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SHINN, SHARON<br />
THE SAFE-kEEPER’S SECRET<br />
Damiana is Safe-Keeper in the small<br />
village of Tambleham. Neighbors and<br />
strangers alike come one by one, in<br />
secret, to tell her things, knowing that<br />
Damiana will keep them to herself. One<br />
night, a mysterious visitor arrives with<br />
an unusual secret— a newborn baby.<br />
Damiana names him Reed and raises<br />
him side by side with her baby daughter,<br />
Fiona. As the years pass and the two<br />
children come of age, they must come to<br />
terms with who they are—and who they<br />
may be.<br />
Rec: BL,C, K, SLJ<br />
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 240 pp. 2005<br />
978-0-14-240357-0 $6.99<br />
THE TRUTH-TELLER’S TALE<br />
“Eleda sees the world in ‘all sharp edges<br />
and simple lines’: she is a Truth-Teller,<br />
and she cannot speak a lie or hear one<br />
spoken. Her twin, Adele, whose name<br />
is a palindrome of Eleda’s, is a Safe-<br />
Keeper, a listener who never betrays a<br />
confidence. Two halves of a whole, the<br />
sisters occasionally infuriate each other<br />
but frequently find that their complementary<br />
gifts prove useful—particularly<br />
as they stumble through adolescence,<br />
experiencing love and heartache, and<br />
sharing everything with their high-spirited<br />
friend, Roellyn.” —BooklistH<br />
Rec: BLH, C, K, SLJ, V<br />
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 304 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240784-4 $7.99<br />
SHULMAN, POLLY<br />
ENTHUSIASM ❖<br />
“Two best friends experience confusion<br />
in love in this nifty little spin on Pride<br />
and Prejudice. Comical misunderstandings<br />
ensue in this innocent who-willwind-up-dating-whom<br />
farce. Clever<br />
plotting and quirky, often elegant writing.<br />
Several cuts above the usual fare.”<br />
—Kirkus Paperback edition includes a<br />
discussion guide.<br />
Rec: BLH, K, NYT, PW, SLJ, V<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 208 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240935-0 $7.99<br />
SIMMONS, MICHAEL<br />
FINDING LUBCHENkO<br />
When a man is murdered and Evan<br />
Macalister’s father is accused, Evan<br />
alone can clear his father’s name—but<br />
only by revealing his own theft operation.<br />
There’s just one thing to do—find<br />
the real murderer. Armed only with a<br />
cryptic e-mail from someone named<br />
Lubchenko, Evan sets off on a quest that<br />
catapults him and his two best friends<br />
into a world of danger and international<br />
intrigue. “Simmons once again masters<br />
the voice of a smart-alecky teenage boy.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: CH, H, K, SLJ, V<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 304 pp. 2006<br />
978-1-59514-075-3 $8.99<br />
SMITH, SHERWOOD<br />
CROWN DUEL<br />
<strong>Young</strong> Countess Meliara swears to her<br />
dying father that she and her brother will<br />
defend their people from the growing<br />
greed of the king. That promise leads<br />
them into a war for which they are<br />
ill-prepared, which threatens the very<br />
people they are trying to protect. “A fantasy<br />
world fit for the most discriminating<br />
medieval partisan.” —Publishers Weekly<br />
Contains the hardcover editions of<br />
Crown Duel and Court Duel as well as<br />
a never-before-published story by<br />
Sherwood Smith.<br />
Rec: PW<br />
4 5/16 x 7 480 pp. 2002<br />
978-0-14-230151-7 $7.99<br />
WREN TO THE RESCUE<br />
All her life Wren has hoped for an adventure.<br />
With the help of a prince and an<br />
apprentice wizard, Wren strives to rescue<br />
her best friend, a princess named Tess,<br />
from the fortress of a wicked king. “Full<br />
of magic, royalty, strange beasts, and<br />
engaging characters…An absorbing and<br />
intriguing story.”—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: PW, SLJ<br />
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 224 pp. 2004<br />
978-0-14-240160-6 $6.99<br />
WREN’S QUEST<br />
Wren just wanted to find her long-lost<br />
family, to get to know the people she<br />
could not have dreamed of as a child<br />
growing up in an orphanage. But her<br />
quest turns into a far more dangerous<br />
adventure than she ever imagined, what<br />
with robbers, guardsmen, and an angry<br />
sorcerer after her. “The story’s exciting,<br />
the good guys are really likable, and the<br />
elements of magic are believable…”<br />
—BooklistH<br />
Rec: BLH, K, SLJ<br />
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 208 pp. 2004<br />
978-0-14-240161-3 $6.99<br />
WREN’S WAR<br />
When wicked King Andreus declares war<br />
on the royal families of Meldrith, Wren<br />
and her friends, Princess Teressa, Prince<br />
Connor, and chief magic maker Tyron,<br />
determine to defeat him. “[T]his novel<br />
combines fantasy and adventure in a story<br />
laden with intrigue, power, war, and<br />
magic. Although Wren’s name appears in<br />
the title, the story focuses just as much<br />
on Teressa, who struggles to understand<br />
herself and control her destiny.”<br />
—Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, SLJ<br />
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 224 pp. 2004<br />
978-0-14-240162-0 $6.99<br />
SNIEGOSKI, TOM<br />
SLEEPER AGENDA<br />
Teenager Tom Lovett suffers from a<br />
rare form of narcolepsy that can knock<br />
him out for days at a time. At least, this<br />
is what his parents and doctors have<br />
always told him. But Tom learns that is<br />
actually a sleeper assassin. His narcoleptic<br />
“fits” are cover for his horrific missions.<br />
In fact, his entire life has been a lie. The<br />
truth is, Tom shares a body with Tyler<br />
Garrett, a separate personality who has<br />
committed coldblooded murder without<br />
a second thought. Now, Tom is on a<br />
mission to take down the evil agency<br />
that created him.<br />
Rec: AR , V<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 320 pp. 2006<br />
978-1-59514-053-1 $6.99<br />
SLEEPER CODE<br />
“In this action thriller, a teenager loses<br />
days of his life to a debilitating form of<br />
narcolepsy. Tom believes he is asleep<br />
during his blackouts until it is revealed<br />
to him in a dream that he is actually<br />
being groomed as an assassin by a secret<br />
branch of the government…<strong>Readers</strong><br />
looking for fast-paced action and<br />
espionage will enjoy this first book in the<br />
two-part Sleeper Conspiracy.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: AR , SLJ, V<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 304 pp. 2006<br />
978-1-59514-052-4 $6.99<br />
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Ages 12 & up • <strong>Young</strong> Adult Reads