4 BOOKS FRee! - Junior Library Guild

Sword of Waters: The Shield, Sword, and Crown
by Hilari Bell • illustrated by Drew Willis
C GROUP (GRADES 6–9) • Reviews: HG, K, SLJ
Arisa hates court life. But her mother, the Falcon,
has given up banditry to join Deorthas’s government,
so Arisa must endure dull balls and etiquette classes.
For the Falcon’s own benefit, and to alleviate Arisa’s
boredom, the Falcon instructs her daughter to find
the Sword of Waters. This long-lost relic of the
Kingdom of Deorthas will strengthen the Falcon’s
tenuous hold on her position as military commander.
While Arisa looks for the ancient weapon, she
discovers something far more dangerous than a
sword: plans for a coup. The second book in the
Shield, Sword, and Crown trilogy.
Isbn: 9781416905967 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 368 pp
aR level: 5.6 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 4.6 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 790l
JLG: $9.00 • simon & schuster: $16.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
*NEW* Tales from Outer Suburbia u
written and illustrated by Shaun Tan
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, H, KH, PWH, SLJH, V
The suburbs are presented in a wholly unique way
in fifteen odd, whimsical, and haunting stories.
Whether it is an “old palace garden” discovered
inside a house or an expedition to the literal edge
of a suburb, these tales follow children’s lives on the
margins of suburbia—the overgrown lots, movie
theaters, highway underpasses, backyards, and
sidewalks. These everyday spaces are invaded by a
water buffalo, walking stick figures, a man in a diving
suit, and other surprises. Full-color illustrations.
Isbn: 9780545055871 • Dewey: f • 7 1/4" x 9 1/2" • 96 pp
aR level: 6.5 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 8.5 • sRC Points: 5 • lexile: 1100l
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $19.99 • JlG Month: MaY 2009
“The . . . reader will take from
these stories an experience as deep
and profound as with anything
he or she has ever read.”
—Booklist H
Tamar u
by Mal Peet
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP) • Reviews: BCCBH, BLH, CL,
H, HG, KH, KL, PW, SLJH, V, WM, WS
When Tamar’s grandfather died, he left her a boxful
of strange clues and messages. As the fifteen-yearold
sets out to unravel the box’s meaning, the story
of another Tamar—her namesake—emerges. He
was a spy for the Dutch resistance during World
War II whose job was to send and receive coded
transmissions to England. Now young Tamar must
decode a message from the past that will have a
shocking impact on her and her family’s life.
Isbn: 9780763634889 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" • 432 pp
aR level: 5.1 • aR Points: 17 • sRC level: 5.4 • sRC Points: 25 • lexile: 780l
JLG: $9.00 • Candlewick: $17.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2007
Teen, Inc.
by Stefan Petrucha
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP) • Reviews: BL, SLJH, WM
Someday, Jaiden Beale hopes to tell the world “what
it was like to be the first kid raised by a corporation.”
For now, though, his secret identity is pretty
embarrassing. NECorp, a global firm that adopted
Jaiden after one of its products accidentally killed
his parents, controls Jaiden’s life. After fourteen
years of “corporate existence,” Jaiden finally rebels,
hanging out with an “unapproved” girl and running
away on his bike. Then Jaiden discovers damaging
information about NECorp and has to decide what
his “family” really means to him.
Isbn: 9780802796509 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 240 pp
aR level: 5.0 • aR Points: 8 • sRC level: 5.5 • sRC Points: 15 • lexile: 820l
JLG: $9.00 • Walker: $16.95 • JlG Month: Jan 2008
Tender Morsels u
by Margo Lanagan
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)
Reviews: BCCB, BLH, CL, KH, HH, HGs, PWH, SLJH, V
Ever since her mother died, Liga has been neglected
and sexually abused by her father and ostracized and
preyed upon by the people in her town. As a result,
she has given birth to one child and is pregnant with
another by the age of fifteen. She has no hope for
the future until a mysterious force transports her,
her daughter, and her unborn child to a heavenly
world free of danger and malice. As Liga raises her
daughters, Branza and Urdda, the borders guarding
their isolated world begin to break down. And
one day, Urdda finds her way out. A 2009 Printz
Honor Book.
Isbn: 9780375948114 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 224 pp
aR level: 6.1 • aR Points: 21 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 29 • lexile: 950l
JLG: $9.00 • Knopf: $19.99 • JlG Month: feb 2009
*NEW* Thirteenth Child: Frontier Magic, Book 1
by Patricia C. Wrede
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, KH
“Everybody knows that a seventh son is lucky. . . .
And everybody knows that the seventh son of a
seventh son is a natural-born magician.” Lan, Eff’s
younger twin, is just such a lucky double-seventh son.
Eff, on the other hand, is considered unlucky simply
because she is a thirteenth child. While Lan receives
respect from his peers, his extended family, and even
government figures, Eff is criticized and humiliated
by her aunts and uncles. But when her family moves
to Mill City on the edge of the frontier, Eff discovers
that she, too, has been given powers, if she can only
learn to control them.
Isbn: 9780545033428 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp
aR level: 6 • aR Points: 14 • sRC level: 8.6 • sRC Points: 21 • lexile: 1010l
JLG: $13.25 • scholastic: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2009
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