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A GIRL NAMED DISASTER
Nhamo’s mother is dead, and her father
is gone. Before her twelfth birthday,
Nhamo learns that she must marry a
cruel man with three other wives—and
decides desperately to run away.
Through the course of her journey, she
faces drowning and starvation and comes
to know Africa’s mystical, luminous spirits.
“This wonderfully resourceful young
woman is surrounded by an equally
lively, colorful cast....As rewarding, and
as challenging, as The Ear, the Eye, and
the Arm.” —KirkusH
Rec: AN, AY, HH K, KA, PWH, SLJ
Newbery Honor
National Book Award Finalist
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 320 pp. 1998
978-0-14-038635-6 $6.99
See index for more titles by Nancy Farmer.
FARRELL, JAMES T.
YOUNG LONIGAN
Introduction by Ann Douglas
Depicts the rise and fall of a Catholic
Irish American growing up in
Depression-era Chicago.
PENGUIN CLASSICS
5 3/16 x 7 3/4 176 pp. 2003
978-0-142-18007-5 $13.00
FERGUSON, ALANE
THE CHRISTOPHER kILLER
A Forensic Mystery
“When aspiring forensic pathologist
Cameryn Mahoney convinces her father,
the county coroner of Silverton, CO, to
hire her as his assistant, she has no idea
that one of the first deaths she will investigate
will be that of her friend, Rachel
Geller. The teen must put aside her emotional
response to the murder in order to
evaluate the information clinically. In her
relentless pursuit of the truth, Cameryn
puts herself in danger of becoming the
fifth victim of the Christopher Killer.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BL, C, SLJ, V
5 x 7 288 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240811-7 $6.99
FERRIS, JEAN
LOVE AMONG THE WALNUTS
Or How I Saved My Entire Family
from Being Poisoned
Sandy Huntington-Ackerman is out for
justice after his two money-grubbing
uncles try to kill his wealthy parents with
a drugged birthday cake. This “rollicking
screwball-comedy of a story” is just
right for fans of Holes and The Westing
Game. (The Horn Book)
Rec: AN, AY, H, SLJ, V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 224 pp. 2001
978-0-14-131099-2 $6.99
FILIPOVIC, ZLATA AND
MELANIE CHALLENGER
(Editors)
STOLEN VOICES
Young People’s War Diaries, from
World War I to Iraq
Foreword by Former U.N. Under-
Secretary-General Olara A. Otunnu
Fifteen diaries of young people coping
with war. “One of Zlata’s gifts lies in
throwing a human light on intolerable
events.”
PENGUIN
—San Francisco Chronicle
5 1/2 x 8 7/16 320 pp. 2006
978-0-143-03871-9 $14.00
FORRESTER, SANDRA
SOUND THE JUBILEE
A fictional story of a young girl’s transition
from childhood to adulthood and
from slavery to freedom. When the Civil
War begins, Maggie is especially eager
to escape her lot as a house servant and
when she and her family travel with their
mistress to Nags Head, they manage to
escape to freedom on Roanoke Island.
Rec: NC, SLJ
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1997
978-0-14-037930-3 $5.99
FRANK, E. R.
LIFE IS FUNNY
“Eleven solo voices blend to create a
choral piece of writing that sings of
coming-of-age in a multiracial Brooklyn
community. Spanning seven years, the
lives of [these teens] intersect, overlap,
and intertwine as each one struggles
to find meaning in the world around
them…when the final page is turned,
these robust voices are not silenced.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: BKL, BL, H, SLJ
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 272 pp. 2002
978-0-14-230083-1 $7.99
FRANKLIN, EMILY
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
Love Bukowski makes a sudden departure
from London to go to the side of
her Aunt Mable, who begins dropping
more hints than ever about the identity
of Love’s mystery mother.
NAL JAM
5 x 7 3/16 256 pp. 2006
978-0-451-21961-9 $9.99
THE PRINCIPLES OF LOVE
The first in a sophisticated teen fiction
series starring Love Bukowski, the
vulnerable daughter of the headmaster
at a posh New England boarding school.
“A fresh perspective on what goes on at
boarding school. I couldn’t help but get
sucked in.”
NAL JAM
—Angie Day, Producer
of MTV’s Made
5 1/16 x7 1/16 224 pp. 2005
978-0-451-21517-8 $8.99
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