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Reviews: Adult Books 4 Teens, May 2012
Fiction CHUNG, Catherine. Forgotten Country. 304p. Riverhead. 2012. Tr $26.95. ISBN 978-1-59448-808-5. LC 2011047577. Adult/High School– Like Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club (Putnam, 1989) and Jhumpa...
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Adult Books 4 Teens: BookExpo Preview, 2012
BookExpo 2012 is right around the corner, so I spent some time this weekend compiling my wish list. For this post I am limiting myself to adult books that have potential teen appeal. Please keep in...
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Adult Books 4 Teens: July 2012
Fiction D’AGOSTINO, Kris. The Sleepy Hollow Family Almanac. 336p. Algonquin. 2012. pap. $13.95. ISBN 978-1-56512-951-1. LC 2011038421. Adult/High School–It’s 2006, and 24-year-old underachiever Calvin...
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The Debut: Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
In her first novel, Carol Rifka Brunt tells a story of love and loss, sibling rivalry, secrets, and jealousy. June Elbus is 14 when she finds out that her uncle Finn, the one person in the world who...
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Fiction ANGELELLA, J. R. Zombie. 352p. Soho. 2012. pap. $15. ISBN 978-1-61695-088-0. LC 2012003803. Adult/High School–High school freshman Jeremy Barker lives his life according to the rules of...
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Adult Books 4 Teens: August 2012 Reviews
Fiction BRUNT, Carol Rifka. Tell the Wolves I’m Home. 368p. Dial. 2012. Tr $26. ISBN 978-0-679-64419-4. LC 2011027932. Adult/High School–June Elbus, 14, begins her story in late December 1986, as her...
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October 2012 Reviews: Stars List
The Monsters’ Monster (McDonnell)Illustration by Patrick McDonnell. Preschool to Grade 4 ASIM, Jabari. Fifty Cents and a Dream. illus. by Bryan Collier. Little, Brown. Dec. 2012. p. 110. ASTON, Dianna...
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Adult Books 4 Teens: October 2012 Reviews
fiction ABBOTT, Megan. Dare Me: A Novel. 304p. Little, Brown. 2012. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-0-316-09777-2. LC 2011051323. Adult/High School–Abbott takes the mythology of cheerleading and stands it on its...
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The Debut: The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers
In his debut novel, The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers draws on his own experience of combat in Iraq to tell the story of Private John Bartle and his attempts to honor a promise to bring his friend Murph...
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Best Adult Books 4 Teens 2012
More Bests Best Books 2012 Bringing together the best reading of the year among 17 book reviewers resulted in a wonderfully varied group of titles that combines excellence and appeal to young adults....
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Book/Multimedia Review Stars List: January 2013
Henry and the Cannons (Brown), ©2013 illustration by Don Brown Preschool to Grade 4 AHLBERG , Allan. The Goldilocks Variations . illus. by Jessica Ahlberg. Candlewick. p. 74. BROWN , Don. Henry and the...
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Adult Books 4 Teens: January 2013
HAYES , Nick. The Rime of the Modern Mariner. illus. by author. Viking. 2012. Tr $32.. ISBN 978-0-670-02580-0. Adult/High School–In cleverly constructed verse that echoes (without mimicking)...
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FICTION BLOCK, Francesca Lia. The Elementals. 320p. St. Martin’s. 2012. Tr $24.99. ISBN 978-1-250-00549-6. LC 2012028277. Adult/High School–Block’s latest is a perfect example of the “new adult” trend....
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The Debut: R.S. Belcher, The Six-Gun Tarot
It’s Nevada, 1869, and 15-year-old Jim and his injured horse, Promise, are struggling to make it across the 40-Mile Desert. They’re rescued by Mutt, Golgotha’s Native American deputy, who encourages...
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Book/Multimedia Review Stars List | April 2013
That Is Not a Good Idea! (Willems) ©2013 by Mo Willems. Preschool to Grade 4 BERNE , Jennifer. On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein. illus. by Vladimir Radunsky. Chronicle. May 2013. p. 147....
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Adult Books 4 Teens | April 2013
Fiction BEAUMAN , Ned. The Teleportation Accident. 357p. Bloomsbury. Feb. 2013. Tr $25. ISBN 978-1-62040-022-7. LC 2012038374. Adult/High School–Beauman’s deliriously complex, tremendously funny second...
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The Debut: Kimberly McCreight, ‘Reconstructing Amelia’
On October 24, Kate, a hard-working attorney and single mother, is called away in the middle of a crucial meeting to pick up her 15 year-old daughter at her fancy private school in Brooklyn. Amelia has...
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Book/Multimedia Review Stars List | May 2013
Odd Duck (Castellucci). ©2013 by Sara Varon Preschool to Grade 4 ARNOSKY, Jim. Shimmer & Splash. illus. by author. Sterling. p. 90. CASTELLUCCI, Cecil. Odd Duck. illus. by Sara Varon. First Second....
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Fiction BAGGOTT, Julianna. Fuse. 416p. Grand Central. Feb. 2013. Tr $25.99. ISBN 9781455503087. Adult/High School–After the final revelations in Pure (Grand Central, 2012), the mission to end the...
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Adult Books 4 Teens | June 2013
Fiction AMSTERDAM, Steven. What the Family Needed. 272p. Riverhead. Mar. 2013. Tr $26.95. ISBN 978-1-59448-639-5. LC 2012029651. Adult/High School–During a crisis, 15-year-old Giordana’s young cousin...
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