Kliatt articles from September 2005

Kliatt archives from September 2005

What poetry means to me: inside the mind of a young reviewer.(Critical Essay)
September 1, 2005... Almost all lovers of poetry can tell you the very first poem that sparked their love of verse. For me it was a poem by e.e. cummings. I was in an artsy gift shop somewhere on Cape Cod where they were selling these hand-painted wooden jewelry...

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Falcondance.(Young Adult Review)
September 1, 2005... ATWATER-RHODES, Amelia. Falcondance. (The Kiesha'ra Series, Vol. 3.) Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2006. 0-385-73194-9. $16.99. JS Fans of young writer Amelia Atwater-Rhodes will enjoy this third tale about serpent and bird shapeshifters....

Bechard, Margaret. Spacer and Rat.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... BECHARD, Margaret. Spacer and Rat. Roaring Brook. 192p. c2005. 1-59643-058-3. $16.95. J Jack is a Spacer, working in a bar on an inhabited asteroid. His family was one of the early colonists from Earth, which is slowly being evacuated....

Bowler, Tim. Apocalypse.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... BOWLER, Tim. Apocalypse. Simon & Schuster, McElderry. 352p. c2005. 1-4169-0370-4. $16.95. S Kit and his parents are shipwrecked on a bleak and peculiar island, where compasses and watches don't work and eerie cries rise from the sea. The...

Brian, Kate. Megan Meade's guide to the McGowan boys.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... BRIAN, Kate. Megan Meade's guide to the McGowan boys. Simon & Schuster. 272p. c2005. 1-4169-0030-6. $14.95. JS Megan Meade is looking forward to her junior year in high school when her parents, career military officers, drop the...

Caletti, Deb. Wild roses.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CALETTI, Deb. Wild roses. Simon & Schuster. 298p. c2005.0-689-86766-2. $15.95. JS The author of The Queen of Everything and Honey, Baby, Sweetheart keeps up her funny, smart banter in this story of an impossible stepfather. The narrator is...

Calhoun, Dia. The Phoenix Dance.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CALHOUN, Dia. The Phoenix Dance. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 272p. c2005. 0-474-35910-5. $17.00. JS Calhoun shows her skill in reinterpreting fairy tales with a modern sensibility. Phoenix Dance is a young woman who lives in a kingdom torn by...

Clements, Bruce. What Erika wants.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CLEMENTS, Bruce. What Erika wants. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 224p. c2005. 0-374-32304-6. $16.00. J Erika is 14 and smack in the middle of a custody case between her parents. All she wants to do is concentrate on trying out for the school...

Coburn, Jake. Love sick.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... COBURN, Jake. Love sick. Penguin, Dutton. 288p. c2005. 0-525-47383-1. $16.99. S The author, who also wrote Prep, a novel exposing "the hidden, fiendish world" of prep school gangs (reviewed in KLIATT in Sept. 2003), claims in the preface...

Cooney, Caroline B. Code orange.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... COONEY, Caroline B. Code orange. Random House, Delacorte. 192p. bibliog. c2005. 0-385-73259-7. $15.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-385-90277-8. $17.99.) JS Happy-go-lucky Mitty, a junior at a Manhattan prep school, finds his comfortable world turned...

Corder, Zizou. Lionboy: the truth.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CORDER, Zizou. Lionboy: the truth. (Lionboy trilogy, #3.) Penguin, Dial. 240p. map. illus. c2005. 0-8037-2985-5. $16.99. J This final tale about young Charlie Ashanti, "lion-rescuer, shipwreck-survivor, circus veteran, son of...

Creech, Sharon. Replay.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CREECH, Sharon. Replay. HarperCollins. 240p. c2005. 0-06-054019-2. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-054020-6. $16.89.) J* Leo is part of a large, noisy Italian American family, and he often feels overwhelmed and overlooked, like "a little sardine,...

deLaney, Joseph. The last apprentice; revenge of the witch.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... DeLANEY, Joseph. The last apprentice; revenge of the witch. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 336p. c2005. 0-06-076618-2. $14.99. J In the same vein as other trendy, spooky British coming-of-age tales, The Last Apprentice tells the tale of...

de La Pena, Matt. Ball don't lie.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... DE LA PENA, Matt. Ball don't lie. Random House, Delacorte. 279p. c2005. 0-385-73232-5. $16.95. S* This is a work of art by a newcomer to the field. It's a dark tale about a basketball player, related in the third person about a teenager...

