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*New* new addition<br />
H starred Review<br />
s a Horn book Guide outstanding or superior Title<br />
Reviews<br />
BCCB The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books,<br />
University of Illinois<br />
BL american library association’s Booklist<br />
CR Críticas<br />
CL Children’s Literature<br />
H The Horn Book Magazine<br />
HG The Horn Book Guide<br />
K Kirkus Reviews<br />
KL KLIATT<br />
PW Publishers Weekly<br />
SLJ School <strong>Library</strong> Journal<br />
V Voice of Youth Advocates<br />
WC H.W. Wilson Children’s Catalog<br />
WM H.W. Wilson Middle & <strong>Junior</strong> High School<br />
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WS H.W. Wilson Senior High School <strong>Library</strong> Catalog<br />
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K Group Kindergarten, Grades PreK–K<br />
P Group Primary level, Grades K–1<br />
E Group easy Reading, Grades 1–3<br />
I Group Independent Readers, Grades 2–4<br />
A Group Intermediate Readers, Grades 3–5<br />
BE Group biography elementary, Grades 2–6<br />
ME Group Mystery/adventure elementary, Grades 2–6<br />
NE Group nonfiction elementary, Grades 2–6<br />
SE Group sports elementary, Grades 2–6<br />
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high school and young adult.<br />
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C Group advanced Readers, Grades 6–9<br />
FM Group fantasy/science fiction Middle & High school,<br />
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MM Group Mystery/adventure Middle & High school,<br />
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NM Group nonfiction Middle & High school, Grades 7–11<br />
SM Group sports Middle & High school, Grades 7–11<br />
Y Group Young adults, Grades 9 & up<br />
HH Group History High school, Grades 10 & up<br />
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The 100-Year-Old Secret:<br />
The Sherlock Files, Book 1<br />
by Tracy Barrett<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
Xena and Xander Holmes have lived in London<br />
barely long enough to recover from their jetlag when<br />
they receive a strange note inviting them to join the<br />
Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives.<br />
At their first meeting with the group, the siblings<br />
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Isbn: 9780805083408 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 650l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Abe Lincoln Crosses a Creek: A Tall, Thin Tale<br />
(Introducing His Forgotten Frontier Friend) u<br />
by Deborah Hopkinson • illustrated by John Hendrix<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, WC<br />
In 1816, in a green Kentucky valley lived seven-yearold<br />
Abraham Lincoln and his dear friend ten-year-old<br />
Austin Gollaher. One day they went out together in<br />
search of partridges. They came to the banks of the<br />
swollen Knob Creek. Though Austin thought better<br />
of crossing the rushing waters, Abe—“not a great<br />
leader yet”—pointed to the partridges on the other<br />
side and said, “Let’s go.” Austin got across without<br />
incident, but Abraham fell in. Lucky for the future<br />
of the country, Austin was there to pull him out.<br />
Author’s note. Full-color watercolor and pen-and-ink<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780375937682 • Dewey: e • 11 1/2" x 9 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • schwartz & Wade: $19.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
*NEW* Abigail Spells<br />
written and illustrated by Anna Alter<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ<br />
More than anything, Abigail loves to spell—and she’s<br />
very good at it. She’s excited to show off her skills<br />
at the school’s spelling bee. But things don’t go as<br />
planned, and she’s eliminated in the first round. After<br />
the contest, George reminds Abigail that friendship<br />
is more important than spelling. Full-color acrylic<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780375956171 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 480l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
About Rodents: A Guide for Children<br />
by Cathryn Sill • illustrated by John Sill<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC<br />
“Rodents are mammals with special front teeth that<br />
never stop growing.” Some rodents are so small they<br />
can scamper up blades of grass. Others, such as South<br />
America’s capybaras, can weigh up to 145 pounds.<br />
Some rodents live under the ground, while others live<br />
in trees or near water. About Rodents portrays the rich<br />
variety of rodent life with simple text and detailed<br />
paintings. Afterword about the animals depicted.<br />
Glossary. Bibliography. Full-color watercolors.<br />
Isbn: 9781561454549 • Dewey: 599.35 • 10" x 8 1/2" • 48 pp<br />
lexile: 530l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Peachtree: $15.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Abuelos<br />
by Pat Mora • illustrated by Amelia Lau Carling<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Amelia’s brother, Ray, has been chasing her around<br />
their new home and trying to scare her. “Uuuuu, los<br />
viejos de las montañas pronto vendrán a visitar,” he<br />
says. (“Oooooo, the old mountain men are coming<br />
to visit.”) Amelia soon learns she has nothing to be<br />
frightened of; the impending “visit” is just part of a<br />
winter tradition in New Mexico in which the older<br />
men of the village climb into the mountains, disguise<br />
themselves, and then return to play at scaring the<br />
children. Spanish text. Author’s note. Full-color<br />
illustrations in pastel and colored pencil.<br />
Isbn: 9780888997166 • Dewey: e • 8 3/4" x 10 3/4" • 36 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $18.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
The Adventures of Sir Givret the Short:<br />
The Knights’ Tales u<br />
by Gerald Morris • illustrated by Aaron Renier<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC<br />
Givret, a member of King Arthur’s court, is so<br />
short that people often don’t take him seriously. His<br />
braininess more than makes up for his small stature,<br />
however. Using riddles, disguises, and other schemes,<br />
Givret stops knights from engaging in pointless<br />
duels, tricks an enemy army, and patches up a friend’s<br />
marriage. Givret’s clever ploys finally earn him a<br />
knighthood and respect: “. . . his advice was sought<br />
out by all and treasured when received.” Black-andwhite<br />
brush and ink illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618777150 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 3/8" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 2.0 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 730l<br />
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The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great:<br />
The Knights’ Tales u<br />
by Gerald Morris • illustrated by Aaron Renier<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJ, WC<br />
“In no time at all . . . Sir Lancelot became the most<br />
famous of all King Arthur’s knights. . . . No other<br />
knight rescued so many damsels in distress or slew so<br />
many dragons, or for that matter, kept his armor so<br />
tidy.” Though Sir Lancelot’s methods are sometimes<br />
unorthodox—he insists on a daily nap and has been<br />
known to use both bad singing and acorns to defend<br />
himself—he is still “the greatest knight in England.”<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618777143 • Dewey: 398.20942/02 • 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $15.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Albino Animals u<br />
by Kelly Milner Halls<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, SLJ<br />
Albinism is a rare genetic trait that prevents<br />
organisms from producing melanin. Yet there are<br />
albinos in almost every species on Earth. This<br />
book documents real-life examples of albinos<br />
among reptiles, amphibians, mammals, fish, birds,<br />
insects, and even plants. The profiles explain the<br />
different dangers each all-white creature faces<br />
in its habitat. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Fullcolor<br />
photographs. Winner of 2005 Benjamin<br />
Franklin Award.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960129 • Dewey: 572.59 • 9 1/8" x 11" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 7.1 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 7.8 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1070l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2004<br />
And Nobody Got Hurt 2!: More of the World’s Weirdest,<br />
Wackiest, Most Amazing True Sports Stories<br />
by Len Berman<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
A first baseman who locked himself in the bathroom<br />
during a game; a basketball player who scored a<br />
winning basket while on his back; a soccer fan who<br />
threw live chickens onto the field. These and dozens<br />
of other outrageous stories demonstrate that no<br />
matter what sport athletes are playing, strange rules,<br />
hot tempers, and plain old human error can wreak<br />
hilarious havoc. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780316067065 • Dewey: 796 • 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2008<br />
The Anne Frank Case:<br />
Simon Wiesenthal’s Search for the Truth<br />
by Susan Goldman Rubin • illustrated by Bill Farnsworth<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BLH, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Having miraculously survived the Holocaust,<br />
Simon Wiesenthal dedicated his life to exposing<br />
the crimes of the Nazis. In October 1958, a<br />
friend told him that neo-Nazi demonstrators in<br />
Linz, Austria, had interrupted a performance of<br />
The Diary of Anne Frank, claiming that Anne<br />
Frank was an invention. Deeply concerned that<br />
many local teenagers considered Anne’s diary a<br />
fake, Wiesenthal set out to prove her existence by<br />
finding the Gestapo officer who arrested her family.<br />
Bibliography. Glossary. Full-color and black-andwhite<br />
photographs. Full-color paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780823421091 • Dewey: 940.53/18092 b • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 6.1 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 910l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Annie and Simon<br />
written and illustrated by Catharine O’Neill<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ<br />
Simon may be much older than his sister, Annie,<br />
but that doesn’t stop these siblings—and their dog,<br />
Hazel—from having lots of fun together. In four<br />
illustrated stories, Annie and Simon go on a canoe<br />
ride and look for loons, wait for rain (on a sunny<br />
day), and watch a meteor shower. Plus, Simon knows<br />
just how to treat bee stings and even lets Annie style<br />
his hair! Full-color watercolors.<br />
Isbn: 9780763626884 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 2.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: 260l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Annie and Snowball and the Dress-Up Birthday:<br />
The First Book of Their Adventures<br />
by Cynthia Rylant • illustrated by Suçie Stevenson<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, SLJ<br />
It’s Annie’s birthday, and Annie is very excited about<br />
her dress-up party. She gets to wear her favorite<br />
things: a satin dress, sparkly pink tights, and little<br />
white gloves with pearls. Her rabbit, Snowball, is<br />
ready for the party, too, with a glittery nose and a<br />
little blue bow on her tail. Even Dad is wearing a<br />
tuxedo. When Annie’s guests Henry and Mudge<br />
arrive, they’re dressed up, as well—although it’s not<br />
exactly what Annie had in mind. Pen-and-ink and<br />
watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781416909385 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 520l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $14.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2007<br />
Annie’s Adventures: The Sisters 8, Book 1<br />
by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and Greg Logsted with Jackie Logsted<br />
illustrated by Lisa K. Weber<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, K<br />
After the Huit octuplets’ parents disappear, the eight<br />
girls find an anonymous note that reads, “[Y]ou<br />
must each discover both your power and your gift<br />
in order to reveal what happened to your parents.”<br />
Attempting to keep up appearances, the sisters<br />
assume their parents’ responsibilities. This task<br />
becomes much easier when Annie, the eldest sister,<br />
realizes her power: she’s capable of managing the<br />
household like an adult. Many challenges remain,<br />
though, from learning how to drive to confronting<br />
a horrid neighbor who tries to steal Mrs. Huit’s<br />
scientific research. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780547133492 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 7 5/8" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 720l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $15.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
*NEW* Any Which Wall<br />
by Laurel Snyder • drawings by LeUyen Pham<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJ<br />
“Everyone agreed: the wall was ‘wow.’ It looked like<br />
something from another place and time, ancient<br />
and mysterious, leaning over them. They just stood.<br />
Gaping. Up.” A boring, hot day in Quiet Falls, Iowa,<br />
has suddenly become interesting for siblings Henry<br />
and Emma and their neighbors Susan and Roy.<br />
Though they’re not yet sure they believe in magic, the<br />
four instinctively know that this structure, standing<br />
free in the middle of a cornfield, is begging to be<br />
claimed. Its purpose, hinted at by a keyhole with<br />
no door, is ripe for discovery. Black-and-white line<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780375955600 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Random House: $19.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Art from Her Heart: Folk Artist Clementine Hunter<br />
by Kathy Whitehead • illustrated by Shane W. Evans<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
“Clementine waited until her work in the Big House<br />
was done and the twinkle of stars filled the night sky<br />
above the Cane River. She was ready to paint, like<br />
the artists she cooked and cleaned for on Melrose<br />
Plantation. . . . Instead of canvas, she used window<br />
shades, glass bottles, black iron skillets, and old<br />
boards—whatever she could find. In the middle of<br />
her hundred years, Clementine Hunter had decided<br />
to paint.” Hunter’s work, inspired by memories of<br />
picking cotton and pecans, wash days, weddings, and<br />
baptisms, now hangs in museums across the country.<br />
Bibliography. Author’s note. Full-color mixed-media<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399242199 • Dewey: 759.13 b • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 870l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
The Art of Freedom: How Artists See America<br />
by Bob Raczka<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K<br />
“America is a country. America is an idea. America<br />
is farms. America is cities.” America is a large and<br />
varied nation, full of natural wonders and manmade<br />
marvels, open roads and crowded towns. The<br />
author has selected famous American paintings,<br />
photographs, and sculptures and paired them with<br />
descriptions of the diverse aspects of the United<br />
States. He has included Jasper Johns’s Map, Georgia<br />
O’Keefe’s Brooklyn Bridge, Edward Hopper’s Early<br />
Sunday Morning, and Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of<br />
George Washington, among others. Brief biography<br />
of each artist. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780822575085 • Dewey: 704.9/49973 • 10 5/8" x 8 7/8" • 32 pp<br />
lexile: aD60l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Millbrook: $18.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
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Awful Ogre Running Wild<br />
by Jack Prelutsky • illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, WC<br />
How does Awful Ogre spend his summer days?<br />
Going on picnics, taking dips in the neighborhood<br />
pond, and visiting his grandmother, just like everyone<br />
else. Except his picnic basket is full of lizard-stuffed<br />
skunk, his swimming partner is a piranha, and<br />
Grandma is two thousand and seventy-three years<br />
old. “She loves to complain of her aches and her<br />
pains / Yet while she’s complaining, she’ll grin. / She<br />
feeds me a snack of dried weasel remains / And tickles<br />
me under the chin.” Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780066238678 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 9" x 12" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: nP<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $18.89 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Baby Brains and RoboMom<br />
written and illustrated by Simon James<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJ<br />
When Baby Brains sees how tired his parents are,<br />
he invents the ultimate solution: a RoboMom. She<br />
irons, she cooks, she cleans; she even washes the car.<br />
Soon, she’s bathing Baby and putting him to bed,<br />
too, and Mr. and Mrs. Brains don’t know how to stop<br />
her. “She’s doing too much,” Mrs. Brains complains.<br />
“And what’s all that smoke coming out of her head?”<br />
asks Mr. Brains. Then, one morning, RoboMom<br />
serves nuts and bolts for breakfast—and it’s clear that<br />
Baby Brains’ solution has a problem. Watercolor and<br />
ink illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763634636 • Dewey: e • 9 1/16" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Backbeard: Pirate for Hire<br />
written and illustrated by Matthew McElligott<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: HG, K<br />
Backbeard, the smelliest, hairiest, and most<br />
outrageously dressed pirate who ever lived, is<br />
summoned by the Pirate Council. “Crabcakes!”<br />
he says. They give him an ultimatum: dress like a<br />
normal pirate, replace that pig on your shoulder<br />
with a parrot, or find a new job. Refusing to change,<br />
Backbeard disbands his crew and looks for work.<br />
The fishmonger doesn’t like him and the blacksmith<br />
won’t hire him, but a nice old lady in a tearoom is<br />
hiring. . . . Full-color illustrations done using pencil,<br />
fabric, photography, and digital techniques.<br />
Isbn: 9780802796332 • Dewey: e • 8" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 480l<br />
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Balls!<br />
by Michael J. Rosen • illustrated by John Margeson<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, WC<br />
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Why does a golf ball have dimples? How many little<br />
bumps are on a basketball? How did the football end<br />
up with that funny shape? Turns out that behind<br />
every ball is a great story. Discover the history, trivia,<br />
and technology of eight of the most commonly used<br />
balls on the playing field today. Photographs and fullcolor<br />
illustrations. Suggestions for further reading.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960303 • Dewey: 796.3 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 6.9 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 7.0 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1100l<br />
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Balls! Round 2<br />
by Michael J. Rosen • illustrated by John Margeson<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJ<br />
Early baseballs were called “lemon-peel balls”;<br />
bowling was such a popular diversion among<br />
fourteenth-century English soldiers that King Edward<br />
III outlawed it; billiard balls made in the 1800s<br />
sometimes exploded on contact. This book combines<br />
the often humorous and strange history of balls used<br />
in popular sports with facts and figures about how<br />
those balls are made and used today. Includes quizzes<br />
and activities. Photographs and full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960662 • Dewey: 796.3 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 7.1 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 7.2 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 1130l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Baron von Baddie and the Ice Ray Incident<br />
written and illustrated by George McClements<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
After Baron von Baddie traps his nemesis, Captain<br />
Kapow, in ice, the evil genius can do whatever he<br />
wants. He can eat tons of doughnuts! He can build<br />
huge robots! He can carry out fiendish plans, all<br />
without worrying about going to jail! Unfortunately,<br />
some of the Baron’s favorite plans involve escaping<br />
from jail. Full-color mixed-media collage.<br />
Isbn: 9780152061388 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD320l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Basketball Bats: Gym Shorts<br />
by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Adam McCauley<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ, WC<br />
“Henry felt lucky. He had four friends. Exactly<br />
enough to make a basketball team.” When Henry<br />
and his friends from Rockford Road play basketball<br />
on his driveway, they’re unstoppable. Then a group<br />
of intimidating kids who call themselves the Tigers<br />
challenge them to a game on “Tiger Turf.” Without<br />
cool team T-shirts or even a name, how can the kids<br />
from Rockford Road hope to beat the Tigers, who<br />
play at the YMCA and have a player old enough to<br />
shave? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432437 • Dewey: f • 5 7/8" x 7 1/4" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 2.6 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 340l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
*NEW* Bean Soup: A Cooking Poem /<br />
Sopa de frijoles: Un poema para cocinar<br />
by Jorge Argueta • pictures by Rafael Yockteng<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC<br />
Is it a story, a poem, or a recipe? In the case of Bean<br />
Soup: A Cooking Poem / Sopa de frijoles: Un poema<br />
para cocinar the answer is “yes” to all three. The<br />
bilingual picture book offers free-verse instructions<br />
for the ingredients and the methods to make “the<br />
lovely bean soup.” A note in the front of the book<br />
explains that parts of the recipe requiring adult<br />
participation or supervision are marked with an<br />
asterisk (*). Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780888998811 • Dewey: 861.64 • 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" • 32 pp<br />
sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Groundwood: $18.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Bed, Bats, & Beyond<br />
by Joan Holub • illustrated by Mernie Gallagher-Cole<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: CJ, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
The sun is rising and it’s time for bed, but a bat<br />
named Fink can’t sleep. “I know something that’ll<br />
put you right to sleep,” says his brother Fang, “a scary<br />
story.” For some reason Fang’s tale about a swamp<br />
owl who gobbles up bats doesn’t make Fink at all<br />
sleepy. And their brother Batrick’s story about bat<br />
pirates who find a yummy treasure is so exciting,<br />
Fink is sure he’ll never get any rest. What about their<br />
sister Batsy’s love story—will that help him drift off?<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960778 • Dewey: e • 6 1/2" x 8" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 500l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $14.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Before John Was a Jazz Giant:<br />
A Song of John Coltrane u<br />
by Carole Boston Weatherford • illustrated by Sean Qualls<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ<br />
“Before John was a jazz giant, he heard hambones<br />
knocking in Grandma’s pots, Daddy strumming<br />
the ukulele, and Mama cranking the phonograph.”<br />
Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a<br />
lot for him to listen to. The everyday sounds of his<br />
North Carolina childhood—from whistling steam<br />
engines and warbling birds to Grandpa’s Sunday<br />
sermons—greatly influenced Coltrane and later<br />
informed his music. Author’s note. Selected listening<br />
list. Further reading suggestions. Full-color acrylic,<br />
collage, and pencil illustrations. A 2009 Coretta Scott<br />
King Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780805079944 • Dewey: 788.7/165092 b • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 10.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD1090l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
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*NEW* Big Wolf & Little Wolf<br />
by Nadine Brun-Cosme • illustrated by Olivier Tallec<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Big Wolf lives a life built on careful routine—until<br />
another wolf arrives. Just as Big Wolf is getting used<br />
to no longer being alone, Little Wolf departs, leaving<br />
Big Wolf lonely and worried until his new friend’s<br />
return. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781592700844 • Dewey: e • 9 1/2" x 11 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD630l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • enchanted lion: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Bird, Butterfly, Eel<br />
written and illustrated by James Prosek<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
In summer, a barn swallow, a monarch butterfly, and<br />
an American eel live on the same New England farm.<br />
In autumn, all three animals migrate thousands of<br />
miles to places that are warm and beautiful: Bird flies<br />
to the meadows of Argentina, Butterfly glides to the<br />
mountains of Central Mexico, and Eel swims to the<br />
Sargasso Sea. The following spring, Bird flies home to<br />
her nest in the barn, Butterfly returns to her meadow<br />
where soon “her young [will take] her place,” and<br />
“Eel’s young, small as toothpicks and clear as glass,<br />
swim up the creek to the pond.” Map. Afterword.<br />
Full-color watercolor paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780689868290 • Dewey: e • 10 1/2" x 9 1/4" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 8.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD1040l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Birds<br />
by Kevin Henkes • illustrated by Laura Dronzek<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, PW, SLJH, WC<br />
Birds can be yellow or blue or brown or “so black<br />
that you can’t see their eyes or their feathers, just<br />
their shapes.” A young girl shares what she knows<br />
about birds and what she has observed and imagined<br />
about them. She wonders how the sky would look<br />
if birds left a trail of color as they flew and what<br />
birds do if they can’t reach their nests in a storm.<br />
She even pretends that she is a bird. Full-color<br />
acrylic paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780061363054 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
sRC level: 1.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD410l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
The Black Book of Colors u<br />
by Menena Cottin • illustrated by Rosana Faría<br />
translated by Elisa Amado<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
How do people who are blind experience color?<br />
According to Thomas, yellow “tastes like mustard,”<br />
green “smells like grass that’s just been cut,” and<br />
black, “the king of all colors,” is silky like his<br />
mother’s hair. Braille and textured illustrations allow<br />
both sighted and non-sighted readers to appreciate<br />
Thomas’s associations. Includes full Braille alphabet.<br />
Raised black line drawings on black paper.<br />
Isbn: 9780888998736 • Dewey: 535.6 • 11" x 6 3/4" • 24 pp<br />
aR level: 2.6 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Book Fiesta!: A Children’s Day/Book Day Celebration /<br />
Book Fiesta!: Una celebración de El día de los niños/<br />
El día de los libros<br />
by Pat Mora • illustrated by Rafael López<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ, WC<br />
During the American <strong>Library</strong> Association’s Children’s<br />
Day/Book Day, kids celebrate by reading with<br />
their friends and family. “We read libros together<br />
in cars and planes and trains. / Leemos libros juntos<br />
en autos, aviones, y trenes.” Inspired by books, kids’<br />
imaginations take them on fantastic adventures:<br />
they travel through the jungle on the back of an<br />
elephant, deep underwater in a submarine, and<br />
in a hot-air balloon with a giraffe. Author’s note.<br />
Ideas for celebrating Children’s Day/Book Day.<br />
Bilingual text. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780061288777 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
A Boy Named Beckoning: The True Story of<br />
Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Hero u<br />
adapted and illustrated by Gina Capaldi<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: CL, BLH, HG, SLJH<br />
In 1871, a five-year-old Yavapai boy named Wassaja<br />
was kidnapped by Pima warriors who planned<br />
to sell him into slavery. An Italian photographer,<br />
Carlo Gentile, paid thirty silver dollars to Wassaja’s<br />
captors and raised the boy, whom he named Carlos<br />
Montezuma, as his son. This is the story of how<br />
Carlos grew up to become a distinguished physician<br />
and Native American activist. The text is based on<br />
a letter Dr. Montezuma wrote at the request of the<br />
Smithsonian Institution. Note on Montezuma’s<br />
activist work. Bibliography. Illustrated with fullcolor<br />
drawings and Carlo Gentile’s sepia-toned<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780822576440 • Dewey: 970.004/97 • 9 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 6.0 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: nC880l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Carolrhoda: $16.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman<br />
by Marc Tyler Nobleman • illustrated by Ross MacDonald<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
As teenagers, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster enjoyed<br />
reading about heroes like Flash Gordon and Tarzan.<br />
They also made up their own stories. Late one<br />
summer night, Jerry had an idea for a hero who<br />
would be all the strongmen he’d ever heard of, “only<br />
more so.” Before dawn, Jerry ran to Joe’s apartment,<br />
where Joe created sketches. Soon they prepared a<br />
series of comic strips. It took three more years to find<br />
a publisher, but when Superman finally debuted in<br />
1938, the new superhero was an instant hit. Extensive<br />
author’s note. Sources. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780375938023 • Dewey: 741.5092’2 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 760l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
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A Brand-New Day with Mouse and Mole<br />
written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
8 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
One “brand-new day” Mole gets dressed only to<br />
discover a hole in his pants . . . and his shirt . . . and<br />
his extra shirts and pants. “Ratty-rat-rat!” Moths have<br />
ruined all his clothes. The holes remind Mole’s friend<br />
Mouse of Swiss cheese and make her giggle, but she<br />
agrees to help Mole shop for new clothes. In the<br />
store, Mouse picks out lovely purple tops and plaid<br />
pants, but Mole seems reluctant to try something<br />
new. Full-color pictures in litho pencil and gouache.<br />
Isbn: 9780618966769 • Dewey: e • 6" x 8" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 2.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 350l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $15.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
*NEW* Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs:<br />
How They Guard Sheep / Perros guardianes,<br />
perros valientes: Cómo pastorean las ovejas<br />
by Cat Urbigkit • translated by Aída E. Marcuse<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3)<br />
Guardian dogs have been used in Europe and the<br />
Middle East for centuries; now they are doing their<br />
jobs in the Rocky Mountains area of the U.S. These<br />
large, mixed-breed dogs are raised among the sheep<br />
from birth, allowing them to bond with the herds<br />
they protect. Ranchers count on the canines to keep<br />
the sheep, especially the young lambs, safe from such<br />
predators as coyotes, bears, and wolves. Author’s note.<br />
Bilingual text. Full-color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781590787465 • Dewey: 636.737 • 10" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
sRC level: 7.9 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nC1060l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • boyds Mills: $16.95 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
*NEW* Brenda Berman, Wedding Expert<br />
by Jane Breskin Zalben • illustrated by Victoria Chess<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: K, SLJ<br />
Since she was five, Brenda has dreamed of being a<br />
flower girl in a gold lamé dress. When Uncle Max<br />
announces his engagement, she should be happy that<br />
her big chance has come. But soon-to-be Aunt Florrie<br />
has her own plans, and they include having her niece,<br />
Lucy, as a flower girl, too. Can Brenda and Lucy save<br />
the wedding of their dreams? Recipes. Full-color<br />
watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618313211 • Dewey: f • 7 1/4" x 8" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 720l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
The Brook Book: Exploring the Smallest Streams<br />
written and illustrated by Jim Arnosky<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, CL, HGs, KH, SLJ<br />
Most brooks are “narrow enough to hop across and<br />
shallow enough to wade in without getting your<br />
shins wet,” but these smallest of streams are filled<br />
with interesting things to see. So put on your boots,<br />
bring a net and a collecting jar, and go exploring.<br />
Maybe you’ll find tiny aquatic insects—don’t worry,<br />
they won’t bite—or salamanders under the leaves<br />
along the bank. This informative guide includes tips<br />
for catching crayfish and watching birds, and animal<br />
tracks are depicted in actual size. Author’s note.<br />
Further reading. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780525477167 • Dewey: 577.6 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.5 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Bubble Homes and Fish Farts<br />
by Fiona Bayrock • illustrated by Carolyn Conahan<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“Bubbles are soft and squishy and full of air. They<br />
shimmer. They float. And they are very handy.”<br />
Bubbles serve many different functions for a wide<br />
variety of animals. Some use them for protection,<br />
some to find food, and others to keep warm. Violet<br />
sea snails sail along the ocean surface on rafts made<br />
of bubbles. Herring use bubbles to communicate,<br />
and water spiders even live in bubbles. End notes<br />
about each animal. Combined glossary and index.<br />
Full-color watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781570916694 • Dewey: 590 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD920l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Charlesbridge: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Buffalo Music u<br />
by Tracey E. Fern • illustrated by Lauren Castillo<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJH, WC<br />
Molly and her husband live in the West during the<br />
1800s, surrounded by the sounds of roaming buffalo:<br />
the huff of their breath, the slosh of their wallowing,<br />
and the thunder of their hooves. But within just a few<br />
years, hunters kill nearly all the buffalo. Determined<br />
to save the animals she loves, headstrong Molly raises<br />
two surviving orphan calves. Then nearby cowhands<br />
bring her more. . . . Inspired by the story of Mary<br />
Ann Goodnight, a pioneer who formed one of the<br />
first captive buffalo herds. Author’s note. Full-color<br />
mixed-media illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618723416 • Dewey: e • 10" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: nC860l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
*NEW* Calvin Coconut: Trouble Magnet<br />
by Graham Salisbury • illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
“Go back to your seat, Calvin. See if you can write<br />
one simple paragraph without burning down the<br />
school,” says Calvin’s exasperated fourth-grade<br />
teacher after a series of mishaps, which include<br />
Calvin accidentally releasing a giant centipede<br />
in the classroom and causing a near riot. And it’s<br />
only “meet your teacher” day! Despite his mother’s<br />
frequent entreaties to “pay attention” and “be more<br />
responsible,” Calvin seems incapable of staying out of<br />
trouble. Still, when a teenage girl named Stella comes<br />
to stay with his family, Calvin hopes that her presence<br />
will help him smooth things over with a bully named<br />
Tito. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780385906395 • Dewey: f • 5 3/8" x 7 3/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 2.4 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 410l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Wendy lamb: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009
*NEW* Camping Day<br />
by Patricia Lakin • illustrated by Scott Nash<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: SLJ<br />
Sam, Pam, Will, and Jill decide to camp out. Quickly,<br />
they gather what they need—maps, flashlights, a<br />
tent— and they’re off! Little by little, they experience<br />
the ups and downs of camping, including the<br />
awkwardness of putting a tent together. Then comes<br />
night with its shadows and sounds. SCARY! Fullcolor<br />
illustrations using black Prismacolor pencil and<br />
Adobe Photoshop.<br />
Isbn: 9780803733091 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 1.4 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Camping Day—JLG Activity Guide<br />
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• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will also find the Answer Key at the back of each<br />
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JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350621<br />
Captured Off Guard: The Attack on Pearl Harbor<br />
by Donald Lemke • illustrated by Claude St. Aubin<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Oahu, 1941: Though Hank’s father thinks<br />
photography is a waste of time, Hank loves to use<br />
his camera. He plans to take lots of pictures while<br />
he and his friend James go camping. The boys are<br />
enjoying their campout until they hear explosions.<br />
“It’s the Japanese!” James shouts, seeing a squadron<br />
of planes attacking Pearl Harbor. James wants only<br />
to reach safety, but Hank resolves to show his father<br />
that photography is more than a silly hobby. Text<br />
interspersed with full-color graphic-novel-style<br />
illustrations. Glossary. Facts about the attack on Pearl<br />
Harbor. Discussion questions. Writing prompts.<br />
Isbn: 9781434204431 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 5 3/4" x 8 1/4" • 56 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 1 • lexile: Gn620l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
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*NEW* A Carousel Tale<br />
written and illustrated by Elisa Kleven<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, SLJ, PW, WC<br />
Ernst’s favorite carousel animal is the sunny golden<br />
dog with the tail that really wags. Actually, the tail is<br />
not wagging, but loose—so loose that Ernst finds it<br />
on the ground right after the carousel closes for the<br />
winter. He promises the carousel keeper that he will<br />
take good care of the tail until spring, but it looks<br />
lonely on his toy shelf. “Ernst decided to cheer it up.<br />
He gave the tail bright eyes, a smile, feathery wings,<br />
and a big curly tail of its own.” Now Ernst has a new<br />
favorite toy. What will he do when springtime comes?<br />
Full-color mixed-media illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781582462394 • Dewey: e • 9" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.6 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Tricycle: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
It’s a joy to read about Ernst,<br />
and the vibrant colors and detailed<br />
illustrations in A Carousel Tale make<br />
it a joy to look at, too.<br />
—Georgia, JLG Assistant Editor<br />
*NEW* The Cats of Roxville Station<br />
by Jean Craighead George • illustrated by Tom Pohrt<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ<br />
When Rachet arrives in Roxville, she is barely more<br />
than a kitten. Wary of humans but instinctively<br />
understanding the ways of cats, she soon establishes<br />
herself in the community of feral cats that inhabit<br />
the area around a crumbling train station. As<br />
Rachet battles for a place in the cat hierarchy and<br />
tries to avoid becoming dinner for larger predators,<br />
she continually crosses paths with Mike, a local boy<br />
who longs for a pet of his own and who is especially<br />
enamored of Rachet. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780525421405 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
The Cheese<br />
by Margie Palatini • illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
When a rat sees a poor, lonely piece of cheese sitting<br />
all by itself in the meadow, he can’t resist the urge to<br />
grab his napkin and head down for a closer look. On<br />
the way, he is stopped by a cat that knows exactly<br />
what the rat is up to. Soon the rat, the cat, the dog,<br />
the child, the wife, and the farmer in the dell are all<br />
wondering why the cheese must stand alone. They’re<br />
starting to get awfully hungry. . . . Full-color art<br />
illustrates this humorous story.<br />
Isbn: 9780060526313 • Dewey: e • 8 3/4" x 10 7/8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 490l<br />
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Cheetah Math:<br />
Learning about Division from Baby Cheetahs<br />
by Anne Whitehead Nagda in collaboration with<br />
The San Diego Zoo<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ<br />
Majani and Kubali are two cheetahs whose mother<br />
became too ill to care for them. They were raised<br />
at the San Diego Zoo and paired with dogs who<br />
taught them to stay calm around people. Their story,<br />
illustrated with photos and graphs, also explains<br />
the fundamentals of division, showing how math is<br />
used in a real-world context. For example: if a baby<br />
cheetah drinks fifteen ounces of milk a day, divided<br />
into five feedings, how much does the cub get at each<br />
feeding? Full-color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780805076455 • Dewey: 513.2’14 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 990l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2007<br />
*NEW* Chicken and Cat Clean Up<br />
written and illustrated by Sara Varon<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
In this nearly wordless book, Cat spends the morning<br />
working for his friend and roommate, Chicken, who<br />
runs a housekeeping service. But Cat doesn’t have<br />
much talent for cleaning houses. When he does the<br />
dishes, he breaks a glass; when he does the laundry,<br />
he adds too much soap, and the washing machine<br />
overflows. The owner of the apartment Chicken<br />
and Cat are cleaning then catches Cat eating a<br />
plant and kicks him out. Sitting on the stoop, Cat<br />
looks despondent—until a thieving mouse runs by,<br />
giving Cat a chance to redeem himself. Full-color<br />
illustrations in ink and Adobe Photoshop.<br />
Isbn: 9780439634083 • Dewey: e • 10" x 8" • 48 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
The Chicken of the Family u<br />
by Mary Amato • illustrated by Delphine Durand<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
“I am not a chicken. I am not a chicken.” Henrietta’s<br />
older sisters, Kim and Clare, always tease her, so<br />
when they tell her she’s a chicken, she knows it can’t<br />
be true. “I don’t even look like a chicken,” she argues.<br />
They point to her “yellow” legs and “long” toes as<br />
evidence, but Henrietta is still skeptical. Then she<br />
wakes up one morning and finds an egg in her bed<br />
and feathers on the floor. Could her sisters be right?<br />
Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780399241963 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 380l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
*NEW* Chiles<br />
by Inés Vaughn<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3)<br />
“Chiles are both hot and good for you! / Pero los<br />
chiles no sólo son picantes, también son muy buenos<br />
para la salud.” Thousands of years ago, Native<br />
Americans first cultivated chiles—not only for<br />
food but also for trade. Today, people all over the<br />
world grow chiles and can choose from a number<br />
of varieties, including poblanos, tabascos, and<br />
habaneros. Here is a history—and a celebration—<br />
of the chile. Glossary. Index. Web sites. Full-color<br />
photographs. Bilingual text.<br />
Isbn: 9781435827257 • Dewey: 641.6’384 • 8" x 8" • 24 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nC830l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Rosen: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
*NEW* Chocolate<br />
by Inés Vaughn<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3)<br />
Where does chocolate come from? This book<br />
discusses how chocolate is made and traces the<br />
history of cacao and cacao-based drinks in Latin<br />
American culture. From explaining that “the Mayas<br />
and Aztecs prized cacao and used the drink to honor<br />
their gods and kings / los mayas y los aztecas apreciaban<br />
mucho el cacao y lo utilizaban para celebrar a sus dioses<br />
y reyes,” to describing the present-day popularity<br />
of hot chocolate and chocolate candies, Chocolate<br />
examines a favorite food. Glossary. Index. Web sites.<br />
Full-color photographs. Bilingual text.<br />
Isbn: 9781435827264 • Dewey: 641.6’374 • 8" x 8" • 24 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nC860l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Rosen: $15.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
Clancy the Courageous Cow<br />
written and illustrated by Lachie Hume<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K<br />
Clancy’s not like the other cows. The rest of the<br />
Belted Galloways have white “belts” around their<br />
middles, but Clancy is entirely black. He’s picked<br />
on and teased, but one night Clancy discovers an<br />
advantage to being different: he can sneak unseen<br />
into the Herefords’ pasture next door and eat their<br />
rich grass. Soon, Clancy grows bigger and stronger—<br />
so strong that he becomes the Belted Galloways’ best<br />
hope to finally beat the Herefords in the annual Cow<br />
Wrestling Contest. Watercolors and graphite pencil.<br />
Isbn: 9780061172496 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD650l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2007<br />
Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now u<br />
written and illustrated by Lauren Child<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
Clarice Bean is full of worst worries, such as “strange<br />
things happening to the environment,” “going back<br />
to school after the holidays,” and “largish spiders.”<br />
Then something awful happens that she hasn’t even<br />
thought to worry about: her best friend moves away.<br />
Can her top-secret Ruby Redfort spy training help<br />
her avert disaster? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Jacket added to publisher’s edition. A 2008 IRA<br />
Children’s Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9780763635367 • Dewey: f • 5 3/8" x 7 5/16" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 1120l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007
Clementine’s Letter u<br />
by Sara Pennypacker • pictures by Marla Frazee<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJH<br />
The principal secretly nominated Clementine’s<br />
teacher, Mr. D’Matz, for the Adventures for Teachers<br />
competition and—surprise!—he’s a finalist and has<br />
a chance to study in Egypt for the rest of the year!<br />
Other kids seem happy about this “tremendous<br />
opportunity” and are eager to write a letter to the<br />
judges about why Mr. D’Matz should win, but<br />
Clementine can’t celebrate. She was just getting the<br />
hang of third grade, and besides, he promised he’d<br />
be her teacher for the whole year. How can she make<br />
sure he won’t leave? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Winner of the 2009 Christopher Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780786838844 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2” x 7 3/4” • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $14.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Colors! / ¡Colores! u<br />
by Jorge Luján • illustrated by Piet Grobler<br />
translated by John Oliver Simon<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CRH, BL, HG, SLJ<br />
In these poems about colors, “Yellow / rolls / through<br />
/ the / sky / like / a / warm / gold / coin,” and “The color<br />
pink, / bright as a little girl’s nose, / makes everything /<br />
smell like a rose. / El color rosa, / lo mismo que las rosas,<br />
/ perfuma / hasta alas más pequeñas cosas.” Watercolor<br />
illustrations show amarillo, rosa, naranja, beige, azul,<br />
and six other colors described in English and Spanish.<br />
Isbn: 9780888998637 • Dewey: 861/.7 • 11" x 8 1/4" • 36 pp<br />
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars:<br />
Space Poems and Paintings u<br />
written and illustrated by Douglas Florian<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH<br />
“The universe is every place, / including all the<br />
e m p t y space. / It’s every star and galaxy, / All<br />
objects of astronomy, / . . . All persons throughout<br />
history—including you, including me.” These twenty<br />
playful and informative poems about space touch<br />
on everything from constellations that are a “zoo up<br />
in the sky,” to space exploration, to Pluto’s recent<br />
woes: “. . . Pluto was a planet. / Pluto was admired.<br />
/ Pluto was a planet. / Till one day it got fired.” Fullcolor<br />
gouache and collage with die cuts. Glossary.<br />
Bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9780152053727 • Dewey: 811.54 • 10" x 10" • 56 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.0 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: nP<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2007<br />
Cork & Fuzz: Finders Keepers<br />
by Dori Chaconas • illustrated by Lisa McCue<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: K, SLJ, WC<br />
Cork is a small muskrat who loves to find things such<br />
as rocks, feathers, and stones. His best friend, Fuzz,<br />
is a tall possum who loves to keep things. Sometimes<br />
Fuzz even keeps things that belong to others. One<br />
day, Cork finds a beautiful green stone and then loses<br />
it. Fuzz finds the stone and claims, “Finders keepers.”<br />
Cork is upset and begs Fuzz to give him the stone.<br />
Then the two friends meet a chipmunk who takes it.<br />
Will Cork ever get his stone back? Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780670011131 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 350l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $13.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Cork & Fuzz: Good Sports u<br />
by Dori Chaconas • illustrated by Lisa McCue<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: SLJ<br />
Cork, a short muskrat, and Fuzz, a tall possum, are<br />
best friends. “I want to have a race,” Cork says one<br />
day. “Me, too!” says Fuzz. “I want to win,” Cork says.<br />
“Me, too!” says Fuzz. They race and play ball games,<br />
but Fuzz wins every time—even when Cork asks him<br />
not to try too hard. Then Cork suggests a race across<br />
the pond. Fuzz doesn’t know how to swim, so Cork is<br />
guaranteed to win, but maybe there’s something that’s<br />
even more important than that. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780670061457 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 310l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $13.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
*NEW* Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Horse in the House<br />
by Erica Silverman • paintings by Betsy Lewin<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: K<br />
Cowgirl Kate is alarmed when she wakes up to find<br />
her horse Cocoa in the house. As Kate gets dressed<br />
and goes through her morning routine, she keeps<br />
telling Cocoa that he has to get out of the house<br />
before her parents return. Cocoa, however, stays<br />
focused on his goal: to explore the house. Room by<br />
room, Cocoa looks around, disappointed by the small<br />
rooms, swirling water (a toilet), and wax fruit. But<br />
will Kate ever get him back to the barn after he finds<br />
the refrigerator? Watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780152053901 • Dewey: e • 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" • 44 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine u<br />
by Erica Silverman • illustrated by Betsy Lewin<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ<br />
“‘Cocoa,’ said Cowgirl Kate, ‘it’s time for work.’<br />
Cocoa stuck his head out the barn window. ‘But<br />
it’s raining,’ he said.” Cowgirl Kate’s horse, Cocoa,<br />
doesn’t like to work and definitely doesn’t like to<br />
work in the rain. Will the promise of apples and<br />
timothy grass eventually lure him out? Or will<br />
Cowgirl Kate have to ride Cocoa’s rival, Jumper? In<br />
these four short, episodic chapters, Kate and Cocoa<br />
weather the ups and downs of friendship, as well as<br />
some rotten weather. Full-color watercolor art.<br />
Isbn: 9780152053840 • Dewey: e • 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" • 44 pp<br />
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 380l<br />
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A Crooked Kind of Perfect u<br />
by Linda Urban<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ<br />
“A piano is glamorous. Sophisticated. Worldly. It is<br />
a wonderful thing to play the piano. . . I play the<br />
organ. A wood-grained, vinyl-seated, wheeze-bag<br />
organ. The Perfectone D-60.” Zoe, eleven, wants<br />
to become a musical prodigy, but her distractible<br />
father brings home the wrong instrument. Then her<br />
best friend dumps her for someone cooler. And a<br />
weird boy starts following her home. As Zoe suffers<br />
through lessons in playing “Hits of the Seventies,”<br />
she wonders whether anything in her life will ever be<br />
right. Until then, there’s always the cha-cha setting.<br />
Isbn: 9780152060077 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
*NEW* Damian Drooth, Supersleuth:<br />
The Mystery of the Missing Mutts<br />
by Barbara Mitchelhill • illustrated by Tony Ross<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
When Mrs. Popperwell’s poodle disappears, Damian<br />
Drooth is sure dognappers are responsible. But for<br />
some reason, when Damian and his friends protect<br />
all the local dogs by hiding them in Damian’s family’s<br />
garden shed, his neighbors—and his mother—don’t<br />
appreciate it. “Damian, listen to me!” his mom<br />
shouts, upon finding one. “Why is this animal in my<br />
yard? And why do I keep getting phone calls from<br />
people accusing me of taking their dogs?” Glossary.<br />
Discussion questions. Writing prompts. Tips for<br />
Internet research. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781434212160 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 8" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1<br />
JLG: $13.25 • stone arch: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Dancing to Freedom:<br />
The True Story of Mao’s Last Dancer<br />
by Li Cunxin • illustrated by Anne Spudvilas<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
“I was always hungry. At night we slept head to<br />
toe, crammed on a hard bed. . . . And my brothers<br />
and I were luckier than some in our village. We<br />
survived.” Li Cunxin dreamed of seeing the world<br />
outside the small town in China where he was born.<br />
Then a group of government officials visited and<br />
offered him the chance to study ballet in Beijing. It<br />
was an opportunity he couldn’t turn down, but it<br />
would mean leaving his family behind—ultimately,<br />
half a world behind. Historical note. Full-color ink,<br />
watercolor, and oil paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780802797773 • Dewey: 792.802/8092 b • 9 1/4" x 11 5/16" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $16.95 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
*NEW* The Desperado Who Stole Baseball<br />
by John H. Ritter<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, SLJ, WC<br />
1881: After a chance encounter in the California<br />
desert, twelve-year-old Jack Dillon befriends one<br />
of his idols, Billy the Kid, and they ride together<br />
to Dillontown. Billy, wanted dead or alive, only<br />
wants to hide there. Jack, though, hopes to join<br />
the renowned Dillontown Nine baseball team. The<br />
Nine are unbeaten, but their owner, John Dillon,<br />
has wagered the town’s future for a shot against the<br />
best team in baseball, the Chicago White Stockings.<br />
When the ruthless owner of the Stockings orders<br />
his henchmen to undermine the Nine before the<br />
big game, even Jack and Billy, astonishing baseball<br />
prodigies, may not be able to save Dillontown.<br />
Isbn: 9780399246647 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
lexile: 750l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
“Ritter’s use of vibrant imagery and<br />
musical phrases places this adventure<br />
right square in the annals of the oral<br />
Western tall tales—you’ll want to read<br />
this one aloud, more than once.”<br />
—Children’s Literature<br />
Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie u<br />
written and illustrated by Joel Stewart<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ<br />
Dexter is scooting along one day when he bumps<br />
right into a Big Blue Beastie. “I’m bored,” says the<br />
Beastie. “And you look small and tasty. I should<br />
probably eat you up.” Dexter comes up with better<br />
ways to pass the time—they go scooting together,<br />
start a business delivering flowers, and, as detectives,<br />
solve “The Case of the Solid Gold Snowball” and<br />
“The Rubber Glove Affair.” Then—oh, dear—Dexter<br />
runs out of ideas! Full-color artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9780823420681 • Dewey: e • 8 11/16" x 10 7/16" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.8 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD340l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007<br />
Diary of a Fly u<br />
by Doreen Cronin • illustrated by Harry Bliss<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
“June 7: Tomorrow is the first day of school. I’m<br />
so nervous. What if I’m the only one who eats<br />
regurgitated food? June 8: Everyone eats regurgitated<br />
food!” Meet Fly, an average young insect: she has<br />
327 brothers and sisters, she dreams of becoming a<br />
superhero because of her powerful flight muscles,<br />
and she hangs out with her friends Worm and<br />
Spider—while trying to steer clear of Spider’s hungry<br />
grandfather! Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780060001575 • Dewey: e • 7 1/2" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 490l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: noV 2007
Dino-Hockey u<br />
by Lisa Wheeler • illustrated by Barry Gott<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
“They play to win on icy floors—Meat-Eaters vs.<br />
Veggiesaurs!” Two teams of dinosaurs square off in a<br />
wild game of ice hockey as hundreds of their fellow<br />
dinos cheer them on. T. Rex and Triceratops stare<br />
each other down in a fierce face-off. At first, the<br />
ferocious carnivores of the Meat-Eaters take the lead.<br />
But then the wily Veggiesaurs slip the puck past the<br />
Meat-Eaters’ goalie to tie the game. Which team is<br />
hungrier for victory? Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780822561910 • Dewey: e • 10 5/8" x 8 7/8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD370l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Carolrhoda: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2007<br />
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime u<br />
written and illustrated by Bob Shea<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
“ROAR! I’M A DINOSAUR! ROAR! NOTHING<br />
CAN STOP ME!” A young dinosaur takes on a pile<br />
of leaves . . . a big slide . . . a bowl of spaghetti . . .<br />
and “wins” every time. Even grown-ups stop talking<br />
and run away when Dinosaur comes along! Dinosaur<br />
displays a comically terrifying set of teeth at each new<br />
challenge and accepts each triumph with a bashful<br />
bow. Then Dinosaur faces the toughest challenge of<br />
all: bedtime. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781423113355 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
lexile: aD130l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
*NEW* Dinothesaurus:<br />
Prehistoric Poems and Paintings<br />
written and illustrated by Douglas Florian<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, K, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
Meet the Micropachycephalosaurus, a very small<br />
dinosaur with a very large name; and the Minmi,<br />
who has the honor of having “the smallest dinosaur<br />
name.” There’s Giganotosaurus, who “opened its<br />
jaws and took giga-bites”; the Ankylosaurus, “Tough<br />
as tanks and hard as nails”; and the mammoth<br />
Barosaurus, with its forty-three-foot tail. Playful<br />
poems and illustrations introduce and describe<br />
eighteen prehistoric reptiles. Pronunciation guides.<br />
Glossary. List of dinosaur museums and fossil sites.<br />
Selected bibliography and further reading. Full-color<br />
illustrations done with gouache, collage, colored<br />
pencils, stencils, and rubber stamps.<br />
Isbn: 9781416979784 • Dewey: 811’.54 • 10" x 10" • 56 pp<br />
sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 1<br />
JLG: $13.25 • atheneum: $17.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
“Florian’s free-flowing, witty<br />
collection of poems and collages<br />
about dinosaurs is a giganotosaurus<br />
delight—perhaps his best work ever.”<br />
—Publishers Weekly H<br />
Do unto Otters: A Book about Manners u<br />
written and illustrated by Laurie Keller<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, PW, SLJ<br />
Otters are moving in next door to Mr. Rabbit, and<br />
he doesn’t know what to do. What if they don’t get<br />
along? Well, Owl reminds Rabbit, just follow this<br />
simple rule: “Do unto otters as you would have otters<br />
do unto you.” Great! That means the otters will be<br />
friendly, honest, cooperative, and even share snacks!<br />
Wait a minute—what are those otters eating? Hot<br />
fish sundaes? Maybe they don’t need to share their<br />
snacks after all. Full-color acrylic paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780805079968 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
sRC level: 2.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 460l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2007<br />
Doctor Ted<br />
by Andrea Beaty • illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
“One morning, Ted woke up, got out of bed, and<br />
bumped his knee. That’s not good, thought Ted.<br />
I need a doctor.” After finding no doctors nearby,<br />
Ted has another idea: why not become one? But<br />
when Ted starts examining his classmates, his teacher<br />
and his principal don’t seem to approve. “You can’t<br />
practice medicine in the lunchroom!” Mrs. Johnson<br />
says. Doctor Ted points at her cheeks. “You have<br />
mumps. Crutches could help.” Illustrations are<br />
rendered in brush and ink, then colored digitally.<br />
Isbn: 9781416928201 • Dewey: e • 9" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 390l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $14.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Dodsworth in Paris<br />
written and illustrated by Tim Egan<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ, WC<br />
When Dodsworth and the duck arrive in Paris,<br />
Dodsworth explains his one rule: “You can’t cause<br />
any trouble here.” “I wouldn’t dream of it,” the duck<br />
replies. But on the second day, the duck decides to<br />
find out how far a paper airplane can fly from the top<br />
of the Eiffel Tower. He uses paper from Dodsworth’s<br />
bag that—oops—turns out to be money! Neither a<br />
job delivering bread nor Dodsworth’s plan to paint<br />
and sell a picture solves their money woes. Can the<br />
duck get them out of the trouble he got them into?<br />
Full-color ink and watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618980628 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 340l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $15.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
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*NEW* Dog and Bear: Three to Get Ready<br />
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
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Dog and Bear are good at helping each other solve<br />
problems. First, Bear gets a bucket stuck on his head.<br />
Dog tries and tries to pull it loose, but the bucket<br />
seems to have a mind of its own. Then Dog has some<br />
high-flying fun jumping on the bed. Bear warns Dog<br />
that he might get hurt, but he won’t listen. How can<br />
Bear help? Finally, Bear looks around at the mess<br />
of toys Dog has left out. It’s time to help Dog get<br />
organized. This is a great idea until Dog’s favorite toy<br />
disappears. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596433960 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $12.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Dog and Bear:<br />
Three to Get Ready—JLG Activity Guide<br />
JLG Activity Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will also find the Answer Key at the back of each<br />
JLG Activity Guide.<br />
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350683<br />
Dog and Bear: Two’s Company u<br />
written and illustrated by Laura Vaccaro Seeger<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ<br />
Three full-color illustrated stories depict Dog and<br />
Bear experiencing the ups and downs of friendship.<br />
In “Ice Cream,” Dog is so angry at Bear that he plans<br />
to run away. Yet somehow, Bear makes Dog want to<br />
stick around. In “Happy Birthday Bear!,” Dog can’t<br />
resist a little nibble of the cake he made for Bear . . .<br />
and another nibble, and another. . . . In “Sweet<br />
Dreams,” Dog is feeling very tired. When Bear does<br />
everything he can to help Dog, he starts getting very<br />
tired, too.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432734 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 320l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $14.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! u<br />
written and illustrated by Mo Willems<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJH<br />
It’s bedtime, but the Pigeon isn’t at all tired. He’s<br />
in the mood for a hot dog party or some TV—<br />
educational, of course—or a chat about your day.<br />
Besides, studies show that pigeons hardly need any<br />
sleep at all. “YAWN! Okay, that was not a yawn!<br />
I was just stretching. . . .” Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780786837465 • Dewey: e • 9" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 1.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD270l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $12.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2006<br />
*NEW* Duck! Rabbit!<br />
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal • illustrations by Tom Lichtenheld<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
Two friends spot an animal in the distance. Is it a<br />
duck or a rabbit? Is it flying or is it hopping? Is it<br />
wading through a swamp or hiding in the grass? A<br />
simple optical illusion encourages and redefines the<br />
double-take. Full-color art in ink, watercolor, and “a<br />
wee bit of colored pencil.”<br />
Isbn: 9780811868655 • Dewey: e • 9" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Chronicle: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
I love this book! Though its subject<br />
might be up for debate, what is certain<br />
is that Duck! Rabbit! is great fun.<br />
—Liz, JLG Senior Editor<br />
Duel!: Burr and Hamilton’s Deadly War of Words u<br />
by Dennis Brindell Fradin • illustrated by Larry Day<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, SLJH, WC<br />
“As the sun rises on a July morning in 1804, two men<br />
stand ten paces apart on a New Jersey cliffside. One<br />
is Alexander Hamilton, a signer of the Constitution.<br />
The other is Aaron Burr, the vice president of<br />
the United States. They are risking arrest—and<br />
their lives—to fight an illegal pistol duel.” Both<br />
Hamilton and Burr fought heroically during the<br />
Revolution, and both had worked for General George<br />
Washington. But a conflict between them led to<br />
a duel that only one survived. Note on history of<br />
dueling. Bibliography. Further reading. Full-color<br />
ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780802795847 • Dewey: 973.4/6092 • 9 5/8" x 10 3/4" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 910l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $17.85 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
The Dumpster Diver<br />
by Janet Wong • illustrated by David Roberts<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, SLJ<br />
“Anyone knows you can dive for treasure in the<br />
ocean, but our neighbor Steve the Electrician<br />
dives for buried treasure right smack here in our<br />
backstreet alley.” Steve and his helpers are wizards<br />
at transforming trash. An old blender can become a<br />
lamp. An old lamp can become a table. And an old<br />
table plus two banged-up skateboards plus a handheld<br />
shower plus thirty-two screws and a roll of duct<br />
tape can become just about anything! Watercolor and<br />
ink artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9780763623807 • Dewey: e • 9 3/4" x 11 5/16" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD920l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007
Durinda’s Dangers: The Sisters 8, Book 2<br />
by Lauren Baratz-Logsted and Greg Logsted with Jackie Logsted<br />
illustrated by Lisa K. Weber<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG<br />
The Huit octuplets are facing big problems. Not<br />
only are the sisters’ parents missing, but evil neighbor<br />
Helena Wicket has been snooping through their<br />
mother’s top-secret scientific files. Fortunately, the<br />
second-oldest octuplet, Durinda, has just discovered<br />
her special power—the ability to temporarily freeze<br />
people. If Durinda freezes “the Wicket” (as the Huits<br />
call her), the girls can snoop through her uninviting,<br />
fruitcake-scented house to learn what she has stolen<br />
from their mother’s files. Black-and-white drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780547053394 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 7 5/8" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $15.00 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
*NEW* The Dust Bowl:<br />
An Interactive History Adventure<br />
by Allison Lassieur<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL<br />
In 1929, the United States entered the Great<br />
Depression. Now it is 1931, and the southern Great<br />
Plains is experiencing a tremendous drought. What<br />
will you do? Stay on your Kansas farm? Become<br />
a migrant worker? Or choose to be a government<br />
photographer, documenting life in the Dust Bowl?<br />
This interactive history adventure contains three<br />
separate fact-based storylines, with fifty-three choices<br />
in all and nineteen different endings. An introduction<br />
and conclusion provide context and additional<br />
information. Time line. Further reading and Internet<br />
sites. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Map. Black-andwhite<br />
and color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781429623438 • Dewey: 978/.032 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Capstone: $20.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
*NEW* Dying To Meet You:<br />
43 Old Cemetery Road, Book 1<br />
by Kate Klise • illustrated by M. Sarah Klise<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, H, K, PW, SLJ<br />
Children’s author I. B. Grumply desperately needs<br />
to write his next Ghost Tamer book, but for years<br />
he has been suffering from crippling writer’s block.<br />
Thinking a change in surroundings will do him good,<br />
he rents an old Victorian mansion for the summer.<br />
But how can he possibly concentrate on writing<br />
when he discovers that the supposedly quiet house is<br />
inhabited not only by eleven-year-old Seymour Hope<br />
and his cat (Grumply despises children and is allergic<br />
to cats), but also by the ghost of Olive C. Spense, the<br />
home’s original owner? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780152057275 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know<br />
She Was Extinct u<br />
written and illustrated by Mo Willems<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ<br />
Edwina the dinosaur is the most popular gal in town.<br />
She plays with the kids, helps little old ladies cross<br />
the street, and bakes the best chocolate chip cookies.<br />
Everyone loves her . . . except for Reginald Von<br />
Hoobie-Doobie, who has persuasive evidence that<br />
dinosaurs are extinct. Reginald does all sorts of things<br />
to prove his argument—he gives a report, hands out<br />
flyers, stages a protest—but no one cares. Is anyone<br />
willing to listen? Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780786837489 • Dewey: e • 12" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD500l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2006<br />
Elizabeth Leads the Way:<br />
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote u<br />
by Tanya Lee Stone • illustrated by Rebecca Gibbon<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
Elizabeth Cady Stanton grew up in the nineteenth<br />
century, when women did not have the same rights as<br />
men. From an early age, she thought this inequality<br />
was unfair. Why couldn’t women go to college, own<br />
property, or vote? In 1848, realizing that “if women<br />
could vote, they could help change all kinds of laws,”<br />
she set out to obtain women’s suffrage. Stanton’s<br />
battle cry spread like wildfire across the country:<br />
“Have it, we must. Use it, we will.” Author’s note.<br />
Bibliography. Full-color illustrations done in gouache<br />
and color pencils.<br />
Isbn: 9780805079036 • Dewey: 305.42092 b • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Emma’s Turtle u<br />
by Eve Bunting • illustrated by Marsha Winborn<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
Emma’s turtle loves it when Emma reads him stories<br />
about far away places. “She shows me pictures of<br />
elephants in Africa and kangaroos in Australia. There<br />
are tigers in India and panda bears in China. It is all<br />
quite amazing.” So amazing that Turtle digs out of<br />
his pen and goes to see for himself. After walking for<br />
what feels like forever, he’s sure that frog hopping<br />
by must be an Australian frog and those chimes are<br />
Indian temple bells. How will he find his way home?<br />
Watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781590783504 • Dewey: e • 10" x 8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 430l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • boyds Mills: $15.95 • JlG Month: noV 2007<br />
Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls<br />
by Lynne Jonell • art by Jonathan Bean<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Emmy is an ordinary girl—almost. Because she<br />
has been bitten by Raston the Rat, she can talk to<br />
rodents—and they talk back. With the help of a<br />
second bite from Raston, Emmy and her friend<br />
Joe can also shrink down to rodent size. These<br />
capabilities prove useful, since the children must<br />
try to stop Miss Barmy, Emmy’s horrible former<br />
nanny. Now a rat, Miss Barmy is keeping five little<br />
girls hostage and has a plan to steal Emmy’s family’s<br />
jewels. . . . Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805081510 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 368 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $17.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
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Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case u<br />
by Donald J. Sobol • illustrated by James Bernardin<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: K, WC<br />
16 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
“For more than a year, no grown-up or child in<br />
Idaville had gotten away with breaking the law. . . .<br />
What was the secret? Only three people knew the<br />
answer to that question, and they weren’t telling:<br />
Mr. Brown, Mrs. Brown, and their only child, tenyear-old<br />
Encyclopedia, America’s best crime-buster.”<br />
Encyclopedia—and readers—have ten new mysteries<br />
to solve, including “The Case of the Counterfeit<br />
Dough,” “The Case of the Astronaut Duck,” and<br />
“The Case of the Stolen Confederate Stamps.”<br />
Black-and-white illustrations. A 2008 IRA Children’s<br />
Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9780525479246 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
Eoin Colfer’s Legend of the Worst Boy in the World<br />
by Eoin Colfer • illustrated by Glenn McCoy<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
Will likes to tell Grandad his problems, but Grandad<br />
always outdoes his stories. No fair! Will wishes<br />
something really horrible would happen to him,<br />
too. Then he wonders whether something terrible<br />
happened when he was a baby. Good news: his father<br />
tells him how Will’s older brother Marty once tried<br />
to get Will to leave home forever: “It was dangerous,<br />
and it was terrible, but best of all; it was true.”<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780786855032 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $12.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007<br />
*NEW* Extreme Scientists:<br />
Exploring Nature’s Mysteries from Perilous Places<br />
by Donna M. Jackson<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, K<br />
Not all scientists spend their days in laboratories;<br />
many are out in the field doing exciting research.<br />
Among those are “extreme” scientists, like Paul<br />
Flaherty, who flies a plane into hurricanes in order<br />
to study them. Deep within the earth, Hazel Barton<br />
looks for microbes in caves, including those under<br />
the sea. Stephen Sillett scales the world’s tallest trees,<br />
