourt, Harvest. 196p. c2004. 0-15-603065-9. $13.00. JSA Cape Town, South Africa in the 1970s is a place and time of turmoil, racial unrest, and general unease as the culture and government are...

Bohjalian, Chris. Before You Know Kindness.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BOHJALIAN, Chris. Before you know kindness. Random House, Vintage. 429p. c2004. 14000-3165-6. $13.95. SA Spenser McCullough--animal rights activist, father, husband, son--is accidentally shot with his brother-in-law's rifle by his teenage...

Boylan, Clare. Emma Brown.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BOYLAN, Clare. Emma Brown. Penguin. 450p. c2003. 0-14-303483-9. $14.00. JSA When Charlotte Bronte died, in 1855, she left behind a two-chapter manuscript of an unfinished novel. The plot may sound familiar to Bronte readers and to admirers...

Capella, Anthony. The Food of Love.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... CAPELLA, Anthony. The food of love. Penguin, Plume. 310p. c2004. 0-452-28655-7 $14.00. SA If "chick lit" is a recognized genre, then "foodie lit" should be a delicious offshoot of this predictably enjoyable group. Travel to the eternal...

Chang, Lan Samantha. Inheritance.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... CHANG, Lan Samantha. Inheritance. Norton. 302p. c2004.0-393-32711-6. $13.95. SA A story of sisterly love, romantic love and betrayal, this novel starts in China in 1931 and takes the reader to California and New York. It is about romantic...

Cohn, Rachel. Pop Princess.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... COHN, Rachel. Pop princess. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 311p. c2004. 1-4169-0263-5. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Sexy cover art--the midriff of a lovely girl with a rhinestone in her navel: pop...

Cooley, Beth. Ostrich Eye.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... COOLEY, Beth. Ostrich eye. Random House, Dell, Laurel-Leaf. 180p. c2004. 0-440-23828-5. $5.99. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: Ginger is the narrator, a young teen who lives with her mother, her stepfather,...

Friedman, Aimee. South Beach.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... FRIEDMAN, Aimee. South Beach. Scholastic. 318p. c2005, 0-439-70678-5. $8.99. S 16-year-old Alexa is looking for a little excitement in her life. Tired of her boyfriend Tyler, who she find naive, safe, and entirely too nice, Alexa breaks up...

Hautman, Pete. Godless.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HAUTMAN, Pete. Godless. Simon & Schuster. 198p. c2004. 1-4169-0816-1. $7.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: The main character in Godless is a 15-year-old boy named Jason Bock, a smart and smart-alecky only...

Hawthorne, Rachel. Island Girls (and Boys).(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HAWTHORNE, Rachel. Island girls (and boys). HarperCollins, Avon. 313p. c2005. 0-06075546-6. $5.99. JS Best friends Jen, Amy, and Chelsea spend the summer before their first year of college working and living on an island off Texas. Jen,...

Honey, Elizabeth. The Ballad of Cauldron Bay.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HONEY, Elizabeth. The ballad of Cauldron Bay. Allen & Unwin. 289p. illus, c2004. 1741142555. $7.95. JS * In this whimsical tale, 13-year-old Australian Henni Octon, along with an amusing bunch of friends and family, heads to a remote...

Leitch, Will. Catch.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... LEITCH, Will. Catch. Penguin, Razorbill. c2005. 159514-069-7. $7.99. S Tim Temples is somewhat of a celebrity in his hometown of Mattoon, where the other big thing is the Lenders Bagels plant and the upcoming Bagelfest. Everyone knows his...

Mikaelsen, Ben. Tree girl, a novel.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... MIKAELSEN, Ben. Tree girl, a novel. Harper-Tempest. 229p. c2004. 0-06-009006-5. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: Mikaelsen writes of events during the bitter civil war in Guatemala in the 1980s, based...

Mitchell, Judith Claire. The last day of the war.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... MITCHELL, Judith Claire. The last day of the war. Random House, Anchor. 366p. bibliog. c2004. 0-385-72201-X. $14.00. SA The fictional "Erinyes," an organization bent on avenging the Armenian genocide of 1915 and 1916, drives the plot of...

Nixon, Joan Lowery. Nightmare.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... NIXON, Joan Lowery. Nightmare. Random House, Dell, Yearling. 166p. c2003. 0-440-23773-4. $5.50. J To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: A good old-fashioned YA thriller, with haunting dreams, loyal friendships,...

Priestley, Chris. The White Rider.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... PRIESTLEY, Chris. The white rider. Trafalgar Square. 185p. c2004. 0-440-86608-1. $8.99. J Tom Marlowe, nearing his 16th birthday, is in the midst of the violent turmoil of early 18th-century England. As the bitter and bloody conflict...

Roth, Philip. The plot against America, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... ROTH, Philip. The plot against America, a novel. Random House, Vintage International. 391p. c2004. 1-4000-7949-7. $14.95. SA * To quote the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, March 2005: Roth goes back to 1940 and creates a chillingly...

