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A FACE LIKE GLASS
HARDINGE, FRANCIS
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
In the underground city of Caverna the world's most skilled craftsmen toil in the darkness to create delicacies
beyond compare - wines that can remove memories, cheeses that can make you hallucinate and perfumes that
convince you to trust the wearer, even as they slit your throat. The people of Caverna are more ordinary, but for
one thing: their faces are as blank as untouched snow. Expressions must be learned, and only the famous
Facesmiths can teach a person to show (or fake) joy, despair or fear - at a price. Into this dark and distrustful
world comes Neverfell, a little girl with no memory of her past and a face so terrifying to those around her that
she must wear a mask at all times. For Neverfell's emotions are as obvious on her face as those of the most
skilled Facesmiths, though entirely genuine. And that makes her very dangerous indeed ...
MIDDLE FANTASY
PAN MACMILLAN 400 PAGES
9780230748798
$19.99 HC
JULY 2012
FASHION DESIGNER'S HANDBOOK AND KIT
GALEN, MARJORIE
The No. 1 dream career for tween girls? Fashion designer, according to The New York Times. They love Project
Runway, follow their favorite stars' clothing lines, and use clothes as a way to express themselves. And now, with
The Fashion Designer's Handbook & Fashion Kit, girls ages 7 to 12 can learn everything they need to know to
start designing clothes'”and test their ideas by creating doll-size outfits.
MIDDLE CRAFTS & ACTIVITIES 1ST PRINTING 25,000
WORKMAN PUBLISHING
9780761154792
$29.95 HC
SEPTEMBER 2012
THE FIRE CHRONICLE
STEPHENS, JOHN
It's been six months since Kate, Michael, and Emma confronted the Dire Magnus, but the trail to their longmissing
parents remains cold. Then Michael and Emma find a man who saw them ten years ago—three days
after they disappeared. He knows about a map of a distant land, a place shrouded in mystery that may lead
them to their parents. Meanwhile, Kate's connection to the Book of Time is growing stronger and stronger, until a
dangerous trick gets her stuck in the past, searching for a friend to help her. Only a perilous quest and a daring
risk will help the children to harness the power of the Books of Beginning. But will it be enough to save them?
MIDDLE NOVELS 1ST PRINTING 75,000
KNOPF 400 PAGES
9780375868719 SERIES: BOOKS OF BEGINNING
$19.99 HC
OCTOBER 2012
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