giant sequoias, to find out what lives and grows at<br />
the top. An interview with each scientist is included.<br />
Resources for further research. Glossaries. Source<br />
notes. Index. Full-color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780618777068 • Dewey: 509.2/2 • 11" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 7.6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 9.7 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: nC1130l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
*NEW* An Eye for Color: The Story of Josef Albers<br />
by Natasha Wing • illustrated by Julia Breckenreid<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Josef Albers had a gift for seeing art in the most basic<br />
places: painted doors, scrap yards, and buildings.<br />
He taught his students to open their eyes to “watch<br />
what’s going on and capture the accident.” Albers<br />
spent much of his career using different-colored<br />
rectangles and squares to study and present the<br />
way colors interact with one another. In doing so,<br />
he changed the art world forever. Author’s note.<br />
Biographical note. Glossary. Selected bibliography.<br />
Activities. Full-color gouache illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805080728 • Dewey: 709.2 • 8" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Holt: $16.96 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
OK, I admit it. I didn’t “get” Joseph<br />
Albers’s work before reading this book.<br />
Now I’m amazed by it. This book is a<br />
pleasure to read and view, and I enjoyed<br />
the personal insights the author<br />
offers in the afterword.<br />
—Susan, JLG Editorial Director<br />
*NEW* The Fastest Game on Two Feet and Other<br />
Poems About How Sports Began<br />
by Alice Low • illustrated by John O’Brien<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Sports have origins in all kinds of activities, such as<br />
playing with sticks and stones, running from threats,<br />
and taking part in religious ceremonies. Skiing may<br />
have started when people strapped big bones to<br />
their feet to help them walk in the snow. Bowling<br />
was a way to “strike out” sins. Using conjecture<br />
and historical facts, this book of poetry and prose<br />
relates how nineteen sports got their start and grew<br />
into the games we know today. Author’s note.<br />
Anecdotes. Time line. Full-color watercolor-over-ink<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780823419050 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 10" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Holiday House: $17.95 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Football Double Threat<br />
Matt Christopher<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
In a locker room accident, Rocky’s friend Bobby slips<br />
and breaks his leg. Rocky feels terrible—after all, if<br />
he had just let Bobby try his new MP3 player, Bobby<br />
wouldn’t have gotten hurt. Now Bobby is out for<br />
the entire football season, and Coach asks Rocky to<br />
take Bobby’s position on defense. As Rocky practices<br />
overtime to play his position and Bobby’s, Bobby<br />
plays on Rocky’s guilt; soon Rocky is selling Bobby’s<br />
fundraiser chocolate bars for him and managing<br />
Bobby’s campaign for school president. Rocky starts<br />
to lose sleep, miss practice, and wonder if he’s Bobby’s<br />
friend or his butler.<br />
Isbn: 9780316043021 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 2.0 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008
*NEW* For the Duration: The War Years<br />
written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
From gas rationing to air-raid drills, life is going to be<br />
different “for the duration.” That’s what the grownups<br />
tell second-grader Tomie. As long as the war<br />
lasts, things are going to be different, and sometimes<br />
different is hard. Fortunately, Tomie still has school<br />
and his family and the things he’s good at to carry<br />
him through. Author’s note about gas rationing.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399252099 • Dewey: 813/.54 b • 5 7/8" x 8 7/16" • 112 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Putnam’s: $15.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Fortune’s Magic Farm<br />
by Suzanne Selfors • illustrated by Catia Chien<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, SLJ, WC<br />
Ten-year-old Isabelle has a dreary life in perpetually<br />
rainy Runny Cove. She lives with her elderly<br />
grandmother in a boardinghouse and works at an<br />
umbrella factory—the town’s only business. After<br />
one particularly awful day, Isabelle goes to the beach,<br />
where a boy named Sage rides in on an elephant<br />
seal. Sage whisks Isabelle away to Fortune’s Farm, a<br />
delightful, magical place where Isabelle finds joy. But<br />
when Isabelle thinks back to Runny Cove, she wishes<br />
all the miserable people there could be as happy as<br />
she is. Black-and-white drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780316018180 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich u<br />
written and illustrated by Adam Rex<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, KH, SLJH<br />
The Creature from the Black Lagoon goes swimming<br />
too soon after lunch. Dracula doesn’t know he has<br />
spinach caught between his teeth. And the Phantom<br />
of the Opera can’t get “It’s a Small World” out of his<br />
head. Frightening, indeed! From a zombie samba to<br />
the Invisible Man’s haircut, this collection of funny<br />
monster poems sends up the spooky. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780152057664 • Dewey: 813 • 10 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.8 • sRC Points: 2<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: seP 2006<br />
Frankenstein Takes the Cake<br />
written and illustrated by Adam Rex<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
Frankenstein is getting married! Too bad his motherin-law<br />
doesn’t approve of the nuptials: “I’m an<br />
open-minded person. I’m not trying to be mean,<br />
but I never thought my little girl would marry<br />
someone green.” Frankenstein’s not the only one<br />
with troubles. In this collection of poems and<br />
vignettes, the Headless Horseman is finding it<br />
problematic to have a pumpkin for a head (and he’s<br />
blogging about it). Edgar Allan Poe has writer’s block<br />
and can’t figure out what word to rhyme with “rose.”<br />
And why has tourism dropped off at Skull Island?<br />
Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780152062354 • Dewey: 811/.6 • 10 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 3<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
*NEW* Friend or Fiend? with the<br />
Pain & the Great One<br />
by Judy Blume • illustrations by James Stevenson<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, SLJ<br />
“‘The name of this story is Ben,’ I said. I cleared my<br />
throat twice. ‘Ben is my fiend.’ Maggie laughed. I<br />
didn’t know why. So I kept reading.” Jake makes an<br />
embarrassing mistake during reading circle; Uncle<br />
Phil and his children are openly hostile during a<br />
visit from Jake and Abigail’s family; Abigail shares a<br />
secret, but her good friend steals the story. Small but<br />
important moments are highlighted in this appealing<br />
chapter book. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780385903271 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 360l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Fun with Roman Numerals<br />
by David A. Adler • illustrated by Edward Miller<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
With many illustrations and examples, this book<br />
clearly explains how to use Roman numerals. It<br />
teaches readers when to add numerals together, as<br />
in the number VII, and when to subtract one from<br />
another, as in IX. This is contrasted with the way<br />
Arabic numerals work. The design helps reinforce<br />
the lessons; for example, each Roman numeral<br />
consistently appears in its own color. Fun with Roman<br />
Numerals also depicts many instances—from watch<br />
faces to the Super Bowl—where Roman numerals are<br />
used in everyday life. Conversion chart of Arabic and<br />
Roman numbers. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780823420605 • Dewey: 513.5 • 8 1/2" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: 860l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment<br />
by Wendy Macdonald • illustrated by Paolo Rui<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, K<br />
Pisa, Italy, 1589: Every market day, Massimo drops<br />
lunch down to his uncle from a bridge, timing it so<br />
the food falls into his uncle’s boat. Professor Galileo,<br />
passing by one day, notices that the loaf of bread and<br />
wheel of cheese land in the boat with a single thud.<br />
But how can that be? Aristotle had said that heavy<br />
things fall at a faster rate than light ones. Will Galileo<br />
and Massimo be able to prove Aristotle’s theory<br />
wrong? Author’s note. Full-color illustrations done in<br />
acrylic on canvas.<br />
Isbn: 9781570926502 • Dewey: 531’.5 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD560l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Charlesbridge: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
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by Jonah Winter • illustrated by Calef Brown<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BL, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
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“Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude is Gertrude. And<br />
Alice is Alice. And Gertrude and Alice are Gertrude<br />
and Alice.” Echoing Gertrude Stein’s playful writing<br />
style, this book describes Gertrude Stein’s and Alice<br />
B. Toklas’s lives in Paris. Gertrude and Alice have<br />
tea with Pablo Picasso, throw a party attended by<br />
Ernest Hemingway, go to a museum with their<br />
poodle, Basket, and even drive out to the country for<br />
a picnic. End note. Full-color illustrations rendered<br />
in acrylic.<br />
Isbn: 9781416940883 • Dewey: 818/.5209 b • 11" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD390l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Giant Meatball<br />
written and illustrated by Robert Weinstock<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: CL, HG, K<br />
A giant meatball lives on the outskirts of a snoozy<br />
little town. “For years and years, the giant meatball<br />
bompled and bounced his way along the old<br />
riverbeds in total bliss.” But the townspeople aren’t<br />
nearly as happy: The meatball churns through the<br />
pastures, terrifying cabbages and disquieting cows.<br />
He sullies the marmalade maker’s jellies, and he<br />
romps and rants just outside the library. The town<br />
tries to provide some helpful tips for neighborly<br />
living, but is this disruptive meatball willing to listen?<br />
Black Prismacolor pencil illustrations colored in<br />
Adobe Illustrator.<br />
Isbn: 9780152055950 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 940l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
A Girl, a Boy, and Three Robbers<br />
by Gail Gauthier • illustrated by Joe Cepeda<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: H, HGs, SLJ, WC<br />
“I would have been very happy to watch TV on<br />
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons when<br />
I had to go to Hannah’s house. . . . But oh, no.<br />
Hannah always had an idea.” Brandon does not<br />
like that he “never gets to be anything good” when<br />
playing Hannah’s elaborate, inventive games, or<br />
that her ideas often involve tea parties and fairies.<br />
But when the bratty Sunderland kids start plotting<br />
to steal Hannah’s oversized cat, an exciting real<br />
adventure begins! Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399246906 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 590l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $14.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal:<br />
A Worldwide Cinderella u<br />
by Paul Fleischman • illustrated by Julie Paschkis<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
A beautiful, mysterious girl appears at the king’s ball,<br />
wearing a golden sarong . . . a cloak of kingfisher<br />
feathers . . . a red kimono. She dances with the<br />
headman’s son until the first rooster crows, and then<br />
she runs away, leaving a dainty glass slipper . . . a<br />
golden shoe . . . a straw sandal. With thousands of<br />
versions from many cultures, Cinderella is one of the<br />
world’s best-loved stories. This tapestry-like retelling<br />
stitches together elements from many of these<br />
versions. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805079531 • Dewey: 398.2 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2007<br />
Go Long!<br />
by Tiki and Ronde Barber with Paul Mantell<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, WC<br />
Thirteen-year-olds Tiki and Ronde like Coach<br />
Spangler and love winning football games, so<br />
they’re upset when he leaves to take a coaching<br />
spot on the high school team. Then school officials<br />
choose a seemingly odd replacement: Tiki’s former<br />
science teacher, Mr. Wheeler. Though Tiki and<br />
Ronde discover that Wheeler played professional<br />
football until an injury forced him to retire, he has<br />
no coaching experience, and his clumsy efforts to<br />
unify the team backfire. Soon the arrogant new<br />
quarterback, Cody, is leading an open mutiny against<br />
Wheeler, and it’s up to Tiki and Ronde to make sure<br />
the team doesn’t fall apart.<br />
Isbn: 9781416936190 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Gold Medal for Weird u<br />
written and illustrated by Kevin Sylvester<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Both the winter and summer Olympics have given<br />
us amazing stories of achievement and success.<br />
“If you want those, go get a different book.” This<br />
compilation of Olympic mishaps and unusual<br />
anecdotes documents strange events such as a hotly<br />
disputed tug-of-war, a Swedish bronze medalist<br />
who was only twelve years old, and a swimming<br />
event held in shark-infested waters. Black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532537 • Dewey: 796.48 • 7" x 7" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 2<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $14.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008<br />
Good Boy, Fergus! u<br />
written and illustrated by David Shannon<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BCCBH, HG, K, PWH<br />
Fergus—a.k.a. Fergie, Mr. F, Mister itchy bobo<br />
scratchitty man—is a very special dog. He knows<br />
how to sit up, roll over, and stay down (just not in<br />
that order). He never makes a mess (at least not on<br />
purpose) or begs (too much). And, he always eats all<br />
his dinner (as long as there’s whipped cream on top).<br />
What a good boy! Full-color pictures.<br />
Isbn: 9780439490276 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2006
Goof-Off Goalie: Gym Shorts<br />
by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Adam McCauley<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: H, HGs, SLJ<br />
Goose loves being on a soccer team, but he hates all<br />
that running. Maybe, he thinks, he could play goalie:<br />
“Goalies didn’t run as much. They got to stand still a<br />
lot. And dive into the dirt.” Goose quickly learns that<br />
becoming a good goalie is hard work and requires<br />
something he doesn’t have: focus. So Goose’s friends<br />
draw up a detailed plan guaranteed to make him a<br />
better goalkeeper—if they can make him stick to it.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432444 • Dewey: f • 5 7/8" x 7 1/4" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 2.5 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 280l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $14.95 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Granddad’s Fishing Buddy u<br />
by Mary Quigley • illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ<br />
Sara visits her grandparents’ lake cottage and doesn’t<br />
want to miss a thing. Though the sky is still dark,<br />
she’s awake when Granddad gets up to meet his<br />
fishing buddy. “Ooooo . . . fishing . . . Can I come<br />
too?” she asks. Granddad eyes her skeptically.<br />
“Can you keep real quiet so the fish don’t know<br />
we’re there? Can you row the boat without making it<br />
turn in circles? Can you put a worm on the hook?”<br />
Sara agrees and “YIPPEE!” is allowed to go. Then<br />
she remembers the rules. “Yippee,” she whispers.<br />
Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780803729421 • Dewey: e • 10 1/2" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: aD700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
Grumpy Bird u<br />
written and illustrated by Jeremy Tankard<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, CL, HGs, K, PW, SLJ<br />
Bird wakes up in an awfully grumpy mood. He’s too<br />
grumpy to play. He’s even too grumpy to fly. “Looks<br />
like I’m walking today,” he says. But his friends won’t<br />
let him walk in peace. As he passes them one by one,<br />
Sheep, Rabbit, Raccoon, Beaver, and Fox all want to<br />
know what he’s doing. When he says he’s walking,<br />
they think it looks like fun and want to come along!<br />
Why do they have to be so cheerful ? Full-color ink<br />
and collage illustrations. A 2008 IRA Children’s<br />
Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9780439851473 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
sRC level: 1.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 280l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $12.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2007<br />
*NEW* Gullible Gus<br />
by Maxine Rose Schur • illustrated by Andrew Glass<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Cowboy Gus has a terrible problem. He believes<br />
everything that people tell him, even when they’re<br />
fibbing! As a result, he’s earned the nickname Gullible<br />
Gus. Gus doesn’t want to be gullible anymore, so<br />
his doctor sends him to the town of Fibrock to meet<br />
Hokum Malarkey, the biggest liar in the universe. If<br />
Gus can see through even one of Malarkey’s stories,<br />
he’ll be cured. Full-color illustrations in oil crayon<br />
and turpenoid.<br />
Isbn: 9780618927104 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Clarion: $15.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Gully’s Travels<br />
by Tor Seidler • pictures by Brock Cole<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BLH, CL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
Gully, a Lhasa apso, enjoys a cushy, quiet life. He<br />
lives with his kind owner, a professor, at One Fifth<br />
Avenue in Manhattan. He eats Prime Premium and<br />
spends summers in Paris. Then the professor becomes<br />
engaged to a woman who’s allergic to long-haired<br />
dogs, so he reluctantly gives Gully away—to his<br />
doorman. Suddenly Gully’s refined life is turned<br />
upside down. He is thrown into a crowded Queens<br />
house with the big, raucous Montoya family, who<br />
also own three mutts. Convinced this new situation is<br />
all a mistake, Gully forms an escape plan.<br />
Isbn: 9780545025065 • Dewey: e • 6 3/4" x 8 7/8" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 890l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Gus, the Pilgrim Turkey<br />
by Teresa Bateman • illustrated by Ellen Joy Sasaki<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K<br />
In spring, Gus the Turkey looks stunning in his<br />
Easter hat. In summer, Gus dons patterned shorts<br />
and dances in the sprinklers. Now it’s autumn, and<br />
he’s already talking about wearing his tuxedo on New<br />
Year’s Eve. So Gus’s friends decide it’s time to tell him<br />
about Thanksgiving. “They told him about Native<br />
Americans who helped the Pilgrims. No problem.<br />
They told him about the big feast. No problem.”<br />
And then they tell Gus what’s on the Thanksgiving<br />
Day menu. BIG problem! Full-color art done in<br />
watercolor, colored pencils, and pen and ink.<br />
Isbn: 9780807512661 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD470l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • albert Whitman: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
The Heart of the Beast:<br />
Eight Great Gorilla Stories<br />
by Nancy Roe Pimm<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, V<br />
What goes on in the heart of the beast? Gorillas have<br />
long been misunderstood as ferocious, unfeeling<br />
animals, but we now know them to possess a wide<br />
range of emotions: grief, love, fear, anger, sadness.<br />
Meet eight gorillas, from sign language–using Koko<br />
to Snowflake, the only albino gorilla ever seen, who<br />
demonstrate just how much we humans have in<br />
common with our primate cousins. Black-and-white<br />
photography. Time line. Bibliography. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960549 • Dewey: 599.884 • 7 3/8" x 5 5/8" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 7.5 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 8.7 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 1100l<br />
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Help!: A Story of Friendship u<br />
written and illustrated by Holly Keller<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, H, PW, SLJH<br />
Hedgehog finds Mouse hiding in the leaves, scared of<br />
their old friend Snake: “Fox told Skunk and Skunk<br />
told me that snakes are very dangerous to mice.”<br />
“That’s silly gossip,” Hedgehog says. “You know<br />
Snake would never hurt you.” He urges Mouse out<br />
of the leaves to take a walk. Mouse is so busy looking<br />
for danger that he falls into a deep, narrow hole—and<br />
can’t get out. The hole is too dark for Squirrel, too<br />
deep for Rabbit, and Hedgehog is too prickly, but<br />
Snake is willing to help. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780061239144 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: aD450l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
Henry’s Freedom Box:<br />
A True Story from the Underground Railroad u<br />
by Ellen Levine • illustrated by Kadir Nelson<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ<br />
After Henry Brown’s wife and children are sold at<br />
the slave market, Henry knows he’ll never see them<br />
again. The only thing left to live for is freedom.<br />
With help from a white man named Dr. Smith,<br />
Henry mails himself from Richmond, Virginia, to<br />
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, inside a wooden box.<br />
“Dr. Smith begged the clerks to be careful. But they<br />
didn’t listen. They threw the box into the baggage car.<br />
Hours passed. Henry was lifted up and thrown again.<br />
Upside down!” Author’s note. Bibliography. Fullcolor<br />
illustrations created with pencil, watercolor, and<br />
oils. A 2008 Caldecott Honor Book. A 2008 IRA<br />
Teachers’ Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9780439777339 • Dewey: f • 9" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.8 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: aD380l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007<br />
Here’s Looking at Me:<br />
How Artists See Themselves u<br />
by Bob Raczka<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG<br />
If you were going to paint a picture of yourself,<br />
how would you do it? Artists answer this question<br />
in different ways. Sofonisba Anguissola painted a<br />
portrait of her teacher painting a portrait of her;<br />
Marc Chagall painted himself with seven fingers<br />
on his left hand; and Jacob Lawrence painted<br />
himself in his Seattle studio with Harlem showing<br />
out the window. By the choices they made, we can<br />
learn about where and when these artists lived and<br />
what they thought about themselves. Full-color<br />
reproductions of the works of sixteen artists.<br />
Isbn: 9780761334040 • Dewey: 760 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 940l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Millbrook: $23.90 • JlG Month: JUn 2006<br />
*NEW* The Hermit Crab<br />
written and illustrated by Carter Goodrich<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: K, PW, SLJ<br />
Down on the sea floor, a mysterious contraption has<br />
just landed on the flounder. It smells like a restaurant,<br />
but it looks like danger. Wait! Who is this mysterious<br />
purple stranger trying to lift the trap? “That,” cries<br />
the lobster, “THAT is our brave champion! Our<br />
HERO, come to save us!” Or maybe it’s just the shy,<br />
un-heroic hermit crab in his fancy new shell, looking<br />
for some dinner. Full-color colored pencil and<br />
watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781416938927 • Dewey: e • 12" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD680l<br />
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Hey Batta Batta Swing!:<br />
The Wild Old Days of Baseball u<br />
by Sally Cook and James Charlton • illustrated by Ross MacDonald<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, H, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
“What was the game of baseball like in earlier times?<br />
Was it easier? Probably not! Different? You bet!” Way<br />
back when, you could get a runner out by soaking<br />
him (hitting him with the baseball). Fly chasers<br />
(outfielders) used to patrol the pasture (play the<br />
field) bare-handed. It took nine balls for an Annie<br />
Oakley (a walk). Despite all the changes, one thing<br />
has stayed the same: almost from the very beginning,<br />
baseball has been “America’s game.” Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9781416912071 • Dewey: 796.35 • 11" x 9" • 56 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 6.9 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: aD1050l<br />
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The Higher Power of Lucky u<br />
by Susan Patron • illustrated by Matt Phelan<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, HGs, KH<br />
“The difference between a Guardian and an actual<br />
mom is that a mom can’t resign. A mom has the job<br />
for life. But a Guardian like Brigitte could probably<br />
just say, ‘Well, that’s about it for this job. I’m going<br />
back to France now. Au revoir.’” Lucky has lived with<br />
her guardian, Brigitte, since her mother died, but<br />
lately it seems Brigitte may be thinking of leaving<br />
their home in Hard Pan, California (population 43).<br />
Rather than be left behind, Lucky decides to be the<br />
first one to go. Black-and-white illustrations. Winner<br />
of the 2007 Newbery Medal.<br />
Isbn: 9781416901945 • Dewey: f • 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1010l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2007<br />
*NEW* Highway Robbery<br />
by Kate Thompson • illustrated by Jonny Duddle and Robert Dress<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, KH, PWH<br />
A young lad, down on his luck, unexpectedly meets<br />
a mysterious stranger who hires the boy to watch his<br />
horse. The stranger disappears, and passersby stop<br />
to offer the boy money for the magnificent steed.<br />
He’s sorely tempted but refuses. When soldiers come<br />
looking for the infamous highwayman Dick Turpin,<br />
the lad realizes he’s in possession of a legendary horse:<br />
Black Bess. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780061730344 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Greenwillow: $15.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
“A suspenseful and tautly written story.”<br />
—Publishers WeeklyH<br />
Home on the Range:<br />
John A. Lomax and His Cowboy Songs u<br />
by Deborah Hopkinson • illustrated by S. D. Schindler<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
“John Avery Lomax grew up singing. Why, he<br />
probably knew more folksongs, tunes, and ballads<br />
than there were cattle in the great state of Texas.” As<br />
a child, John loved the songs he heard the cowboys<br />
singing along the nearby Chisholm Trail. He<br />
began writing them down at an early age. As John<br />
grew older, he traveled the country collecting and<br />
recording cowboy songs, helping to preserve such<br />
favorites as “Sweet Betsy from Pike” and “Home on<br />
the Range.” Author’s note. Source note. Bibliography.<br />
Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399239960 • Dewey: 782.421642092 b • 10 3/4" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD890l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Hooray for Reading Day!<br />
by Margery Cuyler • illustrated by Arthur Howard<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC<br />
In first grade, Jessica has a BIG worry: reading. Other<br />
kids laugh when she reads c-c-c-cat for cat and d-d-ddish<br />
for dish. Then her teacher announces that Friday<br />
is Reading Theater day and all the parents are invited.<br />
Read out loud? Wear a costume? She’d rather get a<br />
splinter in her tongue than do that! But that night<br />
when she can’t sleep, she practices reading The Hot<br />
Pot to her dog, Wiggles. She thinks it’s pretty silly,<br />
but Wiggles snuggles close and doesn’t seem to mind.<br />
Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780689861888 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 380l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
*NEW* Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk<br />
by James Howe • illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ<br />
Houndsley enjoys canoe rides so quiet he can hear<br />
the plink and plunk of the paddles. Unfortunately,<br />
whenever his best friend Catina climbs into the boat,<br />
she spoils it by talking nonstop. Bike riding is one of<br />
Catina’s favorite things to do, but when Houndsley<br />
receives a bicycle as a gift, he is reluctant to go for a<br />
ride with Catina—even though the two have never<br />
ridden together. Why do these friends behave in such<br />
puzzling ways? After a bike ride, a picnic, and some<br />
time to talk, the two friends discover the reasons.<br />
Full-color watercolor, pencil, and collage illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763633851 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.6 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 480l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
I like how seriously this book treats<br />
its characters and their feelings.<br />
Fear, shame, and friendship are all<br />
dealt with in a way that is refreshingly<br />
honest, and the resolution is hopeful<br />
and entirely plausible.<br />
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The House in the Night u<br />
by Susan Marie Swanson • illustrated by Beth Krommes<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BLH, HG, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
“Here is the key to the house. In the house burns a<br />
light. In that light rests a bed. On that bed waits a<br />
book. . . .” As evening falls, a young girl gets ready<br />
for bed and opens a book. A bird emerges and takes<br />
her on a journey through the night skies and back<br />
home, to where there is a “book on the bed, bed<br />
in the light, light in the house . . . the house in the<br />
night.” Inspired by a traditional poem. Author’s note.<br />
Scratchboard and watercolor illustrations. Winner of<br />
the 2009 Caldecott Medal.<br />
Isbn: 9780618862443 • Dewey: e • 7 5/8" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
lexile: 60l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
How to Heal a Broken Wing u<br />
written and illustrated by Bob Graham<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, PW, SLJH, WC<br />
“High above the city, no one heard the soft thud of<br />
feathers against glass. No one saw the bird fall. No<br />
one looked down . . . except Will.” On a crowded<br />
city street, a young boy crouches by a fallen pigeon<br />
and persuades his mother to let him take it home<br />
with them. Together, the boy’s family tends to it,<br />
hoping that “with rest . . . and time,” the bird may<br />
fly again. Full-color art includes wordless sequences<br />
that advance the plot. Winner of the 2009 Charlotte<br />
Zolotow Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780763639037 • Dewey: e • 8 1/8" x 11 13/16" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A.<br />
written and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“In the mood for a cherry pie? Let’s get started. First,<br />
mix flour and salt in a bowl. What, no bowl? You<br />
will definitely need a bowl.” Finding the Cook Shop<br />
closed for the July 4th weekend, a young girl and her<br />
dog crisscross the United States in search of the raw<br />
materials they need to make a bowl, a pie pan, and<br />
other cookware. Includes a map of the United States<br />
and a recipe for cherry pie. Full-color art, created<br />
using gouache on hot-pressed watercolor paper.<br />
Isbn: 9780375912559 • Dewey: e • 8 1/4" x 9 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again<br />
written and illustrated by Dave Horowitz<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJ<br />
Humpty Dumpty used to love to climb—but<br />
after his infamous fall, his confidence is shattered.<br />
Nowadays, he mopes around his house and watches<br />
television in his underwear. Whenever All the King’s<br />
Horses and All the King’s Men pass by, they chant,<br />
“Humpty Dumpty / Sits in a chair, / He used to climb<br />
rocks— / Today he won’t dare.” How will Humpty<br />
ever summon the courage to climb again? Full-color<br />
art, done in black pencil and charcoal on newsprint;<br />
color was digitally added.<br />
Isbn: 9780399247736 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 570l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
I’m Just Like My Mom; I’m Just Like My Dad / Me<br />
parezco tanto a mi mamá; Me parezco tanto a mi papá<br />
by Jorge Ramos • illustrated by Akemi Gutierrez<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CR, BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“My mom and I like to write letters to our friends,”<br />
a young girl says. “We both like to draw pictures on<br />
our letters, too. / A mi mamá y a mí nos gusta escribirle<br />
cartas a nuestra familia y a nuestros amigos. Y a las dos<br />
nos gustos ponerles dibujos a las cartas.” Flip the book<br />
over, and a young boy explains: “My dad and I like<br />
reading before we go to sleep. Sometimes we read<br />
about faraway places. / A mi papá y a mí nos gusta leer<br />
antes de irnos a dormir. A veces, leemos sobre lugares que<br />
quedan muy lejos.” Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780061239687 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Rayo: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008
I’m the Best Artist in the Ocean<br />
written and illustrated by Kevin Sherry<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
A cheerful giant squid paints all his favorite<br />
underwater animals: fish, crabs, manta rays, jellyfish.<br />
“I can draw ANYTHING!” he declares. When a pair<br />
of grumpy fish asks him what he’s doing, the squid<br />
is oblivious to their disapproval. “I’m making my<br />
MASTERPIECE!!” he says, continuing to display<br />
his artistic range. At last, a fierce shark yells at the<br />
squid to stop. “YOU are making a mess!” the shark<br />
says. “You mean a MESS-terpiece!” the squid happily<br />
corrects him. After all, the squid’s canvas doesn’t seem<br />
to mind. . . . Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780803732551 • Dewey: e • 11" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
In a Blue Room u<br />
by Jim Averbeck • illustrated by Tricia Tusa<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJH<br />
Alice insists that everything in her room be blue,<br />
but when she can’t fall asleep, her mother brings<br />
in a succession of items that aren’t blue: lilacs and<br />
paperwhites, orange tea, a red and green quilt,<br />
and yellow lullaby bells. Will Alice accept these<br />
cozy offerings or stay true to her all-blue color<br />
scheme? Full-color art. A 2009 Charlotte Zolotow<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780152059927 • Dewey: e • 9" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 410l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
*NEW* Into the Deep:<br />
The Life of Naturalist and Explorer William Beebe<br />
written and illustrated by David Sheldon<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: K<br />
When William Beebe was born in 1877, scientists<br />
had only begun to explore the natural world, a world<br />
that fascinated Beebe even as a child. He studied<br />
migratory birds, rainforest canopies, and ocean<br />
depths. He soon realized that collecting animal<br />
specimens—live ones for zoos and dead ones for<br />
taxidermy—was not the best way to learn about<br />
them. Beebe was a pioneer of ecology, observing<br />
wildlife in their natural habitats. Explorer, inventor,<br />
and conservationist, Beebe continues to inspire<br />
naturalists today. Afterword includes quotes from<br />
Beebe’s writing. Glossary. Resources. Full-color<br />
illustrations in acrylic, gouache, and India ink.<br />
Isbn: 9781580893411 • Dewey: 508.092 b • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Charlesbridge: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
It’s Probably Penny<br />
written and illustrated by Loreen Leedy<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
When Mr. Jayson gives Lisa and her classmates<br />
probability homework to do over the weekend, Lisa<br />
thinks that she’ll probably use her Boston terrier<br />
Penny to help. Lisa knows Penny will want to go for<br />
a walk and might bark at a squirrel. There’s a chance<br />
that Penny could unearth buried treasure, but there’s<br />
no chance that Penny will turn into a cat. What<br />
are the chances that Penny will cause some kind of<br />
trouble? Full-color artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9780805073898 • Dewey: 519.2 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2007<br />
*NEW* Joe and Sparky Get New Wheels<br />
by Jamie Michalak • illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, KH, SLJ, WC<br />
Friends Joe the giraffe and Sparky the turtle live<br />
in Safari Land, “the famous cageless zoo.” Joe is<br />
adventurous, always wanting “to see the world.”<br />
Sparky, on the other hand, prefers to stay close to<br />
home and spend time in his pond. One day, Joe sees<br />
a yellow car and assumes it’s the prize for a contest he<br />
entered. He and Sparky hop in and drive to the mall,<br />
a burger joint, and a theme park, causing a hubbub<br />
everywhere they go. After all the excitement outside<br />
the zoo’s gates, home starts to feel more inviting than<br />
ever. Watercolor and Prismacolor pencil illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763633875 • 6" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 2.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.1 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 330l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
*NEW* Joey Fly, Private Eye, in Creepy Crawly Crime<br />
by Aaron Reynolds • illustrated by Neil Numberman<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PWH, WC<br />
Delilah, a beautiful butterfly, brings Joey Fly<br />
his latest assignment. “I was having a party and<br />
somebody stole my diamond pencil box,” she tells<br />
Joey. “I’m sure it was Gloria. She’s this ladybug I<br />
know.” What seems like an open-and-shut case soon<br />
becomes complicated. Not only do party guests<br />
contradict Delilah’s statements, but Joey’s bumbling<br />
new assistant, Sammy Stingtail, taints the only piece<br />
of evidence. Graphic-novel format. Hidden picture<br />
game. Four-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805082425 • Dewey: 741.5’973 • 8" x 10" • 96 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
John, Paul, George & Ben u<br />
written and illustrated by Lane Smith<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCBH, H, HGs, K, PWH<br />
Once there were four lads: John Hancock, Paul<br />
Revere, George Washington, and Ben Franklin.<br />
Oh, yes, there was also Tom Jefferson—but he was<br />
annoyingly independent and hardly ever around.<br />
Those lads were always getting into trouble for<br />
one reason or another. In other words, they took<br />
a few liberties. This is the story of five little boys<br />
before they became five really big Founding Fathers.<br />
Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780786848935 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD660l<br />
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Julia Morgan Built a Castle u<br />
by Celeste Mannis • illustrated by Miles Hyman<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, SLJ<br />
Julia Morgan was the first woman to receive an<br />
architecture degree from the prestigious École des<br />
Beaux-Arts in France. She had completed over 450<br />
projects in her own practice in San Francisco by the<br />
time William Randolph Hearst walked into her office<br />
in 1919. “Miss Morgan,” the famous newspaper<br />
publisher said, “I would like to build a little<br />
something.” His magnificent estate in the hills of San<br />
Simeon would take the architect twenty-eight years to<br />
complete. Full-color art. Author’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9780670059645 • Dewey: 720 • 9 3/4" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 930l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $17.99 • JlG Month: feb 2007<br />
*NEW* Just the Right Size:<br />
Why Big Animals Are Big and Little Animals Are Little<br />
by Nicola Davies • illustrated by Neal Layton<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: K, PW<br />
Why aren’t insects the size of dogs? Why are ants<br />
stronger than humans? Why couldn’t Superman<br />
really exist? It all comes down to a rule of geometry:<br />
“If you double the length of something, its surface<br />
area and cross section go up four times, while its<br />
volume and weight go up eight times!” Fascinating<br />
examples and funny illustrations demonstrate how<br />
this rule governs the size of every creature on Earth.<br />
Index. Glossary. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780763639242 • 9 7/16" x 5 7/8" • 64 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $14.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Now I can stop wondering why I<br />
can’t have superpowers! The answers<br />
are all here and presented in a<br />
funny and appealing way.<br />
—Susan, JLG Editorial Director<br />
Katie Loves the Kittens u<br />
written and illustrated by John Himmelman<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
“AROOOOO! AROOOOO!” A dog named Katie<br />
is very excited when Sara Ann brings home three<br />
adorable little kittens. She loves them so much that<br />
she howls with happiness—and scares the kittens.<br />
“No, no, no, Katie,” says Sara Ann. “You stay away<br />
from them until they get used to you.” Katie tries.<br />
She REALLY tries, but she just makes one mistake<br />
after another. Katie is so sad that she retreats to her<br />
bed and eventually falls asleep. When she wakes up<br />
she is not alone—can she contain herself this time?<br />
Full-color pencil and watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805086829 • Dewey: e • 8" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD330l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix-Up<br />
by Melissa Thomson • illustrated by Frank Morrison<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, SLJ<br />
Keena thinks she’s going to hate second grade: she and<br />
her best friend, Eric, are in different classes. But, it<br />
turns out, Keena loves it! Her teacher, Ms. Campbell,<br />
is so cool! One of the first projects is to decorate a<br />
paper birthday cake. Keena mistakenly writes her<br />
birthday as 9/2 instead of 2/9, making Ms. Campbell<br />
think that Keena’s birthday is the next day. Keena<br />
means to correct her teacher, she really does, but she’s<br />
so excited about the birthday crown, and she loves<br />
chocolate cake. . . . Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780803732636 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 620l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $14.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Keep Your Eye on the Kid:<br />
The Early Years of Buster Keaton u<br />
written and illustrated by Catherine Brighton<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ<br />
“On the night I broke into the act, Dad threw me<br />
across the stage shouting, ‘Keep your eye on the kid!’<br />
and the crowd went crazy.” From the age of three, Joe<br />
“Buster” Keaton traveled the country as a vaudeville<br />
performer. He didn’t attend school, but learned from<br />
the comedians, musicians, and dancers around him.<br />
When movies became popular, many vaudevillians<br />
feared that their way of life was threatened by the<br />
new medium, but Buster Keaton was fascinated by<br />
the moving images. . . . Author’s note. Bibliography.<br />
Filmography. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596431584 • Dewey: 791.4302/8092 b • 9 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: 560l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Keeping Score<br />
by Linda Sue Park<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, KL, PWH, SLJ<br />
Nine-year-old Maggie becomes fast friends with a<br />
firefighter named Jim when he teaches her how to<br />
keep score during baseball games. The system for<br />
tracking plays may be complicated, but Maggie loves<br />
how it succinctly captures her favorite sport. Then Jim<br />
is suddenly shipped off to the Korean War. The letters<br />
they send to each other help Maggie understand the<br />
unfamiliar, faraway life her friend now leads. When a<br />
tragic accident gives Jim severe depression, though, his<br />
letters stop coming. Maggie wonders if she can help<br />
Jim, though he seems so distant.<br />
Isbn: 9780618927999 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
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Knuffle Bunny Too: A Case of Mistaken Identity u<br />
written and illustrated by Mo Willems<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
Trixie can’t wait to show off her one-of-a-kind<br />
Knuffle Bunny at school, until she sees Sonja—and<br />
Sonja’s Knuffle Bunny. The girls argue: “Kuh-nuffle!”<br />
says Trixie. “Nuffle!” says Sonja. They squabble so<br />
much that Ms. Greengrove has to take the bunnies<br />
away until the end of the day. That night Trixie is<br />
tucked in at “half-past bedtime,” but for some reason<br />
she can’t sleep. At 2:00 am she discovers a problem<br />
with Knuffle Bunny that can’t wait until morning.<br />
Digitally colored ink sketches on photographs. A<br />
2008 Caldecott Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9781423102991 • Dewey: e • 12" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 2.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 690l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2007<br />
Lacrosse Firestorm<br />
Matt Christopher<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
At sleepover lacrosse camp, Garry Wallis is stuck with<br />
his bullying teammate, Michael, all day and night.<br />
Michael trips him in the cafeteria, and Garry, angry<br />
and embarrassed, runs outside. He finds a pack of<br />
matches in the woods and strikes one, but does so<br />
carefully, on a boulder away from the bushes. Soon<br />
he hears a boy call out from the river and runs to<br />
rescue him. When a forest fire blazes and is quickly<br />
extinguished, Garry doesn’t know whether he’s<br />
responsible, but Michael is ready to accuse him unless<br />
Garry helps him become high scorer.<br />
Isbn: 9780316032773 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/8" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Leaves u<br />
written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
“It was his first year. Everything was going well until<br />
the first leaf fell.” A puzzled young bear is worried<br />
about that leaf, and soon he sees red leaves and yellow<br />
leaves falling all over his island. “He sat beneath a<br />
tree, and watched them go, all around. But he grew<br />
sleepy and so he found a hole and filled it with<br />
leaves, and went to sleep. . . .” Full-color watercolors<br />
illustrate this tale of the changing seasons. Winner of<br />
the 2008 Ezra Jack Keats Book Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780399246364 • Dewey: e • 8 1/4" x 9 1/2" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $15.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2007<br />
*NEW* Let’s Do Nothing!<br />
written and illustrated by Tony Fucile<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, K<br />
Frankie and Sal have gone through every game, book,<br />
and activity they can think of. Nothing is left. So<br />
they decide to do exactly that: nothing! As it turns<br />
out, doing nothing is not so easy. How long can two<br />
boys sit still, especially when pigeons want to land<br />
on them and huge gorillas want to climb on them?<br />
Eventually, the boys discover that it’s really impossible<br />
to do nothing if you have a good imagination. Fullcolor<br />
ink, colored pencil, and acrylic illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763634407 • Dewey: e • 9 3/4" x 11 5/16" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
*NEW* Life in the Boreal Forest<br />
by Brenda Z. Guiberson • illustrated by Gennady Spirin<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
The northern, or boreal, forest makes up more than<br />
one-third of the Earth’s forests. Within this gigantic<br />
area, an amazing variety of wildlife can be found,<br />
from Tennessee warblers and endangered whooping<br />
cranes to howling wolves and stealthy lynx. Season<br />
by season, animals are born and grow. Some migrate,<br />
but most remain in the wintry forest throughout<br />
the year, surviving within the dramatic landscape.<br />
Author’s note. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805077186 • Dewey: 578.73/7 • 10 5/8" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Holt: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Lightship u<br />
written and illustrated by Brian Floca<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
“Here is a ship that holds her place. . . . She does not<br />
sail from port to port. She does not carry passengers<br />
or mail or packages. She holds to one sure spot as<br />
other ships sail by. She waits.” But when it gets dark<br />
or when the fog comes rolling in, the lightship’s<br />
crew knows just what to do. They sound her horn<br />
and shine her light bright so that other ships can sail<br />
home safely. Full-color illustrations. Author’s note<br />
about the history of lightships. A 2008 Robert F.<br />
Sibert Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9781416924364 • Dewey: 387.2 • 9" x 10" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
*NEW* The Lion’s Share<br />
written and illustrated by Matthew McElligott<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, KH, PW, SLJH, WC<br />
When an ant is invited to the lion’s dinner party,<br />
she is nervous about making a good impression on<br />
her royal host. When she arrives, she is surprised by<br />
the other guests’ terrible manners. When dessert is<br />
served, the greedy elephant takes half the cake, then<br />
passes it to the hippo, who takes half of what’s left.<br />
By the time it finally reaches the ant, there is only<br />
a crumb to share with the king. The ant offers to<br />
bake another cake to share with him, but the other<br />
guests quickly try to outdo her generosity. Full-color<br />
illustrations in watercolor and ink.<br />
Isbn: 9780802797698 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD550l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Walker: $17.89 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
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Little Blue Truck<br />
by Alice Schertle • illustrated by Jill McElmurry<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
“Horn went ‘Beep!’ Engine purred. Friendliest<br />
sounds you ever heard.” As Little Blue Truck leisurely<br />
drives down a country lane, he makes sure to greet all<br />
his animal friends, from a little toad to a big horse.<br />
The dump truck that screeches past Little Blue has<br />
a very different attitude: “I haven’t got time to pass<br />
the day with every duck along the way!” he yells.<br />
But when the Dump gets “sunk down deep in muck<br />
and mire,” only Little Blue and his barnyard pals can<br />
rescue him. Full-color gouache paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780152056612 • Dewey: e • 10" x 8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 580l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Little Leap Forward: A Boy in Beijing<br />
by Guo Yue and Clare Farrow • illustrated by Helen Cann<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, SLJH, WC<br />
Little Leap Forward is excited about the yellow bird<br />
his friend has caught for him. “I’m going to make a<br />
house for her in the courtyard, and give her grain to<br />
eat, and I’m going to write down the notes she sings<br />
and whistle them so she will answer me.” Hoping<br />
to entice her to sing, he even learns to play the<br />
bamboo flute. Days pass, and the caged bird remains<br />
silent. Then the Red Guard arrives, imposing more<br />
restrictions to life in Beijing, and Little Leap Forward<br />
wonders if freedom will help his bird sing. Afterword.<br />
Full-color watercolor and mixed media illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781846861147 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 7/8" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • barefoot: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
The Little Yellow Leaf<br />
written and illustrated by Carin Berger<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Leaves swirl through the air, pumpkins ripen, and<br />
geese take flight. But one lone yellow leaf clings to<br />
its branch and thinks, Not yet. Not yet, as the harvest<br />
moon blooms “amber in the starry sky.” Not yet, as<br />
the nights grow long. Not yet, when there’s a dusting<br />
of snow. Then, high on an icy branch, there is a flash<br />
of scarlet—another leaf is still holding tight. “Will<br />
you?” Little Scarlet Leaf asks. “I will!” says Little<br />
Yellow Leaf. “And one, two, three, they let go and<br />
soared.” Full-color collages.<br />
Isbn: 9780061452246 • Dewey: e • 7" x 11 1/4" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
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Living Color u<br />
written and illustrated by Steve Jenkins<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH<br />
From the yellow mongoose and the blue morpho<br />
butterfly to the lesser green broadbill and the pink<br />
fairy armadillo, animals come in a rainbow of strange<br />
and wonderful colors. “If an animal is colorful, it<br />
is likely that its brilliant skin, scales, or feathers<br />
somehow help it stay alive.” The blue-tongued skink,<br />
for example, “startles attackers by suddenly thrusting<br />
out its huge, shockingly blue tongue.” Includes a<br />
chart that describes the size, habitat, and diet of each<br />
animal mentioned, along with facts about its life<br />
cycle. Full-color cut-paper illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618708970 • Dewey: 591.47/2 • 9" x 12" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 950l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $17.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2007<br />
Look Out, Suzy Goose u<br />
written and illustrated by Petr Horáček<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, WC<br />
Honk! Honk! Honk! “It was a beautiful afternoon. All<br />
the geese were honking . . . except for Suzy Goose.”<br />
Suzy is different; Suzy longs for peace and quiet. So<br />
she sets off for the woods to find some. Meanwhile, a<br />
stealthy fox sets off to find some dinner. . . . And on<br />
the fox’s heels is a hungry wolf, followed by a hungry<br />
bear. Full-color mixed media art.<br />
Isbn: 9780763638030 • Dewey: e • 9 5/8" x 10 5/8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 290l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $14.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Looking for a Moose u<br />
by Phyllis Root • illustrated by Randy Cecil<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BCCBH, HG, K, PW<br />
“Have you ever seen a moose—a long-leggy moose—<br />
a branchy-antler, dinner-diving, bulgy-nose moose?”<br />
No? Let’s go! Four explorers put on their hats, pull on<br />
their boots, and set off on a moose-spotting journey.<br />
First they try the treesy-breezy woods. Then they look<br />
in the sloppy-gloppy swamp. Finally they search the<br />
brambly-ambly bushes—but it’s just no use! Where<br />
are all the moose? Full-color oil paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780763620059 • Dewey: e • 10 5/8" x 9 1/4" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 1.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: aD480l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes /<br />
Muchas, muchísimas rayas de cebra<br />
written and photographed by Stephen R. Swinburne<br />
translated by Aída E. Marcuse<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: HG<br />
“Los diseños son líneas y formas que se repiten. Patterns<br />
are lines and shapes that repeat.” From a spider’s web<br />
to the spots on a giraffe, a pansy’s colors to a turtle’s<br />
shell, this book shows many naturally occurring<br />
patterns in plant and animal life. “Encontrar diseños<br />
es divertido. Finding patterns is fun.” Bilingual text.<br />
Illustrated with full-color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781590786413 • Dewey: 778.9 • 10" x 8" • 32 pp<br />
sRC level: 1.8 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 70l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • boyds Mills: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008
*NEW* Louisa: The Life of Louisa May Alcott<br />
by Yona Zeldis McDonough • illustrated by Bethanne Andersen<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Louisa May Alcott grew up in a loving, progressive<br />
family that cared about nature, education, and those<br />
less fortunate than themselves. Louisa and her sisters<br />
loved to write and act out plays. Later, Louisa’s<br />
stories began to be published in magazines. Her most<br />
famous work, Little Women, gained her a permanent<br />
place in children’s literature. Quotes from Louisa<br />
May Alcott. Two poems. Interesting facts. Recipe.<br />
Chronology. Bibliography. Full-color gouache and<br />
pastel illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805081923 • Dewey: 813/.4 b • 7" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Holt: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
*NEW* Lucky Breaks<br />
by Susan Patron • illustrated by Matt Phelan<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
Life in Hard Pan, California (population 43),<br />
feels a bit ordinary to almost-eleven-year-old<br />
Lucky. Her best friend, Lincoln, is a boy, and his<br />
preoccupation with tying knots seems, well, boring.<br />
Then Lucky meets Paloma, who is visiting Hard Pan<br />
with her geologist uncle, and Lucky realizes that<br />
what she wants is a girl best friend, an adventurous<br />
girl. “And without even knowing that she’d been<br />
looking, now Lucky longed for that girl to be<br />
Paloma.” Unfortunately, Paloma lives two hundred<br />
miles away, and her mother is so overprotective she<br />
might not let Paloma return to Hard Pan. Black-<br />
and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781416939986 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 6 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 960l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
*NEW* Luke on the Loose<br />
written and illustrated by Harry Bliss<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJH<br />
Luke is walking through the park with his father<br />
when he notices the cooing of a nearby flock of<br />
pigeons. While his father is lost in “blah-dee boring<br />
blah blah” dad talk, Luke cries, “Yaaah!” And just<br />
like that, Luke is on the loose, chasing pigeons all<br />
over New York City while his dad, the police, and a<br />
crew of firefighters scramble to catch up. But Luke<br />
is determined to catch the pigeons—even if it means<br />
climbing to the roof where they roost. Full-color,<br />
comic-book style illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781935179009 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.4 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Toon: $12.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
“Luke’s a splendidly admirable<br />
little juggernaut.”<br />
—The Bulletin of the Center for<br />
Children’s Books<br />
*NEW* Maggie’s Monkeys<br />
by Linda Sanders-Wells • illustrated by Abby Carter<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ<br />
“Last week, a family of pink monkeys moved into<br />
our refrigerator. At least that’s what my little sister,<br />
Maggie, said. Nobody else could see any monkeys,<br />
but that didn’t seem to matter to anyone but me.”<br />
Jack is annoyed at how his family plays along with his<br />
sister’s imaginary monkeys. His father is careful not<br />
to shut the refrigerator door on their tails, his mother<br />
dishes out pudding for them, and his older sister<br />
helps dress the monkeys in invisible clothes. Why<br />
can’t they see that the monkeys aren’t real? Full-color<br />
illustrations in black colored pencil and gouache.<br />
Isbn: 9780763633264 • Dewey: e • 8 7/16" x 10 1/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD710l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Maggie’s Monkeys—JLG Activity Guide<br />
JLG Activity Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will also find the Answer Key at the back of each<br />
JLG Activity Guide.<br />
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296462<br />
Magical Kids:<br />
The Smallest Girl Ever; the Boy Who Could Fly<br />
written and illustrated by Sally Gardner<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
Ruby’s mother is a magician, and her father is a<br />
genie, but it takes Ruby a while to embrace her own<br />
abilities. Meanwhile, she just keeps getting smaller<br />
and smaller. . . . Read Ruby’s story, then flip the<br />
book over for another magical tale, in which a most<br />
unusual fairy grants Thomas Top a birthday wish.<br />
Imagine Thomas’s surprise when he discovers that the<br />
wish actually came true—and he can fly! Black-andwhite<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780803731592 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 8" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 730l<br />
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A Man for All Seasons:<br />
The Life of George Washington Carver<br />
by Stephen Krensky • illustrated by Wil Clay<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“No man has enough learning,” George Washington<br />
Carver once said, “and me, I’m still trying to find<br />
out what makes it rain and why sunflowers grow so<br />
tall.” Born into slavery and orphaned before he was a<br />
year old, Carver went on to become the first African<br />
American graduate of a white college, and its first<br />
African American teacher. As a botanist, he brought<br />
supplies and new ideas to poor farmers, helping<br />
them to grow a greater variety of crops. Time line.<br />
Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780060278861 • Dewey: 630.92 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Manfish: The Story of Jacques Costeau u<br />
by Jennifer Berne • illustrated by Eric Puybaret<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
“From the very beginning little Jacques loved water—<br />
the way it felt on his hands, his face, his body.”<br />
Jacques Cousteau dreamed that one day he would be<br />
able to breathe underwater. He also was fascinated by<br />
machines and by movies and cameras. As an adult,<br />
he pursued his dream, co-inventing the aqualung.<br />
He then spent most of his life filming and exploring<br />
a vast and mysterious underwater world that no one<br />
had seen before. Includes an author’s note. Acrylic on<br />
linen full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780811860635 • Dewey: 551.46092 b • 10" x 9 5/8" • 38 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD800l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Marco Flamingo / Marco Flamenco<br />
written and illustrated by Sheila Jarkins<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3)<br />
Marco Flamenco is happy to see the snowbirds arrive<br />
at his tropical home, as they do every year. He is<br />
curious about why they fly south every winter, but<br />
there’s one question he can’t get an answer to: what<br />
is snow? “No quieras saber,” they tell him, “You don’t<br />
want to know.” So Marco decides to fly north to find<br />
out for himself. There Marco discovers many fun<br />
winter activities—and also runs into an old friend.<br />
Bilingual text. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780979446252 • Dewey: e • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.1 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD220l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Raven Tree: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Martin Bridge: In High Gear!<br />
by Jessica Scott Kerrin • illustrated by Joseph Kelly<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, SLJ<br />
Martin is not feeling very lucky. First his teacher<br />
assigns Gibson to Martin’s group and tells the class<br />
that for this year’s science project they will be graded<br />
on hard work and team effort. “Hard work” and<br />
“team effort” are not terms that Martin would use to<br />
describe Gibson. Then Martin finally gets a brandnew<br />
bike, only to have it stolen the very first time he<br />
rides it. And if that isn’t bad enough, Aunt Laverne is<br />
visiting, and the bike just gives her another thing to<br />
complain about. . . . Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781554531561 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 1/4" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $14.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Masterpiece u<br />
by Elise Broach • illustrated by Kelly Murphy<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
Discovering an open ink bottle in eleven-year-old<br />
James’s room one night, Marvin, a young beetle,<br />
is overcome with the urge to draw. James’s father,<br />
an artist, sees the resulting drawing and likens it<br />
to the work of Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer.<br />
Thinking James is the artist, he whisks James, the<br />
drawing, and—unwittingly—Marvin off to the<br />
Dürer exhibit at the Met. Then, surprisingly, the<br />
curator asks James to make a decoy drawing to help<br />
catch a thief with a penchant for stealing Dürers.<br />
Fortunately, Marvin is willing to help. Author’s note.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805082708 • Dewey: e • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 6.1 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: nC700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Maybelle Goes to Tea u<br />
by Katie Speck • illustrated by Paul Rátz de Tagyos<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Because the Peabody house is kept JUST SO, the<br />
bugs at Number 10 Grand Street have rules to keep<br />
the Bug Man from coming. When Mrs. Peabody<br />
hosts the Ladies’ Spring Tea, Maybelle faces an<br />
unexpected dilemma. She really wants to discover the<br />
“surprise” in the Chocolate Surprise Cookies, but the<br />
Three Cockroach Rules—“When it’s light, stay out<br />
of sight; if you’re spied, better hide; never meet with<br />
human feet”—stand in her way. Should she try out<br />
Maurice the fly’s rule of “Go for it!”? Black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805080933 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 3.3 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 550l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $15.95 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Me and the Pumpkin Queen u<br />
by Marlane Kennedy<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, K, SLJ<br />
Mildred, eleven, is not interested in boys or clothes.<br />
She prefers giant pumpkins, the kind her mama used<br />
to love, and she is an expert. Mildred knows to plant<br />
Howard Dill’s Atlantic Giant seeds. She knows to<br />
hand-pollinate the blossoms. She knows to cull the<br />
weakest pumpkins, one at a time. Growing a giant<br />
pumpkin is a lot of work. Unfortunately, Aunt Arlene<br />
keeps interrupting Mildred’s horticultural efforts with<br />
shopping trips and visits. Who cares about bras and<br />
earrings when the Pumpkin Show awaits?<br />
Isbn: 9780061140235 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $16.89 • JlG Month: feb 2007
Mercy Watson Fights Crime u<br />
by Kate DiCamillo • illustrated by Chris Van Dusen<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: HG, KH, SLJH<br />
Diminutive Leroy Ninker dreams of being a cowboy,<br />
but for now he’s a thief. One night he enters the<br />
Watson household—“Yippie-i-oh, everything must<br />
go!”—and clannngggg, tosses their toaster into his<br />
bag. Awakened by the noise, Mercy, the Watsons’<br />
beloved pet pig, rushes to see who is making toast—<br />
her favorite snack. When it’s only a small man in a<br />
cowboy suit, she loses interest and falls asleep in the<br />
doorway. Leroy thinks he’s saved, but then it dawns<br />
on him: how will he get away? Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780763625900 • Dewey: f • 6 3/8" x 8 3/16" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 2.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.9 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 390l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $12.99 • JlG Month: seP 2006<br />
Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig<br />
by Kate DiCamillo • illustrated by Chris Van Dusen<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Eugenia and Baby Lincoln may live next door to a<br />
pig, but that doesn’t stop them from living a gracious<br />
life. They even beautify their yard with pansies.<br />
But when “porcine wonder” Mercy Watson notices<br />
a delicious flowery smell coming from next door<br />
and eats all the pansies the Lincoln sisters have just<br />
planted, Eugenia Lincoln is ready to take “extreme<br />
measures.” She calls Animal Control. Will Officer<br />
Francine Poulet be any match for this buttered-toastloving<br />
pig? Full-color gouache illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763632656 • Dewey: f • 6 3/8" x 8 3/16" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 380l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $12.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
*NEW* Mermaid Queen: The Spectacular True Story<br />
of Annette Kellerman, Who Swam Her Way to Fame,<br />
Fortune & Swimsuit History<br />
by Shana Corey • illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, CL, KH, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
As a child in early-twentieth-century Australia,<br />
Annette Kellerman dreamed of being a dancer, but<br />
her legs were so weak she could barely stand. To<br />
strengthen them, her father taught her to swim.<br />
Soon Annette was winning races, demonstrating<br />
diving skills at a local aquarium, and creating a new<br />
sport: “It wasn’t quite ballet, and it wasn’t quite<br />
swimming—it was water ballet!” To show girls<br />
around the world what they could do in the water,<br />
Annette and her father sailed to England, where<br />
Annette’s daring swims of the Thames and the<br />
English Channel earned her the name “Mermaid<br />
Queen.” Author’s note. Historical background.<br />
Acknowledgments. Full-color digital media<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780439698351 • Dewey: 797.2/1092 b • 8 1/2" x 12" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD650l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
“The book radiates excitement.”<br />
—Children’s Literature<br />
Mighty Monty<br />
by Johanna Hurwitz • illustrated by Anik McGrory<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
Monty is nervous about his class play. “It meant he’d<br />
have to stand on a stage in front of an audience of<br />
students, teachers, and parents. Everyone would be<br />
looking at him. Suppose he made a mistake. Suppose<br />
everyone laughed at him.” He is relieved that at least<br />
he can hide behind his apple tree costume. But what<br />
about his karate class exhibition? He won’t have a<br />
costume to hide behind then. Plus, what if his asthma<br />
acts up? Black-and-white watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763629779 • Dewey: e • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 610l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever<br />
by Jay Lynch and Dean Haspiel<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, K<br />
Mona and Joey, sister and brother, have two things<br />
in common: a favorite superhero, Mojo, and a<br />
favorite enemy, each other. One day, their mailman,<br />
Mr. Mojoski, reveals his secret identity: he’s Mojo!<br />
He tells them he’s retiring and gives them the<br />
costume that grants him his powers. Mo and Jo fight<br />
over it and rip it in half, but their mother fashions<br />
two new costumes from the material. When they put<br />
on the costumes, Mo gains super-stretchiness, while<br />
Jo obtains powerful magnetic boots. Then Mojo’s<br />
nemesis, Saw-Jaw, attacks the city, and Mo and Jo<br />
have to fight together to thwart him. Graphic-novel<br />
format. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780979923852 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.6 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: Gn240l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Toon: $12.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Mogo, the Third Warthog u<br />
by Donna Jo Napoli • illustrated by Lita Judge<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“Sensible sows never stand in the way of nature’s<br />
rules,” says Mother. So when it’s time for Mogo<br />
and his brothers, Kebiro and Mathani, to leave the<br />
burrow, she won’t listen to their protests. The three<br />
try to stay together but bicker about where to make<br />
a burrow, how to avoid predators, and when to<br />
eat. Soon they go their separate ways. While Mogo<br />
worries that his brothers may not have what it takes<br />
to survive, he finds a way to make a new life—even a<br />
happy one. Black-and-white art.<br />
Isbn: 9781423108160 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 2.6 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 480l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Money Madness<br />
by David A. Adler • illustrated by Edward Miller<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, WC<br />
“If you were hungry and there was no such thing as<br />
money, how would you buy a loaf of bread?” From<br />
bartering to early forms of currency (including<br />
dried fish, rocks, and camels) to the invention of<br />
coins and paper money, here is a clear and thorough<br />
introduction to money. Includes a discussion of credit<br />
cards, digital payment, currency used in different<br />
countries, and how and why money values fluctuate.<br />
Full-color digital artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9780823414741 • Dewey: 332.4 • 8 1/2" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
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El monstruo del Lago Ness:<br />
Una misteriosa bestia en Escocia<br />
(The Loch Ness Monster: Scotland’s Mystery Beast)<br />
by Jack DeMolay<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3)<br />
Legend has it that Loch Ness, Scotland, is home to<br />
a strange beast—“una extraña bestia”—and over the<br />
years, many people have claimed to have seen it.<br />
Sightings from the sixth century through the 1930s<br />
are depicted in colorful, graphic-novel format. This<br />
book also considers various scientific explanations<br />
for the phenomenon and describes expeditions<br />
that have attempted to answer once and for all the<br />
question of whether Nessie truly exists. Fun facts.<br />
Glossary. Index. Web sites. Spanish text. Full-color<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781435825383 • Dewey: 001.944 • 6 1/2" x 10" • 24 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $17.95 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Mouse Shapes u<br />
written and illustrated by Ellen Stoll Walsh<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJ<br />
Three mice named Violet, Martin, and Fred escape<br />
from a big, scary cat by hiding in a pile of shapes.<br />
“Look,” says Violet, once the coast is clear, “we can<br />
make things with them.” The mice use the circles,<br />
triangles, and squares to create all sorts of pictures: a<br />
house, a tree, a book, and a fish. And then they begin<br />
work on something that might just scare away the<br />
cat. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780152060916 • Dewey: e • 8 3/4" x 7 1/8" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 1.7 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2007<br />
Mr. Karp’s Last Glass<br />
by Cary Fagan • illustrated by Selçuk Demirel<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG<br />
Randoph’s father was fired from his job at a general<br />
goods store for allegedly stealing a Barbie camper<br />
van and five bags of red licorice, among other things.<br />
While Randolph’s father fights the dismissal, the<br />
family, short on money, takes in a tenant. Randolph<br />
isn’t thrilled to have a stranger in the house, but<br />
then he discovers that Mr. Karp is a collector,<br />
too. Randolph collects beer bottle caps, writing<br />
instruments, and words. Mr. Karp’s collection arrives<br />
in wooden crates marked “fragile” and “perishable”—<br />
words that make Randolph want to learn more.<br />
Black-and-white art.<br />
Isbn: 9780888997906 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 2 • lexile: 860l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Mr. Putter & Tabby Run the Race<br />
by Cynthia Rylant • illustrated by Arthur Howard<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ<br />
Mrs. Teaberry suggests that she and Mr. Putter run<br />
a marathon, but it sounds like too much effort. Mr.<br />
Putter does not want to work out—he wants to eat<br />
muffins with his cat, Tabby. Then Mr. Putter learns<br />
that second prize is a train set! Besides, Mrs. Teaberry<br />
is busy getting in shape. “So Mr. Putter had to work<br />
out, too. He decided he would touch his toes thirty<br />
times every day to make up for the thirty years he’d<br />
forgotten to run.” Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780152060695 • Dewey: e • 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" • 44 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 620l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $14.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarnu<br />
by Cynthia Rylant • illustrated by Arthur Howard<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
Mr. Putter is worried that he’s not a good neighbor.<br />
“All I do is eat Mrs. Teaberry’s food,” he tells his<br />
cat, Tabby. “I should do something nice for her.”<br />
He decides to serve tea to her knitting club, but<br />
sometimes even the best intentions go awry. Tabby<br />
just can’t resist the sight of all that yarn. Then Mrs.<br />
Teaberry’s dog, Zeke, goes after the plastic potato<br />
on Gertrude’s hat, and things start to unravel very<br />
