CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"The beginning of a trilogy, this tale is valuable for both its recounting of a historical tragedy and its immersive Choctaw perspective. (Historical fiction. 8-12)"
A 10-year-old Choctaw boy recounts the beginnings of the forced resettlement of his people from their Mississippi-area homelands in 1830.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"High-stakes science, portrayed in one of the scarier entries in this bar-setting series. (glossary, notes, bibliography, index) (Nonfiction. 10-14)"
Rusch (
Mighty Mars Rovers, 2012) cranks up the pressure as she portrays scientists whose work requires getting
entirely too close to active or soon-to-be-active volcanoes.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Middle schoolers saddled with mean girls of their own will glory in this one's comeuppance. It wouldn't be such a bad thing to have personal fairies to help with homework, either. (Graphic fantasy. 8-10)"
Trapped in a textbook, Nina, a purple-haired Everygirl, and her turquoise-tressed fairy friend, Sibyl, take an impromptu tour through history.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Reminiscent of the ever-compelling film Rear Window, this appealing and often spine-tingling tale will leave its audience wishing for more. (Mystery. 11-13)"
Mayhem ensues when 12-year-olds Grace and Sophie spot the school counselor in the act of bloody murder.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 15, 2013
"The plot is hardly ever credible, but readers will be too scared to notice. And the best horror stories don't need to make any more sense than a dream--or a nightmare. (Horror. 9-12)"
Some kids have been waiting their entire lives for a book about a floating eyeball, even if they didn't know it. This is that book.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 14, 2013
"For those fascinated by Irish history, but probably not many more. (Historical fiction. 9-14)"
This middle-grade historical novel set in Ireland during the mid-17th century is low on character and a little muddled in story but offers lots of history.
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