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SAUER, JULIA L.
FOG MAGIC
“A sensitive and haunting story about
a little girl from Nova Scotia for whom
the fog blowing in from the sea had the
power to transport her into her own
secret world. Skillful blending of reality
and magic.” —Booklist
Rec: AN, BKL, BL, H, SLJ
Newbery Honor
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 128 pp. 1986
978-0-14-032163-0 $5.99
SCHRAG, ARIEL (Editor)
STUCk IN THE MIDDLE
17 Comics for an Unpleasant Age
With a sense of humor as refreshing as it
is bitingly honest, seventeen artists share
their stories of first love, bullying, zits,
and all things that make middle school
the worst years of our lives.
Rec: SLJH
11 x 8 1/2 224 pp. 2007
978-0-670-06221-8 $18.99
SCOTT, KIERAN
BRUNETTES STRIkE BACk
New Jersey transplant and spunky
brunette, Annisa, and her Sand Dune
High cheerleading squad are headed
to Nationals! Just when she thinks her
blonde teammates have accepted her,
some of the girls have suddenly made it
their mission to convert Annisa to the
blonde side. Torn between two worlds,
and two hair colors, can one nonblonde
cheerleader make it through the sea of
highlights and rock Nationals her own
way?
Rec: SLJ
4 1/4 x 7 272 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240778-3 $7.99
I WAS A NON-BLONDE
CHEERLEADER
Annisa Gobrowski has a problem—everyone
at her new Florida high school is
blonde. If Annisa’s New Jersey attitude
didn’t make her stand out enough, her
dark pixie haircut sure does. But nothing
is going to stop Annisa from making the
best of Sand Dune High. “[T]he specifics
are fun and definitely au courant, as
Annisa discovers love, friendship, and
backflips as she deals with prank wars,
unsupervised parties, and cheerleading
crises.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 272 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240910-7 $7.99
SEBESTYEN, OUIDA
OUT OF NOWHERE
When he yanks his duffel from the
car, Harley knows he’s never going
back—back to his old life of lying and
drifting around with his mother and her
latest boyfriend. Then the truth hits.
He has been abandoned in the middle
of the Arizona desert. But soon, to his
surprise, a life falls into place around
him, as he befriends May, in search of a
new life herself; Bill, a collector of one
of everything there is; cheerful, caring
Singer; and most of all Ish, a pit bull
cast aside just like Harley. Together, they
strive to become the family none of them
has ever had.
Rec: BG, NYC, PW, SLJ
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 1995
978-0-14-037640-1 $6.99
SEELY, DEBRA
GRASSLANDS
“In the late nineteenth century, 13year-old
Thomas leaves a privileged life
with his grandfather, a Virginia judge,
to reunite with his poor, stoic father in
Kansas. But the boy’s grand visions of
cowboys and vast prairies are crushed by
the harsh realities of midwestern farming
and by his new stepmother, who thinks
Thomas’ desire for an education makes
him a useless farmhand sure to make
mistakes…the story is quiet, broad, and
sweeping, and her weatherworn characters
embrace their lives and struggles
with much fortitude and no sentimentality.”
—Booklist
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ
4 1/4 x 7 176 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240365-5 $6.99
SHAW, SUSAN
THE BOY FROM THE BASEMENT
“Imprisoned in the basement for many
years by his violent father, Charlie, 12,
is sure he’s being punished because he is
bad, and when he escapes and is placed
in a loving foster home, it takes him
a long time to feel safe in the strange
world outside. Through the truth of the
boy’s first-person, present-tense narrative,
Shaw transforms what could have
been a case study of abuse and recovery
into a searing story that is part thriller
and part gentle narrative about finding a
home.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, KH, SLJ, V
4 1/4 x 7 208 pp. 2006
978-0-14-240546-8 $5.99
SHAW, TUCKER
WHAT’S THAT SMELL? OH, IT’S ME
50 Mortifying Situations and
How to Deal
Illustrated by Mike Reddy
“An intriguing layout, clever heads,
and a tone tinged with both sympathy
and sarcasm make this a read-aloudwith-friends
title, which is sure to be
popular even among teens who usually
abhor self-help books. Using humor
and refreshing candor, Shaw addresses a
wide variety of problems—from awkward
social situations (Oops! The toilet won’t
flush) and physical concerns (ways to
camouflage an erection) to legal issues
(what to do if caught shoplifting).”
—Booklist
Rec: BL, K, SLJ
5 1/2 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2003
978-0-14-250011-8 $7.99
WHO DO YOU THINk YOU ARE?
A Handbook for Analyzing
the True You
When it comes to teens there’s nothing
they want to know more about than
themselves. Filled with a wealth of information
and featuring a wide range of
methods for analysis—from astrology to
numerology, palm reading to personality
typing, Chakras to Chinese Horoscopes—this
simple-to-use handbook
will provide insight for every teen.
5 1/2 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2001
978-0-14-131091-6 $7.99
SHAW, TUCKER AND FIONA
ANY ADVICE?
“Advice experts from Alloy.com put into
print some of the hundreds of e-mails
they get every day. The two answers
questions about the body, friends,
crushes, relationships, sex life, and sexual
identity. Male and female viewpoints offer
a novel way to offer words of wisdom
and tools for survival.” —KLIATT
5 1/2 x 7 3/4 176 pp. 2001
978-0-14-130921-7 $5.99
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