quickly. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780152050672 • Dewey: e • 6 1/4" x 8 3/4" • 44 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.0 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 580l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $14.00 • JlG Month: seP 2006<br />
*NEW* Muktar and the Camels<br />
by Janet Graber • illustrated by Scott Mack<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) * Reviews: BL<br />
“Muktar gazes out of the window, across the dusty<br />
landscape, remembering a time before drought and<br />
war engulfed his homeland. A time when his family<br />
roamed Somalia, their worldly possessions strapped<br />
to mighty camels.” Muktar should be learning the<br />
new ways in his classroom at the orphanage, but<br />
instead he daydreams about his old life. One day, a<br />
visitor arrives with a small library. Muktar’s friend<br />
Ismail is excited about the books, but Muktar is<br />
excited about what carries the books—camels!<br />
Author’s note. Full-color oil paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780805078343 • Dewey: f • 9" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Holt: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
The Mutiny on the Bounty u<br />
written and illustrated by Patrick O’Brien<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ<br />
“Captain Bligh came on deck and gazed ahead. There<br />
it was at last—Tahiti. The sailors had heard fantastic<br />
stories about this island paradise on the far side of<br />
the world, and they were eager to see if the tales were<br />
true. Bligh had been there before, and he knew what<br />
to expect. But there was trouble brewing below deck,<br />
and what happened on the Bounty was something<br />
Bligh never expected.” This fascinating historical<br />
adventure is illustrated with full-color watercolors.<br />
Includes a list of resources. A 2008 IRA Teachers’<br />
Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9780802795885 • Dewey: 910.4’5 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 1 • lexile: aD930l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $18.85 • JlG Month: MaY 2007
My Dad’s a Birdman u<br />
by David Almond • illustrated by Polly Dunbar<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC<br />
The Great Human Bird Competition has arrived,<br />
and Lizzie’s dad is sure he can win. After all, he’s a<br />
Birdman—he caws, has wings he made himself, and<br />
even eats bugs! “Yum-yum!” he says. “A man like me<br />
needs bugs and flies and centipedes.” Lizzie wishes he<br />
would eat toast for breakfast and shave like a normal<br />
person, but it’s fun making Birdgirl wings and a crest<br />
with her dad’s help. Auntie Doreen is determined to<br />
bring the Birdman down to earth, but is it so bad to<br />
reach for the sky? Full-color mixed-media illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763636678 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 2.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 420l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
My Dog May Be a Genius<br />
by Jack Prelutsky • illustrated by James Stevenson<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, PWH, SLJ<br />
“I’m Crumbo Crumme, I’m always glum, / that<br />
simply is my style. / I sit and mope, and there’s no<br />
hope / I’ll crack the slightest smile.” With poems<br />
about underwater marching bands, invisible dragons,<br />
and lemonade-drinking robins, as well as about<br />
creatures such as Zeenaleens, Luffers, and Probbles,<br />
laughs are guaranteed for everyone (except Crumbo<br />
Crumme!) in this collection of poems and wordplay<br />
by a Children’s Poet Laureate. Black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780066238630 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 7 1/4" x 9" • 160 pp<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $19.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
*NEW* My Name Is Sangoel<br />
by Karen Lynn Williams and Khadra Mohammed<br />
illustrated by Catherine Stock<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
When Sangoel’s family leaves the refugee camp<br />
for their new home, the Wise One tells him,<br />
“Remember, you will always be a Dinka. You will be<br />
Sangoel. Even in America.” For Sangoel, America is<br />
big and different and cold. No one can pronounce<br />
his name—not Mrs. Johnson, who meets his family<br />
at the airport, not the teacher, and not his classmates.<br />
Mama tells him, “America is our home now. Perhaps<br />
you need an American name.” But Sangoel cannot<br />
forget the Wise One’s words. Full-color mixed-media<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780802853073 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • eerdmans: $17.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
This is one of my favorite picture books.<br />
It’s wise and touching—relying on small,<br />
everyday details to elicit big emotions.<br />
—Nathalie, JLG Editorial Assistant<br />
*NEW* My Uncle Emily<br />
by Jane Yolen • illustrated by Nancy Carpenter<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, K, PWH, SLJH<br />
Six-year-old Gib and “Uncle” Emily (Dickinson)<br />
explore the world of insects and small things and<br />
share Emily’s poems, which Gib doesn’t understand<br />
but loves just the same. When Uncle Emily asks him<br />
to share a poem about a bee with his class, Gib is<br />
afraid his classmates will laugh at him—and they do.<br />
Afterward Gib fights a boy who calls Uncle Emily a<br />
name. He gets in trouble with the teacher and tells<br />
only part of the truth at home. How can he be honest<br />
when the truth might hurt Uncle Emily’s feelings?<br />
Author’s note. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399240058 • Dewey: e • 10" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD770l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
*NEW* Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed<br />
written and illustrated by Mo Willems<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
“For this story, you need to know only three things<br />
about naked mole rats:<br />
1. They are a little bit rat.<br />
2. They are a little bit mole.<br />
3. They are all naked.<br />
Well, they were, with one exception. . . . Wilbur.”<br />
Wilbur likes to get dressed so he can be fancy, funny,<br />
cool—or even an astronaut. Can the other naked<br />
mole rats convince him to be like everyone else? And<br />
what will Grand-pah—“the oldest, greatest, and most<br />
naked mole rat ever”—have to say about it? Fullcolor<br />
art.<br />
Isbn: 9781423114376 • Dewey: e • 10 1/2" x 7" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD470l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed—JLG Activity Guide<br />
JLG Activity Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will also find the Answer Key at the back of each<br />
JLG Activity Guide.<br />
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296431<br />
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*NEW* The Name Game: A Look Behind the Labels<br />
by Donna M. Jackson • illustrated by Ted Stearn<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, K<br />
“We all have names, whether we like them or not,<br />
but have you ever stopped to think about where<br />
names come from, and just how important they<br />
are?” This illustrated investigation looks at how<br />
people get their names in various cultures and at<br />
what some of those names mean. It also discusses<br />
unusual names, nicknames, the names of pets,<br />
companies, and hurricanes, and much more. Further<br />
reading. Glossary. Sources. Index. Black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780670011971 • Dewey: 929.9/7 • 7" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 7.1 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 10.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: nC1150l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Name That Style: All about Isms in Art<br />
by Bob Raczka<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, WC<br />
Name That Style introduces readers to fourteen<br />
different schools of painting, from Mannerism to<br />
Romanticism to Surrealism. Each section includes<br />
a reproduction of a painting that embodies that<br />
school’s most important characteristics, as well as an<br />
explanation of which elements in the painting are<br />
paradigmatic. Readers learn where and when the<br />
school was popular, who painted the most famous<br />
examples, and, in some cases, which techniques<br />
were used to attain the style’s particular effects.<br />
Introduction. Full-color reproductions of paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780822575863 • Dewey: 709 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 1020l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Millbrook: $25.26 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Nancy Drew, Girl Detective:<br />
Graphic Novel #13, “Doggone Town”<br />
by Stefan Petrucha and Sarah Kinney • illustrated by Sho Murase<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
When a lost dog finds its way to Nancy Drew’s<br />
house, the girl detective resolves to return the pup<br />
to its rightful owner. Nancy’s good intentions aren’t<br />
easily carried out, however. She and her boyfriend,<br />
Ned, drive to the town named on the dog’s tags only<br />
to find a seemingly deserted hamlet. Thankfully,<br />
though, the dog’s owner is at home. But something<br />
fishy is going on. The woman who “owns” the dog<br />
doesn’t even know its name! Presented in full-color<br />
graphic-novel format.<br />
Isbn: 9781597070997 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $12.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Nancy Drew, Girl Detective:<br />
Graphic Novel #14, “Sleight of Dan”<br />
by Stefan Petrucha and Sarah Kinney • illustrated by Sho Murase<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
When Nancy Drew and her best friends Bess and<br />
George attend Dan Deville’s magic show, Nancy is<br />
bored, because she knows the secrets behind most<br />
magic tricks. The show does hold one surprise,<br />
though: Dan makes his assistant and fiancée, Tina,<br />
disappear, but he never makes her reappear. The<br />
girls—and some reporters—question Dan about<br />
this unusual occurrence, and he claims it’s all a<br />
publicity stunt. Nancy, however, suspects that Dan<br />
is lying—and that he is desperate to discover Tina’s<br />
whereabouts. Graphic-novel format. Full-color<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781597071420 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 3.3 • aR Points: 1<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $12.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
*NEW* Nic Bishop Butterflies and Moths<br />
written and photographed by Nic Bishop<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH,CL, SLJH<br />
“There is no mistaking a butterfly. Its colorful<br />
wings skip in the air. . . .” Did you know that the<br />
world’s largest butterfly and largest moth both have<br />
wingspans of almost a foot? Or that one type of moth<br />
feeds on the tears of sleeping animals, while others<br />
eat nothing at all? (The luna moth doesn’t even have<br />
a mouth!) Butterflies visit dozens of flowers a day,<br />
and some fly hundreds of miles to migrate. Clear<br />
text and bold, full-color photographs combine for a<br />
lively portrait of some amazing insects. Author’s note.<br />
Glossary. Index. Gatefold.<br />
Isbn: 9780439877572 • Dewey: 595.78/9 • 8" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: nC890l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
Nic Bishop Frogs u<br />
written and photographed by Nic Bishop<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, SLJH<br />
Did you know that the world’s biggest frog, the<br />
Goliath frog, is as heavy as a newborn baby? Or that<br />
nearly half of a frog’s 159 bones are in its feet? And<br />
that the African bullfrog will try to scare people and<br />
even lions away from its eggs and tadpoles? With<br />
informative text and bold, full-color photographs<br />
of the amphibians gliding, sitting, swimming,<br />
and leaping across the page, the author takes an<br />
up-close look at frogs big and small—and in a whole<br />
rainbow of colors. Includes an author’s note, index,<br />
and glossary. A 2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book<br />
Honor Book. Winner of the 2009 Gryphon Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780439877558 • Dewey: 597.8/9 • 8” x 11” • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 890l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
Nikki and Deja: Birthday Blues<br />
by Karen English • illustrated by Laura Freeman<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Third-grader Deja has been talking about her eighth<br />
birthday for weeks and planning all the details for<br />
her party with her best friend, Nikki. Then Deja’s<br />
class rival, Antonia, hands out invitations for her<br />
“Just Because” party—to be held on the very same<br />
day as Deja’s. Suddenly all the girls in class are talking<br />
nonstop about Antonia’s party and acting as if<br />
Deja hadn’t even given out invitations of her own!<br />
Black-and-white digital illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618977871 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $15.00 • JlG Month: feb 2009
No Babysitters Allowed<br />
by Amber Stewart • illustrated by Laura Rankin<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
Hopscotch is a brave bunny when he finds a spider in<br />
the house and when he falls off his tricycle, but when<br />
his parents leave him with nice Mrs. Honeybunch<br />
for the evening, he doesn’t feel brave at all. He hides<br />
in his “No Babysitters Allowed” camp and won’t<br />
come out. Then Mrs. Honeybunch reads Hopscotch’s<br />
favorite books to his stuffed toy, Rabbity, and gets<br />
them all mixed up! By the third story, Hopscotch<br />
can’t stand it anymore. He leaves his camp to set<br />
Mrs. Honeybunch straight. Full-color illustrations in<br />
acrylic and pen and ink.<br />
Isbn: 978159990313X • Dewey: e • 9 5/8" x 10 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $17.89 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
No Girls Allowed: Tales of Daring Women Dressed as<br />
Men for Love, Freedom and Adventure<br />
by Susan Hughes • illustrated by Willow Dawson<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, KL, SLJ, V<br />
In ninth-century Scandinavia, Alfhild, a princess,<br />
became a Viking raider. In France in 1738, Esther<br />
Brandeau, a Jew, posed as a Catholic boy to gain<br />
passage to America. In nineteenth-century Scotland,<br />
a woman practiced medicine—as a man called<br />
James Barry. These and four other true stories of<br />
women who didn’t allow gender inequality to stand<br />
in their way are presented in graphic-novel format.<br />
Afterword. Further reading. Black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781554531776 • Dewey: 806.77’80820922 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
No Talking u<br />
by Andrew Clements • illustrated by Mark Elliott<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, KH, PW, SLJ<br />
The boisterous fifth graders of Laketon Elementary<br />
School have made a pact: “No talking at all. And it’s<br />
a contest—boys against the girls.” Except for a threeword<br />
limit for responding to adults at school, they<br />
will not speak for forty-eight hours. What starts as a<br />
rivalry becomes a silent collaboration, as the students<br />
try to maintain the competition in spite of adult<br />
disapproval. After all, without speaking, how can they<br />
participate in class, do homework, or rehearse for the<br />
school assembly? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781416909835 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2007<br />
Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a<br />
(Somewhat) Brave Shrew<br />
written and illustrated by Ursula Vernon<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, WC<br />
Although Nurk wants to be like his fearless (but<br />
long-lost) warrior grandmother, he’s not a very brave<br />
shrew. He worries about going on adventures: what<br />
if he spends his time “wet and cold and hungry and<br />
without clean socks”? Then a mysterious letter arrives<br />
with a desperate plea for help. It is meant for his<br />
grandmother, but Nurk decides that he has no choice<br />
but to go in her place. Before long, he finds himself<br />
on a dragonfly-prince-saving mission that would<br />
intimidate even the biggest, baddest, and bravest of<br />
adventurers. Black-and-white art.<br />
Isbn: 9780152063757 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 6.4 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 920l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $15.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
On the Court with . . . LeBron James<br />
Matt Christopher<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Today, LeBron James is a world-famous NBA<br />
superstar. When he was very young, though, he and<br />
his mother lived in crime-ridden neighborhoods in<br />
Akron, Ohio, where Gloria James struggled to earn<br />
money and keep her son safe. LeBron didn’t take<br />
his household responsibilities seriously and often<br />
ignored his schoolwork. Realizing LeBron’s difficult<br />
home life was putting him on the wrong track, Gloria<br />
James agreed to let some generous family friends take<br />
him in. The Walkers taught LeBron discipline and<br />
focus—and how to play basketball. Includes NBA<br />
statistics and career highlights. Black-and-white<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780316043762 • Dewey: 796.323092 b • 5" x 7 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 6.8 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 990l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
*NEW* One Giant Leap<br />
by Robert Burleigh • illustrated by Mike Wimmer<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, SLJ<br />
“July 20, 1969. Seventy miles up, the two spaceships,<br />
Eagle and Columbia, separate . . . then the Eagle<br />
begins to descend—to where no human has ever<br />
been. To the moon.” Astronaut Neil Armstrong lands<br />
the craft carefully. He and Buzz Aldrin put on special<br />
gear, such as air tanks and helmets with sun visors.<br />
Then they step onto the moon’s finely dusted surface.<br />
In vivid detail, here is the story of the historic moon<br />
landing. Author’s note. Full-color oil paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780399238833 • Dewey: 629.45’4 • 10" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 470l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
*NEW* Open the Door to Liberty!:<br />
A Biography of Toussaint L’Ouverture<br />
by Anne Rockwell • illustrated by R. Gregory Christie<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJH, WC<br />
Toussaint L’Ouverture was “one of the most<br />
extraordinary people of the eighteenth century—and<br />
one of the forgotten heroes of history.” Growing<br />
from a weak baby and bookish boy into the driving<br />
force behind the first successful slave revolt in history,<br />
L’Ouverture became governor-general of the island<br />
St. Domingue, now called Haiti. His victory shook<br />
the foundations of slavery around the world, and<br />
his example inspired his people to fight for their<br />
independence from French rule. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780618605705 • Dewey: 972.94’03092 • 7" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.5 • sRC Points: 1000l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
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*NEW* Orangutan Tongs:<br />
Poems to Tangle Your Tongue<br />
written and illustrated by Jon Agee<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, KH, SLJH, WC<br />
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In this collection of thirty-four tongue-twisting<br />
poems, a round-bellied boy in a belt thinks about<br />
his hat: “I used to wear a felt hat, and I felt the hat<br />
felt right, but I swapped it for a belt, although I felt<br />
the belt was tight.” A rude customer named Walter<br />
Witter whines, “Bring me wetter water, waiter.”<br />
When you read these poems out loud, start slowly,<br />
otherwise you may need to see a doctor about<br />
untangling your tongue! Index of titles. Full-color<br />
artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9781423103158 • Dewey: 818/.5402 • 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 32 pp<br />
sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 2<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
The Origami Master<br />
by Nathaniel Lachenmeyer • illustrated by Aki Sogabe<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
One morning Shima the Origami Master wakes up<br />
to find a beautiful paper elephant on his desk. The<br />
next day he finds a magnificent dragon. Both of<br />
them surpass his own creations, so Shima decides<br />
to hide and catch the intruder who can best him.<br />
To his surprise, the intruder is a warbler, which he<br />
easily captures and locks in a cage. He offers the bird<br />
nuts and berries, and—hoping to learn its secrets—<br />
origami paper. Includes instructions for making an<br />
origami bird. Full-color art, created with cut paper<br />
and watercolor.<br />
Isbn: 9780807561348 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 630l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • albert Whitman: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Oso panda, oso panda, ¿qué ves ahi?<br />
(Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?)<br />
by Bill Martin Jr • illustrated by Eric Carle<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3)<br />
In this Spanish translation of Panda Bear, Panda Bear,<br />
What Do You See? Panda Bear answers, “Veo un águila<br />
calva que se eleva sobre mí.” That bald eagle sees un<br />
carabao, a water buffalo, who sees un mono araña,<br />
a spider monkey, who sees una tortuga verde, a sea<br />
turtle. . . . All these endangered animals are watched<br />
over by a dreaming child, who sees them running<br />
wild and free. Author’s note. Full-color hand-painted<br />
paper collage.<br />
Isbn: 9780805083484 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
sRC level: 1.8 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nP<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Our <strong>Library</strong><br />
by Eve Bunting • illustrated by Maggie Smith<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
According to Miss Goose, the library is “too old.<br />
It needs a new roof. And new paint.” Could it be<br />
true? Is the town library really closing? Raccoon<br />
and his friends—Mouse, Skunk, and Rabbit— are<br />
determined to save it. After reading How to Lay<br />
a Perfect Roof and <strong>Library</strong> Painting for Beginners,<br />
they’re ready to get started. Acrylic and watercolor<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618494583 • Dewey: e • 8" x 9 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 390l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
*NEW* The Outlandish Adventures of Liberty Aimes<br />
by Kelly Easton • illustrated by Greg Swearingen<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: PW<br />
“Aside from curiosity, Libby had hope. Hope is, of<br />
course, the belief that if you are patient and trusting,<br />
terrible times will pass and the future will be bright.”<br />
Libby endeavors to live up to her true name, Liberty,<br />
despite a mean existence as life-long servant to her<br />
evil father, Mal, and disillusioned mother, Sal. With<br />
the help of some magic potions, Libby manages to<br />
break free of her dingy home and sets out to find<br />
her promised land, the illustrious Sullivan Boarding<br />
School. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780375937712 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Wendy lamb: $18.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Owen & Mzee: The Language of Friendship u<br />
by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff, and Dr. Paula Kahumbu<br />
illustrated by Peter Greste<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, K, PWH, SLJH<br />
A young hippo, Owen, was rescued after the tsunami<br />
of December 2004 and brought to an animal<br />
sanctuary in Kenya. There he struck up a surprising<br />
friendship with a 130-year-old tortoise named Mzee,<br />
who had been a loner for years. The two animals<br />
have created a unique language of nips, nudges, and<br />
noises with which they communicate, and they seem<br />
happiest when they’re together. But is it healthy—or<br />
possible—for them to remain best friends? Full-color<br />
photographs. Background information. Winner of<br />
the 2008 Christopher Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780439899598 • Dewey: 599.63/5139 • 10 1/2" x 9 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 6.0 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 980l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007<br />
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*NEW* Panda & Polar Bear<br />
written and illustrated by Matthew J. Baek<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: PW<br />
Panda bears and polar bears live side by side in two<br />
different—and separate—climates. A little polar bear<br />
becomes curious and slips off his icy ledge down into<br />
a patch of soft mud. He emerges looking a lot like<br />
the little panda bear who arrives and quickly becomes<br />
his friend. After a swim, the polar bear is all white<br />
again and tells the panda bear about his world of<br />
snow. Together, they find a way to share each other’s<br />
homes and remain friends. Full-color watercolor<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780803733596 • Dewey: e • 9 7/16" x 10 1/2" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.5 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Pearl and Wagner: One Funny Day<br />
by Kate McMullan • illustrated by R. W. Alley<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, SLJH<br />
Wagner is having a bad day. He oversleeps and has<br />
to rush to school. He falls for his friend Pearl’s April<br />
Fools’ joke—and his teacher’s (and the librarian’s).<br />
Just when he thinks he’s catching on, he finds out<br />
that the math test isn’t a joke. It’s for real! Then Pearl<br />
chooses someone else as a partner for a dance contest,<br />
and she’s not kidding around. It is one unfunny day<br />
for Wagner—until he comes up with a way to get the<br />
last laugh. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780803730854 • Dewey: e • 6" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 210l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $14.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
The Pencil u<br />
by Allan Ahlberg • illustrated by Bruce Ingman<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
“Once there was a pencil, a lonely little pencil, and<br />
nothing else.” One day, that little pencil begins<br />
to draw—first a boy, then a dog, then a cat—and<br />
an entire world slowly emerges. But the pencil’s<br />
drawings have complaints: “This hat looks silly,”<br />
one person says; “My ears are too big,” says another.<br />
So the pencil adds . . . an eraser. Soon, however, the<br />
eraser is rubbing out everything in sight—and the<br />
pencil, to save its world, must figure out how to erase<br />
the eraser. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780763638948 • Dewey: e • 10 5/8" x 9 7/16" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 540l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street u<br />
by Jeanne Birdsall<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH<br />
It has been four years and four months since the<br />
Penderwick girls’ mother died. Aunt Claire says it’s<br />
time for Daddy to start dating. Daddy doesn’t seem<br />
so sure, and Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty are<br />
positive it can only mean disaster. They come up with<br />
the Save-Daddy Plan, a scheme to make their father’s<br />
dating experiences so horrible that he’ll never date<br />
again (and they’ll never end up with a stepmother).<br />
<strong>Library</strong> edition with trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780375940903 • Dewey: f • 5 5/8" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 850l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $18.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
A Penguin Story<br />
written and illustrated by Antoinette Portis<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, H, K, PW, SLJH, WC<br />
All her life, Edna the Penguin has seen only three<br />
colors. “‘There is white ice for sliding,’ says Edna.<br />
‘There is black night for seeing stars. There is blue sea<br />
for hunting fish. But there must be something else.’”<br />
None of the other penguins share Edna’s curiosity,<br />
so she sets off alone to find that something else. She<br />
walks and walks and walks, and one tumble and an<br />
“OOF!” later, she finds it: a color so new, so different,<br />
that she feels compelled to show it to her friends.<br />
Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780061456893 • Dewey: e • 10" x 8" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 1.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 220l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
*NEW* Pharaoh’s Boat<br />
written and illustrated by David Weitzman<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BLH, H, KH, SLJH<br />
In 1954, workers digging at the base of the Great<br />
Pyramid at Giza made a surprising discovery. Kamel<br />
el Mallakh, the supervising Egyptologist, recalled,<br />
“I smelled incense. . . . I smelled time, I smelled<br />
centuries, I smelled history. And then I was sure the<br />
boat was there.” Ancient Egyptians had built it to<br />
carry the Pharaoh Cheops to the afterlife. Fortyfive<br />
hundred years later, reconstructing Pharoah’s<br />
boat became an incredible puzzle. Afterword.<br />
Acknowledgments. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780547053417 • Dewey: 932/.012 • 11" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 7.4 • aR Points: 1<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $17.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
“Both ship and story are a mastery<br />
of precise craftsmanship.”<br />
—Kirkus ReviewsH<br />
Pictures from Our Vacation u<br />
written and illustrated by Lynn Rae Perkins<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH<br />
“The tiny cameras took tiny pictures that shot out<br />
right away. We could watch the pictures appear, then<br />
peel off the backs. . . . Our mom gave us notebooks<br />
to stick them in.” A brother and sister try to<br />
document their trip to the family farm, but when<br />
they look at their photographs—of the back of<br />
Dad’s head, a green hill, sitting in a chair in the<br />
rain—they realize the photos didn’t really capture<br />
their whole vacation. What about how it felt to roll<br />
down the hill or to listen to all those family stories?<br />
Full-color illustrations. A 2008 Charlotte Zolotow<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780060850982 • Dewey: e • 9" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD650l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: JUn 2007<br />
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The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! u<br />
written and illustrated by Mo Willems<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HG, K, SLJH<br />
The Pigeon really, really, really wants a puppy! And<br />
he has wanted it FOREVER . . . or at least since last<br />
Tuesday. By turns charming and demanding, the<br />
Pigeon tries to persuade the reader to give him one,<br />
even promising to water the puppy once a month.<br />
But what happens when—woof! woof!—the Pigeon<br />
actually gets what he wants? Full-color artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9781423109600 • Dewey: e • 9" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
sRC level: 1.1 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: bR<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $14.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Pip & Squeak u<br />
written and illustrated by Ian Schoenherr<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, H, K, PW, SLJ<br />
As Pip and Squeak scurry across the snowy yard to<br />
get to a birthday party, they discover a problem:<br />
they’ve forgotten to bring the cheese! “Now what will<br />
we give to Gus?” The pink flamingo doesn’t seem<br />
quite right, and neither does the birdhouse. Then Pip<br />
spots something. It is big. It is orange. It isn’t cheese,<br />
but it may be the perfect gift for their friend. Fullcolor<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780060872540 • Dewey: e • 9 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: feb 2007<br />
Pippo the Fool u<br />
by Tracey E. Fern • illustrated by Pau Estrada<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BLH, SLJH, WC<br />
In fifteenth-century Florence, the massive Cathedral<br />
of Santa Maria del Fiore was a marvel of engineering,<br />
but it lacked a dome. Filippo Brunelleschi, a<br />
goldsmith known as “Pippo the Fool” for making<br />
peculiar machines, entered a competition to design<br />
one. Pippo proposed to build two domes—one<br />
inside the other—with hidden chains for support.<br />
The judges were impressed with Pippo’s ingenious<br />
plan, but they insisted he build it with the help<br />
of the arrogant Lorenzo Ghiberti, the most famous<br />
sculptor in Italy. Based on a true story. Author and<br />
illustrator notes. Resources. Full-color watercolor<br />
and gouache illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781570916557 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: nC770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Charlesbridge: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials u<br />
by Sneed B. Collard III<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, KH, SLJH<br />
What defines a marsupial? Living in Australia? No:<br />
although many marsupials are native to Australia,<br />
there are many other species in the Americas and<br />
several Pacific islands. Having a pouch? No: although<br />
many marsupials, like kangaroos, have pouches,<br />
some small marsupials are pouchless. A marsupial, by<br />
definition, is a mammal that gives birth to partially<br />
formed young. Here is a guide to the great variety of<br />
animals in this fascinating mammalian order. Fullcolor<br />
photographs. Further reading. Bibliography.<br />
Glossary. Index. A 2007 Booklist Editors’ Choice.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960464 • Dewey: 599.2 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 7 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1030l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2007<br />
Pteranodon: The Giant of the Sky<br />
by David West • illustrated by Terry Riley and Geoff Ball<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Sixty-nine million years ago: A baby pteranodon<br />
is born. Its mother hunts for fish to feed it and the<br />
other hatchlings while its father fights off predators.<br />
As the baby pteranodon grows and learns to fly, it<br />
learns to fend for itself, narrowly avoiding hungry<br />
elasmosaurs that stretch up from the water. Having<br />
survived into adulthood, the pteranodon must avoid<br />
even greater dangers, including lightning storms, a<br />
T. rex, and an active volcano. Graphic-novel format.<br />
Additional information on pteranodons and fossils.<br />
Size comparison of dinosaurs and other animals<br />
that appear in the story. Glossary. Index. Full-color<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781404238954 • Dewey: 567.918 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: Gn740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $18.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
*NEW* Put It on the List!<br />
written and illustrated by Kristen Darbyshire<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
First it’s pancakes, but no syrup. Then it’s macaroni,<br />
but no cheese. Don’t even ask about the toilet paper!<br />
When everyone in a family of chickens ignores the<br />
shopping list hanging on the refrigerator, Mom has<br />
no way of knowing what items the family needs<br />
when she’s at the store. The family finally sits down<br />
for a meeting, where they remind one another to<br />
use the list and help with the shopping. In case of<br />
emergency, however, they still call for pizza! Fullcolor<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780525479062 • Dewey: e • 11" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.1 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD530l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
The Puzzle of the Platypus and<br />
Other Explorations of Science in Action<br />
by Jack Myers • illustrated by John Rice<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
A research team uses an infrared video camera to<br />
find polar-bear dens under the snows of Alaska.<br />
Scientists teach dolphins how to play a game in order<br />
to study the dolphins’ sonar. A researcher watches<br />
wild macaw parrots at a bend in southern Peru’s<br />
Manu River. In this book, scientists travel the world<br />
to study eleven intriguing animal mysteries, including<br />
those of elephants, crows, wild horses, honey-guide<br />
birds, cliff swallows, and rattlesnakes. Introduction.<br />
Bibliography. Index. Full-color watercolor<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781590785560 • Dewey: 590 • 7" x 10" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 6.4 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 5.8 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 970l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • boyds Mills: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008
*NEW* The Puzzling World of Winston Breen:<br />
The Potato Chip Puzzles<br />
by Eric Berlin<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K<br />
Twelve-year-old Winston Breen loves making and<br />
solving all kinds of puzzles. So when Winston gives<br />
his little sister, Katie, an empty keepsake box for her<br />
birthday, she’s sure there must be more to the present.<br />
To Winston’s total surprise, she’s right! Katie discovers<br />
that the box has a secret compartment, and inside<br />
are wooden pieces inscribed with random words and<br />
letters. Now Winston has three puzzles to solve: Who<br />
put the pieces in the box? Why were they put there?<br />
And what on earth do the inscriptions mean?<br />
Isbn: 9780399251986 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 670l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo:<br />
An Expedition to the Cloud Forest of New Guinea u<br />
by Sy Montgomery • photographs by Nic Bishop<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, HGs, KH, SLJH<br />
It looks like a bear and climbs like a monkey, but<br />
it isn’t a bear or a monkey. It has a pouch like a<br />
kangaroo, but what’s a kangaroo doing up in a tree?<br />
Meet the Matschie’s tree kangaroo, which lives in<br />
the dense canopy of Papua New Guinea’s cloud<br />
forest—and is one of the most endangered species<br />
in the world. A group of scientists venture into the<br />
Matschie’s native habitat to study and track these<br />
rarest of creatures. List of Web sites. Glossary of Tok<br />
Pisin words. Index. Winner of the 2007 NCTE Orbis<br />
Pictus Award. A 2007 Robert F. Sibert Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780618496419 • Dewey: 599.2 • 11" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 20 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
Ray & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure<br />
by Dan Gutman<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Joe “Stosh” Stoshack has the ability to travel through<br />
time, and he’s used his gift to meet legendary baseball<br />
players and to try to change history for the better.<br />
When he hears the story of Ray Chapman, he knows<br />
he must use his talent again: in 1920, before batters<br />
wore helmets, Chapman was struck in the head by a<br />
wild pitch and died soon afterward. Stosh arrives in<br />
the past, but his plan to interrupt Chapman’s deadly<br />
at-bat comes to ruin when Stosh is handcuffed and<br />
detained by a ballpark security guard. Can Stosh<br />
escape and save Chapman’s life?<br />
Isbn: 9780061234811 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 590l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
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Red, Red, Red u<br />
written and illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ<br />
“Where are you going in such a hurry, Turtle?”<br />
asks Mrs. Raccoon. “I am off to see something red,<br />
red, red,” says Turtle. Is it Mrs. Raccoon’s red roses?<br />
No. Is it Rabbit’s red tomatoes, red cherries, or<br />
red watermelon? No. Is it the red smokestack on<br />
Captain Dog’s boat? “No, no, no.” What could it be?<br />
Follow along with the rest of the town and find out!<br />
Pen-and-ink and watercolors.<br />
Isbn: 9780399246289 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD720l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007<br />
*NEW* Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors<br />
by Joyce Sidman • illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, KH, PW, SLJ<br />
Every color has a role to play in this poetic journey<br />
through the seasons. The shouting yellow of spring<br />
becomes the melting yellow of summer. In fall,<br />
“Yellow grows wheels / and lumbers / down the block,<br />
/ blinking: / Warning—classrooms ahead.” In winter,<br />
yellow and her brilliant sisters have all gone home,<br />
and gray and brown are the only beauties left. Fullcolor<br />
mixed-media paintings on wood with computer<br />
illustration.<br />
Isbn: 9780547014944 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 1<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
“The book has a freshness and<br />
visual impact all its own, and it<br />
will inspire a rainbow of uses.”<br />
—The Bulletin of the Center for<br />
Children’s Books<br />
Red Sings from Treetops—JLG Activity Guide<br />
JLG Activity Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will also find the Answer Key at the back of each<br />
JLG Activity Guide.<br />
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*NEW* Redwoods<br />
written and illustrated by Jason Chin<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BLH, HH, K, SLJ, WC<br />
A young boy enters the New York City subway,<br />
bringing along a book that, as he reads it, takes him<br />
through history and to a redwood forest. He stands<br />
among the world’s tallest trees and reads the facts<br />
about their size, growth cycles, and challenges. At the<br />
end of his journey, he leaves the book for the next<br />
reader to find, and the vicarious experience begins<br />
anew. Author’s note. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596434301 • 7 1/2" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 9.5 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: nC1100l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
“A contagious celebration of the<br />
relationship between information and<br />
imagination, the pure joy of learning.”<br />
—The Horn Book MagazineH<br />
The Retired Kid<br />
written and illustrated by Jon Agee<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
It’s hard work being a kid: going to school, taking<br />
music lessons, eating vegetables. After eight years,<br />
Brian has decided it’s high time to retire. So now it’s<br />
off to the Happy Sunset Retirement Community in<br />
Florida, with its promise of long days spent by the<br />
pool and watching movies. Or talking about hip<br />
replacements and drinking prune juice smoothies.<br />
Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9781142310314 • Dewey: e • 9 1/4" x 11 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 560l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
*NEW* Rhyming Dust Bunnies<br />
written and illustrated by Jan Thomas<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Four dust bunnies love to rhyme.<br />
“Hey! What rhymes with car?” says Ted.<br />
“Far,” says Ed.<br />
“Jar,” says Ned.<br />
“Tar,” says Ted.<br />
“LOOK!” says Bob. The other dust bunnies are<br />
dismayed: “No, Bob . . . ‘LOOK!’ does not rhyme<br />
with car!” Is Bob confused about rhyming, or is<br />
he trying to tell the other dust bunnies something<br />
important? Full-color digital artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9781416979760 • Dewey: e • 9" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • beach lane books: $12.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
“The bright colors, rhymes,<br />
and simple humor will tickle children<br />
and encourage reading.”<br />
—Children’s Literature<br />
A River of Words:<br />
The Story of William Carlos Williams u<br />
by Jen Bryant • illustrated by Melissa Sweet<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, HG, KH, SLJH, WC<br />
“There is a bird in the poplars! / It is the sun! / The<br />
leaves are little yellow fish / swimming in the river.”<br />
William Carlos Williams grew up in Rutherford,<br />
New Jersey, and later became a family doctor in his<br />
hometown. “Willie” discovered his love of poetry<br />
in high school. At first, he imitated the formality<br />
of traditional verse, but he gradually developed a<br />
distinctive style that let “each poem find its own<br />
special shape on the page.” Includes poems and<br />
excerpts. Time line. Author’s and illustrator’s notes.<br />
Further reading. Black-and-white photograph of<br />
poet. Full-color watercolor, collage, and mixed-media<br />
illustrations. A 2009 Caldecott Honor Book and a<br />
2009 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780802853028 • Dewey: 811.’52 • 9" x 10" • 34 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: aD820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • eerdmans: $17.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
The Robe of Skulls<br />
by Vivian French • illustrated by Ross Collins<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PW<br />
Lady Lamorna wants a new gown, but has no gold<br />
to pay for it. Gracie Gillypot wants to leave her<br />
cruel stepsister and stepfather, but is locked in the<br />
basement. Gracie’s stepsister, Foyce, wants money,<br />
but has no legitimate way to acquire it. The Ancient<br />
Crones want Foyce for a slave, but must resort to<br />
trickery to ensnare her. Scruffy prince Marcus wants<br />
to go exploring, but the king and queen won’t allow<br />
it. And Marlon, a wisecracking bat, wants to give<br />
them all exactly what they deserve. Black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763635312 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $14.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief u<br />
by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. • illustrated by Patrick Faricy<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HG, KH, SLJ, WC<br />
At 3:30 am on the morning of May 13, 1862, the<br />
Planter, a Confederate ship, loosed its lines and<br />
left its spot at the wharf in Charleston harbor.<br />
Confederate guards on patrol expected the ship’s early<br />
departure and did nothing. Fortified Confederate<br />
checkpoints in the harbor heard the Planter sound<br />
the correct coded signals and did nothing. Piloting<br />
the ship was Robert Smalls who, along with fourteen<br />
other slaves, escaped to freedom and, in the process,<br />
stole a ship carrying thousands of pounds of<br />
ammunition and six cannons. The rest of Smalls’s life,<br />
told in this detailed biography, is equally impressive.<br />
Map. Bibliography. Full-color and black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781423108023 • Dewey: 973.7092 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 8.6 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 13.9 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: nC1260l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008
Robots: From Everyday to Out of This World<br />
by the editors of Yes Mag<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, CL, K<br />
Robots: they might be big or small. They might be<br />
toys or parts of a game. Or they might work—to<br />
assemble cars, explore Mars, roam oceans, or assist<br />
surgeons. In fact, any job that is too dangerous,<br />
dirty, or repetitive for a human may be just right<br />
for a robot! This informative book traces the history<br />
of the robot back to Leonardo da Vinci’s latefifteenth-century<br />
mechanical lion, describes the basic<br />
parts from which robots are built, explains various<br />
situations in which robots might be used, and talks<br />
about the future of robotics. Glossary. Index. Fullcolor<br />
illustrations and photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532032 • Dewey: 629.8’92 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 6.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 1000l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $16.95 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
*NEW* Roman Diary:<br />
The Journal of Iliona of Mytilini, Who Was Captured<br />
and Sold as a Slave in Rome, AD 107<br />
by Richard Platt • illustrated by David Parkins<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: K, SLJ<br />
Iliona and her family have just set sail from Greece<br />
to Egypt when pirates attack their ship. Suddenly,<br />
Iliona and her brother, Apollo, are orphans. Sold as<br />
slaves in Rome, the two children are both bought by<br />
Gaius Martius, a senator. This doesn’t save them from<br />
being separated, however, as Iliona must work in the<br />
master’s house, while Apollo becomes a laborer in<br />
the vineyards on the senator’s faraway country estate.<br />
While she misses her brother terribly and hopes for<br />
their freedom, Iliona begins to enjoy the excitement<br />
of her new Roman life. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780763634803 • Dewey: f • 9 15/16" x 13" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 940l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $18.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
*NEW* Ron’s Big Mission<br />
by Rose Blue and Corinne J. Naden • illustrated by Don Tate<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: SLJ, WC<br />
Ron is on one of his usual trips to find airplane books<br />
at the local library, but today is different. Today<br />
Ron will try to check out books for himself, and he<br />
knows it’s not going to be easy. Sure enough, Ron<br />
encounters trouble at the checkout desk. “You know<br />
you can’t check out books, Ron,” says the clerk.<br />
“That’s the rule. Only white people can check out<br />
books from the library.” Based on an incident from<br />
astronaut Ron McNair’s childhood. Author’s note.<br />
Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780525478492 • Dewey: e • 8 1/4" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.9 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 440l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Rufus the Scrub Does Not Wear a Tutu u<br />
by Jamie McEwan • illustrated by John Margeson<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
Rufus is the biggest kid on the football team, but he’s<br />
also the clumsiest. So when his mother suggests ballet<br />
lessons as a way to improve his balance, Rufus decides<br />
to give it a try. Soon, his coach, his teammates, and<br />
even his fellow Scrubs are giving him a hard time<br />
about it—Clara thinks it’s “strange,” and Dan thinks<br />
it’s “incredibly wacko-strange.” Will Rufus quit?<br />
Or will all those pliés and pirouettes pay off on the<br />
football field? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960600 • Dewey: f • 6" x 8 1/2" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.9 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 570l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007<br />
The Runaway Dolls<br />
by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin • illustrated by Brian Selznick<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, HG, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
Doll friends Annabelle and Tiffany discover that<br />
there’s a teensy voice coming from the mysterious<br />
package that has arrived at the Palmers’ house.<br />
Annabelle is sure that the voice belongs to her<br />
long-lost little sister, but her parents don’t believe<br />
her. So Annabelle runs away with her newfound<br />
sister, Tilly, and Tiffany decides to go with them.<br />
They soon realize, however, that leaving the Palmers’<br />
house was a big mistake. By then, they are far away<br />
and thoroughly lost. Plus, their brothers Bobby and<br />
Bailey have followed them! How will the dolls find<br />
their way home? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780786855841 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 352 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Sabertooth<br />
written and illustrated by Patrick O’Brien<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
From thirteen million to ten thousand years ago,<br />
sabertooths lived throughout the world. They were<br />
ferocious hunters named for their two canine teeth,<br />
which could grow to eleven inches in length. Heavy<br />
and strong, sabertooths probably attacked their<br />
prey in groups—they even may have hunted early<br />
humans! No one knows exactly why these large<br />
cats disappeared, but some scientists believe that<br />
sabertooths died out when a warming climate caused<br />
their large prey to become extinct. Cat family tree.<br />
Watercolor and gouache illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780805071054 • Dewey: 569/.74 • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: IG930l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Sandy’s Circus: A Story About Alexander Calder u<br />
by Tanya Lee Stone • illustrated by Boris Kulikov<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH, WC<br />
“A friend wound up the gramophone to start the<br />
music. Sandy boomed a greeting to his audience in<br />
the voice of his wire ringmaster Monsieur Loyal,<br />
announcing the performance was about to begin. On<br />
his knees, this bear of a man worked the springs and<br />
strings and levers of his clever creations, making them<br />
leap, run, and dance.” With colorful illustrations and<br />
accessible text, this book tells how Alexander Calder<br />
came to build and perform his miniature circus.<br />
Author’s note. Sources. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780670062683 • Dewey: 730.92 • 9" x 10 5/8" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: aD750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
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Santa Duck<br />
written and illustrated by David Milgrim<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, WC<br />
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It’s Christmas Eve, and Nicholas Duck doesn’t<br />
understand why everyone’s chasing him down to<br />
recite their (long! very long!) Christmas wish lists.<br />
Could it have anything to do with the “genuine,<br />
official Santa hat” which mysteriously appeared on<br />
his doorstep that morning? Just in case, Nicholas<br />
takes off his new hat, but animals still call him “Santa<br />
Duck.” Finally, Nicholas makes a run for it—and<br />
runs right into Santa. Full-color art, in digital ink and<br />
digital oil pastel.<br />
Isbn: 9780399250187 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD470l<br />
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Satchel Paige: Don’t Look Back u<br />
by David A. Adler • illustrated by Terry Widener<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, PW<br />
Satchel Paige may have been the best pitcher ever,<br />
but he didn’t get a chance to show it in the Major<br />
Leagues until he was forty-two years old. Paige was<br />
African American and, like so many others, was<br />
denied the chance to compete on the game’s biggest<br />
stage. He became a legend in the Negro Leagues, and<br />
when he finally made it to the “big show,” he proved<br />
that he could still get batters out. Career highlights.<br />
Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780152055851 • Dewey: 796.357 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.1 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: aD840l<br />
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*NEW* Saxby Smart, Private Detective:<br />
The Curse of the Ancient Mask and Other Case Files<br />
by Simon Cheshire • illustrated by R. W. Alley<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ<br />
When things go wrong, kids have someone to call on:<br />
Saxby Doyle Christie Chandler Ellin Allan Smart.<br />
Kids just call him Saxby, and they call him whenever<br />
there’s a mystery to solve. Working from his Crime<br />
Headquarters, the shed in his backyard, he tracks<br />
down clues, puzzles out problems, and figures out<br />
just what went wrong. Saxby invites the reader to<br />
help solve three mysteries in this first book of a<br />
new series. Line drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9781596434745 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 5/8" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 5 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 730l<br />
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*NEW* Scaredy-Cat Catcher: Gym Shorts<br />
by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Adam McCauley<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: SLJ<br />
Rocky loves to play baseball. He’s the best catcher in<br />
his league—or at least he was, until an out-of-control<br />
runner broke his arm. Now his arm is healed, but he<br />
has a new problem. Every time a baserunner heads<br />
toward home, instead of tagging the runner out,<br />
Rocky jerks his arm out of the way. His friends tell<br />
him he just needs practice, but in the meantime, his<br />
team is losing games. Rocky doesn’t want to quit, but<br />
he wonders if that’s the only way to save his team.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432468 • Dewey: f • 5 7/8" x 7 1/4" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 380l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
*NEW* Scaredy Squirrel at Night<br />
written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW<br />
Scaredy Squirrel never sleeps. Even though it makes<br />
him forgetful and moody, Scaredy Squirrel would<br />
rather be tired than risk having a nightmare about<br />
ghosts—or vampire bats—or unicorns! So when<br />
Scaredy’s horoscope says that all his dreams are<br />
about to come true at midnight, he decides to draw<br />
up a battle plan. Will a spotlight, cupcakes, and a<br />
fire extinguisher be enough to keep his nightmares<br />
at bay? Full-color art, digitally rendered in Adobe<br />
Photoshop.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532889 • Dewey: e • 8" x 8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD430l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Kids Can: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Scaredy Squirrel at the Beach<br />
written and illustrated by Mélanie Watt<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
“Scaredy Squirrel never goes to the beach. He’d<br />
rather vacation at home alone where it’s safe than risk<br />
being surrounded by the wrong crowd.” But, when<br />
Scaredy builds a fake, private beach, he realizes that<br />
he needs a seashell from a real beach if he wants to<br />
hear the ocean’s soothing sounds. So, armed with<br />
protective beachgear—an eye patch to fool pirates,<br />
a french fry to distract seagulls, and a helmet for<br />
falling coconuts—Scaredy sets off to find the perfect<br />
seashell. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532254 • Dewey: e • 8" x 8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD580l<br />
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Science Warriors: The Battle Against Invasive Species<br />
by Sneed B. Collard III<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, SLJ, WC<br />
What do the brown tree snake, red imported fire<br />
ant, melaleuca tree, and zebra mussel have in<br />
common? They are invasive species—non-indigenous<br />
plants and animals that can wreak havoc on the<br />
environment. To combat invasive species, scientists<br />
study the organisms, then work on ways to prevent<br />
their continued spread. Science Warriors presents the<br />
four species above as case studies. Tips for stopping<br />
invasive species. Glossary. Web resources. Index.<br />
Full-color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780618756360 • Dewey: 578.6/2 • 11" x 9" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 7.6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 10.5 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 1110l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $17.00 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
The Scrambled States of America Talent Show u<br />
written and illustrated by Laurie Keller<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
The fifty states are excited about the talent show:<br />
Iowa will perform stand-up, Pennsylvania will play<br />
a peppy tune on the Liberty Bell, and Georgia will<br />
join California, Idaho, and Massachusetts as one of<br />
the Jolly Jugglers—or will she? Every time she starts<br />
to rehearse, she gets a bad case of the shakes. After<br />
finding that Georgia’s square miles, temperature, and<br />
average yearly rainfall are normal, Dr. Globe makes a<br />
diagnosis: stage fright. Will imagining the audience<br />
members in their underwear calm Georgia’s nerves?<br />
Full-color acrylic paint and collages assembled in<br />
Adobe Photoshop.<br />
Isbn: 9780805079975 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD720l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Scrubs Forever!<br />
by Jamie McEwan • illustrated by John Margeson<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, SLJ<br />
“Being a Scrub is a state of mind. It means we don’t<br />
care what anybody else thinks.” Dan is a longtime<br />
member of the Scrubs, a group of best friends<br />
who play sports but try to minimize the stress of<br />
competition. When Dan loses a critical wrestling<br />
match, though, his athletic ambition goes into<br />
overdrive, and he starts to think he’s outgrown<br />
silly nicknames and kid sports. Pretty soon Dan’s<br />
attitude threatens to break up the Scrubs . . . forever.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960693 • Dewey: f • 6" x 8 1/2" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 3.3 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 500l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $14.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
The Sea Serpent and Me<br />
by Dashka Slater • illustrated by Catia Chien<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“On Tuesday, as I was about to climb into the bath,<br />
a sea serpent dropped out of the faucet and into the<br />
tub. He was a very beautiful sea serpent, so small<br />
I could hold him in my hands.” As rainy day after<br />
rainy day passes, a girl and her serpent friend sing<br />
songs, take baths, and talk about the sea. But little<br />
girls live on land, and a growing serpent needs wave<br />
upon wave of water. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780618723942 • Dewey: e • 11" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.8 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD660l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $17.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Seabiscuit: The Wonder Horse u<br />
written and illustrated by Meghan McCarthy<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJH, WC<br />
During the Great Depression, millions of Americans<br />
were down on their luck and hopeless. “Going to<br />
the racetrack was the perfect escape. People came<br />
from far and wide to watch their favorite horses race.<br />
The horses were sleek, elegant, muscular, well-bred,<br />
and fast. REAL FAST. Except one. His name was<br />
Seabiscuit. He loved to eat and sleep but hated to<br />
run.” And yet this lazy, funny-looking horse went on<br />
to inspire an entire nation. Author’s note. Sources.<br />
Full-color acrylic paint illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781416933601 • Dewey: 798.40092’9 • 9" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 480l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Seasons of the Year / Las estaciones del año<br />
by Margaret Hall<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CL<br />
“Summer will come again. Then autumn, winter,<br />
and spring. / El verano volverá. Luego el otoño, el<br />
invierno y la primavera.” This book explains what the<br />
seasons are and why they change. Glossary. Internet<br />
sites. Index. Bilingual text illustrated with full-color<br />
diagrams and photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781429623735 • Dewey: 508.2 • 11" x 9" • 24 pp<br />
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: 270l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Capstone: $15.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election<br />
Schemes, and the Race to the White House<br />
by Susan E. Goodman • illustrated by Elwood H. Smith<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: K, SLJ, WC<br />
What is democracy? Why is it important to vote?<br />
And how does a presidential candidate become<br />
elected, anyway? This never-boring, informationpacked<br />
book explains the (often confusing) American<br />
political process, from its infancy to the present<br />
day. Includes sections on political parties, the<br />
electoral college, primaries, the ins and outs of the<br />
campaign trail, “dirty” politics, and much more.<br />
List of presidents and presidential facts. Glossary.<br />
Bibliography. Further reading. Index. Photographs<br />
and full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781599902852 • Dewey: 324.973 • 8 1/2" x 11" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.8 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 870l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
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A Seed Is Sleepy u<br />
by Dianna Aston • illustrated by Sylvia Long<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BL, PW, SLJH<br />
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“It lies there, tucked inside its flower, on its cone, or<br />
beneath the soil. Snug. Still. It does not reveal itself<br />
too quickly.” Sleepy, secretive, adventurous, and<br />
inventive, a seed can wait years before sprouting,<br />
travel great distances as parachutes on the wind, or<br />
hitch a ride on a child’s shoestring to find a place<br />
to grow. Then, when conditions are right, the seed<br />
sprouts, but its job doesn’t end there. The generous<br />
seed offers a protective coat to warm the new plant<br />
and also provides its first meal. Scientifically accurate<br />
full-color illustrations. A 2008 IRA Teachers’<br />
Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9780811855204 • Dewey: 581.4 • 9" x 11" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: aD750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
The Seer of Shadows u<br />
by Avi<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
When Olivia Von Macht requests a portrait of herself<br />
to put by her beloved daughter Eleanora’s graveside,<br />
Enoch Middleditch—a professional photographercum-swindler—decides<br />
to take advantage of the<br />
situation and create a “spirit photograph.” He<br />
dispatches his young assistant, Horace, to photograph<br />
a picture of Eleanora, which he will then insert into<br />
the background of Mrs. Von Macht’s portrait. But,<br />
upon developing his pictures, Horace discovers he has,<br />
in fact, photographed Eleanora’s ghost. And, far from<br />
being “beloved,” Eleanora was the victim of abuse and<br />
is now a furious spirit desperate for revenge.<br />
Isbn: 9780060000165 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 720l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Sergio Makes a Splash!<br />
written and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
Sergio the penguin lives in Argentina. “When he’s<br />
around water, Sergio can be: relaxed, happy, funny,<br />
playful, and silly. All of which makes him thirsty—<br />
for more water, of course! But sometimes, he can<br />
be scared of water, especially the very deep kind . . .<br />
because Sergio can’t swim.” What will Sergio do<br />
when his class goes on a field trip to the ocean? Fullcolor<br />
oil-based art, combined with digital media.<br />
Isbn: 9780316066167 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.6 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD490l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
*NEW* Sergio Saves the Game!<br />
writen and illustrated by Edel Rodriguez<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: PW<br />
“Sergio loves soccer. He kicks, jumps, defends, heads,<br />
butts, knees, shoots . . . and scores! A true star . . . in<br />
his dreams.” Sergio, the persistent penguin, is back,<br />
and this time he’s on the soccer field (or the soccer<br />
ice sheet, as the case may be). Unfortunately, he’s so<br />
clumsy that none of the other penguins want him<br />
on their team—they’d rather have the fish! Maybe a<br />
little practice will help. Full-color woodblock-ink and<br />
digital illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780316066174 • Dewey: e • 8" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD460l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
The Sign of the Sinister Sorcerer:<br />
A John Bellairs Mystery Featuring Lewis Barnavelt<br />
by Brad Strickland<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC<br />
Lewis lives with his uncle Jonathan, a sorcerer, so he’s<br />
used to unusual occurrences. But lately there have<br />
been a few too many strange happenings. Both Lewis<br />
and his friend Rose Rita see a mysterious cloaked<br />
figure appear from thin air and vanish the same<br />
way. In a streak of bad luck, Lewis gets two black<br />
eyes, loses his allowance, and twists his ankle. Then<br />
Jonathan’s magic wand disappears. Lewis and Rose<br />
Rita resolve to discover the magical forces behind<br />
these incidents, but before they can solve any of these<br />
mysteries, Uncle Jonathan disappears. . . .<br />
Isbn: 9780803731516 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 6.0 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 6.6 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 930l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Silent Music: A Story of Baghdad u<br />
written and illustrated by James Rumford<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH<br />
Ali lives in Baghdad. He loves to play soccer, listen to<br />
music, and dance. Most of all he loves writing Arabic<br />
in the ancient art of calligraphy, making “the ink<br />
flow . . . gliding, sweeping, leaping” across the page.<br />
As bombs fall and war and devastation envelop the<br />
city, Ali fills his room with pages of beautiful writing<br />
and fills his mind with peace. Full-color, computerenhanced<br />
pencil and charcoal illustrations. A 2009<br />
Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book and a 2009 Jane<br />
Addams Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432765 • Dewey: e • 11” x 8 1/2” • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
*NEW* Un sillón para siempre (A Chair for Always)<br />
written and illustrated by Vera B. Williams<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3)<br />
Rosa is awakened by people scrambling to her aunt<br />
and uncle’s room. “¡Tú tía Ida está dando a luz! ”<br />
(Aunt Ida’s baby is starting to get born!) Rosa waits in<br />
her lucky chair, imagining what her tiny cousin will<br />
be like. Soon after Baby Benja arrives, Grandma and<br />
Mama want to replace that old chair, but Rosa won’t<br />
allow it. Spanish text. Full-color watercolor paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780061722837 • Dewey: e • 9 7/8" x 8" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Greenwillow: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Sisters of Scituate Light<br />
by Stephen Krensky • illustrated by Stacey Schuett<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
Rebecca and Abby Bates grew up helping their<br />
father care for the Scituate lighthouse, located on<br />
the rocky shoreline south of Boston. One September<br />
night during the War of 1812, Rebecca and Abby<br />
are tending the lighthouse while their family is away.<br />
They see a British warship lowering barges and sailors<br />
heading toward shore to attack. “We cannot stand<br />
idly by,” says Rebecca, but what chance do they have<br />
against trained soldiers? Based on the true story of<br />
how the Bates daughters prevented a British attack<br />
using a fife, a drum, and the song “Yankee Doodle<br />
Dandy.” Author’s note. Full-color paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780525477921 • Dewey: f • 8 1/2" x 10 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 720l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
*NEW* Skater’s Secret<br />
by Jake Maddox • illustrated by Tuesday Mourning<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Maggie may be two years younger than her sister,<br />
Shannon, but she wants to be the better figure skater.<br />
Shannon’s technique is graceful and flawless, while<br />
Maggie’s style is more athletic and dynamic. So<br />
why does Maggie want to skate like her sister? After<br />
practicing a secret skating program only to discover<br />
that Shannon has chosen the same classical music,<br />
Maggie discovers that if she listens to the music in<br />
her heart and performs in her own unique style,<br />
she will shine, too. Glossary. Note about famous<br />
female figure skaters. Discussion questions. Writing<br />
prompts. Internet sites. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781434212122 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 460l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • stone arch: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Snow White / Blancanieves<br />
adapted by Miquel Desclot • illustrated by Ignasi Blanch<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: HG<br />
The queen asks, “Mirror, mirror, in my hand / Who’s<br />
the fairest in the land?” “Todavía eres hermosa, reina<br />
y señora, / pero Blancanieves es más linda ahora,” the<br />
mirror answers in this bilingual retelling of the classic<br />
fairy tale. Snow White manages to escape the furious<br />
queen and hides in a cabin. “Soon the owners of the<br />
cabin arrived home. . . . Pronto llegaron los dueños de<br />
la cabaña. . . .” Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780811860307 • Dewey: 398.2 • 8 1/4" x 8 1/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Soccer Hero<br />
Matt Christopher<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
When Rob saves his soccer coach’s life by using CPR,<br />
his teammates are in awe. “I’m not a hero!” Rob says,<br />
but after reading the story in the local newspaper,<br />
the town disagrees. Now the star player, Dmitri,<br />
thinks all the attention has gone to Rob’s head, and<br />
the team starts to fall apart, especially with their<br />
bumbling substitute coach in charge. Can Rob figure<br />
out a way to save his team and go back to being just<br />
a regular kid?<br />
Isbn: 9780316023610 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/8" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.9 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2007<br />
Sparky’s Bark / El ladrido de Sparky<br />
by Mimi Chapra • illustrated by Viví Escrivá<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ<br />
On Lucy’s first visit to Tío John’s farm in Ohio,<br />
everything seems so different from home. Where<br />
are the banana groves? Where are the flamingos and<br />
lagoons? Even her cousin’s friendly dog, Sparky, is<br />
foreign: he doesn’t understand when Lucy tells him<br />
déjame and por favor. Soon Lucy realizes that she<br />
must learn English to be able to communicate with<br />
him—and enjoy the summer with her relatives.<br />
Bilingual text and full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780060531737 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.0 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Rayo: $17.89 • JlG Month: seP 2006<br />
*NEW* Sparrow Girl<br />
by Sara Pennypacker • illustrated by Yoko Tanaka<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ<br />
China, 1958: “Sparrows are our enemies! They eat<br />
too much grain. We must drive them from the land!”<br />
The Great Leader has declared war on sparrows, and<br />
the people of Ming-Li’s village are joining in. With<br />
their cymbals and firecrackers, the villagers form a<br />
“noise parade” intended to frighten all the sparrows<br />
to death. Ming-Li cannot bear to watch the birds<br />
perish. She rescues as many sparrows as she can and<br />
hides them in the village barn, which is empty for the<br />
season. But soon the summer harvest will begin, and<br />
the farmers will discover her secret. Author’s note.<br />
Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781423111870 • Dewey: e • 9" x 9 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.3 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD590l<br />
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Spuds u<br />
by Karen Hesse • illustrated by Wendy Watson<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
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No matter how hard Ma works, Maybelle and her<br />
younger brothers never have enough to eat. So they<br />
decide to help out—by sneaking into Mr. Kenney’s<br />
field next door and digging up potatoes. Working<br />
by moonlight, they go “creepin’ over the clawed-up<br />
earth, [their] hands feelin’ for night spuds.” But<br />
when they arrive home and empty their sacks on the<br />
kitchen floor, they’re surprised by what they find.<br />
They didn’t bring home spuds—they brought home<br />
stones! Full-color art, created using pencil, colored<br />
ink, watercolor, and gouache on watercolor paper.<br />
Isbn: 9780439878993 • Dewey: e • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Stand Tall, Abe Lincoln<br />
by Judith St. George • illustrated by Matt Faulkner<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJH<br />
What kind of a boy was Abraham Lincoln? In Knob<br />
Creek, Kentucky, young Abe climbed trees and went<br />
fishing, helped out on the family farm, and studied<br />
in a one-room schoolhouse. He was frustrated when<br />
school closed for spring planting: “How could<br />
Abe ever learn everything he wanted to know if he<br />
went to school ‘by littles’?” Abe’s troubles worsened<br />
when his mother died and he had to take on new<br />
responsibilities while shouldering his grief. Full-color<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399241741 • Dewey: 973.7092 • 9" x 11" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.8 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 660l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
Stolen u<br />
by Vivian Vande Velde<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, V<br />
“She was a girl with no name running through a<br />
forest she didn’t know, for a reason she couldn’t<br />
remember.” When a strange girl is found in the<br />
woods, Mady and Frayne are certain it’s their<br />
daughter Isabelle, who was stolen by a witch years<br />
ago. The girl, though, is less sure of her identity<br />
and doesn’t remember her parents at all. In fact, she<br />
doesn’t remember much of anything—including her<br />
sister, Honey, who insists that Isabelle is an impostor.<br />
Isabelle’s mind is filled with questions: Who is she?<br />
How did she lose her memory? And why does Honey<br />
seem to hate her?<br />
