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*NEW* This Full House
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Y GROUP (GRADES 9 & UP)
Reviews: BCCB, BL, CL, H, K, PWH, SLJ, V
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LaVaughn, a high school senior, is finally seeing her
hard work pay off. She’s just been accepted to WIMS
(Women in Medical Science), a prestigious afterschool
program for girls from impoverished areas of
the city. At first, Dr. Moore, the program’s founder,
takes a special interest in LaVaughn and agrees to
write her a college recommendation letter. But when
LaVaughn uncovers a dark secret from Dr. Moore’s
past, their relationship quickly turns sour—and
LaVaughn sees her chance at a college education
“falling through the air.”
Isbn: 9780061583056 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 528 pp
aR level: 5.7 • aR Points: 10 • sRC level: 7.3 • sRC Points: 16 • lexile: 970l
JLG: $13.25 • HarperCollins: $18.89 • JlG Month: aPR 2009
Thoreau at Walden u
by John Porcellino
GM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: HG, KH, SLJ, WM
“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I
believe in my soul to be bad. . . . I hear an irresistible
voice which invites me away from all that.” Henry
David Thoreau followed that voice to Walden Pond.
This graphic novel, narrated in Thoreau’s own
words, weaves together elements from Walden, “Civil
Disobedience,” “Walking,” and Thoreau’s journals
to tell the story of his two years in the woods and of
the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay a poll
tax. Introduction. Afterword. Discussion of details in
panels. Notes. Bibliography. Two-color art.
Isbn: 9781423100386 • Dewey: 818/.303 • 6 3/4" x 10" • 112 pp
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 1 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 6
JLG: $9.00 • Hyperion: $16.99 • JlG Month: JUn 2008
*NEW* Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to
Change the World . . . One Child at a Time
by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin
adapted by Sarah Thomson
B GROUP (GRADES 5–7) • Reviews: BCCB, PW, SLJ, V, WC
In 1993, Greg Mortenson was climbing K2, the
second-highest mountain on Earth, when he became
lost and sick. He wandered into the isolated Pakistani
village of Korphe, where the villagers took him in
and nursed him back to health. Although he had
no money or relevant experience, Mortenson vowed
to repay the villagers’ kindness by building a school
for their children. Three years later, he had fulfilled
his promise—and discovered his life’s calling. Map.
Foreword by Jane Goodall. Letter from Mortenson.
Q&A with Mortenson’s daughter, Amira. Time line.
Glossary. Who’s who. Maps. Black-and-white and
color photographs.
Isbn: 9780142414125 • Dewey: 371.82209549 • 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" • 192 pp
aR level: 6.1 • aR Points: 7 • sRC level: 6.3 • sRC Points: 10 • lexile: 910l
JLG: $13.25 • Dial: $16.99 • JlG Month: aPR 2009
Three Little Words: A Memoir u
by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
YM GROUP (GRADES 11 & UP)
Reviews: BL, HG, PWH, SLJ, V, WS
Taken from her mother at age three, Ashley Rhodes
spent most of her childhood being moved from one
foster home to another, sometimes with her younger
brother, often separated from him. “I have had more
than a dozen so-called mothers in my life,” Ashley
says. She survived neglectful and abusive homes, and
for years she hoped in vain that her biological mother
would return. When a stable family finally did want
to adopt Ashley, she didn’t know whether she could
trust them. . . .
Isbn: 9781416948063 • Dewey: 362.73/3092 • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 320 pp
aR level: 5.4 • aR Points: 12 • sRC level: 5.3 • sRC Points: 19 • lexile: 810l
JLG: $9.00 • atheneum: $17.99 • JlG Month: MaR 2008
Throwing Stones
by Kristi Collier
SM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BL, K, KL, V
Andy Soaring’s brother Pete was a local basketball
hero before he died in the Great War. Now, five years
later, it’s Andy’s turn to try to lead his high school
team to the Indiana state championship. Andy wants
more than anything to live up to his brother’s legacy
and help make his family feel whole again, but it’s not
going to be easy. He finds himself dealing with injury,
a mysterious rival, a broken heart, and a Prohibition
scandal that shocks his small town. Author’s note.
Early rules of basketball.
Isbn: 9780805076141 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 192 pp
aR level: 4.0 • aR Points: 6 • sRC level: 3.3 • sRC Points: 13 • lexile: 620l
JLG: $9.00 • Holt: $16.95 • JlG Month: MaR 2007
Time’s Chariot
by Ben Jeapes
FM GROUP (GRADES 7–11) • Reviews: BCCB, BL, HG
In a future period known as Home Time, humans
have the ability to travel to any point in the
past—but they must abide by strict rules so as not
to compromise the future. When a top government
official is found dead in the Himalayas in 5000 BC,
Operative Rico Garron is convinced that someone
has broken the rules and committed murder. His
investigation leads him through history—from
seventeenth-century France to “the Dark Ages” of the
early twenty-first century, where he discovers a plot
that threatens the very stream of time. . . .
Isbn: 9780385751681 • Dewey: f • 5 1/2" x 8 1/4" • 384 pp
aR level: 5.8 • aR Points: 13 • sRC level: 4.7 • sRC Points: 20 • lexile: 780l
JLG: $9.00 • David fickling: $18.99 • JlG Month: Jan 2009
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