Rottman, S.L. Shadow of a Doubt.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... ROTTMAN, S.L. Shadow of a doubt. Peachtree. 197p. c2003. 1-56145-365-4. $7.95. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2003: Shadow got his nickname because he always trailed around after his beloved older brother,...

Shreve, Anita. Light on Snow, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SHREVE, Anita. Light on snow, a novel. Little, Brown, Back Bay. 305p. c2004. 0-316-01067-7. $14.95. SA * We look for novels published for adults that have immediate appeal for YAs, and Shreve's Light on Snow is just such a book. First of...

Skyler, Heather. The perfect age.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SKYLER, Heather. The perfect age. Norton. 394p. c2004. 0-393-32688-8. $13.95. SA Perhaps it's the Las Vegas setting, or the sultry days spent around the Dunes Hotel pool over a period of three summers, but the plot of The Perfect Age seems...

Sones, Sonya. One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... Sones, Sonya. One of those hideous books where the mother dies. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 268p. c2004. 1-4169-0788-2. $6.99. JS * To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: Sones is a gifted writer of novels in poetry. (Her...

Spragg, Mark. An Unfinished Life, A Novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SPRAGG, Mark. An unfinished life, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 257p. c2004. 1-4000-6514-5. $13.95. SA This novel has been called a modern Western, but it is far more than that. When Jean, a 30-year-old widow with a l0-year-old daughter,...

Vernon, Olympia. Logic.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... VERNON, Olympia. Logic. Grove. 254p. c2004. 0-8021-4199-4. $12.00. A Ironically named, Logic seems anything but. While growing up in rural and desolate Valsin County, Mississippi, Logic Harris, now 13, had a traumatic accident that makes...

Weeks, Sarah. So B, It, a novel.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... WEEKS, Sarah. So B, It, a novel. HarperCollins. 245p. c2004. 0-06-441047-1. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: Heidi has had a most unusual childhood. She lives with her mother, who is severely mentally...

Wheeler, Susan. Record Palace.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... WHEELER, Susan. Record Palace. Graywolf. 278p. c2005. 1-55597-420-1. $15.00. A Like listening to jazz, like reading poetry, like walking in fog, this novel does not lead the reader in a straight line through the plot. The story begins with...

Yumoto, Kazumi. The Friends.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... YUMOTO, Kazumi. The friends. Tr. by Cathy Kirano. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 170p. c1996. 0-374-42461-6. $6.95. J From the review of the audiobook in KLIATT, March 1999: Three sixth graders, Yamashita, Kiyama and Kowalee, become obsessed with...

Bennet, Holly. The Bonemender.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BENNET, Holly. The bonemender. Orca. 203p. map. c2005. 1-55143-336-2. $7.95. JS Lady Gabrielle, of the Kingdom of Verdeau, is a bonemender--a healer. Bonemenders are not common and among bonemenders, Gabrielle is quite extraordinary....

Butler, Charles. The Fetch Of Mardy Watt.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BUTLER, Charles. The fetch of Mardy Watt. Trafalgar Square. 223p. c2004. 0-00-712857-6. $9.99. J A fetch is an apparition designed to "fetch" the body of another. Mardy's fetch begins innocently, buying chocolate bars and writing in her...

Catanese, P.W. The Brave Apprentice.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... CATANESE, P.W. The brave apprentice. Simon & Schuster. 224p. c2005. 0-689-87174-0. $4.99. J Patch is just a mild-mannered tailor's apprentice, but when his friend Osbert is threatened by a troll, he manages to slay the evil (if elderly)...

Constable, Kate. The Singer of All Songs.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... CONSTABLE, Kate. The singer of all songs. (Chanters of Tremaris, Book 1.) Scholastic. 297p. c2002.0-439-55479-9. $5.99. JSA * Calwyn is living a quiet life as a novice priestess of ice-magic, hidden away from the world behind a magical wall...

Fisher, Catherine. Snow-walker.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... FISHER, Catherine. Snow-walker. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 625p. c2004. 0-06-072476-5. $7.99. JS To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2004: Fisher weaves a story from both Celtic and Norse mythology in a feudal...

Hautman, Pete. Hole in the sky.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HAUTMAN, Pete. Hole in the sky. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 215p. c2001.0-689-84428-X. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2001 : In the year 2036, a mutant strain of flu has wiped out most of the Earth's population....

Lawrence, Michael. A crack in the Line.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... LAWRENCE, Michael. A crack in the line. (The Withern Rise Trilogy.) HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 323p. c2003. 0-06-072479-X. $7.99. JS * A haunting passage introduces readers to 16-year-olds Alaric and Naia: "They shared a history, a...

Niven, Larry. Ringworld's Children.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... NIVEN, Larry. Ringworld's children. Tor. 284p. c2004. 0-765-34102-6. $7.99. SA This story was inspired by readers' "mistaken ideas" in discussions at larryniven-1@ bucknell.edu. After following these discussions for a few months, Niven had...