Isbn: 9780761455158 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 860l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Marshall Cavendish: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Substitute Groundhog<br />
by Pat Miller • illustrated by Kathi Ember<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: HG<br />
“Weather teller wanted. No experience needed.<br />
Apply at Groundhog’s Hole.” Groundhog is too<br />
sick to work, but tomorrow is February 2. Can he<br />
find someone to fill in for him? Mole is comfortable<br />
underground, but he can’t see well enough to find his<br />
shadow when he climbs out. Eagle has keen eyesight,<br />
but he’s bothered by Groundhog’s small, dark space.<br />
Then along comes Armadillo, a stranger from far<br />
away. She seems to have all the qualifications, but<br />
does she know about the weather up north? Fullcolor<br />
pictures.<br />
Isbn: 9780807576434 • Dewey: e • 9" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD510l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • albert Whitman: $15.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
Swimming with Sharks: Gym Shorts<br />
by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Adam McCauley<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, WC<br />
“The worst day of Rita’s life was the day she became<br />
a dolphin.” When Rita and her friends try out for<br />
swim teams, Rita’s friends all end up on the best<br />
team, the Sharks. But because Rita can’t do a flip<br />
turn, her time is slow and she only qualifies for the<br />
Dolphins. Determined to become a Shark, Rita<br />
practices her flip turns, but water goes up her nose<br />
every time. Rita decides to quit swimming. Then<br />
her friends give her a pep talk—and a nose clip.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432451 • Dewey: f • 5 7/8" x 7 1/4" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 360l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $15.95 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
*NEW* Swish: The Quest for Basketball’s Perfect Shot<br />
by Mark Stewart and Mike Kennedy<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, SLJ<br />
In the early days of basketball, players used only one<br />
shot—the set shot, taken from a stationary position<br />
with two hands—to score points. But rule changes<br />
and advances such as the shot clock led players to<br />
attempt a variety of shooting techniques. These<br />
modifications have resulted in memorable, nailbitingly<br />
suspenseful game finishes and have inspired<br />
generations of players, male and female, to try new<br />
shots while mastering the old. Who were the leading<br />
lights of the past, and who might take the game to<br />
the next level in the future? Full-color sports-action<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780822587521 • Dewey: 796.3230973 • 9" x 9" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 900l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Millbrook: $18.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
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Take Care, Good Knight u<br />
by Shelley Moore Thomas • illustrated by Paul Meisel<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG<br />
The old wizard has asked the three little dragons to<br />
take care of his cats for a few days. The dragons don’t<br />
know anything about cats, but the wizard has left<br />
them detailed instructions. There’s only one problem:<br />
the dragons can’t read. Their guesswork leads to<br />
some very silly situations, as the dragons take the cats<br />
swimming, go camping with them, and put them in<br />
the cupboard. Luckily, the Good Knight is around to<br />
check up on them. Will he finally realize something is<br />
amiss? Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780525476955 • Dewey: e • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.9 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD570l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
Tales of the Cryptids:<br />
Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist u<br />
by Kelly Milner Halls, Rick Spears, and Roxyanne Young<br />
illustrated by Rick Spears<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, V<br />
A foul-smelling, nine-foot-tall ape. A long-necked<br />
or possibly serpentine sea creature. A horned,<br />
dinosaur-like reptile that hunts elephants. Could<br />
any of these fantastic-sounding animals really exist?<br />
Legend says yes, and many researchers agree. Here<br />
are several mysterious species and the cases for—and<br />
against—their existence. Glossary. Bibliography.<br />
Index. Full-color photographs and illustrations.<br />
A 2007 Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960495 • Dewey: 001.94 • 11" x 9 3/8" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 8.0 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 9.5 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: IG1160l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2006<br />
Tasmanian Tiger / El tigre de Tasmania<br />
by Janet Riehecky<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CL<br />
“About 30 million years ago, a weird, fierce beast<br />
prowled the wild lands of Australia. / Hace cerca de 30<br />
millones de años, una bestia extraña y feroz merodeaba<br />
por las tierras salvajes de Australia.” It looked like a<br />
mix of tiger, wolf, and kangaroo, and was una de los<br />
marsupiales carnívoros más grandes: the Tasmanian<br />
tiger. The last member of this species died in captivity<br />
in Australia in 1936. Glossary. Internet sites. Index.<br />
Bilingual text. Full-color illustrations place these<br />
animals in their natural habitat.<br />
Isbn: 9781429601184 • Dewey: 599.2/7 • 7" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: 780l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Team Moon:<br />
How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon u<br />
by Catherine Thimmesh<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, H, HGs, KH, SLJ, V<br />
In 1961, President Kennedy announced the<br />
challenge: land a man on the moon and return him<br />
safely to Earth. By July 24, 1969, the Apollo 11<br />
mission was complete. From the seamstress who<br />
sewed twenty-two layers of fabric for each space suit,<br />
to the creators of the lunar module whose motto<br />
was “there is no such thing as random failure,” to<br />
the navigators, parachute designers, and telescope<br />
crew—here is the story of the people who made this<br />
extraordinary achievement possible. Photos. Source<br />
notes. Suggestions for further exploration. Glossary.<br />
Full-color photographs. Winner of the 2007 Robert<br />
F. Sibert Award. A 2007 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor<br />
Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780618507573 • Dewey: 629.45 • 10" x 11" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 7.5 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 7.8 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1060l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $19.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2006<br />
*NEW* Teedie: The Story of Young Teddy Roosevelt<br />
written and illustrated by Don Brown<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJH<br />
As a young boy, Theodore “Teedie” Roosevelt was<br />
“[s]mall for his age, [and] he had weak eyes and<br />
frail muscles. Sickly lungs left him gasping.” But<br />
Teedie was also inquisitive, brave, and self-sufficient.<br />
Determined to overcome his childhood ailments,<br />
Teedie changed from a “timid homebody” into an<br />
adventurous man. He explored the Wild West, fought<br />
in the Spanish-American War, served as president<br />
of the United States, and helped build the Panama<br />
Canal. Author’s note. Bibliography. Illustrations<br />
rendered digitally, in pen and ink, and in watercolor.<br />
Isbn: 9780618179992 • Dewey: 973.91/1092 b • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: nC860l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
Terror Bird / El pájaro del terror<br />
by Carol K. Lindeen<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CL<br />
Standing eight feet tall, with a top speed of fifty<br />
miles an hour and un pico enorme, phorusrhacos,<br />
also known as the terror bird, was a ferocious<br />
predator. About 27 million years ago, “phorusrhacos<br />
ruled South America. No creature stood a chance<br />
against this meat-eater. / Ninguna otra criatura<br />
podía enfrentarse a este carnívoros.” A land bridge<br />
between North and South America later allowed<br />
other predators to compete for food with the terror<br />
bird, causing phorusrhacos to become extinct.<br />
Glossary. Internet sites. Index. Bilingual text.<br />
Full-color illustrations show terror birds in their<br />
natural environment.<br />
Isbn: 9781429601160 • Dewey: 568/.3 • 7" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
That Book Woman u<br />
by Heather Henson • pictures by David Small<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC<br />
Cal’s sister “would keep her nose a-twixt the pages<br />
of a book daybreak to dusky dark if Mama would<br />
allow.” Not Cal, though. He can’t read; he doesn’t<br />
see any use for the “chicken scratch” that appears<br />
in books, and he has no interest in sitting “stoneystill.”<br />
But then the Book Woman starts coming<br />
’round, riding up the steep Appalachian mountain<br />
on horseback. Every two weeks she brings books for<br />
Cal’s family—traveling through rain, fog, cold, and<br />
snow. Author’s note. Ink, watercolor, and pastel<br />
chalk illustrations. Winner of the 2009 Christopher<br />
Award.<br />
Isbn: 9781416908128 • Dewey: e • 10” x 8” • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: 920l<br />
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Those Darn Squirrels! u<br />
by Adam Rubin • illustrated by Daniel Salmieri<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: CL, HG, KH, SLJ, WC<br />
Old Man Fookwire is a grump. “He hated pie. He<br />
hated puppies. The only thing he liked was birds.” In<br />
particular, he likes painting birds. But every winter,<br />
the birds fly south and leave Old Man Fookwire<br />
feeling lonesome. This year, though, he has a plan:<br />
he’ll put out “beautiful birdfeeders” and fill them<br />
with “delicious seeds and berries,” and maybe the<br />
birds will stick around. The birds, however, aren’t the<br />
only ones who notice the new snacks in Fookwire’s<br />
yard, and the old man soon finds himself in a battle<br />
of wits with a band of crafty squirrels. Full-color<br />
watercolor, gouache, and colored-pencil illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780547007038 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
*NEW* The Time Book:<br />
A Brief History from Lunar Calendars to Atomic Clocks<br />
by Martin Jenkins • illustrated by Richard Holland<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL<br />
The Time Book examines the history of timekeeping<br />
from the first primitive calendars and clocks to<br />
the standardized, atomic methods of today. Early<br />
humans created sundials, water clocks, and lunar<br />
calendars in order to divide, measure, and make<br />
sense of the passing of time. Political and religious<br />
agendas influenced the eventual development of the<br />
Gregorian calendar that is widely used today. Readers<br />
learn why we have leap years, where August got its<br />
name, and why time isn’t measured in “neat, round<br />
numbers.” Index. Mixed-media collages.<br />
Isbn: 9780763641122 • Dewey: 529/.7 • 8 1/8" x 11 13/16" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 6.7 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 11.4 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: nC1200l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $18.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
*NEW* Tiny & Hercules<br />
written and illustrated by Amy Schwartz<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, SLJ<br />
Tiny and Hercules are invited to a skating party.<br />
Tiny is dismayed: “What will I do? I can’t iceskate<br />
my way out of a paper bag!” Can Hercules<br />
teach him? Hercules takes an art class. His teacher<br />
tells the class, “Art is GRAND. Art is BIG. Art is<br />
STUPENDOUS.” But Hercules’s paintings aren’t<br />
grand at all. Maybe Tiny can help. Two good friends<br />
share trouble, fun, and laughter in five humorous<br />
stories. Full-color ink and watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432536 • Dewey: e • 8 3/4" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 2.3 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Too Many Toys u<br />
written and illustrated by David Shannon<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJH, WC<br />
Spencer has hundreds of toys: big toys, little toys,<br />
electronic toys, pull-toys. He has so many toys that he<br />
can arrange them into a parade stretching “from one<br />
corner of the house to the other and back again.” But<br />
one day, Spencer’s mother decides that Spencer has<br />
too many toys. “Pick out which toys you don’t want,”<br />
she orders, “and put them in this box.” But how can<br />
Spencer bear to part with Mr. Fluffers, or Alien Space<br />
Ninja, or Johnny Choo-choo? Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780439490290 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.4 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
*NEW* Tortuga in Trouble<br />
by Ann Whitford Paul • illustrated by Ethan Long<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, SLJ, WC<br />
Tortuga wants to take a basket of ensalada, tamales,<br />
and flan to Abuela. His friends decide to follow<br />
him—just in case the basket falls off his back (yum!).<br />
Along the way, Tortuga meets Coyote, who peeks<br />
inside the basket and then runs off, claiming he<br />
has an “appointment.” But when Tortuga arrives at<br />
his grandmother’s house, it is Coyote who answers,<br />
disguised as Abuela. Fortunately for Tortuga, his<br />
friends think of a way to frighten Coyote away, and<br />
everyone sits down to a tasty dinner. Glossary of<br />
Spanish words. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780823421800 • Dewey: e • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.8 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Toy Dance Party: Being the Further Adventures<br />
of a Bossyboots Stingray, a Courageous Buffalo,<br />
and a Hopeful Round Someone Called Plastic u<br />
by Emily Jenkins • pictures by Paul O. Zelinsky<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, KH, SLJ, WC<br />
Lumphy, a stuffed buffalo, StingRay, a stuffed<br />
stingray, and Plastic, a bouncy rubber ball, all<br />
love Honey. But Honey is growing up. She’s<br />
spending less time with them and more time<br />
playing with Barbies and going on sleepovers.<br />
The toys are largely left to fend for themselves.<br />
Together, they brave a snowstorm, make a new<br />
shark friend, visit the basement, rescue a toy<br />
mouse from a vacuum cleaner, and have a dance<br />
party. At the same time, though, they can’t<br />
help but wonder: does Honey still love them?<br />
Note on textual references. Black-and-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780375939358 • Dewey: e • 6 3/4" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • schwartz & Wade: $19.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
*NEW* Track Attack: Gym Shorts<br />
by Betty Hicks • illustrated by Simon Gane<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Jazz is a born runner who loves being on the school’s<br />
track team. Her biggest fan is her dad—and that is<br />
a problem. He gets over-involved in her training,<br />
talks too much to the coach, yells at the track ref,<br />
and cheers way too loudly during the meets. How<br />
can Jazz tell him to stay away from the track without<br />
hurting his feelings? Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596434882 • Dewey: f • 5 7/8" x 7 1/4" • 64 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2009
Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the<br />
Science of Ocean Motion u<br />
by Loree Griffin Burns<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, KH, SLJH<br />
Hundreds of sneakers wash onto the beaches of<br />
Canada, Washington, and Oregon. An Alaska-sized<br />
patch of floating garbage collects in the middle of the<br />
Pacific. Abandoned fishing nets drift through the sea,<br />
trapping animals and debris. Floating trash is a big<br />
environmental problem, but it also helps scientists<br />
conduct Earth-sized science experiments. By tracking<br />
the movement of floating garbage, oceanographers<br />
can learn more about ocean currents. Full-color<br />
photographs and diagrams. Glossary. Suggested<br />
reading. Index. A 2007 Boston Globe–Horn Book<br />
Honor Book. Winner of the 2008 IRA Children’s<br />
and Young Adult’s Book Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780618581313 • Dewey: 551.46’2 • 11" x 9" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 8.5 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 10.9 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1200l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2007<br />
Trainstop u<br />
by Barbara Lehman<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
Why is the train stopping in the middle of a field?<br />
Why don’t the grown-ups notice? Who are those<br />
tiny people?! In this wordless book, what should be<br />
an ordinary journey home turns into a fantastic,<br />
dreamlike adventure for one young girl, as a group<br />
of miniature humans urges her to perform a tricky<br />
rescue. And the excitement doesn’t stop when the<br />
girl leaves her new friends. Full-color watercolor,<br />
gouache, and ink illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618756407 • Dewey: e • 11" x 7 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 0.0 • sRC level: 0.0<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
*NEW* Tricking the Tallyman<br />
by Jacqueline Davies • illustrated by S. D. Schindler<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, H, K, SLJH, WC<br />
The villagers of Tunbridge, Vermont, have heard bad<br />
news about the upcoming census: “The more people<br />
he counts, the more money our town will have to<br />
pay.” So when Phineas Bump, Assistant Marshal of<br />
the United States of America, rides into Tunbridge,<br />
he receives a cold welcome: “Begone, Tallyman. For<br />
we are a town that won’t be counted.” Indeed, except<br />
for the stubborn Mrs. Pepper, Tunbridge seems to be<br />
empty of citizens. But “count them [Phineas] must<br />
and count them [he] will.” Introduction. Author’s<br />
note. Full-color ink and watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780375939099 • Dewey: f • 10" x 8" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.8 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: aD660l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Knopf: $20.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
“All told, it is a slice of<br />
engaging history—told with a<br />
bracing comic flourish.”<br />
—Kirkus Reviews<br />
Trolls on Vacation<br />
by Alan MacDonald • illustrated by Mark Beech<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Mrs. Priddle is determined that her family’s vacation<br />
will take place at a five-star hotel by the sea. She is<br />
not pleased to learn that her husband has bought<br />
a second-hand camper and booked a campsite.<br />
Meanwhile, the Priddles’ neighbors, the Trolls, are<br />
curious about this human habit called “vacation.”<br />
When the Trolls unexpectedly turn up on the<br />
camping trip, the Priddles decide to make the best of<br />
a not-so-pleasant surprise. Until, that is, a wild beast<br />
is said to be on the loose near their campsite. . . .<br />
Black-and-white art.<br />
Isbn: 9781599902043 • Dewey: e • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 550l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $14.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
*NEW* Tsunami!<br />
by Kimiko Kajikawa • illustrated by Ed Young<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
Ojiisan, a wise rice farmer, lives on a mountain<br />
overlooking his village and the ocean. On the day<br />
of the rice harvest festival, something does not seem<br />
right, so Ojiisan stays home and views the celebration<br />
from afar. As he watches, an earthquake—itself not<br />
unusual—rumbles beneath him. Then “Ojiisan<br />
turned his keen old eyes toward the sea. It had<br />
darkened suddenly and was moving against the<br />
wind. THE SEA WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM<br />
THE LAND! . . . But none of the villagers realized<br />
the danger they were in.” Full-color mixed-media<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399250064 • Dewey: 398.20952 • 9 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nC620l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
“It’s hard to imagine a better<br />
introduction to those collisions<br />
between humans and ‘our’ world<br />
that we call natural disasters.”<br />
—The Horn Book Magazine<br />
Twenty Heartbeats<br />
by Dennis Haseley • illustrated by Ed Young<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: HG, K, PWH, SLJ<br />
A wealthy man wishes to have a painting of his<br />
favorite horse. He commissions Homan, whose<br />
paintings of horses were so lifelike that “real horses<br />
whinnied if they saw them; flies tried to land on the<br />
brushstrokes of their skin.” The wealthy man expects<br />
results quickly, but weeks, months, and years pass<br />
with only one vague reassurance: “I am progressing<br />
well.” After eight anxious years, the wealthy man<br />
confronts Homan, demanding his painting. What he<br />
sees changes his life. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432383 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD500l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
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Twenty-Odd Ducks:<br />
Why, Every Punctuation Mark Counts!<br />
by Lynne Truss • illustrated by Bonnie Timmons<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC<br />
48 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
In an illustration in Twenty-Odd Ducks, guests sit<br />
around a dinner table in formal attire, yelling and<br />
throwing wine at one another in the queen’s absence.<br />
The accompanying caption reads: The queen: without<br />
her, dinner is noisy. In the adjacent illustration, the<br />
queen screams, jumps on the table, and waves her<br />
cutlery in the air as she awaits her meal. The caption<br />
reads: The queen, without her dinner, is noisy. These<br />
and other humorous examples demonstrate how<br />
punctuation can dramatically change the meaning<br />
of a sentence. Introduction. Detailed explanations of<br />
each example. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399250583 • Dewey: 429.2 • 10 1/2" x 7" • 32 pp<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina,<br />
Friendship, and Survival<br />
by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery • illustrated by Jean Cassels<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: CL, BL, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
Bobbi, a dog, and Bob Cat, a cat, survived Hurricane<br />
Katrina and endured four months on their own in the<br />
devastated city of New Orleans. The animals’ survival<br />
and devotion to each other were remarkable, but<br />
when they were brought to a shelter, the volunteers<br />
discovered something even more surprising: “Bob<br />
Cat was blind! All that time on their own, Bobbi had<br />
been Bob Cat’s seeing-eye dog.” After the story was<br />
reported on national television, one woman traveled<br />
all the way from Oregon to adopt them. Includes a<br />
photograph of the Two Bobbies. Full-color gouache<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780802797551 • Dewey: 636.08’32 • 8 1/2" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $17.89 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Tyrannosaurus: The Tyrant Lizard<br />
by Rob Shone • illustrated by James Field<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4)<br />
The Cretaceous period, seventy million years ago:<br />
A tyrannosaurus hatches from his egg. He joins his<br />
siblings, living and hunting with them as a pack until<br />
nearly grown. Then the tyrannosaurus wins his first<br />
fight and claims his own territory. But what will he<br />
do when a fire threatens to destroy his terrain—and<br />
him? Graphic-novel format. Includes additional<br />
tyrannosaurus information and fossil evidence, as<br />
well as a comparative size chart of dinosaurs and<br />
other animals that appear in the book. Glossary.<br />
Index. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781404238978 • Dewey: 567.912/9 • 9" x 11" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: Gn480l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $18.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
United Tweets of America:<br />
50 State Birds; Their Stories, Their Glories<br />
written and illustrated by Hudson Talbott<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
Did you know that the northern cardinal is the state<br />
bird of seven U.S. states? Or that the nene, the state<br />
bird of Hawaii, is the rarest state bird? Have you<br />
heard the call of the American goldfinch—Iowa,<br />
New Jersey, and Washington’s state bird? It sounds<br />
like “po-ta-to-chip”! This uproarious and informative<br />
nationwide bird pageant involves every state from<br />
Alabama to Wyoming. The book also contains<br />
additional state facts, including capitals, nicknames,<br />
flowers, and more. Full-color illustrations in<br />
watercolors, colored pencil, and ink.<br />
Isbn: 9780399245206 • Dewey: 973 • 9" x 10 1/2" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 1 • lexile: aD940l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Upstairs Mouse, Downstairs Mole u<br />
written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ<br />
“Did you know that when you sweep, all your dirt<br />
goes down into my hole?” Mole asks Mouse, who<br />
lives in the tree above his home. Mouse agrees that<br />
this does not seem fair. The two work out a way to<br />
make both their houses tidy and clean in half the<br />
time—but that’s not the end of their troubles. In this<br />
short chapter book Mole and Mouse discover that<br />
being neighbors and best friends is a lot of hard work.<br />
Full-color pictures.<br />
Isbn: 9780618473137 • Dewey: f • 6" x 8" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 510l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $15.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2005<br />
*NEW* The Vermeer Interviews:<br />
Conversations with Seven Works of Art<br />
by Bob Raczka<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: SLJ, V<br />
Bob Raczka conducts imaginary interviews with the<br />
subjects of seven paintings by seventeenth-century<br />
Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer. Figures including<br />
the eponymous milkmaid and the geographer answer<br />
questions about their lives and about the paintings<br />
in which they appear. For example, Raczka asks<br />
the geographer, “Were the maps in this painting<br />
made in the Netherlands?” The geographer replies,<br />
“Most definitely. Master Vermeer painted his maps<br />
so accurately that historians can identify their<br />
publishers.” These interviews shed light on Vermeer’s<br />
technique and point out interesting details about the<br />
paintings’ compositions and histories. Bibliography.<br />
Full-color illustrations and reproductions.<br />
Isbn: 9780822594024 • Dewey: 759.9492 • 8" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 740l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Millbrook: $25.26 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
Bob Raczka draws attention to many<br />
fascinating details I had never noticed<br />
before in Vermeer’s paintings: a cracked<br />
window, the repetition of a color or a<br />
shape, or a shadow where the artist<br />
corrected a gesture. I learned a lot from<br />
this book, and kids will, too.<br />
—Dan, JLG Assistant Editor
Vinnie and Abraham u<br />
by Dawn FitzGerald • illustrated by Catherine Stock<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, K, SLJ<br />
Vinnie Ream was born with a talent for sculpting,<br />
but as a poor, artistically untrained post office<br />
employee during the Civil War, she knew she had<br />
to make her own opportunities to create art. She<br />
was not yet sixteen when she convinced a famous<br />
Washington sculptor to let her be his apprentice.<br />
Soon congressmen were coming to her to get<br />
their likenesses made—but there was one very tall<br />
man with a craggy, lined face whom she longed<br />
to sculpt more than anyone else. Author’s note.<br />
List of resources. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781570916588 • Dewey: 730.92 • 10" x 8" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 880l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Charlesbridge: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
*NEW* Voyage to the Pharos<br />
by Sarah Gauch • illustrated by Roger Roth<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3)<br />
Dino, a boy in ancient Rhodes, is thrilled to make<br />
his first voyage, all the way to Alexandria! There,<br />
he will see the Pharos, a great lighthouse “so high it<br />
touches the sky.” However, Dino soon learns about<br />
the Mediterranean’s hazards: brigands, storms, and<br />
the rocky coastline. He is eager to help and soon<br />
finds himself atop the mast as the ship’s lookout on<br />
a dangerous night. From there he watches for the<br />
Pharos’s great bonfire in hopes of finding safety.<br />
Author’s note. Full-color illustrations and limitedcolor<br />
vignettes in watercolor and colored pencil.<br />
Isbn: 9780670062546 • Dewey: f • 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" • 40 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Vulture View u<br />
by April Pulley Sayre • illustrated by Steve Jenkins<br />
P GROUP (GRADES K–1)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ<br />
“Vultures smell the air. They sniff, search, seek for<br />
foods that . . . reek.” Held aloft on warm currents of<br />
air or scavenging for carrion, vultures are strange and<br />
majestic birds. Illustrated with full-color cut-paper<br />
collage, the text describes the fascinating lives of<br />
vultures, from the way they wash themselves in rivers<br />
to how they sleep in trees. Includes an appendix with<br />
facts about vultures and resources for further study.<br />
A 2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780805075571 • Dewey: 598.9’2 • 10" x 10" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 1.1 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008<br />
Wanda Gág: The Girl Who Lived to Draw u<br />
written and illustrated by Deborah Kogan Ray<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
“I can’t help it that I’ve got to draw and paint forever;<br />
I cannot stop. . . .” Born in Minnesota in 1893,<br />
Wanda Gág drew from a young age. When her<br />
father died, teenaged Wanda supported her mother<br />
and six younger siblings by selling handmade cards<br />
and submitting stories to magazines. When she was<br />
finally able to devote herself to her art, she attended<br />
art school and moved to New York City. At a 1928<br />
exhibition of her work, an editor suggested that she<br />
write for children. Author’s notes. Bibliography.<br />
Photo of Wanda Gág. Full-color paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9780670062928 • Dewey: 741.6/42092 b • 10 1/4" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 6.0 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 1010l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa u<br />
written and illustrated by Jeanette Winter<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, HG, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
The Kenya of Wangari’s childhood was a place of<br />
green trees, forest birds, and plentiful crops. However,<br />
when Wangari returned from studying abroad, barren<br />
land greeted her. There were no trees, no crops, and<br />
no birds. She decided to plant nine seedlings in her<br />
backyard. Soon, the village women were planting<br />
trees, too, and as word spread, so were women in<br />
other parts of Kenya. Wangari Maathai was awarded<br />
the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for her contribution<br />
to world peace through the Green Belt Movement.<br />
Author’s note. Full-color acrylic illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780152065454 • Dewey: 333.72092 b • 8" x 10 3/4" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Way Up and Over Everything u<br />
by Alice McGill • illustrated by Jude Daly<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HH, HGs, SLJH<br />
Jane is a slave on a Georgia plantation in 1842.<br />
One evening, five newly enslaved Africans suddenly<br />
disappear from the slave quarters. Jane follows the<br />
overseer and master and finds the slaves in the field,<br />
whirling rapidly around in a circle. One by one, they<br />
step up in the air, move their arms like wings, and<br />
rise into the sky. A tale about the power of and desire<br />
for freedom, when “Africans could fly like birds—way<br />
up and over everything.” Author’s note. Full-color<br />
watercolor illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618387960 • Dewey: 398.2 e • 10" x 9 5/8" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $16.00 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
We the People: The Story of Our Constitution<br />
by Lynne Cheney • paintings by Greg Harlin<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJH, WC<br />
“I almost despair,” said George Washington of the<br />
Constitutional Convention in 1787. The bickering<br />
between small and large states about how each<br />
would be represented in a new government seemed<br />
insoluble. The bigger states believed that states with<br />
larger populations should have more power; smaller<br />
states argued that all states ought to be represented<br />
equally. Some representatives even suggested that<br />
the matter would be determined by force. This is<br />
the story of how the representatives arrived at a<br />
compromise. List of sources. Full-color illustrations<br />
in various water media on watercolor paper.<br />
Isbn: 9781416951487 • Dewey: 342.7302/9 • 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 8.0 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: 1120l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $17.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
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Whaam!:<br />
The Art & Life of Roy Lichtenstein<br />
by Susan Goldman Rubin<br />
BE GROUP (GRADES 2–6)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WC<br />
50 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
“One day in 1961 Roy Lichtenstein had a crazy idea<br />
for a painting. Why not use comic book characters<br />
for his subjects? . . . Almost overnight Roy became<br />
a leading figure in the new movement called Pop<br />
Art. No one was more surprised at his enormous<br />
success than he was.” Roy Lichtenstein was thirtyseven<br />
when he had his breakthrough. He went on<br />
to produce thousands of works, in which he often<br />
hand-painted dots to mimic mechanical printing<br />
methods. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. List of places<br />
to view Lichtenstein’s art. Index. Black-and-white<br />
photographs and color reproductions.<br />
Isbn: 9780810994928 • Dewey: 709.2 • 10" x 10" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 6.9 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 7.7 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1030l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • abrams: $18.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
*NEW* What Can You Do with a Rebozo? /<br />
¿Qué puedes hacer con un rebozo? u<br />
by Carmen Tafolla • illustrations by Amy Córdova<br />
PS GROUP (GRADES K–3) • Reviews: CL, H<br />
“What I like to do most with a rebozo is DANCE! /<br />
¡Lo que más me gusta hacer con un rebozo es BAILAR! ”<br />
A little girl describes the many uses her family has<br />
for Mamá’s rebozo, a traditional Mexican shawl.<br />
Mamá uses it as a sling for baby brother; big sister<br />
wraps it into her hair; Tío uses it to wipe up a spill.<br />
The rebozo becomes a blindfold, a blanket fort, and<br />
a superhero’s cape before the day is done. Author’s<br />
note. Full-color illustrations rendered in acrylic on<br />
paper. Bilingual version of the 2009 Pura Belpré<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9781582462707 • Dewey: e • 9" x 10 1/2" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • lexile: aD670l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Tricycle: $14.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
When Dinosaurs Came with Everything u<br />
by Elise Broach • illustrated by David Small<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BL, KH, PWH, SLJ<br />
A boy is unhappy about running errands with his<br />
mother until he discovers that if they buy a dozen<br />
donuts, he can have a triceratops for free! When he<br />
gets a haircut, he can take home a pterodactyl! That’s<br />
right—for one day and one day only, dinosaurs come<br />
with everything! While the boy is ecstatic, his mother<br />
is a bit concerned. What will the dinosaurs eat, and<br />
where will they stay? Full-color watercolors. Winner<br />
of the 2008 E. B. White Read Aloud Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780689869228 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 11 1/2" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 2.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.2 • sRC Points: 2 • lexile: 380l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2007<br />
When I Grow Up: A Young Person’s Guide to<br />
Interesting & Unusual Occupations<br />
by Jessica Loy<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: HG, K<br />
“How do we decide what we want to be when we<br />
grow up?” Jessica Loy asks in her introduction.<br />
Fourteen professionals, including an entomologist,<br />
a video game designer, a chocolatier, and a guitar<br />
maker, answer this question. They explain how<br />
they became interested in such unusual fields and<br />
introduce readers to what their jobs entail. Resources.<br />
List of career-oriented summer camps. Full-color<br />
photographs and drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780805077179 • Dewey: 650.1 • 8" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 6.3 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: IG1000l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
When Is a Planet Not a Planet? The Story of Pluto u<br />
by Elaine Scott<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJH<br />
For years, students used the mnemonic My Very<br />
Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas to remember<br />
the names of the planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth,<br />
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. But<br />
on August 24, 2006, the phrase became obsolete<br />
with the announcement that Pluto was no longer<br />
considered a planet. How did this happen? What<br />
does it mean to be a planet, and who decides?<br />
And what is Pluto now? Full-color photographs<br />
and illustrations. Glossary. Suggested additional<br />
reading. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9780618898329 • Dewey: 523.48 • 10" x 10" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 6.6 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 6.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 980l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $17.00 • JlG Month: feb 2008<br />
When Louis Armstrong Taught Me Scat<br />
by Muriel Harris Weinstein • illustrated by R. Gregory Christie<br />
E GROUP (GRADES 1–3) • Reviews: BL, K, PW, WC<br />
As music ripples out of the radio, Momma kicks<br />
back her chair and grabs her daughter’s hands.<br />
“Let’s dance, Sugar,” she says. “Can’t waste good<br />
music.” The girl chomps Double Bubble and lets<br />
her legs fly as she and Momma waggle their heads,<br />
wiggle their hips, and sing “Doo-blee-ooo-doo” along<br />
with Louis Armstrong. Then bedtime interrupts the<br />
fun—but only temporarily. Louis Armstrong visits<br />
the girl in her dreams, and together they scat about<br />
bubble gum: “Chew-itee / Chewi-itee / Chew-itee<br />
CHOP / Crackity / SNAPPITY / POPPITY! POP!!!”<br />
Notes about Louis Armstrong and scat. Full-color<br />
acrylic illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780811851312 • Dewey: e • 8 1/2" x 10 1/2" • 36 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 1.7 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: nP<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Chronicle: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
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A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk:<br />
A Forest of Poems<br />
by Deborah Ruddell • illustrated by Joan Rankin<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, SLJH, WC<br />
“Coyotes in the falling snow / are singing all the songs<br />
they know— / the good old-fashioned favorites /<br />
and all the big coyote hits.” In this collection of<br />
twenty-two humorous and thoughtful poems about<br />
forest-dwelling creatures, a toad gets a nasty surprise<br />
in his lunch, a badger writes a love poem, and an<br />
opossum dreams of its marsupial cousins in Australia.<br />
The rhyming verse is written from the perspectives<br />
of humans, an omniscient narrator, and the animals<br />
themselves. Full-color watercolor paintings.<br />
Isbn: 9781416942115 • Dewey: 811/.6 • 10" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 0.5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Who Lives in an Alligator Hole?<br />
by Anne Rockwell • illustrated by Lizzy Rockwell<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
When an alligator finds a damp spot in muck, it<br />
digs and digs until it hits a wet layer. It settles in as<br />
the hole fills up with water—and then a lot starts to<br />
happen. Fish and insects come to lay eggs; birds come<br />
to eat the eggs; seeds in the bird droppings sprout;<br />
and more creatures arrive. An animal we know as a<br />
scary sharp-toothed predator is actually a “keystone<br />
species” that allows a whole ecosystem to survive.<br />
Activity and facts about alligators. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780060285302 • Dewey: 597.98 • 10" x 8" • 40 pp<br />
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Who Made This Cake? u<br />
by Chihiro Nakagawa • illustrations by Junji Koyose<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, CL, HH, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“Please make a very good one,” a mother says, calling<br />
in an order for a special birthday cake. Soon a team<br />
of tiny construction workers are hard at work. They<br />
drive loaders that scoop up dry ingredients, crack<br />
eggs using a hydraulic hammer, “cccccRash,” and use<br />
diggers with special attachments—giant beaters and<br />
a claw—to stir the batter and lift the pan into the<br />
oven. The golden cake is decorated with whipped<br />
cream and topped off with an iced cookie lowered<br />
by helicopter. The mother then presents it to the<br />
birthday boy as the tiny workers crowd together to<br />
watch from the window. Full-color artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9781590785959 • Dewey: e • 11 3/4" x 8 1/4" • 32 pp<br />
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*NEW* Wild River<br />
by P. J. Petersen<br />
ME GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: K<br />
Ryan’s older brother, Tanner, still wants to go<br />
kayaking after his buddy has backed out, so he presses<br />
Ryan to go instead. Ryan doesn’t like the cold water<br />
or camping, but somehow he finds himself waving<br />
good-bye to his computer games and saying hello to<br />
a rain-swollen river and two days of adventure. An<br />
accident during the trip leaves Tanner unconscious<br />
and Ryan with some difficult decisions to make.<br />
Isbn: 9780385906562 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
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Winning Words: Sports Stories and Photographs<br />
by Charles R. Smith Jr.<br />
SE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC<br />
The sound of popping popcorn inspires a gymnast to<br />
complete a perfect back handspring; a boy gathers the<br />
courage to show up a group of older, taller basketball<br />
players; the hapless Eagles fight against the clock to<br />
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unique challenges, but the threat of failure is always<br />
intimidating. In this collection of six exciting stories,<br />
young athletes confront their fears and strive for<br />
victory. Full-color sports action photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780763614454 • Dewey: f • 7 1/2" x 9 1/16" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 620l<br />
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The Wolves Are Back u<br />
by Jean Craighead George • illustrated by Wendell Minor<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BLH, HGs, SLJ<br />
Many years ago, national parks’ directors thought<br />
that only gentle animals should roam the wilderness.<br />
“By 1926, there were no more wolves in the fortyeight<br />
states. No voices howled. . . . The wolves were<br />
gone.” Peace reigned, but without the wolves, other<br />
aspects of nature were negatively affected. Over time,<br />
people’s viewpoints about the wolves changed. In<br />
1995, ten adult wolves were brought from Canada to<br />
Yellowstone. The animals thrived, and “the broken<br />
parts of the wilderness were tumbling into place. The<br />
wolves were back.” Sources. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780525479475 • Dewey: 599.773 • 11" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 1 • lexile: aD630l<br />
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The World According To Kaley u<br />
by Dian Curtis Regan<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, PW<br />
In her notebook for Mr. Serrano’s world history class,<br />
precocious fourth-grader Kaley Bluster gives her own<br />
unique take on ancient civilizations. Who really ruled<br />
Memphis—King Menes or Elvis? Was the Stone<br />
Age the birth of “rock guitar”? Kaley gets into some<br />
trouble for being too creative in these humorous,<br />
off-the-cuff essays and ink doodles . . . but why use<br />
facts when you can use your imagination? A 2006<br />
Benjamin Franklin Award Finalist.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960396 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 5/16" • 112 pp<br />
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The Worry Tree<br />
by Marianne Musgrove<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ<br />
Juliet has a lot to worry about. Her younger sister,<br />
Oaf, won’t stop following her around. Her dad is<br />
always lost in scientific thought, her mom works<br />
long hours, and her grandmother refuses to wear her<br />
medical safety alarm. Plus, Hugh Allen, “famous for<br />
being the biggest bully at Wattle Street Primary,”<br />
won’t leave her alone, and Juliet’s two best friends<br />
are competing over her. Luckily, Juliet has the Worry<br />
Tree painted on the wall in her room—she can<br />
“hang” her worries on the tree every night so they<br />
won’t keep her awake.<br />
Isbn: 9780805087918 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 640l<br />
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*NEW* Yes Day!<br />
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal • illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld<br />
K GROUP (GRADES PreK–K) • Reviews: BL, K, PW, SLJ<br />
What would you do if for one whole day the answer<br />
to all your requests was yes? A boy has the best day<br />
ever during the annual “Yes Day” at his house. Can I<br />
clean my room tomorrow? Yes. Can we get ice cream?<br />
Yes. Can we stay up really late? Yes. But, like any day,<br />
this one eventually has to come to an end—until next<br />
year! Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780061152603 • Dewey: e • 9" x 9" • 40 pp<br />
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*NEW* You Are Weird:<br />
Your Body’s Peculiar Parts and Funny Functions<br />
by Diane Swanson • illustrated by Kathy Boake<br />
A GROUP (GRADES 3–5) • Reviews: BL, K, WC<br />
“If you like mysteries, take a look at your own weird<br />
self. There’s a bundle of puzzles within your body.<br />
What exactly do your sinuses do? When are ear<br />
muscles useful—if ever? Why are there arc-shaped<br />
folds in the corners of your eyes? How does body<br />
hair help you . . . or does it?” You Are Weird explores<br />
these questions and many others by presenting<br />
theories about how the human body has evolved<br />
and by comparing the systems and appendages of<br />
humans to those of other mammals. Glossary.<br />
Index. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532827 • Dewey: 612 • 8 1/2" x 10" • 40 pp<br />
aR level: 6 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 6.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 920l<br />
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*NEW* Your Body Battles a Broken Bone<br />
by Vicki Cobb • photomicrographs by Dennis Kunkel<br />
illustrated by Andrew N. Harris<br />
NE GROUP (GRADES 2–6) • Reviews: SLJ<br />
“A broken bone happens quickly, and it’s a nasty<br />
surprise. . . . The good news is that you will recover.<br />
Different parts of your body work as a team to put<br />
your broken bones back together. . . . Meet the<br />
superheroes of your own body.” Cartoons and<br />
full-color photomicrographs tell the story of<br />
the body’s ability to repair its own broken bones.<br />
Glossary. Further reading. Web sites. Index. Fullcolor<br />
artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9780822574682 • Dewey: 617.4’71044 • 9" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
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*NEW* Your Body Battles a Skinned Knee<br />
by Vicki Cobb • photomicrographs by Dennis Kunkel<br />
illustrated by Andrew N. Harris<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, CL, SLJ, WC<br />
A skinned knee is more than just a minor injury—it’s<br />
a battleground! This book takes the reader through<br />
all of the body’s behind-the-scenes work that prevents<br />
harmful germs from entering the body through the<br />
scrape. For example, nerve cells send a message to the<br />
brain to report the injury. Platelets bind together, and<br />
fibrin threads form a clot to help stop the bleeding.<br />
Gradually, skin cells make new skin to replace the<br />
skin that was injured. Glossary. Further reading. Web<br />
sites. Index. Photomicrographs. Full-color artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9780822568148 • Dewey: 617.5’82044 • 9" x 9" • 32 pp<br />
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Yuki and the One Thousand Carriers<br />
by Gloria Whelan • illustrated by Yan Nascimbene<br />
I GROUP (GRADES 2–4) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJ<br />
In seventeenth and eighteenth century Japan,<br />
provincial governors traveled between Edo (today’s<br />
Tokyo) and Kyoto. When Yuki’s father is called to Edo<br />
to see the shogun, Yuki and her mother accompany<br />
him. They are part of a royal procession—with one<br />
thousand men carrying their belongings—on a threehundred-mile<br />
journey snaking around mountains,<br />
rivers, and the sea. Along the way, Yuki records her<br />
thoughts in haiku: “Today the way home / as close as<br />
the way to Edo, / tomorrow, further.” Author’s note.<br />
Full-color illustrations.<br />
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by Wendy Mass<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, PWH, WC<br />
Amanda and Leo, best friends born on the same<br />
day, have celebrated their birthdays together since<br />
they were babies. On their tenth birthday, however,<br />
Leo said something unforgivable, and Amanda<br />
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Isbn: 9780545052399 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" • 288 pp<br />
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by Sigmund Brouwer<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
“Things like broken valves don’t happen to scuba<br />
diving tanks by accident. If it wasn’t an accident,<br />
that left two questions. Who had wrecked the valve?<br />
And why?” Although it was Ian who almost died, he<br />
suspects that the true target of the attack was Uncle<br />
Gord. Word around Key West is that Uncle Gord<br />
has been searching for a sunken pirate ship full of<br />
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Isbn: 9781554691647 • Dewey: f • 7 1/4" x 4 1/2" • 176 pp<br />
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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian u<br />
by Sherman Alexie • pictures by Ellen Forney<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH<br />
The Wellpinit reservation is a rough place to grow<br />
up, but to Arnold, it’s home. So he feels torn when<br />
he begins attending an affluent high school off the<br />
reservation. Things only get worse when Arnold’s<br />
new basketball team returns to play the team from<br />
Wellpinit, and he must face his best friend and<br />
all his former teammates on the court. Could the<br />
crowd really be booing him? “I felt like one of those<br />
Indian scouts who led the U.S. Cavalry against other<br />
Indians.” Illustrated with Arnold’s cartoon drawings.<br />
Winner of the 2007 National Book Award and the<br />
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Isbn: 9780316013680 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
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Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back!<br />
by Michael Winerip<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WM<br />
A street in Adam’s town is going to be renamed<br />
for Martin Luther King. To celebrate, local real<br />
estate honchos, the Bolands, are sponsoring a<br />
big multicultural ceremony, complete with sushi<br />
and burritos. So why is there no date set for<br />
such a carefully planned event? Adam smells a<br />
rat. Meanwhile, there are a zillion other stories<br />
to investigate: the school-wide bully poll, the<br />
insidiousness of parental help on science fair projects,<br />
the possible demise of a beloved climbing tree. But<br />
how can Adam get the scoop when it seems like<br />
everyone, from Bolands to bullies, is out to get him?<br />
Isbn: 9780763623418 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 7 5/8" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 730l<br />
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Agnes Parker: Keeping Cool in Middle School<br />
by Kathleen O’Dell<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, KH, KLH, SLJ<br />
Agnes has a strategy to survive seventh grade: hang<br />
out in the art room, avoid the leering eighth-grade<br />
boys—in short, remain invisible. But staying under<br />
the radar turns out to be tricky. Agnes’s outgoing best<br />
friend decides to stand up to the boys with a run for<br />
class president, and she appoints Agnes campaign<br />
manager. Then Agnes tentatively befriends a short,<br />
nerdy, and wonderfully quirky boy—who seems to<br />
pay her a little too much attention.<br />
Isbn: 9780803730786 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 630l<br />
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Alexander the Great Rocks the World u<br />
by Vicky Shecter • illustrated by Terry Naughton<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, V<br />
“When Alexander was sixteen, his father left town<br />
on business for a month and put him in charge—not<br />
of the house, of the whole country.” From his start in<br />
Macedonia, Alexander went on to rule all of Greece<br />
by the time he was twenty. At twenty-five he had<br />
conquered Persia and Egypt and had come to believe<br />
he was a god. At thirty-two, he was king of the entire<br />
known world—but Alexander the Great still wanted<br />
more. Endnotes. Bibliography. Index. Black-andwhite<br />
art.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960457 • Dewey: 938.07 • 7 3/8" x 8 5/8" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 6.4 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.9 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 900l<br />
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All About Sleep from A to Zzzz<br />
by Elaine Scott • illustrated by John O’Brien<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, WC<br />
On average, people spend one third of their lives<br />
asleep. But what is sleep? In the sixth century BC,<br />
it was thought that people fell asleep because all the<br />
blood had drained from their heads. Scientists have<br />
come a long way since then, but many mysteries<br />
remain. For example, what causes narcolepsy? And<br />
how can someone get out of bed, leave home, walk<br />
to a nearby construction site, and climb a 130-foottall<br />
crane, all without waking up? Introduction.<br />
Afterword. Annotated list for further reading. Index.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780670061884 • Dewey: 612.8/21 • 8 1/2" x 9 1/4" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 6.9 • aR Points: 2.0 • sRC level: 10.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: nC1050l<br />
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All-In<br />
by Pete Hautman<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, WM, WS<br />
Denn has been on a hot streak: playing poker with<br />
Vegas’s highest rollers and winning every time.<br />
But that all changes when he gets involved with<br />
a redheaded card dealer named Cattie. Soon, his<br />
bankroll’s down to almost nothing, he’s playing in<br />
games with little old ladies, and a powerful rival has<br />
shown up. Denn is left with doubts about just whose<br />
side Cattie is on. He’ll bet everything on one final<br />
game to learn the truth.<br />
Isbn: 9781416913252 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 760l<br />
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All Shook Up<br />
by Shelley Pearsall<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
When Josh learns he’s moving to Chicago to live<br />
with his divorced dad, he figures he’ll keep a low<br />
profile and try to blend in at his new school. At least,<br />
that’s the plan before Josh learns his dad has become<br />
a hip-gyrating, sideburn-sporting Elvis impersonator.<br />
Now, Josh’s plan goes more like this: stop his dad<br />
from performing at his school’s upcoming concert, no<br />
matter what the cost . . . or die from embarrassment.<br />
<strong>Library</strong> edition with trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780375836985 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 890l<br />
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*NEW* All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse u<br />
by Ann Burg<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJ<br />
Two years ago, Matt Pin was airlifted from Vietnam.<br />
Now living in America, twelve-year-old Matt tries<br />
to lead a normal life; he plays baseball, takes piano<br />
lessons, and spends time with his family. But he<br />
also faces racist comments at school, has nightmares<br />
about the war, and feels guilty and worried about his<br />
mother and brother, who are still in Vietnam. Worst<br />
of all, he believes that his adoptive parents want to<br />
get rid of him.<br />
Isbn: 9780545080927 • Dewey: f • 5" x 8" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: Hl680l<br />
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*NEW* Alligator Bayou<br />
by Donna Jo Napoli<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ, V<br />
Tallulah, Louisiana, 1899: Fourteen-year-old<br />
Calogero is a recent emigrant from Sicily. He lives<br />
with his uncles and cousin, who are greengrocers and<br />
the only Sicilians in town. The white townspeople<br />
resent Calo and his family for their business success<br />
and for the fact that they treat customers equally,<br />
whether they’re black or white. Through a series<br />
of misunderstandings, the Sicilians anger their<br />
white neighbors, and resentment soon turns into<br />
devastating violence. Based on actual events. Letter to<br />
the reader. Afterword. Notes on research.<br />
Isbn: 9780385908917 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 3.1 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: Hl430l<br />
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*NEW* Along for the Ride<br />
by Sarah Dessen<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, H, PW, SLJH, V<br />
Auden has always been a model student, focusing on<br />
academics to please her demanding mother. When<br />
her happy-go-lucky, globe-trotting older brother<br />
sends her a picture frame that reads, “THE BEST<br />
OF TIMES,” Auden realizes she has nothing to put<br />
in it. So she decides to spend her summer with her<br />
father and stepmother in the beach-resort town of<br />
Colby. There she meets Eli, an intriguing loner and<br />
fellow insomniac. With Eli as her guide (and maybe<br />
more), Auden explores the town’s nocturnal world,<br />
determined to live the carefree teenage life she’s<br />
missed out on—even if just for one summer.<br />
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*NEW* The Amaranth Enchantment<br />
by Julie Berry<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
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Lucinda’s life takes a perilous turn when her uncle’s<br />
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First the Amaranth Witch brings in a priceless gem<br />
for a new setting. Later the Crown Prince stops by,<br />
seeking a present for his betrothed. That night a<br />
street ruffian fleeing a pursuer slips through Lucinda’s<br />
window. The next day Lucinda is homeless and<br />
friendless, with nowhere to turn but to the Amaranth<br />
Witch. That’s when she notices that the witch’s gem<br />
is missing. To make things right, Lucinda will have to<br />
befriend a thief, betray the man she loves, and relieve<br />
the suffering of a repentant murderer.<br />
Isbn: 9781599903347 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: Hl610l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
Antsy Does Time u<br />
by Neal Shusterman<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HG, KH, KL, SLJH, V<br />
When Antsy learns that his friend Gunnar Ümlaut<br />
has only six months to live, he donates a month of<br />
his life to Gunnar as a goodwill gesture. “I tore the<br />
page out of the notebook, held it up, and read it<br />
aloud. ‘I hereby give one month of my life to Gunnar<br />
Ümlaut. Signed, Anthony Bonano.’ I handed it to<br />
him. ‘There. Now you’ve got borrowed time.’” As<br />
word of Antsy’s good deed spreads, donations of time<br />
for Gunnar pour in. But Gunnar’s family doesn’t<br />
seem too concerned about his illness, and Antsy starts<br />
to wonder whether Gunnar is really dying—or just<br />
dying for attention.<br />
Isbn: 9780525478256 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 890l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
*NEW* Anything but Typical<br />
by Nora Raleigh Baskin<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
“When I write, I can be heard. And known. . . . But<br />
nobody has to see me at all.” Jason Blake is a sixth<br />
grader with an autistic spectrum disorder. This is<br />
his first year in school without a one-on-one aide<br />
to help him, and each attempt to fit in with his<br />
“neurotypical” classmates seems to go worse than the<br />
last. Jason finds an outlet for his frustration in the<br />
Storyboard Web site where he posts his fiction. There<br />
he finds an online friend who reviews his writing. But<br />
would she still like Jason if they met face to face?<br />
Isbn: 9781416976752 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: Hl640l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing,<br />
Traitor to the Nation: Volume I, The Pox Party u<br />
by M. T. Anderson<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH, V<br />
Octavian has spent his childhood in colonial Boston<br />
receiving a classical education from a house full of<br />
scientists. Aside from Greek, Latin, math, and music,<br />
the scholars train him “to be precise in notation,<br />
acute in investigation, and rational in inference.” It’s<br />
the only life he’s known, and he has never thought<br />
it out of the ordinary. As he grows older, however,<br />
Octavian wonders: How is he related to these men?<br />
Why are they interested in his development? And<br />
what lies inside the room he’s forbidden to enter?<br />
Author’s note. Winner of the 2006 National Book<br />
Award. Winner of the 2007 Boston Globe–Horn<br />
Book Award. A 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780763624026 • Dewey: f • 6 1/2" x 9" • 368 pp<br />
aR level: 8.0 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 8.3 • sRC Points: 18 • lexile: 1090l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $17.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2006<br />
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to<br />
the Nation: Volume II, The Kingdom on the Waves u<br />
by M. T. Anderson<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HGs, K, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
When Octavian hears that Lord Dunmore, governor<br />
of Virginia, will free all slaves who join his “Ethiopian<br />
Regiment,” the recent runaway gladly signs up. Upon<br />
enlisting, Octavian is reunited with his friend Pro<br />
Bono. The two comrades, who once shared a master,<br />
are thrilled to meet again, but their joy quickly<br />
subsides. For weeks on end, Dunmore’s regiment<br />
sees little to no action. They’re starving and stuck<br />
offshore in boats where many are horribly ill.<br />
Worse yet, it seems Dunmore may not emancipate<br />
the “Ethiopians” after all. Includes a summary of<br />
Volume I. Author’s note. A 2009 Printz Honor Book<br />
and a 2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780763629502 • Dewey: f • 6 1/2" x 9" • 592 pp<br />
aR level: 8.1 • aR Points: 22 • sRC level: 10.2 • sRC Points: 26 • lexile: 1060l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $22.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
The Attack on Pearl Harbor:<br />
An Interactive History Adventure<br />
by Allison Lassieur<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
The United States avoided fighting in World War II<br />
until December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked<br />
Pearl Harbor. In this interactive adventure, with more<br />
than fifty choices and nineteen different endings<br />
based on historical fact, three Pearl Harbor storylines<br />
unfold. Readers control their fates—as a Japanese<br />
fighter pilot, a U.S. Navy sailor, or an American<br />
military nurse. An introduction and conclusion<br />
provide context and additional information. Time<br />
line. Glossary. Bibliography. Further reading and<br />
Internet sites. Index. Illustrated with black-and-white<br />
and color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781429620109 • Dewey: 910.54/26693 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
lexile: 640l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Capstone: $20.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008
The Aurora County All-Stars u<br />
by Deborah Wiles • illustrated by Marla Frazee<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, H, KH, PWH, SLJ<br />
Mabel, Mississippi, is so small that there are only<br />
enough kids for one baseball team, and they only get<br />
to play one real game a year, on July fourth. No one<br />
is looking forward to the game more than pitcher<br />
House Jackson, who has finally recovered from a<br />
broken arm. There’s only one problem: their town<br />
has scheduled the Aurora County Birthday Pageant<br />
for the exact same time as the game—and the All<br />
Stars’ parents have signed them all up to perform! As<br />
usual, it’s up to House to find a solution.<br />
Isbn: 9780152060688 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
Autopsies: Pathologists at Work<br />
by Gary Jeffrey • illustrated by Terry Riley<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Dead men do tell tales, and pathologists interpret<br />
what the dead are saying using post-mortem<br />
examinations. Three stories of actual crimes solved<br />
via autopsies are presented here in full color:<br />
evidence of strangulation proves a woman didn’t die<br />
in the Blitz; a body’s cell structures determine the<br />
victim’s time of death; and follicular analysis gives<br />
detectives a time line of a victim’s poisoning. Includes<br />
overviews of how a crime is investigated and of<br />
how a post-mortem exam is conducted. Additional<br />
case summaries. Glossary. Suggestions for more<br />
information and further reading. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9781404214460 • Dewey: 614/.1 • 6 1/2" x 10" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 1<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $29.25 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Baseball Crazy:<br />
Ten Short Stories That Cover All the Bases<br />
edited by Nancy E. Mercado<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM<br />
The baseball field is a mythical place where legends<br />
are made. But it’s also a place where a kid can escape<br />
the drudgery of an orphanage, where a deep romantic<br />
feud can find an outlet for closure, and where a boy<br />
can use perfume to confuse a pitcher and get the girl<br />
in the same game. As this collection of ten original<br />
stories shows, tales tall and small are born on the<br />
diamond every day. Features contributions from Jerry<br />
Spinelli, Frank Portman, and Maria Testa. Includes<br />
author “stats” after each story.<br />
Isbn: 9780803731622 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
*NEW* The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies<br />
and Other Warped and Creepy Tales<br />
by David Lubar<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, SLJ<br />
“It started last week. Though I guess it would make<br />
more sense to say it started next week. . . .” So<br />
begins “Yesterday Tomorrow,” in which time moves<br />
backward before moving forward again—in a most<br />
unpleasant way. In other stories in this collection, an<br />
umbrella eats a boy, a girl casts a spell on herself and<br />
can’t stop talking, and two boys battle it out to see<br />
who can eat the hottest pepper. Thirty-five original<br />
“warped and creepy” tales range from scary to weird<br />
to disgusting to silly. Author notes on story<br />
ideas and origins.<br />
Isbn: 9780765320995 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 590l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • starscape: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Beneath My Mother’s Feet u<br />
by Amjed Qamar<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, H, HGs, K, SLJ<br />
Though her parents urge her to, fourteen-year-old<br />
Nazia doesn’t want to get married, as it will mean<br />
leaving school and her hometown, Karachi, Pakistan.<br />
Besides, she barely knows her fiancé, an older cousin.<br />
Then, misfortune befalls Nazia’s family: her father<br />
suffers an injury at his construction job, and Nazia’s<br />
dowry is stolen. Destitute and desperate, Nazia’s<br />
mother pulls her out of school so that they can clean<br />
houses to support their family. With Nazia’s newly<br />
degraded status, marriage seems unattainable, and<br />
education just an absurd dream.<br />
Isbn: 9781416947288 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Benny and Omar<br />
by Eoin Colfer<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, KL, PW, WM<br />
No wonder Benny’s grumpy when he moves from<br />
Ireland to Tunisia—he lives on a compound, his<br />
parents are stricter than ever, he has hippies for<br />
teachers, and all his classmates seem to hate him!<br />
Then Benny befriends a local boy, Omar, who<br />
learned English from TV and who takes Benny on<br />
some great adventures. Still, something’s bothering<br />
Benny: “Where’s your family, Omar?” To which<br />
Omar replies, “No Homer. No Marge.”<br />
Isbn: 9781423102816 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 1.5 • lexile: 600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $18.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2007<br />
The Big Field u<br />
by Mike Lupica<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, K, KLH, PW, SLJ, V, WM<br />
Hutch loves baseball. He knows the stats and the<br />
history, he’s the captain of his team, and he’s the<br />
best shortstop in town. He just wishes his dad, a<br />
former baseball player, would notice. When Darryl,<br />
“the LeBron James of baseball,” joins the team and<br />
takes over at shortstop, Hutch’s dad suddenly starts<br />
showing up at games. Soon after, Hutch finds his dad<br />
practicing with Darryl, something his dad hasn’t done<br />
with Hutch in years. Hutch can’t hide his anger any<br />
longer, but will it ruin the game he loves?<br />
Isbn: 9780399249952 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 970l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
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Bird<br />
by Rita Murphy<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL, H, HGs, K, WC<br />
Miranda, who lives an isolated life with Wysteria,<br />
an elderly widow, recollects little about the time<br />
before she arrived at Bourne Manor. Blown there<br />
by the wind and pulled from a tree by Wysteria’s<br />
wolfhounds, Miranda says, “I was lost and Wysteria<br />
found me. Or perhaps the Manor itself found<br />
me, beckoning me to its gates.” The Manor is a<br />
mysterious, menacing place, and Miranda is kept<br />
inside its locked doors. Then one day a boy named<br />
Farley appears and inspires Miranda to discover a<br />
destiny beyond Wysteria and Bourne Manor.<br />
Isbn: 9780385905572 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1010l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Delacorte: $18.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Bird Lake Moon u<br />
by Kevin Henkes<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH<br />
After Mitch’s father leaves the family, Mitch and his<br />
mother retreat to her parents’ house on Bird Lake.<br />
To stave off his misery, Mitch imagines taking over<br />
the abandoned house next door and living a new,<br />
better life there. So, when the house’s rightful owners<br />
show up to claim it, Mitch decides to haunt the<br />
house and “drive the intruders away.” Unfortunately,<br />
only Spencer, the ten-year-old boy next door, notices<br />
the haunting.<br />
Isbn: 9780061470783 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/8" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $16.89 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Black Box u<br />
by Julie Schumacher<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
Dora and Elena are as different as two sisters can be.<br />
Dora’s tall and theatrical; Elena is short and practical.<br />
“It was as if, growing up, Dora had occupied a certain<br />
space and developed a certain kind of personality,”<br />
Elena says, “and I had taken what was left over. On<br />
a barometer, Dora was a storm on the horizon; I was<br />
the needle that always pointed to steady.” But after<br />
Dora is admitted to the local hospital following a<br />
suicide attempt, Elena finds it increasingly difficult<br />
to remain the family’s “steady Eddie.” Author’s Note.<br />
Resources.<br />
Isbn: 9780385905237 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Delacorte: $18.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
*NEW* The Black Death:<br />
Pivotal Moments in History<br />
by Diane Zahler<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: CL, SLJ<br />
“In 1347 western Europe teetered on the brink<br />
of disaster.” The Great Famine, followed by the<br />
widespread death and destruction of the Hundred<br />
Years’ War, had weakened the population, had<br />
worsened already filthy living conditions, and had<br />
created a breeding ground for disease. When the<br />
bubonic plague arrived in Sicily by trading boat,<br />
it rapidly spread to every corner of Europe. This<br />
“black death” killed an estimated 30 to 60 percent<br />
of the population—devastating and transforming<br />
the continent in just five years. Map. Primary source<br />
research. Time line. Glossary. Who’s who. Source<br />
notes. Selected bibliography. Further reading and<br />
Web sites. Index. Full-color illustrations<br />
and reproductions.<br />
Isbn: 9780822590767 • Dewey: 614.5'732 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 9 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 10.6 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1150l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • lerner: $38.60 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
*NEW* Blade: Playing Dead<br />
by Tim Bowler<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, PWH, V<br />
Fourteen-year-old Blade has been on the run most<br />
of his life. A girl from his past gave him his name<br />
because he was so good with a knife. Too good. Now<br />
she’s gone, and he’d just as soon leave all that behind<br />
him, including his name. But he’s been followed to<br />
this new city where he’s been “playing dead” so no<br />
one can find him. This works for a while, until he<br />
meets people he comes to care about, only to watch<br />
them slip into his past, too.<br />
Isbn: 9780399251863 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 2.9 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 360l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Blade: Playig Dead—JLG Reading Guide<br />
JLG Reading Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher<br />
Edition of the JLG Reading Guide.<br />
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350645<br />
Bog Child u<br />
by Siobhan Dowd<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
Ireland, 1981: Death looms over Fergus’s first<br />
summer out of high school. His brother, Joey, a<br />
convicted member of the IRA, has joined a hunger<br />
strike in prison. That same week, while digging<br />
for peat in the mountains by his home, Fergus<br />
discovers the body of a girl, murdered and buried<br />
hundreds of years ago. Soon, the girl, dubbed Mel,<br />
is haunting Fergus’s dreams, and Fergus is helping<br />
an archaeologist and her teenage daughter uncover<br />
Mel’s story. Author’s note. Winner of the 2009<br />
Carnegie Medal.<br />
Isbn: 9780385751704 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 336 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 530l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • David fickling: $19.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
Bonechiller u<br />
by Graham McNamee<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ<br />
Danny and his father have moved from town to<br />
town, trying to stay one step ahead of their grief over<br />
the death of Danny’s mother. Now they’ve landed in<br />
Harvest Cove, tucked away in Canada’s Big Empty,<br />
during an especially severe winter. One night a large,<br />
vicious creature attacks and bites Danny; a couple of<br />
days later, it also crosses paths with Danny’s friend<br />
Howie. Looking through newspaper archives, the<br />
boys discover a pattern: every harsh winter, Harvest<br />
Cove teens begin disappearing. First the teens get<br />
attacked, then they turn delirious, and two weeks<br />
later they vanish into the night. Or, as Danny and<br />
Howie suspect, the creature returns to claim them.<br />
