CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"Clever premise, uneven execution. (Fiction. 13 & up)"
Five teens linked by a documentary following their lives reunite to film a third installment.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"A poignant coming-of-age story intertwining loss and hope against a background of Japanese culture. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
As Danny Kellerman prepares for his high school graduation, the absence of his loved ones pitches him into a dangerous tailspin.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"Philbin hits all the buttons designed to attract chick-lit readers--major wealth, casually mentioned fashion, hot boyfriends and, of course, universal beauty--for a summertime diversion. (Chick lit. 12 & up)"
When a middle-class girl spends the summer living with a superrich family on Long Island, conflict and romance result.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 4, 2013
"The least successful of the three. (Paranormal historical fantasy. 12 & up)"
The final book in Mitchell's historical trilogy with paranormal overtones (The Springsweet, 2012, etc.).
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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
"It's all harmless summer fun, but it has the feeling of the retread that it is; perhaps next year Libby should get a different sort of summer job. (Fiction. 12 & up)"
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
"Teen girls who have experienced similar friendships will find this resonates; other readers probably won't. (Fiction. 14-17)"
In Max and Sadie's friendship, wild Sadie is the one who has all the fun, while responsible Max deals with the consequences.
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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
"Another miss, and we're only halfway through the series. (Historical fiction. 14-18)"
The second volume of a projected quartet of historical/paranormal novels is as sloppy as the first,
Changeling (2012)
.
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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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