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Lay-ups and Long Shots:
An Anthology of Short Stories
by Joseph Bruchac et al.
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, HG, SLJ, V, WC
A fourth-string basketball player gets cut from the
team but finds a new way to make his shots count; a
selfish ping-pong enthusiast doesn’t want his friend to
improve at the game, so he practices alone—and gets
a fitting comeuppance; a girl’s spunky dog helps her
cross the finish line and find new confidence. In these
and six other stories, kids find unexpected challenges
and rewards in sports. Includes authors’ notes about
each story and author biographies.
Isbn: 9781581960785 • Dewey: 863/.0108357 • 5 1/2" x 7 5/16" • 112 pp
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 760l
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $15.95 • JlG Month: DeC 2008
*NEW* Leaving Glorytown:
One Boy’s Struggle Under Castro
by Eduardo F. Calcines
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K, SLJH
“To an outsider visiting Cuba, there would have
been nothing special about my family. We were
not rich, famous, or politically well-connected. . . .
What made us remarkable is that we survived and
escaped.” When Eduardo Calcines was three years
old, Communists took control of Cuba. Eleven years
passed before Calcines and his family were finally
able to leave the country. Now sixty-three, Calcines,
a successful American businessman, recounts what
it was like to grow up under Fidel Castro’s rule.
Epilogue. Black-and-white photographs.
Isbn: 9780374343941 • Dewey: 972.9106/4092 b • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 730l
JLG: $13.25 • farrar, straus & Giroux: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2009
Lifeblood: Darkside, Book 2
by Tom Becker
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: CL, HG, SLJ
In Darkside, “a secret borough of London filled with
evil creatures,” murder is an everyday occurrence.
But the murder of Edwin Rafferty is different. “Of
all the hundreds of corpses I’ve seen, only one body
has ever looked the way this one did,” a reporter tells
Jonathan, a young man new to Darkside. “And that
was James Arkel.” James Arkel was a Ripper, one of
Jack the Ripper’s descendents, and thus in line for
Darkside’s throne. And Jonathan’s mother had been
investigating Arkel’s murder when she disappeared.
Can this new murder lead Jonathan to his mother
before it leads the murderer to him?
Isbn: 9780545037426 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 288 pp
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 810l
JLG: $9.00 • orchard: $16.99 • JlG Month: DeC 2008
The Lincolns:
A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary u
by Candace Fleming
HH GROUP (GRADES 10 & UP)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, HH, HGs, KH, SLJH
He borrowed nearly every book he read and
claimed that all his “schooling did not amount to
one year.” She attended years of boarding school,
and her “family’s library was filled with leatherbound
books by Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh,
and Plato.” Though Abraham and Mary Todd
Lincoln’s backgrounds differed considerably, both
were intellectuals who shared interests in literature
and politics, as well as a great love for each other.
Photographs, letters, newspaper articles, and many
other primary source materials illuminate this
intimate biography of the Lincolns. Introduction.
Time line. Resource lists. Research notes. Source
notes. Picture credits. Index. Winner of the 2009
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. Winner of the 2009
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award.
Isbn: 9780237583618 • Dewey: 973.7092/2 b • 9" x 11 3/4" • 196 pp
aR level: 8.1 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 1050l
JLG: $9.00 • schwartz & Wade: $24.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008
The Lindbergh Child:
America’s Hero and the Crime of the Century u
written and illustrated by Rick Geary
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KL, PWH, SLJ
“At 10:00 pm Betty Gow enters the nursery to
check on the baby. She feels a chill in the room and
turns on an electric heater. Finding it strange not to
hear the boy’s breathing, she looks into the crib to
find him . . . gone!” When famous aviator Charles
Lindbergh’s child disappeared in 1932, the nation
was transfixed. This narrative depicts the many
curious characters involved and follows the ransom
demands, false leads, and the final outcome of the
thrilling mystery. Includes bibliography and maps.
Black-and-white illustrations.
Isbn: 9781561635290 • Dewey: 364.154092 • 6" x 9" • 80 pp
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 2 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 6
JLG: $9.00 • Papercutz: $15.95 • JlG Month: oCT 2008
Lock and Key u
by Sarah Dessen
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)
Reviews: BL, HGs, KL, PWH, V, WS
After years of neglect, Ruby’s mother has abandoned
her, and now Ruby has to live with her estranged
sister, Cora, whom she hasn’t seen in ten years. Cora
and her husband offer Ruby a stable home life and a
fresh start at a new school. Ruby’s independent streak
is strong, though, and she attempts to run away the
very night she arrives. A friendly (and cute) neighbor
boy named Nate covers for her when she’s nearly
caught, and suddenly Ruby may have a compelling
reason to stay.
Isbn: 9780670010882 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp
aR level: 5.3 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 26 • lexile: 840l
JLG: $9.00 • Viking: $18.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2008