CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An uneven U.S. debut for Atak, easy peasy for fans of the I Spy genre. (Picture book. 6-8)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Strong stomachs are a prerequisite. Even the strongest will be left both queasy and sore from laughter. (Graphic short stories. 7-10)"
Ivory Coast–born Abouet (
Aya, 2007, for adults) dishes out bursts of simultaneous hilarity and horror in African vignettes aimed at a younger audience.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Lacking in everything but length. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
Sixteen and never-been-kissed Elle is unprepared for the fallout from her brief stint working in a kissing booth.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
""If a monster is tired and grumpy, send it to bed and say, ‘GO TO SLEEP!' " Like that would work. (Picture book. 3-5)"
A blatantly psychotherapeutic variation on
Where the Wild Things Are and like empowerment fare
.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An intimate encounter with nature lit not just by stars and fireflies, but also an affecting dose of daddy-daughter warmth. (Picture book. 4-6)"
On a summer's night, a child sails out into her yard to gather (and then release) lightning bugs.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Fantasy readers should devour this well-crafted mix of action and setup, enriched by a thoroughly detailed cultural and historical background and capped by a distinctly unsettling twist. (Fantasy. 10-13)"
The inhumanly prolific author of the Mistborn trilogy conjures similarly baroque magic for a lapidary series opener aimed at a somewhat younger audience.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An enjoyable and provocative exploration of the clash between "normal" and "different" and how similar the two really are. (Fiction. 12-15)"
Summer is supposed to be about lazy days, but for Johnny, summer doesn't quite turn out the way he expects.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Another enthusiastic embrace of silliness from Antarctica. (Picture book. 3-6)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An intriguing premise, but it's too cramped and cryptic to reach its full potential. (Graphic fantasy. 10-13)"
From a floating, dream-proof Safe House, a diverse squad intrepidly issues forth to rescue children from attacks of nightmares in this melodramatic, rather confusing graphic outing.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Definitely goofy. (Graphic science fiction. 10-14)"
Hakata Soy and his fellow students at Astronaut Academy return from break to an academy in lockdown.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Hallelujah! A paranormal tale of angels that's not a romance, making it a novel that breaks the mold. (Paranormal fiction. 13 & up)"
For 13-year-old Jenna Samuels, things have been going really badly: She's pretty sure she's dying, her father has mysteriously abandoned the family, her mother is nearly catatonic with depression, and then her brother dies and becomes an "A-word."
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Bibliotherapy is a tricky business, as is the desire to shield young children from images that may cause nightmares. This is sure to arouse passion in both camps. (editor's note) (Picture book. 7-12)"
Created to benefit the International Board on Books for Young People's Fund for Children in Crisis program, this picture book presents provocative images and ideas regarding the violence many young people encounter.
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