New & Notable Books for Middle-Graders: October 2012

by Andrés Vera Martínez ; Na Liu ; illustrated by Andrés Vera Martínez

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by David Calcutt & illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith

Sure to attract new followers for a perennially popular hero. Full review >

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by Lois Lowry

Bravo! (Fiction. 12 & up) Full review >

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by Rebecca L. Johnson

Science writing at its grossest and best, though as the title (not to mention the blood-spattered pages) warns, not for the... Full review >

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by Grace Lin

A worthy companion to Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2009). Full review >

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by Bobbie Pyron

Terrifying, life-affirming and memorable. Full review >

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by Sheila O'Connor

Family loyalty, stubbornness and love in an implausible but totally satisfying blend. Full review >

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by Jim Murphy

After reading this fascinating story, young people will appreciate the old expression, spawned by this very hoax, “There’s a... Full review >

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by Kathlyn Gay

A sobering, thought-provoking discussion that provides, yes, much food for thought. Full review >

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by Andrea Davis Pinkney & illustrated by Brian Pinkney

A feast for readers whose eyes are (or should be) on the prize, in a volume as well-turned-out as the dapper W.E.B. Dubois,... Full review >

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retold by S.D. Nelson & illustrated by S.D. Nelson

Pair with Nelson’s Gift Horse (1999) for a broad vision of Plains Indian childhood. Full review >

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by John Stephens

Irreverent humor and swashbuckling adventure collide in a fetching fantasy. Full review >

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by Katherine Catmull

"The way a story is told has power," the narrator asserts; Catmull’s languorously beautiful telling is puissant indeed. Full review >

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by Lemony Snicket & illustrated by Seth

Fans of the Series of Unfortunate Events will be in heaven picking out tidbit references to the tridecalogy, but readers... Full review >

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by Mark Brake & illustrated by Colin Jack & Geraint Ford

Sharp extraterrestrial inquiry—and a lesson in not judging a book by its cover. Full review >

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