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SHINN, SHARON
THE SAFE-kEEPER’S SECRET
Damiana is Safe-Keeper in the small
village of Tambleham. Neighbors and
strangers alike come one by one, in
secret, to tell her things, knowing that
Damiana will keep them to herself. One
night, a mysterious visitor arrives with
an unusual secret— a newborn baby.
Damiana names him Reed and raises
him side by side with her baby daughter,
Fiona. As the years pass and the two
children come of age, they must come to
terms with who they are—and who they
may be.
Rec: BL,C, K, SLJ
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 240 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240357-0 $6.99
THE TRUTH-TELLER’S TALE
“Eleda sees the world in ‘all sharp edges
and simple lines’: she is a Truth-Teller,
and she cannot speak a lie or hear one
spoken. Her twin, Adele, whose name
is a palindrome of Eleda’s, is a Safe-
Keeper, a listener who never betrays a
confidence. Two halves of a whole, the
sisters occasionally infuriate each other
but frequently find that their complementary
gifts prove useful—particularly
as they stumble through adolescence,
experiencing love and heartache, and
sharing everything with their high-spirited
friend, Roellyn.” —BooklistH
Rec: BLH, C, K, SLJ, V
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 304 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240784-4 $7.99
SHULMAN, POLLY
ENTHUSIASM ❖
“Two best friends experience confusion
in love in this nifty little spin on Pride
and Prejudice. Comical misunderstandings
ensue in this innocent who-willwind-up-dating-whom
farce. Clever
plotting and quirky, often elegant writing.
Several cuts above the usual fare.”
—Kirkus Paperback edition includes a
discussion guide.
Rec: BLH, K, NYT, PW, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 208 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240935-0 $7.99
SIMMONS, MICHAEL
FINDING LUBCHENkO
When a man is murdered and Evan
Macalister’s father is accused, Evan
alone can clear his father’s name—but
only by revealing his own theft operation.
There’s just one thing to do—find
the real murderer. Armed only with a
cryptic e-mail from someone named
Lubchenko, Evan sets off on a quest that
catapults him and his two best friends
into a world of danger and international
intrigue. “Simmons once again masters
the voice of a smart-alecky teenage boy.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: CH, H, K, SLJ, V
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 304 pp. 2006
978-1-59514-075-3 $8.99
SMITH, SHERWOOD
CROWN DUEL
Young Countess Meliara swears to her
dying father that she and her brother will
defend their people from the growing
greed of the king. That promise leads
them into a war for which they are
ill-prepared, which threatens the very
people they are trying to protect. “A fantasy
world fit for the most discriminating
medieval partisan.” —Publishers Weekly
Contains the hardcover editions of
Crown Duel and Court Duel as well as
a never-before-published story by
Sherwood Smith.
Rec: PW
4 5/16 x 7 480 pp. 2002
978-0-14-230151-7 $7.99
WREN TO THE RESCUE
All her life Wren has hoped for an adventure.
With the help of a prince and an
apprentice wizard, Wren strives to rescue
her best friend, a princess named Tess,
from the fortress of a wicked king. “Full
of magic, royalty, strange beasts, and
engaging characters…An absorbing and
intriguing story.”—School Library Journal
Rec: PW, SLJ
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 224 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240160-6 $6.99
WREN’S QUEST
Wren just wanted to find her long-lost
family, to get to know the people she
could not have dreamed of as a child
growing up in an orphanage. But her
quest turns into a far more dangerous
adventure than she ever imagined, what
with robbers, guardsmen, and an angry
sorcerer after her. “The story’s exciting,
the good guys are really likable, and the
elements of magic are believable…”
—BooklistH
Rec: BLH, K, SLJ
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 208 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240161-3 $6.99
WREN’S WAR
When wicked King Andreus declares war
on the royal families of Meldrith, Wren
and her friends, Princess Teressa, Prince
Connor, and chief magic maker Tyron,
determine to defeat him. “[T]his novel
combines fantasy and adventure in a story
laden with intrigue, power, war, and
magic. Although Wren’s name appears in
the title, the story focuses just as much
on Teressa, who struggles to understand
herself and control her destiny.”
—Booklist
Rec: BL, SLJ
4 1/4 x 7 1/8 224 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240162-0 $6.99
SNIEGOSKI, TOM
SLEEPER AGENDA
Teenager Tom Lovett suffers from a
rare form of narcolepsy that can knock
him out for days at a time. At least, this
is what his parents and doctors have
always told him. But Tom learns that is
actually a sleeper assassin. His narcoleptic
“fits” are cover for his horrific missions.
In fact, his entire life has been a lie. The
truth is, Tom shares a body with Tyler
Garrett, a separate personality who has
committed coldblooded murder without
a second thought. Now, Tom is on a
mission to take down the evil agency
that created him.
Rec: AR , V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 320 pp. 2006
978-1-59514-053-1 $6.99
SLEEPER CODE
“In this action thriller, a teenager loses
days of his life to a debilitating form of
narcolepsy. Tom believes he is asleep
during his blackouts until it is revealed
to him in a dream that he is actually
being groomed as an assassin by a secret
branch of the government…Readers
looking for fast-paced action and
espionage will enjoy this first book in the
two-part Sleeper Conspiracy.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: AR , SLJ, V
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 304 pp. 2006
978-1-59514-052-4 $6.99
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