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GREEN, JOHN
LOOkING FOR ALASkA
Miles “Pudge” Halter is abandoning
his safe-okay, boring-life when he enters
boarding school and becomes encircled
by friends whose lives are everything but
safe and boring. When tragedy strikes
the close-knit group, it is only in coming
face-to-face with death that Pudge
discovers the value of living and loving
unconditionally. “Readers will only hope
that this is not the last word from this
promising new author.”
—Publishers Weekly
Rec: CH, H, KH, PW, SLJH, V
Printz Award
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 256 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240251-1 $7.99
GREENBERG, JOANNE
I NEVER PROMISED YOU
A ROSE GARDEN
Chronicles the three-year battle of a
mentally ill, but perceptive, teenage girl
against a world of her own creation,
emphasizing her relationship with the
doctor who gave her the ammunition of
self-understanding with which to help
herself.
SIGNET
4 1/4 x 6 3/4 256 pp. 1984
978-0-451-16031-7 $6.99
GREENE, BETTE
MORNING IS
A LONG TIME COMING
The sequel to Bette Greene’s best selling
Summer of My German Soldier, picking
up its heroine’s life after she graduates
from high school and tries to come to
terms with her past. “A compelling firstperson
narrative about love and human
relationships.” —BooklistH
Rec: BLH
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 272 pp. 1999
978-0-14-130635-3 $6.99
SUMMER OF MY GERMAN SOLDIER
Twelve-year-old Patty Bergen, insecure
and alienated from her family, learns
from a German P.O.W. escapee in
Arkansas during World War II that she is
a “person of value.’’ “An exceptionally
fine novel.’’ — The New York Times
Rec: AN, BL, C, CLJ, CR, H, K, LC, NYT, PW, SLJ, T, TE, W
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 208 pp. 1999
978-0-14-130636-0
Puffin Modern Classic
$6.99
5 x 7 240 pp. 2006
978-0-14-240651-9 $6.99
See index for more titles by Bette Greene.
GREENLAND, SHANNON
THE SPECIALISTS:
DOWN TO THE WIRE ❖
When GiGi teams up with electronics
specialist Frankie, aka Wirenut, for a
mission to the Mediterranean country
of Rissala, they find themselves on a fastpaced
hunt for the criminal.
5 x 7 224 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240917-6 $6.99
THE SPECIALISTS: MODEL SPY!
A group of foster-care system teenagers
are recruited by a secret government
agency and are sent to be trained to
be spys. The main character, Gigi, is a
wonderful combination of brains, beauty,
humor, and quirkiness.
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240849-0 $6.99
GRIFFIN, ADELE
WHERE I WANT TO BE ❖
A poignant and beautiful story about
two very different sisters. Includes a
reader’s guide with discussion questions.
“Thoughtful, unique, and ultimately lifeaffirming.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: AY, BLH, C, H, KH, PW, SLJ, V
National Book Award Finalist
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 160 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240948-0 $6.99
See index for more titles by Adele Griffin.
GRIMES, NIKKI
BRONX MASQUERADE
“A flowing, rhythmic portrait of the
diversity and individuality of teen
characters…Each teen’s story is told by
combining his or her poetry with snippets
of narration.…real characters who
show [readers] they are not alone.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, C, H, KH, PW, SLJ, V
Coretta Scott King Medal
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 176 pp. 2003
978-0-14-250189-4 $5.99
JAZMIN’S NOTEBOOk
“With exuberance, passion, perception,
and wit, 14-year-old Jazmin Shelby
fills her notebook with glimpses of her
life, neighborhood, family, and dreams
in Harlem in the 1960s....Her lyrical
journal is a treasure of sensory observations,
intellectual questioning, and moral
decision-making.”
—School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, C, CLJ, HG, K, PW, SLJH, V
Coretta Scott King Honor
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 112 pp. 2000
978-0-14-130702-2 $5.99
See index for more titles by Nikki Grimes.
GROVE, VICKI
REACHING DUSTIN
“A girl’s odyssey through, and ultimate
understanding of, the life of a boy whose
only crime was being born into the
wrong family becomes a powerful tale
of redemption from Grove, written with
grace.” —KirkusH
Rec: BL, H, HG, KH, SLJH
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 2000
978-0-698-11839-3 $6.99
THE STARPLACE
“Frannie’s life is tightly bounded by
small-town Oklahoma conventions and
by her own insecurities until the arrival
of Celeste, in 1961 the first black student
at Quiver Junior High, changes Frannie’s
world and makes her question some
familial and local assumptions about
race...The account of Frannie’s emerging
conscience, increasing awareness of
history, and developing friendship with
Celeste is compelling, however; readers
will enjoy fancying themselves retroactive
heroes.” —The Bulletin of the
Center for Children’s Books
Rec: BL, C, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 224 pp. 2000
978-0-698-11868-3 $6.99
GUARENTE, G. P.
HOOk, LINE, AND SINkER
Fifteen-year-old Fiona Delmar gets carried
away easily, especially when it comes
to boys. She’s got a full fish tank to
prove it.…Whenever a boy disappoints,
Fiona buys a fish to ease the pain. Now
that Fiona’s convinced she’s met The
One, will she finally find true love, or is
it time for a bigger tank? “The result is
sweet and harmless, with a nicely unexpected
touch of tension.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 208 pp. 2005
978-1-59514-011-1 $7.99
GUEST, JUDITH
ORDINARY PEOPLE
“A writer’s novel. A reader’s novel. A
critic’s novel. A very important novel.”
—Detroit Free Press
PENGUIN
Rec: W
7 3/4 x 5 1/4 272 pp. 1982
978-0-14-006517-6 $13.00