Penguin Young Readers Group - Bookseller Services - Penguin ...

Ages 12 & up • Young Adult Reads
◆
166
COFER, JUDITH ORTIZ
AN ISLAND LIkE YOU
Stories of the Barrio
Rita is exiled to Puerto Rico for a summer
with her grandparents after her
parents catch her with a boy. Luis sits
atop a six-foot mountain of hubcaps
in his father’s junkyard, working off a
sentence for breaking and entering. And
Sandra tries to reconcile her looks to
the conventional Latin notion of beauty.
They are the teenagers of the barrio.
“This fine collection may draw special
attention for its depictions of an ethnic
group underserved by YA writers, but
Cofer’s strong writing warrants a close
look no matter what the topic.”
—Publishers WeeklyH
Rec: BLH, KH, PWH, SLJ
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 176 pp. 1996
978-0-14-038068-2 $6.99
COLBERT, DAVID
THE MAGICAL WORLDS OF
PHILIP PULLMAN
A Treasury of Fascinating Facts
From the poetry of Blake and Milton
to quantum physics and the Bible, this
guide reveals the complex origins and
controversial themes that have made his
Dark Materials trilogy a modern marvel
in literature.
BERKLEY
5 1/2 x 8 5/16 192 pp 2006
978-0-425-20790-1 $14.00
COLE, STEPHEN
THE WERELING
Sixteen-year-old Tom Anderson and
seventeen-year-old Kate Folan try to
escape Kate’s werewolf family—and fight
becoming werewolves themselves—by
making a cross-country journey in search
of a mysterious man who might have a
cure.
#1 WOUNDED
Rec: SLJ, V
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 272 pp. 2005
978-1-59514-041-8 $6.99
#2 PREY
Rec: V
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 272 pp. 2005
978-1-59514-042-5 $5.99
#3 RESURRECTION
Rec: V
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 272 pp. 2005
978-1-59514-043-2 $5.99
COMAN, CAROLYN
THE BIG HOUSE
“The story opens with a guilty verdict
against Dan and Carol Fitts, the admittedly
crooked parents of resourceful Ivy
and her younger brother, Ray. …It’s
all great fun with lots of matter-of-fact,
potboiler detective slang spoken by the
children…This farcical, pseudo-Victorian
drama of crime and punishment is sure
to be a crowd pleaser.”
—School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, PW, SLJH
5 x 7 3/4 224 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240740-0 $6.99
MANY STONES
“Berry’s older sister, Laura, was murdered
while working in South Africa.
Despite the passing of time, the teen is
still profoundly sad and at a loss as to
how to handle her pain. Coman has deftly
woven together the themes of death,
grieving, and reconciliation through the
characters and setting of this emotionally
elegant novel. Part coming-of-age, part
tragedy, this realistic novel… is a solid
and powerful exploration into the mind
of a grieving teen.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BLH, PW, SLJ
4 1/4 x 6 3/4 160 pp. 2002
978-0-14-230148-7 $5.99
WHAT JAMIE SAW
This is a story about survival—how
nine-year-old Jamie, his mother, and his
baby sister Nin leave an abusive situation,
move to a small trailer in the woods,
and slowly learn how to trust the people
around them—and each other. “From
its opening sentence, Coman’s latest
packs a wallop....Coman depicts with visceral
clarity the reactions of both Jamie
and his mother, capturing their jitteriness
and the love that carries them through...
Jamie is a memorable character children
will recognize as being just like them.”
—BooklistH
Rec: AN, BKL, BLH, HH KH, NYT, PWH, SLJH
Newbery Honor
National Book Award Finalist
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 128 pp. 1997
978-0-14-038335-5 $5.99
CONNOR, LESLIE
DEAD ON TOWN LINE
Illustrated by Gina Triplett
Of all the revelations her afterlife brings,
perhaps the most startling thing Cassie
Devlin discovers is that being dead isn’t
being done. Murdered by a classmate,
Cassie finds herself stuck on the edges
of the world she once knew and a realm
whose tug she feels but can’t quite
find her way to. And...she is not alone.
There’s another like her, who arrived
earlier and who, like Cassie, has some
unfinished business. “A powerful story...
the language is lyrical and haunting.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, K, SLJ, V
5 x 7 144 pp. 2006
978-0-14-240697-7 $6.99
CORNISH, D.M.
FOUNDLING ❖
Book One: Monster Blood Tattoo
Rossamund is a foundling, and a girl
with a boy’s name, who is about to begin
a dangerous life in the service of the Emperor
of the Half-Continent…and what
starts as a simple journey turns into a
complicated set of battles and decisions.
“Gives the Dickensian orphan story an
original spin…Expertly envisioned and
peopled with intriguing characters.”
—BooklistH
Rec: AY, BLH, C, K, PWH, SLJH, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 464 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240913-8 $8.99
COULOUMBIS, AUDREY
GETTING NEAR TO BABY
“A touching examination of grief and
healing, of the affects of a tragedy on a
family, and of loss and acceptance. Willa
Jo Dean, one week shy of her 13th
birthday, crawls onto the roof of Aunt
Patty’s house to watch sunrise. Little
Sister follows her, as always. Much to
Aunt Patty’s chagrin, the sisters stay on
the roof, ignoring her pleas and threats
to come down...In a series of flashbacks,
Willa Jo tells of the death of Baby from
drinking tainted water at the carnival,
of their mother’s blaming herself and
incapacitating grief, and of Little Sister’s
refusal to talk...a compelling novel that
will speak to special readers.”
—School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, H, IN, KH, KA, PWH, RT, SLJH, V
Newbery Honor
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 224 pp. 2001
978-0-698-11892-8 $5.99