4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

*NEW* Peace, Love & Baby Ducks
by Lauren Myracle
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, K
“Anna’s wearing capris and a white tank top with
straps that just barely meet the two-fingers-width
requirement. She looks fantastic. I, on the other
hand, opted for jeans and a T-shirt to show how
little I care.” Sisters Carly and Anna share a common
bloodline, but at times it seems they share little else.
Retro-girl Carly and her little sister Anna are trying
to hold on to their childhood connections, but
growing up doesn’t always make it easy.
Isbn: 9780525477433 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 304 pp
aR level: 3.9 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 4.5 • sRC Points: 18 • lexile: 630l
JLG: $13.25 • Dutton: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009
I am impressed by Lauren Myracle’s
honest depiction of Carly’s jealousy
and self-doubt. As a character, Carly is
complex enough to be sympathetic even
when she isn’t likable—an effect I think
is only possible in great writing.
—Nathalie, JLG Editorial Assistant
Peace, Love & Baby Ducks—JLG Reading Guide
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JLG: $5.00 • Isbn: 9780982350614
Phenomena: Secrets of the Senses
by Donna M. Jackson
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BL, CL, H, HGs, K, SLJ, V
Is it possible that dogs can be trained to smell
cancer? What is synesthesia? How can soundscapes
be used to help blind people “see”? These and many
other questions are answered in this fascinating
investigation of the senses. Phenomena explores not
only sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell, but also
balance, intuition, and a host of other ways that
people and animals receive and process information
about the world. Further reading. Glossary. Source
notes. Index. Black-and-white photographs and
illustrations.
Isbn: 9780316166492 • Dewey: 152.1 • 7" x 9" • 176 pp
aR level: 9.0 • aR Points: 5 • sRC level: 11.8 • sRC Points: 8 • lexile: 1190l
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $16.99 • JlG Month: noV 2008
*NEW* Pip: The Story of Olive
by Kim Kane
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: BCCB, PW
“Olive believed that everything had two perfect
halves—that halves were somehow essential,
oats in the porridge of life.” Olive thinks that
best friend Mathilda Graham is her other half.
However, Mathilda suddenly dumps Olive for a
more popular girl. Confused and intensely lonely,
Olive copes by finding friendship in an unlikely
place: within herself. From there springs Pip, who
is everything Olive is not: spunky, resilient, and
self-assured. Through Pip, Olive learns her true
worth and finds the courage to face not only her
bullying ex-confidante, but also the father who had
abandoned Olive before she was born.
Isbn: 9780385751728 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 256 pp
JLG: $13.25 • David fickling: $18.99 • JlG Month: aUG 2009
The Porcupine Year u
written and illustrated by Louise Erdrich
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7)
Reviews: BLH, CL, HG, KH, KLH, SLJH, WC
Minnesota, 1852: Now that white settlers have taken
over the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker,
twelve-year-old Omakayas and her family must
search for a new home where they can live in peace.
As they journey westward, they face many challenges:
the fearsome Bwaanag tribe, a raid in which all their
belongings are stolen, near-starvation, and the loss of
a loved one. Author’s note on the Ojibwe language.
Glossary. Book notes. Black-and-white illustrations.
Isbn: 9780060297886 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 208 pp
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 840l
JLG: $9.00 • HarperCollins: $16.89 • JlG Month: noV 2008
The Postcard u
by Tony Abbott
MM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCBH, BL, SLJ, V, WC
While packing up his late grandmother’s house, Jason
discovers a hidden postcard and an old pulp-fiction
periodical. In the magazine, he reads a story written
by a former boyfriend of his grandmother’s. Though
the story is supposedly fiction, Jason notices that
the characters are remarkably like his grandmother
and some of her acquaintances. And there’s another
strange coincidence: one character plans to send
another character a postcard . . . “with a clue.”
Winner of the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award.
Isbn: 9780316011723 • Dewey: f • 5 1/8" x 7 5/8" • 368 pp
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 3.5 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 630l
JLG: $9.00 • little, brown: $15.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2008
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