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Nov 01, 2008; Courtot, Marilyn ... Special Offer to KLIAT Subscribers Once upon a time librarians could only dream of a resource that brings together multiple review sources, provides powerful search capabilities, allows the user to determine the search options, links the user with curriculum tools and author ...
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Persistence of memory.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Flint-Ferguson, Janis ... ATWATER-RHODES, Amelia. Persistence of memory. Random House, Delacorte. 224p. c2008. 978-0-385-73437-0. $15.99. (Library bdg: 978-0-385-90443 -8. $18.99.) S Erin is a high school student with an abnormal problem: she often finds herself in a different time and a different place ....
Ayarbe, Heidi. Freeze frame.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Larsen, Ashleigh ... AYARBE, Heidi. Freeze frame. HarperCollins, Laura Geringer. 384p. c2008. 978-0-06-135173-0. $16.99. S Kyle thinks of his life through the eyes of a movie director--but the scene he's directing is the most important moment in his life and he can't seem to get it right. Did he ...
Beam, Matt. Can you spell revolution?(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Rohrlick, Paula ... BEAM, Matt. Can you spell revolution? Penguin, Dutton. 272p. c2008. 978-0-525-47998-7. $1799. J Chris, an 8th-grader, hates all the rules of middle school, but not nearly as much as the mysterious new student, Clouds McFadden. Determined to bring about change, and inspired by ...
Blundell, Judy. What I saw and how I lied.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Flint-Ferguson, Janis ... BLUNDELL, Judy. What I saw and how I lied. Scholastic. 288p. c2008. 978-0-439-903462. $16.99. S Judy Blundell has crafted a hair novel for YAs set just after WW II. Evie is a sweet, naive young teen being raised by her mother and her stepfather Joe, an Army veteran. One evening, ...
Booraem, Ellen. The unnameables.(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Scanlon, Donna ... BOORAEM, Ellen. The unnameables. Harcourt. 318p. c2008. 978-0-15-206368-9. $16.00. JSA* Medford Runyuin lives on an island named, prosaically enough, Island. The lives of the people on Island have changed very little since the first Island settlers arrived in the 17th century ....
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Root, Deirdre ... CASHORE, Kristin. Graceling. Harcourt. 480p. c2008. 978-0-15-206396-2. $17.00. SA This stunning debut novel introduces a world in which certain individuals are born with supernatural abilities, or Graces. Some are benign, but Katsa's is for killing, making her feared by the ...
Collins, Suzanne. The hunger games.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... COLLINS, Suzanne. The hunger games. Scholastic. 374p. c2008. 978-0-439-02348-3. $17.99. JS* This is an amazingly suspenseful story, combining the familiar ("Survivor"-type TV shows) with details of a horrific future. Once again, an author chooses a future in which some calamity ...
Crabtree, Julie. Discovering pig magic.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Larsen, Ashleigh ... CRABTREE, Julie. Discovering pig magic. Milkweed. 200p. c2008. 978-1-57131-683-7. $16.95. J Mattie, known by friends and family as M, adventures through the age of 13 with hopes, fears, and two best friends, Ariel and Nicki. While M is busy with a collection of pig memorabilia ...
Easton, Kelly. To be Mona.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Cole, Aimee ... EASTON, Kelly. To be Mona. Simon & Schuster, Margaret K. McElderry Books. 224p. c2008. 978-1-4169-0054-2. $16.00. S Sage would love to reinvent herself and her entire life. She's dieting, trying to figure out how to juggle her mother's extreme mood swings, wishing she had the ...
Erdrich, Louise. The porcupine year.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Flint-Ferguson, Janis ... ERDRICH, Louise. The porcupine year. Harper Collins. 208p. c2008. 978-0-0602-9787-9. $15.99. (Library bdg: 978-0-0602-9788-6. $16.99.) J* Readers of Louise Erdrich's books The Birchbark House and The Game of Silence will be thrilled to once again spend time with the Ojibway ...
Finn, Mary. Anila's journey.(Young adult review)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... FINN, Mary. Anila's journey. Candlewick. 309p. c2008. 978-0-7636-3916-7.$16.99. JSA* Finn saw a painting that hangs in The National Gallery of Ireland called An Indian Lady, painted by Thomas Hickey, and the painting was the inspiration for this historical novel. The story is ...
Ford, Michael Thomas. Suicide notes.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Larsen, Ashleigh ... FORD, Michael Thomas. Suicide notes. HarperCollins, HarperTeen. 304p. c2008. 978-0-06073755-9. $16.99. A It's New Year's Day, and 15-year-old Jeff wakes up to find that he's in the psychiatric ward of the hospital. Even with bandages on his wrists, Jeff knows this must all be a ...
Golding, Julia. Cat among the pigeons.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Rosser, Claire ... GOLDING, Julia. Cat among the pigeons. (Sequel to The Diamond of Drury Lane.) Roaring Brook. c2006. 368p. 978-1-59643-352-6. $16.95. J* We missed reviewing the first in this fine series, but it would be easy for younger YA readers who love historical fiction to pick up the ...
Hartnett, Sonya. The ghost's child.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Chancellor, Cara ... HARTNETT, Sonya. The ghost's child. Candlewick. 176p. c2008. 978-0-7636-3964-8. $16.99. SA* A blond boy with gray eyes was the last person Matilda expected to see on her settee when she returned from walking her dog. She suspects she knows why he's there, but seemingly his only ...
Heath, Jack. The Lab.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Rohrlick, Paula ... HEATH, Jack. The Lab. Scholastic. 352p. c2008. 978-0-545-06860-4. $17.99. JS In a dystopian City controlled by a greedy corporation called ChaoSonic, a vigilante group known as the Deck that tries to fight the powers that be has a secret weapon: Agent Six of Hearts. He's their ...
Hoffmann, Kerry Cohen. The good girl.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Cole, Aimee ... HOFFMANN, Kerry Cohen. The good girl. Random House, Delacorte. 176p. c2008. 978-0-38590609. $15.99. S Hoffmann introduces us to Lindsey, whose life has recently unraveled. Her older brother Mark died tragically and her family isn't dealing well with their grief. Her younger ...
Ives, David, Voss; how I come to America and am hero, mostly.(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Marler, Myrna ... IVES, David, Voss; how I come to America and am hero, mostly. Penguin, Putnam. 200p. c2008. 978-0-399-24722-4. $17.99. JS* In a world where Borat was a popular movie, based on the idea of a clueless foreigner encountering American cynicism, consumerism, and racism, while not ...
Jinks, Catherine. Babylonne.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Cole, Aimee ... JINKS, Catherine. Babylonne. Candlewick. 400p. c2008.978-0-7626-2650-0. $18.99. JS Catherine Jinks has crafted a story set in medieval France about a feisty protagonist, Babylonne, the daughter of Pagan, featured hero in four previous books by Jinks. Her Cathar faith is ...
Kanell, Beth. The darkness under the water.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2008; Coile, Aimee ... KANELL, Beth. The darkness under the water. Candlewick. 320p. c2008. 978-0-76363719-4. $18.99. JS Molly Ballou lives with the constant memory of her older sister, who was swept away by the river when she was only five years old. It is rural Vermont in the 1920s. Molly embraces ...