Isbn: 9780385908955 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 580l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Wendy lamb: $18.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Book of a Thousand Days u<br />
by Shannon Hale • illustrated by James Noel Smith<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJH, WM, WS<br />
“My lady and I are being shut up in a tower for<br />
seven years.” Dashti has sworn to serve Lady Saren<br />
however the Ancestors see fit . . . even if that means<br />
imprisonment. Then Lady Saren orders Dashti to do<br />
something “worse than sin”: Dashti must impersonate<br />
her when her lady’s betrothed, Khan Tegus, crouches<br />
outside the tower for a visit. Worse yet, Dashti falls in<br />
love with him.<br />
Isbn: 9781599900513 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 850l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $17.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2007<br />
The Book of Mordred u<br />
by Vivian Vande Velde<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, KH, SLH, V, WM, WS<br />
He is known in legend as the traitor who betrayed<br />
King Arthur and destroyed Camelot. Sir Mordred,<br />
however, was once a great Knight of the Round<br />
Table whose exploits have been lost to history—until<br />
now. Mordred rescues Kiera, a young enchantress<br />
kidnapped for her power to see the future, and helps<br />
Nimue, Merlin’s former lover, defeat an evil wizard.<br />
Against the backdrop of a Camelot in decline, a<br />
complex, enigmatic, and ultimately tragic Mordred<br />
is revealed.<br />
Isbn: 9780618507542 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 352 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 16 • sRC level: 6.4 • sRC Points: 22 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: oCT 2005<br />
*NEW* The Book of Tormod: A Templar’s Apprentice<br />
by Kat Black<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL<br />
Scotland, 1307: Thirteen-year-old Tormod MacLeod<br />
is one of nine children. “The one who was never<br />
still, never quiet, never listening,” he says. “I was<br />
different.” Tormod is burdened with visions of the<br />
future—visions that always come true. When a<br />
Knight Templar learns of Tormod’s power, he knows<br />
the boy is destined to help the Knights protect a<br />
relic of enormous significance. As the enemies of the<br />
Knights Templar draw closer, Tormod must learn to<br />
control his visions—and his impulsive behavior—or<br />
risk putting himself and his new friends in even<br />
greater danger.<br />
Isbn: 9780545056540 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5 • aR Points: 9<br />
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Box Out<br />
by John Coy<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BLH, HG, KL, SLJ<br />
When a varsity basketball player is injured, Liam<br />
Bergstrom is tapped to move up to varsity from JV.<br />
He’s thrilled and knows that he must stay focused for<br />
the notoriously tough Coach Kloss to keep him on<br />
the team. As Liam learns that Coach Kloss requires<br />
strict adherence to his extracurricular requirements<br />
and overtly religious pre-game rituals, he grows more<br />
and more uncomfortable. Will Liam join the flock,<br />
or will he speak out?<br />
Isbn: 9780439870320 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.1 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 530l<br />
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The Boxer and the Spy<br />
by Robert B. Parker<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
When Terry’s classmate Jason dies in an alleged<br />
suicide from steroid-induced depression, Terry grows<br />
suspicious. Jason, artistic and withdrawn, seems<br />
an unlikely candidate for steroid use. Terry and his<br />
girlfriend Abby’s amateur investigation soon attracts<br />
attention—and threats—from the high school<br />
quarterback and the principal. Scared, but sure they’ve<br />
uncovered criminal activity, Terry and Abby organize<br />
a spy network of classmates. What they find goes far<br />
beyond steroids—all the way to the race for governor.<br />
Isbn: 9780399247750 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 500l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
The Boy Who Dared:<br />
A Novel Based on the True Story of a Hitler Youth u<br />
by Susan Campbell Bartoletti<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BLH, CL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM<br />
“To break the Radio Law would be a selfish act. It<br />
could endanger our family,” Helmuth Hübener’s<br />
brother tells Helmuth. Defying his brother, his Nazi<br />
stepfather, and German law, Helmuth, a teenager,<br />
listens to Allied radio stations. He is infuriated to<br />
learn that the Nazis are distorting the facts about<br />
the war and is determined to let his fellow Germans<br />
know the truth, even if it means risking his life.<br />
Based on real events. Time line of the Nazi regime.<br />
Bibliography. Suggestions for further reading.<br />
Photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780439680134 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 760l<br />
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Brooklyn Bridge u<br />
by Karen Hesse • illustrated by Chris Sheban<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
Brooklyn, 1903: “My life, it’s better than most guys<br />
have it. I got plenty to eat. I got Mama and Papa<br />
both. And they don’t hit,” fourteen-year-old Joseph<br />
Michtom says. Still, Joe feels deprived because he<br />
hasn’t yet visited Coney Island’s new amusement<br />
park. Joe’s parents, though, have just invented the<br />
Teddy bear, and between running the booming<br />
new business, caring for Joe’s sick little brother, and<br />
mourning the death of Joe’s aunt Golda, they have<br />
no time for entertainment. Angry at his parents, Joe<br />
heads to Coney Island alone and quickly discovers<br />
what bad luck really is. Author’s note. Winner of the<br />
2009 Sydney Taylor Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780312378868 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: nC680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • feiwel and friends: $17.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
*NEW* The Brooklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings u<br />
by Alan Gratz<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, K, PW, SLJ, V, WC<br />
In 1845, Felix Schneider crafts a baseball from the<br />
burned remains of his leather shoes and vows to<br />
“find a way to get back in the game” after damaging<br />
his legs in a fire. His son, Louis, carries this baseball<br />
as a good luck charm throughout his service in the<br />
Civil War, then trades it for a Confederate soldier’s<br />
homemade bat after the two bond over baseball.<br />
The bat will eventually be lost, but a love of baseball<br />
will connect nine consecutive generations of this<br />
Brooklyn family. Author notes.<br />
Isbn: 9780803732247 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
I really enjoyed following this family<br />
through the decades and seeing<br />
characters from earlier stories reappear<br />
years later. And the seamlessly<br />
incorporated, lesser-known baseball<br />
anecdotes and facts were fascinating.<br />
—Lucas, JLG Assistant Editor<br />
The Buddha’s Diamonds<br />
by Carolyn Marsden and Thấy Phâp Niệm<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
Every day, Tinh goes out fishing with his father to<br />
provide food for the family and to earn money at the<br />
market of their tiny Vietnamese village. Tinh wants<br />
to make Ba proud and hopes that one day he will<br />
inherit the boat. When a terrifying storm hits, Ba<br />
expects him to secure their boat. Instead, Tinh leaves<br />
it on the beach, where an enormous wave has tossed<br />
it, and runs away from the raging ocean. Tinh feels<br />
guilty that he wasn’t more responsible. How can he<br />
regain his father’s trust? Author’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9780763633806 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 710l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $14.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
*NEW* Bull Rider<br />
by Suzanne Morgan Williams<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K<br />
Fourteen-year-old Cam O’Mara is a skateboarder,<br />
not a bull rider, despite his family’s long-running<br />
association with the rodeo ring and his older brother<br />
Ben’s bull riding success. But when Ben returns<br />
partially paralyzed from a tour in Iraq, Cam decides<br />
to lift his brother’s spirits by learning to compete in<br />
the sport Ben loves best. Cam is a natural, riding like<br />
a professional after only a few tries. Gifted though he<br />
may be, can he last eight terrifying seconds on Ugly,<br />
the one bull no one’s ever managed to conquer?<br />
Isbn: 9781416961307 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 650l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Mcelderry: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
*NEW* The Carbon Diaries: 2015<br />
by Saci Lloyd<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, K, PW, SLJH<br />
The year is 2015, and Londoner Laura Brown just<br />
wants a regular teenage life—to play in her band,<br />
finish her design studies, avoid her self-centered<br />
sister, Kim, and maybe get to know that dishy<br />
boy next door. But huge storms have tipped off<br />
an environmental disaster, causing Great Britain<br />
to institute carbon rationing. Laura struggles to<br />
maintain some normalcy while staying within her<br />
yearly carbon allotment. Her friendships, love<br />
life, and family relations all suffer from living under a<br />
system on the brink of collapse, and she struggles to<br />
keep everything from falling apart in the face of ever<br />
more frightening weather.<br />
Isbn: 9780823421909 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Holiday House: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
“Gripping, perceptive, and impassioned,<br />
this provocative debut is speculative<br />
fiction at its finest.”<br />
—The Horn Book MagazineH<br />
*NEW* The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline:<br />
An Enola Holmes Mystery<br />
by Nancy Springer<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
“CARRIER PIGEON, DELIVER YOUR BIRD-<br />
BRAINED MESSAGE AT ONCE OR YOU<br />
WILL BE SORRY YOU EVER LEFT SCUTARI.”<br />
Enola Holmes is shocked when her unassuming<br />
landlady, Mrs. Tupper, receives a threatening letter<br />
through the morning’s post. Mrs. Tupper became<br />
a widow during the Crimean War, so Scutari is<br />
familiar to her, but she can’t make sense of the rest<br />
of the message. Hoping to end the matter quickly,<br />
Enola places ads in the local papers noting that<br />
“Mrs. T.” knows nothing and that “further inquiries<br />
are pointless”—only to return home that evening to<br />
find that Mrs. Tupper has been kidnapped.<br />
Isbn: 9780399247811 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 7.5 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 9.6 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 1120l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Philomel: $14.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009
The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan:<br />
An Enola Holmes Mystery u<br />
by Nancy Springer<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
In the eight month period since Enola Holmes ran<br />
away from home, she has rescued three missing<br />
persons and brought three dangerous criminals to<br />
justice. Now, in her toughest case yet, Enola must<br />
save Lady Cecily Alistair from an arranged marriage.<br />
Unfortunately, Enola’s only clue is a message written<br />
in invisible ink on a pink paper fan: “Help! I am<br />
being locked in my room and starved—unless . . .”<br />
Can Enola fill in the blanks and stay one step ahead<br />
of her brothers—one of whom is Sherlock?<br />
Isbn: 9780399247804 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 7.3 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 9.6 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 1100l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $14.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
*NEW* Cat Burglar Black<br />
by Richard Sala<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Bellsong Academy for Girls isn’t what Katherine<br />
“K.” Westree had imagined when she was invited<br />
to live there with her newly discovered aunt who<br />
owns the school. There are only three other girls at<br />
the academy, and classes have been suspended. The<br />
creepy faculty members are plotting to find and<br />
steal a hidden treasure protected by residents of a<br />
neighboring town, and they need K.’s help. K. had<br />
hoped to escape the life of crime she was forced to<br />
lead at her old orphanage. Now she will have to use<br />
all her wits and skill if she is to survive. Full-color<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781596431447 • Dewey: f • 6" x 8 1/2" • 128 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • first second: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Chains u<br />
by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJ, V, WC<br />
1776: Isabel and her younger sister Ruth were<br />
promised freedom upon the death of their owner.<br />
Instead, they find themselves the property of the<br />
Locktons, a cruel Tory couple who bring the girls to<br />
New York City. There, Curzon, a slave boy with ties<br />
to the patriots, approaches Isabel, asking her to spy<br />
on her loyalist masters. Isabel is reluctant at first, but<br />
when she overhears Mr. Lockton’s plot against the<br />
rebels, she informs on him, hoping it will improve<br />
her chances for freedom. Appendix. A 2008 National<br />
Book Award Finalist. Winner of the 2009 Scott<br />
O’Dell Award.<br />
Isbn: 9781416905851 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 11 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 780l<br />
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Chanda’s Wars u<br />
by Allan Stratton<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KH, KL, SLJ, WM<br />
As rumors of civil war circulate in Ngala, Chanda<br />
travels to her extended family’s village, hoping to<br />
reconcile with them. Chanda’s family welcomes her<br />
and her younger brother and sister, but soon they<br />
demand she marry a surly (if somewhat charming)<br />
tracker named Nelson. Chanda refuses and prepares<br />
to leave town. Before she can flee, the brutal guerrilla<br />
General Mandiki attacks and kidnaps all the children,<br />
including Chanda’s siblings. Now Chanda and<br />
Nelson must join together to try to save what remains<br />
of their families. Author’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9780060872649 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/8" • 400 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 530l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $18.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith<br />
by Deborah Heiligman<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, K, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
Only after writing a list of pros and cons did<br />
Charles Darwin convince himself of the benefits<br />
of marriage. Yet once he’d decided in favor of<br />
matrimony, Charles had another concern: would<br />
his religious doubts cause marital strife? Though<br />
devout, the woman Charles married, Emma<br />
Wedgwood, happily read and edited Charles’s writing<br />
on evolution. She also debated him when she felt it<br />
necessary—and he gave her thoughts considerable<br />
weight. While their marriage was full of hardship,<br />
it was also full of happiness, not to mention<br />
intelligent and interesting discourse.<br />
Isbn: 9780805087215 • Dewey: 576.8/2092 • 6" x 9" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 7.6 • aR Points: 11 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 1020l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Chase u<br />
by Jessie Haas<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, KLH, SLJ<br />
When Phin Chase witnesses the murder of a mine<br />
boss, the killers plan to frame him for the crime.<br />
Now Phin is on the run through Pennsylvania coal<br />
country. Once Phin eludes the killers, he thinks his<br />
troubles are over. Then he discovers that a mysterious<br />
stranger is hot on his trail. What he wants, or who<br />
he is, Phin doesn’t know. But he does know that<br />
the man has an unfair advantage in this game of<br />
hide-and-seek: a horse that can track by scent!<br />
Isbn: 9780061128516 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 650l<br />
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Chiggers<br />
written and illustrated by Hope Larson<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, V, WC<br />
Abby is back at camp, but this year things are<br />
difficult. Her friend Rose is busy helping the<br />
counselors, and Abby’s first bunkmate gets sent<br />
home with chiggers. Her new bunkmate, Shasta,<br />
seems great—she’s pretty and fun, and she likes the<br />
same books that Abby does. But Abby’s other friends<br />
think Shasta is snobby and dishonest, and they<br />
can’t stand her. Abby is caught in the middle, and<br />
when she begins spending time with Teal, a boy she<br />
has a crush on, things only get more complicated.<br />
Black-and-white art.<br />
Isbn: 9781416935841 • Dewey: f • 6" x 8" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 2.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 6<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
*NEW* Children of War: Voices of Iraqi Refugees<br />
by Deborah Ellis<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BLH, KH, SLJ, V<br />
This book features nineteen interviews with Iraqi<br />
children between the ages of eight and nineteen, all<br />
of whom fled Iraq because of the Iraq War. At the<br />
time of the interviews, they were all living in Jordan.<br />
The children describe their experiences, their hopes,<br />
and their feelings about the United States. Michael,<br />
age twelve, says, “I have nothing in common with<br />
American children, except if there is maybe an<br />
American child whose father has died, whose house is<br />
destroyed. . . . Then he and I would have something<br />
to talk about.” Introduction. Glossary. Further<br />
reading. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780888999078 • Dewey: 305.23086/91409567 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 5.5 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 860l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Groundwood: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
*NEW* The Civil Rights Movement:<br />
An Interactive History Adventure<br />
by Heather Adamson<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
It’s the late 1950s, and the civil rights movement is<br />
underway across the United States. Many Americans<br />
are working for change despite the dangers and<br />
difficulties they face. Will you work for or against the<br />
desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock,<br />
Arkansas? Help desegregate bus lines as a Freedom<br />
Rider? Get involved in the Project C protests in<br />
Birmingham, Alabama? Three fact-based storylines<br />
let readers choose a path through one of America’s<br />
most contentious periods. Introduction. Conclusion.<br />
Time line. Further reading and Internet sites.<br />
Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Full-color and blackand-white<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781429623452 • Dewey: 323.1196/073 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Capstone: $20.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
*NEW* Closed for the Season<br />
by Mary Downing Hahn<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: K<br />
All Logan wants out of his family’s move is a fresh<br />
chance to fit in and become one of the cool kids.<br />
No one warned him that his new house would be<br />
a ramshackle cottage in the backwoods of Virginia<br />
where the former resident had been murdered. Living<br />
in the “murder house” next door to fact-spewing<br />
misfit Arthur doesn’t bode well for Logan’s new<br />
beginning. But the closer the boys come to solving<br />
Mrs. Donaldson’s death and the mystery of the<br />
abandoned amusement park at the edge of town, the<br />
more Logan embraces his outsider status.<br />
Isbn: 9780547084510 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Cover-Up: Mystery at the Super Bowl<br />
by John Feinstein<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, V<br />
Stevie Thomas swears to his dad that his days of<br />
solving international mysteries at major sporting<br />
events are over. But then he and fellow teen reporter<br />
(and girlfriend) Susan Carol Anderson are hired to<br />
work at the Super Bowl. At first, the only problem<br />
Stevie has is figuring out which sports celebrity he’ll<br />
interview next. Then Susan Carol gets word of a<br />
doping scandal that’s being kept under wraps by<br />
cutthroat team owner Don Meeker. Stevie can’t help<br />
himself—he and Susan Carol are on the case again.<br />
Isbn: 9780375942471 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 18 • lexile: 780l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Random House: $19.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2007<br />
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam u<br />
by Cynthia Kadohata<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, K, PW, SLJ<br />
Cracker is a German shepherd, “born to be a beloved<br />
queen and eat good snacks.” Rick is a teenage soldier<br />
out to have some adventures and “whip the world.”<br />
Both are headed for Vietnam, where Rick will have<br />
to make Cracker the best bomb-sniffing dog in the<br />
Army. If he doesn’t, Cracker and Rick might not<br />
make it home alive. A 2008 IRA Children’s Choices<br />
selection and a 2008 IRA Teachers’ Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9781416906377 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
*NEW* Creature of the Night<br />
by Kate Thompson<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K<br />
Bobby’s mother recently moved the family to a<br />
cottage in the country, far from his “bad influence<br />
friends” in Dublin. Bobby laughs at the simple<br />
country folk, such as old Mrs. Dooley, the landlady’s<br />
mother, with her tales of malicious fairies. When<br />
Bobby steals a car from the cottage and crashes it,<br />
he is forced to pay for it by working at the Dooleys’<br />
farm. There he learns the disturbing history of<br />
the cottage: the previous renter went missing, the<br />
Dooleys say, and a girl was murdered there. And<br />
now that Bobby’s brother insists that a strange little<br />
woman is visiting the cottage at night, Mrs. Dooley’s<br />
tales suddenly seem terrifyingly real.<br />
Isbn: 9781596435117 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: Hl670l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Roaring brook: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009
A Curse Dark as Gold u<br />
by Elizabeth C. Bunce<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BL, HGs, K, SLJ, V<br />
When Charlotte Miller inherits her family’s<br />
troubled woolen mill, she is determined to make<br />
it a success—and to ignore the rumors of the curse<br />
that haunts it. But strange accidents frighten the<br />
workers and threaten to sink the business. One day,<br />
a mysterious man named Jack Spinner arrives and<br />
offers his assistance. “You’d have to be able to make<br />
gold appear from thin air to be much help to us now,<br />
I’m afraid,” Charlotte says. With straw, not air, Jack<br />
Spinner obliges. Though he hasn’t yet named his<br />
ultimate price. . . .Winner of the 2009 William C.<br />
Morris Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780439895767 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 352 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 25 • lexile: 840l<br />
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Darkside<br />
by Tom Becker<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM<br />
Fourteen-year-old Jonathan Starling isn’t sure<br />
how to help his father, Alain, who suffers mental<br />
breakdowns. Jonathan only knows that Alain’s<br />
sickness originated in Darkside—whatever or<br />
wherever that might be. When a family friend helps<br />
him enter Darkside, Jonathan’s amazed: it’s a seedy<br />
underbelly of London stuck in a Victorian-era<br />
time warp, inhabited by criminals, monsters, and<br />
combinations of the two. Even if Jonathan does<br />
manage to stay alive on Darkside’s mean streets, can<br />
he ever unearth Alain’s secret? And if he does, will<br />
anyone in London believe him?<br />
Isbn: 9780545037396 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • orchard: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
Darkwing u<br />
by Kenneth Oppel<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, KH, KLH, SLJ<br />
In the waning days of the dinosaurs, a new world<br />
emerges. Dusk is different from the other chiropters<br />
in his colony. While they glide to get from tree to<br />
tree, Dusk has the urge—and, he soon discovers,<br />
the ability—to actually fly. As the leader’s son, he<br />
is protected for a time, but his father asks him to<br />
suppress his unusual talent to avoid being shunned—<br />
or worse. Then a new threat emerges, when a group<br />
of felids, led by Carnassial, stops eating only fruit,<br />
roots, and grubs to become predators. Black-andwhite<br />
illustrations. Author’s note. A 2008 TD<br />
Canadian Children’s Literature Award Finalist.<br />
Isbn: 9780060850555 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 432 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 23 • lexile: 730l<br />
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*NEW* Darkwood<br />
by M. E. Breen<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KH<br />
Annie has been raised by a strict aunt and a greedy<br />
uncle in the hardscrabble farming community of<br />
Dour County in Howland. The whole country lives<br />
in fear of the surrounding forest inhabited by fierce<br />
kinderstalk who hunt for children after dark. But<br />
when Annie overhears her uncle preparing to sell<br />
her to the mines, her only chance to save herself is<br />
to escape into the woods. While on the run, Annie<br />
uncovers some surprising truths about the kingdom,<br />
its mines, and the ferocious kinderstalk.<br />
Isbn: 9781599902593 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 700l<br />
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The Dead & the Gone u<br />
by Susan Beth Pfeffer<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
An asteroid hits the moon, throwing it out of orbit<br />
and causing tsunamis, earthquakes, and general<br />
devastation on Earth. In Manhattan, Alex and his<br />
two younger sisters must fight to survive as their food<br />
supply dwindles and the weather gets increasingly<br />
severe. All the while they pray that their mother,<br />
last known to be at her job in Queens, and their<br />
father, who was visiting relatives in Puerto Rico,<br />
will return home.<br />
Isbn: 9780152063115 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 352 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Death in the Air:<br />
The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His 2nd Case u<br />
by Shane Peacock<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, SLJH, V<br />
A famed acrobat nearly dies when he falls—right<br />
at Sherlock Holmes’s feet—during a performance.<br />
Certain the fall was no accident, the teenage detective<br />
investigates. When he links the notorious Brixton<br />
gang to the attempted murder, Sherlock is excited:<br />
evidence leading to the gang’s arrest is worth £500,<br />
enough to finance the education he so desperately<br />
wants. But can Sherlock ever convince the police to<br />
believe a poor, scruffy boy like him?<br />
Isbn: 9780088776851 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 7 5/8" • 260 pp<br />
aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 910l<br />
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The Devil on Trial:<br />
Witches, Anarchists, Atheists, Communists,<br />
and Terrorists in America’s Courtrooms<br />
by Phillip Marguiles and Maxine Rosaler<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, SLJ<br />
Covering some of America’s most contentious trials—<br />
from the Salem “witches” to the Scopes “monkey”<br />
trial to the case of Zacarias Moussaoui, convicted<br />
for his involvement in the September 11 attacks—<br />
The Devil on Trial demonstrates how “[i]n a<br />
democracy, when the devil goes on trial, the<br />
democracy goes on trial as well.” Introduction.<br />
Epilogue. Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Photo<br />
Credits. Index. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Artwork and documents related to the trials.<br />
Isbn: 9780618717170 • Dewey: 345.73'02 • 7 1/2" x 10" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 10.0 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 12.9 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 1250l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $22.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Diamonds in the Shadow u<br />
by Caroline B. Cooney<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJ<br />
The last thing Jared wants is a family of refugees living<br />
in his house, but his do-gooder mother has made<br />
up her mind to host a family from Africa. When the<br />
family arrives, they are not what anyone expects: the<br />
father has had his hands amputated, and the daughter<br />
is so traumatized by her experiences that she can’t<br />
speak. Jared senses something else suspicious—these<br />
people do not seem to know each other very well.<br />
He has no idea that both their family and his are<br />
in terrible danger. Winner of the 2008 Christopher<br />
Award. <strong>Library</strong> edition with trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780385902786 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 750l<br />
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid u<br />
written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, V, WC, WM<br />
“Let me just say for the record that I think middle<br />
school is the dumbest idea ever invented. You got<br />
kids like me who haven’t hit their growth spurt<br />
yet mixed in with these gorillas who need to shave<br />
twice a day. And then they wonder why bullying is<br />
such a big problem in middle school.” In words and<br />
cartoons, middle-schooler Greg Heffley holds forth<br />
on girls, friendship, and the horrors of the “Cheese<br />
Touch.” Black-and-white drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780810993136 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 7<br />
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules u<br />
written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WM<br />
In his journal, a mixture of writing and cartoons,<br />
Greg Heffley describes his less-than-ideal family. It<br />
includes his put-upon father and his older brother,<br />
Rodrick, who subjects the family to the “musical”<br />
stylings of his band, Löded Diper. There’s also<br />
Greg’s mother, who insists on joining Greg’s game<br />
of Magick and Monsters, playing a character named<br />
“Mom.” And there’s Greg’s little brother, Manny,<br />
who, Greg writes, has “been telling on me ever since<br />
he could talk. He’s even told on me for stuff I did<br />
BEFORE he could talk.” Black-and-white drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780810994737 • 5 1/2" x 8" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 8<br />
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw u<br />
written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC<br />
From New Year’s Day until the start of summer<br />
vacation, middle-schooler Greg Heffley continues<br />
his cartoon-filled journal. New experiences and<br />
responsibilities include doing his own laundry<br />
(or, rather, not doing it, with some embarrassing<br />
consequences), playing soccer (or, more accurately,<br />
shivering on the sidelines while watching his team<br />
play), and joining the Boy Scouts. Also, Greg is<br />
interested in classmate Holly Hills, but he isn’t having<br />
much success getting her to notice him. And Greg’s<br />
dad is threatening to send Greg to military school—<br />
during summer vacation. Black-and-white drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780810970687 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 970l<br />
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The Disappeared u<br />
by Gloria Whelan<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
In 1970s Argentina, political dissent can be fatal. So<br />
when Silvia’s brother Eduardo is “disappeared” to a<br />
secret jail for speaking out against oppressive policies,<br />
Silvia knows she must do everything she can to save<br />
him. As she begins to date the son of a powerful<br />
politician, she imagines telling Eduardo, “I will make<br />
him care so much for me that he will ask his father<br />
for your freedom.” Will Silvia’s plan cost her and her<br />
brother their lives?<br />
Isbn: 9780803732759 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 780l<br />
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Dishes<br />
by Rich Wallace<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, KL, PW, SLJ<br />
Living with his emotionally distant father for<br />
the summer in the gay resort town of Ogunquit,<br />
Maine, Danny wishes he had “someone to relate<br />
to.” Danny befriends Hector, a coworker at Dishes,<br />
a local bar. Hector has a crush on Danny, who’s<br />
straight, and Danny wants to be clear that he’s not<br />
interested. But when Hector starts hooking up with<br />
Chase, a shameless player, Danny is concerned.<br />
His reaction surprises him and prompts his new<br />
girlfriend, Mercy, to question his sexuality. Danny<br />
wonders: if he and Hector are just friends, why is he<br />
so upset about Chase?<br />
Isbn: 9780670011391 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 620l<br />
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks u<br />
by E. Lockhart<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
Frankie Landau-Banks, a sophomore at the prestigious<br />
Alabaster Preparatory Academy, thought she<br />
had her school’s social dynamics figured out. But<br />
when she begins dating the gorgeous and witty senior<br />
Matthew Livingston and hanging out with his rich,<br />
popular friends, Frankie senses there’s something that<br />
they’re not telling her. She soon discovers that they<br />
are members of an all-boys secret society. Frankie<br />
lets them keep thinking she’s just a cute, clueless girl,<br />
all the while implementing a plan with a seemingly<br />
impossible goal: to take over the Loyal Order of the<br />
Basset Hound. A 2008 National Book Award Finalist.<br />
A 2009 Printz Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780786838189 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/4" • 352 pp<br />
aR level: 5.5 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 890l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Do Not Pass Go u<br />
by Kirkpatrick Hill<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, PW, SLJ, V, WC<br />
“Police blotter, list of arrests, court column. Everybody<br />
read those. Tomorrow maybe, Dad would be in<br />
the newspaper, and everyone would know.” Deet is<br />
stunned to learn that his dad has gone to jail. Now he<br />
has a lot of questions. Is getting arrested scary? Will<br />
his dad be locked up for a long time? And what will<br />
the kids at school say?<br />
Isbn: 9781416914006 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 850l<br />
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The Door of No Return u<br />
by Sarah Mussi<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, KH, KL, SLJH<br />
Zac, sixteen, lives in Gloucester, England, with<br />
his grandfather. Pops says that he and Zac are<br />
descendents of a Ghanaian king and heirs to a hidden<br />
fortune, but Zac doesn’t believe it. As far as Zac can<br />
tell, the only proof of his grandfather’s claims are a<br />
series of diaries Pops wrote, plus the “tribal marks” on<br />
Zac’s back—scars Pops put there. Then mysterious<br />
attackers kill Pops and steal his diaries, leaving Zac to<br />
solve the mysteries of his lineage and his grandfather’s<br />
murder. Writer’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9781416915508 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 400 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 710l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Mcelderry: $17.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Dope Sick<br />
by Walter Dean Myers<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, PWH, SLJH<br />
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crackhouse and meets Kelly, a mysterious man who<br />
wants to know everything about Lil J’s life, from<br />
his drug-addicted mother to his failed rap group.<br />
But most importantly, Kelly wants to know this:<br />
if Lil J could go back in time to change one thing<br />
about his past, what would it be?<br />
Isbn: 9780061214783 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/8" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: Hl720l<br />
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Dragon Road: Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1939<br />
by Laurence Yep<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ<br />
Chinatown, San Francisco, 1939: Calvin Chin is a<br />
basketball hustler who uses a “bumbling immigrant”<br />
act to con prejudiced local teens out of their money.<br />
When a scout sees Calvin and his best friend, Barney,<br />
playing on the streets, he makes them an offer: join<br />
his traveling Chinese American basketball team and<br />
receive a steady salary—and fame. The boys sign up<br />
and hit the road. Calvin’s flashy style distinguishes<br />
him, and the coach pushes him to be the team’s<br />
star. As Calvin’s minor renown goes to his head, the<br />
team falls apart, and so does Calvin and Barney’s<br />
friendship. Afterword. Bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9780060275211 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 5.5 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 870l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
The Dragon’s Child: A Story of Angel Island u<br />
by Laurence Yep and Dr. Kathleen S. Yep<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ<br />
After a long, cramped voyage across the Pacific,<br />
ten-year-old Gim Lew must pass a grueling oral test<br />
if he is to join his father in America. It will require<br />
learning every detail of his native Chinese village<br />
(including the number and location of his neighbors’<br />
windows) and, harder still, speaking without a<br />
stammer. “If my memory didn’t fail me, I knew my<br />
tongue would. And then we’d lose . . . everything.”<br />
Based on interviews with Laurence Yep’s father and<br />
research on his family’s immigration history. Author’s<br />
note. Further reading. Bibliography. Black-and-white<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780060276935 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 640l<br />
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by Judith St. George<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HGs, K<br />
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The most famous duel in American history took<br />
place on July 11, 1804, between two renowned<br />
politicians, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr.<br />
Despite many similarities in their lives (they both<br />
were orphaned at a young age, attended the same<br />
college, and served under General Washington),<br />
Hamilton and Burr often disagreed with each other<br />
and sometimes used each other to achieve personal<br />
ends. One final insult led to a duel that immortalized<br />
one man and ruined the other. Bibliography. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9780670011247 • Dewey: 973.4/6092 • 6" x 9" • 112 pp<br />
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Eggs u<br />
by Jerry Spinelli<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, Hs, KH, KL, PW<br />
David, nine, thinks that obeying the rules and never<br />
watching the sun rise will bring his mother back.<br />
Primrose, thirteen, wants to earn enough at the flea<br />
market to create the cozy home her kooky fortunetelling<br />
mother can’t provide. Both are missing their<br />
fathers. After a chance meeting, David and Primrose<br />
are soon spending late nights picking through the<br />
trash and going to the all-night Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s<br />
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Isbn: 9780316166461 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 5/8" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 3.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 610l<br />
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Elephant Run u<br />
by Roland Smith<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ, V, WM<br />
1942: Fourteen-year-old Nick Freestone is glad to<br />
leave war-torn London behind and return to his<br />
father’s teak plantation in Burma, where he lived as a<br />
small child. There he meets Mya, an aspiring mahout<br />
whose family tends the plantation’s elephants, and<br />
Hilltop, a mysterious monk. Then the Japanese army<br />
arrives. Nick becomes a prisoner in his own room,<br />
and his father is sent to a labor camp. With the help<br />
of Hilltop and a rogue elephant named Hannibal,<br />
Nick and Mya must escape and rescue their families.<br />
Isbn: 9781423104025 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 750l<br />
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Elijah of Buxton u<br />
by Christopher Paul Curtis<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH<br />
“It ain’t something I ever boast on, but I was the very<br />
first child to be born free in the Elgin Settlement<br />
at Raleigh at Canada West, what we call Buxton.”<br />
Elijah’s small-town life is full of adventures: riding Old<br />
Flap the mule to the secret lake to catch fish, trying<br />
to get a chance to shoot the Preacher’s pearl-handled<br />
mystery pistol, playing pranks with his best friend<br />
Cooter. Then, even though “being fragile’s the biggest<br />
bone Ma’s got to pick with me,” Elijah is given a<br />
serious, frightening responsibility. A 2008 Newbery<br />
Honor Book. Winner of the 2008 Scott O’Dell<br />
Award, the 2008 Corretta Scott King Award, and the<br />
2008 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780439023443 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 1070l<br />
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Elvis & Olive<br />
by Stephanie Watson<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PW, WC<br />
Most people find their neighbors boring.<br />
Neighborhood spies Annie and Natalie—code<br />
names Elvis and Olive—know better. As Annie<br />
puts it: “Even the most dull-looking people do all<br />
kinds of weird, interesting things when they think<br />
no one’s watching.” Clarissa Jackson, for example,<br />
plants fake flowers in her garden; Virginia Brooks,<br />
a former television actress, eats face cream. Spying,<br />
both girls agree, is the most fun they’ve ever had—<br />
until, that is, they inadvertently discover big secrets<br />
about each other.<br />
Isbn: 9780545031837 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 1/2" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 690l<br />
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*NEW* Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love<br />
by Lauren Tarshis<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH<br />
Spring has arrived and seventh-grader Emma-Jean<br />
Lazarus is as helpful as ever. This time her friends<br />
need her to solve the mystery of Colleen’s secret<br />
admirer. As she and her friends prepare for the<br />
annual Spring Fling dance, Emma-Jean has her own<br />
mysteries brewing: Why does she feel so strange<br />
whenever Will Keeler is around? Could this be love?<br />
Isbn: 9780803733213 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 5.5 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 850l<br />
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Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree u<br />
by Lauren Tarshis<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WM<br />
“Emma-Jean had observed her peers closely over the<br />
years. Her painstaking research had given her a much<br />
clearer understanding of their complex emotional<br />
lives and surprising sensitivities.” A mathematician’s<br />
daughter, Emma-Jean leads a rational life. This means<br />
staying clear of her unpredictable and unhygienic<br />
fellow seventh-graders. Then Colleen Pomerantz<br />
unexpectedly confides in her about a mean girl who is<br />
stealing her best friend. It’s a complicated puzzle, but<br />
if anyone can solve it, Emma-Jean can.<br />
Isbn: 9780803731646 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.8 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007<br />
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk u<br />
by Sid Fleischman<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, KLH, SLJH, V, WM<br />
World War II is over, and Freddie, a veteran, decides<br />
not to return to America, but to travel around Europe<br />
as a ventriloquist. The problem is no one wants to<br />
hire him, as his act is mediocre at best. Then Freddie<br />
is visited by the ghost of Avrom Amos, a Jewish child<br />
who saved Freddie’s life during the war. Avrom offers<br />
Freddie a deal: he’ll make Freddie a star if Freddie<br />
helps track down the Nazi who killed him. Winner<br />
of the 2008 Sydney Taylor Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780061344466 • Dewey: f • 4 7/8" x 6 7/8" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.1 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 610l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: noV 2007<br />
*NEW* The Entomological Tales of Augustus<br />
T. Percival: Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone<br />
by Dene Low<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
“There is something terribly wrong with Mr.<br />
Augustus T. Percival.” He has suddenly developed a<br />
voracious appetite for all things insect! Even worse,<br />
in the eyes of his debutante niece, Petronella Eunice<br />
Arbuthnot, it has happened just in time for her<br />
coming-out party. As Petronella and her close friends,<br />
the Sinclairs, endeavor to sort out an international<br />
intrigue involving kidnapping and land rights in<br />
Panama, she must also try to cover up her uncle’s<br />
ghastly new eating habits.<br />
Isbn: 9780547152509 • Dewey: f • 5 2/3" x 7 3/4" • 208 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn u<br />
by Alison Goodman<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, K, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
For years, Eon—formerly Eona—has been training<br />
to become a Dragoneye, learning how to manipulate<br />
Hua, the natural energy that exists in all things, while<br />
concealing her true identity as a girl. But when her<br />
dreams come true and the Mirror Dragon, the most<br />
powerful dragon in the energy world, selects her as a<br />
Dragoneye, she realizes that she has underestimated<br />
the cost of her deception. Not only would her<br />
secret, if exposed, cost her her life, but it could also<br />
be used to bring down the Emperor. Author’s note.<br />
Dragoneye zodiac.<br />
Isbn: 9780670062270 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 400 pp<br />
aR level: 5.5 • aR Points: 21 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 31 • lexile: 750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $19.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
*NEW* Ernest Hemingway: A Writer’s Life<br />
by Catherine Reef<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: K<br />
“Hemingway’s passions and his impulses influenced<br />
what he wrote. His stories reflected what he honestly<br />
felt, and not what he had been taught to feel. If he<br />
wrote about war, or big-game hunting in Africa, or<br />
fighting off sharks at sea, he was describing things<br />
that he had done or had seen happen in front of his<br />
own eyes.” This carefully documented biography<br />
discusses Ernest Hemingway’s writings in the context<br />
of his oversized life. Notes. Selected bibliography. List<br />
of Hemingway’s major works. Picture credits. Index.<br />
Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780618987054 • Dewey: 813/.52 b • 8" x 10" • 192 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Clarion: $20.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
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Everything Is Fine<br />
by Ann Dee Ellis<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, SLJ<br />
68 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
Mazzy’s mother refuses to get out of bed.<br />
Nonetheless, when Mazzy answers phone calls<br />
from her father, she tells him everything is fine.<br />
Her father knows as well as Mazzy that this is a<br />
lie, but he avoids the situation by working at an<br />
out-of-state job. A social worker and some curious<br />
neighbors also suspect there’s trouble at Mazzy’s<br />
house, though Mazzy does her best to care for<br />
herself and her mother. As Mazzy copes with<br />
her situation by drawing and painting, she also<br />
recalls the terrible incident that led to her mother’s<br />
depression. Black-and-white images.<br />
Isbn: 9780316013642 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 3.0 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 9<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
*NEW* The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate<br />
by Jacqueline Kelly<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BLH, KH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
In 1899, just before her twelfth birthday, Callie Tate<br />
decides she wants to read Darwin’s The Origin of<br />
Species. Unfortunately, the library near her hometown<br />
of Fentress, Texas, doesn’t own it. To Callie’s surprise,<br />
her formidable, taciturn grandfather offers her his<br />
copy of the book. Even more surprising, Grandfather<br />
and Callie grow close thanks to their mutual<br />
interest in nature. The more Callie learns from her<br />
grandfather and from her own observations, the more<br />
she wants to be a scientist. But Callie’s mother insists<br />
that she spend less time exploring and investigating,<br />
and more time learning to be a lady.<br />
Isbn: 9780805088410 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 352 pp<br />
sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
*NEW* Extra Credit<br />
by Andrew Clements • illustrated by Mark Elliott<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, PW<br />
When Abby is assigned a pen pal for extra credit,<br />
she leaps at the opportunity to write to someone<br />
in a country with mountains, a place as different as<br />
possible from the Illinois farmland surrounding her<br />
own home. When she finds out something she’s not<br />
supposed to know, Abby discovers just how many<br />
things can stand in the way when you reach out to<br />
someone new. Black-and-white pencil drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9781416949299 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Extra Credit—JLG Reading Guide<br />
JLG Reading Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher<br />
Edition of the JLG Reading Guide.<br />
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350669<br />
Fairest u<br />
by Gail Carson Levine<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, K, SLJH, V<br />
Aza is most definitely not the fairest of them all—but<br />
what she lacks in looks, she makes up for with her<br />
singing voice, a talent highly prized in the land of<br />
Ayortha. Her voice is so magical that the beautiful<br />
new Queen Ivi makes Aza, a commoner, her lady-inwaiting.<br />
All is not as it seems, however. When Aza<br />
happens to look into the Queen’s mirror, she learns<br />
the secret of the Queen’s beauty—and sees a chance<br />
to become the fairest herself.<br />
Isbn: 9780060734091 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 6.1 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 590l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: noV 2006<br />
*NEW* Famous Players:<br />
The Mysterious Death of William Desmond Taylor<br />
written and illustrated by Rick Geary<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
When William Desmond Taylor is found dead of a<br />
gunshot wound in his home on February 2, 1922,<br />
the close-knit motion-picture community is thrown<br />
into chaos. At first glance, it seems unimaginable<br />
that Taylor, a “sophisticated director of high-spirited<br />
adventure tales and high-profile literary adaptations,”<br />
could draw the ire of anyone, let alone a murderer.<br />
However, the ensuing investigation reveals that<br />
the well-respected Taylor was not the person he<br />
seemed—and neither were his friends. A number<br />
of suspects for the murder are considered in this<br />
graphic novelization of the homicide case that<br />
shook Hollywood. Ink-on-paper illustrations,<br />
including maps.<br />
Isbn: 9781561635603 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • nbM Publishing: $15.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009
Firebirds Soaring:<br />
An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction<br />
edited by Sharyn November • decorations by Mike Dringenberg<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ, V<br />
A young girl raised as a mercenary begins to question<br />
the authority of her leader. Two student mages go<br />
on a bender in a world where mythological creatures<br />
use magic like drugs. A girl determined to escape the<br />
cycle of poverty in her rural southern town begins to<br />
fall for a boy who goes to remarkable extremes to get<br />
her attention. This wide-ranging anthology includes<br />
stories set twenty-five million years ago—and far into<br />
the future. Authors’ biographies and notes. Blackand-white<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780142405529 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 544 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 22 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 31 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • firebird: $19.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
The Fold u<br />
by An Na<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, WM, WS<br />
“John Ford Kang. She was finally going to talk to<br />
him.” Joyce is determined to impress her crush, but<br />
when she gathers the courage to actually speak to<br />
him, he confuses her with another Korean girl, whom<br />
Joyce considers “the ugliest girl in school.” Joyce is<br />
devastated, especially when she discovers John has a<br />
crush on her beautiful older sister, Helen. Then her<br />
aunt offers to pay for cosmetic eyelid surgery. “You<br />
will never be as pretty as your sister,” her aunt says,<br />
“but with my doctor’s help, you can look very nice.”<br />
Isbn: 9780399242762 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
Football Hero u<br />
by Tim Green<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, V, WC<br />
Twelve-year-old Ty is devastated when his uncle Gus<br />
tells him he has to spend afternoons scrubbing toilets<br />
for the family’s cleaning service instead of playing<br />
on the football team. But when Ty’s older brother,<br />
Thane, is selected in the NFL draft, the local mob<br />
boss takes an interest. He persuades Gus into letting<br />
Ty play football in exchange for insider information<br />
about Thane’s team. All Ty wanted was a chance to<br />
succeed like his brother. Now the brothers are caught<br />
in the middle of a Mafia betting scheme, and their<br />
futures are in jeopardy.<br />
Isbn: 9780061122750 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
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*NEW* The Forest of Hands and Teeth<br />
by Carrie Ryan<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, PWH, SLJH<br />
Mary dreams of a world beyond her village. But she<br />
also knows how impossible that dream is; according<br />
to the Sisters, no other village still exists. The<br />
Unconsecrated, the undead who claw at the village’s<br />
fence, have infected everyone outside it. But one day<br />
the impossible happens: a normal, healthy-looking<br />
young woman emerges from the forest outside the<br />
village. Her presence gives Mary hope. It is hope she<br />
needs when, soon after, the Unconsecrated breach the<br />
village fence. To survive, Mary must escape from the<br />
village into the Forest of Hands and Teeth.<br />
Isbn: 9780385906319 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 900l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $20.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
“Fresh and riveting.”<br />
—Publishers WeeklyH<br />
The Forest of Hands and Teeth—JLG Reading Guide<br />
JLG Reading Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
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for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher<br />
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JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296455<br />
Fortune’s Fool<br />
by Kathleen Karr<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, KL, WC, WM<br />
“I shall quest for a new master. An enlightened new<br />
master.” So declares Conrad the Good, court jester<br />
to the cruel Count Otto of Schwarzenberg, who<br />
frequently punishes Conrad with a whip. Conrad<br />
makes good on his promise, stealing away with his<br />
beloved Christa and his trusty horse, Blackspur. As<br />
they travel, their small troupe grows . . . and so do<br />
their problems. For the road brings not only freedom,<br />
but plague, fierce winter storms, and a ruler even<br />
more vicious than Otto.<br />
Isbn: 9780375948169 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $18.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
866.272.8599 69<br />
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MIDDle & HIGH sCHool TITles<br />
Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend<br />
Must Do in Europe<br />
by Jane Harrington<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: SLJ, V<br />
70 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
It’s Brady’s first trip to Europe, and she’s been given<br />
a strict to-do list by her best friend. One: Write letters<br />
home every day. Two: Wear a bikini. Three: In public!<br />
Number Four is the most difficult assignment of all:<br />
“Meet a code-red Euro-hottie.” Will shy and selfconscious<br />
Brady fulfill her duties? Does she even<br />
stand a chance with an itinerary-obsessed mom as a<br />
travel companion?<br />
Isbn: 9781581960419 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 950l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $15.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2006<br />
The Freedom Business u<br />
poems by Marilyn Nelson • art by Deborah Dancy<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ<br />
Venture Smith’s autobiography, a slave narrative<br />
first published in 1798, appears on the left-hand<br />
pages of this volume. Smith was the son of a Guinean<br />
prince, then slave to various American men, and<br />
eventually a free man—owner of one hundred<br />
acres of land and three houses. Juxtaposed with and<br />
inspired by his story are Marilyn Nelson’s poems,<br />
which appear on the right-hand pages. Watercolor,<br />
ink, collage, and acrylic paintings illustrate both the<br />
narrative and the poems. Includes a preface to the<br />
poems and an artist’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9781932425574 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 6" x 10" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 6.9 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 11.4 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1200l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Wordsong: $18.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
*NEW* The Frog Scientist<br />
by Pamela S. Turner • photographs by Andy Comins<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Dr. Tyrone Hayes has been interested in frogs<br />
since he was a boy. His path from a segregated<br />
town in South Carolina to science labs at the most<br />
competitive universities was not an easy one, but<br />
Hayes’s persistence and dedication to his subject<br />
helped him prevail. Now a professor in Berkeley,<br />
California, Dr. Hayes studies the effects of pesticides<br />
on frog populations. “Even if you don’t care about<br />
frogs, you have to wonder how this affects us, too,”<br />
Dr. Hayes says. Glossary. Ideas for helping local frog<br />
populations. Web sites. Resources for educators.<br />
Full-color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780618717163 • Dewey: 597.8/917279 • 11" x 9" • 64 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
The Frog Scientist—JLG Reading Guide<br />
JLG Reading Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
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• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher<br />
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JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350638<br />
Frozen Fire<br />
by Tim Bowler<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, KL, V<br />
Late one night, Dusty receives a strange and<br />
frightening call from a teenage boy who says he’s in<br />
trouble . . . and has inexplicably detailed knowledge<br />
about her brother, who ran away two years ago.<br />
Dusty rushes to rescue the boy, but he literally<br />
disappears—as if he were a ghost. Despite threats<br />
from the boy’s enemies and rumors that girls have<br />
been mesmerized by him before, Dusty continues to<br />
search for him.<br />
Isbn: 9780399250538 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 336 pp<br />
aR level: 3.8 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 3.1 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 520l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $17.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Gabriel’s Journey:<br />
Racing to Freedom Trilogy, Book Three<br />
by Alison Hart<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG<br />
After Gabriel wins at the Saratoga horse races, his<br />
dreams of becoming a famous jockey seem closer<br />
than ever. The Civil War rages on, though, and<br />
Gabriel feels compelled to join his parents in the<br />
Union army. “Ma and Pa say I’m too young to<br />
be a soldier. . . . But that don’t mean I can’t fight<br />
for freedom my own way.” Gabriel puts aside his<br />
racing aspirations to join his father’s cavalry unit.<br />
Courageous though he may be, is Gabriel ready to<br />
face the dangers of war?<br />
Isbn: 9781561454426 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 780l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008
*NEW* Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd<br />
edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Some of the brightest stars of young-adult literature<br />
show their nerdy sides in this anthology of fifteen<br />
stories about being geeky, unhealthily obsessed, or<br />
just slightly out of step with the norm. Offerings<br />
from such luminaries as M. T. Anderson, Libba Bray,<br />
John Green, and Scott Westerfeld cover the range of<br />
geekdom, running the nerd gamut from comic books,<br />
Star Wars, Star Trek, and The Rocky Horror Picture<br />
Show to more specialized areas of geekiness, such as<br />
astronomy, paleontology, and baton-twirling. Blackand-white<br />
comics.<br />
Isbn: 9780316008099 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Generation Dead u<br />
by Daniel Waters<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HG, KH, PW, SLJ<br />
When American teenagers die, some of them don’t<br />
stay dead. No one is sure why, and this strange<br />
phenomenon has led to a growing population of<br />
“living impaired” teenagers who walk, slowly, down<br />
the halls of American high schools. Sixteen-year-old<br />
goth girl Phoebe is fascinated with Tommy Williams,<br />
the undead leader of the town’s “differently biotic”<br />
kids. But not everyone is so happy with the idea of<br />
living with “dead” people. Soon Tommy and his<br />
friends begin to face serious threats, and Phoebe is<br />
caught in the middle.<br />
Isbn: 9781423109211 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 352 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 22 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
*NEW* Gentlemen<br />
by Michael Northrop<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, PWH<br />
On the same day their friend Tommy goes missing,<br />
Mike, Mixer, and Bones’s least-favorite teacher, Mr.<br />
Haberman, uses a strange teaching aid to start his<br />
unit on Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment. He asks<br />
the students to strike a barrel filled with a mysterious<br />
heavy item and guess what is inside. No one guesses<br />
correctly, and Haberman does not reveal the answer.<br />
But when he asks Mike, Mixer, and Bones to help<br />
him dump the item into the trunk of his car after<br />
class, they think that whatever is underneath those<br />
blankets looks a lot like a dead body.<br />
Isbn: 9780545097499 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 6.6 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: Hl860l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Girl Overboard<br />
by Justina Chen Headley<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, V, WM<br />
“All I want is to feel invincible and whole again.”<br />
After Syrah Cheng’s snowboarding accident, her knee<br />
isn’t the only thing that’s shot—so is her confidence.<br />
On top of that, Syrah’s billionaire parents want her to<br />
follow in their footsteps, a path of discipline focused<br />
on global business that doesn’t allow for silly and<br />
dangerous pastimes. As her lifelong nanny leaves and<br />
her best friend grows distant, Syrah wonders if she’ll<br />
ever get back on the board—and if she’ll ever be<br />
more than just “Ethan Cheng’s daughter.”<br />
Isbn: 9780316011303 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 336 pp<br />
aR level: 6.6 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 7.4 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 960l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2008<br />
*NEW* Girlfriend Material<br />
by Melissa Kantor<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: PW<br />
Kate had been looking forward to a fun summer at<br />
home in Utah taking a fiction writing class, playing<br />
tennis, and hanging out at her best friend’s pool.<br />
Instead, she is on her way to Cape Cod with her<br />
mother. The only saving grace for Kate is the chance<br />
to renew her friendship with Sarah, the daughter<br />
of her mom’s friends. But two things soon become<br />
clear to Kate: Sarah never considered Kate a friend,<br />
and Kate’s mom isn’t just spending time away from<br />
her husband; she is considering a divorce. Could<br />
anything save this from being the worst summer of<br />
Kate’s life?<br />
Isbn: 9781423108498 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 860l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!:<br />
Voices from a Medieval Village u<br />
by Laura Amy Schlitz • illustrated by Robert Byrd<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, WM<br />
Setting: An English manor, 1255. Dramatis personae:<br />
a gentle shepherdess who sings all night to a dying<br />
sheep, a crippled pilgrim who seeks a cure at<br />
Saint Winifred’s Well, a lord’s nephew who dreads<br />
hunting boar with his uncle, a tanner’s apprentice<br />
who defends the stink of leathermaking, and more.<br />
Here are nineteen monologues and two dialogues<br />
full of the intriguing (and sometimes gruesome)<br />
details of medieval life. Full-color ink and watercolor<br />
illustrations. Foreword. Bibliography. Winner of the<br />
2008 Newbery Medal.<br />
Isbn: 9780763615789 • Dewey: 812.6 • 7 1/16" x 10 1/4" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: nP<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $19.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
The Good Neighbors: Book One, Kin u<br />
by Holly Black • illustrated by Ted Naifeh<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KL, SLJ, V<br />
Ever since Rue’s mother disappeared, Rue has been<br />
having strange visions of faeries. Then her father is<br />
arrested both for the murder of one of his students<br />
and as a suspect in his wife’s disappearance. Sure that<br />
her father is innocent, Rue hopes the faeries might<br />
hold the key to the disappearance of her mother and<br />
to the student’s murder. Volume one of a trilogy.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780439855624 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 2.7 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 4<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Graphix: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
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The Graveyard Book u<br />
by Neil Gaiman • illustrations by Dave McKean<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH,<br />
HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJ, V, WC<br />
Nobody Owens, better known as Bod, is an ordinary<br />
boy, except he happens to live in a graveyard and has<br />
parents who are ghosts. While other living children<br />
go to school, Bod learns how to Fade, how to Haunt,<br />
and how to open ghoul-gates—skills that prove<br />
useful when Jack, the man who killed Bod’s biological<br />
family, returns to town to finish what he started.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations. Winner of the 2009<br />
Newbery Medal. A 2009 Boston Globe–Horn Book<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780060530938 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $18.89 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
The Great Adventure:<br />
Theodore Roosevelt and the Rise of Modern America<br />
by Albert Marrin<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, SLJH<br />
“His legacy includes a Nobel Prize, the first ever won<br />
by an American. . . . It includes laws to regulate big<br />
business, laws to guarantee the purity of our food and<br />
drugs, national parks, and millions of acres of land set<br />
aside to protect our national heritage. . . . Although<br />
Theodore Roosevelt died nearly a century ago, in a<br />
sense we still live in the America he helped to shape.”<br />
Includes notes and suggestions for further reading.<br />
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780525476597 • Dewey: 973.91/1092 • 8" x 10" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 8.0 • aR Points: 15 • sRC level: 7.7 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 1000l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $30.00 • JlG Month: feb 2008<br />
*NEW* The Great Death<br />
by John Smelcer<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
The world changes for sisters Millie and Maura the<br />
day three visitors come to their Alaskan village. The<br />
girls are amazed to see that two of the men have lightcolored<br />
skin and blue eyes. The third visitor, from a<br />
neighboring village, has red spots covering his body.<br />
He tells of a great death among his people. Shortly<br />
after this visit, the plague hits Millie and Maura’s<br />
village, leaving no one alive but the two sisters. As<br />
winter sets in, the girls must undertake a dangerous<br />
wilderness trek downriver in search of a new village<br />
and a new home.<br />
Isbn: 9780805081008 • Dewey: f • 176 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Henry Holt: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
The Great Race:<br />
The Amazing Round-the-World Auto Race of 1908<br />
by Gary Blackwood<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, V, WM<br />
In 1908, when long distance automobile races were<br />
all the rage, The New York Times and Paris’s Le Matin<br />
cosponsored a race from New York to San Francisco<br />
and from Siberia to Paris. Teams from France,<br />
Germany, Italy, and the United States competed.<br />
They were beset by breakdowns, mud, snow, fog, a<br />
sandstorm, “Chinese brigands, well mounted and<br />
armed,” the Parisian police (who almost arrested the<br />
Americans for driving with a broken headlight), and,<br />
according to one report, a pack of “not less than fifty<br />
wolves.” Bibliography. Index of quotes. Black-andwhite<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780810994898 • Dewey: 796.72 • 7" x 9" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 7.9 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 10.7 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 1130l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • abrams: $19.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
The Hand You’re Dealt<br />
by Paul Volponi<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
Each year, the winner of the local poker tournament<br />
in Huck’s town gains the right to wear a silver watch<br />
blessed by the Pope. Last year, Mr. Abbott, “the most<br />
obnoxious poker player anybody had ever seen,”<br />
won the event and swiped the watch right off Huck’s<br />
father’s wrist as he lay dying in the hospital. This<br />
year, Huck is in Mr. Abbott’s precalculus class at high<br />
school. He’s going to study Abbott’s every move,<br />
enter the tournament, and get that watch back.<br />
Isbn: 9781416939894 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 850l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Hard Gold: The Colorado Gold Rush of 1859,<br />
A Tale of the Old West<br />
by Avi<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, KL, SLJ, V, WC<br />
1859: A drought has settled on the middle of the<br />
country, and crops aren’t growing. If fourteen-yearold<br />
Early Wittcomb’s family can’t pay the mortgage<br />
on their Iowa farm, the bank will take the land and<br />
sell it to the Chicago and North Western Railway.<br />
Uncle Jesse thinks the answer to their problems<br />
is gold—rumored to be plentiful in the Rocky<br />
Mountains—and heads west. Then he writes that<br />
his life is in danger, and Early sets off on a perilous<br />
journey of his own. Glossary. Author’s Note.<br />
Bibliography. Black-and-white photographs and<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781423105190 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Hattie Big Sky u<br />
by Kirby Larson<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, SLJH, WM, WS<br />
“Being of sound mind, I do hereby leave to Hattie<br />
Inez Brooks my claim and the house and its contents,<br />
as well as one steadfast horse named Plug and a<br />
contemptible cow named Violet.” When orphaned<br />
sixteen-year-old Hattie inherits her uncle’s Montana<br />
homestead, she jumps at the chance to finally have<br />
a home of her own. Hattie must “prove up” the<br />
claim, however, by fencing off and cultivating the<br />
land within ten months—or she’ll lose everything.<br />
Recipes. Suggestions for further reading. <strong>Library</strong><br />
edition with trade jacket added. A 2007 Newbery<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780385903325 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 18 • lexile: 700l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Delacorte: $17.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2007
Here Lies Arthur u<br />
by Philip Reeve<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
When Gwyna’s village is burned, a bard named<br />
Myrddin takes her in. He immediately puts her to<br />
work helping him invent legends to legitimize the<br />
violent rule of his master. Myrddin serves the same<br />
brutish warlord who burned Gwyna’s village, and<br />
her first job is to present the warlord, who is named<br />
Arthur, with a supposedly magical sword—by<br />
swimming underwater with the sword and holding<br />
it aloft in the middle of a lake. Gwyna enjoys her<br />
adventurous new life but soon grows uncomfortable<br />
with her role in enabling Arthur’s vicious reign.<br />
Winner of the 2008 Carnegie Medal.<br />
Isbn: 9780545093347 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 11 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 18 • lexile: 890l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Honeybee: Poems & Short Prose u<br />
by Naomi Shihab Nye<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HGs, K, SLJH<br />
The newspaper boy delivers tissues instead of<br />
newspapers because the news is too sad; a batch of<br />
cookies brings together strangers at an airport; and<br />
a hopeful explanation for the disappearance of the<br />
world’s bees is offered: “They are sick of the word<br />
‘busy.’ They are on strike.” In these poems and<br />
narratives about contemporary life, assumptions are<br />
questioned, surprises are common, and everything—<br />
and everyone—is interconnected.<br />
Isbn: 9780060853914 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 5" x 7 1/8" • 128 pp<br />
sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 8<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
How to Ditch Your Fairy u<br />
by Justine Larbalestier<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, V<br />
In New Avalon, almost everyone has a fairy. Most<br />
people love their fairies, but Charlotte, better known<br />
as Charlie, isn’t one of them. While other people<br />
have fairies that give them perfect tennis serves,<br />
blemish-free skin, or enviable wardrobes, Charlie’s<br />
fairy gives her good parking spots. Not very useful<br />
for a girl who’s fourteen, can’t drive, and doesn’t like<br />
cars. So when Fiorenze—a classmate who, thanks to<br />
her every-boy-will-like-you fairy, is dating Charlie’s<br />
crush—suggests that they swap fairies, Charlie<br />
agrees without a moment’s thought. Includes a list of<br />
“known fairies” and a glossary of New Avalon slang.<br />
Isbn: 9781599903019 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 580l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
The Humming of Numbers<br />
by Joni Sensel<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, KL, SLJ<br />
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Ireland, AD 920. Aidan has an unusual gift: “Others<br />
heard birdsong, windsong, human speech . . .<br />
Nobody else caught numbers with their ears.” Aidan<br />
hopes to gain understanding of his mysterious ability<br />
over years of quiet, solitary contemplation as a monk.<br />
But when a pretty girl named Lana arrives and hums<br />
of eleven, a number Aidan has never heard, he is<br />
enthralled. A devastating attack by Viking raiders<br />
forces the two together, and as they strive to save<br />
their village, they also must struggle to understand<br />
their strong connection.<br />
Isbn: 9780805083279 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
The Hunger Games u<br />
by Suzanne Collins<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HGs, K, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
In a post-apocalyptic future, North America has<br />
become Panem—a collection of twelve districts<br />
surrounding a prosperous Capitol City. Each year,<br />
as punishment for a long-ago rebellion, the Capitol<br />
selects one boy and one girl from each district to<br />
compete in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to<br />
the death. When Primrose, Katniss’s younger sister,<br />
is among the two names called from District 12,<br />
Katniss volunteers to take her sister’s place. After all,<br />
it’s her skill with a bow and arrow that has put food<br />
