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Addy Saves the Dayby Connie PorterISBN 0785740937 (0-7857-4093-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Addy Saves the Day'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. For more than 15 years, The American Girls Collection has captivated readers with its tales of heart, hope and history. Millions of girls have fallen in love with the series' strong, appealing heroines. [via]
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Are You My Mother?by Philip D. EastmanISBN 0785751033 (0-7857-5103-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Are You My Mother?'Book summary:This is the classic from which many of our staff first learned to read, starting us on a path of unremitting bibliophilia. Are You My Mother? follows a confused baby bird who's been denied the experience of imprinting as he asks cows, planes, and steam shovels the Big Question. In the end he is happily reunited with his maternal parent in a glorious moment of recognition. [via]
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Atonement: A Novelby Ian McEwanISBN 0786239212 (0-7862-3921-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atonement: A Novel'Book summary:Ian McEwan's Booker Prize-nominated Atonement is his first novel since Amsterdam took home the prize in 1998. But while Amsterdam was a slim, sleek piece, Atonement is a more sturdy, more ambitious work, allowing McEwan more room to play, think, and experiment.
We meet 13-year-old Briony Tallis in the summer of 1935, as she attempts to stage a production of her new drama "The Trials of Arabella" to welcome home her older, idolized brother Leon. But she soon discovers that her cousins, the glamorous Lola and the twin boys Jackson and Pierrot, aren't up to the task, and directorial ambitions are abandoned as more interesting prospects of preoccupation come onto the scene. The charlady's son, Robbie Turner, appears to be forcing Briony's sister Cecilia to strip in the fountain and sends her obscene letters; Leon has brought home a dim chocolate magnate keen for a war to promote his new "Army Ammo" chocolate bar; and upstairs, Briony's migraine-stricken mother Emily keeps tabs on the house from her bed. Soon, secrets emerge that change the lives of everyone present....
The interwar, upper-middle-class setting of the book's long, masterfully sustained opening section might recall Virginia Woolf or Henry Green, but as we move forward--eventually to the turn of the 21st century--the novel's central concerns emerge, and McEwan's voice becomes clear, even personal. For at heart, Atonement is about the pleasures, pains, and dangers of writing, and perhaps even more, about the challenge of controlling what readers make of your writing. McEwan shouldn't have any doubts about readers of Atonement: this is a thoughtful, provocative, and at times moving book that will have readers applauding. --Alan Stewart, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Au Pairsby Melissa De LA CruzISBN 0786282916 (0-7862-8291-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Bag of Bonesby Stephen KingISBN 0786217219 (0-7862-1721-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Biker Girlby Misako RocksISBN 0786836768 (0-7868-3676-8)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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Blue Bloodsby Melissa de la CruzISBN 0786838922 (0-7868-3892-2)
Hardcover, Disney Press
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Bluebeards Eggsby AtwoodISBN 0771008082 (0-7710-0808-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Boys and Girls Learn Differently!by Michael Gurian, Patricia Henley, Terry TruemanISBN 0787953431 (0-7879-5343-1)
Hardcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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A Break with Charityby Ann RinaldiISBN 0785735488 (0-7857-3548-8)
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Bridget Jones's Diaryby Helen FieldingISBN 0786216379 (0-7862-1637-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bridget Jones's Diary'Book summary:In the course of the year recorded in Bridget Jones's Diary, Bridget confides her hopes, her dreams, and her monstrously fluctuating poundage, not to mention her consumption of 5277 cigarettes and "Fat units 3457 (approx.) (hideous in every way)." In 365 days, she gains 74 pounds. On the other hand, she loses 72! There is also the unspoken New Year's resolution--the quest for the right man. Alas, here Bridget goes severely off course when she has an affair with her charming cad of a boss. But who would be without their e-mail flirtation focused on a short black skirt? The boss even contends that it is so short as to be nonexistent.
At the beginning of Helen Fielding's exceptionally funny second novel, the thirtyish publishing puffette is suffering from postholiday stress syndrome but determined to find Inner Peace and poise. Bridget will, for instance, "get up straight away when wake up in mornings." Now if only she can survive the party her mother has tricked her into--a suburban fest full of "Smug Marrieds" professing concern for her and her fellow "Singletons"--she'll have made a good start. As far as she's concerned, "We wouldn't rush up to them and roar, 'How's your marriage going? Still having sex?'"
This is only the first of many disgraces Bridget will suffer in her year of performance anxiety (at work and at play, though less often in bed) and living through other people's "emotional fuckwittage." Her twin-set-wearing suburban mother, for instance, suddenly becomes a chat-show hostess and unrepentant adulteress, while our heroine herself spends half the time overdosing on Chardonnay and feeling like "a tragic freak." Bridget Jones's Diary began as a column in the London Independent and struck a chord with readers of all sexes and sizes. In strokes simultaneously broad and subtle, Helen Fielding reveals the lighter side of despair, self-doubt, and obsession, and also satirizes everything from self-help books (they don't sound half as sensible to Bridget when she's sober) to feng shui, Cosmopolitan-style. She is the Nancy Mitford of the 1990s, and it's impossible not to root for her endearing heroine. On the other hand, one can only hope that Bridget will continue to screw up and tell us all about it for years and books to come. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Captivating: A Guided Journal to Aid In Unveiling the Mystery Of A Woman's Soulby JOHN ELDGREDGE, Stasi EldredgeISBN 0785207007 (0-7852-0700-7)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captivating: A Guided Journal to Aid In Unveiling the Mystery Of A Woman's Soul'Book summary:Every little girl has dreams of being rescued by the hero, of being swept away into a great adventure, of being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are taught to be tough, efficient, and independent. Many Christian women are tired, struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a "good servant," a nurturing caregiver, passionate lover, or capable home manager.
