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BARKLEY, BRAD AND
HEATHER HEPLER
SCRAMBLED EGGS AT MIDNIGHT
“Calliope once lived happily with her
artist parents. Then her mother decided
to find herself, and now she and her
daughter pack up and go at a moment’s
notice….Eliot once lived with his normal
family on the Carolina coast where they
were all very happy. Then his father
found God and dragged them to the
woods to start a Fat Camp….In alternating
chapters, readers follow Cal and Eliot
as they struggle with growing up, finding
themselves, and finding one another…[a]
strong, quirky story of love and family.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL,C, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 288 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240867-4 $7.99
BAT-AMI, MIRIAM
TWO SUNS IN THE SkY
“During World War II, a group of
European refugees are sent to Oswego,
NY. The story is told through the eyes
of Adam Bornstein, a 15-year-old Jewish
boy from Croatia; and Chris Cook, a 15year-old
Catholic Irish-American girl....
The young people come alive through
the author’s effective, alternating firstperson
narrations through which readers
gain a sense not only of the characters’
feelings, but the feelings of the two
different communities as well.…a fine
novel based, in part, on real-life incidents
now more than 50 years passed, but still
relevant today.” —School Library Journal
Rec: BL, CH. H, PW, SLJ
4 1/2 x 7 1/4 208 pp. 2001
978-0-14-230036-7 $6.99
Laurie Halse
Anderson
CATALYST
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes
chafes at being a preacher’s daughter,
finds herself losing control in her senior
year as she faces difficult neighbors, the
possibility that she may not be accepted
by the college of her choice, and an unexpected
death. “Teens will take to Kate
instantly.” —Publishers Weekly
Rec: BL, C, H, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 240 pp. 2003
978-0-14-240001-2 $7.99
PROM
“Ashley understands that the senior
prom at her Philadelphia school is a big
deal to her close friends even though
she thinks it’s ‘stupid.’ So imagine
her shock at finding herself the most
likely candidate to save the prom after
a troubled math teacher makes off
with the funds…Ashley tells her story
in an authentic, sympathetic voice that
combines gum-snapping, tell-it-like-it-is
humor with honest questions about her
future…teens will love Ashley’s clear
view of high-school hypocrisies, dating,
and the fierce bonds of friendship.”
—BooklistH
Rec: BLH, C, H, KH, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 224 pp. 2006
978-0-14-240570-3 $8.99
SPEAk
Melinda Sordino busted an end-of-summer
party by calling the cops. Now her
old friends won’t talk to her, and people
she doesn’t even know hate her from a
distance. The safest place to be is alone,
inside her own head. But even that is not
safe. “Anderson perfectly captures the
harsh conformity of high-school cliques
and one teen’s struggle to find acceptance
from her peers.” —BooklistH
Rec: AR, AY, BLH, C, HH KH, LAT, PWH
Printz Honor
National Book Award Finalist
5 3/4 x 8 3/16 224 pp. 2001/2006
978-0-14-240732-5 $10.00
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Ages 12 & up • Young Adult Reads