on the family table since their father’s death. But<br />
can Katniss, who is willing to risk her life to save<br />
her sister’s, learn to kill humans the same way she<br />
hunts—without mercy?<br />
Isbn: 9780439023481 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 420 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 15 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 23 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $17.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
I Am Scout: The Biography of Harper Lee u<br />
by Charles J. Shields<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, HGs, K, SLJ, WM, WS<br />
As soon as Nelle Harper Lee was old enough to write<br />
stories of her own, her father gave her a rugged,<br />
steel-encased Underwood No. 5 typewriter. She and<br />
her neighbor Truman immediately began writing<br />
stories set on their street, South Alabama Avenue,<br />
casting the residents as characters. “In small town life<br />
and in rural life . . . you know everything about your<br />
neighbors,” Lee later said. She would draw heavily on<br />
this knowledge when writing her masterpiece, To Kill<br />
a Mockingbird. Notes. Bibliography. Media sources.<br />
Index. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780805083347 • Dewey: 813/.54 b • 6" x 9" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 8.3 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 10.6 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 1120l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $18.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
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*NEW* If the Witness Lied<br />
by Caroline B. Cooney<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, V<br />
Siblings Jack, Smithy, Madison, and Tris Fountain<br />
are famous—because baby Tris unwittingly caused<br />
both of his parents’ deaths within the same year.<br />
Now Jack and nearly-three-year-old Tris live with<br />
cold, calculating Aunt Cheryl while Smithy stays<br />
at a boarding school and Madison lives with family<br />
friends. It seems that nothing will bring the family<br />
together again until Cheryl sells the family story to<br />
a slimy reality-TV-show producer. The Fountain<br />
children reunite to save Tris from becoming a<br />
documentary subject while learning that perhaps<br />
their father’s death wasn’t accidental after all.<br />
Isbn: 9780385904513 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 670l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $19.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
“This family-drama-turned-thriller will<br />
have readers racing, heart in throat,<br />
to reach the conclusion.”<br />
—The Horn Book Magazine<br />
I’ll Pass for Your Comrade:<br />
Women Soldiers in the Civil War<br />
by Anita Silvey<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
“One fact about [the Civil War] has rarely been<br />
mentioned until recently. . . . [H]undreds of women<br />
disguised themselves as men so they could fight as<br />
soldiers.” Among them were Sarah Rosetta Wakeman,<br />
who joined the Union army in order to make money,<br />
and Melverina Peppercorn, who enlisted with the<br />
Confederate army to stay near her twin brother.<br />
This book explores the motivations and describes<br />
the experiences of these and other women who<br />
fought in the Civil War. Author’s note. Bibliography.<br />
Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs<br />
and time-period illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780618574919 • Dewey: 973.7/4082 • 7" x 9" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 8.3 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 10.7 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1130l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $17.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
In Mozart’s Shadow: His Sister’s Story<br />
by Carolyn Meyer<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, V<br />
Nine-year-old Nannerl Mozart is a wonderful<br />
musician, but her brother Wolferl, age five, has<br />
already surpassed her talent. Initially the siblings play<br />
concerts together across Europe, but then their father,<br />
Leopold, decides Nannerl should remain in their<br />
hometown of Salzburg, Austria. Though Nannerl<br />
pleads with Leopold over many years, he never<br />
gives her the opportunity to become a professional<br />
musician. Despite not realizing her dream, Nannerl<br />
sees a chance for happiness: she hopes to marry<br />
retired army captain Armand d’Ippold—if her father<br />
doesn’t stand in her way. Author’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9780152055943 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 940l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
In the Belly of the Bloodhound:<br />
Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar<br />
Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber u<br />
by L. A. Meyer<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HG, KL, SLJ, V<br />
When Mary “Jacky” Faber returns to the Lawson<br />
Peabody School for Girls, she has more trouble fitting<br />
in than ever. Then a school field trip goes awry, and<br />
Jacky finds herself trapped on a slave ship with her<br />
classmates. Jacky has survived the streets of London,<br />
pirates, finishing school, and the Battle of Trafalgar—<br />
but can she get thirty teenage girls to listen to<br />
someone they’ve branded a “shameless hussy”?<br />
Isbn: 9780152055578 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 528 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 23 • sRC level: 8.1 • sRC Points: 32 • lexile: 1040l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
The Invisible Man<br />
by H. G. Wells, adapted by Rick Geary<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
The stranger who recently arrived in Iping has<br />
begun to raise suspicions: he rarely leaves his<br />
room at the Coach and Horses Inn, and he always<br />
keeps himself covered from head to toe. When the<br />
townspeople question the man after a robbery, he<br />
exposes his terrifying secret and escapes. Impossible<br />
to apprehend, the man wreaks havoc as he attempts<br />
to recover the notebooks in which he has written<br />
the formula for becoming invisible. In this faithful<br />
retelling of H. G. Wells’s famous tale, the invisible<br />
man then makes his way to the home of an old<br />
colleague and tells his incredible story. Full-color<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781597071413 • Dewey: f • 6 1/2" x 9" • 56 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 1<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $15.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
The Iranian Revolution:<br />
Pivotal Moments in History<br />
by Brendan January<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ<br />
The 1979 revolution left Iran “torn by drastic<br />
social changes, invasion, bombing, executions, and<br />
assassinations. The Iranian Revolution would also<br />
bring Iran and the United States to the brink of war.”<br />
The events of 1979 were the result of complicated<br />
dynamics, both within Iran and internationally. From<br />
the CIA-engineered overthrow of prime minister<br />
Mosaddeq to the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini to the<br />
hostage crisis, Iran’s revolution is a compelling story.<br />
Maps. Time line. Glossary. Short biographies of key<br />
figures. Notes. Selected bibliography. Further reading.<br />
Index. Color and black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780822575214 • Dewey: 955.05/42 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 8.0 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1020l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Twenty-first Century: $28.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
*NEW* Jack Tumor<br />
by Anthony McGowan<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BCCBH, BL, K, PW<br />
“IN LOVE AND DEATH, THERE ARE NO<br />
FRIENDS.” So says Jack Tumor, the crass inner<br />
voice of an undiagnosed brain tumor forcing itself<br />
upon the consciousness of fourteen-year-old Hector<br />
Brunty. At first, Jack wreaks havoc on Hector’s social<br />
life, causing Hector to speak and act inappropriately.<br />
Over time, though, Jack reveals his actual intention:<br />
to remake awkward Hector and attract the most<br />
beautiful girl in school. Could it be that Jack truly<br />
wants to help Hector? What’s more, could a tumor<br />
have something to teach Hector about life?<br />
Isbn: 9780374329556 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 890l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • farrar, straus & Giroux: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
Jango: Book Two of the Noble Warriors<br />
by William Nicholson<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WM<br />
Seeker has grown more powerful than he ever<br />
dreamed possible—perhaps too powerful. Some of<br />
the Nomana want to “cleanse” him and erase all that<br />
he has learned. Others believe he is the last and only<br />
hope to save their one true god. As an old enemy and<br />
a fearsome new warlord team up to launch a final<br />
assault on the Nomana’s home of Anacrea, Seeker<br />
is not sure where the real threat lies. Is it from the<br />
outside or from within Anacrea itself?<br />
Isbn: 9780152060114 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 416 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2007<br />
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life u<br />
by Wendy Mass<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
Jeremy Fink doesn’t leave anything to chance—he<br />
eats peanut butter at every meal, avoids the subway,<br />
and reminds his teachers to give him homework.<br />
Then, a month before he turns thirteen, he receives<br />
a surprise package. It’s a wooden box to open on his<br />
birthday, and it’s from his father, who died five years<br />
ago in a freak accident. One more thing: the box is<br />
locked, and the keys are missing.<br />
Isbn: 9780316058292 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 11 • sRC level: 7.2 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: feb 2007<br />
Jim & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure<br />
by Dan Gutman<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: KLH, WM<br />
Stosh has used his unique time-travel abilities to right<br />
many wrongs . . . and to meet some of the greatest<br />
baseball players ever: Jackie Robinson, Mickey<br />
Mantle, Babe Ruth. So why would he want to help his<br />
worst enemy, Bobby Fuller, travel to meet Jim Thorpe,<br />
a player he’s never heard of? Bobby tells Stosh that<br />
Jim Thorpe was an incredible athlete whose career<br />
was ruined when his Olympic medals were unfairly<br />
stripped from him. Now Stosh has one more injustice<br />
to fight . . . and one more legend to meet.<br />
Isbn: 9780060594954 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 620l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Johnny and the Bomb: The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy u<br />
by Terry Pratchett<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WC, WM<br />
Johnny Maxwell is doing a school project on the<br />
Second World War about a German bomb strike<br />
in his hometown: “Nineteen people got killed! In<br />
one night! There wasn’t any warning!” Then, due<br />
to a strange encounter with a mysterious time-filled<br />
shopping cart, Johnny finds himself in 1941, just<br />
before the bomb is about to fall. This leaves Johnny<br />
with a dilemma: Can he save people from the attack?<br />
And should he meddle with history?<br />
Isbn: 9780060541927 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 650l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2007<br />
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels<br />
retold by Donald Lemke • illustrated by Cynthia Martin<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Lemuel Gulliver encounters many strange things<br />
during his sea voyages. In the land of Lilliput, he’s<br />
trapped and attacked by tiny humans, then forced<br />
to swear allegiance to their emperor and defend<br />
their country. Banished from Lilliput due to a<br />
misunderstanding, Gulliver eventually finds himself<br />
in a land of giants, where he feels Lilliputian. When<br />
Gulliver finally returns to people his own size, can<br />
he convince them that his adventures were not mad<br />
dreams? Glossary. Additional information about<br />
the original story. Discussion questions. Writing<br />
prompts. Internet sites. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9781434204493 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: Gn470l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea<br />
retold by Carl Bowen • illustrated by Jose Alfonso Ocampo Ruiz<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax has agreed to<br />
help the U.S. Navy catch a mysterious sea monster.<br />
What Aronnax, his assistant, Conseil, and the<br />
expert harpooner Ned Land find surpasses their<br />
wildest expectations. Their hunt leads them to the<br />
Nautilus, a remarkable submarine, and the brilliant<br />
but troubled Captain Nemo. As his prisoners, they<br />
explore the wonders of the world’s oceans. But when<br />
Nemo’s ambitions turn deadly, will Aronnax and his<br />
companions be able to escape? Glossary. Note on<br />
submarines. Discussion questions. Writing prompts.<br />
Internet sites. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9781434204479 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 72 pp<br />
sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: Gn440l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
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The Juvie Three u<br />
by Gordon Korman<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HG, K, KLH, SLJ<br />
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If not for Douglas Healy’s halfway house, Gecko,<br />
Terence, and Arjay would all still be in juvenile<br />
detention. Together they live in an apartment in<br />
New York City, going to school and trying to stay<br />
out of trouble. Then Healy is accidentally knocked<br />
unconscious one night while trying to break up a<br />
fight between the boys. When he wakes up in the<br />
hospital, he doesn’t remember any of the boys, or<br />
even his own name. Now Gecko, Terence, and Arjay<br />
have to pretend that everything’s fine so the halfway<br />
house can pass inspection. Otherwise, their second<br />
chance will be their last.<br />
Isbn: 9781423101581 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
*NEW* Kaleidoscope Eyes<br />
by Jen Bryant<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, KH, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
It’s the summer of 1968, and thirteen-year-old<br />
Lyza Bradley has been given an almost impossible<br />
task by her grandfather, who recently passed away.<br />
Famous pirate William Kidd buried his treasure in<br />
Lyza’s New Jersey town four hundred years ago, and<br />
Lyza’s grandfather left a set of maps and information<br />
about the treasure to Lyza. With the help of her<br />
best friends, Malcolm and Carolann, Lyza sets out<br />
to recover whatever Kidd left behind. But as the<br />
Vietnam War reaches its peak abroad, distractions<br />
abound. Can Lyza and her friends find the treasure<br />
before the summer ends?<br />
Isbn: 9780375940484 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 7.4 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 950l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Knopf: $18.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
“Readers will fall under the spell of the<br />
delicious plot and race ahead. . . .”<br />
—Kirkus ReviewsH<br />
King George: What Was His Problem?<br />
by Steve Sheinkin • illustrated by Tim Robinson<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HGs, K, WC<br />
Proving that the truth can indeed be stranger than<br />
fiction, this collection of quirky anecdotes, quotes,<br />
and miscellany guides readers through the American<br />
Revolution—from the Townshend Acts of 1767 to<br />
Britain’s surrender on October 19, 1781. Along the<br />
way, we learn how a wig started the Boston Massacre;<br />
how “Molly Pitcher” got her name; and why a man<br />
in the Continental Army tried to steal a cannonball<br />
(his explanation: his mother could use it to pound<br />
spices). Epilogue. Source notes. Index. Black-andwhite<br />
art.<br />
Isbn: 9781596433199 • Dewey: 973.3 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 6.4 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 880l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $19.95 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
*NEW* A Kiss in Time<br />
by Alex Flinn<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: V<br />
Talia is a beautiful royal princess whose minor<br />
rebellion against her overprotective parents results in<br />
the very thing they fear most. She pricks her finger on<br />
a spindle and sends the entire kingdom of Euphrasia<br />
into a sleep that can only be broken by true love’s<br />
kiss. Jack is a twenty-first-century American slacker<br />
who has been sent by his parents to spend the<br />
summer in “sucky” Europe. Jack has an idea of what<br />
happens when you kiss a sleeping princess, but that<br />
doesn’t mean he’s ready for the result in this modern<br />
take on the classic tale of Sleeping Beauty.<br />
Isbn: 9780060874193 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp<br />
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: Hl610l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
*NEW* Kiss of Life: A Generation Dead Novel<br />
by Daniel Waters<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HG, K<br />
Adam’s return from death has made Phoebe’s love<br />
life even weirder. Now she has to choose between<br />
two zombie boys. She knows how Adam needs her,<br />
but she still has feelings for Tommy. Meanwhile,<br />
the zombie population of Oakville, Connecticut,<br />
continues to grow. As their numbers rise, the undead<br />
community is becoming increasingly divided. Some<br />
follow Tommy, who favors working within the<br />
system to gain civil rights for the “differently biotic”;<br />
others prefer the more militant approach of the Sons<br />
of Romero, a zombie segregationist group led by<br />
Takayuki. A sequel to the previous JLG selection,<br />
Generation Dead.<br />
Isbn: 9781423109235 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 416 pp<br />
sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 22 • lexile: 780l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
The Knife of Never Letting Go:<br />
Chaos Walking, Book One u<br />
by Patrick Ness<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KLH, SLJ, V<br />
In a town of men, Todd Hewitt is the only boy.<br />
Everyone is waiting for him to turn thirteen; he<br />
knows because, like everyone else in Prentisstown,<br />
Todd hears Noise—the ubiquitous, audible<br />
thoughts of men and animals. Supposedly silence<br />
hasn’t existed since the alien attack that killed all<br />
women and infected all men with the Noise germ.<br />
But when Todd and his dog, Manchee, discover<br />
a patch of silence in the swamp outside town,<br />
all that Todd knows about his world suddenly seems<br />
false. Confronted with the townsmen’s malicious<br />
plans for his future, Todd flees through the swamp,<br />
where he finds something else that shouldn’t exist:<br />
a girl. Winner of the 2008 Guardian Children’s<br />
Fiction Prize. Winner of the 2008 Booktrust<br />
Teenage Prize.<br />
Isbn: 9780763639310 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" • 496 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 16 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 26 • lexile: 860l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $18.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008
Knucklehead: Tall Tales & Mostly True Stories<br />
About Growing Up Scieszka<br />
by Jon Scieszka<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJH, V, WC<br />
With six boys growing up in the Scieszka house in<br />
Flint, Michigan, life was never boring. Jon Scieszka,<br />
the second oldest, says, “I think it was my dad,<br />
finding that his toast tasted like melted green plastic<br />
army man, who first asked the question, ‘What<br />
Knucklehead put an army man in the toaster?’”<br />
(The answer wasn’t Jon—that time, anyway!) The<br />
more Jon Scieszka thought about it, the more he<br />
realized, “I get a lot of my ideas from all the strange<br />
things that happened to me growing up with five<br />
brothers.” Index. Afterword. Black-and-white<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780670011063 • Dewey: 813/.54 b • 6 3/4" x 10" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Laika u<br />
written and illustrated by Nick Abadzis<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, KH, PWH, SLJH<br />
“Gentlemen . . . this will be Laika’s vessel! The first<br />
spacecraft . . . Sputnik II ! There are still problems,<br />
but we’ll solve them. Even on such a tight schedule!”<br />
“How will the satellite return to earth?” “It won’t. . . .<br />
There is no return option.” Here are the intertwined<br />
stories of Korolev, the driven engineer at the top of<br />
the Soviet space program; Yelena, the lab technician<br />
responsible for Laika’s health; and Laika, an energetic,<br />
trusting, and beloved dog chosen for a journey she<br />
will not survive. Full-color illustrations. Afterword.<br />
Bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9781596431010 • Dewey: 741.5973 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 2.8 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • first second: $17.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008<br />
The Landing u<br />
by John Ibbitson<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: CL, HG<br />
Muskoka, Canada, the Great Depression: Fifteenyear-old<br />
Ben wants to be a violinist, but his chances<br />
of leaving Cook’s Landing, the family farm, grow<br />
slimmer every year. Then one day in early summer,<br />
possible salvation arrives in the form of a new<br />
neighbor—Ruth Chapman, a wealthy New Yorker.<br />
Unlike other women in Muskoka, she smokes and<br />
swears—and introduces Ben to Mozart and Sibelius.<br />
Ben’s mother keeps telling him that “things can<br />
happen” if he makes a good impression. . . . But, as<br />
the summer starts to wane, so does Ruth Chapman’s<br />
interest in Ben and, consequently, Ben’s hopes for his<br />
future. Historical note. Note from the author. Winner<br />
of the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award.<br />
Isbn: 9781554532346 • Dewey: 813'.54 • 5 1/4" x 7 7/8" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 1020l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Kids Can: $17.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
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Larry and the Meaning of Life<br />
by Janet Tashjian<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ<br />
After losing a presidential campaign and his<br />
girlfriend, Josh Swensen (a.k.a. Larry) can’t seem to<br />
get off the couch. His usual overactive imagination<br />
and save-the-world mindset have all but vanished,<br />
and his best friend, Beth, is seriously worried. When<br />
Beth coaxes Josh into taking a walk at Walden<br />
Pond, he meets Gus Muldarian, a spiritual guru<br />
who encourages Josh to join his study group as a<br />
way to find deeper meaning in life. Josh agrees, but<br />
what begins as a harmless Thoreau-esque search<br />
for meaning soon turns into Josh’s most chaotic<br />
and profound adventure yet. Black-and-white<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780805077363 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 760l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Henry Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
The Last Knight u<br />
by Hilari Bell<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, WM<br />
Michael wants nothing more than to be Sir<br />
Michael. But the knighthood has been dead for two<br />
hundred years, his squire is a rogue named Fisk,<br />
and his damsel in distress turns out to be an escaped<br />
murderess. As Michael says, “The life of a knight<br />
errant wasn’t quite what I had expected.” However,<br />
when Michael and Fisk set out on a quest involving<br />
angry sheriffs, cudgel-crewers, and magical beasts, the<br />
knight and his squire could finally live out their own<br />
legendary adventure—or die trying.<br />
Isbn: 9780060825041 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 6.1 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 5.8 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 910l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: noV 2007<br />
The Last of the High Kings u<br />
by Kate Thompson<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BL, HH, HGs, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
“Jenny had never had a friend before . . . There was<br />
the púka, of course, but he was more like a teacher or<br />
a kindly old uncle than a friend.” When the púka—a<br />
large, shape-shifting goat—asks eleven-year-old Jenny<br />
to befriend a ghost, she agrees; after all, the ghost<br />
is sad and lonely. For thousands of years, the ghost<br />
has guarded a mountaintop beacon from horrible<br />
monsters . . . such as the púka, Jenny begins to<br />
suspect. So, she wonders: is the púka actually kind or<br />
just using her to get to the ghost? Glossary.<br />
Isbn: 9780061175961 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 368 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Greenwillow: $17.89 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
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Lay-ups and Long Shots:<br />
An Anthology of Short Stories<br />
by Joseph Bruchac et al.<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, V, WC<br />
A fourth-string basketball player gets cut from the<br />
team but finds a new way to make his shots count; a<br />
selfish ping-pong enthusiast doesn’t want his friend to<br />
improve at the game, so he practices alone—and gets<br />
a fitting comeuppance; a girl’s spunky dog helps her<br />
cross the finish line and find new confidence. In these<br />
and six other stories, kids find unexpected challenges<br />
and rewards in sports. Includes authors’ notes about<br />
each story and author biographies.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960785 • Dewey: 863/.0108357 • 5 1/2" x 7 5/16" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 760l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $15.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
*NEW* Leaving Glorytown:<br />
One Boy’s Struggle Under Castro<br />
by Eduardo F. Calcines<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJH<br />
“To an outsider visiting Cuba, there would have<br />
been nothing special about my family. We were<br />
not rich, famous, or politically well-connected. . . .<br />
What made us remarkable is that we survived and<br />
escaped.” When Eduardo Calcines was three years<br />
old, Communists took control of Cuba. Eleven years<br />
passed before Calcines and his family were finally<br />
able to leave the country. Now sixty-three, Calcines,<br />
a successful American businessman, recounts what<br />
it was like to grow up under Fidel Castro’s rule.<br />
Epilogue. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780374343941 • Dewey: 972.9106/4092 b • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • farrar, straus & Giroux: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Lifeblood: Darkside, Book 2<br />
by Tom Becker<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJ<br />
In Darkside, “a secret borough of London filled with<br />
evil creatures,” murder is an everyday occurrence.<br />
But the murder of Edwin Rafferty is different. “Of<br />
all the hundreds of corpses I’ve seen, only one body<br />
has ever looked the way this one did,” a reporter tells<br />
Jonathan, a young man new to Darkside. “And that<br />
was James Arkel.” James Arkel was a Ripper, one of<br />
Jack the Ripper’s descendents, and thus in line for<br />
Darkside’s throne. And Jonathan’s mother had been<br />
investigating Arkel’s murder when she disappeared.<br />
Can this new murder lead Jonathan to his mother<br />
before it leads the murderer to him?<br />
Isbn: 9780545037426 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • orchard: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
The Lincolns:<br />
A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary u<br />
by Candace Fleming<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, KH, SLJH<br />
He borrowed nearly every book he read and<br />
claimed that all his “schooling did not amount to<br />
one year.” She attended years of boarding school,<br />
and her “family’s library was filled with leatherbound<br />
books by Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh,<br />
and Plato.” Though Abraham and Mary Todd<br />
Lincoln’s backgrounds differed considerably, both<br />
were intellectuals who shared interests in literature<br />
and politics, as well as a great love for each other.<br />
Photographs, letters, newspaper articles, and many<br />
other primary source materials illuminate this<br />
intimate biography of the Lincolns. Introduction.<br />
Time line. Resource lists. Research notes. Source<br />
notes. Picture credits. Index. Winner of the 2009<br />
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. Winner of the 2009<br />
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780237583618 • Dewey: 973.7092/2 b • 9" x 11 3/4" • 196 pp<br />
aR level: 8.1 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 1050l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • schwartz & Wade: $24.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
The Lindbergh Child:<br />
America’s Hero and the Crime of the Century u<br />
written and illustrated by Rick Geary<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KL, PWH, SLJ<br />
“At 10:00 pm Betty Gow enters the nursery to<br />
check on the baby. She feels a chill in the room and<br />
turns on an electric heater. Finding it strange not to<br />
hear the boy’s breathing, she looks into the crib to<br />
find him . . . gone!” When famous aviator Charles<br />
Lindbergh’s child disappeared in 1932, the nation<br />
was transfixed. This narrative depicts the many<br />
curious characters involved and follows the ransom<br />
demands, false leads, and the final outcome of the<br />
thrilling mystery. Includes bibliography and maps.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781561635290 • Dewey: 364.154092 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 6<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $15.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Lock and Key u<br />
by Sarah Dessen<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BL, HGs, KL, PWH, V, WS<br />
After years of neglect, Ruby’s mother has abandoned<br />
her, and now Ruby has to live with her estranged<br />
sister, Cora, whom she hasn’t seen in ten years. Cora<br />
and her husband offer Ruby a stable home life and a<br />
fresh start at a new school. Ruby’s independent streak<br />
is strong, though, and she attempts to run away the<br />
very night she arrives. A friendly (and cute) neighbor<br />
boy named Nate covers for her when she’s nearly<br />
caught, and suddenly Ruby may have a compelling<br />
reason to stay.<br />
Isbn: 9780670010882 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 26 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $18.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
Looking for JJ u<br />
by Anne Cassidy<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, K, KLH, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS<br />
The tabloids are desperate for any information they<br />
can find about the recently released Jenny Jones: now<br />
sixteen, she was arrested at age ten for the murder of<br />
another girl. Details about the killing are all over the<br />
papers, and columnists are asking whether she even<br />
deserves a second chance. Jenny follows the story<br />
in the news—she has begun a new life under a new<br />
name and is terrified of being discovered. She finally<br />
has her first boyfriend, a job, and a roommate she<br />
trusts with her secret. Will she lose it all?<br />
Isbn: 9780152061906 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 336 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2008<br />
*NEW* Lost<br />
by Jacqueline Davies<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, CL, K, SLJ<br />
Sixteen-year-old Essie Rosenfeld of Delancey Street<br />
is working at the Triangle Waist Company when<br />
she meets the newest employee, Harriet Abbott, a<br />
seemingly well-educated, upper-crust young woman<br />
with a big secret. Essie, harboring a few secrets of her<br />
own, is drawn to the mysterious new girl, but their<br />
friendship will be tested as both go to great lengths<br />
to conceal the painful truth about themselves—and<br />
as a series of disasters tests Essie’s fortitude and<br />
compassion.<br />
Isbn: 9780761455356 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Marshall Cavendish: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
The period details in Lost are spot-on<br />
and really brought me into the world of<br />
the story. The book’s many unexpected<br />
twists—both mysterious and tragic—<br />
compelled me to keep reading.<br />
—Georgia, JLG Assistant Editor<br />
Lost and Found u<br />
by Andrew Clements<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“From the first moment of their lives . . . the twins<br />
were constantly compared with each other. And<br />
almost no one was able to see any difference at all.<br />
Except Jay and Ray themselves.” When Jay and<br />
Ray are accidentally enrolled as one student in<br />
their new school, the twins decide to play along,<br />
attending—and ditching—school on alternate days.<br />
But can pretending to be one person finally let<br />
them feel like two?<br />
Isbn: 9781416909859 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 780l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Magpie Gabbard and the Quest for the Buried Moon<br />
by Sally Keehn<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM<br />
All girls receive magic on their thirteenth birthday,<br />
and Magpie Gabbard is no exception. But magic<br />
might not be enough to help Magpie reunite her<br />
brother Milo with his missing foot, satisfy the<br />
demands of a moody floating head and his wild boar,<br />
best the pernicious Sizemore family, avoid Goblins,<br />
and find the buried moon all by herself—especially<br />
when she has only thirteen days.<br />
Isbn: 9780399243400 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 770l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Philomel: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
Mao’s Last Dancer: Young Reader’s Edition<br />
by Li Cunxin<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
“Great things don’t come easily!” a ballet teacher<br />
once told Li Cunxin. It was a lesson that Li knew<br />
well. Born to bitter poverty in rural China, he was<br />
chosen by a group of visiting officials to attend the<br />
Beijing Dance Academy. There, Li had to learn<br />
extraordinarily difficult dance moves while also<br />
studying to be a good Maoist. His hard work earned<br />
him the chance to visit the United States—where Li<br />
faced his greatest challenge. Afterword. Historical<br />
note. Time line. Glossary of Chinese words. Blackand-white<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780802797797 • Dewey: 792.8/092 b • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 300 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 11 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $16.95 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
*NEW* Marcelo in the Real World<br />
by Francisco X. Stork<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, KH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
When Marcelo Sandoval’s father challenges him to<br />
intern at his law firm over the summer, Marcelo is<br />
anxious. He has a condition similar to Asperger’s<br />
syndrome and attends a school that caters to his<br />
needs. Reluctantly, he begins to work at the firm,<br />
where the complications of the “real world” confront<br />
him immediately. Marcelo’s coworker, Jasmine,<br />
is kind and beautiful, but is frustratingly aloof.<br />
Wendell, the son of another partner in the firm,<br />
attempts to use Marcelo’s naïveté to manipulate<br />
him. Then, as Marcelo sorts documents one day, he<br />
stumbles upon a shocking piece of evidence marked<br />
“trash” that seems to incriminate his father.<br />
Isbn: 9780545054744 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: Hl700l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • arthur a. levine: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
“It is a rare novel that reaffirms<br />
a belief in goodness; rarer still is one<br />
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by Tanita S. Davis<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: KH, V<br />
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Sisters Tali and Octavia want to spend their summer<br />
break relaxing with friends. Instead, their parents are<br />
forcing them to take a road trip with their sportscar-driving,<br />
push-up-bra-wearing Grandma Mare to<br />
a family reunion in Alabama. Luckily, Mare knows<br />
a thing or two about willful teens, having been one<br />
herself: at age sixteen, she ran away from home to<br />
join the Women’s Army Corps during World War II.<br />
As Mare’s story unfolds, Tali and Octavia discover<br />
their family history and heritage—and a lot about<br />
themselves as well.<br />
Isbn: 9780375957147 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World<br />
by Nathaniel Philbrick<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: CL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ, V<br />
“[T]he Indians and English of Plymouth Colony did<br />
not live in perfect harmony. It was fifty-five years<br />
of struggle and compromise—a difficult process of<br />
give-and-take.” From the sailing of the Mayflower to<br />
the first Thanksgiving to King Philip’s War and its<br />
aftermath, Nathaniel Philbrick’s adaptation of his<br />
National Book Award–winning Mayflower describes<br />
the New England colonies’ earliest history. Time line.<br />
Mayflower passenger list. Selected reading. Index.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780399247958 • Dewey: 973.2'2 • 6" x 9" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 8.3 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 11.6 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 1170l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Putnam’s: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Mexican Immigrants in America:<br />
An Interactive History Adventure<br />
by Rachael Hanel<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL, HG<br />
Struggling to make ends meet in Mexico, you decide<br />
to move to the United States. But as an immigrant,<br />
how will you make a living? Will you work at a<br />
meatpacking plant in Omaha, Nebraska, become<br />
a nanny in New York City, or work on California<br />
farms? This interactive history adventure contains<br />
three separate fact-based storylines with forty-three<br />
choices in all and seventeen different endings. An<br />
introduction and conclusion provide context and<br />
additional information. Time line. Further reading<br />
and Internet sites. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.<br />
Map. Black-and-white and color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9781429620130 • Dewey: 973/.046872 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
lexile: 570l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Capstone: $20.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
Mexican WhiteBoy u<br />
by Matt de la Peña<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V<br />
When Danny can relax, he’s an amazing pitcher.<br />
But he can’t relax. He’s painfully shy, and his mixed<br />
racial heritage makes him feel too pale—“albino<br />
almost”—to fit in with his Mexican relatives. More<br />
than anything, though, the disappearance of his<br />
father three years ago still weighs heavily on Danny’s<br />
mind. Then he meets Uno, a boy with his own<br />
troubles—and a lot of confidence. As Uno takes<br />
Danny under his wing, can he help Danny get his<br />
head back in the game?<br />
Isbn: 9780385903295 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 680l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Delacorte: $18.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf:<br />
A Year Told Through Stuff u<br />
by Jennifer L. Holm • illustrated by Elicia Castaldi<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJ, WM<br />
Genevieve “Ginny” Davis is heading into seventh<br />
grade with a big to-do list. Among other things,<br />
she wants to “1. Get a dad. 2. Get the role of the<br />
Sugarplum Fairy in the Nutcracker. 3. Look good<br />
in the school photo for once!!!!,” and convince her<br />
older brother Henry to stop acting like a juvenile<br />
delinquent. The ephemera of her daily life—<br />
including receipts, notes, bank statements, and<br />
school assignments—tell Ginny’s story. Full-color,<br />
digitally-rendered art. A 2008 IRA Children’s<br />
Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9780689852817 • Dewey: f • 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $12.99 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
The Missing: Book 1, Found<br />
by Margaret Peterson Haddix<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, PWH<br />
When Jonah gets a letter reading “YOU ARE ONE<br />
OF THE MISSING,” he thinks it’s a prank from<br />
someone who knows he’s adopted. Then Jonah’s<br />
friend Chip receives an identical note, leading<br />
Chip to discover that he’s adopted, too. To learn<br />
more about his background, Chip searches through<br />
his parents’ files. Attached to his adoption papers<br />
is a note with an FBI agent’s name and phone<br />
number. Then, Chip and Jonah receive new letters:<br />
“BEWARE. THEY’RE COMING BACK FOR<br />
YOU.” Can the boys unravel the secret of their past<br />
before it’s too late?<br />
Isbn: 9781416954170 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
*NEW* The Missing: Book 2, Sent<br />
by Margaret Peterson Haddix<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
The abduction of thirty-six doomed children from<br />
the past has caused dangerous ripples in time by<br />
disrupting the past’s effects on the future. An agent<br />
named JB is attempting to reverse the damage<br />
by sending the children back to their rightful<br />
times—and to their possible deaths. Chip and Alex<br />
are the first two returnees, but their friends Jonah<br />
and Katherine defiantly tag along. Now it is 1483,<br />
and Chip and Alex—crown prince Edward and his<br />
younger brother—are in danger from their uncle,<br />
known to posterity as Richard III. How can Jonah<br />
and Katherine save their friends and still set history<br />
back on its proper course?<br />
Isbn: 9781416954224 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009
More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World<br />
selected and retold by Arielle North Olson and<br />
Howard Schwartz • illustrated by E. M. Gist<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“There, under the rider’s right arm, was a head unlike<br />
any head Morty had ever seen. It was ashy pale, with<br />
skin pulled tight against the skull, huge black eyes,<br />
and a mouth that reached from ear to ear.” These<br />
twenty-two spooky tales, whose origins span the<br />
globe from Iceland to Hawaii, include a vengeful<br />
mermaid, a woman who turns her husband into a<br />
werewolf, and a physician whose severed head can<br />
talk. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780670063390 • Dewey: 398.27 • 6" x 9" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Morning in a Different Place<br />
by Mary Ann McGuigan<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ<br />
In the fall of 1963, the United States is at a moral<br />
and political crossroads. So is Fiona. To escape<br />
Fiona’s alcoholic and abusive father, her mother has<br />
temporarily moved the family into Aunt Maggie’s<br />
cramped apartment. Meanwhile, Fiona’s friendship<br />
with Yolanda is causing tension at home and in<br />
school because Fiona is white and Yolanda is black.<br />
Now Fiona must decide what is truly important to<br />
her and then discover within herself the strength to<br />
stand up and fight for it.<br />
Isbn: 9781590785515 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: Hl710l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • front street: $17.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
*NEW* The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg<br />
by Rodman Philbrick<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, K, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
1863: Twelve-year-old Homer Figg and his older<br />
brother, Harold, live with their uncle, Squinton<br />
Leach, “the meanest man in the entire state of<br />
Maine.” When Squinton illegally sells Harold to the<br />
Union Army, Homer runs away to find his brother<br />
and save him from the war. As Homer makes his<br />
way south looking for Harold, he is captured by<br />
slave catchers, stars as the “Amazing Pig Boy” in a<br />
medicine show, flies off in a surveillance balloon, and<br />
is arrested as a spy. Back matter includes glossary of<br />
Civil War facts and slang.<br />
Isbn: 9780439668187 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 7.4 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 950l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
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The Musician’s Daughter<br />
by Susanne Dunlap<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
Eighteenth-century Vienna: Amid the glamour of<br />
musical court life, fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria<br />
must solve the brutal murder of her father, an<br />
acclaimed violinist. Who stole his violin, and why<br />
was he found near a Gypsy encampment, wearing a<br />
valuable pendant Theresa has never seen before? Her<br />
quest for answers soon puts her in the middle of an<br />
ongoing battle between serf sympathizers and the<br />
Hungarian nobility.<br />
Isbn: 9781599903323 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 7.4 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 950l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
My Bonny Light Horseman: Being an Account of the<br />
Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, in Love and War<br />
by L. A. Meyer<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, V<br />
At last, Jacky Faber is reunited with her beloved<br />
Jaimy—in a French jail. Though she escapes, he<br />
remains imprisoned. Jacky is forced into a treacherous<br />
deal: the British authorities will trade prisoners and<br />
free Jaimy, but only if Jacky spies for the British in<br />
Paris, the heart of Napoléon’s empire. Jacky’s sharp<br />
mind and stunning looks are more than a match for<br />
the French intelligence service, but then she meets a<br />
dashing Frenchman named Jean-Paul. Will her heart<br />
lead her to ruin?<br />
Isbn: 9780152061876 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 448 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 18 • sRC level: 7.4 • sRC Points: 26 • lexile: 950l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
My One Hundred Adventures u<br />
by Polly Horvath<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
Jane lives with her poet mother and three younger<br />
siblings in a beach house in a small Massachusetts<br />
town. Twelve-year-old Jane wants “something more<br />
to do . . . than the usual wading in the shallows and<br />
reading and building castles on the shore.” She wants<br />
the “I know not what, which is what adventures<br />
are about” and decides to pray for one hundred<br />
adventures. All summer long, Jane gets her wish—<br />
in one unexpected way after another.<br />
Isbn: 9780375955822 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • schwartz & Wade: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Mysteries of the Mummy Kids<br />
by Kelly Milner Halls<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ<br />
Mummies aren’t just artfully preserved Egyptian<br />
royalty. Explorers and archaeologists have discovered<br />
mummies all over the world, from the Andes<br />
Mountains to the deserts of China. Mummies may<br />
be children or adults, wealthy or poor, revered or<br />
reviled members of society, and inadvertently or<br />
intentionally preserved. Looking at child mummies<br />
from different countries and cultures, Halls asks<br />
how these mummies came to exist and why people<br />
find them so fascinating. Full-color diagrams and<br />
photographs. Interviews with specialists.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960594 • Dewey: 393.3 • 11" x 9 3/8" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 8.1 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 8.9 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 1150l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2007<br />
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Nation u<br />
by Terry Pratchett<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, HH,<br />
HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
Mau is canoeing alone when he gets caught in a giant<br />
wave that also hits his home island. He survives to<br />
discover that his entire village has been destroyed<br />
and everyone killed. Ermintrude is traveling to see<br />
her father, heir to the throne of England, when the<br />
wave deposits her ship on Mau’s island; like Mau,<br />
she is the sole survivor. The pair must not only learn<br />
to understand each other and survive together, they<br />
must also make sense of the mysterious, insistent<br />
voices of Mau’s ancestors, which hold powerful<br />
secrets about the island’s past. Winner of the 2009<br />
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award. A 2009 Printz<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780061433023 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 336 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 16 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 23 • lexile: nC790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Neandertals: A Prehistoric Puzzle<br />
by Yvette La Pierre<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: SLJ<br />
On a sunny day 150 years ago, workers digging<br />
in a valley near Düsseldorf, Germany, found<br />
some strange bones in a cave. They weren’t animal<br />
bones, but they also differed from those of human<br />
skeletons—they were the bones of Neandertals, early<br />
hominids. The discovery ushered in the new science<br />
of paleoanthropology and began a debate about how<br />
Neandertals lived and how much they resembled<br />
modern humans—a debate that continues to this day.<br />
Glossary. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Suggestions for<br />
further reading. Full-color photographs, chart, map,<br />
and drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780822575245 • Dewey: 569.9/86 • 7 3/8" x 8 5/8" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 8.7 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 10.7 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 1130l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • lerner: $22.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
The New Policeman u<br />
by Kate Thompson<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HGs, KH,<br />
KLH, PWH, SLJH, V, WM, WS<br />
When J.J. Liddy asks his mother what she wants for<br />
her birthday, she says, “Time. That’s what I want.<br />
Time.” There never seems to be enough of it in<br />
Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter.<br />
Where does it all go? J.J. is determined to find out.<br />
With the help of a local history expert, he sets out<br />
on an adventure that takes him all the way to the<br />
mythical Tír na n’Óg—the land where time is said to<br />
stand still. Sheet music. Bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9780061174278 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 416 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
Night of the Howling Dogs u<br />
by Graham Salisbury<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WM<br />
After a short drive and a long hike, Dylan and his<br />
Eagle Scout troop reach their campsite, a remote<br />
beach on Hawaii’s Big Island. It has a great view and<br />
a swimming hole, but it also has wasps, stinging ants,<br />
and foul-smelling drinking water. Another problem?<br />
Louie, a tough older boy who bullies Dylan. Then,<br />
a violent earthquake and tsunami rip the campers’<br />
world apart, and all previous troubles are forgotten.<br />
Dylan and Louie, who are the least injured, now<br />
must work together to help themselves and their<br />
fellow Scouts survive. Based on a true story. <strong>Library</strong><br />
edition with trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780385901468 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 3.5 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 3.2 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 530l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Wendy lamb: $19.99 • JlG Month: noV 2007<br />
*NEW* Night Wings<br />
by Joseph Bruchac • illustrated by Sally Wern Comport<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K<br />
“In my family, we believe that dreams can be more<br />
than just your subconscious acting out its insecurities.<br />
Sometimes they are warnings.” Paul, an Abenaki<br />
thirteen-year-old, has been dreaming of the winged<br />
monster Pmola. Only Paul’s family knows the exact<br />
location of Pmola’s treasure, which is buried atop Mt.<br />
Washington. But now an opportunistic reality-show<br />
host and his crew want Paul and his Grampa Peter<br />
to lead them to it—at gunpoint. Paul and Grampa<br />
Peter must use their knowledge of the wilderness<br />
and Abenaki mythology to escape their captors and<br />
protect Pmola.<br />
Isbn: 9780061123191 • Dewey: f • 4 1/2" x 7 1/2" • 208 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
No Choirboy:<br />
Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row u<br />
by Susan Kuklin<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, SLJH, V<br />
“I ask myself, What’s to be done with my life now?”<br />
Until a U.S. Supreme Court decision in 2005,<br />
sentencing juvenile offenders to death for their crimes<br />
was still legal in twenty states. In separate interviews,<br />
the author speaks to three young men sentenced to<br />
death prior to the Supreme Court decision. She also<br />
speaks with the family of a teen who was executed,<br />
the family of a murder victim, and an anti–death<br />
penalty advocate. Author’s note. Further reading.<br />
Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780805079500 • Dewey: 364.66092/273 • 6" x 9" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 690l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Noman: Book Three of the Noble Warriors<br />
by William Nicholson<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL<br />
Seeker’s power has grown immensely, and he has<br />
nearly fulfilled his destiny—to destroy the Savanters,<br />
the sworn enemies of his clan. As Seeker pursues<br />
some of the final remaining Savanters in distant<br />
lands, a charismatic figure, the Joy Boy, rises in<br />
his absence. The Joy Boy’s message of peace and<br />
happiness mesmerizes everyone who comes in contact<br />
with him, including Seeker’s old friends Morning Star<br />
and the Wildman. When Seeker’s destiny places him<br />
at odds with his friends and the Joy Boy, Seeker must<br />
question all he believes.<br />
Isbn: 9780152060053 • Dewey: f • 6 1/8" x 9" • 368 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 3.8 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 660l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: seP 2008
Number 8<br />
by Anna Fienberg<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, V, WM<br />
Thirteen-year-old Jackson has just moved to the<br />
suburbs with his mother, Valerie, an aspiring singer.<br />
They no longer live in a rough part of the city, and<br />
Valerie has escaped from her drug-dealing boss. Soon<br />
Jackson has a best friend and a potential girlfriend,<br />
and Valerie has a decent new job. Though life<br />
isn’t perfect, it seems nice and normal. However,<br />
when Valerie starts receiving creepy phone calls<br />
and a mysterious blue Mustang appears in the<br />
neighborhood, Jackson wonders if everything is<br />
normal after all.<br />
Isbn: 9780802796608 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $16.95 • JlG Month: seP 2007<br />
Off to War: Voices of Soldiers’ Children<br />
by Deborah Ellis<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WC<br />
“Dad is always a little different when he comes<br />
back from deployments because he has to get used<br />
to America again,” says Allison. Her brother Matt<br />
adds, “He’s always overjoyed that he’s in the States<br />
where no one is trying to shoot at him.” In candid<br />
and moving interviews, children of American and<br />
Canadian military personnel who have served in<br />
Iraq and Afghanistan describe their experiences. The<br />
interviews touch on subjects such as the children’s<br />
worries, what it is like when a parent returns from<br />
combat, and whether the children plan to join the<br />
military. Glossary. Further information. Black-andwhite<br />
photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780888998941 • Dewey: 303.6'6083 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $15.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
One Good Punch u<br />
by Rich Wallace<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, V, WM, WS<br />
As captain of the track team and a decent student<br />
who’s never been in trouble, Michael Kerrigan is<br />
“almost too good to be true.” He wants to go on to<br />
college and be an inspiration for his aging factory<br />
town, but his bright future is threatened when the<br />
police find marijuana in his locker. When an ex-boxer<br />
tells him all it took was “one good punch” to take<br />
him out of competition, Michael wonders if his<br />
dreams are about to be knocked out for good. <strong>Library</strong><br />
edition with trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780375913525 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $18.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2008<br />
One-Handed Catch u<br />
by MJ Auch<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
Norm is good-natured about the accident in his<br />
family’s store and the surgery afterward—maybe<br />
when he came into this world, his left hand had a<br />
return-trip ticket for July 4, 1946. But he does have<br />
some questions for the social worker who tells him<br />
about getting a prosthesis: “Can you catch a baseball<br />
with a hook? . . . What about batting? Do they have<br />
special hooks for that?”<br />
Isbn: 9780805079005 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 6.1 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 710l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
*NEW* The Orange Houses<br />
by Paul Griffin<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, PWH, SLJ<br />
Tamika is an insecure, hearing-impaired teenager<br />
with a talent for drawing. Fatima is a refugee from<br />
a war-torn country who creates origami from the<br />
newspapers she sells on the streets of the Bronx. The<br />
two artists are introduced to each other by a young,<br />
traumatized veteran named Jimmi, who instructs<br />
them to create something “beautiful” together.<br />
Through their friendship and their art, Tamika and<br />
Fatima strive to hold off the violence and ignorance<br />
that must inevitably come crashing into their lives.<br />
Isbn: 9780803733466 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
“Swift, tense, and powerful.”<br />
—Booklist H<br />
The Other Side of the Island u<br />
by Allegra Goodman<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, KL, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
In the eighteenth glorious year of Enclosure, long<br />
after The Flood, a young girl named Honor and her<br />
parents are relocated to Island 365 in The Tranquil<br />
Sea. Life on the Island is Orderly and Predictable: the<br />
government writes (or rewrites) every book, Watchers<br />
patrol every neighborhood, and the Enclosure<br />
regulates the Island’s weather. But Honor’s parents<br />
are Unpredictable; they contradict the lessons Honor<br />
learns in school, regularly break curfew, and hide<br />
writing implements in their house. Honor pleads<br />
with them to be more like her, because she knows<br />
what happens to parents who don’t follow the rules:<br />
they disappear and don’t ever come back.<br />
Isbn: 9781595141958 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 650l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Razorbill: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Our Farm:<br />
Four Seasons with Five Kids on One Family’s Farm<br />
written and photographed by Michael J. Rosen<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJH, V, WC<br />
What would life be like with a herd of cows in<br />
your yard, twenty-four chicks in your living room,<br />
a coonhound and a beagle sleeping on your porch,<br />
and a work-crazed border collie who wants to herd<br />
everything? How long does it take to mow ninety<br />
acres and move five hundred tons of manure? Caleb,<br />
Chase, Cayne, Grey, and Ali, along with their<br />
parents, Becky and Dave, share a year of their life in<br />
this intimate depiction of one family and their small<br />
Ohio farm. Author’s note. Resources. Illustrated with<br />
full-color photographs. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960679 • Dewey: 630/.9771/59 • 7 3/8" x 8 5/8" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 6.0 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 7.6 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1010l<br />
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Out of Reach<br />
by V. M. Jones<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
Pip dreads every soccer match. His dad has pressured<br />
him into playing the sport and, at every game, argues<br />
with the refs and yells at Pip: “Don’t cringe away<br />
from the bloody ball!” One day, riding his bike home<br />
from soccer practice, Pip stops at the “Igloo,” a sports<br />
facility under preparation for its grand opening.<br />
Inside, Pip scales one of the climbing walls with ease<br />
and has a revelation: “Suddenly it all made sense.<br />
Climbing. Climbing! ” Pip has found his passion,<br />
but he can’t let his dad find out—his relentless<br />
competitiveness would ruin the only sport Pip has<br />
ever enjoyed.<br />
Isbn: 9780761455141 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 750l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Marshall Cavendish: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Paper Towns u<br />
by John Green<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, KLH, SLJH, V<br />
Although they were friends as kids, Margo is now at<br />
the center of the popular crowd, and Quentin just<br />
idolizes her from afar. Then one night, Margo shows<br />
up at Quentin’s window and, mysteriously, asks him<br />
to help her do “eleven things,” including five that<br />
involve a “getaway man.” Quentin is still reliving<br />
their adventures the next day when he learns that<br />
Margo has disappeared. He thinks she must be<br />
“. . . doing Margo stuff. Making stories. Rocking<br />
worlds.” But as he follows the trail of clues she left<br />
behind, he discovers a far different Margo from the<br />
one he thought he knew. Author’s note. Winner of<br />
the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780525478188 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 850l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $17.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Paralyzed<br />
by Jeff Rud<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reggie “Stick-’em” Scott is a hard-hitting senior<br />
linebacker. During a game, Nate, a player on the<br />
opposing team, tackles Reggie improperly and ends<br />
up in the hospital, possibly paralyzed for life. Though<br />
Reggie’s family, friends, teammates, and coaches<br />
all say the accident wasn’t his fault, Reggie still feels<br />
guilty. When Nate’s mother blames Reggie, his<br />
remorse becomes overwhelming, and his performance<br />
on the field suffers. Reggie realizes he has to somehow<br />
clear his head and his conscience, or his senior season<br />
may be over. Special hardcover edition.<br />
Isbn: 9781554690855 • Dewey: f • 4 1/4" x 7" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: Hl670l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • orca: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing<br />
by Gary Soto<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V<br />
In free verse, National Book Award finalist Gary Soto<br />
channels the voices of teenage boys and girls in love<br />
and sets their relationships against a backdrop of the<br />
seasons. One girl thinks of her boyfriend while eating<br />
alphabet soup; she spells out, “I love you,” then<br />
drinks the sentence to find warmth on a “cold day,<br />
cold without you.” A boy, longing for his girlfriend,<br />
scans the clouds for some semblance of her face.<br />
“Love,” he reflects, “is like weather, cold or hot, /<br />
Nothing between.”<br />
Isbn: 9780152063016 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 112 pp<br />
sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 6<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
*NEW* Peace, Locomotion u<br />
by Jacqueline Woodson<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs,PWH, SLJH, V, WC<br />
“. . . I know when you and me get sad, all we think<br />
about is the other Before Time—before the fire,<br />
before we lived apart from each other.” Twelve-yearold<br />
Lonnie, a.k.a. Locomotion, wishes that he and his<br />
sister, Lili, who have different foster mothers, could<br />
be growing up together. And he misses their parents,<br />
who died in a fire several years ago. But Lonnie knows<br />
that they’re both lucky to have—and love—their new<br />
families, too. In letters to Lili, he reflects on family<br />
and friends, loss, love, and the importance of peace.<br />
Isbn: 9780399246555 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 860l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Putnam’s: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
“Woodson again captures the<br />
hearts of younger readers . . .<br />
masterfully juxtaposing sadness and<br />
loss with hope and optimism.”<br />
—Voice of Youth Advocates<br />
Peace, Locomotion—JLG Reading Guide<br />
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You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher<br />
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*NEW* Peace, Love & Baby Ducks<br />
by Lauren Myracle<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K<br />
“Anna’s wearing capris and a white tank top with<br />
straps that just barely meet the two-fingers-width<br />
requirement. She looks fantastic. I, on the other<br />
hand, opted for jeans and a T-shirt to show how<br />
little I care.” Sisters Carly and Anna share a common<br />
bloodline, but at times it seems they share little else.<br />
Retro-girl Carly and her little sister Anna are trying<br />
to hold on to their childhood connections, but<br />
growing up doesn’t always make it easy.<br />
Isbn: 9780525477433 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 18 • lexile: 630l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
I am impressed by Lauren Myracle’s<br />
honest depiction of Carly’s jealousy<br />
and self-doubt. As a character, Carly is<br />
complex enough to be sympathetic even<br />
when she isn’t likable—an effect I think<br />
is only possible in great writing.<br />
—Nathalie, JLG Editorial Assistant<br />
Peace, Love & Baby Ducks—JLG Reading Guide<br />
JLG Reading Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher<br />
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Phenomena: Secrets of the Senses<br />
by Donna M. Jackson<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V<br />
Is it possible that dogs can be trained to smell<br />
cancer? What is synesthesia? How can soundscapes<br />
be used to help blind people “see”? These and many<br />
other questions are answered in this fascinating<br />
investigation of the senses. Phenomena explores not<br />
only sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, but also<br />
balance, intuition, and a host of other ways that<br />
people and animals receive and process information<br />
about the world. Further reading. Glossary. Source<br />
notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs and<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780316166492 • Dewey: 152.1 • 7" x 9" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 9.0 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 11.8 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 1190l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
*NEW* Pip: The Story of Olive<br />
by Kim Kane<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, PW<br />
“Olive believed that everything had two perfect<br />
halves—that halves were somehow essential,<br />
oats in the porridge of life.” Olive thinks that<br />
best friend Mathilda Graham is her other half.<br />
However, Mathilda suddenly dumps Olive for a<br />
more popular girl. Confused and intensely lonely,<br />
Olive copes by finding friendship in an unlikely<br />
place: within herself. From there springs Pip, who<br />
is everything Olive is not: spunky, resilient, and<br />
self-assured. Through Pip, Olive learns her true<br />
worth and finds the courage to face not only her<br />
bullying ex-confidante, but also the father who had<br />
abandoned Olive before she was born.<br />
Isbn: 9780385751728 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • David fickling: $18.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
The Porcupine Year u<br />
written and illustrated by Louise Erdrich<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BLH, CL, HG, KH, KLH, SLJH, WC<br />
Minnesota, 1852: Now that white settlers have taken<br />
over the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker,<br />
twelve-year-old Omakayas and her family must<br />
search for a new home where they can live in peace.<br />
As they journey westward, they face many challenges:<br />
the fearsome Bwaanag tribe, a raid in which all their<br />
belongings are stolen, near-starvation, and the loss of<br />
a loved one. Author’s note on the Ojibwe language.<br />
Glossary. Book notes. Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780060297886 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
The Postcard u<br />
by Tony Abbott<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCBH, BL, SLJ, V, WC<br />
While packing up his late grandmother’s house, Jason<br />
discovers a hidden postcard and an old pulp-fiction<br />
periodical. In the magazine, he reads a story written<br />
by a former boyfriend of his grandmother’s. Though<br />
the story is supposedly fiction, Jason notices that<br />
the characters are remarkably like his grandmother<br />
and some of her acquaintances. And there’s another<br />
strange coincidence: one character plans to send<br />
another character a postcard . . . “with a clue.”<br />
Winner of the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780316011723 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 7 5/8" • 368 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 630l<br />
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Princess Nevermore<br />
by Dian Curtis Regan<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: PWH, SLJ<br />
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Life in the underground kingdom has become<br />
predictable and boring for Princess Quinn of<br />
Mandria. When Cam, the wizard’s apprentice, uses<br />
his magic ring to transport them together to “outer<br />
Earth,” he discovers that the spell works for Quinn,<br />
but not for him. Is she lost forever in the outer<br />
world? This revised version of the 1995 original<br />
includes author updates and additional back story<br />
to its sequel, Cam’s Quest: The Continuing Story of<br />
Princess Nevermore and the Wizard’s Apprentice.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960556 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • 246 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.1 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 710l<br />
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*NEW* Punkzilla<br />
by Adam Rapp<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, H, K, PW<br />
Jamie Wyckoff (nickname: Punkzilla) is a fourteenyear-old<br />
runaway in Portland, Oregon, when he gets<br />
a letter that will change his life. Jamie’s older brother<br />
has cancer, and he wants to see Jamie one last time<br />
before he dies. Jamie boards a bus to Memphis with<br />
nothing but a duffel, a notebook, and a talent for<br />
attracting trouble. Along the way he meets a series<br />
of strangers—some kind, some treacherous—and<br />
worries: Will he get to his brother in time to say<br />
good-bye?<br />
Isbn: 9780763630317 • Dewey: f • 4 7/8" x 7 9/16" • 256 pp<br />
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Jamie’s voice is so true to life,<br />
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that I felt as if he were real. This is one of<br />
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—Lucas, JLG Assistant Editor<br />
The Quest of the Fair Unknown<br />
by Gerald Morris<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BL, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM<br />
When Beaufils’s mother is on her deathbed, she<br />
leaves Beaufils with a quest: to find the father he’s<br />
never known, a knight of King Arthur’s court. The<br />
naïve youth has never seen the world beyond his<br />
isolated forest and doesn’t know what a knight is, or<br />
who King Arthur is, or even his own name; Beaufils<br />
simply means “Fair Son.” Somehow, though, he ends<br />
up at the Round Table, where he finds a different<br />
quest—for a “very pretty” serving dish called the<br />
Holy Grail.<br />
Isbn: 9780618631520 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 840l<br />
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Ramp Rats: A Graphic Guide Adventure<br />
by Liam O’Donnell • illustrated by Mike Deas<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC<br />
Ten-year-old friends Benny and Pema just want to<br />
ride their skateboards. But a bully is keeping them<br />
out of the park, and the police are keeping them from<br />
skating around town. Meanwhile, Benny and Pema<br />
work with Benny’s brother, Marcus, on learning<br />
some new skateboarding tricks in hopes of winning<br />
an upcoming competition. When a gang of vandals<br />
begins trying to frame local skaters, Benny and Pema<br />
must clear Marcus’s name by identifying the real<br />
criminals. Includes tips on how to do ollies, 50-50s,<br />
and several other skateboarding tricks. Full-color<br />
illustrations. Special hardcover edition.<br />
Isbn: 9781554690763 • Dewey: f • 5 3/4" x 8" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 3<br />
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Rapunzel’s Revenge u<br />
by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale • illustrated by Nathan Hale<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by<br />
towering walls. Gothel, the woman she calls Mother,<br />
dismisses her recurring dreams about a different,<br />
loving mother, but when Rapunzel climbs over the<br />
wall she finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate,<br />
is a slave in Gothel’s gold mine, and Gothel’s power<br />
extends over a barren landscape that stretches as far as<br />
the eye can see. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel<br />
doesn’t let down her hair to a prince; she uses it as a<br />
lasso and to take on outlaws—including Gothel. Fullcolor<br />
graphic novel.<br />
Isbn: 9781599900704 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 8" x 10" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: Gn500l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $18.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
The Real Benedict Arnold u<br />
by Jim Murphy<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS<br />
Benedict Arnold was a heroic soldier and patriot, yet<br />
the only monument to his bravery at the Battle of<br />
Saratoga is a statue of a leg. Why? Because his leg,<br />
wounded in the battle, was believed to be the only<br />
part of Arnold that did not later betray his country.<br />
This biography tells the fascinating, tragic story of<br />
Arnold’s life—his conversion to the Revolutionary<br />
cause, his military adventures, and the frustrations<br />
that led him to turn against the country to which he<br />
had devoted his life. Notes. Sources. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9780395776094 • Dewey: 973.3/82092 • 7" x 9 1/2" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 9.6 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 10.6 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 1240l<br />
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The Reminder<br />
by Rune Michaels<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, HG, KL, SLJ, V<br />
“The first time I heard my dead mother’s voice,<br />
there was a logical explanation,” Daze recalls. Her<br />
father was watching an old home movie. Months<br />
later, though, Daze hears her mother again, talking<br />
to Daze’s father about how Daze “needs a mom.”<br />
What is going on? Did Daze’s mother fake her own<br />
death? Determined to discover her father’s secret,<br />
Daze sneaks into his office, where she finds her<br />
mother’s head—replicated in plastic and “talking” via<br />
a computer program.<br />
Isbn: 9781416941316 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 630l<br />
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*NEW* Response<br />
by Paul Volponi<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, V<br />
Seventeen-year-old Noah Jackson needs to make<br />
some quick cash to provide for his baby girl. He<br />
joins his friends Asa and Bonds one night as they<br />
leave their predominantly black neighborhood for a<br />
nearly all-white neighborhood, looking for a Lexus to<br />
steal. Inexperienced thieves, the boys soon abandon<br />
their plan, only to be confronted by some local teens.<br />
Asa and Bonds escape, but Noah is viciously beaten<br />
and mocked with racial epithets. As Noah seeks legal<br />
recourse, the racism that infects his everyday life<br />
threatens to provoke him to violence.<br />
Isbn: 9780670062836 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 6.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: Hl880l<br />
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The Restless Dead:<br />
Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural u<br />
edited by Deborah Noyes<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, H, K, SLJ<br />
What’s to be done when the dearly departed refuse<br />
to depart? In these ten stories, which take place in a<br />
variety of historical and contemporary settings, the<br />
dead refuse to stay buried. They return to haunt the<br />
living, deliver warnings, and settle scores from beyond<br />
the grave. This anthology features the work of some of<br />
today’s most popular young adult authors, including<br />