DuPrau, Jeanne. Car trouble.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... DuPRAU, Jeanne. Car trouble. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 288p. c2005. 0-06-073672-0. $15.99 (Lib. bdg: 0-06-073674-7. $16.89.) JS Duff, a somewhat clueless computer geek just graduated from high school in Virginia, has what sounds like a...

Frank, E.R. Wrecked, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... FRANK, E.R. Wrecked, a novel. Simon & Schuster. 247p. c2005. 0-689-87383-2. $15.95. JS* Sixteen-year-old Anna kills her brother's girlfriend Cameron in a car crash after drinking at a party, but she was not drunk. Her best friend Ellen is...

Gardner, Sally. I, Coriander.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... GARDNER, Sally. I, Coriander. Penguin, Dial Books. 272p. c2005. 0-8037-3099-3. $16.99. J Coriander at the beginning of the novel is a grown woman, living in the house in London in which she was raised and telling her story one evening by...

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Double identity.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HADDIX, Margaret Peterson. Double identity. Simon & Schuster. 218p. c2005. 0-689-87374-3. $15.95. J Bethany's weeping parents drop her off with an aunt she has never met, in a small Midwestern town. Slowly her identity, her double...

Hearn, Julie. Sign of the raven.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HEARN, Julie. Sign of the raven. Simon and Schuster, Atheneum. 336p. c2005. 0-689-85734-9. $16.95. J Tom is a 12-year-old only child living at his grandmother's house in London. His mother is recovering from cancer and has returned to set...

Hiaasen, Carl. Flush.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HIAASEN, Carl. Flush. Random House, Knopf. 272p. c2005. 0-375-82182-1. $16.95. (Lib. bdg: 0-375-92182-6. $18.99.) JS* Another wild eco-comedy set in Florida from the author of the Newbery Honor Book Hoot, Hiaasen is also a columnist for the...

Hoffman, Alice. The foretelling.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HOFFMAN, Alice. The foretelling. Little, Brown. 167p. c2005. 0-316-01018-9. $16.99. JS* Amazon warriors riding horses, terrifying the men they fight: this is the world Hoffman describes with poetic force in The Foretelling. The narrator is...

Howe, James. Totally Joe.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HOWE, James. Totally Joe. Simon & Schuster, Atheneum. 208p. c2005. 0-689-83957-X. $15.95. J* Howe continues the story of 13-year-old Joe, one of the protagonists of his fine novel The Misfits, in this "alphabiography." As an English...

Johnson, Maureen. 13 little blue envelopes.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... JOHNSON, Maureen. 13 little blue envelopes. Harper Collins. 336p. c2005. 0-06-054141-5. $15.99. JS Ginny begins an incredible summer journey with a package of little blue envelopes from her Aunt Peg. Peg ran away from home at age 17 and...

Jubert, Herve. Dance of the assassins.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... JUBERT, Herve. Dance of the assassins. (The Devil's Dances Trilogy, Vol. One.) HarperCollins. 400p. c2005. 0-06-077717-6. $16.99. S The time is the near future; crime has dramatically decreased with the advent of nanotechnology tracers. But...

Klass, David. Dark angel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... KLASS, David. Dark angel. Farrar. Straus & Giroux. 320p. c2005. 0-374-39950-6. $17.00. S The striking cover, featuring a face that is half bird of prey and half human, aptly represents this novel about good and evil. Jeff, age 17, has an...

Kortege, Ron. Boy girl boy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... KORTEGE, Ron. Boy girl boy. Harcourt. 176p. c2005. 0-15-205325-5 $16.00. JS Kortege is back with another multiple-voice novel that focuses on the friendship of high school seniors Larry, Teresa and Eliot. They are at a turning point in...

Levitin, Sonia. The goodness gene.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... LEVITIN, Sonia. The goodness gene. Penguin, Dutton. 257p. bibliog. c2005. 0-525-47397-1. $16.99. JS It's the future (2207) and the world has gone through a devastating chaos; now a seemingly benign dictator is in charge. He has twin sons,...

