Kliatt articles from September 2007

Kliatt archives from September 2007

The Reader To Reader program.(Reader To Reader Inc.)(Organization overview)
September 1, 2007... Imagine there is an oil well in your backyard and it gushes so much oil that you can't get rid of it. Everywhere you turn it's nothing but oil, oil, oil. Well, that is the situation in regard to books in affluent communities. Affluent...

Alexie, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part, time Indian.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... ALEXIE, Sherman. The absolutely true diary of a part, time Indian. Little, Brown. 256p. illus, c2007. 0-316-01368-4. $16.99. S * Poet and writer Sherman Alexie, based this, his first YA novel, on his experiences growing up on a Spokane...

Archer, Lily. The Poison Apples.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... ARCHER, Lily. The Poison Apples. Feiwel & Friends, Holtzbrinck. 275p. c2007. 978-0-312-36762-6. $16.95. JS Three students who have been sent off to boarding school because of wicked stepmothers join together, calling themselves The Poison...

Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Wyvernhail.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... ATWATER-RHODES, Amelia. Wyvernhall. (The Kiesha'ra, Vol. 5.) Random House, Delacorte 192p. c2007. 978-0-385-73436-3. $14.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90442-1. $17.99.) JS In this continuing saga of birds and snakes, Hai, the cousin of Oliza...

Benedict, Helen. The opposite of love; half black, half white in a black-and-white world.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... BENEDICT, Helen. The opposite of love; half black, half white in a black-and-white world. Penguin,Viking. 304p. c2007. 0-670-06135-8. $16.99. S Believing fiercely in Elie Wiesel's quote, "The opposite of love is not hate, it's...

Bloor, Edward. Taken.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... BLOOR, Edward. Taken. Random House, Knopf. 256p. c2007. 978-0-375-83838-7. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-93638-4. $19.99.) JS Charity Meyers is lying on a stretcher and the screen on her widescreen videomonitor tells her that the date is...

Brodsky, Daniella. One trick pony.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... BRODSKY, Daniella. One trick pony. Random House, Delacorte. 279p. c2007 0-385-73452-3. $15.99. S Chocolat? Only this time around, it's designer coffee in Manhattan. A beautiful, mysterious Frenchwoman blows into town and sets up an exotic...

Brooks, Martha. Mistik Lake.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... BROOKS, Martha. Mistik Lake. Farrar Straus Giroux. 207p. c2007 978-0-374-34985-1. $16.00. SA * Brooks's True Confessions of a Heartless Girl is a personal favorite of mine, and while Mistik Lake isn't quite as compelling, it's a fine YA...

Bruchac, Joseph. The way.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... BRUCHAC, Joseph. The way. Darby Creek, Oxford Resources (7858 Industrial Parkway, Plain City, OH 43064). 160p. c2007 978-1-58196-062-4. $16.95. J Cody, a fatherless Native American teenager just starting high school, dreams of using...

Bunting, Eve. The man with the red bag.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... BUNTING, Eve. The man with the red bag. HarperCollins, Joanna Cotler Books. 240p. c2007. 978-0-06-081828-9. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-081835-7 $16.89.) J Kevin, age 12, is on a bus trip with his grandmother, visiting the Grand Tetons,...

Cohn, Rachel & Levitman, David. Naomi and Ely's no kiss list.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... COHN, Rachel & LEVITHAN, David. Naomi and Ely's no kiss list. Random House, Knopf. 240p. c2007. 978-0-375-84440-9. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-375-94440-6. $19.99.) S Naomi and Ely live in an apartment building in Greenwich Village. They have...

Cooney, Caroline B. Diamonds in the shadow.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... COONEY, Caroline B. Diamonds in the shadow. Random House, Delacorte. 240p. c2007. 978-0-385-73261-1. $15.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-385-90278-6. $18.99.) S * Jared is aghast when he learns that his comfortable Connecticut family will be...

Creech, Sharon. The Castle Corona.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... CREECH, Sharon. The Castle Corona. HarperCollins. 336p. illus, c2007. 0-06-084621-6. $18.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-084622-0. $19.89.) J In the kingdom of Corona live two brave but poor young orphaned peasants, Pia and Enzio, who find a...

Cross, Shauna. Derby girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... CROSS, Shauna. Derby girl. Henry Holt. 160p. c2007. 0-8050-8023-0. $15.95. S Sixteen-year-old Bliss Cavendar thinks she has the worst life ever. She is a devotee of her own uniqueness, punk, leather, vintage, and torn fishnet stockings....

