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*NEW* Written in Bone:
Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
by Sally M. Walker
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, H, KH, SLJH, V
How do forensic anthropologists examining
colonial-era skeletons determine that one is the
remains of a fourteen-year-old boy who was shot by
an arrow, that another is a respected English trader,
and that a third is an indentured servant who died of
suspicious causes? Here is a look into how scientists
use forensic evidence and historical records to identify
the remains of people that have been buried in the
Chesapeake region for hundreds of years. Source
notes. Time line. Selected blibliography. Further
reading. Index. Map. Charts. Diagrams. Full-color
photographs and reproductions.
Isbn: 9780822571353 • Dewey: 614'.17 • 8 3/8" x 10 1/2" • 144 pp
aR level: 9 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 11.4 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: nC1140l
JLG: $13.25 • Carolrhoda: $22.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2009
“Those intrigued by
forensics and history will find
this absolutely fascinating.”
—Booklist H
*NEW* The Year of the Bomb
by Ronald Kidd
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: K
It’s 1955, and thirteen-year-old Paul spends his days
watching one horror movie after another with his
best friends Oz, Arnie, and Crank. When the boys
read that a brand-new thriller called Invasion of the
Body Snatchers will be filmed in their California
hometown, they can’t wait to check out the set.
The boys make friends with two extras in the film
and even take part in a scene. When one of their
new friends points the boys toward a possible
communist spy living in their community, the
boys decide to investigate.
Isbn: 9781416958925 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp
sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 500l
JLG: $13.25 • simon & schuster: $15.99 • JlG Month: seP 2009
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The Year We Disappeared:
A Father-Daughter Memoir u
by Cylin Busby and John Busby
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, V
When Cylin Busby was nine years old, her father,
John, a policeman in the small town of Falmouth,
Massachusetts, was shot and nearly killed. Under
constant police protection, Cylin and her brothers
became prisoners at home and outcasts at school.
John suspected a local mobster of the murder
attempt, but as the suspect remained at large, John
began to plot revenge. In alternating chapters, Cylin
and John Busby describe the harrowing events that
changed their lives. Includes Where Are They Now?
and About the Authors sections.
Isbn: 9781599901411 • Dewey: 363.2092 b • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 940l
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $17.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008
Yellow Flag u
by Robert Lipsyte
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM, WS
For generations, the Hildebrands have been racing
legends. But Kyle Hildebrand prefers playing in his
high school jazz quintet and hanging out with his
sort-of girlfriend Nicole to working at the track.
Then his older brother is seriously injured during a
race, and Kyle has to fill the empty driver’s seat for
the good of the family. Now Kyle’s caught between
what he wants and what his family wants. And after
he meets pretty pit girl Jimmie, Kyle isn’t even sure
what he wants anymore.
Isbn: 9780060557089 • Dewey: f • 5" x 7 1/8" • 224 pp
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 12 • lexile: 710l
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: DeC 2007
*NEW* The Yggyssey:
How Iggy Wondered What Happened to All the
Ghosts, Found Out Where They Went, and Went There
by Daniel Pinkwater
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)
Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJ, WC
Yggdrasil “Iggy” Birnbaum lives in an old, haunted,
Los Angeles hotel, and she’s friends with the ghosts
of La Brea woman, Rudolph Valentino, and others.
So when the spirits start disappearing, Iggy wants to
know where they’re going and why. Plenty of people
try to help Iggy during her long, strange journey
to find the ghosts, including a ghostologist and a
shaman named Melvin—but it’s a size-shifting bunny
that finally leads Iggy to the place where she can find
her supernatural friends.
Isbn: 9780618594450 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 810l
JLG: $13.25 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: aPR 2009