CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2011
"There's nothing earth-shatteringly original here, but readers who like their frothy romance with a bracing dash of serious social issues will be clamoring for seconds. (Fiction. 11-14)"
Speech-and-debate summer camp provides a backdrop for romance and the fight against anti-Semitism.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2010
"Smart, disgusting fun. (Graphic suspense. 13 & up)"
Ever wonder what would happen if the men of Stepford conferred with evil aliens and decided to open a summer camp?
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 23, 2010
"As told from Sydney's point of view in an authentic adolescent voice, her growing self-awareness of "what's discovered after losing your way" is both moving and hopeful. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 15, 2009
"This is a book that fulfills a specific need, but its overall flaws make it unlikely to be passed from reader to reader and gain a following. (Fiction. 9-14)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 26, 2009
"Nonetheless, the title and content guarantee that this volume will be stolen from library shelves everywhere. (Fiction. YA)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Oct. 1, 2008
"Wallace's true form shines with short, choppy, succinct chapters and an action-driven plot full of laughs, misunderstandings, grit and fun. (Fiction. YA)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 12, 2008
"Though not an out-of-the-park follow-up to 2005's Ball Don't Lie, de la Peña blends sports and street together in a satisfying search for personal identity. (Fiction. YA)"
Angry with his Caucasian mother and feeling removed from his Hispanic heritage, 16-year-old Danny decides to spend the summer with his father's relatives in an attempt to re-forge his identity.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2007
"An iceberg of a romance in the vein of Sarah Dessen. (Fiction. YA)"
According to the text in this complex, near-ethereal exploration of a teen girl's inner awakenings, 17-year-old closed-mouthed Clio has quite a history behind her, including world travel, a bestselling video game named Dive! and a strange tattoo.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 1, 2007
"Exhilarating. (Fiction. YA)"
A star-struck girl plunges into the crazed world of summer drama camp and tries to cope with friends, love and jealousy in this intense romp through the world of musical theater.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Nov. 1, 2006
"Despite Emily and Lucy being well-defined, Ostow pays little attention to other characters, who fade into the well-drawn Puerto Rican setting. (Fiction. YA)"
Growing up in an affluent New York suburb, Emily Goldberg didn't mind not knowing about her mother's Puerto Rican childhood, but when her family travels to Puerto Rico for her grandmother's funeral, Emily's ignorance is compounded as she is bombarded by unfamiliar relatives, foreign customs and a language she can barely decipher.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: June 1, 2006
"And, where they can bandy ideas back and forth in an unflinching manner without worrying they'll offend each other. (Fiction. YA)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: April 1, 2006
"Great voice from a very promising debut. (Fiction. YA)"
A tumble of words flows out of Patty Ho as she tries to figure out how to be 15, and half white, half Taiwanese, hapa, says her buddy Jasmine, the "Asian-ator."
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CHILDREN'S
Released: March 1, 2005
"Teens—gay and straight—will connect. (Fiction. YA)"
Sixteen-year-old Russell and his two best friends, Gunnar and Min, from the Goodkind High School Gay-Straight-Bisexual Alliance sign up to be camp counselors at sleep-away camp.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Sept. 11, 2001
"Move over, Ya Ya Sisters. (Fiction. YA)"
In this feel-good novel with substance, four teenage girls, friends since they were all born just weeks apart, are about to embark on their first summer as separate young women.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: Aug. 1, 2001
"Both controversial and long-awaited, this helps to fill a need that is painfully obvious in YA literature and introduces a wonderful new voice. (Fiction. YA)"
In a love story that breaks the usual rules ("There's two girls and a boy, but they're not in the roles you'd think they'd have"), Ryan has written an almost too-perfect awakening story.
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