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IBBOTSON, EVA
COMPANY OF SWANS ❖
For 19-year old Harriet Morton, life in
1912 Cambridge is dry and dull, until
a Russian ballet master asks her to fill
the corps of his ballet company before
their South American tour. Defying her
father’s wishes and escaping the clutches
of a suitor, she joins the ballet for an
Amazon adventure!
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 416 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240940-4 $8.99
A COUNTESS BELOW STAIRS
It is 1919, the Russian Countess Anna
Grazinsky is penniless in London and
has to take a job as a housemaid in
the beautiful home of the aristocratic
Westerholme family. She then finds herself
fighting her attraction for the new
Earl of Westerholme, who has arrived
home with his fiancee.
5 1/2 x 8 3/4 368 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240865-0 $8.99
THE MORNING GIFT ❖
Ruth Berger, a 20-year-old Jewish-Austrian
girl, is stuck in Vienna during the
Nazi invasion with a handsome young
professor, while her family and fiancé
await in safety for her. Will he be able to
help her escape her marriage or simply
escape the country safely?
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 416 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240911-4 $8.99
A SONG FOR SUMMER
“Ellen, the lovely heroine of this romantic
novel, is raised in London by a
suffragist mother and aunts but rejects
the liberated life. After graduating from
a culinary school, she takes a job in Austria
at a run-down boarding school for
neglected rich children and transforms
it with her beauty, hard work, and good
cooking…a lively read.”
—Library Journal
Rec: BL, K, LJ
5 1/2 x 8 3/4 416 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240866-7 $8.99
See index for more titles by Eva Ibbotson.
IRWIN, HADLEY
kIM/kIMI
Where does a girl belong who looks
completely different from all her friends,
but feels like them inside? Even a warm,
loving relationship with her mother, her
stepfather, and her half-brother can’t give
sixteen-year-old Kim/Kimi the answers.
She must find out more about her Japanese-American
father, who died before
she was born. “Readers will be drawn by
the inherent drama of Kim’s conflict and
her painful discoveries.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, CS, TE
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 208 pp. 1988
978-0-14-032593-5 $5.99
JABLONKSKI, CARLA
THICkER THAN WATER
“When 17-year-old Kia discovers a
network of Manhattanites who embrace
their ‘shadow selves’ as role-playing vampires,
she thinks she has found a niche
where her occasional self-mutilation
might be acceptable, as well as a respite
from grief at home.” —Booklist “Deals
with serious issues: the search for reality,
awakening sexuality and how teenagers’
perceptions impact their life choices.”
—Kirkus
Rec: BL, C, K, SLJ
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 272 pp. 2007
978-1-59514-123-1 $8.99
JOHNSON, MAUREEN
THE BERMUDEZ TRIANGLE
“Mel, Avery, and Nina—the Bermudez
Triangle—have been inseparable
girlfriends since childhood. Then, the
summer before senior year, while Nina is
at Stanford for a leadership institute, Mel
and Avery realize that their feelings for
each other may be more than friendship…Johnson
creates believable, likable
characters in very real, contemporary
high-school situations…She understands,
articulates, and validates their lives.”
—Booklist
Rec: BL, C, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 384 pp. 2005
978-1-59514-033-3 $7.99
DEVILISH ❖
“Johnson does a very clever thing here.
She takes a typical high-school story
about popularity (amusing enough in
Jane’s snarky voice) and turns it on its
head when evil comes on the scene…this
page-turner will have high appeal and get
great word-of-mouth.” —Booklist
Rec: AY, BL, C, H, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 272 pp. 2007
978-1-59514-132-3 $8.99
JOHNSON, SCOTT
SAFE AT SECOND
“As a ‘can’t miss’ pitching prospect,
Todd Bannister has scouts, agents, and
recruiters begging for his attention,
and as a good-looking, self-asured star
athelete, he has fellow students and many
adults doing the same. All of this comes
to an abrupt end when he is hit in the
face by a line drive and losese an eye...
This compelling work transcends the category
of sports fiction. Its characters are
complex, rounded, and fully realized, and
its themes are universal. An outstanding
novel.” —School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, C, K, SLJH, V
4 3/8 x 7 1/8 256 pp. 2001
978-0-698-11877-5 $6.99
JUDSON, WILLIAM
COLD RIVER
In this true account, fourteen-year-old
Lizzy Allison and her younger brother
find themselves alone in the Adirondacks,
battling for survival against one
of the worst snowstorms of the century.
“Resourcefulness, resilience, endurance...
ageless appeal.” —Kirkus
SIGNET
Rec: K
4 3/16 x 6 7/8 184 pp. 1976
978-0-451-16649-4 $5.99
KEHRET, PEG
CAGES
“As ninth-grader Kit Hathaway completes
her speech on teenage shoplifting,
the whole ugly episode of her own
shoplifting debacle flashes before her
eyes and the eyes of the reader...readers
will relate to her anguish and her spirit
and courage...the journey, which is laced
with humor as well as heartache, offers
grist for thought.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, HG, K, NYTA, SLJ, TE, V, W
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2001
978-0-14-131230-9 $4.99
I’M NOT WHO YOU THINk I AM
“In an age of missing children, Kehret
spins an exciting tale about a deranged
mother and the child—not hers—she
stalks....The stalking of Ginger, her
near-kidnapping, and her attempt to live
honorably by coming forward to save
Mr. Wren [her basketball coach whom a
meddlesome parent is trying to get fired]
converge in a dramatic climax. While the
story reads like a thriller, the character
development and moral dilemmas add
depth and substance.” —Kirkus
Rec: BL, K, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 160 pp. 2001
978-0-14-131237-8 $5.99
See index for more titles by Peg Kehret.
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