Crowley, Suzanne. The very ordered existence of Merilee Marvelous.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... CROWLEY, Suzanne. The very ordered existence of Merilee Marvelous. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 460p. c2007. 978-0-06-123197-1. $16.99. J * An amazing book, especially since it is Crowley's first book. The main character has Asperger's...

Crutcher, Chris. Deadline.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... CRUTCHER, Chris. Deadline. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 320p. c2007 978-0-06-085089-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-085090-6. $1789.) S * Ben finds out he has an aggressive and probably lethal form of leukemia at the beginning of his senior...

Delaney, Joseph. Night of the Soul Stealer.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... DELANEY, Joseph. Night of the Soul Stealer. (The Last Apprentice, Book 3.) HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 512p. illus, c2007 0-06-076624-7 $16.99. JS In this third volume of the series, Tom Ward and his master Mr. Gregory, the Spook, move to...

De Lint, Charles. Little (grrl) lost.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... DE LINT, Charles. Little (grrl) lost. Penguin, Viking. 268p. c2007 978-0-670-06144-0. $1799. J A quirky fantasy for YAs still fascinated with the idea of little people--I mean really little people. T.J. hears noises in the baseboard of the...

Deuker, Carl. Gym candy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... DEUKER, Carl. Gym candy. Houghton Mifflin. 320p. c2007 978-0-618-77713-6. $16.00. JS Football is in Mick's blood; his father made it to the NFL, and he longs to be a star. But is the high school freshman big enough, strong enough, fast...

Dickinson, Peter. Angel Isle.(Young adult review)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... DICKINSON, Peter. Angel Isle. (Sequel to The Ropemaker.) Random House, Wendy Lamb. 501p. illus, c2006. 978-0-385-74690-8. $1799. JSA The epilogue to The Ropemaker is the prologue to Angel Isle, and having read that award-winning fantasy is...

Easton, Kelly. Hiroshima dreams.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... EASTON, Kelly. Hiroshima dreams. Penguin, Dutton. 192p. c2007 978-0-525-47821-8. $16.99. JS A quiet, well-written novel about an American girl's great love for her Japanese grandmother, a connection that includes the gift of vision, or the...

Ephron, Delia. Frannie in Pieces: Save the Blues for Last.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... EPHRON, Delia. Frannie in pieces; save the blues for last. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer Books. 373p. c2007. 0-06-074716-9. $16.99. JS * One of the fabulous Ephron sisters is back with a dramedy of a novel for YAs. Fifteen-year-old Frannie...

Fleischman, Sid. The entertainer and the dybbuk.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FLEISCHMAN, Sid. The entertainer and the dybbuk. HarperCollins, Greenwillow. 160p. c2007. 978-0-06-134445-9. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-134446-6. $17.89.) J * A young American ex-soldier trying to make a living as a ventriloquist in...

Flinn, Alex. Beastly.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FLINN, Alex. Beastly. HarperCollins. 320p. c2007 978-0-06-087416-2. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-087417-9. $17.89.) S In this updated retelling of "Beauty and the Beast," handsome, spoiled 16-year-old Kyle is cursed by a witch for being...

Forman, Gayle. Sisters in sanity.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FORMAN, Gayle. Sisters in sanity. HarperCollins. 237p. c2007. 978-0-06-069747-6. $16.99. S The author is a journalist who has written for The New York Times Magazine, Glamour, and Elle; this novel is based on an article she wrote for...

Franklin, Emily. The other half of me.(Young adult review)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FRANKLIN, Emily. The other half of me. Random House, Delacorte. 247p. c2007. 978-0-385-73445-5. $15.99. JS It's the end of summer, and Jenny Fitzgerald is trying to grab some time to complete an art project that is good enough to be...

Friend, Natasha. Bounce.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FRIEND, Natasha. Bounce. Scholastic. 188p. c2007. 978-0-439-85350-7. $16.99. J Younger YA readers who love family stories, especially wacky ones, will take to Bounce. The narrator is Evyn, 13 years old, who has lived simply almost all her...

Friesen, Gayle. For now.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FRIESEN, Gayle. For now. (Sequel to Losing Forever.) Kids Can Press. 247p. c2007. 978-1-55453-132-5. $16.95. (also available in paperback: 978-1-55453-265-0. $7.95.) JS * This sequel can definitely be read on its own. It's witty and...