MacLeod, Ken. Newton's Wake; a space opera.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... MacLEOD, Ken. Newton's wake; a space opera. Tor. 339p. c2004. 0-765-34422-X. $7.99. SA After the Hard Rapture, a cataclysmic war of machine against man, humans are spread across the galaxy. Only three empires are known to exist. The first...

O'Connor, Kerrie. Through the Tiger's Eye.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... O'CONNOR, Kerrie. Through the tiger's eye. independent Publishers Group. 288p. c2005. 1865085383. $7.95. J If your parents separate, you move to the worst house in Kurrawong, and your only company is your annoying little brother, you might...

Rees, Douglas. Vampire High.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... REES, Douglas. Vampire High. Random House, Dell Laurel Leaf. 226p. c2003. 0-440-23834-X. $5.99. J To quote from the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, September 2003: Angry over his family's move from California to New Sodom,...

Rose, Malcolm. Traces: Roll call.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... ROSE, Malcolm. Traces: roll call. Houghton Mifflin, Kingfisher. 213p. c2005. 0-7534-5923-X. $5.95. J Crisscrossing an English landscape of the future, forensic investigator Luke Harding works to solve a string of murders. Luke is the...

Rosenbloom, Eileen. Stuck Down.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... ROSENBLOOM, Eileen. Stuck down. Llewellyn. 230p. c2004. 0-7387-06582. $8.95. S Eighteen-year-old Kevin is fed up with his strict and overbearing father. During one of their many fights, Kevin leaves for an unapproved skiing trip. On a...

Singleton, Linda Joy. Last Dance.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SINGLETON, Linda Joy. Last dance. (The Seer, #2.) Llewellyn. 242p. c2005. 0-7387-0638-8. $5.99. JS In this sequel to Don't Die, Dragonfly, Sabine Rose is living with her grandmother since she was expelled from her last high school after...

Stolarz, Laurie Faria. Red Is for Remembrance.(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... STOLARZ, Laurie Faria. Red is for remembrance. Llewellyn. 320p. c2005. 0-7387-0760-0. $8.95. JS Stacey has been trying to live again after her boyfriend Jacob is presumed dead after a tragic accident. But life is not the same without her...

Boring, Justin & Hildebrandt, Greg. War on flesh.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... BORING, Justin & HILDEBRANDT, Greg. War on flesh. Art by Tim Smith 3. Tokyopop. 192p. illus. c2005. 1598160702. $9.99. SA Horror fans will love this first volume of a horror manga from Tokyopop. Witch doctor Ew Chott Channy declares war on...

Hamilton, Tim, adaptor. Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... HAMILTON, Tim, adaptor. Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Penguin, Puffin Graphics. 176p. illus. c2005. 0-1424-0470-5. $9.99. JSA * Treasure Island is a tale made for graphic adaptation. Young Jim Hawkins meets the old sea-hand...

Ikumi, Mia. Tokyo Mew Mew A La Mode.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... IKUMI, Mia. Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode. Tokyopop. 197p. illus. c2005. 1-595-32789-4. $9.99. J When Berry Shirayuki, age 12, follows a cute guy into the mysterious cafe, she has no idea that she's about to become the newest Mew Mew. Mew Mews,...

Kaneda, Mario. Girls bravo.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... KANEDA, Mario. Girls bravo. Tokyopop. 181p. illus. c2005. 1-5981-6040-0. $9.99. JS Yukinari Sasaki, the main character of Girls Bravo, is allergic to girls--he breaks out in hives whenever one touches him. So when Yukinari is mysteriously...

Roman, Benjamin & Giffen, Keith. I Luv Halloween.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... ROMAN, Benjamin & GIFFEN, Keith. I luv Halloween. Tokyopop. 192p. illus. c2005. 1-595-32831-9. $9.99. SA This horror-comedy manga follows the exploits of a group of trick-or-treaters on Halloween night. We soon learn that there's something...

Smith, Jeff. Bone: The Great Cow Race.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SMITH, Jeff. Bone: the great cow race. (Bone, Vol. 2.) Scholastic, Graphix. 144p. illus. 0-4397-0639-4. c2005. $9.99. JSA * In this entry in the Bone chronicles, the Bone cousins (Fone Bone, Smiley Bone & Phoney Bone) are reunited in the...

Sugisaki, Yukiru. Rizelmine.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... SUGISAKI, Yukiru. Rizelmine. Tokyopop. 132p. illus. c2005. 1-595-32901-3. $9.99. S The main character of Rizelmine is 15-year-old Iwaki Tomonori, who returns home from school one day only to discover that he's married. Furthermore, his new...

Kent-Drury, Roxanne M. Using Internet Primary Sources to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in World Literature.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
November 1, 2005... KENT-DRURY, Roxanne M. Using Internet primary sources to teach critical thinking skills in world literature. Libraries Unlimited. 194p. index. c2005. 0-313-32009-8. $48.95. SA The Internet contains a bewildering number of sources on every...