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
"The best thing about this book? Its reassuring look back at all the things the happy and successful students have enjoyed about kindergarten--equally valuable at the beginning and the end of the school year. (Picture book. 3-5)"
On graduation day, a patient teacher leads her class through a guessing game about what has been the best thing about kindergarten.
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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
"No one will read these books for the mystery, which is so glacially developed it's easy to forget, what with all the sex, drugs and misery. (Chick-lit/mystery. 14 & up)"
One and a half volumes into her series, Peloquin's central mystery plot finally begins to come together.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Whipping Boy + Blade Runner with a sprinkling of The Hunger Games (plus, of course, a dash of A Tale of Two Cities) = a treat for teen SF fans. (Science fiction. 12 & up)"
Sixteen-year-old Syd is a good guy; but he's "proxy" to a "patron," so Syd has to pay for someone else's crimes.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Teens with a love of history will not be able to resist this skillful retelling of the remarkable achievement of Anne Boleyn, who rose from tarnished foreign outcast to the king's bride. (Historical fiction. 13-17)"
Following on
Gilt (2012), which told the tale of Henry VIII's doomed fifth wife, Catherine Howard, is another beheaded wife's story.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Page-turning intrigues make this a strong sequel. (Fantasy. 12 & up)"
Cate Cahill is torn between competing factions of the Sisterhood, as the witches disguised as nuns prepare to fight the Brothers' theocracy.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"Generic, unthreatening, popcorn summer reading; ideal for those readers looking for more of exactly the same. (Fantasy. 14 & up)"
This steamy apocalyptic-fantasy-romance novel reads like the product of a committee formed specifically to design a YA best-seller.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 18, 2013
"This attempt at a rags-to-riches tale of a wannabe pop superstar delivers more whining than wailing. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
Blessed with an impressive four-octave vocal range, 17-year-old Marisol Reyes is ready to make a name for herself in the glamorous and perilous world of the music industry.
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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 18, 2013
"An ambitious and unusual take on teens and eating disorders--but not an entirely satisfactory one. (Fiction. 12-18)"
A young stop-motion-film enthusiast's encounter with anorexia, as narrated by...his eating disorder?
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