Lynch, Chris, Me, dead dad, and Alcatraz.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... LYNCH, Chris, Me, dead dad, and Alcatraz. HarperCollins. 240p. c2005. 0-06-059709-7. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-059710-0. $16.89.) J In this third tale about Elvin Bishop, following Slot Machine and Extreme Elvin, the self-deprecating...

Manning, Sarra. Pretty things.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MANNING, Sarra. Pretty things. Penguin, Dutton. 262p. c2005. 0-525-47522-2. $15.99. S* Mix Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew with four troubled teenagers looking for summer fun, two of whom are gay and two straight, and each suffering a...

Marley, Louise. Singer in the snow.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MARLEY, Louise. Singer in the snow. Penguin, Viking. 306p. c2005. 0-670-05965-X. $16.99. JS* Marley has written several books already about the world of Nevya, but this is the first I have read. Her story of the singers who are so...

Marsden, John. Out of time.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MARSDEN, John. Out of time. Tor. 127p. c1990. 10-0-765-31412-6. $16.95. JS This is an unusual SF story for YAs, by the author of The Tomorrow Series and other excellent YA novels first published in Australia. It requires readers with...

Mazer, Norma Fox. What I believe, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MAZER, Norma Fox. What I believe, a novel. Harcourt. 166p. c2005.0-15-201462-4. $16.00. JS Not one of Mazer's strongest stories, but good nonetheless. Told in poetry format, it is a story of a family that has known privilege and now knows...

Meyer, Kai. The water mirror.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MEYER, Kai. The water mirror. (Dark Reflections, Book 1.) Tr. by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Simon & Schuster, McElderry. 256p. c2001, 2005. 0-689-87787-0. $15.95. J In Venice, Italy, two young orphans are apprenticed to a maker of magical...

Meyer, Stephanie. Twilight.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MEYER, Stephanie. Twilight. Little, Brown. 288p. c2005.0-316-16017-2. $17.99. JS In a style reminiscent of Anne Rice, Meyer brings the macabre to a small Washington town in a novel combining mystery, romance, fantasy, and sensuality....

Morris, Gerald. The lioness & her knight.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MORRIS, Gerald. The lioness & her knight. (The Squire's Tales.) Houghton Mifflin. 343p. c2005. 0-618-50772-8. $16.00. JS This addition to Morris's tales about King Arthur's Camelot is filled with wry comments and dramatic encounters. It's...

Mowll, Joshua. Operation Red Jericho.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MOWLL, Joshua. Operation Red Jericho. (The Guide Trilogy, Book One.) Candlewick Press. 288p. illus, c2005.0-7636-2634-1. $15.99. JS Clever in both its conception and format, Mowll's first novel is sure to appeal to young readers with its...

Okorafor-Mbachu, Nnedi. Zahrah the windseeker.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... OKORAFOR-MBACHU, Nnedi. Zahrah the windseeker. Houghton Mifflin. 320p. c2005. 0-618-34090-4. $16.00. JSA Far away, in the world of Ginen, 14-year-old Zahrah Tsami lives with her parents in the Ooni Kingdom. Born dada, she has dadalocks,...

Paolini, Christopher. Eldest.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... PAOLINI, Christopher. Eldest. (Book Two of Inheritance Trilogy.) Random House, Knopf. 684p. illus, c2005.0-375-82670-X. $21.00. JS* Readers who have been waiting two years for the release of Paolini's second installment in the Inheritance...

Peet, Mal. Keeper.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... PEET, Mal. Keeper. Candlewick. 240p. c2003. 0-7636-2749-6. $15.99. JS* This soccer novel is told in the form of an interview of El Gato ("the cat"), a legendary goalkeeper who has just won the World Cup for his team. El Gato tells how he...

Perkins, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... PERKINS, Lynne Rae. Criss Cross. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 352p. illus, c2005.0-06-009272-6, $15.99. JS* This quirky, delightful novel ambles, meanders, and strolls its way towards a plot. Told in a series of short vignettes (38 in all),...

Pratchett, Terry. Only you can save mankind.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... PRATCHETT, Terry. Only you can save mankind. (The Johnny MaxwellTrilogy; 1.) HarperCollins. 224p. c1992, 2004.0-06-054185-7 $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-06-054186-5. $16.89.) J* What happens when war games become all too real? When Johnny starts...