Chris Wooding, Libba Bray, and M. T. Anderson.<br />
Includes a short author’s note for each story.<br />
Isbn: 9780763629069 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 8 1/2" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 790l<br />
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*NEW* Riley Park<br />
by Diane Tullson<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL<br />
When Darius ignores his best friend’s feelings for<br />
Rubee and hooks up with her at a party in Riley Park,<br />
Corbin drowns his jealousy in a six-pack. Waking up<br />
after the party, Corbin finds that he and Darius are<br />
alone. Moments later, Darius is viciously assaulted<br />
from behind by three assailants. Corbin is severely<br />
injured trying to defend Darius, who later dies in the<br />
hospital. Corbin thinks that Rubee’s ex-boyfriend is<br />
responsible for the attack, but he’s unable to recall<br />
useful details about the incident. As Corbin struggles<br />
to get his life back, he also strives, with the help<br />
of Rubee and a sympathetic policeman, to bring<br />
Darius’s murderer to justice.<br />
Isbn: 9781554691241 • Dewey: f • 4 1/4" x 7" • 112 pp<br />
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*NEW* Road to Revolution!<br />
by Stan Mack and Susan Champlin<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K<br />
Nick is an orphan who lives on what he can steal<br />
from the (mostly Loyalist) moneyed classes. Penny<br />
is a determined patriot and the daughter of a local<br />
tavern owner. They meet on the streets of 1775<br />
Boston when Penny helps rescue Nick from a prank<br />
gone awry. They discover that they are both fed up<br />
with the soldiers who constantly harass the people<br />
of Boston. They find ways to spy on the British,<br />
but they soon find themselves at the center of the<br />
fight for a new nation. Teacher’s guide. Full-color<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781599900131 • Dewey: f • 6 1/4" x 9 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Roanoke: The Mystery of the Lost Colony<br />
by Lee Miller<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, V, WM<br />
When John White returned to look for the settlers<br />
at Roanoke in 1590, all he found was an abandoned<br />
stockade with the word “CROATOAN” scratched<br />
into it. The fate of the settlers has been a subject<br />
of speculation ever since. Now, taking a fresh look<br />
at the historical evidence—from the Maryland<br />
marshes to the palaces of the English court—the<br />
author presents a bold new theory that sheds light on<br />
this centuries-old mystery. Full-color photographs,<br />
drawings, and watercolor illustrations. Time line,<br />
glossary, and index.<br />
Isbn: 9780439712668 • Dewey: 975.6/175 • 7" x 9 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 6.6 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 8.0 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 900l<br />
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*NEW* The Roar<br />
by Emma Clayton<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, K, SLJ<br />
Twelve-year-old Ellie Smith is trapped in a space<br />
station orbiting Earth, having been kidnapped by<br />
evil Mal Gorman. Her parents think she’s dead, but<br />
her twin brother, Mika, is certain she is alive. Back<br />
on Earth, in the slums of a futuristic London, Mika<br />
fights a losing battle against his paranoia: he is sure<br />
that the world has become one large government<br />
conspiracy. A video-game competition could bring<br />
the twins back together—but only if Mika and his<br />
friends are clever enough to uncover a secret that will<br />
put the lie to everything they have ever been taught.<br />
Isbn: 9780439925938 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 544 pp<br />
aR level: 6 • aR Points: 18<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Chicken House: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
*NEW* The Rock and the River u<br />
by Kekla Magoon<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, K, SLJ<br />
1968: Racial tensions are escalating in cities<br />
across America, including fourteen-year-old Sam’s<br />
hometown of Chicago. The struggle for racial<br />
equality has even divided Sam’s own family—his<br />
father is a civil rights activist, but Sam’s older brother,<br />
Stephen, a.k.a. Stick, has joined the Black Panthers.<br />
Sam respects his father, but as he sees an increasing<br />
number of violent acts perpetrated by whites against<br />
blacks, he begins to think that Stick has the right<br />
idea. Author’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9781416975823 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: Hl550l<br />
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*NEW* Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone:<br />
The Midnight Sun<br />
adapted by Mark Kneece from Rod Serling’s original screenplay<br />
illustrated by Anthony Spay<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Global climate change has reached the tipping point.<br />
“There’s only one season now, a parching eternity<br />
of heat filled with desperate human beings. And in<br />
a few minutes it’ll be high noon . . . the hottest day<br />
in history . . . and you’re about to spend it . . . in<br />
the Twilight Zone.” The issues touched on in this<br />
adaptation from Rod Serling’s seminal series are as<br />
fresh today as they were when the show first aired.<br />
Full-color graphic novel.<br />
Isbn: 9780802797209 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6 5/8" x 10" • 72 pp<br />
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Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone:<br />
The Odyssey of Flight 33<br />
adapted by Mark Kneece from Rod Serling’s original screenplay<br />
illustrated by Robert Grabe<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: SLJ<br />
Flight 33 to New York City begins normally, but the<br />
flight crew soon notices that the plane has begun to<br />
accelerate uncontrollably. One nervous passenger,<br />
a former military pilot who knows that the plane’s<br />
behavior is unusual, panics. His fear is confirmed<br />
by an enormous flash of light, followed shortly by<br />
the plane’s arrival in the skies over New York, where<br />
the crew discovers they have traveled thirty years<br />
into the past. Terrified, they fly back to where they<br />
first encountered the flash of light. Again and again,<br />
Flight 33 hurtles through time, trying in vain to<br />
return home. Full-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9780802797186 • Dewey: f • 6 5/8" x 10 1/4" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: Gn390l<br />
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Runner<br />
by Robert Newton<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, K, PWH, SLJ, V, WM<br />
Charlie Feehan began running the frigid Melbourne<br />
streets at night simply to keep warm. Soon, however,<br />
“the sleazy streets seduced me, and, like a moth to the<br />
flame I gladly surrendered.” Now Charlie is an errand<br />
runner for notorious bootlegger Squizzy Taylor. The<br />
pay is good and the job is a thrill, but Charlie yearns<br />
to put his running skills to a different use: he wants<br />
to leave the criminal world behind and enter the<br />
prestigious Ballarat Mile race. <strong>Library</strong> edition with<br />
trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780375937446 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 750l<br />
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Sandy Koufax<br />
by Matt Doeden<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
In 1960, after six years in Major League Baseball,<br />
pitcher Sandy Koufax had an 8–13 record, the worst<br />
of his career. At the same time he was second in the<br />
league with 191 strikeouts. Then in 1961, backup<br />
catcher Norm Sherry gave him some advice: “If you<br />
get behind the hitter, don’t try to throw hard. When<br />
you force your fastball, you’re always high with it.”<br />
Something clicked, and in an afternoon the famously<br />
inconsistent Koufax seemed to become a brand-new<br />
pitcher. Stats. Bibliography. Web sites. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9780822559610 • Dewey: 796.357 • 5 3/4" x 7 3/4" • 120 pp<br />
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 6.4 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 960l<br />
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Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow u<br />
by James Sturm • illustrated by Rich Tommaso<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, HG, KH, PWH, SLJ, V, WM<br />
Emmet Wilson loves playing in the Negro Leagues.<br />
He makes good money and doesn’t have to work for<br />
a white man. Then a slide into home—scoring a run<br />
off the great pitcher Satchel Paige—blows out his<br />
knee. Now stuck working as a sharecropper, Emmet<br />
longs for the day when blacks and whites will be<br />
treated equally, for the day when his son can attend<br />
school instead of working the fields. Throughout<br />
Emmet’s hard life, Satchel Paige, with his indomitable<br />
spirit, provides hope and inspiration. Three-color<br />
artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9780786839001 • Dewey: 796.357 • 6 3/4" x 10" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 5<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2008<br />
The Savage u<br />
by David Almond • illustrated by Dave McKean<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, V<br />
When Blue Baker’s father dies, Blue begins writing<br />
stories about a wild, vicious boy he calls the savage.<br />
“When I drew him and wrote about him, I could see<br />
him, I could hear him, I could smell him. Sometimes<br />
it was nearly like I was him and he was me.” The<br />
stories make Blue feel better, especially when he<br />
writes about the savage threatening Hopper, a local<br />
bully—but then Blue realizes that the savage has<br />
come to life. Full-color art done in ink and Adobe<br />
Photoshop.<br />
Isbn: 9780763639327 • Dewey: f • 6 3/8" x 8 3/16" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 730l<br />
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*NEW* A Savage Thunder:<br />
Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom<br />
by Jim Murphy<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: KH<br />
In September 1862, two great armies faced each<br />
other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered<br />
Confederate forces were led by famed General<br />
Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by overly<br />
cautious General George B. McClellan. As the epic<br />
confrontation played out across the battlefield,<br />
President Abraham Lincoln was finishing his<br />
final draft of the Emancipation Proclamation<br />
in Washington, DC. Jim Murphy uses archival<br />
photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to<br />
recreate one of America’s most important battles.<br />
Notes and sources. Bibliography. Index. Battlefield<br />
maps. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780689876332 • Dewey: 973.7/336 • 10" x 9" • 112 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Mcelderry: $17.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
*NEW* Saving the Ghost of the Mountain:<br />
An Expedition Among Snow Leopards in Mongolia<br />
by Sy Montgomery • photographs by Nic Bishop<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
“People call it ‘the ghost of the mountain.’ A pale,<br />
spotted, almost cloudlike coat makes the snow<br />
leopard uncannily invisible in its rocky mountain<br />
habitat. People live their entire life among snow<br />
leopards and never see one.” Author Sy Montgomery<br />
and photographer Nic Bishop accompany<br />
conservationist Tom McCarthy and his team as they<br />
travel to Mongolia’s Altai Mountains to gather data<br />
about snow leopard populations in an attempt to save<br />
this endangered species. Notes from the author and<br />
the photographer. Index. Full-color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780618916450 • Dewey: 599.75/5509517 • 11" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $18.00 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
*NEW* Scat<br />
by Carl Hiaasen<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, SLJH, V, WC<br />
Mrs. Starch, the cruelest teacher at the Truman<br />
School, humiliates Duane Scrod Jr., an extremely<br />
volatile student. Then Mrs. Starch vanishes during<br />
a biology field trip to Black Vine Swamp. The<br />
authorities initially suspect Duane, but they can’t<br />
question him; he’s been missing since the day before<br />
the field trip. Certain that something strange is going<br />
on, Duane’s classmates Nick and Marta investigate<br />
the disappearances. What they discover is definitely<br />
strange—it involves endangered panthers, a sleazy oil<br />
prospector, and a rampant environmentalist named<br />
Twilly Spree.<br />
Isbn: 9780375934865 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp<br />
aR level: 5.5 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 810l<br />
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The Séance<br />
by Iain Lawrence<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: H, HGs, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
Scooter King is very excited when Harry Houdini<br />
comes to town, though he wishes Houdini didn’t<br />
revel in exposing fake mystics—he could ruin<br />
Scooter’s mother! Still, the boy can’t wait to see<br />
the magician perform. Houdini’s run at the local<br />
theater is plagued with trouble: a man is found<br />
murdered inside the Burmese Torture Tank and,<br />
during a performance, Houdini nearly drowns while<br />
attempting to escape from the same tank. Sure that<br />
these events are more than just bad luck, Scooter<br />
resolves to find out who wants to bring down<br />
Houdini. Afterword. <strong>Library</strong> edition with trade<br />
jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780385903929 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 650l<br />
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*NEW* Secret Subway: The Fascinating Tale<br />
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by Martin W. Sandler<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K, V<br />
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A nearly insurmountable challenge faced inventor<br />
Alfred Beach in 1869. He wanted to build America’s<br />
first air-powered railway underneath New York City,<br />
but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious<br />
crook, stood opposed. Working under the cover of<br />
night, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundredfoot<br />
tunnel beneath an unassuming department<br />
store. It wasn’t long before Beach’s secret project was<br />
discovered and the public began to rave about its<br />
potential. But no further tunnels were ever built,<br />
and it was many years before New York began<br />
construction on another subway. What happened<br />
to Beach’s railway, and where is it now? Black-andwhite<br />
illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781426304620 • Dewey: 388.4/28097471 • 8 3/4" x 9 3/4" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 9 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 11.9 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 1260l<br />
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The Serial Garden:<br />
The Complete Armitage Family Stories<br />
by Joan Aiken<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, HG, K<br />
For the first time, all twenty-four of Joan Aiken’s<br />
stories about the Armitage family are assembled<br />
in one volume. Set in and around British suburbs,<br />
Aiken’s stories follow the escapades of young Harriet<br />
and Mark Armitage. The children, always engaged<br />
in high adventure, find a unicorn in the garden,<br />
restrain disobedient robots, struggle with a cursed<br />
Egyptian mask, and more—much to their parents’<br />
chagrin. This collection includes four previously<br />
unpublished stories as well as Aiken’s prelude to the<br />
series. Introductions by Lizza Aiken and Garth Nix.<br />
Black-and-white illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781931520577 • Dewey: f • 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 6.5 • sRC Points: 24 • lexile: 930l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • small beer: $20.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
Seven Paths to Death<br />
by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG<br />
Eighteenth-century Japan: Seven men volunteered<br />
to have their backs tattooed with maps in exchange<br />
for money. Now, one by one, the men are turning<br />
up dead. To prevent more murders, sixteen-yearold<br />
Seikei and his foster father, Judge Ooka, must<br />
find the men and make copies of their maps before<br />
the ninja Kitsune gets to them. If Judge Ooka is<br />
correct, those maps, when pieced together, lead to a<br />
cache of outlawed weapons—weapons that Kistune’s<br />
employer, Lady Osuni, plans to use to overthrow the<br />
shogun. Authors’ note.<br />
Isbn: 9780399246104 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 780l<br />
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Shadowed Summer<br />
by Saundra Mitchell<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ<br />
“Nothing ever happened in Ondine, Louisiana,<br />
not even the summer Elijah Landry disappeared.”<br />
Fourteen-year-old Iris and her friend, Collette, expect<br />
their summer to be as boring as everything else in<br />
their town—until they raise the ghost of a boy who’s<br />
been missing from Ondine for twenty years. Iris is<br />
eager to uncover the mystery behind Elijah’s death,<br />
but her neighbors aren’t talking—and Elijah may be<br />
more dangerous than Iris first thought.<br />
Isbn: 9780385905602 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 760l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Random House: $18.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
She Touched the World:<br />
Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer u<br />
by Sally Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, KH, SLJH, WC<br />
“In the early 1800s people who were ‘just’ deaf or<br />
‘just’ blind were considered impossible to educate.”<br />
So it was especially remarkable that Laura Bridgman,<br />
deaf and blind from age two, was recognized as<br />
having great promise to learn. She left home to<br />
attend the first American school for blind children;<br />
by the age of twelve she had become so famous that<br />
Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin wrote about her<br />
and people came from all over the world to see her.<br />
Introduction. Afterword. Source notes. Bibliography.<br />
Web sites. Index. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780618852994 • Dewey: 362.4/1092 b • 8" x 10" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 6.9 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 6.8 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 990l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $18.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
The Shepherd’s Granddaughter u<br />
by Anne Laurel Carter<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: CL, BL, HG, KH, SLJ<br />
In the hills of Palestine, Amani learns from her<br />
grandfather, Seedo, how to herd sheep. When Seedo<br />
dies, Amani struggles to continue his legacy. Her<br />
uncle Hani continually sells off sheep to support the<br />
family, and Israeli settlers encroaching on the family’s<br />
land limit where the flock can graze. Amani knows<br />
that it’s unsafe for anyone, not to mention a young<br />
girl, to travel alone in the disputed land, even if she<br />
is just herding her sheep. But with the occupation<br />
threatening her flock—and her family—what choice<br />
does Amani have? Glossary. A 2009 Jane Addams<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780888999023 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.4 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 600l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $17.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008
Shield of Stars: The Shield, Sword, and Crown u<br />
by Hilari Bell<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, WM<br />
Weasel was a pickpocket until kindly Justice Holis<br />
took him off the streets. As his clerk, Weasel learns<br />
that the judge belongs to an underground movement<br />
planning to overthrow corrupt Regent Pettibone.<br />
Before Justice Holis and his allies can realize their<br />
goal, Pettibone arrests the judge for treason. Weasel<br />
petitions on the judge’s behalf, but only gets himself<br />
thrown in jail. Seeing his honest endeavors scorned,<br />
Weasel realizes that to restore justice he must return<br />
to a life of crime.<br />
Isbn: 9781416905943 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2007<br />
Shooting the Moon u<br />
by Frances O’roark Dowell<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, SLJH, WM<br />
Since Jamie can’t fight in Vietnam, she looks<br />
forward to hearing about her big brother TJ’s heroic<br />
adventures in the jungle. Meanwhile, she volunteers<br />
at the local Army recreation center and competes<br />
against her friend Private Hollister in a hotly<br />
contested summer-long series of gin rummy games.<br />
Instead of letters, however, TJ sends Jamie nothing<br />
but rolls of film, which the soldiers at the Rec Center<br />
teach her to develop. And when Jamie sees TJ’s<br />
pictures, she starts to change her mind about the war.<br />
A 2008 Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9781416926900 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 890l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
Side Effects u<br />
by Amy Goldman Koss<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, HG, KH, PW, SLJ, V, WM<br />
Izzy thinks her swollen lymph glands just mean she<br />
gets to miss algebra for a day. Then she goes to the<br />
doctor and finds out she has cancer. Before she knows<br />
it she’s hooked to an IV in the hospital, surrounded<br />
by nurses using words like “chemotherapy” and<br />
“PICC line.” Mom is crying, her best friend’s parents<br />
won’t let her visit, and classmates she barely knows<br />
are writing her cards saying they miss her. Yuck. Even<br />
if the biopsy hadn’t made her nauseated, Izzy would<br />
want to puke.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432949 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 7.1 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 760l<br />
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Sisters of the Sword<br />
by Maya Snow<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, WC<br />
“The blade was buried deep in my father’s back.”<br />
Hana and Kimi’s uncle Hidehira has launched a<br />
surprise attack on their father, a great samurai warrior<br />
and local government official. Hana and Kimi escape<br />
by using their martial arts training, but their uncle’s<br />
soldiers aren’t far behind. The only place to hide is a<br />
nearby dojo, which trains only boys. “So,” says Kimi,<br />
taking her sword to her hair, “we’ll become boys.”<br />
Isbn: 9780061243882 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
Skim u<br />
by Mariko Tamaki • illustrated by Jillian Tamaki<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, HH, HGs, K, PW<br />
“Skim” is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a would-be<br />
Wiccan goth who attends a private girls’ school in<br />
Toronto. She has a broken arm, an increasingly<br />
distant best friend, and she thinks she is falling in<br />
love with her favorite teacher, Ms. Archer. When<br />
Kim’s classmate Katie Matthews is dumped by her<br />
boyfriend, who then kills himself, their entire school<br />
becomes obsessed with preventing suicide. Kim’s<br />
classmates talk incessantly about taking care of one<br />
another and “celebrating life”—but all Kim gets is<br />
their disdain when she won’t pretend to be happy.<br />
Graphic novel. Black-and-white art.<br />
Isbn: 9780888997531 • Dewey: f • 6 3/4" x 10" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 3.4 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 6<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Groundwood: $18.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
*NEW* Slam Dunk<br />
by Kate Jaimet<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
“I know what you’re thinking: a guy’s got better<br />
things to do with his time than volunteer as an<br />
assistant coach of a chick’s high school basketball<br />
team. But trust me, I’ve got a good reason.” Salvador<br />
Luis “Slam” Almaro wants to play basketball for<br />
Canada in the Olympics, and he figures that helping<br />
the Brookfield Blues will make him look better to<br />
the coaches running the tryouts. His job becomes<br />
more demanding than expected when star player<br />
Inez Ramirez is beaten up before an important game<br />
and her mother, Coach Ramirez, responds by quietly<br />
removing herself and her daughter from the team.<br />
Special hardcover edition.<br />
Isbn: 9781554691623 • Dewey: f • 7 1/4" x 4 1/2" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: Hl710l<br />
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MIDDle & HIGH sCHool TITles<br />
*NEW* Slob<br />
by Ellen Potter<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BL, K<br />
92 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
Owen Birnbaum is “fatter and smarter” than most<br />
twelve-year-olds, and his middle-school classmates<br />
bully him. At home, his younger sister has been<br />
acting strange, and Owen often fights with his<br />
mother about dieting. The one thing he looks<br />
forward to each day is eating the Oreos in his lunch,<br />
and lately someone’s been stealing them. Owen is<br />
determined to catch the culprit, but when he can’t<br />
manage even that, he worries he’s incapable of doing<br />
more complex, important things—like completing<br />
the mysterious invention that he’s certain will<br />
improve his life.<br />
Isbn: 9780399247057 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 5 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 740l<br />
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Owen Birnbaum admits he’s fatter and<br />
smarter than most people, but he’s<br />
funnier and more interesting than most,<br />
too. I rooted for Owen throughout all of<br />
Slob’s surprising, inventive plot.<br />
—Georgia, JLG Assistant Editor<br />
Smiles to Go<br />
by Jerry Spinelli<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WM<br />
“I looked at the clock.10:15. Saturday. September 26.<br />
And for me, the start of a new calendar: PD1 (The<br />
Day I Heard of the Proton’s Death).” When Will, a<br />
high school freshman, learns about proton decay, he<br />
realizes that nothing lasts forever. Will doesn’t want<br />
things like his Saturday night pizza-and-Monopoly<br />
tradition with his best friends to change, but he<br />
would love it if his little sister, Tabby, weren’t such a<br />
brat anymore. Then Tabby is badly injured, and Will<br />
sees that, like the world around him, he may need to<br />
change, too.<br />
Isbn: 9780060281342 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/2" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 3.3 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 2.6 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: nC490l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Soccer Chick Rules u<br />
by Dawn FitzGerald<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, V, WC, WM<br />
“I hate to miss. As a forward, I know it’s my job to<br />
score the goals for the team, and somehow, I usually<br />
find a way to make it happen.” This time, though,<br />
soccer-mad Tess Munro may have met her match.<br />
The school board is threatening to cut funding for<br />
sports, and if she and the other athletes can’t help<br />
convince the town to pass a levy, her goal-scoring<br />
days may be over. What to do? Follow Soccer Chick<br />
Rule Number 7: Never, ever give up!<br />
Isbn: 9781596431379 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 180 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 950l<br />
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*NEW* Soccer Sabotage:<br />
A Graphic Guide Adventure<br />
by Liam O’Donnell • illustrated by Mike Deas<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL<br />
The London Lions have worked hard all year to<br />
get to the Under 18 Canadian National Soccer<br />
Championships. With his big sister Nadia as team<br />
captain, Devin Chang gets to tag along as water<br />
boy. Now he’s taking orders from his sister’s bossy<br />
teammates while Nadia struggles to get them all<br />
working together and improve her own game at the<br />
same time. Meanwhile, the Lions are beset by a slew<br />
of mysterious accidents, beginning with their coach’s<br />
tumble down a flight of stairs. The police think it’s<br />
just an accident—but what if someone really is out<br />
to sabotage the Lions? Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781554691630 • Dewey: f • 5 3/4" x 8" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: 620l<br />
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Sold u<br />
by Patricia McCormick<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V, WS<br />
Lakshmi, thirteen, lives in the mountains of Nepal,<br />
tending her cucumber plants and daydreaming with<br />
her mother about a tin roof for their hut. But after<br />
monsoons destroy the family’s crop, her stepfather<br />
sends her away to earn money. Lakshmi believes she<br />
will work as a maid in the city; instead, she ends up<br />
in a foreign country, in a house full of girls—“young<br />
ones dressed to look old, and old ones dressed to look<br />
young.” Powerless and alone, Lakshmi realizes that<br />
something is terribly wrong. Author’s note. A 2006<br />
National Book Award Finalist.<br />
Isbn: 9780786851713 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.8 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $15.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2007<br />
Solving Crimes with Trace Evidence<br />
by Gary Jeffrey • illustrated by Peter Richardson<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
How are fingerprints, hair, and blood alike? Each<br />
can be traced to a specific person and can therefore<br />
be used as evidence in criminal investigations. Three<br />
stories of actual crimes solved using trace evidence<br />
are presented here in full-color graphic-novel format:<br />
Great Britain’s first use of forensic detection helped<br />
convict two brothers of murder; stray hairs gave<br />
detectives a lead in a revenge killing; and a blood<br />
sample resolved a decades-old cold case. Glossary.<br />
Additional case summaries. Overviews of how a<br />
crime is investigated and how trace evidence is<br />
analyzed. Suggestions for more information and<br />
further reading. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9781404214316 • Dewey: 363.25/62 • 6 1/2" x 10" • 48 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 1<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Rosen: $29.25 • JlG Month: JUn 2008
Someone Named Eva u<br />
by Joan M. Wolf<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BLH, K, PW, SLJH, V, WM<br />
Ten-year-old Milada and her family lead a pleasant<br />
life in Czechoslovakia in spite of wartime privations.<br />
Then one night, the Nazis come. Within hours,<br />
Milada, her mother, grandmother, and sister are<br />
separated from her father and brother. Within days,<br />
Milada is taken from her female relatives, too. All<br />
Milada has now are questions: Why did the Nazis<br />
tear her family apart? Why did they send her to an<br />
all-girls’ school in Poland? And why does every girl in<br />
the school have blond hair and blue eyes?<br />
Isbn: 9780618535798 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 820l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2007<br />
Something Rotten: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery u<br />
by Alan Gratz<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, HG, K, KLH, WM, WS<br />
“Denmark, Tennessee, stank. Bad. Like dead fish<br />
fricasseed in sewer water.” Horatio Wilkes is visiting<br />
his friend Hamilton Prince in Denmark, but the<br />
sulfurous air created by the Elsinore Paper Plant isn’t<br />
the only thing that smells fishy. Hamilton’s father is<br />
dead, and Hamilton’s mother just married Hamilton’s<br />
uncle. Horatio detects murder, but the killer is harder<br />
to determine when there are several possible suspects<br />
and motives. Can Horatio figure out whodunit before<br />
anyone else falls prey to rotten deeds?<br />
Isbn: 9780803732162 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 790l<br />
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Something Wicked: A Horatio Wilkes Mystery<br />
by Alan Gratz<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, KL, V<br />
Horatio Wilkes joins his good friend, Mac, at the<br />
Mount Birnam Highland Games, an annual festival<br />
of Scottish food, sport, and family. When the founder<br />
of the games, Duncan MacRae, is murdered, the<br />
clues point to his son, Mal, as the culprit. However,<br />
Horatio soon realizes that the case against Mal<br />
is weak . . . and the true killer still roams the<br />
mountain. A modern murder mystery inspired by<br />
Shakespeare’s Macbeth.<br />
Isbn: 9780803736665 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 18 • lexile: 740l<br />
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Sovay<br />
by Celia Rees<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, V<br />
1794: Sovay Middleton’s father, a British noble, is<br />
falsely accused of being a Jacobin spy. Sovay cleverly<br />
intercepts the warrant for his arrest, then travels to<br />
the family’s London estate to warn her father of the<br />
danger he faces. When she arrives, she learns that<br />
Sir Middleton is missing, as is Sovay’s brother, Hugh.<br />
Rumor has it that both men are trapped—and likely<br />
in danger—in France. To reunite her family, Sovay<br />
must risk her life, evading revolutionaries and traitors<br />
at every turn.<br />
Isbn: 9781599902036 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 416 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 24 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
Sports Shorts: Eight Short Stories<br />
edited by Tanya Dean<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, K, KL, SLJ, WC, WM<br />
An “undergrown, inept, suicidally eager kid” finds<br />
triumph in a gym-class game of Bombardment. A<br />
runner starts a race “like a cheetah on fire”—and is<br />
shocked to see his opponents fly past him. A girl tries<br />
to set her school’s high jump record, only to end up<br />
famous for a different—and embarrassing—reason. In<br />
this collection of short tales, eight authors remember<br />
pivotal sports moments from their childhoods.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960402 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 7 5/16" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 6.4 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 880l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $15.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2005<br />
*NEW* Sprout<br />
by Dale Peck<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ, V<br />
Fleeing all that reminds him of his wife’s death,<br />
Bob Bradford runs out of gas in the middle of<br />
nowhere. That’s why native Long Islander Daniel<br />
Bradford, a.k.a. Sprout, ends up living in a trailer in<br />
Hutchinson, Kansas. Sprout’s preternatural writing<br />
talent has earned him the attention of Mrs. Miller, a<br />
teacher who’s determined to make Sprout a winner at<br />
the state’s annual essay-writing contest. Sprout wants<br />
to write about his sexual identity, but Mrs. Miller<br />
knows that won’t fly in her conservative state. Then<br />
Sprout meets Ty, a neighboring boy from an abusive<br />
family, whose friendship raises questions Sprout<br />
can’t answer.<br />
Isbn: 9781599901602 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 6.3 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 9.5 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 1060l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009<br />
Starclimber u<br />
by Kenneth Oppel<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: H, K, SLJH, V<br />
The Canadian government has invited budding<br />
zoologist Kate de Vries on the first trip into outer<br />
space, and there’s a place for her boyfriend, airship<br />
pilot Matt Cruse, too, if he manages to pass the<br />
grueling series of tests required to become an<br />
astralnaut. Will Matt be able to compete with the<br />
world’s best and brightest? Can Kate convince the<br />
scientific community that all her discoveries are real?<br />
And what will happen when the Starclimber’s mission<br />
is targeted by saboteurs?<br />
Isbn: 9780060850586 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 400 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 15 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 24 • lexile: 700l<br />
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MIDDle & HIGH sCHool TITles
MIDDle & HIGH sCHool TITles<br />
The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows<br />
edited by Jonathan Strahan<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, SLJH<br />
94 www.juniorlibraryguild.com<br />
A boy struggles to drop below his spaceship’s<br />
weight limit so that he can bring his most treasured<br />
possession with him to a distant planet; a girl’s<br />
obsession with tanning cream causes her to turn<br />
orange and draws the attention of extraterrestrials; an<br />
Internet celebrity switches from one custom-made<br />
body to another, desperate to keep his fans interested.<br />
In sixteen stories, authors including Neil Gaiman,<br />
Scott Westerfeld, and Margo Lanagan imagine<br />
the lives of teens in the near and distant future.<br />
Introduction. Brief author’s note and biography after<br />
each story. Editor’s note.<br />
Isbn: 9780670060597 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 560 pp<br />
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 24 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 32 • lexile: 870l<br />
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Streams of Babel u<br />
by Carol Plum-Ucci<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: H, HGs, KH, SLJ, V<br />
A terror cell has injected a deadly biochemical agent<br />
into the water supply of Trinity Falls, New Jersey. The<br />
first to die is Cora’s mother; next is Mrs. Eberman,<br />
mother of Cora’s classmate Owen and his brother<br />
Scott, on whom Cora has a hopeless crush. To help<br />
find the terrorists, U.S. Intelligence brings Shahzad<br />
Hamdani, a sixteen-year-old Pakistani computer spy,<br />
to the United States. As Cora and Owen begin to<br />
suffer the effects of the mysterious poison, Shahzad<br />
races to find the terrorists and discover just what<br />
they’ve done to the water.<br />
Isbn: 9780152165567 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 432 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 25 • lexile: 840l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Sunrise over Fallujah u<br />
by Walter Dean Myers<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH, V, WM, WS<br />
Robin Perry of Harlem, New York, has enlisted<br />
and been shipped off to Iraq. There, he and his<br />
Civil Affairs unit undertake a series of missions<br />
that lead to some baffling interactions with Iraqis.<br />
They help arrest an old man who Robin thinks may<br />
be innocent; they search the house of a seemingly<br />
harmless family and find bomb detonators hidden<br />
in the kitchen. Increasingly unsure of who is a friend<br />
and who is an enemy, Robin and his fellow soldiers<br />
are suddenly sent on their most dangerous mission:<br />
to rescue three kidnapped Iraqi children. Glossary.<br />
Winner of the 2009 Christopher Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780439916240 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 11 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 780l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • scholastic: $17.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
*NEW* Super Stock Rookie<br />
by Will Weaver<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJ, V<br />
“Team Blu is a division of Karchers and Ladwin, a<br />
worldwide privately owned agribusiness corporation.<br />
We are gearing up to launch an energy drink<br />
marketed to twelve- to eighteen-year-olds.” Sixteenyear-old<br />
small-town stock-car racer Trace Bonham<br />
is everything Team Blu wants in a driver—he’s<br />
articulate, attractive, and polite. He also knows how<br />
to handle himself on the track. The custom-built<br />
Team Blu machine is a dream ride, and it comes with<br />
an impressive paycheck. But is Trace prepared to<br />
leave behind his family, friends, and hometown crush<br />
for the glories—and loneliness—of the road?<br />
Isbn: 9780374350611 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: Hl720l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • farrar, straus & Giroux: $14.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
The Surrender Tree:<br />
Poems of Cuba’s Struggle for Freedom u<br />
by Margarita Engle<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BLH, H, HG, K, SLJ, V, WM, WS<br />
“I know his face, and I can tell that he recognizes<br />
me. / We were children, we were enemies. . . . / now<br />
he is my patient, / but why should I cure him, /<br />
wasting precious medicines / on a spy who must<br />
have been sent / to kill me?” During Cuba’s fight for<br />
independence from Spain, Rosa and her husband,<br />
José, hide in caves and use natural remedies to heal<br />
anyone in need—even “Lieutenant Death.” Winner<br />
of the 2009 Jane Addams Award and the 2009 Pura<br />
Belpré Award. A 2009 Newbery Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780805086744 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 5 1/2" x 8" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 6.4 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: nP<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008<br />
Swindle u<br />
by Gordon Korman<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
Griffin’s father’s invention, the Smartpick Fruitsafe <br />
picking mechanism, has endangered the family’s<br />
finances. So when Griffin finds a Babe Ruth baseball<br />
card, he takes it to a collectibles shop, hoping to cash<br />
in. The proprietor, S. Wendell Palamino, declares it<br />
a knockoff and pays him just one hundred twenty<br />
dollars—only to display the card on TV the next day<br />
as one that could “break the million-dollar barrier.”<br />
Furious at the injustice, Griffin assembles a group of<br />
kids with unique talents to get the card back.<br />
Isbn: 9780439903448 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 710l<br />
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by Hilari Bell • illustrated by Drew Willis<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ<br />
Arisa hates court life. But her mother, the Falcon,<br />
has given up banditry to join Deorthas’s government,<br />
so Arisa must endure dull balls and etiquette classes.<br />
For the Falcon’s own benefit, and to alleviate Arisa’s<br />
boredom, the Falcon instructs her daughter to find<br />
the Sword of Waters. This long-lost relic of the<br />
Kingdom of Deorthas will strengthen the Falcon’s<br />
tenuous hold on her position as military commander.<br />
While Arisa looks for the ancient weapon, she<br />
discovers something far more dangerous than a<br />
sword: plans for a coup. The second book in the<br />
Shield, Sword, and Crown trilogy.<br />
Isbn: 9781416905967 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 368 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 790l<br />
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*NEW* Tales from Outer Suburbia u<br />
written and illustrated by Shaun Tan<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
The suburbs are presented in a wholly unique way<br />
in fifteen odd, whimsical, and haunting stories.<br />
Whether it is an “old palace garden” discovered<br />
inside a house or an expedition to the literal edge<br />
of a suburb, these tales follow children’s lives on the<br />
margins of suburbia—the overgrown lots, movie<br />
theaters, highway underpasses, backyards, and<br />
sidewalks. These everyday spaces are invaded by a<br />
water buffalo, walking stick figures, a man in a diving<br />
suit, and other surprises. Full-color illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9780545055871 • Dewey: f • 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1100l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $19.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
“The . . . reader will take from<br />
these stories an experience as deep<br />
and profound as with anything<br />
he or she has ever read.”<br />
—Booklist H<br />
Tamar u<br />
by Mal Peet<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, CL,<br />
H, HG, KH, KL, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS<br />
When Tamar’s grandfather died, he left her a boxful<br />
of strange clues and messages. As the fifteen-yearold<br />
sets out to unravel the box’s meaning, the story<br />
of another Tamar—her namesake—emerges. He<br />
was a spy for the Dutch resistance during World<br />
War II whose job was to send and receive coded<br />
transmissions to England. Now young Tamar must<br />
decode a message from the past that will have a<br />
shocking impact on her and her family’s life.<br />
Isbn: 9780763634889 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 432 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 25 • lexile: 780l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $17.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007<br />
Teen, Inc.<br />
by Stefan Petrucha<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, SLJH, WM<br />
Someday, Jaiden Beale hopes to tell the world “what<br />
it was like to be the first kid raised by a corporation.”<br />
For now, though, his secret identity is pretty<br />
embarrassing. NECorp, a global firm that adopted<br />
Jaiden after one of its products accidentally killed<br />
his parents, controls Jaiden’s life. After fourteen<br />
years of “corporate existence,” Jaiden finally rebels,<br />
hanging out with an “unapproved” girl and running<br />
away on his bike. Then Jaiden discovers damaging<br />
information about NECorp and has to decide what<br />
his “family” really means to him.<br />
Isbn: 9780802796509 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 820l<br />
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Tender Morsels u<br />
by Margo Lanagan<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, KH, HH, HGs, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
Ever since her mother died, Liga has been neglected<br />
and sexually abused by her father and ostracized and<br />
preyed upon by the people in her town. As a result,<br />
she has given birth to one child and is pregnant with<br />
another by the age of fifteen. She has no hope for<br />
the future until a mysterious force transports her,<br />
her daughter, and her unborn child to a heavenly<br />
world free of danger and malice. As Liga raises her<br />
daughters, Branza and Urdda, the borders guarding<br />
their isolated world begin to break down. And<br />
one day, Urdda finds her way out. A 2009 Printz<br />
Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780375948114 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 6.1 • aR Points: 21 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 29 • lexile: 950l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
*NEW* Thirteenth Child: Frontier Magic, Book 1<br />
by Patricia C. Wrede<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KH<br />
“Everybody knows that a seventh son is lucky. . . .<br />
And everybody knows that the seventh son of a<br />
seventh son is a natural-born magician.” Lan, Eff’s<br />
younger twin, is just such a lucky double-seventh son.<br />
Eff, on the other hand, is considered unlucky simply<br />
because she is a thirteenth child. While Lan receives<br />
respect from his peers, his extended family, and even<br />
government figures, Eff is criticized and humiliated<br />
by her aunts and uncles. But when her family moves<br />
to Mill City on the edge of the frontier, Eff discovers<br />
that she, too, has been given powers, if she can only<br />
learn to control them.<br />
Isbn: 9780545033428 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 6 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 1010l<br />
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by Virginia Euwer Wolff<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, K, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
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LaVaughn, a high school senior, is finally seeing her<br />
hard work pay off. She’s just been accepted to WIMS<br />
(Women in Medical Science), a prestigious afterschool<br />
program for girls from impoverished areas of<br />
the city. At first, Dr. Moore, the program’s founder,<br />
takes a special interest in LaVaughn and agrees to<br />
write her a college recommendation letter. But when<br />
LaVaughn uncovers a dark secret from Dr. Moore’s<br />
past, their relationship quickly turns sour—and<br />
LaVaughn sees her chance at a college education<br />
“falling through the air.”<br />
Isbn: 9780061583056 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 528 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 970l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $18.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
Thoreau at Walden u<br />
by John Porcellino<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, KH, SLJ, WM<br />
“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I<br />
believe in my soul to be bad. . . . I hear an irresistible<br />
voice which invites me away from all that.” Henry<br />
David Thoreau followed that voice to Walden Pond.<br />
This graphic novel, narrated in Thoreau’s own<br />
words, weaves together elements from Walden, “Civil<br />
Disobedience,” “Walking,” and Thoreau’s journals<br />
to tell the story of his two years in the woods and of<br />
the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay a poll<br />
tax. Introduction. Afterword. Discussion of details in<br />
panels. Notes. Bibliography. Two-color art.<br />
Isbn: 9781423100386 • Dewey: 818/.303 • 6 3/4" x 10" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 6<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
*NEW* Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to<br />
Change the World . . . One Child at a Time<br />
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin<br />
adapted by Sarah Thomson<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, PW, SLJ, V, WC<br />
In 1993, Greg Mortenson was climbing K2, the<br />
second-highest mountain on Earth, when he became<br />
lost and sick. He wandered into the isolated Pakistani<br />
village of Korphe, where the villagers took him in<br />
and nursed him back to health. Although he had<br />
no money or relevant experience, Mortenson vowed<br />
to repay the villagers’ kindness by building a school<br />
for their children. Three years later, he had fulfilled<br />
his promise—and discovered his life’s calling. Map.<br />
Foreword by Jane Goodall. Letter from Mortenson.<br />
Q&A with Mortenson’s daughter, Amira. Time line.<br />
Glossary. Who’s who. Maps. Black-and-white and<br />
color photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780142414125 • Dewey: 371.82209549 • 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 6.1 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 910l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
Three Little Words: A Memoir u<br />
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, V, WS<br />
Taken from her mother at age three, Ashley Rhodes<br />
spent most of her childhood being moved from one<br />
foster home to another, sometimes with her younger<br />
brother, often separated from him. “I have had more<br />
than a dozen so-called mothers in my life,” Ashley<br />
says. She survived neglectful and abusive homes, and<br />
for years she hoped in vain that her biological mother<br />
would return. When a stable family finally did want<br />
to adopt Ashley, she didn’t know whether she could<br />
trust them. . . .<br />
Isbn: 9781416948063 • Dewey: 362.73/3092 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 810l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
Throwing Stones<br />
by Kristi Collier<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K, KL, V<br />
Andy Soaring’s brother Pete was a local basketball<br />
hero before he died in the Great War. Now, five years<br />
later, it’s Andy’s turn to try to lead his high school<br />
team to the Indiana state championship. Andy wants<br />
more than anything to live up to his brother’s legacy<br />
and help make his family feel whole again, but it’s not<br />
going to be easy. He finds himself dealing with injury,<br />
a mysterious rival, a broken heart, and a Prohibition<br />
scandal that shocks his small town. Author’s note.<br />
Early rules of basketball.<br />
Isbn: 9780805076141 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp<br />
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 620l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2007<br />
Time’s Chariot<br />
by Ben Jeapes<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG<br />
In a future period known as Home Time, humans<br />
have the ability to travel to any point in the<br />
past—but they must abide by strict rules so as not<br />
to compromise the future. When a top government<br />
official is found dead in the Himalayas in 5000 BC,<br />
Operative Rico Garron is convinced that someone<br />
has broken the rules and committed murder. His<br />
investigation leads him through history—from<br />
seventeenth-century France to “the Dark Ages” of the<br />
early twenty-first century, where he discovers a plot<br />
that threatens the very stream of time. . . .<br />
Isbn: 9780385751681 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 780l<br />
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The Titanic: An Interactive History Adventure u<br />
by Bob Temple<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: CL<br />
You are a passenger on the Titanic’s maiden voyage,<br />
and you choose what happens next. Will you travel as<br />
a wealthy first-class passenger, or will you experience<br />
a modest third-class voyage? Will you chat with<br />
your friends the Astors in the grand dining room,<br />
or will you make new societal acquaintances? Will<br />
you stay up and dance in the general room, or will<br />
you go to bed early? And when the captain’s warning<br />
sounds, will you head for the lifeboats? Or will you<br />
be locked below decks? Illustrated with photographs.<br />
Afterword. Discussion questions. Additional reading.<br />
Glossary. Bibliography. Index. A 2008 IRA Teachers’<br />
Choices selection.<br />
Isbn: 9781492601634 • Dewey: 910.9163/4 • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 112 pp<br />
lexile: 650l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Capstone: $27.93 • JlG Month: oCT 2007<br />
*NEW* T-Minus: The Race to the Moon<br />
by Jim Ottaviani • illustrated by Kevin Cannon and Zander Cannon<br />
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Counting down from the first failed rocket launches<br />
in 1957 to the moment when Neil Armstrong steps<br />
onto the surface of the moon, T-Minus follows<br />
the race between the American and Soviet space<br />
programs. While showing the contributions of U.S.<br />
and Soviet scientists, astronauts, and cosmonauts, the<br />
book focuses on engineer Max Faget and designer<br />
Johnson “C.C.” Caldwell as representatives of all<br />
those who played an important role in the American<br />
moon mission. End note. Black-and-white drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9781416986829 • Dewey: 629 • 7" x 9" • 128 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • aladdin: $21.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Toby Wheeler:<br />
Eighth-Grade Benchwarmer<br />
by Thatcher Heldring<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ<br />
“Gym rat”—it’s a nasty name, but it suits Toby<br />
Wheeler just fine. He likes playing pickup basketball<br />
at the rec center. Then the school coach recruits<br />
him, and he accepts—after all, his best friend JJ will<br />
be on the team, too. As school starts, though, JJ<br />
starts treating Toby like an embarrassment, and after<br />
Toby performs poorly on the court, he feels like an<br />
embarrassment. Toby may no longer be a gym rat,<br />
but will he ever be more than just a benchwarmer?<br />
<strong>Library</strong> edition with trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780385904056 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.6 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 680l<br />
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The Tomorrow Code<br />
by Brian Falkner<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, CL, K, SLJ<br />
An idle conversation about the possibilities of time<br />
travel leads Tane and his best friend Rebecca to<br />
search transmissions from the depths of space for<br />
information sent from the future. After decoding the<br />
data, they discover an urgent SOS from their future<br />
selves. The messages tell Tane and Rebecca that they<br />
must stop a deadly plague. The pair, joined by Tane’s<br />
older brother, travel through New Zealand by plane,<br />
submarine, and helicopter, escaping from military<br />
commandos and trying to determine the nature of a<br />
strange mist that is killing all humans in its path.<br />
Isbn: 9780375939235 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 368 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 6.5 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: nC830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Random House: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
The Traitor Game<br />
by B. R. Collins<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HG, SLJ, V<br />
Michael switched schools because he was viciously<br />
bullied; now he can’t quite believe that he’s found<br />
such a good friend in Francis. Together, they spend<br />
hours creating an imaginary world called Evgard,<br />
where a cruel duke oppresses the weak tribes that<br />
live in the swamps around his walled city. Michael<br />
is adamant that no one find out about Evgard—he<br />
is terrified that if anyone does, the bullying will<br />
begin again. When Michael receives notes in his<br />
locker telling him that the secret is out, he becomes<br />
convinced that Francis has betrayed him.<br />
Isbn: 9781599902616 • Dewey: f • 5 1/16" x 7 3/4" • 250 pp<br />
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 650l<br />
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*NEW* The Treasure Map of Boys<br />
by E. Lockhart<br />
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, PW<br />
It’s been a rough couple of years for Ruby Oliver.<br />
First she alienated her entire high-school class by<br />
kissing her best friend’s boyfriend—even though he<br />
was Ruby’s boyfriend first! Now all Ruby wants is to<br />
repair her reputation by avoiding boys and being a<br />
good friend, which means repressing her feelings for<br />
another friend’s crush. But in between running a bake<br />
sale, defending the rights of a pygmy goat, and trying<br />
to interpret the advances of Jackson, Gideon, and<br />
Finn, Ruby finds time to get herself in hot water all<br />
over again.<br />
Isbn: 9780385904377 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 1/2" • 256 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $18.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
Tree Shaker: The Story of Nelson Mandela<br />
by Bill Keller<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, H, HG, SLJ, WM<br />
“He was not called ‘Nelson’ until he was seven. . . .<br />
The name his parents gave him at birth, Rolihlahla,<br />
was the Xhosa word for ‘treeshaker.’ Later in life<br />
Mandela enjoyed pointing out that his people<br />
use the word to mean ‘troublemaker.’” From<br />
humble beginnings, Mandela went on to become a<br />
revolutionary, the world’s most famous prisoner, and<br />
the first black president of South Africa. Written by<br />
the former chief of the New York Times bureau in<br />
Johannesburg. Includes contemporary articles about<br />
the end of apartheid and an afterword.<br />
Isbn: 9780753459928 • Dewey: 968.06/5092 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 9.5 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 10.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1270l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Kingfisher: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2008<br />
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*NEW* Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales<br />
edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, K, SLJ<br />
A dissatisfied housemaid who longs to become a<br />
princess. A boy who worries he might turn into a<br />
wolf and devour his family. A hungry troll taunted<br />
by the goats that pass over his bridge each day. A<br />
beautiful girl made all of sugar. These are some of<br />
the characters that populate this collection. In fifteen<br />
original stories and poems by well-known children’s<br />
authors, here is a look at fairy-tale villains and the<br />
truth behind the events that made them so famous—<br />
and so reviled. Introduction. Author and editor<br />
biographies. Further reading.<br />
Isbn: 9780670061419 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 6<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009<br />
Troll’s Eye View—JLG Reading Guide<br />
JLG Reading Guides give you the tools to use JLG<br />
selections in the classroom or library to meet specific<br />
learning objectives for both whole-class settings and<br />
for individual students. Each guide includes:<br />
• activities based on national and state standards<br />
• reinforcements for reading and writing skills<br />
• connections to other content areas<br />
• library applications<br />
• specific correlations to National Standards<br />
• and much more!<br />
You will receive both a Student Edition and a Teacher<br />
Edition of the JLG Reading Guide.<br />
JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982296479<br />
Trouble u<br />
by Gary D. Schmidt<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BCCB, HGs, SLJH, V<br />
After Henry Smith’s brother is hit by a car, Henry<br />
needs to get away from his grieving family. He<br />
and his best friend Sanborn decide to hitchhike to<br />
Maine and take the hike that Henry and his brother<br />
had planned—a dangerous climb to the top of Mt.<br />
Katahdin. But the only driver to offer Henry and<br />
Sanborn a ride is a boy fleeing demons of his own:<br />
Chay Chouan, who was convicted of hitting Henry’s<br />
brother. As they drive north, the three struggle to<br />
deal with the truth of what happened the night of<br />
the accident.<br />
Isbn: 9780618927661 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 288 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 6.6 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 930l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
The True Adventures of Charley Darwin<br />
by Carolyn Meyer<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, PW, SLJ<br />
Young Charles Darwin’s interest in natural history<br />
dismayed his father and many of his teachers—they<br />
wished Charles would study instead of wandering<br />
about in nature or playing with chemistry sets. But<br />
Charles’s obsession paid off: at age twenty-two, he<br />
was awarded the post of naturalist on a surveying<br />
ship about to make a trip around the world. After<br />
spending several years investigating exotic places,<br />
plants, and animals, Charles returned to England<br />
to compile his notes about what he experienced<br />
and observed. He also found a new passion—for<br />
Emma Wedgwood, his future wife. Map. Afterword.<br />
Bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9780152061944 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp<br />
aR level: 7.5 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 8.7 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 1060l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $17.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
The True Meaning of Smekday u<br />
written and illustrated by Adam Rex<br />
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
“What is the Smekday holiday? How has it changed<br />
in the year since the aliens left? You may use your<br />
own personal experiences from the alien invasion to<br />
make your points.” Gratuity “Tip” Tucci isn’t sure<br />
where to begin her essay about Smekday. Should she<br />
start with her mother’s alien abduction? Or maybe<br />
with the Boov taking over Earth—er, Smekland.<br />
Well, as long as she gets in all the details about<br />
driving her hover-car cross-country and her cat<br />
saving the human race, it probably doesn’t matter<br />
how she begins.<br />
Isbn: 9780786849000 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 432 pp<br />
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 4.4 • sRC Points: 22 • lexile: 740l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2008<br />
The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah<br />
by Nora Raleigh Baskin<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ, WM<br />
When Caroline’s maternal grandmother dies and<br />
leaves her a Star of David necklace, Caroline begins<br />
to wonder about her religious identity. With a<br />
Christian dad and a non-religious mom, can Caroline<br />
call herself Jewish without feeling like she’s lying?<br />
And, if she chooses to become religious, what will<br />
her mother, a science-loving doctor, think? “Would it<br />
make her happy or sad? Would she think I was trying<br />
to be someone I wasn’t?” Includes a glossary of Jewish<br />
terms and holidays.<br />
Isbn: 9781416935582 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 128 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 630l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Twice Upon a Marigold<br />
by Jean Ferris<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, PWH, V<br />
Marigold and her husband, Christopher, live in an<br />
enchanted world populated by characters such as<br />
Sleeping Beauty and Alison Wonderland. It’s a world<br />
of fairy tales, magic, and happy endings—which is<br />
why no one expected Marigold’s evil mother, Queen<br />
Olympia, to survive her fall into Beaurivage’s river.<br />
But survive she did, and now she’s back, ready to<br />
reclaim her throne and put Marigold’s kindly father,<br />
King Swithbert, on the chopping block.<br />
Isbn: 9780152063825 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 800l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2008
Two Girls of Gettysburg<br />
by Lisa Klein<br />
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, SLJ, V<br />
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1861: When Lizzie’s<br />
favorite cousin, Rosanna, moves to town from<br />
Richmond, Virginia, Lizzie is happy. Before long,<br />
however, things change. Lizzie’s father and twin<br />
brother join the Union army, meaning she must<br />
manage the family’s shop and give up her dream of<br />
attending school. Lizzie and Rosanna argue about<br />
abolition; then Rosanna runs away to Richmond,<br />
marries, and follows her husband onto the battlefield.<br />
As Rosanna nurses Confederate soldiers and Lizzie<br />
prepares for the battle coming to Gettysburg, both<br />
girls realize that not only is the fate of the country<br />
at stake, but so are the fates of their families and<br />
friendship. Author’s note. Suggestions for further<br />
reading and research.<br />
Isbn: 9781599901053 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 25 • lexile: 830l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $16.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009<br />
*NEW* Under Siege!:<br />
Three Children at the Civil War Battle for Vicksburg<br />
by Andrea Warren<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BLH, H, K, SLJ, V<br />
Union success in the Civil War depended on<br />
controlling the fortress of Vicksburg, Mississippi.<br />
Unable to take the town by storm, forces under<br />
General Ulysses S. Grant staged a brutal fortyseven-day<br />
siege and artillery barrage. This detailed<br />
account draws from the true stories of three child<br />
participants as it examines events in the days leading<br />
up to, during, and after the siege. Introduction.<br />
Afterword. Suggestions for additional information.<br />
Selected bibliography. Endnotes. Acknowledgements.<br />
Photo credits. Index. Black-and-white photographs,<br />
illustrations, and maps.<br />
Isbn: 9780374312558 • Dewey: 973.7/344 • 8 1/8" x 9 1/4" • 176 pp<br />
aR level: 7.9 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 10.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 1110l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • farrar, straus & Giroux: $21.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009<br />
The Unnameables u<br />
by Ellen Booraem<br />
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, KLH, SLJ, V<br />
Everything on Medford and Prudy’s island has a<br />
purpose and a proper name, and Useless items are<br />
forbidden. The two friends discover an artifact<br />
depicting a strange, goat-like figure—an object so<br />
Useless it is Unnameable. Prudy knows her duty:<br />
she should report the object or destroy it. Medford’s<br />
decision to hide the beautiful object places a strain on<br />
their friendship. Then a living Goatman turns up at<br />
Medford’s house and uncovers Medford’s other secret:<br />
he’s been carving Unnameable objects. The tempest<br />
accompanying the Goatman’s appearance grips the<br />
entire town, forcing Prudy and the others to question<br />
their strictly utilitarian beliefs.<br />
Isbn: 9780152063689 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 690l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $16.00 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
*NEW* Up Close: Babe Ruth<br />
by Wilborn Hampton<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
“It is almost impossible to exaggerate the place Babe<br />
Ruth occupies in American lore, not only in baseball<br />
but also in the national psyche. His very name is<br />
synonymous with greatness.” But what is the truth<br />
about George Herman Ruth Jr. after the myth and<br />
sugarcoating have been stripped away? Forward.<br />
Introduction. Source notes. Bibliography. Index.<br />
Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780670063055 • Dewey: 796.357092 b • 5" x 7" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 6.8 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 10.6 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 1120l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009<br />
“[A] terrific blend of sports history<br />
and personal narrative.”<br />
—Voice of Youth Advocates<br />
*NEW* Up Close: Bill Gates<br />
by Marc Aronson<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BLH, HG, KH<br />
Who is the real Bill Gates? Is he a ruthless<br />
entrepreneur or a global philanthropist? Does his<br />
story prove that hard work is rewarded or that Gates<br />
benefited from opportunities few others had? In<br />
this fascinating biography, author Marc Aronson<br />
addresses these and other questions in the form of a<br />
“how-to” book that examines what Bill Gates did to<br />
become one of the great entrepreneurs of our time.<br />
Source notes. Bibliography. Web sites. Glossary.<br />
Index. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780670063482 • Dewey: 338.7/610053092 • 5" x 7" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 7.9 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 10.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1130l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
Up Close: Frank Lloyd Wright<br />
by Jan Adkins<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, V<br />
Considered by many to be America’s greatest<br />
architect, Frank Lloyd Wright was certainly its most<br />
notorious. While his innovative buildings appeared<br />
on magazine covers, newspaper headlines followed<br />
the tragic series of fires, violent crimes, and romantic<br />
intrigues that beset Wright. This biography tells<br />
the story of Frank Lloyd Wright’s life and traces the<br />
development of his work from his apprenticeship<br />
during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair to the creation<br />
of his iconic Usonian homes. It also considers the<br />
effect of Wright’s work on the way Americans live<br />
today. Black-and-white photographs. Author’s<br />
foreword. Bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9780670061389 • Dewey: 720.92 • 5" x 7" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 8.6 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 1030l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2007<br />
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Up Close: Ronald Reagan<br />
by James Sutherland<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, V<br />
“Honey, I forgot to duck,” Ronald Reagan said to<br />
his wife when she arrived at the hospital after he<br />
had been shot in a failed assassination attempt. This<br />
biography follows “The Great Communicator” from<br />
a hardscrabble upbringing in Illinois to a successful<br />
acting career to his two terms as president of the<br />
United States. Foreword. Introduction. Source notes.<br />
Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780670063451 • Dewey: 973.927092 b • 5" x 7" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 8.4 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 10.4 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 1100l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009<br />
Up Close: Thurgood Marshall u<br />
by Chris Crowe<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K<br />
The first African American appointed to the Supreme<br />
Court, Thurgood Marshall built his reputation<br />
working for the NAACP; it was in this capacity<br />
that he won the seminal civil rights case Brown v.<br />
Board of Education of Topeka. The story of Marshall’s<br />
education and of his years spent arguing civil rights<br />
cases across the country shows not only his brilliance,<br />
but also his personal courage, generosity, and sense<br />
of humor. “I intend to wear life like a very loose<br />
garment,” Marshall once said, “and never worry<br />
about nothin’.” Notes. Bibliography. Further reading.<br />
Web sites. Black-and-white photographs.<br />
Isbn: 9780670062287 • Dewey: 347.73/2634 b • 5" x 7" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 9.4 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 10.4 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 1260l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2008<br />
Venom u<br />
by Marilyn Singer<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BLH, HG, K, SLJ<br />
“The most famed toxic critters are venomous.<br />
This means they must inject their poison—their<br />
venom—into a victim by means of fangs, teeth,<br />
spines, stingers, or spurs.” From the rattlesnake to<br />
the platypus, this book surveys the stunning variety<br />
of venomous animals that live on land, in trees,<br />
in rivers, and in the sea. Illustrated with full-color<br />
photographs. Bibliography. Glossary. Index. A 2009<br />
NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960433 • Dewey: 592.16/5 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 7.8 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 9.3 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 1110l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $19.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008<br />
Waiting for Normal u<br />
by Leslie Connor<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BL, HGs, KH, KLH, PWH, SLJH<br />
“When the judge decided my sisters should live with<br />
Dwight, I knew it was going to change my life.” After<br />
the divorce, Addie’s half-sisters moved upstate with<br />
their natural father, Dwight, and Addie moved to a<br />
trailer home—parked off a busy city intersection—<br />
with her increasingly unstable mother. But Addie still<br />
remembers—and longs for—a “normal” family life.<br />
“Normal is being able to count on certain things.<br />
Good things. And it’s having everyone together—just<br />
because they belong that way.” Winner of the 2009<br />
Schneider Family Book Award.<br />
Isbn: 9780060890896 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 3/8" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 3.7 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 570l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2008<br />
Walker Evans: Photographer of America u<br />
by Thomas Nau<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, V, WM<br />
Determined to see what was in front of him without<br />
sentimentality or judgment, Walker Evans found<br />
beauty in the ordinary. Whether photographing<br />
buildings and workers in New York City or<br />
documenting the lives of tenant families in Alabama<br />
for the book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, he<br />
let the character of his subjects come to the fore.<br />
Evans gave people a unique and lasting picture of<br />
America and forever changed the art of photography.<br />
Black-and-white photographs. Bibliography.<br />
Chronology. Index.<br />
Isbn: 9781596432253 • Dewey: 770.92 • 9" x 10 1/2" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 7.1 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 7.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1020l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Roaring brook: $19.95 • JlG Month: JUn 2007<br />
The Walls of Cartagena u<br />
by Julia Durango • illustrated by Tom Pohrt<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: HG, SLJ, WC<br />
Cartegena, Colombia, the seventeenth century:<br />
Thirteen-year-old Calepino, an educated slave and<br />
translator, talks to Mara and her son, Tomi, both<br />
newly arrived aboard a slave ship. He wants to help<br />
them escape, but it’s impossible. Soon after, Calepino<br />
is sent to help Dr. Mendo López de Campo at a<br />
local leper colony. Initially repulsed, Calepino soon<br />
finds that he enjoys learning from Dr. López. When<br />
Calepino learns that Tomi and Mara are being abused<br />
by their owner, he resolves to save them . . . but his<br />
plan may endanger Dr. López. Author’s note. Blackand-white<br />
art.<br />
Isbn: 9781416941026 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 870l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008<br />
War, Women, and the News: How Female Journalists<br />
Won the Battle to Cover World War II u<br />
by Catherine Gourley<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, V, WM<br />
The bombing of London, the liberation of Dachau,<br />
the battle for Iwo Jima—many of the most important<br />
stories of the Second World War were covered by<br />
female writers and photographers. This book traces<br />
the work of women correspondents from the Great<br />
Depression through the end of the war in the Pacific.<br />
They not only kept Americans informed about the<br />
darkest moments of the twentieth century, but also<br />
opened doors for women who came after them.<br />
Black-and-white photographs. Suggestions for further<br />
reading. Select bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9780689877520 • Dewey: 07.082'0973 • 7" x 9" • 208 pp<br />
