CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 6, 2012
"A compelling coming-of-age road trip. (author's note, suggested reading, selected resources) (Historical fiction. 8-12)"
In Elizabethan England, young Will hits the road with an assortment of human characters and Duchess, one smart pig.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2012
"Making the rules rules! (Fiction. 6-9)"
It's spring break, and Bean's big sister, Nancy, is off to Monkey Park, where she'll get to spend every day having secret, big-kid fun at Girl Power 4-Ever Camp for girls 11-14. Bean is 7.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 23, 2012
"A multi-world adventure starring a band of heroes that readers will want to join. (Science fiction. 9-14) "
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"Bravo! (Fiction. 12 & up)"
In this long-awaited finale to the Giver Quartet, a young mother from a dystopian community searches for her son and sacrifices everything to find him living in a more humane society with characters from
The Giver (1993),
Gathering Blue (2000) and
Messenger (2004).
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"Mostly for Fforde's fans, although fantasy readers with a taste for the silly should appreciate the subverted tropes. (Fantasy. 12 & up)"
Finally, the first in Fforde's fantasy trilogy for young readers, published in the U.K. in 2010, makes it to this side of the pond.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"Sure to attract new followers for a perennially popular hero. (research and bibliography) (Folklore. 9-13)"
Robbing the rich and punishing the privileged, Robin Hood and his band return in a series of nine episodes gracefully retold and beautifully designed to appeal to modern readers.
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