4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

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Princess Nevermore
by Dian Curtis Regan
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: PWH, SLJ
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Life in the underground kingdom has become
predictable and boring for Princess Quinn of
Mandria. When Cam, the wizard’s apprentice, uses
his magic ring to transport them together to “outer
Earth,” he discovers that the spell works for Quinn,
but not for him. Is she lost forever in the outer
world? This revised version of the 1995 original
includes author updates and additional back story
to its sequel, Cam’s Quest: The Continuing Story of
Princess Nevermore and the Wizard’s Apprentice.
Isbn: 9781581960556 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 • 246 pp
aR level: 4.9 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 5.1 • sRC Points: 11 • lexile: 710l
JLG: $9.00 • Darby Creek: $17.95 • JlG Month: MaY 2007
*NEW* Punkzilla
by Adam Rapp
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BLH, H, K, PW
Jamie Wyckoff (nickname: Punkzilla) is a fourteenyear-old
runaway in Portland, Oregon, when he gets
a letter that will change his life. Jamie’s older brother
has cancer, and he wants to see Jamie one last time
before he dies. Jamie boards a bus to Memphis with
nothing but a duffel, a notebook, and a talent for
attracting trouble. Along the way he meets a series
of strangers—some kind, some treacherous—and
worries: Will he get to his brother in time to say
good-bye?
Isbn: 9780763630317 • Dewey: f • 4 7/8" x 7 9/16" • 256 pp
aR level: 6.2 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 12.9 • sRC Points: 14 • lexile: 1300l
JLG: $13.25 • Candlewick: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUl 2009
Jamie’s voice is so true to life,
and his experiences are so memorable,
that I felt as if he were real. This is one of
the most affecting young adult
books I’ve ever read.
—Lucas, JLG Assistant Editor
The Quest of the Fair Unknown
by Gerald Morris
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9)
Reviews: BL, HGs, K, KL, SLJ, V, WM
When Beaufils’s mother is on her deathbed, she
leaves Beaufils with a quest: to find the father he’s
never known, a knight of King Arthur’s court. The
naïve youth has never seen the world beyond his
isolated forest and doesn’t know what a knight is, or
who King Arthur is, or even his own name; Beaufils
simply means “Fair Son.” Somehow, though, he ends
up at the Round Table, where he finds a different
quest—for a “very pretty” serving dish called the
Holy Grail.
Isbn: 9780618631520 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 272 pp
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 9 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 840l
JLG: $9.00 • Houghton Mifflin: $16.00 • JlG Month: feb 2007
Ramp Rats: A Graphic Guide Adventure
by Liam O’Donnell • illustrated by Mike Deas
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, SLJ, WC
Ten-year-old friends Benny and Pema just want to
ride their skateboards. But a bully is keeping them
out of the park, and the police are keeping them from
skating around town. Meanwhile, Benny and Pema
work with Benny’s brother, Marcus, on learning
some new skateboarding tricks in hopes of winning
an upcoming competition. When a gang of vandals
begins trying to frame local skaters, Benny and Pema
must clear Marcus’s name by identifying the real
criminals. Includes tips on how to do ollies, 50-50s,
and several other skateboarding tricks. Full-color
illustrations. Special hardcover edition.
Isbn: 9781554690763 • Dewey: f • 5 3/4" x 8" • 64 pp
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.2 • sRC Points: 3
JLG: $9.00 • orca: $16.95 • JlG Month: feb 2009
Rapunzel’s Revenge u
by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale • illustrated by Nathan Hale
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, HH, HGs, K, PWH, SLJH, V
Rapunzel is raised in a grand villa surrounded by
towering walls. Gothel, the woman she calls Mother,
dismisses her recurring dreams about a different,
loving mother, but when Rapunzel climbs over the
wall she finds out the truth. Her real mother, Kate,
is a slave in Gothel’s gold mine, and Gothel’s power
extends over a barren landscape that stretches as far as
the eye can see. In this Old West retelling, Rapunzel
doesn’t let down her hair to a prince; she uses it as a
lasso and to take on outlaws—including Gothel. Fullcolor
graphic novel.
Isbn: 9781599900704 • Dewey: 741.5/973 • 8" x 10" • 144 pp
aR level: 3.2 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 2.7 • sRC Points: 6 • lexile: Gn500l
JLG: $9.00 • bloomsbury: $18.99 • JlG Month: seP 2008
The Real Benedict Arnold u
by Jim Murphy
NM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BLH, H, HGs, K, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS
Benedict Arnold was a heroic soldier and patriot, yet
the only monument to his bravery at the Battle of
Saratoga is a statue of a leg. Why? Because his leg,
wounded in the battle, was believed to be the only
part of Arnold that did not later betray his country.
This biography tells the fascinating, tragic story of
Arnold’s life—his conversion to the Revolutionary
cause, his military adventures, and the frustrations
that led him to turn against the country to which he
had devoted his life. Notes. Sources. Index.
Isbn: 9780395776094 • Dewey: 973.3/82092 • 7" x 9 1/2" • 256 pp
aR level: 9.6 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 10.6 • sRC Points: 17 • lexile: 1240l
JLG: $9.00 • Clarion: $20.00 • JlG Month: oCT 2007