“JUNIPER BERRY,” by M. P. Kozlowsky, illustrated by Erwin Madrid, Walden Pond Press, April 26, 2011, $15.99 (ages 9-12) Parents…
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“BLESS THIS MOUSE,” by Lois Lowry, Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, March 21, 2011, $15.99 (ages 9-12) It’s always nice…
“TWO MOON PRINCESS,” by Carmen Ferreiro-Estevan, Tanglewood Press, June 2010, $8.95 (ages 9-12) Parental expectations, family duty and rebelling against…
“THE EMERALD ATLAS,” by John Stephens, Knopf, April 5, 2011, $17.99 (ages 9-12) Are you a fan of unfortunate events…
“SUDDENLY IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FOREST,” by Amos Oz, Harcourt Children’s Books, $15.99 (ages 9-12) Imagine a world with…
“LOST & FOUND,” by Shaun Tan, Arthur A. Levine Books, $21.99 (ages 9-12) “Lost & Found,” by Shaun Tan is…
It took a while, but Utah-based author Brandon Mull and his Fablehaven series have finally hit their stride. Like J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter” books, the characters in “Fablehaven: Grip of the Shadow Plague” have evolved, the action has picked up and the story is more exciting.
All the whining “why me” drama in J.K. Rowling’s “Order of the Phoenix” left fans wondering if the series was going to turn into Harry Potter 90210. But readers need not be worried. Rowling has brought new life to her popular series with “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.”
It’s a whale of a tale if ever there was one — a teenage girl becoming surrogate mother to a lost baby gray whale.
“A TALE DARK AND GRIMM,” by Adam Gidwitz, Dutton Juvenile, $16.99 (ages 9-12) Once upon a time … That’s how…