CHILDREN'S
Released: June 30, 2011
"Share with kids before and after camp--newbies will be astonished at how typical Michael's experience is; seasoned campers (and their parents) will laugh all the way through. (Picture book. 7-12)"
A reluctant camper gradually adjusts over the course of the summer, which is communicated entirely in postcards and letters between him and his father.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 30, 2011
"One of those rare sequels that exceed the first. (Adventure. 10-14)"
Carroll heads back to the world he created for
Super Human (2010) for a second adventure in teen-superhero territory.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 28, 2011
"William Golding updated with humor. (Adventure. 12-17)"
Thoughtless teen behavior leads four sets of twins on a deadly adventure in a horribly realistic but often very funny survival tale.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 21, 2011
"Demure yet mildly impish; when Prudence's eyes "get hot and tingly" at the end, it's for the best reason of all. (Picture book. 3-6)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 21, 2011
"Wickedly clever. (Paranormal romance. 14 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 14, 2011
"The mystery unfolds a tad too incrementally, but this glittering puzzle box of a story about the exertion of one girl's will over life and death is as moving as it is creepy. (Psychological thriller. 14 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 14, 2011
"This charming, animated episode will elicit giggles and demands of "read it again!" (Picture book. 2-5)"
What toddler hasn't experienced the frustration of trying to retrieve toys from a baby sibling or the family dog with a shouted "MINE!"?
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 14, 2011
"A fascinating, moving exploration of the endlessly fascinating Romanovs, buttressed by extensive and fascinating backmatter. (Historical fiction.12 & up)"
Tsar Nicholas II's four ill-fated daughters provide a fictional, inside look at Imperial Russia's dying days in this thoroughly researched, poignant and compelling account of how the deposed Romanovs coped with abdication and arrest from 1914 to 1918.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 14, 2011
"A winning recipe blending crispy verse and fresh photography: Go team! (Picture book. 3-7)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: June 9, 2011
"The story recalls Lloyd Alexander at his wry, humane best; readers will be happy for every moment they spend at castle Hladka Hvorka. (Fantasy. 10-14)"
Noted Native American storyteller and author Bruchac turns to the Slovakian side of his family heritage to produce an entirely fresh and funny fantasy.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 7, 2011
"A book sure to haunt its reader long after the last past is turned—exquisitely eerie. (Graphic supernatural fiction. 12 & up)"
A deliciously creepy page-turning gem from first-time writer and illustrator Brosgol finds brooding teenager Anya trying to escape the past—both her own and the ghost haunting her.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2011
"Very few writers have such a keen understanding of the emotional lives of children; here Henkes is at the top of his game. (Fiction. 8-12)"
Every year, Alice celebrates her birthday week in February with her parents in a cottage on the beach in Sanibel, far from her snowy Wisconsin home.
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