CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"Cardboard. (Graphic fiction. 9-12)"
Zebrafish, the plucky band of do-gooder musical misfits, returns in a sophomore offering ready for a summer of camp, video games, first jobs and art.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"A trek few will want to take. (Science fiction. 9-12)"
Switching schools means making new friends and remembering a new locker combination, but at Indigo 8, Earth's site for Starbounders-in-training, lessons tend to be a little more otherworldly.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"Fans of the series will already be hooked, but even more skeptical readers may be a little curious what happens next. (Science fiction. 8-12)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"A middle volume of entertaining but, at best, loosely knit set pieces; only for confirmed fans of the first. (Science fiction/fantasy. 11-14)"
Hickam advances the plot of his war-on-the-moon Western
Crater (2012), but not very far in this patchy sequel.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"A cliffhanger ending isn't the only sour note in this series opener. (Fantasy. 8-10)"
Having hastily moved 26 times, the aptly named Quirks arrive in Normal, Mich., determined to blend in--a tall order as all but nearly 10-year-old Molly have magical abilities and underdeveloped senses of responsibility.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"This sober and well-constructed adventure accurately conveys the geopolitical instability of the era and is leavened with just enough magic, chaste romance and humor to appeal to middle-grade readers through teens. (art not seen) (Historical fantasy. 10-14)"
"Our work is an ongoing struggle with unintended consequences," says Marcus Burrows, the titular apothecary of Meloy's previous novel for young adults (2011).
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