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Out of Reach
by V. M. Jones
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG, K, SLJ, V
Pip dreads every soccer match. His dad has pressured
him into playing the sport and, at every game, argues
with the refs and yells at Pip: “Don’t cringe away
from the bloody ball!” One day, riding his bike home
from soccer practice, Pip stops at the “Igloo,” a sports
facility under preparation for its grand opening.
Inside, Pip scales one of the climbing walls with ease
and has a revelation: “Suddenly it all made sense.
Climbing. Climbing! ” Pip has found his passion,
but he can’t let his dad find out—his relentless
competitiveness would ruin the only sport Pip has
ever enjoyed.
Isbn: 9780761455141 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp
aR level: 5.2 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 750l
JLG: $9.00 • Marshall Cavendish: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
Paper Towns u
by John Green
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, HGs, K, KLH, SLJH, V
Although they were friends as kids, Margo is now at
the center of the popular crowd, and Quentin just
idolizes her from afar. Then one night, Margo shows
up at Quentin’s window and, mysteriously, asks him
to help her do “eleven things,” including five that
involve a “getaway man.” Quentin is still reliving
their adventures the next day when he learns that
Margo has disappeared. He thinks she must be
“. . . doing Margo stuff. Making stories. Rocking
worlds.” But as he follows the trail of clues she left
behind, he discovers a far different Margo from the
one he thought he knew. Author’s note. Winner of
the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Isbn: 9780525478188 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 850l
JLG: $9.00 • Dutton: $17.99 • JlG Month: oCT 2008
Paralyzed
by Jeff Rud
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reggie “Stick-’em” Scott is a hard-hitting senior
linebacker. During a game, Nate, a player on the
opposing team, tackles Reggie improperly and ends
up in the hospital, possibly paralyzed for life. Though
Reggie’s family, friends, teammates, and coaches
all say the accident wasn’t his fault, Reggie still feels
guilty. When Nate’s mother blames Reggie, his
remorse becomes overwhelming, and his performance
on the field suffers. Reggie realizes he has to somehow
clear his head and his conscience, or his senior season
may be over. Special hardcover edition.
Isbn: 9781554690855 • Dewey: f • 4 1/4" x 7" • 176 pp
aR level: 4.6 • aR Points: 4 • sRC level: 3.7 • sRC Points: 9 • lexile: Hl670l
JLG: $9.00 • orca: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009
Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing
by Gary Soto
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V
In free verse, National Book Award finalist Gary Soto
channels the voices of teenage boys and girls in love
and sets their relationships against a backdrop of the
seasons. One girl thinks of her boyfriend while eating
alphabet soup; she spells out, “I love you,” then
drinks the sentence to find warmth on a “cold day,
cold without you.” A boy, longing for his girlfriend,
scans the clouds for some semblance of her face.
“Love,” he reflects, “is like weather, cold or hot, /
Nothing between.”
Isbn: 9780152063016 • Dewey: 811/.54 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 112 pp
sRC level: 5.7 • sRC Points: 6
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: MaR 2009
*NEW* Peace, Locomotion u
by Jacqueline Woodson
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, H, HGs,PWH, SLJH, V, WC
“. . . I know when you and me get sad, all we think
about is the other Before Time—before the fire,
before we lived apart from each other.” Twelve-yearold
Lonnie, a.k.a. Locomotion, wishes that he and his
sister, Lili, who have different foster mothers, could
be growing up together. And he misses their parents,
who died in a fire several years ago. But Lonnie knows
that they’re both lucky to have—and love—their new
families, too. In letters to Lili, he reflects on family
and friends, loss, love, and the importance of peace.
Isbn: 9780399246555 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 144 pp
aR level: 4.7 • aR Points: 3 • sRC level: 5.6 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: 860l
JLG: $13.25 • Putnam’s: $15.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009
“Woodson again captures the
hearts of younger readers . . .
masterfully juxtaposing sadness and
loss with hope and optimism.”
—Voice of Youth Advocates
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