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*NEW* If the Witness Lied
by Caroline B. Cooney
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, K, PW, V
Siblings Jack, Smithy, Madison, and Tris Fountain
are famous—because baby Tris unwittingly caused
both of his parents’ deaths within the same year.
Now Jack and nearly-three-year-old Tris live with
cold, calculating Aunt Cheryl while Smithy stays
at a boarding school and Madison lives with family
friends. It seems that nothing will bring the family
together again until Cheryl sells the family story to
a slimy reality-TV-show producer. The Fountain
children reunite to save Tris from becoming a
documentary subject while learning that perhaps
their father’s death wasn’t accidental after all.
Isbn: 9780385904513 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 670l
JLG: $13.25 • Delacorte: $19.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009
“This family-drama-turned-thriller will
have readers racing, heart in throat,
to reach the conclusion.”
—The Horn Book Magazine
I’ll Pass for Your Comrade:
Women Soldiers in the Civil War
by Anita Silvey
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BL, H, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, V
“One fact about [the Civil War] has rarely been
mentioned until recently. . . . [H]undreds of women
disguised themselves as men so they could fight as
soldiers.” Among them were Sarah Rosetta Wakeman,
who joined the Union army in order to make money,
and Melverina Peppercorn, who enlisted with the
Confederate army to stay near her twin brother.
This book explores the motivations and describes
the experiences of these and other women who
fought in the Civil War. Author’s note. Bibliography.
Source notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs
and time-period illustrations.
Isbn: 9780618574919 • Dewey: 973.7/4082 • 7" x 9" • 112 pp
aR level: 8.3 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 10.7 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 1130l
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $17.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009
In Mozart’s Shadow: His Sister’s Story
by Carolyn Meyer
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, V
Nine-year-old Nannerl Mozart is a wonderful
musician, but her brother Wolferl, age five, has
already surpassed her talent. Initially the siblings play
concerts together across Europe, but then their father,
Leopold, decides Nannerl should remain in their
hometown of Salzburg, Austria. Though Nannerl
pleads with Leopold over many years, he never
gives her the opportunity to become a professional
musician. Despite not realizing her dream, Nannerl
sees a chance for happiness: she hopes to marry
retired army captain Armand d’Ippold—if her father
doesn’t stand in her way. Author’s note.
Isbn: 9780152055943 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 940l
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: noV 2008
In the Belly of the Bloodhound:
Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar
Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber u
by L. A. Meyer
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: HG, KL, SLJ, V
When Mary “Jacky” Faber returns to the Lawson
Peabody School for Girls, she has more trouble fitting
in than ever. Then a school field trip goes awry, and
Jacky finds herself trapped on a slave ship with her
classmates. Jacky has survived the streets of London,
pirates, finishing school, and the Battle of Trafalgar—
but can she get thirty teenage girls to listen to
someone they’ve branded a “shameless hussy”?
Isbn: 9780152055578 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 528 pp
aR level: 5.9 • aR Points: 23 • sRC level: 8.1 • sRC Points: 32 • lexile: 1040l
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: Jan 2007
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells, adapted by Rick Geary
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
The stranger who recently arrived in Iping has
begun to raise suspicions: he rarely leaves his
room at the Coach and Horses Inn, and he always
keeps himself covered from head to toe. When the
townspeople question the man after a robbery, he
exposes his terrifying secret and escapes. Impossible
to apprehend, the man wreaks havoc as he attempts
to recover the notebooks in which he has written
the formula for becoming invisible. In this faithful
retelling of H. G. Wells’s famous tale, the invisible
man then makes his way to the home of an old
colleague and tells his incredible story. Full-color
illustrations.
Isbn: 9781597071413 • Dewey: f • 6 1/2" x 9" • 56 pp
aR level: 4.4 • aR Points: 1
JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $15.00 • JlG Month: DeC 2008
The Iranian Revolution:
Pivotal Moments in History
by Brendan January
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ
The 1979 revolution left Iran “torn by drastic
social changes, invasion, bombing, executions, and
assassinations. The Iranian Revolution would also
bring Iran and the United States to the brink of war.”
The events of 1979 were the result of complicated
dynamics, both within Iran and internationally. From
the CIA-engineered overthrow of prime minister
Mosaddeq to the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini to the
hostage crisis, Iran’s revolution is a compelling story.
Maps. Time line. Glossary. Short biographies of key
figures. Notes. Selected bibliography. Further reading.
Index. Color and black-and-white photographs.
Isbn: 9780822575214 • Dewey: 955.05/42 • 6" x 8 1/2" • 160 pp
aR level: 8.0 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: 1020l
JLG: $9.00 • Twenty-first Century: $28.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008