4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

*NEW* Jack Tumor
by Anthony McGowan
HI GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BCCBH, BL, K, PW
“IN LOVE AND DEATH, THERE ARE NO
FRIENDS.” So says Jack Tumor, the crass inner
voice of an undiagnosed brain tumor forcing itself
upon the consciousness of fourteen-year-old Hector
Brunty. At first, Jack wreaks havoc on Hector’s social
life, causing Hector to speak and act inappropriately.
Over time, though, Jack reveals his actual intention:
to remake awkward Hector and attract the most
beautiful girl in school. Could it be that Jack truly
wants to help Hector? What’s more, could a tumor
have something to teach Hector about life?
Isbn: 9780374329556 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 890l
JLG: $13.25 • farrar, straus & Giroux: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2009
Jango: Book Two of the Noble Warriors
by William Nicholson
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, HG, K, SLJ, WM
Seeker has grown more powerful than he ever
dreamed possible—perhaps too powerful. Some of
the Nomana want to “cleanse” him and erase all that
he has learned. Others believe he is the last and only
hope to save their one true god. As an old enemy and
a fearsome new warlord team up to launch a final
assault on the Nomana’s home of Anacrea, Seeker
is not sure where the real threat lies. Is it from the
outside or from within Anacrea itself?
Isbn: 9780152060114 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 416 pp
aR level: 4.8 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 5.2 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 730l
JLG: $9.00 • Harcourt: $17.00 • JlG Month: aUG 2007
Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life u
by Wendy Mass
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HGs, K, PWH, SLJ, WC
Jeremy Fink doesn’t leave anything to chance—he
eats peanut butter at every meal, avoids the subway,
and reminds his teachers to give him homework.
Then, a month before he turns thirteen, he receives
a surprise package. It’s a wooden box to open on his
birthday, and it’s from his father, who died five years
ago in a freak accident. One more thing: the box is
locked, and the keys are missing.
Isbn: 9780316058292 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp
aR level: 4.5 • aR Points: 11 • sRC level: 7.2 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 770l
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: feb 2007
Jim & Me: A Baseball Card Adventure
by Dan Gutman
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: KLH, WM
Stosh has used his unique time-travel abilities to right
many wrongs . . . and to meet some of the greatest
baseball players ever: Jackie Robinson, Mickey
Mantle, Babe Ruth. So why would he want to help his
worst enemy, Bobby Fuller, travel to meet Jim Thorpe,
a player he’s never heard of? Bobby tells Stosh that
Jim Thorpe was an incredible athlete whose career
was ruined when his Olympic medals were unfairly
stripped from him. Now Stosh has one more injustice
to fight . . . and one more legend to meet.
Isbn: 9780060594954 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp
aR level: 4.2 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 620l
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: MaY 2008
Johnny and the Bomb: The Johnny Maxwell Trilogy u
by Terry Pratchett
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Reviews: H, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WC, WM
Johnny Maxwell is doing a school project on the
Second World War about a German bomb strike
in his hometown: “Nineteen people got killed! In
one night! There wasn’t any warning!” Then, due
to a strange encounter with a mysterious time-filled
shopping cart, Johnny finds himself in 1941, just
before the bomb is about to fall. This leaves Johnny
with a dilemma: Can he save people from the attack?
And should he meddle with history?
Isbn: 9780060541927 • Dewey: f • 6" x 9" • 256 pp
aR level: 4.3 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 650l
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $17.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2007
Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels
retold by Donald Lemke • illustrated by Cynthia Martin
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Lemuel Gulliver encounters many strange things
during his sea voyages. In the land of Lilliput, he’s
trapped and attacked by tiny humans, then forced
to swear allegiance to their emperor and defend
their country. Banished from Lilliput due to a
misunderstanding, Gulliver eventually finds himself
in a land of giants, where he feels Lilliputian. When
Gulliver finally returns to people his own size, can
he convince them that his adventures were not mad
dreams? Glossary. Additional information about
the original story. Discussion questions. Writing
prompts. Internet sites. Full-color art.
Isbn: 9781434204493 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 72 pp
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 0.5 • sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 4 • lexile: Gn470l
JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: aPR 2008
Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
retold by Carl Bowen • illustrated by Jose Alfonso Ocampo Ruiz
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax has agreed to
help the U.S. Navy catch a mysterious sea monster.
What Aronnax, his assistant, Conseil, and the
expert harpooner Ned Land find surpasses their
wildest expectations. Their hunt leads them to the
Nautilus, a remarkable submarine, and the brilliant
but troubled Captain Nemo. As his prisoners, they
explore the wonders of the world’s oceans. But when
Nemo’s ambitions turn deadly, will Aronnax and his
companions be able to escape? Glossary. Note on
submarines. Discussion questions. Writing prompts.
Internet sites. Full-color art.
Isbn: 9781434204479 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 6" x 9" • 72 pp
sRC level: 2.5 • sRC Points: 3 • lexile: Gn440l
JLG: $9.00 • stone arch: $17.95 • JlG Month: JUl 2008
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