CHILDREN'S
Released: June 11, 2013
"Readers who love spotting allusions will appreciate this intelligent book's robust vocabulary, its inclusion of French, German and Swedish words, and the real scholarship behind it. (Fantasy. 11-15)"
"
Listen, if you will," whispers the ghost of Jacob Grimm to Jeremy Johnson Johnson and to the readers of this delightful, modern-day fairy tale.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 11, 2013
"Life for Abigail in Glasgow is presented as gritty, dark and hard, beautifully demonstrating Abigail's inner reserves of strength, but grafting the mind-control plot onto it turns the story into a generic paranoia thriller. (Thriller. 14 & up)"
A promising character study is derailed by a conspiracy-theory plot that comes out of nowhere.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 11, 2013
"A solid, realistically imagined survival tale with a strong female protagonist. (Post-apocalyptic adventure. 11-16)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 11, 2013
"A refreshingly relevant and inspiring historical venture. (Historical fiction. 12 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 11, 2013
"More story than study, the book provides an accessible introduction to Goodall's, Fossey's and Galdikas' lives and work. (afterword, bibliography) (Graphic novel. 10-14)"
Veteran science writer Ottaviani (
Feynman,
2011, etc.) teams up with illustration newcomer Wicks in this semifictionalized overview of the "Trimates," three women primatologists championed by Louis Leakey.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 11, 2013
"An informative tale, but it lacks spark. (Ghost story. 14 & up)"
May's trip to Florence with family friends takes a frightening turn when she wakes in the middle of the night to find her ghostly twin standing at the foot of her bed.
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