CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Hits the gross-out sweet spot. (Fiction. 8-12)"
Readers with a soft spot for gross-out humor will find plenty to keep them gagging in Rex's latest novel (
Fangbone! Third-Grade Barbarian, 2012) for the early-middle-grade set.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Another horse book with a trite dystopian twist. (cast of characters, glossary; unseen) (Dystopian fantasy. 12 & up)"
The last human must re-enter the wild in order to save her best friends in this meandering sequel in an unremarkable series (
Daughter of the Centaurs, 2012).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"This entertaining read leaves some provoking questions unanswered--usefully. (Fiction. 9-12)"
Cartoonist Derek grapples with a perplexing association between disability and bullying in this stand-alone sequel to
My Life as a Book (2010) and
My Life as a Stuntboy (2011).
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"The images of the flowers, the landscape and the manor house are vivid and make for a tantalizing read."
A historical mystery that spans over 60 years, told from the alternating perspectives of two young women: Flora in 1940 and Addison in 2000.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Oh, the humanity. (Paranormal romance. 14-16)"
Power, love and vengeance come together in this consistently over-the-top conclusion to the Starcrossed trilogy.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"In a satisfying trilogy conclusion, Liza confronts the conflicts between saving the world and saving her friends in an environment where nobody is willing to let go of the last generation's hatreds. (Fantasy. 12-16)"
With the faerie and mortal lands crumbling away, a teenage girl must work with both worlds if anyone is to survive.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"Funny and snarky as ever, with a cautionary but reassuring message that this common malady will, like most childhood colds and fevers, run its course naturally without outside intervention. (science project, drawing page) (Graphic novel. 7-9)"
School assignments, sleep and even
Super Amoeba comics go by the wayside when protozoan protagonist Squish is "infected" by a video game.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Less byplay among the regulars than usual, mainly since whenever promising domestic and group complications arise, Adler-Olsen lets them die on the vine. But the detection and thrills are authentic."
Inspector Carl Mørck and his raffish colleagues at Copenhagen's Department Q (
The Absent One, 2012, etc.) go up against a truly fiendish kidnapper.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 28, 2013
"This title can be read alone and will win new fans, while long-standing fans will cheer. Just Grace continues to be just delightful. (Fiction. 7-10)"
Mix the ingredients of a school fair, Grandma's cupcake recipe and a broken promise to a friend, and you have the 10th entry in the Just Grace
series.
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FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Once again, Gaus probes the tension between the self-reliance of the Amish world and the urgencies of the English world with depth and sensitivity."
NONFICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Perhaps too textually dense for general readers, but the book raises and clarifies a variety of significant issues about the many decisions translators must contend with."
NONFICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"A frustrating mixture of incontrovertible facts and dubious speculation. Proceed with caution."
A nationally syndicated conservative columnist explores the extent and impact of the Soviet Union's penetration of the United States government.
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