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EHRENHAFT, DANIEL
THE AFTER LIFE
Nineteen-year-old Will Shepherd has
never met his father, even though they
live on opposite ends of Manhattan.
Suddenly, within twenty-four hours, Will
meets his father and his two half-siblings,
Kyle and Liz, and then his father dies unexpectedly.
A clause in the will requires
Will to drive back to New York from the
funeral in Florida with self-absorbed Kyle
and gorgeous, vulnerable Liz, leading to
a road trip filled with tensions, escalating
risks, and deep revelations.
Rec: C, K,PWH
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 272 pp. 2006
978-1-59514-080-7 $8.99
EMSHWILLER, CAROL
MISTER BOOTS
Bobby Lassiter has some important
secrets—but it’s not as if anyone’s paying
attention. It’s the middle of the
Depression, and while Bobby’s mother
and older sister knit all day to make
money, Bobby explores the California
desert around their home where he finds
Boots..Right away he too is a secret—a
secret to be fed and clothed and taken
care of, and even more of a secret because
of what he can do.
Rec: C, K, SLJ, V
4 1/4 x 7 192 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240770-7 $6.99
THE MOUNT
“Like Emshwiller’s startlingly perceptive
short fiction and her previous novel…
this novel turns our supposed certainties
into beautiful and terrible insights…Brilliantly
conceived and painfully acute in
its delineation of the complex relationships
between masters and slaves, pets
and owners, the served and the serving,
this poetic, funny and above all humane
novel deserves to be read and cherished
as a fundamental fable for our materialminded
times.” —Publishers WeeklyH
Rec: BL, PWH
4 1/4 x 7 240 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240302-0 $6.99
ENDE, MICHAEL
THE NEVERENDING STORY
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Illustrated by Roswitha Quadflieg
Small and insignificant Bastian Balthazar
Bux is nobody’s idea of a hero, least of
all his own. Then, through the pages of
an ancient, mysterious book, he discovers
the enchanted world of Fantastica.
Part legend, part fable, and wholly
fascinating, The Neverending Story will
continue to be treasured by readers of
all ages. “A triumphant blast for the
imagination.”
—The London Sunday Times
Rec: WP
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 448 pp. 1993
978-0-14-038633-2 $7.99
ENGDAHL, SYLVIA
ENCHANTRESS FROM THE STARS
When young Elana unexpectedly joins
the team leaving the spaceship to study
the planet Andrecia, she becomes an
integral part of an adventure involving
three very different civilizations, each
one centered on the third planet from
the star in its own solar system.“An
original and charming exercise of one of
fiction’s finest prerogatives, getting into
other skins and seeing through (literally)
alien eyes.”
—The New York Times Book Review
Rec: NYTBR
Newbery Honor
4 1/4 x 7 304 pp. 2003
978-0-14-250037-8 $6.99
THE FAR SIDE OF EVIL
A young girl from an advanced civilization
is sent as an observer to a planet
whose people have not yet learned to
control their use of atomic power. “The
author has a direct, forceful style of writing
that sparks the reader’s imagination.”
—Publishers Weekly
Rec: PW
4 1/4 x 7 1/16 336 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240293-1 $6.99
JOURNEY BETWEEN WORLDS
Eighteen-year-old Melinda Ashley never
wanted to go to Mars. But when her
estranged father convinces her to take
a trip with him to the remote colony
on Mars, she finds herself tempted to
leave her comfortable existence on Earth
behind. Mars proves to be quite different
than she had imagined and when she
meets Alex Preston, a second generation
Martian colonist, she finds herself on a
surprising new path.
4 1/4 x 7 1/16 240 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240828-5 $7.99
FARMER, NANCY
THE EAR, THE EYE, AND THE ARM
Zimbabwe, the year 2194. General
Matsika’s children steal out of the house
on a forbidden adventure—and disappear.
Their parents call in Africa’s most
unusual detectives: the Ear, the Eye, and
the Arm, who have powers far beyond
those of other human beings. “A marvelous
odyssey...weaving African tribal
heritage and lore into a rich tapestry
featuring a witty projection of the future,
a score of vividly realized characters, and
a nonstop adventure...that’s at once taut,
comic, and touching.” —Kirkus
Rec: AN, AY, CR, KH, NYC, PWH, SLJ
Newbery Honor
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 320 pp. 1995
978-0-14-037641-8 $6.99