Giles, Gail. Right behind You.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... GILES, Gall. Right behind you. Little, Brown. 292p. c2007. 0-316-16636-7. $15.99. S * Wade is now 17, handsome, well built, and intelligent, just the kind of guy to attract friends and girls. But he has a secret. When he was nine,...

Gould, Steven. Jumper; Griffin's story.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... GOULD, Steven. Jumper; Griffin's story. Tor. 286p. c2007. 978-0-7653-1827-5. $24.95. JS This is part of a series featuring teleportation, with the others being Jumper and Reflex. This one is a perfect YA selection, with Griffin the main...

Gratz, Alan. Something rotten, a Horatio Wilkes mystery.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... GRATZ, Alan. Something rotten, a Horatio Wilkes mystery. Penguin, Dial. 211 p. c2007. 0-8037-3216-2. $16.99. JS * Students who have slogged through Hamlet will enjoy this witty, modern retelling of the old story from Horatio's point of...

Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Uprising.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... HADDIX, Margaret Peterson. Uprising. Simon & Schuster. 346p. c2007. 978-1-4169-4537-6. $16.99. JS The fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City in 1911 is part of the history of American disasters. The strike at the factory...

Higgins, Jack, with Justin Richards. Sure fire.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... HIGGINS, Jack, with Justin Richards. Sure fire. Penguin, Putnam. 176p. c2006.0-978-399-24784-2. $16.99. JS This short thriller will appeal to those who like similar work by Anthony Horowitz and by Andy McNab and Robert Rigby--it should be...

Hornby, Nick. Slam.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... HORNBY, Nick. Slam. Penguin, Putnam. 304p. c2007 0-978-399-25048-4. $19.99. S * Just as in skateboarding, 15-year-old Sam's passion, he discovers life can roll along smoothly right up until you unexpectedly meet the pavement. Sam has had...

Jones, Frewin. The lost queen.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... JONES, Frewin. The lost queen. (The Faerie Path, Book 2.) Harper Collins. 335p. c2007 0060871059. $16.99. JS Anita Palmer/Tania, Princess of Faerie returns to the mortal world on a quest: to find her Faerie mother, Titania, and bring her...

Keaney, Brian. The hollow people.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... KEANEY, Brian. The hollow people. (The Promises of Dr. Sigmundus, Book 1.) Illus. by Nicoletta Ceccoli. Random House, Knopf. 224p. illus, c2007 978-0-375-84332-7 $16.99. JS The hollow people (inspired by a T.S. Eliot poem) are those found...

Koja, Kathe. Kissing the bee.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... KOJA, Kathe. Kissing the bee. Farrar Straus Giroux. 128p. c2007. 0-374-39938-2. $16.00. JS * Koja is a writer who almost writes short prose poems rather than tell a linear story. The story in the novel is that Dana, 17 years old and a...

Le Guin, Ursula K. Powers.(Young adult review)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... LE GUIN, Ursula K. Powers. (Companion volume to Gifts and Voices.) Harcourt. 502p. maps. c2007. 978-0-15-205770-1. $17.00. JS * In Powers, the third book of this fantasy trilogy, Gavir is a slave at the beginning of the story, educated with...

Lenhard, Elizabeth. Chicks with sticks (knitwise).(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... LENHARD, Elizabeth. Chicks with sticks (knitwise). Penguin, Dutton. 260p. c2007. 978-0-525-47838-6. $16.99. JS The four friends (the knitting girls) we've met in previous books are now in their last year together. Three are making plans (or...

Lennon, Joan. Questors.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... LENNON, Joan. Questors. Simon & Schuster. 359p. c2007 1-4169-3658-9. $16.99. J Few residents of the worlds of Trentor, Kir, and Dalrodia know that it is a council of five magical elders--one of whom admittedly has a few screws loose--that...

Lipsyte, Robert. Yellow flag.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... LIPSYTE, Robert. Yellow flag. HarperCollins. 240p. c2007 978-0-06-055707-2. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-055708-9. $1789.) S In car racing a yellow flag means proceed with caution, and that's just what 17-yearold Kyle is trying to do. He...

Lyga, Barry. Boy toy.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... LYGA, Barry. Boy toy. Houghton Mifflin. 416p. c2007 978-0-618-72393-5. $16.95. SA When Josh was 12, his 24-year-old teacher, Eve, seduced him. The affair was discovered as a result of a regrettable incident with a classmate named Rachel,...