Resnick, Mike. Lady with an alien; an encounter with Leonardo da Vinci.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... RESNICK, Mike. Lady with an alien; an encounter with Leonardo da Vinci. (Art Encounters.) Watson-Guptill. 156p. illus, bibliog. c2005.0-8230-0407-4. $15.95. JS* Resnick, of SF fame, writes with wit and intelligence about a 16-year-old boy...

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the half-blood prince. (Harry Potter, #6.) Scholastic. 652p. c2005.0-439-78454-9. $29.99. JSA* Your library already owns multiple copies of this blockbuster fantasy adventure, of course, but just in case you...

Sanchez, Alex. Rainbow road.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... SANCHEZ, Alex. Rainbow road. (Rainbow Trilogy.) Simon & Schuster. 256p. c2005.0-689-86565-1. $16.95. SA Jason lost a basketball scholarship to college when he came out as gay in his senior year, but now he's been asked to be a speaker at...

Schmidt, Gary. First boy.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... SCHMIDT, Gary. First boy. Henry Holt. 208p. c2005. 0-8050-7859-2. $16.95. JS Fourteen-year-old Cooper lives happily with his grandfather on a dairy farm in New Hampshire, but when his grandfather dies and suspicious black sedans keep...

Sedgwick, Marcus. The dark flight down.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... SEDGWICK, Marcus. The dark flight down. (The Book of Dead Days.) Random House, Wendy Lamb. 240p. c2005.0-385-74645-8. $15.95. J Readers of The Book of Dead Days will appreciate the arrival of this sequel. Boy, who has survived the death of...

Shan, Darren. Lord Loss.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... SHAN, Darren. Lord Loss. (Demonata #1.) Little, Brown. 240p. c2005.0-316-11499-5. $15.99. JS The popularity of Shan's Cirque du Freak series guarantees an audience for this creepy horror story, first in a new series. "I've seen demons rip...

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Drums, girls & dangerous pie.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... SONNENBLICK, Jordan. Drums, girls & dangerous pie. Scholastic. 273p. 0-439-75519-0. c2004. $16.99. J Steven is in the 8th grade; he's a talented drummer who is part of an all-city jazz band, one of the youngest members. He's got a crush on...

Staples, Suzanne Fisher. Under the persimmon tree.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... STAPLES, Suzanne Fisher. Under the persimmon tree. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 275p. c2005.0-374-38025-2. $17.00. JS Staples, who has lived and worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan, makes the recent war horrifyingly clear in this YA novel. She...

Testa, Maria. Something about America.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... TESTA, Maria. Something about America. Candlewick. 85p. c2005. 0-7636-2528-0. $14.99. J This is a brief story told in poetry about an immigrant family from Kosova. The narrator is a 13-year-old girl who was trapped in the family's burning...

Tiffany, Grace. Ariel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... TIFFANY, Grace. Ariel. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer. 240p. c2005.0-06-075327-7. $16.99. JS Grace Tiffany is a Shakespeare expert, and has written novels for adults. Ariel, her first YA title, gives the back-story of the whimsical sprite...

Triana, Gaby. Cubanita.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... TRIANA, Gaby. Cubanita. HarperCollins. 195p. c2005.0-06-056020-7. $15.99. S The major problem is announced with the first scene. Seventeen-year-old Isabel Diaz, born in America, is engaged in cultural warfare with her mother, a native-born...

Weaver, Will. Full service.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... WEAVER, Will. Full service. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 232p. c2005. 0-374-32485-9. $1700. JS Weaver returns to the farm country of rural Minnesota (familiar to readers of the Billy Baggs Trilogy--Striking Out, Farm Team, and Hard Ball) for...

Westerfeld, Scott. Peeps.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... WESTERFELD, Scott. Peeps. Penguin, Razorbill. 320p. c2005. 1-59514-031-X. $16.99. S* One pictures a high school science teacher looking out at a bored class and thinking, "Hmm... how can I make the theory of evolution interesting? I know....

Whitney, Kim Ablon. The perfect distance.(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... WHITNEY, Kim Ablon. The perfect distance. Random House, Knopf. 246p. c2005.0-375-83243-2. $15.95. JS* The tension and self-doubts experienced by athletes at the top of the national horse riding competition (the under-18 category) are the...

