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NEUFELD, JOHN
EDGAR ALLAN
This is the poignant, deeply moving
story of a white family that adopts a
black child. “This is not a novel about
prejudice or race relations of brotherhood,
or anything so simple. It is about
parents and children...love and failure...
coming to terms with oneself and
others....A work of art”
—The New York Times
Rec: AN, NYT
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 128 pp. 1999
978-0-14-130432-8 $5.99
LISA, BRIGHT AND DARk
Lisa Shilling, is 16, smart attractive—and
she is losing her mind. Some days are
“light” and everything is normal; during
her “dark” days, she hides deep
within herself, and nothing can reach
her. “Compassionate and tragic, an
indictment of adults who refuse to get
involved.” —The New York Times
Rec: NYT
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 144 pp. 1999
978-0-14-130434-2 $5.99
NOLAN, HAN
DANCING ON THE EDGE
“Nolan delves into the mind of a
emotionally disturbed girl in an intense,
exceptionally well-written novel...The
shadows of truth, suffering, self-expression,
and repression are examined
without pschobabble in this sad, funny,
and tender story.” —KirkusH
Rec: AY, BKL, BL, KH, PW, SLJH
National Book Award
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 256 pp. 1999
978-0-14-130203-4 $6.99
A FACE IN EVERY WINDOW
“A teenager’s resistance to change drives
this meaty tale from Nolan about people
who are reinventing themselves, or reaffirming
who they are. The death of JP’s
Grandma Mary not only sends his frail
mother to the hospital and his mentally
retarded father out into the yard to dig
holes with a spoon, it also brings an
end to the harmonious, neatly ordered
household in which he grew up…Nolan
beautifully captures the shifts and
textures of human relationships.”
—Kirkus
Rec: BL, K, PW, SLJ
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 272 pp. 2001
978-0-14-131218-7 $5.99
NOVEMBER, SHARYN,
(Editor)
FIREBIRDS
An Anthology of Original Fantasy
and Science Fiction
Illustrated by Charles Vess
“Teens will find much to savor and
celebrate in this dazzling collection of 16
short stories by some of the best fantasy
writers around. A biographical sketch
and note from each one follows every
selection…A first-class collection.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, SLJ
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 432 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240320-4 $8.99
FIREBIRDS RISING ❖
An Anthology of Original
Science Fiction and Fantasy
The second acclaimed Firebird anthology
full of magic, humor, adventure,
and—best of all—the unexpected.
“A gorgeous and rich collection.”
—KirkusH
Rec: AY, C, H, KH
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 544 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240936-7 $10.99
O’DONOHOE, NICK
THE MAGIC AND THE HEALING
BJ Vaughan is in her last year of vet
school—and in the first year of mourning
her mother’s death. Her mentor, Dr. Sugar
Dobbs, asks if she will join a few other
select students to treat some very unusual
animals. They go offsite, to Crossroads, a
world where the creatures of imagination
live and breathe—and hurt. And where
BJ, tending to centaurs and griffins and
magical cats, will discover the joy of healing
and the wonder of magic.
Rec: LJ
4 1/4 x 7 336 pp. 2006
978-0-14-240707-3 $7.99
ORGEL, DORIS
THE DEVIL IN VIENNA
The friendship of two thirteen-yearold
Austrian girls is put to a great test
in 1937. Inge is Jewish and Lieselotte,
at the insistence of her father, is in the
Hitler Youth. As the situation of the
Jews becomes more desperate, the girls
struggle to keep their friendship alive.
“A poignant story of love and loss.”
—BooklistH
Rec: AN, BLH, NC
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 246 pp. 1987
978-0-14-240236-8 $6.99
ORLEV, URI
THE MAN FROM THE OTHER SIDE
“A Pole, 14-year-old Marek helps his
stepfather smuggle goods into the Jewish
ghetto, enduring trips through the foul
sewers not from altruism but in order
to reap lucrative profits....When Marek
decides to help another Jew, his actions
lead him into the ghetto during the peak
of the uprising....The author neither demonizes
nor glorifies, whether portraying
Poles and Jews, fighters or collaborators.
His refusal to exaggerate gives the
story unimpeachable impact.”
—Publishers Weekly
Rec: AN, AY, BLH, HH KH, NC, PW, SLJH
National Jewish Book Award
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1995
978-0-14-037088-1 $6.99
OSTOW, MICOL
EMILY GOLDBERG
LEARNS TO SALSA ❖
“After the death of the grandmother she
has never met, Emily, a Jewish teen from
a New York City suburb, spends a lifechanging
summer in Puerto Rico.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, K, SLJ, V
5 x 7 288 pp. 2007
978-1-59514-144-6 $6.99
PAPADEMETRIOU, LISA
THE WIZARD, THE WITCH, AND
TWO GIRLS FROM JERSEY
“When bookish Veronica and fashionslave
Heather scuffle over a copy of
Queen of Twilight, which they both need
for a high-school English assignment,
they wind up inside its narrative.…Satisfying
fare for fantasy lovers who appreciate
broad humor laced with a sprinkling
of grossness.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, K, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 288 pp. 2006
978-1-59514-074-6 $8.99
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