aR level: 6.6 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 850l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $21.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007
Washington at Valley Forge u<br />
by Russell Freedman<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, SLJH, V, WC<br />
“That winter, the British had their best chance to<br />
crush the American rebellion. Washington himself<br />
warned that his army was about to ‘starve, dissolve,<br />
or disperse.’ And yet the army did not fall apart.<br />
In June, the rebels marched out of Valley Forge<br />
tested, toughened, and ready to fight.” In addition<br />
to providing fascinating details about how the<br />
soldiers of the Continental Army lived in Valley<br />
Forge, this book also paints brilliant portraits of<br />
the men who led them: Alexander Hamilton, the<br />
Marquis de Lafayette, Friedrich von Steuben, and, of<br />
course, George Washington. Source notes. Selected<br />
bibliography. Index. Black-and-white, sepia-toned,<br />
and full-color illustrations. A 2009 NCTE Orbis<br />
Pictus Honor Book.<br />
Isbn: 9780823420698 • Dewey: 973.3/341 • 10 1/2" x 9" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 8.8 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 11.5 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1210l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Holiday House: $16.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008<br />
*NEW* The Waters & the Wild<br />
by Francesca Lia Block<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, PWH<br />
Bee believes she is a changeling. Always feeling<br />
somewhat awkward and out of step with other kids<br />
her age, Bee finally finds her place in the world when<br />
she befriends two other outcasts, one a self-professed<br />
alien and another who insists she is a reincarnated<br />
slave. Their friendship works a magic that lets Bee<br />
feel as if she can do anything—except stop her<br />
shadowy double from haunting her.<br />
Isbn: 9780061452451 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/8" • 128 pp<br />
JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: seP 2009<br />
The Way u<br />
by Joseph Bruchac<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, KL<br />
In his dreams, Cody LeBeau is a ninja who stops<br />
terrorist attacks on his school. In real life, he says,<br />
“There’s nothing different or special about me at all.”<br />
Then one day Cody’s mysterious uncle John arrives.<br />
Uncle John is a martial-arts fighter, and when he says<br />
he will train Cody in “The Way,” Cody expects to<br />
learn martial arts. Instead Cody discovers that “The<br />
Way” is a different set of skills—skills that might just<br />
help him stop an attack after all.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960624 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 160 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 850l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2008<br />
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Ways to Live Forever u<br />
by Sally Nicholls<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, WC<br />
“Five facts about me: My name is Sam. I am eleven<br />
years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. I<br />
have leukemia. By the time you read this, I will<br />
probably be dead.” Living through the last stages of<br />
cancer, Sam writes a book about himself, in which,<br />
along with facts and his story, he includes pictures,<br />
questions, and lists. Lists like “Things That I Want<br />
to Do,” “What to Do When Someone Dies,” and<br />
“Ways to Live Forever.” Includes a list of cancer<br />
Web sites and literature about death and dying.<br />
Isbn: 9780545069489 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 580l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • arthur a. levine: $16.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008<br />
*NEW* When You Reach Me<br />
by Rebecca Stead<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BLH, HH, KH, PWH<br />
Miranda doesn’t understand why her best friend<br />
Sal has stopped talking to her. She thinks it has<br />
something to do with his embarrassment at getting<br />
punched by a bully, and she hopes he will come<br />
around if she gives him some space. Then strange,<br />
mysterious notes begin to appear in odd places.<br />
Whoever is writing these notes knows things no one<br />
could possibly know and predicts that something<br />
horrible will soon befall a friend.<br />
Isbn: 9780385906647 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp<br />
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When You Reach Me—JLG Reading Guide<br />
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The White Gates<br />
by Bonnie Ramthun<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, WC<br />
When Tor’s mother, Susan Sinclair, is hired as the<br />
new town doctor in Snow Park, Colorado, Tor<br />
is excited—but nervous—about his new home.<br />
He’s eager to learn to snowboard on the beautiful<br />
mountains that loom over the town, but he can’t<br />
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him already or why his mother is the only doctor<br />
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Drake, that it has something to do with an old mine<br />
and a Ute curse, but he has no idea just how deep the<br />
mystery really runs.<br />
Isbn: 9780375945540 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 6.2 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: Hl790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Random House: $19.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2009<br />
White Sands, Red Menace<br />
by Ellen Klages<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJ, WC<br />
Dewey’s mother left years ago, and her father recently<br />
died, so Dewey lives with her best friend, Suze<br />
Gordon, and Suze’s parents. They’ve just moved to<br />
Alamogordo, New Mexico, where Mr. Gordon builds<br />
V-2 rockets. Soon the girls are exploring their artistic<br />
and scientific interests and making new friends.<br />
After a year has passed, though, life is tense: Mrs.<br />
Gordon wants to go home to Berkeley, California,<br />
while Mr. Gordon insists on continuing his work for<br />
the space program. What’s more, Dewey’s unreliable<br />
mother reappears to claim her daughter. Author’s note<br />
includes list and descriptions of research sources.<br />
Isbn: 9780670062355 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 690l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008<br />
Who Was First?: Discovering the Americas u<br />
by Russell Freedman<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, SLJH<br />
While it is commonly believed that Christopher<br />
Columbus was the first to make a successful roundtrip<br />
voyage to the Americas, in recent years new<br />
evidence has cast this idea into doubt. It suggests that<br />
there may have been Chinese and Viking “discoveries”<br />
of the New World that predate Columbus’s arrival.<br />
This book considers these possibilities and describes<br />
the complex societies explorers would have found,<br />
built by the tens of millions of people native to North<br />
and South America. Full-color illustrations. Includes<br />
notes and a select bibliography.<br />
Isbn: 9780618663910 • Dewey: 970.01 • 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" • 96 pp<br />
aR level: 8.6 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 11.8 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 1310l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $19.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2007<br />
The Whole Sky Full of Stars u<br />
by René Saldaña Jr.<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, K, SLJ, V, WM<br />
Alby is in serious trouble. He got in over his head<br />
in a poker game, and he owes a loanshark money<br />
he doesn’t have. There might be a way out, though:<br />
the upcoming “Man o’ Might” boxing competition,<br />
which has a cash prize for the winner. Not that Alby<br />
will be doing the fighting—he wants to manage his<br />
best friend Barry, who’s never boxed in a ring but<br />
can punch hard enough to make anyone see stars. All<br />
Alby has to do now is convince him. <strong>Library</strong> edition<br />
with trade jacket added.<br />
Isbn: 9780385900782 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 4.3 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 680l<br />
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*NEW* Why I Fight<br />
by J. Adams Oaks<br />
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, K, V<br />
When Uncle Spade, an unemployed drifter, saves<br />
twelve-year-old Wyatt Reaves from his neglectful<br />
parents, Wyatt thinks he’s found a real home. But<br />
all Spade sees in Wyatt is a potential meal ticket: a<br />
taller-than-average kid with a mean punch who could<br />
become a bare-fist fighting champion with the proper<br />
training. By the time Wyatt is fourteen, he can win<br />
any fight—but that doesn’t mean he enjoys it. How<br />
can he break away from his uncle when Spade is the<br />
only family who’s ever really cared for him?<br />
Isbn: 9781416911777 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp<br />
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 770l<br />
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Wild Cats: Past & Present u<br />
by John Becker, PhD • illustrated by Mark Hallett<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG<br />
Wild cats are ruthless hunters. Servals and caracals<br />
can jump off ledges, grabbing birds in flight. The<br />
“fishing cat,” thanks to its webbed toes, can swim<br />
underwater after prey. A jaguar’s jaws can crush<br />
the shell of a four-hundred-pound turtle. So why,<br />
then, are so many members of the Felidae family<br />
disappearing? Includes contact information for<br />
conservation groups. Web sources. Bibliography.<br />
Index. Full-color photographs and artwork.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960525 • Dewey: 599.75 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 80 pp<br />
aR level: 7.6 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 12.7 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1230l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $18.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2008<br />
Wild Dogs: Past & Present u<br />
by Kelly Milner Halls<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WM<br />
Not all dogs are pets. In fact, many canines around<br />
the world are wild and even dangerous. From<br />
canines’ prehistoric ancestors to their connection<br />
with humans to links between wild and domestic<br />
dogs, here is a comprehensive exploration of some of<br />
Earth’s most fascinating creatures. Includes sidebars.<br />
Full-color illustrations and photos. Diagrams. Maps.<br />
Bibliography. Index. Winner of the 2006 Benjamin<br />
Franklin Award.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960273 • Dewey: 599.77 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 64 pp<br />
aR level: 6.7 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 7.1 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1010l<br />
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Wild Horses: Galloping Through Time<br />
by Kelly Milner Halls • illustrations by Mark Hallett<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ, V, WC<br />
Did you know that the earliest horses stood less than<br />
two feet high and had multiple toes and hooves on<br />
each foot? Or that only one undomesticated wild<br />
horse species remains on the planet? Starting with the<br />
petite Hyracotherium, this wide-ranging survey traces<br />
the history of wild horses from forty-five million<br />
years ago to the present day. Includes a list of U.S.<br />
wild horse sanctuaries, a “You Can Help” section,<br />
bibliography, and index. Full-color photographs<br />
and illustrations.<br />
Isbn: 9781581960655 • Dewey: 599.665/5 • 9 3/8" x 11" • 72 pp<br />
aR level: 8.2 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 9.7 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1190l<br />
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written and illustrated by Lois Lowry<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)<br />
Reviews: BLH, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby want, above all, to be<br />
childless; in fact, they “frequently forgot that they<br />
had children and became quite irritable when they<br />
were reminded of it.” The Willoughby children,<br />
meanwhile, want to be orphans—“worthy and<br />
deserving orphans,” like their favorite literary<br />
characters. Now, both parents and children are<br />
crafting “ruthless” and “thoroughly despicable”<br />
schemes to get rid of each other. . . . Black-and-white<br />
line drawings.<br />
Isbn: 9780618979745 • Dewey: f • 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" • 112 pp<br />
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 7 • lexile: 790l<br />
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: JUn 2008<br />
*NEW* Wintergirls<br />
by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, V<br />
On Saturday night Lia ignores thirty-three phone<br />
calls from her ex-best friend Cassie. On Monday<br />
morning Lia learns that Cassie has been found dead<br />
in a motel room. Lia has always been skilled at hiding<br />
her emotions, and her ongoing struggle with anorexia<br />
has taught her how to keep secrets—she sews quarters<br />
into her bathrobe to trick the bathroom scale and<br />
simulates eating by smearing ketchup on her mouth<br />
and making a mess in the microwave. But hiding<br />
her guilt over Cassie’s death will push her to the<br />
edge—and visions of Cassie’s ghost, beckoning Lia to<br />
join her, might push her over it.<br />
Isbn: 9780670011100 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp<br />
aR level: 4.1 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 730l<br />
JLG: $13.25 • Viking: $17.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009<br />
*NEW* The Word Snoop<br />
by Ursula Dubosarsky • illustrated by Tohby Riddle<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: K, PW<br />
For years, the Word Snoop has been “listening to,<br />
speaking, reading, writing, and yes—snooping on<br />
words.” Now she is ready to share with readers what<br />
she has learned. Beginning with alphabets and the<br />
origins of English, and ending with Internet slang,<br />
the Word Snoop explores what makes English so<br />
quirky and so rich. Coded message. Time line.<br />
Glossary. Answer key. Spot art. Two-color printing.<br />
Isbn: 9780803734067 • 5" x 7" • 272 pp<br />
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*NEW* Written in Bone:<br />
Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland<br />
by Sally M. Walker<br />
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, KH, SLJH, V<br />
How do forensic anthropologists examining<br />
colonial-era skeletons determine that one is the<br />
remains of a fourteen-year-old boy who was shot by<br />
an arrow, that another is a respected English trader,<br />
and that a third is an indentured servant who died of<br />
suspicious causes? Here is a look into how scientists<br />
use forensic evidence and historical records to identify<br />
the remains of people that have been buried in the<br />
Chesapeake region for hundreds of years. Source<br />
notes. Time line. Selected blibliography. Further<br />
reading. Index. Map. Charts. Diagrams. Full-color<br />
photographs and reproductions.<br />
Isbn: 9780822571353 • Dewey: 614'.17 • 8 3/8" x 10 1/2" • 144 pp<br />
aR level: 9 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 11.4 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: nC1140l<br />
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*NEW* The Year of the Bomb<br />
by Ronald Kidd<br />
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: K<br />
It’s 1955, and thirteen-year-old Paul spends his days<br />
watching one horror movie after another with his<br />
best friends Oz, Arnie, and Crank. When the boys<br />
read that a brand-new thriller called Invasion of the<br />
Body Snatchers will be filmed in their California<br />
hometown, they can’t wait to check out the set.<br />
The boys make friends with two extras in the film<br />
and even take part in a scene. When one of their<br />
new friends points the boys toward a possible<br />
communist spy living in their community, the<br />
boys decide to investigate.<br />
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HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, V<br />
When Cylin Busby was nine years old, her father,<br />
John, a policeman in the small town of Falmouth,<br />
Massachusetts, was shot and nearly killed. Under<br />
constant police protection, Cylin and her brothers<br />
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John suspected a local mobster of the murder<br />
attempt, but as the suspect remained at large, John<br />
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Isbn: 9781599901411 • Dewey: 363.2092 b • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp<br />
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 940l<br />
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Yellow Flag u<br />
by Robert Lipsyte<br />
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)<br />
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM, WS<br />
For generations, the Hildebrands have been racing<br />
legends. But Kyle Hildebrand prefers playing in his<br />
high school jazz quintet and hanging out with his<br />
sort-of girlfriend Nicole to working at the track.<br />
Then his older brother is seriously injured during a<br />
race, and Kyle has to fill the empty driver’s seat for<br />
the good of the family. Now Kyle’s caught between<br />
what he wants and what his family wants. And after<br />
he meets pretty pit girl Jimmie, Kyle isn’t even sure<br />
what he wants anymore.<br />
Isbn: 9780060557089 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/8" • 224 pp<br />
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 710l<br />
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*NEW* The Yggyssey:<br />
How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the<br />
Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There<br />
by Daniel Pinkwater<br />
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)<br />
Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, WC<br />
Yggdrasil “Iggy” Birnbaum lives in an old, haunted,<br />
Los Angeles hotel, and she’s friends with the ghosts<br />
of La Brea woman, Rudolph Valentino, and others.<br />
So when the spirits start disappearing, Iggy wants to<br />
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to find the ghosts, including a ghostologist and a<br />
shaman named Melvin—but it’s a size-shifting bunny<br />
that finally leads Iggy to the place where she can find<br />
her supernatural friends.<br />
Isbn: 9780618594450 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp<br />
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 810l<br />
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Beneath My Mother’s Feet u 9781416947288 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.9 4.7 770L 57<br />
Benny and Omar 9781423102816 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.0 3.4 600L 57<br />
The Big Field u 9780399249952 $9.00 SM (7–11) 5.3 7.6 970L 57<br />
*NEW* Big Wolf & Little Wolf 9781592700844 $13.25 P (K–1) 3.5 2.5 AD630L 7<br />
Bird 9780385905572 $9.00 B (5–7) 6.2 7.5 1010L 58<br />
Bird, Butterfly, Eel 9780689868290 $9.00 P (K–1) 4.6 8.3 AD1040L 7<br />
Bird Lake Moon u 9780061470783 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.9 4.5 740L 58<br />
Birds 9780061363054 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 1.4 AD410L 7<br />
The Black Book of Colors u 9780888998736 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.6 7<br />
Black Box u 9780385905237 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 4.1 3.4 600L 58<br />
*NEW* The Black Death 9780822590767 $13.25 HH (10 & UP) 9 10.6 1150L 58<br />
*NEW* Blade 9780399251863 $13.25 Y (9 & UP) 2.9 3.2 360L 58<br />
Blade—JLG Reading Guide 9780982350645 $5.00 Y (9 & UP) 58<br />
Bog Child u 9780385751704 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 3.6 3.2 530L 58<br />
Bonechiller u 9780385908955 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 3.8 4.3 580L 59<br />
Book Fiesta! 9780061288777 $9.00 PS (K–3) 7<br />
Book of a Thousand Days u 9781599900513 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.3 5.5 850L 59<br />
The Book of Mordred u 9780618507542 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.7 6.4 840L 59<br />
*NEW* The Book of Tormod 9780545056540 $13.25 FM (7–11) 5 59<br />
Box Out 9780439870320 $9.00 SM (7–11) 3.5 3.1 530L 59<br />
The Boxer and the Spy 9780399247750 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 3.7 2.7 500L 59<br />
A Boy Named Beckoning u 9780822576440 $9.00 NE (2–6) 6.0 4.7 NC880L 7<br />
The Boy Who Dared u 9780439680134 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.9 4.6 760L 59<br />
Boys of Steel 9780375938023 $9.00 BE (2–6) 5.8 4.6 760L 7<br />
A Brand-New Day with Mouse and Mole 9780618966769 $9.00 E (1–3) 2.5 2.2 350L 8<br />
*NEW* Brave Dogs, Gentle Dogs / Perros guardianes, perros valientes 9781590787465 $13.25 PS (K–3) 7.9 NC1060L 8<br />
*NEW* Brenda Berman, Wedding Expert 9780618313211 $13.25 I (2–4) 4.2 4.4 720L 8<br />
The Brook Book 9780525477167 $9.00 E (1–3) 5.5 8<br />
Brooklyn Bridge u 9780312378868 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.2 4.3 NC680L 60<br />
*NEW* The Brooklyn Nine u 9780803732247 $13.25 SM (7–11) 5 5.5 840L 60<br />
Bubble Homes and Fish Farts 9781570916694 $9.00 NE (2–6) 5.7 5.4 AD920L 8<br />
The Buddha’s Diamonds 9780763633806 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.6 4.4 710L 60<br />
Buffalo Music u 9780618723416 $9.00 I (2–4) 4.6 4.3 NC860L 8<br />
*NEW* Bull Rider 9781416961307 $13.25 SM (7–11) 4.1 4.2 650L 60<br />
*NEW* Calvin Coconut 9780385906395 $13.25 A (3–5) 2.8 2.4 410L 8<br />
*NEW* Camping Day 9780803733091 $13.25 P (K–1) 1.4 9<br />
Camping Day—JLG Activity Guide 9780982350621 $5.00 P (K–1) 9<br />
Captured Off Guard 9781434204431 $9.00 ME (2–6) 4.3 GN620L 9<br />
*NEW* The Carbon Diaries: 2015 9780823421909 $13.25 Y (9 & UP) 60<br />
*NEW* A Carousel Tale 9781582462394 $13.25 P (K–1) 2.6 9<br />
*NEW* The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline 9780399247811 $13.25 MM (7–11) 7.5 9.6 1120L 60<br />
The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan u 9780399247804 $9.00 MM (7–11) 7.3 9.6 1100L 61<br />
*NEW* Cat Burglar Black 9781596431447 $13.25 GM (7–11) 61<br />
*NEW* The Cats of Roxville Station 9780525421405 $13.25 A (3–5) 5.4 5.5 840L 9<br />
Chains u 9781416905851 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.2 4.7 780L 61<br />
Chanda’s Wars u 9780060872649 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 3.5 3.2 530L 61<br />
Charles and Emma 9780805087215 $9.00 HH (10 & UP) 7.6 8.6 1020L 61<br />
Chase u 9780061128516 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.5 4.2 650L 61<br />
The Cheese 9780060526313 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.7 2.4 490L 9<br />
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Total # of $13.25 books ordered on this page<br />
Total # of JLG Guides ordered on this page<br />
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QTY TITLE ISBN JLG PRICE GROUPS (GRADES) AR LEVEL SRC LEVEL LEXILE PAGE#<br />
Cheetah Math 9780805076455 $9.00 I (2–4) 5.4 5.6 990L 10<br />
*NEW* Chicken and Cat Clean Up 9780439634083 $13.25 E (1–3) 10<br />
The Chicken of the Family u 9780399241963 $9.00 E (1–3) 2.4 2.3 380L 10<br />
Chiggers 9781416935841 $9.00 GM (7–11) 2.2 3.4 62<br />
*NEW* Children of War 9780888999078 $13.25 NM (7–11) 5.5 5.6 860L 62<br />
*NEW* Chiles 9781435827257 $13.25 PS (K–3) 4.6 5.4 NC830L 10<br />
*NEW* Chocolate 9781435827264 $13.25 PS (K–3) 3.7 4.6 NC860L 10<br />
*NEW* The Civil Rights Movement 9781429623452 $13.25 B (5–7) 62<br />
Clancy the Courageous Cow 9780061172496 $9.00 P (K–1) 3.5 3.6 AD650L 10<br />
Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now u 9780763635367 $9.00 A (3–5) 5.4 5.5 1120L 10<br />
Clementine’s Letter u 9780786838844 $9.00 I (2–4) 4.0 3.4 600L 11<br />
*NEW* Closed for the Season 9780547084510 $13.25 MM (7–11) 62<br />
Colors! / ¡Colores! u 9780888998637 $9.00 PS (K–3) 1.8 11<br />
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars u 9780152053727 $9.00 I (2–4) 3.1 2.0 NP 11<br />
Cork & Fuzz: Finders Keepers 9780670011131 $9.00 E (1–3) 2.2 2.2 350L 11<br />
Cork & Fuzz: Good Sports u 9780670061457 $9.00 E (1–3) 1.8 1.7 310L 11<br />
Cover-Up 9780375942471 $9.00 SM (7–11) 4.9 4.5 780L 62<br />
*NEW* Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Horse in the House 9780152053901 $13.25 E (1–3) 11<br />
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Rain or Shine u 9780152053840 $9.00 E (1–3) 2.3 2.3 380L 11<br />
Cracker! u 9781416906377 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.9 5.3 730L 62<br />
*NEW* Creature of the Night 9781596435117 $13.25 YM (11 & UP) 4.2 5.2 HL670L 62<br />
A Crooked Kind of Perfect u 9780152060077 $9.00 A (3–5) 3.7 4.5 730L 12<br />
A Curse Dark as Gold u 9780439895767 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.9 5.5 840L 63<br />
*NEW* Damian Drooth, Supersleuth 9781434212160 $13.25 ME (2–6) 3.2 12<br />
Dancing to Freedom 9780802797773 $9.00 NE (2–6) 4.4 2.7 AD680L 12<br />
Darkside 9780545037396 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.4 5.2 790L 63<br />
Darkwing 9780060850555 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.0 4.5 730L 63<br />
*NEW* Darkwood u 9781599902593 $13.25 FM (7–11) 4.7 4.3 700L 63<br />
The Dead & the Gone u 9780152063115 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.3 4.2 680L 63<br />
Death in the Air u 9780088776851 $9.00 MM (7–11) 6.2 6.3 910L 63<br />
*NEW* The Desperado Who Stole Baseball 9780399246647 $13.25 SE (2–6) 750L 12<br />
The Devil on Trial 9780618717170 $9.00 HH (10 & UP) 10.0 12.9 1250L 64<br />
Dexter Bexley and the Big Blue Beastie u 9780823420681 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.2 1.8 AD340L 12<br />
Diamonds in the Shadow u 9780385902786 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.1 4.5 750L 64<br />
Diary of a Fly u 9780060001575 $9.00 E (1–3) 3.2 2.5 490L 12<br />
Diary of a Wimpy Kid u 9780810993136 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.2 5.3 64<br />
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules u 9780810994737 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.2 5.3 64<br />
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw u 9780810970687 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.4 7.6 970L 64<br />
Dino-Hockey u 9780822561910 $9.00 SE (2–6) 2.0 2.5 AD370L 13<br />
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime u 9781423113355 $9.00 K (PreK–K) AD130L 13<br />
*NEW* Dinothesaurus 9781416979784 $13.25 P (K–1) 3.2 13<br />
The Disappeared u 9780803732759 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.3 4.7 780L 64<br />
Dishes 9780670011391 $9.00 YM (11 & UP) 3.8 3.5 620L 64<br />
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks u 9780786838189 $9.00 YM (11 & UP) 5.5 5.7 890L 64<br />
Do Not Pass Go u 9781416914006 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.4 5.5 850L 65<br />
Do unto Otters u 9780805079968 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.4 460L 13<br />
Doctor Ted 9781416928201 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.7 2.2 390L 13<br />
Dodsworth in Paris 9780618980628 $9.00 E (1–3) 2.7 2.2 340L 13<br />
*NEW* Dog and Bear: Three to Get Ready 9781596433960 $13.25 P (K–1) 14<br />
Total # of $9.00 books ordered on this page<br />
Total # of $13.25 books ordered on this page<br />
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QTY TITLE ISBN JLG PRICE GROUPS (GRADES) AR LEVEL SRC LEVEL LEXILE PAGE#<br />
Dog and Bear: Three to Get Ready—JLG Activity Guide 9780982350683 $5.00 P (K–1) 14<br />
Dog and Bear: Two’s Company u 9781596432734 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 1.3 1.7 320L 14<br />
Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late! u 9780786837465 $9.00 P (K–1) 1.1 1.5 AD270L 14<br />
The Door of No Return u 9781416915508 $9.00 MM (7–11) 5.2 4.4 710L 65<br />
Dope Sick 9780061214783 $9.00 HI (10 & UP) 4.5 5.4 HL720L 65<br />
Dragon Road 9780060275211 $9.00 SM (7–11) 5.5 5.6 870L 65<br />
The Dragon’s Child u 9780060276935 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.4 3.7 640L 65<br />
*NEW* Duck! Rabbit! 9780811868655 $13.25 K (PreK–K) 14<br />
Duel!: Burr and Hamilton’s Deadly War of Words u 9780802795847 $9.00 NE (2–6) 5.4 6.3 910L 14<br />
*NEW* The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr 9780670011247 $13.25 Y (9 & UP) 66<br />
The Duel—JLG Reading Guide 9781936129003 $5.00 Y (9 & UP) 66<br />
The Dumpster Diver 9780763623807 $9.00 E (1–3) 3.9 4.6 AD920L 14<br />
Durinda’s Dangers 9780547053394 $9.00 ME (2–6) 5.0 5.2 790L 15<br />
*NEW* The Dust Bowl 9781429623438 $13.25 A (3–5) 15<br />
*NEW* Dying to Meet You 9780152057275 $13.25 A (3–5) 4.9 4.5 730L 15<br />
Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She Was Extinct u 9780786837489 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 2.5 2.7 AD500L 15<br />
Eggs u 9780316166461 $9.00 B (5–7) 3.6 3.4 610L 66<br />
Elephant Run u 9781423104025 $9.00 MM (7–11) 5.0 4.5 750L 66<br />
Elijah of Buxton u 9780439023443 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.4 7.5 1070L 66<br />
Elizabeth Leads the Way u 9780805079036 $9.00 I (2–4) 3.8 4.3 AD700L 15<br />
Elvis & Olive 9780545031837 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.5 4.3 690L 66<br />
*NEW* Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love 9780803733213 $13.25 B (5–7) 5.5 5.5 850L 67<br />
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell in Love—JLG Reading Guide 9780982350607 $5.00 B (5–7) 67<br />
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree u 9780803731646 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.2 4.8 830L 67<br />
Emma’s Turtle u 9781590783504 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.2 2.4 430L 15<br />
Emmy and the Home for Troubled Girls 9780805081510 $9.00 A (3–5) 5.1 4.7 770L 15<br />
Encyclopedia Brown Cracks the Case u 9780525479246 $9.00 ME (2–6) 4.8 3.6 750L 16<br />
The Entertainer and the Dybbuk u 9780061344466 $9.00 C (6–9) 3.7 4.1 610L 67<br />
*NEW* The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival 9780547152509 $13.25 C (6–9) 67<br />
Eoin Colfer’s Legend of the Worst Boy in the World 9780786855032 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.4 4.6 770L 16<br />
Eon u 9780670062270 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.5 4.6 750L 67<br />
*NEW* Ernest Hemingway 9780618987054 $13.25 HH (10 & UP) 67<br />
Everything Is Fine 9780316013642 $9.00 C (6–9) 3.0 3.5 68<br />
*NEW* The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 9780805088410 $13.25 C (6–9) 5.4 830L 68<br />
*NEW* Extra Credit 9781416949299 $13.25 B (5–7) 5.4 830L 68<br />
Extra Credit—JLG Reading Guide 9780982350669 $5.00 B (5–7) 68<br />
*NEW* Extreme Scientists 9780618777068 $13.25 NE (2–6) 7.6 9.7 NC1130L 16<br />
*NEW* An Eye for Color 9780805080728 $13.25 BE (2–6) 16<br />
Fairest u 9780060734091 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.1 6.1 590L 68<br />
*NEW* Famous Players 9781561635603 $13.25 GM (7–11) 68<br />
*NEW* The Fastest Game on Two Feet 9780823419050 $13.25 SE (2–6) 16<br />
Firebirds Soaring 9780142405529 $9.00 YM (11 & UP) 5.4 5.4 820L 69<br />
The Fold u 9780399242762 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 4.6 4.3 700L 69<br />
Football Double Threat 9780316043021 $9.00 SE (2–6) 4.6 4.5 730L 16<br />
Football Hero u 9780061122750 $9.00 SM (7–11) 5.1 5.5 840L 69<br />
*NEW* For the Duration 9780399252099 $13.25 I (2–4) 17<br />
*NEW* The Forest of Hands and Teeth 9780385906319 $13.25 Y (9 & UP) 5.8 6.2 900L 69<br />
The Forest of Hands and Teeth—JLG Reading Guide 9780982296455 $5.00 Y (9 & UP) 69<br />
Fortune’s Fool 9780375948169 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.0 4.5 740L 69<br />
Total # of $9.00 books ordered on this page<br />
Total # of $13.25 books ordered on this page<br />
Total # of JLG Guides ordered on this page<br />
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QTY TITLE ISBN JLG PRICE GROUPS (GRADES) AR LEVEL SRC LEVEL LEXILE PAGE#<br />
Fortune’s Magic Farm 9780316018180 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.6 4.2 680L 17<br />
Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend Must Do in Europe 9781581960419 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.6 6.2 950L 70<br />
Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich u 9780152057664 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.0 3.8 17<br />
Frankenstein Takes the Cake 9780152062354 $9.00 A (3–5) 3.7 4.5 17<br />
The Freedom Business u 9781932425574 $9.00 C (6–9) 6.9 11.4 1200L 70<br />
*NEW* Friend or Fiend? with the Pain & the Great One 9780385903271 $13.25 A (3–5) 2.8 2.2 360L 17<br />
*NEW* The Frog Scientist 9780618717163 $13.25 B (5–7) 70<br />
The Frog Scientist—JLG Reading Guide 9780982350638 $5.00 B (5–7) 70<br />
Frozen Fire 9780399250538 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 3.8 3.1 520L 70<br />
Fun with Roman Numerals 9780823420605 $9.00 NE (2–6) 5.2 860L 17<br />
Gabriel’s Journey 9781561454426 $9.00 SM (7–11) 5.1 4.7 780L 70<br />
Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment 9781570926502 $9.00 I (2–4) 3.6 2.2 AD560L 17<br />
*NEW* Geektastic 9780316008099 $13.25 YM (11 & UP) 71<br />
Generation Dead u 9781423109211 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.4 5.4 820L 71<br />
*NEW* Gentlemen 9780545097499 $13.25 HI (10 & UP) 5.4 6.6 HL860L 71<br />
Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude Is Gertrude 9781416940883 $9.00 I (2–4) 1.5 AD390L 18<br />
Giant Meatball 9780152055950 $9.00 E (1–3) 3.7 7.3 940L 18<br />
A Girl, a Boy, and Three Robbers 9780399246906 $9.00 I (2–4) 3.7 3.2 590L 18<br />
Girl Overboard 9780316011303 $9.00 SM (7–11) 6.6 7.4 960L 71<br />
*NEW* Girlfriend Material 9781423108498 $13.25 Y (9 & UP) 5.4 5.6 860L 71<br />
Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal u 9780805079531 $9.00 I (2–4) 4.4 3.6 700L 18<br />
Go Long! 9781416936190 $9.00 SE (2–6) 4.9 4.7 770L 18<br />
Gold Medal for Weird u 9781554532537 $9.00 SE (2–6) 5.8 18<br />
Good Boy, Fergus! u 9780439490276 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 18<br />
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! u 9780763615789 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.6 7.6 NP 71<br />
The Good Neighbors u 9780439855624 $9.00 GM (7–11) 2.7 2.5 71<br />
Goof-Off Goalie 9781596432444 $9.00 SE (2–6) 2.5 1.7 280L 19<br />
Granddad’s Fishing Buddy u 9780803729421 $9.00 P (K–1) 3.1 3.6 AD700L 19<br />
The Graveyard Book u 9780060530938 $9.00 MM (7–11) 5.1 5.4 820L 72<br />
The Great Adventure 9780525476597 $9.00 NM (7–11) 8.0 7.7 1000L 72<br />
*NEW* The Great Death 9780805081008 $13.25 C (6–9) 72<br />
The Great Race 9780810994898 $9.00 NM (7–11) 7.9 10.7 1130L 72<br />
Grumpy Bird u 9780439851473 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 1.6 280L 19<br />
*NEW* Gullible Gus 9780618927104 $13.25 I (2–4) 19<br />
Gully’s Travels 9780545025065 $9.00 A (3–5) 5.6 5.7 890L 19<br />
Gus, the Pilgrim Turkey 9780807512661 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.8 1.6 AD470L 19<br />
The Hand You’re Dealt 9781416939894 $9.00 HI (10 & UP) 5.3 5.5 850L 72<br />
Hard Gold 9781423105190 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.6 4.5 740L 72<br />
Hattie Big Sky u 9780385903325 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.4 6.3 700L 72<br />
The Heart of the Beast 9781581960549 $9.00 A (3–5) 7.5 8.7 1100L 19<br />
Help! u 9780061239144 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 2.3 AD450L 20<br />
Henry’s Freedom Box u 9780439777339 $9.00 I (2–4) 3.0 1.8 AD380L 20<br />
Here Lies Arthur u 9780545093347 $9.00 FM (7–11) 5.6 5.7 890L 73<br />
Here’s Looking at Me: How Artists See Themselves u 9780761334040 $9.00 NE (2–6) 5.7 5.4 940L 20<br />
*NEW* The Hermit Crab 9781416938927 $13.25 P (K–1) 4 3.2 AD680L 20<br />
The Hermit Crab–JLG Activity Guide 9780982350652 $5.00 P (K–1) 20<br />
Hey Batta Batta Swing! u 9781416912071 $9.00 SE (2–6) 5.8 6.9 AD1050L 20<br />
The Higher Power of Lucky u 9781416901945 $9.00 A (3–5) 5.9 5.5 1010L 21<br />
*NEW* Highway Robbery 9780061730344 $13.25 ME (2–6) 21<br />
Total # of $9.00 books ordered on this page<br />
Total # of $13.25 books ordered on this page<br />
Total # of JLG Guides ordered on this page<br />
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Home on the Range u 9780399239960 $9.00 E (1–3) 5.2 4.7 AD890L 21<br />
Honeybee u 9780060853914 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 4.3 73<br />
Hooray for Reading Day! 9780689861888 $9.00 E (1–3) 2.4 2.3 380L 21<br />
*NEW* Houndsley and Catina: Plink and Plunk 9780763633851 $13.25 I (2–4) 2.8 2.6 480L 21<br />
The House in the Night u 9780618862443 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 60L 22<br />
How to Ditch Your Fairy u 9781599903019 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 4.1 3.3 580L 73<br />
How to Heal a Broken Wing u 9780763639037 $9.00 P (K–1) 22<br />
How to Make a Cherry Pie and See the U.S.A. 9780375912559 $9.00 P (K–1) 3.4 3.3 AD680L 22<br />
The Humming of Numbers 9780805083279 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.9 5.4 830L 73<br />
Humpty Dumpty Climbs Again 9780399247736 $9.00 P (K–1) 2.8 3.3 570L 22<br />
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Larry and the Meaning of Life 9780805077363 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.4 4.6 760L 77<br />
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Looking for a Moose u 9780763620059 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 1.6 AD480L 26<br />
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*NEW* Lost 9780761455356 $13.25 HH (10 & UP) 79<br />
Lost and Found u 9781416909859 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.0 4.5 780L 79<br />
Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes / Muchas, muchísimas rayas de cebra 9781590786413 $9.00 PS (K–3) 1.8 70L 26<br />
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*NEW* Lucky Breaks 9781416939986 $13.25 A (3–5) 6 7.5 960L 27<br />
*NEW* Luke on the Loose 9781935179009 $13.25 E (1–3) 1.4 27<br />
*NEW* Maggie’s Monkeys 9780763633264 $13.25 P (K–1) 2.7 3.4 AD710L 27<br />
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Magical Kids 9780803731592 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.8 4.5 730L 27<br />
Magpie Gabbard and the Quest for the Buried Moon 9780399243400 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.4 5.4 770L 79<br />
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*NEW* Marcelo in the Real World 9780545054744 $13.25 YM (11 & UP) 4.6 5.3 HL700L 79<br />
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*NEW* Mare’s War 9780375957147 $13.25 HH (10 & UP) 80<br />
Martin Bridge: In High Gear! 9781554531561 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.4 4.3 700L 28<br />
Masterpiece u 9780805082708 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.8 6.1 NC700L 28<br />
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The Mayflower and the Pilgrims’ New World 9780399247958 $9.00 NM (7–11) 8.3 11.6 1170L 80<br />
Me and the Pumpkin Queen u 9780061140235 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.8 4.6 790L 28<br />
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Mexican Immigrants in America 9781429620130 $9.00 B (5–7) 570L 80<br />
Mexican WhiteBoy u 9780385903295 $9.00 HI (10 & UP) 4.3 4.2 680L 80<br />
Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf u 9780689852817 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.7 4.6 80<br />
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The Missing: Book 1, Found 9781416954170 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.0 4.6 750L 80<br />
*NEW* The Missing: Book 2, Sent 9781416954224 $13.25 C (6–9) 80<br />
Mo and Jo 9780979923852 $9.00 I (2–4) 1.8 1.6 GN240L 29<br />
Mogo, the Third Warthog u 9781423108160 $9.00 A (3–5) 3.6 2.6 480L 29<br />
Money Madness 9780823414741 $9.00 I (2–4) 4.0 3.7 AD770L 29<br />
El monstruo del Lago Ness (The Loch Ness Monster) 9781435825383 $9.00 PS (K–3) 4.0 30<br />
More Bones 9780670063390 $9.00 MM (7–11) 5.3 4.5 730L 81<br />
Morning in a Different Place 9781590785515 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.3 5.4 HL710L 81<br />
*NEW* The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg 9780439668187 $13.25 B (5–7) 5.6 7.4 950L 81<br />
Mouse Shapes u 9780152060916 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 1.7 30<br />
Mr. Karp’s Last Glass 9780888997906 $9.00 A (3–5) 4.9 860L 30<br />
Mr. Putter & Tabby Run the Race 9780152060695 $9.00 E (1–3) 2.7 3.4 620L 30<br />
Mr. Putter & Tabby Spin the Yarn u 9780152050672 $9.00 E (1–3) 3.0 3.0 580L 30<br />
*NEW* Muktar and the Camels 9780805078343 $13.25 I (2–4) 30<br />
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My Bonny Light Horseman 9780152061876 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.9 7.4 950L 81<br />
My Dad’s a Birdman 9780763636678 $9.00 A (3–5) 3.0 2.4 420L 31<br />
My Dog May Be a Genius 9780066238630 $9.00 A (3–5) 31<br />
*NEW* My Name Is Sangoel 9780802853073 $13.25 E (1–3) 31<br />
My One Hundred Adventures u 9780375955822 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.0 5.3 810L 81<br />
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Mysteries of the Mummy Kids 9781581960594 $9.00 C (6–9) 8.1 8.9 1150L 81<br />
*NEW* Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed 9781423114376 $13.25 P (K–1) 2.8 1.5 AD470L 31<br />
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed—JLG Activity Guide 9780982296431 $5.00 P (K–1) 31<br />
*NEW* The Name Game 9780670011971 $13.25 A (3–5) 7.1 10.5 NC1150L 32<br />
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The New Policeman u 9780061174278 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.1 4.4 730L 82<br />
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Night of the Howling Dogs u 9780385901468 $9.00 B (5–7) 3.5 3.2 530L 82<br />
*NEW* Night Wings 9780061123191 $13.25 MM (7–11) 82<br />
Nikki & Deja: Birthday Blues 9780618977871 $9.00 I (2–4) 4.3 4.3 700L 32<br />
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On the Court with . . . LeBron James 9780316043762 $9.00 SE (2–6) 6.8 7.5 990L 33<br />
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One-Handed Catch u 9780805079005 $9.00 SM (7–11) 4.2 6.1 710L 83<br />
*NEW* Open the Door to Liberty! 9780618605705 $13.25 BE (2–6) 6.2 8.5 33<br />
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The Penderwicks on Gardam Street u 9780375940903 $9.00 A (3–5) 5.3 5.5 850L 35<br />
A Penguin Story 9780061456893 $9.00 P (K–1) 1.4 1.5 220L 35<br />
*NEW* Pharaoh’s Boat 9780547053417 $13.25 NE (2–6) 7.4 35<br />
Phenomena 9780316166492 $9.00 NM (7–11) 9.0 11.8 1190L 85<br />
Pictures from Our Vacation u 9780060850982 $9.00 I (2–4) 3.5 3.5 AD650L 35<br />
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy! u 9781423109600 $9.00 P (K–1) 1.1 BR 36<br />
Pip & Squeak u 9780060872540 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 1.8 36<br />
*NEW* Pip: The Story of Olive 9780385751728 $13.25 C (6–9) 85<br />
Pippo the Fool u 9781570916557 $9.00 BE (2–6) 4.7 3.7 NC770L 36<br />
Pocket Babies and Other Amazing Marsupials u 9781581960464 $9.00 A (3–5) 7 7.6 1030L 36<br />
The Porcupine Year u 9780060297886 $9.00 B (5–7) 5.6 5.5 840L 85<br />
The Postcard u 9780316011723 $9.00 MM (7–11) 4.0 3.5 630L 85<br />
Princess Nevermore 9781581960556 $9.00 B (5–7) 4.9 5.1 710L 86<br />
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*NEW* Put It on the List! 9780525479062 $13.25 K (PreK–K) 2.5 2.1 AD530L 36<br />
The Puzzle of the Platypus and Other Explorations of Science in Action 9781590785560 $9.00 A (3–5) 6.4 5.8 970L 36<br />
*NEW* The Puzzling World of Winston Breen: The Potato Chip Puzzles 9780399251986 $13.25 ME (2–6) 4.4 4.2 670L 37<br />
Quest for the Tree Kangaroo u 9780618496419 $9.00 NE (2–6) 5.3 6.2 830L 37<br />
The Quest of the Fair Unknown 9780618631520 $9.00 C (6–9) 5.0 6.3 840L 86<br />
Ramp Rats 9781554690763 $9.00 GM (7–11) 3.2 4.2 86<br />
Rapunzel’s Revenge u 9781599900704 $9.00 GM (7–11) 3.2 2.7 GN500L 86<br />
Ray & Me 9780061234811 $9.00 SE (2–6) 4.2 3.3 590L 37<br />
The Real Benedict Arnold u 9780395776094 $9.00 NM (7–11) 9.6 10.6 1240L 86<br />
Red, Red, Red u 9780399246289 $9.00 K (PreK–K) 2.7 3.6 AD720L 37<br />
*NEW* Red Sings from Treetops 9780547014944 $13.25 P (K–1) 3.2 2.3 37<br />
Red Sings from Treetops—JLG Activity Guide 9780982296493 $5.00 P (K–1) 37<br />
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The Reminder 9781416941316 $9.00 C (6–9) 4.0 4.2 630L 87<br />
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The Restless Dead u 9780763629069 $9.00 Y (9 & UP) 5.1 5.3 790L 87<br />
The Retired Kid 9781142310314 $9.00 P (K–1) 3.1 2.7 560L 38<br />
*NEW* Rhyming Dust Bunnies 9781416979760 $13.25 K (PreK–K) 38<br />
*NEW* Riley Park 9781554691241 $13.25 HI (10 & UP) 3.3 3.6 HL480L 87<br />
A River of Words u 9780802853028 $9.00 BE (2–6) 4.6 5.4 AD820L 38<br />
*NEW* Road to Revolution! 9781599900131 $13.25 GM (7–11) 87<br />
Roanoke 9780439712668 $9.00 NM (7–11) 6.6 8.0 900L 87<br />
*NEW* The Roar 9780439925938 $13.25 FM (7–11) 6 88<br />
The Robe of Skulls 9780763635312 $9.00 ME (2–6) 4.7 4.6 740L 38<br />
Robert Smalls, the Boat Thief u 9781423108023 $9.00 BE (2–6) 8.6 13.9 NC1260L 38<br />
Robots 9781554532032 $9.00 A (3–5) 6.8 8.5 1000L 39<br />
*NEW* The Rock and the River u 9781416975823 $13.25 Y (9 & UP) 3.9 4.2 HL550L 88<br />
*NEW* Rod Serling’s The Twlight Zone: The Midnight Sun 9780802797209 $13.25 GM (7–11) 88<br />
Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone: The Odyssey of Flight 33 9780802797186 $9.00 GM (7–11) 4.2 3.3 GN390L 88<br />
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*NEW* Ron’s Big Mission 9780525478492 $13.25 E (1–3) 2.9 2.5 440L 39<br />
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Airman u Colfer HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH MAR 2008 9781423107507 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp /<br />
Aladino y la lámpara maravillosa<br />
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Alfombras de aserrín (Sawdust Carpets) u Carling BCCB, SLJ APR 2005 9780888996244 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
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The Amethyst Road u Spiegler BL, K, V, WS NOV 2005 9780618485727 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Un amigo de veras maravilloso<br />
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Amor y pollo asado (Love and Roast Chicken) Knutson JUL 2005 9780822531906 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Andy Shane and the Pumpkin Trick Jacobson H, HGs, K, SLJ SEP 2006 9780763626051 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Another Day in the Milky Way Milgrim BCCB, BL, K, SLJ MAR 2007 9780399245480 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC<br />
Arctic Thaw Lourie HG, K, SLJ JUN 2007 9781590784365 NE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Around the World Coy HG, K, SLJ APR 2006 9781584302445 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Atherton Carman BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V JUL 2007 9780316166706 ME (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Ballet of the Elephants u Schubert BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ JUL 2006 9781596430754 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
The Beach Patrol Bilkins BCCB, BL, H, HG, K JUL 2004 9780805069112 E (1–3) AR<br />
Bean Thirteen McElligott BCCB, HG, K, SLJ JUN 2007 9780399245350 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Beauty and the Beast / La Bella y la Bestia Ros WC SEP 2007 9780811859691 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Being Bee Bateson BL, HH, HGs, K, SLJ JAN 2008 9780823421046 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Beowulf Rumford BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, K, PW, SLJH OCT 2007 9780618756377 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Best Friend Emma Warner HG, SLJ AUG 2007 9780670061730 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Billy Tartle in Say Cheese! u Townsend BCCB, K, SLJ SEP 2007 9780375939327 P (K–1) AR<br />
A Birthday for Cow Thomas HG, K MAR 2008 9780152060725 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC<br />
Black Duck u Lisle BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, K JUN 2006 9780399239632 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Boing! Taylor BL, HG, PWH AUG 2004 9780763624750 P (K–1) AR<br />
Bones and the Birthday Mystery Adler SLJ FEB 2007 9780670061648 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Bow-Wow Bugs a Bug Newgarden H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH MAY 2007 9780152058135 P (K–1)<br />
Boxes for Katje u Fleming BCCB, BL, H, HG, K DEC 2003 9780374309220 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Boy Book u Lockhart BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ, V FEB 2007 9780385902397 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
The Boy Who Saved Cleveland u Giblin BL, HG, SLJ AUG 2006 9780805073553 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Bravo, Tavo! Meunier BL, K, SLJ SEP 2007 9780525474784 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Bright Path Brown BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ SEP 2006 9781596430419 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
The Bronze Pen Snyder BL, HG, K MAR 2008 9781416942016 ME (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Brothers Yin BL, HG, SLJ FEB 2007 9780399234064 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
The Butter Man Alalou BL, H, HGs MAR 2008 9781580891271 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Butterfly Eyes and Other Secrets of the Meadow u Sidman HH, HGs, SLJH NOV 2006 9780618563135 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Cam’s Quest Regan HG MAY 2007 9781581960563 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Carolinda Clatter! u Gerstein BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ DEC 2005 9781596430631 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets Springer BL, HG, SLJH MAR 2008 9780399245183 MM (7–11) AR, SRC<br />
Cassandra’s Sister Bennett BLH, HG, SLJ DEC 2007 9780763634643 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
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The Castaways Lawrence BL, H, HG, K, SLJ FEB 2008 9780385901123 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
Cave Detectives Harrison BL, CL, HG, SLJ JUL 2007 9780811850063 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Celebrate! It’s Cinco de Mayo! /<br />
¡Celebremos! ¡Es el Cinco de Mayo!<br />
Levy HG, K, SLJ MAY 2007 9780807511763 PS (K–3) AR<br />
The Children Who Smelled a Rat Ahlberg BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJH FEB 2006 9780763628703 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
The Choice Skurzynski HG, SLJ DEC 2006 9780689842672 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
Christmas Tree Farm Purmell BCCB, HG, K OCT 2006 9780823418862 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Clever Ali u Farmer BCCB, HGs, K, PW, SLJ DEC 2006 9780439370141 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Clorinda Takes Flight Kinerk BL, HG, K, SLJ JAN 2008 9780689868641 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Come Juneteenth Rinaldi BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ JUL 2007 9780152059477 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
El conejito Knuffle (Knuffle Bunny) Willems HG DEC 2007 9781423105664 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Construction Zone u Hudson BL JUL 2006 9780763626846 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Cork & Fuzz: Short and Tall u Chaconas BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ MAY 2006 9780670059850 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Counting on Grace u Winthrop BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, V APR 2006 9780385908788 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Cowboy & Octopus Scieszka BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, K, PW, SLJ NOV 2007 9780670910588 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: Partners u Silverman HG, KH, SLJ JUL 2006 9780152021252 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa: School Days Silverman BL, K, SLJ JUL 2007 9780152053789 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Coyote Road Datlow, ed. BCCB, BL, HG SEP 2007 9780670061945 Y (9 & UP) AR<br />
Crickwing u Cannon BLH, HG, K JAN 2001 9780152017903 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Crispin: At the Edge of the World u Avi BCCB, H, HGs, KH, SLJH, V OCT 2006 9780786851522 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Cuentos que contaban nuestras abuelas Hispánicos<br />
(Tales Our Abuelitas Told) u<br />
Campoy BCCB, HG NOV 2006 9781416919056 PS (K–3) AR<br />
Cyberpals According to Kaley Regan HG, SLJ DEC 2006 9781581960518 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Deep in the Mountains Cheng HG, KL JUN 2007 9780823004232 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
Dodsworth in New York Egan BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ NOV 2007 9780618777082 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Dog Days Lubar BL, K, SLJ MAR 2004 9781581960136 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
A Dog for Life u Matthews BCCB, HG, K, PWH, SLJ NOV 2006 9780385903813 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Dogboy u Russell BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V JUL 2006 9780060841171 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Dogs! Dogs! / ¡Perros! ¡Perros! Guy BL, HG, K, SLJ JAN 2007 9780060835750 PS (K–3)<br />
Don’t Call Me Ishmael Bauer BL, HG, K DEC 2007 9780061348358 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
Dragon Scales and Willow Leaves Givens BL, HG, K MAR 1998 9780399226199 P (K–1) AR<br />
Dream Factory Barkley BCCB, BL, HG, KL, SLJ JUN 2007 9780525478027 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair u Schlitz BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ DEC 2006 9780763629304 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Duck Cecil BL, HG, PW, SLJ MAR 2008 9780763630720 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Eddie and the Jets Attanas SLJ SEP 2005 9781581960266 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Ella Sets the Stage u D’Amico HG, PW, SLJ NOV 2006 9780439831529 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Emi and the Rhino Scientist u Carson BLH, H, HGs, KH, SLJ JAN 2008 9780618646395 NE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Extreme Animals u Davies BCCB, H, HGs, PW, SLJH OCT 2006 9780763630676 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Eye Of The Crow u Peacock BCCB, BLH, HG, SLJH OCT 2007 9780887768504 MM (7–11) AR, SRC<br />
Faith and Doubt u Vecchione, ed. BL, HG, K, SLJ MAY 2007 9780805082135 C (6–9)<br />
Fancy That! u Hershenhorn BL, HG, KH, PWH NOV 2003 9780823416059 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Fat Bat and Swoop Landry K, SLJ FEB 2006 9780805070033 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Feathered Dinosaurs u Sloan HG, SLJH, WC MAR 2001 9780792272199 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Finding Home u Markle BLH, HGs, SLJ FEB 2008 9781580891226 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Firebirds Rising u November, ed. BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, V APR 2006 9780142405499 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Fitch & Chip: Invasion of the Pig Sisters u Wheeler HG JUL 2006 9780689849534 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Fly on the Wall u Lockhart BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, WS JUN 2006 9780385902991 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
The Foreshadowing u Sedgwick BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, SLJ, V, WS JUL 2006 9780385908818 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Forever In Blue Brashares BCCB, BL, K, SLJ MAR 2007 9780385904131 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Framed u Boyce BCCBH, HGs, KH, SLJH OCT 2006 9780060734039 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
Game Day u Barber BCCB, BL, K, SLJ NOV 2005 9781416900931 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
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Ghosthunters and the Totally Moldy Baroness! Funke CL, HG, SLJ MAY 2007 9780439862660 ME (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
The Gift Stone Eversole BL, HG, SLJ FEB 1999 9780679986843 E (1–3)<br />
Gimme Cracked Corn & I Will Share O’Malley BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH DEC 2007 9780802796851 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
A Girl, a Boy, and a Monster Cat Gauthier H, HGs, K, SLJ AUG 2007 9780399246890 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Go to Bed, Monster! Wing HG, K, SLJ JAN 2008 9780152057756 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC<br />
The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio u Alexander BLH, CL, HH, HGs, K, KL, PWH, SLJ OCT 2007 9780805083330 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
The Good Lion u Markham BL, H, HGs, K, PW DEC 2005 9780618563067 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Gossamer u Lowry BCCB, BL, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, V JUL 2006 9780618685509 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Grandpa Spanielson’s Chicken Pox Stories:<br />
The Shrunken Head<br />
Cazet SLJ FEB 2007 9780060730147 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Great Big Guinea Pigs Roth HG, SLJ DEC 2006 9781582347240 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Greedy Apostrophe Carr BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ MAY 2007 9780823420063 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
The Hair Scare Fisher SLJ FEB 2006 9781582346724 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
The Happiness of Kati u Vejjajiva BCCB, BL, K, SLJ AUG 2006 9781416917885 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Happy Birthday, Good Knight u Thomas BCCB, BL, HG MAR 2006 9780525471844 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Happy Birthday, Monster! Beck HG, K, SLJ DEC 2007 9780810993631 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
The Hare and the Tortoise / La liebre y la tortuga Valeri BL, HG, SLJ OCT 2006 9780811850575 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies Crimi BL, K, SLJ JAN 2006 9780763624491 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Henry, the Dog with No Tail Feiffer BL, HG, SLJ FEB 2008 9781416916147 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
The Hero Schliemann u Schlitz BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ SEP 2006 9780763622831 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Hiroshima Dreams u Easton BL, HG, K, KL FEB 2008 9780525478218 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Honey Bea u Siegelson BL APR 2006 9780786808533 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
A Horse in the House u Ablow BL, K SEP 2007 9780763628383 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Hotel Deep u Cyrus HG, K, SLJ MAY 2005 9780152167714 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Houndsley and Catina u Howe BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ JUN 2006 9780763624040 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Houndsley and Catina and the Birthday Surprise Howe BCCB, HG, K JAN 2007 9780763624057 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
The House of a Million Pets Hodgman BCCBH, BL, HGs, K, PW, SLJ OCT 2007 9780805079746 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Hurt Go Happy u Rorby HG, SLJ, V OCT 2006 9780765314420 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
I Am René, the Boy / Soy René, el niño u Laínez CR, K, SLJ MAY 2005 9781558853782 PS (K–3) AR<br />
I Love You, Mister Bear Wickstrom BL, K, PWH, SLJ MAR 2004 9780060293321 P (K–1) AR<br />
I Want to Live Lugovskaya BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ SEP 2007 9780618605750 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
The Illustrator’s Notebook u Ellabbad HH, HGs, K, SLJ AUG 2006 9780888997005 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
In the Coils of the Snake u Dunkle BCCB, BLH, V, WM JAN 2006 9780805077476 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Indy 500: The Inside Track u Pimm BL OCT 2004 9781581960211 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
An Innocent Soldier u Holub BL, HH, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, V, WM, WS FEB 2006 9780439627719 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Inside Grandad u Dickinson BCCBH, H, HG, SLJ JUN 2004 9780385908733 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
The Invisible Mistakecase Harper HG, SLJ DEC 2005 9780618448852 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
An Island Grows u Schaefer BCCB, BL, H, HGs, SLJ OCT 2006 9780066239316 K (PreK–K) AR<br />
Jack and the Night Visitors u Schories BL, H, HGs, SLJ SEP 2006 9781932425338 K (PreK–K)<br />
Jackal in the Garden Ellis K, PW NOV 2006 9780823004157 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Jeremy’s Muffler Nielsen BL, HG, K, SLJ OCT 1995 9780689803192 P (K–1)<br />
Joe Louis u Adler BCCB, BL, H, HGs, SLJ JAN 2006 9780152164805 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
¡Jonron! (Out of the Ballpark) Rodriguez BL, K, PW JUN 2007 9780061151972 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Jubela u Kessler BL, K, SLJ MAY 2001 9780689818950 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Just-So Woman Blackwood BCCBH, HG, K MAR 2007 9780060577285 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Kaline Klattermaster’s Tree House Kimmel BL, HG, K, SLJ MAR 2008 9780689874024 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Kamishibai Man u Say BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, PWH, SLJ JAN 2006 9780618479542 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Keeper of Soles u Bateman BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ JUN 2006 9780823417346 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Keeping Corner u Sheth BLH, HG, KH, PWH, SLJH, V FEB 2008 9780786838592 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Keturah and Lord Death u Leavitt BCCB, HGs, K, SLJH, V DEC 2006 9781932425291 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
The Killer’s Tears u Bondoux BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, V, WS APR 2006 9780385903141 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
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King o’ the Cats Shepard BL, HG, K SEP 2004 9780689820823 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The King of the Pygmies Fuqua BCCB, HG, KL, SLJ, V MAR 2006 9780763614188 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
King Puck Garland CL, HG, K, SLJ MAY 2007 9780060848101 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Knife Edge Blackman BL, H, K SEP 2007 9781416900184 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Landed u Lee BCCB, BLH, K, PW, SLJ MAY 2006 9780374343149 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
The Last Days u Westerfeld BCCB, BL, HG, KH, SLJH, V OCT 2006 9781595140623 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Lionel’s Birthday u Krensky BL, HG, SLJ, WC FEB 2004 9780803727526 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Little Eagle Hong BL, HG, PW NOV 2007 9781592700714 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Little Lost Bat u Markle BLH, H, HGs, SLJH AUG 2006 9781570916564 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music Bertholf BL, CL, HG, KH, SLJH MAY 2007 9780316523936 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Look-Alikes Around the World Steiner K NOV 2007 9780316811729 P (K–1)<br />
Louis Sockalexis u Wise BL, CL, HG, K, PW, SLJ MAY 2007 9781584302698 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Love, Stargirl u Spinelli BL, KH, KL, PW, SLJ OCT 2007 9780375913754 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Lugalbanda u Henderson BCCB, BL, H, HGs, SLJH JUN 2006 9780763627829 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Lupe Vargas and Her Super Best Friend /<br />
Lupe Vargas y su super mejor amiga<br />
Costales HG DEC 2006 9780873588881 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Magic Half Barrows HG, PW, SLJ FEB 2008 9781599901329 ME (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
The Magic Horse of Han Gan u Hong BL, HG, KH, SLJH JAN 2007 9781592700639 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Magic Rabbit u Cate BL, H, KH, PWH, SLJH DEC 2007 9780763626723 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC<br />
The Magic Raincoat David HG, K, SLJ JUL 2007 9781932425680 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Mammoths on the Move u Wheeler BL, SLJ JUL 2006 9780152047009 K (PreK–K) AR, SRC<br />
The Man Who Named the Clouds Hannah BL, HG, K, SLJ JAN 2007 9780807549742 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Marco? Polo! Scieszka BL, HG, SLJ JAN 2007 9780670061044 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Martin Bridge: Blazing Ahead! Kerrin H, HGs, K, SLJ NOV 2006 9781553379614 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Martin Bridge: Out of Orbit! Kerrin SLJ OCT 2007 9781554531486 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Martin Bridge: Sound the Alarm! Kerrin CL, H, HGs, SLJ APR 2007 9781553379768 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Martina una cucarachita muy linda<br />
(Martina the Beautiful Cockroach) u<br />
Deedy BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ JAN 2008 9781561454259 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Mary Smith u U’Ren BCCB, BL, H, HG, KH OCT 2003 9780374348427 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Maxwell’s Mountain u Becker BL, K, SLJ FEB 2006 9781580890472 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Maybelle in the Soup u Speck BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ DEC 2007 9780805080926 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Me, All Alone, at the End of the World u Anderson BL, HG, KH, SLJ DEC 2005 9780763615864 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Medusa Jones Collins BL, HG, PW FEB 2008 9780439901000 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Meow Ruff u Sidman BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K , PW JUN 2006 9780618448944 E (1–3)<br />
Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise DiCamillo BL, CL, K, HG SEP 2007 9780763630140 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Midsummer Knight Rogers BCCB, BL, CL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJH JUN 2007 9781569431836 E (1–3)<br />
Missing Magic Laybourn BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K JUL 2007 9780803732193 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Mississippi Jack Meyer HG, KL OCT 2007 9780152060039 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Monsieur Saguette and His Baguette Asch HG, K, SLJ JUN 2004 9781553374619 P (K–1) AR<br />
Moose and Hildy: Pig Pickin’ Greene HG, K, SLJ FEB 2007 9780761453246 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Moses Goes to a Concert u Millman BL, H, K, SLJ JUL 1998 9780374350673 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Moses Sees a Play Millman BL, SLJ MAY 2004 9780374350666 E (1–3) AR<br />
Mostly Monty Hurwitz BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ NOV 2007 9780763628314 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
The Mozart Question Morpurgo BL, HG, V, WC FEB 2008 9780763635527 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Mr. Putter & Tabby See the Stars Rylant SLJH AUG 2007 9780152060756 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Mrs. Crump’s Cat u Smith HG, K, SLJ SEP 2006 9780064435512 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Musicians of Bremen / Los músicos de Bremen Ros BL, CR, HG OCT 2005 9780811847957 PS (K–3)<br />
My Best Friend, the Atlantic Ocean, and Other Great<br />
Bodies Standing between Me and My Life with Giulio<br />
Harrington HG MAR 2008 9781581960709 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
My Friend, the Starfinder Lyon HGs, KH, PWH, SLJ MAR 2008 9781416927389 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
My Friends / Mis amigos Gomi HG, SLJ AUG 2006 9780811848497 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
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My Name Is Gabito / Me llamo Gabito u Brown BL, CR, HG, K, PW, SLJH FEB 2008 9780873589086 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
My Name Is Gabriela / Me llamo es Gabriela Brown CR, SLJH NOV 2005 9780873588591 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
My Way / A mi manera u Reiser BL, HGs, K, SLJ JUL 2007 9780060841010 PS (K–3)<br />
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World u Konigsburg BCCB, BL, HG, K, PW, SLJ OCT 2007 9781416949725 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
The Mzungu Boy Mwangi BCCB, BL, SLJ, WM JUN 2005 9780888996534 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Nikki & Deja English BL, HG, SLJ FEB 2008 9780618752386 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
¡No es mi culpa! (It’s Not My Fault!) Carlson MAR 2007 9780822565017 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
No Sword Fighting in the House Hill BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ MAY 2007 9780823419166 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The North Pole Was Here Revkin BL, HG, SLJH, V JUN 2006 9780753459935 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
Nos fuimos todos de safari (We All Went on Safari) Krebs DEC 2005 9781905236411 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Notes for a War Story Gipi BCCB, BL, SLJ DEC 2007 9781596432611 GM (7–11) AR, SRC<br />
Nothing u Agee BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ JAN 2008 9780786836949 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Off Season u Gilbert BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KLH, SLJH JUL 2007 9780618686957 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Oggie Cooder Weeks BL, HG, SLJ MAR 2008 9780439927918 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Olivia Kidney and the Secret Beneath the City Potter BL, HG, SLJ JUL 2007 9780399247019 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
One Saturday Evening Baker BL, H, KH, SLJ SEP 2007 9780525471035 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
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The Perfect Hamburger and Other Delicious Stories Smith BL, HG, K, SLJ NOV 2007 9781599901343 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
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Piece = Part = Portion / Pedazo = parte = porción Gifford HG OCT 2007 9781582462257 PS (K–3)<br />
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Pilobolus Pilobolus BCCB, HG, PW, SLJ NOV 2005 9781596430662 P (K–1)<br />
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Playing to Win Deans BL, CL, K, PW, SLJ AUG 2007 9780823419265 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
The Pluto Project Haber BCCB, BL, HG JUL 2006 9780525477211 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
The Poet Slave of Cuba u Engle BCCBH, BLH, HH, HGs, K, SLJH, V, WS MAY 2006 9780805077063 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
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Punished! Lubar BCCB, BL, SLJH MAY 2006 9781581960426 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Pure Spring Doyle BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, SLJ APR 2007 9780888997746 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
The Puzzling World of Winston Breen u Berlin BLH, HG, K, SLJ OCT 2007 9780399246937 ME (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
¡Qué nervios! (First Day Jitters) Danneberg BCCB, BL, HH, HG, K APR 2006 9781580891479 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Quinito’s Neighborhood / El vecindario de Quinito u Cumpiano BL, CR, H, K, SLJH JAN 2006 9780892392094 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Rabbit’s Gift u Shannon BL, HG, K, SLJ FEB 2008 9780152060732 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Rafi And Rosi: Carnival! u Delacre HG, K, SLJ APR 2006 9780060735982 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Rainstorm u Lehman BL, H, HGs, KH, PWH, SLJH JUN 2007 9780618756391 K (PreK–K)<br />
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Raleigh’s Page Armstrong BL, H, HGs, KH, SLJ NOV 2007 9780375833196 ME (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
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The Real Story of Stone Soup Compestine BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ APR 2007 9780525474937 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
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Resurrection Men Welsh HG, KL, PW, V MAY 2007 9780525476993 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party u Compestine BL, HG, K, SLJ DEC 2007 9780805082074 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
The Rise of Lubchenko Simmons BCCB, BL, HG, V AUG 2006 9781595140616 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Roasted Peanuts u Egan BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ JUL 2006 9780618337187 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Robert Cormier Campbell BCCB, SLJ, V MAR 2007 9780385900744 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
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A Room with a Zoo u Feiffer BCCB, BL, H, HGs, KH, PW JAN 2006 9780786837021 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Rosy Cole’s Memoir Explosion u Greenwald BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ MAY 2006 9780374363475 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Rucker Park Setup u Volponi BCCB, CL, HG, K, KL, SLJ AUG 2007 9780670061303 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
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Rumpelstiltskin Carrasco CR, HG NOV 2007 9780811859714 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
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Saint Iggy u Going BCCB, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, V NOV 2006 9780152057954 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
A Samurai Never Fears Death Hoobler BL, HG, K, KL, SLJ MAY 2007 9780399246098 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Science Detectives YES Mag HG NOV 2006 9781553379942 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Second Fiddle Parkinson BCCB, BL, CL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ JUL 2007 9781596431225 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Second-String Center Wallace K SEP 2007 9780670061501 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
The Secret-Keeper u Coombs BCCB, BL, HG, SLJ AUG 2006 9780689839634 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Seeker u Nicholson BCCB, BL, KH, SLJ, V MAY 2006 9780152057688 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Shark and Lobster’s Amazing Undersea Adventure u Schwarz BL, PWH SEP 2006 9780763629106 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Sheep and Goat u Westera BL, HG, KH, SLJ MAR 2007 9781932425819 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
The Shivers in the Fridge u Manushkin BCCB, HGs, KH, PW, SLJ NOV 2006 9780525469438 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
The Show-and-Tell Lion u Abercrombie HG AUG 2006 9780689864087 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Sidewalk Circus u Fleischman BCCBH, BLH, H, HG, K JUL 2004 9780763611071 P (K–1)<br />
The Silver Donkey u Hartnett BCCB, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, V JAN 2007 9780763629373 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Simply Sarah: Cuckoo Feathers Naylor BL, HG, K APR 2006 9780761452850 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Sky Blue Accident / Accidente celeste Luján CL, K, SLJ AUG 2007 9780888998057 PS (K–3) AR<br />
A Sock Is a Pocket for Your Toes Scanlon BL, HG, K, SLJ MAY 2004 9780060295271 P (K–1) AR<br />
Sock Monkey Rides Again Bell PW, SLJ FEB 2007 9780763630898 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Solomon Snow and the Stolen Jewel Umansky BL, HGs, K, SLJ APR 2007 9780763627935 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Something Invisible u Parkinson BCCBH, BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, V APR 2006 9781596431232 B (5–7) AR, SRC<br />
Something out of Nothing u McClafferty BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJH, V APR 2006 9780374380366 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
Sophie Hartley, on Strike Greene BCCB, BL, HGs, K, SLJ FEB 2007 9780618719600 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain & the Great One Blume BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ NOV 2007 9780385903240 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
Spot 7: School Kidslabel HG, SLJ OCT 2006 9780811853248 E (1–3)<br />
Spring Is Here / Llegó la primavera Gomi HG, SLJH JUN 2006 9780811847599 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Starring Miss Darlene Schwartz BCCB, BL, CL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ OCT 2007 9781596432307 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Steal Back the Mona Lisa! McCarthy HG, K, PW, SLJ FEB 2007 9780152053680 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
Stick Kid u Holwitz SLJ JUN 2004 9780399241635 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
Stompin’ at the Savoy u Govenar, ed. BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ MAY 2006 9780763622442 NE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
Stop and Go, Yes and No Cleary SLJ MAY 2006 9781575058603 E (1–3) SRC<br />
Super Abuelo (Super Grandpa) Schwartz BL SEP 2005 9781889910376 PS (K–3) AR, SRC<br />
Super Emma u Warner HG, K, SLJ NOV 2006 9780670061402 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
A Swift Pure Cry u Dowd BCCB, BL, HG, K, KL, PWH, SLJ, V JUL 2007 9780385751094 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
The Talented Clementine u Pennypacker BL, CL, H, HGs, KH, PW, SLJH JUL 2007 9780786838707 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
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To Catch a Mermaid Selfors BCCB, HG, K, PW, SLJ DEC 2007 9780316018166 ME (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
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Toot & Puddle: Let It Snow u Hobbie CL, HGs, H, PWH, SLJ DEC 2007 9780316166867 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
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Toys Go Out u Jenkins BCCB, PWH, SLJH DEC 2006 9780375936043 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
Trading Places u Mills BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ JUN 2006 9780374317980 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
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Trolls, Go Home! MacDonald BCCB, BL, CL, HG, K, SLJ JUL 2007 9781599900773 I (2–4) AR, SRC<br />
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Trout Are Made of Trees Sayre BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, WC FEB 2008 9781580891370 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
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Wallace’s Lists u Bottner BCCB, BL, HG, K, PWH, SLJH JUL 2004 9780060002251 E (1–3) AR, SRC<br />
War in the Middle East Hampton BL, K, SLJ SEP 2007 9780763624934 NM (7–11) AR, SRC<br />
The Warriors u Bruchac BCCB, BL, PW, SLJ AUG 2003 9781581960020 SE (2–6) AR, SRC<br />
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What Elephant? u Côté HG, K, SLJ DEC 2006 9781553378754 P (K–1) AR, SRC<br />
What the Moon Saw Resau BCCB, HG, KH, SLJH, V NOV 2006 9780385903608 C (6–9) AR, SRC<br />
What They Found u Myers BLH, HG, KH, SLJH DEC 2007 9780375937095 YM (11 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
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When the Black Girl Sings Wright BL, HG, PWH, SLJ MAR 2008 9781416939955 Y (9 & UP) AR, SRC<br />
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The White Elephant u Fleischman BCCB, HGs, K, SLJ DEC 2006 9780061131370 A (3–5) AR, SRC<br />
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