Love, by Jerry Spinelli
Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life.
The Coyote Road Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
In this brilliant mythic anthology, a remarkable range of authors present his or her fictional look at a trickster character. These authors have crafted stories and poems drawing from cultures and traditions all over the world.
Building A Mystery by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 2 of this T.Witches series Alex and Cam learn some secrets about their past. Are they strong enough to hold back the evil that surrounds them?
Seeing Is Deceiving by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 3 of this T.Witches series Cam's and Alex's powers are getting in sync. They're reading people's minds, using magick on the soccer field, and in getting into terrible danger. Must Alex sacrifice herself to save her sister and friend?
Dead Wrong by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 4 of this T.Witches series Alex's skeevy stepdad has resurfaced...and he wants Alex back. Also, the powerful warlock Thantos has followed Cam and Alex, and he has a present for them. One that's six feet under.
Don't Think Twice by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 5 of this T.Witches series Cam's best, Bree, is unraveling, and Cam feels locked out. Not so for Alex, who has been breaking into people's minds.
Double Jeopardy by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 6 of this T.Witches series Cam and Alex discover Miranda, the mother they never knew they had, locked away in a sanitarium. She is broken physically and spiritually, and her freedom comes with a price.
Kindred Spirits by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 7 of this T.Witches series Cam and Alex return to Coventry Island, a lush, hidden world of magick and sorcery where thy were born. A group of cooler-than-thou witches and warlocks aren't exactly making nice with the twins.
The Witch hunters by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 8 of this T.Witches series Cam and Alex are back in Marble Bay, but nothing's back to normal. There's a creepy character in town who is definitely not down with anything witchy and is serious about putting a stop to sorcery and magick. And that means the twins.
Split Decision by H.B. Gilmour and Randi Reisfeld
In vol. 9 of this T.Witches series Cam and Alex are separated for the first time since they've met. The twins don't realize that when they're apart, their magick is weakened--making them easy prey for wicked forces. And suddenly evil is everywhere.....
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
New Young Adult Fiction
A Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd
Coolbar, Ireland, is a village of secrets and Shell, caretaker, to her younger brother and sister after the death of their mother and with the absence of their father, is not about to reveal hers until suspicion falls on the wrong person.
The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
High School junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
Taken from her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" then adopted by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.
Diamonds In The Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney
The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.
Useful Fools by C.A. Schmidt
A fifteen-year-old Peruvian boy, whose mother runs a clinic for poor village children, becomes caught up in the war after Senderistas bomb the clinic, killing his mother and throwing his family into turmoil.
Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman
Following Callum's death, the people who loved him relate how their lives have been changed, especially in reference to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixed-race child.
Coolbar, Ireland, is a village of secrets and Shell, caretaker, to her younger brother and sister after the death of their mother and with the absence of their father, is not about to reveal hers until suspicion falls on the wrong person.
The Off Season by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
High School junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.
Rucker Park Setup by Paul Volponi
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend was murdered, Mackey tries to come to terms with his own part in that murder and decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened.
Someone Named Eva by Joan M. Wolf
Taken from her home in Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in 1942, eleven-year-old Milada is taken with other blond, blue-eyed children to a school in Poland to be trained as "proper Germans" then adopted by German families, but all the while she remembers her true name and history.
Diamonds In The Shadow by Caroline B. Cooney
The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.
Useful Fools by C.A. Schmidt
A fifteen-year-old Peruvian boy, whose mother runs a clinic for poor village children, becomes caught up in the war after Senderistas bomb the clinic, killing his mother and throwing his family into turmoil.
Knife Edge by Malorie Blackman
Following Callum's death, the people who loved him relate how their lives have been changed, especially in reference to his girlfriend, Sephy, and their mixed-race child.
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