Mackler, Carolyn. Guyaholic; a story of finding, flirting, forgetting ... and the boy who changes everything.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... MACKLER, Carolyn. Guyaholic; a story of finding, flirting, forgetting... and the boy who changes everything. (Companion to Vegan Virgin Valentine.) Candlewick. 176p. c2007 978-0-7636-2537-5. $16.99. S V is the granddaughter/niece who was...

Mandabach, Brian.... or not?.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... MANDABACH, Brian.... or not? Llewellyn, Flux. 408p. c2007 978-0-7387-1100-3. $16.95. J This is a novel with strengths and weaknesses, the latter being that the narrative goes hither and yon, with diary entries and fictional short stories...

Mass, Wendy. Heaven looks a lot like the mall.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... MASS, Wendy. Heaven looks a lot like the mall. Little, Brown. 251p. c2007. 0-316-05851-3. $16.99. JS Tessa Reynolds seems to be having a weird dream. She is alone in the mall where her parents work. Nobody is around, at least, not at...

McKinley, Robin. Dragonhaven.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... McKINLEY, Robin. Dragonhaven. Penguin, Putnam. 272p. c2007 978-0-399-24675-3. $1799. JS * Jake, almost 15, has grown up in Smokehill National Park, a dragon preserve, though few people have ever spotted the huge, fire-breathing, endangered...

McNab, Andy & Rigby, Robert. Avenger.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... McNAB, Andy & RIGBY, Robert. Avenger. (Sequel to Traitor and Payback.) Penguin, Putnam. 263p. c2007. 978-0-399-24685-2. $16.99. JS * Scary, slick suspense, with no false steps in the plotting. McNab's military experience combined with...

Meyer, L.A. Mississippi Jack; being an account of the further waterborne adventures of Jacky Faber, midshipman, fine lady, and the lily of the West.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... MEYER, L.A. Mississippi Jack; being an account of the further waterborne adventures of Jacky Faber, midshipman, fine lady, and the lily of the West. (A Bloody Jack Adventure.) Harcourt. 609p. c2007. 978-0-15-206003-9. $17.00. JSA Jacky is...

Monninger, Joseph. Baby.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... MONNINGER, Joseph. Baby. Front Street. 160p. c2007. 1-59078-502-9. $16.95. JS Fifteen-year-old Baby is in foster care. Her mother has come and gone from her life and her boyfriend Bobby lives on the streets. One cold night her social...

Murphy, Pat. The wild girls.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... MURPHY, Pat. The wild girls. Penguin, Viking. 304p. c2007 978-0-670-06226-3. $16.99. J Joan is 11 years old. Her family has moved from Connecticut to California and she is miserable. She doesn't have any friends, she doesn't want to be in...

Nye, Jody Lynn. An unexpected apprentice.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... NYE, Jody Lynn. An unexpected apprentice. Tor. 400p. c2007. 0-765-31433-9. $25.95. J Tildi's family has been destroyed by Thraiks, airborn devils: first her parents and then her brothers. The locals are forcing her to marry an older...

Peet, Mal. The penalty.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... PEET, Mal. The penalty. Candlewick. 272p. c2007. 978-0-7636-3399-8. $15.99. SA In this companion to Peet's Keeper, soccer and the supernatural once again meet up when a teenage soccer phenomenon, El Brujito ("The Little Magician"), goes...

Pixley, Marcella. Freak.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... PIXLEY, Marcella. Freak. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 131p. c2007 078-0-374-32453-7 $16.00. J This is a book about a precocious, sometimes obnoxious 12-year-old named Miriam who won't be liked by every YA reader, that's for sure. Her older...

Pressler, Mirjam. Let sleeping dogs lie.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... PRESSLER, Mirjam. Let sleeping dogs lie. Tr. by Erik J. Macki. Front Street. 208p. c2007 1-932425-84-5. $16.95. S German high school student Johanna Riemenschneider returns from a community service project in Israel feeling very unsettled....

Prevost, Guillaume. The book of time.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... PREVOST, Guillaume. The book of time. Tr. by William Rodarmor. Scholastic. 213p. c2006. 0-439-86375-X. $16.99. JS Sam Faulkner's father has disappeared before, but never like this. Even though Sam knows his grandparents have already...

