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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
  High school totally bites when you're half human, half vampire, like Vladimir Tod. Freshman years sucks for Vlad, who was first introduced to readers in The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eighth Grade Bites (now available in paperback). His story continues in Ninth Grade Slays. Judging from the popularity of these books by Heather Brewer, it looks like many readers can relate to his struggles with identity and strange physical urges.
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 12 June 2008 )
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Thursday, 12 June 2008 |
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 OH.MY.GODS by Tera Lynn Childs
“Add the romantic island setting, snappy dialogue, boys as handsome as Adonis, a few conniving (but ultimately harmless) villains and a protagonist who is a hard-core athlete as much as a girl who squeals about the possibility of a date, and together they make an effervescent, fast-paced read.”—Publishers Weekly
 COLONIAL VOICES: Hear Them Speak by Kay Winters, illustrated by Larry Day
“Colonial Bostonians introduce themselves through free-verse vignettes that describe their work and their feelings about the current political situation. Winters’s poems flow well… The political sentiments described include Patriots, Loyalists, and some in-between. The watercolor and ink illustrations add humor and drama through shifting perspectives and well-detailed settings full of period details.”—School Library Journal
 PLEASE DON’T TEASE TOOTSIE by Margaret Chamberlain
“This playful primer of pet protocol . . . suggests how to treat animals right… The charming, expressive illustrations, saturated in colors from raspberry to pistachio, are both hilarious and sweet...”—Kirkus Reviews
 M IS FOR MISCHIEF: An A to Z of Naughty Children by Linda Ashman, illustrated by Nancy Carpenter
“Carpenter . . . flexes her rascally aesthetic even more in this abecedary of bad behavior, and once again she produces a perfect visual expression of the collision of a testy temperament with polite society. Ashman's poetic portraits are packed with lots of tasty assonance and alliteration, and . . . their mock-serious mood serves as a fine foil to the visual ruckus.”—Publishers Weekly
 JAKE’S BEST THUMB by Ilene Cooper, illustrated by Claudio Munoz
“A familiar story line becomes unexpectedly moving in the experienced hands of Cooper and Muñoz. Cooper never rushes her storytelling . . .but every word counts as she illuminates the various psychological dynamics. Her emotional acuity is a perfect match for Muñoz, whose watercolors convey a seemingly effortless physicality, immediacy and empathy.”—Publishers Weekly
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Friday, 25 January 2008 |
SIMON BLOOM, THE GRAVITY KEEPER, a debut novel by Michael Reisman, has been named a Spring 2008 Book Sense Pick
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 14 February 2008 )
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