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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star WHAT HAPPENED ON FOX STREET
by Trisha Springstubb
"Love, belief and caring. (Fiction. 8-12)"
Mo mostly loves living on Fox Street, which has everything except foxes, girlfriends and her mom (who died when she was young). Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star VIOLET IN BLOOM
by Lauren Myracle
"A triumph. (Fiction. 9-13)"
Fifth grade BFFs Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Violet and Camilla ride again in this stride-hitting second entry in the Flower Power series (Luv Ya Bunches, 2009). Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
Kirkus Star THE MEMORY BANK
by Carolyn Coman, illustrated by Rob Shepperson
"Brilliantly crafted, thoroughly enjoyable and, though so very like Dahl, unique as a fascinating new way to ponder dreams and memories. (Fiction. 8-12)"
Children's literature has a long history of cruel parents, but Hope Scroggins's are so heartless, they kick their tiny girl Honey out of the car for laughing… and never turn back. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
Kirkus Star ZORA AND ME
by Victoria Bond, T.R. Simon
"Absolutely outstanding. (Historical fiction. 10-16)"
The childhood of African-American literary giant Zora Neale Hurston is brought to life with this fictionalized account. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 12, 2010
Kirkus Star MOON OVER MANIFEST
by Claire Vanderpool
"The absolute necessity of story as a way to redemption and healing past wounds is at the heart of this beautiful debut, and readers will cherish every word up to the heartbreaking yet hopeful and deeply gratifying ending. (author's note) (Historical fiction. 10-14)"
When 12-year-old Abilene jumps off the train in Manifest, Kan., in 1936 to stay with her father's boyhood friend, little does she know her sojourn will take her back, via mesmerizing tales, newspaper clippings, curious mementoes and World War I letters, to Manifest as it was in 1918—and into the life of the mysterious boy nicknamed Jinx. Read full book review >
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 26, 2010
Kirkus Star A GOOD HORSE
by Jane Smiley, illustrated by Elaine Clayton
"Rich, real and utterly engrossing. (Historical fiction. 10-14)"
This sequel to The Georges and the Jewels (2009) is Smiley at her finest—detailed, nuanced, absorbing. Read full book review >