Prose, Francine. Bullyville.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... PROSE, Francine. Bullyville. HarperCollins. 272p. c2007. 978-0-06-057497-0. $16.99. (Lib. bdg: 978-0-06-057498-7 $1789.) J * When Bart's father is killed in one of the Twin Towers on 9/11, the 8th-grader is offered a "mercy" scholarship to...

Robinson, Sharon. Slam dunk.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... ROBINSON, Sharon. Slam dunk. (Sequel to Safe at Home.) Scholastic. 151p. c2007 0-439-67199-X. $16.99. J In this sequel, Elijah "Jumper" Breeze and his mother have moved from Connecticut to Harlem, where Jumper is in the 6th grade at...

Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... ROWLING, J.K. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. (Harry Potter, Book 7.) Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books. 784p. illus, c2007. 0-545-01022-5. $34.99. (Lib. bdg: 0-545-02936-8. $39.99.) JSA * Is there anyone who hasn't read this yet?...

Sedgwick, Marcus. My swordhand is singing.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... SEDGWICK, Marcus. My swordhand is singing. Random House, Wendy Lamb Books. 208p. c2007. 978-0-375-84689-2. $18.99. JS Evil lurks in the dark forests of Eastern Europe in the early 17th century. Peter and his taciturn, hard-drinking father...

Shaw, Susan. Safe.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... SHAW, Susan. Safe. Penguin, Dutton. 208p. c2007 978-0-525-47829-4. $16.99. JS While Tracy is walking home on the last day of school, she is savagely attacked, beaten and molested by the older brother of a middle school peer. Tracy is 13....

Sheldon, Dyan. I conquer Britain.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... SHELDON, Dyan. I conquer Britain. (Companion to Sophie Pitt-Turnbull Discovers America.) Candlewick. 201p. c2006. 978-0-7636-3300-4. $15.99. JS Cherokee and Sophie change places this summer, arranged by their mothers who once were friends....

Shinn, Sharon. General Winston's daughter, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... SHINN, Sharon. General Winston 's daughter, a novel. Penguin, Viking. 342p. c2007. 0-670-06248-5. $16.99. JS * Averie is the daughter of the general of an army trying to conquer a small nation. The names are made up, but it's easy to...

Sonnenblick, Jordan. Zen and the art of faking it.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... SONNENBLICK, Jordan. Zen and the art of faking it. Scholastic. 272p. c2007. 978-0-439-83707-1. $16.99. J * Be yourself? Hah! San Lee finds himself once again the new kid in town as he starts 8th grade. As the only Chinese student in a small...

Sorrells, Walter. First shot.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... SORRELLS, Walter. First shot. Penguin, Dutton. 288p. c2007. 978-0-525-47801-0. $16.99. JS * David is in his senior year at The Arsenal, a private school on the rugged coast of Maine where his tough-as-nails father is the headmaster--the...

Sutherland, Tui T. Avatars; shadows falling.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... SUTHERLAND, Tui T. Avatars; shadows falling. (Avatars, Book 2.) Harper Collins. 357p. c2007. 0-06-085146-0. $16.99. JS The second installment of the series picks up where the first book left off, with the avatars trying to grasp their...

Van De Ruit, John. Spud.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... VAN DE RUIT, John. Spud. Penguin, Razorbill. 336p. c2007 1-59514-170-5. $16.99. S Alexander McCall Smith, author of the The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, touts this book as "South Africa's Catcher in the Rye." Actually, the novel is more...

Vrettos, Adrienne Maria. Sight.(Young adult review)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... VRETTOS, Adrienne Maria. Sight. Simon & Schuster. 254p. c2007 1-4169-0657-5. $16.99. SA Eleven years ago the first snow brought "The Drifter," the unknown assailant who captured and killed Dylan's classmate Clarence on his way to school....

Wallace, Rich. One good punch.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... WALLACE, Rich. One good punch. Random House, Knopf. 128p. c200/. 978-0-375-81352-8. $15.99. S More of a novella than a novel, this quick read tells of a pivotal time in the life of a high school senior. Mike is captain of the track team,...

Whelan, Gloria. Parade of shadows.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... WHELAN, Gloria. Parade of shadows. HarperCollins. 293p. c2007. 0-06-089028-5. $15.99. JS The Middle East probably has always been a complicated place; and Whelan sets this novel in 1907, a time filled with colonial powers plotting,...

Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... ZEVIN, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac. Farrar, Straus & Giroux. 288p. c2007. 978-0-374-34946-2. $17.00. JS Naomi Porter is co-editor of the yearbook, she dates a hunky tennis player, and she is a darn good tennis player herself....

Barnholdt, Lauren. Two-way street.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... BARNHOLDT, Lauren. Two.way street. Simon & Schuster. 289p. c2007. 1-4169-1318-1. $8.99. S Courtney and Jordan, once in love, now face a road trip together that was planned long before their breakup. Their plans to attend college together...

Eyre, Lucy. If minds had toes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... EYRE, Lucy. If minds had toes. Bloomsbury. 281p. illus, c2007 978-1-59691-300-4. $12.95. JSA As a wonderful alternative to a dry philosophy class, this novel presents many of the classic theories of philosophy in a story of a 15-year-old...

Foley, John. Running with the wind.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FOLEY, John. Running with the wind. (Sequel to Hoops of Steel.) Llewellyn, Flux. 214p. c2007. 978-0-7387-1017-4. $8.95. S The first book is about Jackson's senior year in high school and focuses on his basketball experiences and his...

Fredericks, Mariah. Time crunch.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FREDERICKS, Mariah. Time crunch. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 317p. c2006. 1-4169-3973-3. $7.99. JS To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2006: Junior year, competitive schools, SATs, and a guidance counselor's power plays:...

Fullerton, Alma. In the garage, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... FULLERTON, Alma. In the garage, a novel. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Red Deer. 181p. 0-88995371-0. $10.95. SA Alex and BJ present as the most unlikely of best friends, she with a disfigured face and satiric wit, and he with smooth good looks and...

Griffiths, Sara. Thrown a curve, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... GRIFFITHS, Sara. Thrown a cuve, a novel. Bancroft Press. 151p. 2006. 1-890862-40-5. $12.95. J Taylor is a freshman in high school and a fine baseball pitcher; and she is a girl, alone in a family with two brothers and a distant father. Her...

Hantz, Sara. The second virginity of Suzy Green.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... HANTZ, Sara. The second virginity of Suzy Green. Llewelyn, Flux. 263p. c2007. 0-7387-1139-X. $9.95. S After her perfect sister dies in a terrible accident, 17-year-old Suzy Green is determined to become the most wonderful and wholesome girl...

Hodgen, Christie. Hello, I must be going, a novel.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... HODGEN, Christie. Hello, I must be going, a novel. Norton. 312p. c2006. 978-0-393-33018-2. $13.95. SA The film Little Miss Sunshine told the story of a dysfunctional family and tragic circumstances, yet it managed to be funny and offered...

Hogan, Mary. Susanna sees stars.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... HOGAN, Mary. Susanna sees stars. Random House, Delacorte. 245p. c2006. 0-385-73513-1. $7.99. JS One of this year's trends in YA books is stories about girls doing a summer internship, usually for a magazine or a fashion house....

Jaffe, Ellen S. Feast of lights.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... JAFFE, Ellen S. Feast of lights. Sumach Press. 175p. notes, c2006. 1-894549-60-0. $9.95. JS The eight days of Hanukkah provide a perfect frame for the story of 12-year-old Sarah, who lights great-grandma's menorah, even though the family...

Klause, Annette Curtis. Freaks; alive, on the inside.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... KLAUSE, Annette Curtis. Freaks; alive, on the inside. Simon & Schuster, Pulse. 331p. c2006. 0689-87038-5. $6.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2006: Teenage Abel stands out in his surroundings because he's the...

Lipsyte, Robert. Raider's night.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... LIPSYTE, Robert. Raider's night. HarperCollins. 232p. c2006.0-06-0599480. $6.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, July 2006: Former sports journalist and YA author Lipsyte tackles the dangers of hazing and steroids in this...

Lyga, Barry. The astonishing adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... LYGA, Barry. The astonishing adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl. Houghton Mifflin, Graphia. 320p. c2007. 978-0-618-91652-8. $8.99. S To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, November 2006: It's hard to be a small, smart, geeky...

Matas, Carol. Past crimes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2007... MATAS, Carol. Past crimes. Key Porter, dist. by Fenn. 188p. c2006. 1-55263-841-5. $9.95. SA When 19-year-old Ros's husband Saul, a police officer, is murdered, Ros and her young son, Nate, move in with her parents. The police are still...