Wong, Joyce Lee. Seeing Emily.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... WONG, Joyce Lee. Seeing Emily. Abrams, Amulet. 271p. c2005.0-8109-5757-4. $16.95. JS Emily is the child of Chinese immigrants who tells the story (in poetry format) of trying to find herself as an American girl, even as she loves and...

Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... ZEVIN, Gabrielle. Elsewhere. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 288p. c2005. 0-374-32091-8. $16.00. J Lizzie is dead. The 15-year-old was killed in a car accident on her way to the mall to meet a friend. This novel is the story of her "life" in the...

Alphin, Elaine Marie. Simon says.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... ALPHIN, Elaine Marie. Simon says. Harcourt. 258p. c2002.0-15-204678-X. $6.95. S This unusual and compelling novel takes readers inside Whitman High School for the Arts, where students argue about things like whether or not Ravel based his...

Bell, Joanne. Breaking trail.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... BELL, Joanne. Breaking trail. Groundwood Books. 135p. c2005. 0-88899-662-4. $6.95. JS This should be a happy and exciting time for Becky. After all, she has just selected the first dogs for her sled team, and she is determined to have them...

Cabot, Meg. Teen idol.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CABOT, Meg. Teen idol. HarperTrophy. 291p. c2004. 0-06-009618-7. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2004: Jen is a high school junior in a little town in Indiana, a kind, nice, "girl-next-door" type in whom everyone...

Clark, Catherine. The Alison rules.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CLARK, Catherine. The Alison rules. HarperTempest. 264p. c2004. 0-06-055982-9. $6.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2004: Alison meets the clever, wisecracking new boy named Patrick in geometry class, and they...

Corrigan, Eireann. Splintering.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CORRIGAN, Eireann. Splintering. Scholastic, Push. 184p. c2004.0-439-48992-X. $7.99. S* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, March 2004: A work of fiction, told through poetry, this is a powerful story of a family splintering...

Curran, Colleen. Whores on the hill, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... CURRAN, Colleen. Whores on the hill, a novel. Random House, Vintage. 224p. c2005. 1400079950. $12.95. A This debut novel is set at the last all-girls' school in Milwaukee in the late 1980s. Astrid, Juli, and Thisbe, all age 15, are known...

Daswani, Kavita. The village bride of Beverly Hills.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... DASWANI, Kavita. The village bride of Beverly Hills. Penguin, Plume. 271 p. c2004.0-452-28656-5. $14.00. SA This is an enlightening farce. In Dehli, India, Priya agrees to an arranged marriage because the groom is handsome; but this...

De La Cruz, Melissa. The au pairs.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... DE LA CRUZ, Melissa. The au pairs. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 320p. c2004. 0-68987319-0. $8.99. S It looks like nanny-lit may be one of the next big trends in YA books, and with The Au Pairs it's easy to understand why. In this juicy beach...

Fritz, April Young. Praying at the Sweetwater Motel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... FRITZ, April Young. Praying at the Sweetwater Motel. Hyperion. 266p. c2003.0-78685495-2. $5.99. J Twelve-year-old Sarah Jane Otis adores the red cowboy boots her daddy gave her They fit perfectly and give her a sense of safety and comfort...

Ha Jin. War trash.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HA JIN. War trash. Random House, Vintage. 352p. bibliog. c2004. 1-4000-7579-3. $14.95. A A Chinese soldier is held prisoner in a US POW camp in North Korean from 19511953. His English skills make him suspicious to all and he is forced to...

Ho, Minfong. The stone goddess.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HO, Minfong. The stone goddess. (First Person Fiction.) Scholastic. 201 p. c2003.0-439-38198-3. $6.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2003: First Person Fiction is a series about immigrant experiences, and...

Hunter, Bernice Thurman. The Girls They Left Behind.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... HUNTER, Bernice Thurman. The girl they left behind. Fitzhenry &Whiteside. 192p. c2005. 1-55041-927-7. $9.95. JS* Countless novels have been written over the last 50 years about WW II and the boys and men who fought so bravely, but few have...

Juby, Susan. Miss Smithers.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... JUBY, Susan. Miss Smithers. HarperCollins. 324p. c2004.0-06-051548-1. $6.99. S A British Columbian (Canada) raised by hippie-like parents and home-schooled since the first grade, Alice MacLeod blames her upbringing and alternative...

Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody. Lily B. on the brink of cool.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... KIMMEL, Elizabeth Cody. Lily B. on the brink of cool. HarperCollins. 272p. c2005. 006-000588-2. $5.99. J Lily is convinced that summer is going to be a real drag. The camp she has gone to every summer has closed, and her best friend has...

Linderman, Frank B. Big Jinny; the story of a grizzly bear.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... LINDERMAN, Frank B. Big Jinny; the story of a grizzly bear. Univ. of Nebraska Press. 125p. illus, c2005.0-8032-8044-0. $15.00. JS Jinny, admittedly acting differently from normal grizzly bears by being outgoing and sociable, relates the...

Lowry, Brigid. Guitar Highway Rose.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... LOWRY, Brigid. Guitar Highway Rose. St. Martin's, Griffin. 196p. c1997. 0-312-34296-9. $11.95. JS Rosie is 15, comes from a line of women named for flowers, and yearns for a "juicy life." Asher, the new boy at school, has dreadlocks,...

Marlow, Susan K. Andrea Carter and the long ride home.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MARLOW, Susan K. Andrea Carter and the long ride home. (Circle C Adventures.) Kregel. 128p. c2005.0-8254-3188-3. $7.99. J Living on her family's horse ranch in 1880s California, 12-year-old Andrea "Andi" Carter manages to get herself into...

Meyer, Carolyn. Patience, Princess Catherine.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MEYER, Carolyn. Patience, Princess Catherine. (Young Royals.) Harcourt, Gulliver. 198p. c2004. 0-15-205447-2. $5.95. JS An epic filled with love, loyalty, betrayal, and death, this entry in Meyer's Young Royals series is sure to please....

Meyer, L.A. The curse of the blue tattoo.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MEYER, L.A. The curse of the blue tattoo. (A Bloody Jack Adventure.) Harcourt. 495p. c2004. 0-15-205459-6. $6.95. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, May 2004: Nearly 500 more pages of Jacky Faber (aka Bloody Jack)...

Mirvis, Tova. The outside world.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MIRVIS, Tova. The outside world. Random House, Vintage, 285p. c2004. 1-4000-7528-9. $13.00. SA This novel is a invitation to the center of the modern American Orthodox Jewish community as seen through the eyes of two Brooklyn families. In...

Moriarty, Jaclyn. The year of secret assignments.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... MORIARTY, Jaclyn. The year of secret assignments. Scholastic. 340p. c2004. 0-439-49882-1. $7.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2004: A wonderfully imaginative, difficult to describe novel from the author of...

Napoli, Donna Jo. Breath.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... NAPOLI, Donna Jo. Breath. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 260p. c2003. 0-689-86177-X. $5.99. JS* To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2003: Young Salz, who suffers from terrible coughs and often cannot catch his breath, lives...

Olin, Sean. Killing Britney.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... OLIN, Sean. Killing Britney. Simon & Schuster. 234p. c2005. 0-689-87778-1. $8.99. S After years as a geek, Britney Johnson has remade herself and achieved prestige as the high school "hockey wife" of Ricky Piekowski, a star defenseman on...

Pedersen, Laura. Heart's desire, a novel.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... PEDERSEN, Laura. Heart's desire, a novel. (Sequel to Beginner's Luck.) Random House, Ballantine. 397p. c2005. 0-345-47955-6. $13.95. SA This quietly satisfying read continues the story of Hallie, master poker player, part-time gardener for...

Prinz, Yvonne. Still there, Clare.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... PRINZ, Yvonne. Still there, Clare. Raincoast. 175p. c2004. 1-55192-644X. $6.95. J Clare and Elsa are complete opposites, but have been best friends forever. Nothing could ever tear them apart. That is, until the summer Clare decides that...

Schermbrucker, Reviva. Lucky fish!(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... SCHERMBRUCKER, Reviva. Lucky fish! Jacana (5 St. Peter Rd., Houghton 2198 South Africa). 211p. c2003. 1-919931-73-2. $17.00. S Readers unfamiliar with the apartheid regime of South Africa may be confused by the political backdrop of this...

Schreiber, Ellen. Vampire kisses.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2005... SCHREIBER, Ellen. Vampire kisses. HarperCollins. 253p. c2003. 0-06-009336-6. $5.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2003: Schreiber was a standup comedienne before becoming a writer; and her talent with humor is...