What the Wild at Heart Field Manual did for men, the Captivating: A Guided Journal can do for women. By revealing the three distinctly female desires every woman shares, John and Stasi Eldredge invite participants to recover their feminine hearts, which may have suffered many wounds but were originally defined in the image of a passionate God.
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Captivating: Unveiling The Mystery Of A Woman's Soulby John Eldredge, Stasi EldredgeISBN 0785264698 (0-7852-6469-8)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captivating: Unveiling The Mystery Of A Woman's Soul'Book summary:Every woman was once a little girl. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious dreams. She longs to be swept up into a romance, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, to be the Beauty of the story. And yethow many women do you know who ever find that life?
Most women think they have to settle for a life of efficiency and duty, striving to be the women they "ought" to be but often feeling they have failed. Sadly, too many messages for Christian women add to the pressure. "Do these ten things, and you will be a godly woman." The effect has not been good on the feminine soul.
The message of Captivating is this: Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. The desires you had as a little girl and the longings you still feel are telling you of the life God created you to live. He offers to rescue your heart and release you to live as a fully alive and feminine woman. A woman who is truly captivating.
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Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul, Keepsake Editionby John Eldredge, Stasi EldredgeISBN 0785289119 (0-7852-8911-9)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul, Keepsake Edition'Book summary:Every little girl has dreams of being swept up into a great adventure, of being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are often swept up into a life filled merely with duty and demands. Many Christian women are tired, struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a "good servant," a nurturing caregiver, or a capable home manager.
By revealing the core desires every woman shares-to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a grand adventure, and to unveil beauty-John and Stasi Eldredge invite women to recover their feminine hearts, created in the image of an intimate and passionate God. Further, they encourage men to discover the secret of a woman's soul and to delight in the beauty and strength women were created to offer.
The Keepsake Edition of this groundbreaking bestseller includes a beautiful cover with magnetic flap closure, a ribbon marker, and a presentation page to make this a great gift.
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Chasing Vermeerby Blue Balliett, Brett HelquistISBN 0786270071 (0-7862-7007-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chasing Vermeer'Book summary:In the classic tradition of E.L. Konigsburgs From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, debut author Blue Balliett introduces readers to another pair of precocious kids on an artful quest full of patterns, puzzles, and the power of blue M&Ms. Eleven year old Petra and Calder may be in the same sixth grade class, but they barely know each other. Its only after a near collision during a museum field trip that they discover their shared worship of art, their teacher Ms. Hussey, and the blue candy that doesnt melt in your hands. Their burgeoning friendship is strengthened when a creative thief steals a valuable Vermeer painting en route to Chicago, their home town. When the thief leaves a trail of public clues via the newspaper, Petra and Calder decide to try and recover the painting themselves. But tracking down the Vermeer isnt easy, as Calder and Petra try to figure out what a set of pentominos (mathematical puzzle pieces), a mysterious book about unexplainable phenomena and a suddenly very nervous Ms. Hussey have to do with a centuries old artwork. When the thief ups the ante by declaring that he or she may very well destroy the painting, the two friends know they have to make the pieces of the puzzle fit before its too late!
Already being heralded as The DaVinci Code for kids, Chasing Vermeer will have middle grade readers scrutinizing art books as they try to solve the mystery along with Calder and Petra. In an added bonus, artist Brett Helquist has also hidden a secret pentomino message in several of the books illustrations for readers to decode. An auspicious and wonderfully satisfying debut that will leave no young detective clueless. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Chronicles of Avonleaby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 077042161X (0-7704-2161-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand, and Support Your Daughter When She's Growing Up So Fastby Joe KellyISBN 0767908341 (0-7679-0834-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dads and Daughters: How to Inspire, Understand, and Support Your Daughter When She's Growing Up So Fast'Book summary:Every father can make a huge difference in his daughters life.
As the primary male role model in a girls life, fathers influence their daughters in profound ways, from how they see themselves to what they come to expect from men and the world at large. But men often dont realize the importance of their interactions or may shy away from too close involvement because of their inexperience, or conditioning. Especially as girls move into adolescence, fathers may find themselves feeling distant from their daughters or awkward with the changing dynamic. Communication becomes difficult and parenting issues more complicated. But this is also the time when daughters most need their fathers to be an even greater presence in their lives. Dads and Daughters is a tool to bridge that gap and build a rewarding and joyful father-daughter relationship.
From father to father and with insights from many other dads, Joe Kelly shows men how they can strengthen their relationships with their daughters and explores the tremendous rewards this relationship can bring. Starting with a self-assessment quiz titled How Am I Doing as My Daughters Father? dads can immediately see what kind of role they play in their daughters life. To educate fathers and offer solutions when problems arise, Dads and Daughters then offers thoughtful coverage of the most pivotal issues todays girls face, such as sex and dating, body image, alcohol and drugs, media culture and violence, money and responsibility, and the future. In doing so he both illuminates the culture our daughters live in and shows fathers how to guide their daughters toward rewarding, healthy lives.
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Dance of the Happy Shades: Storiesby Alice MunroISBN 0770002390 (0-7700-0239-0)
Hardcover, Ryerson P.
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The Doll Peopleby Ann M. Martin, Laura Godwin, Brian SelznickISBN 0786812400 (0-7868-1240-0)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Doll People'Book summary:Annabelle Doll is 8 years old--and has been for over 100 years. Nothing much has changed in the dollhouse during that time, except for the fact that 45 years ago, Annabelle's Auntie Sarah disappeared from the dollhouse without a trace. After all this time, restless Annabelle is becoming more and more curious about her aunt's fate. And when she discovers Auntie Sarah's old diary, she becomes positively driven. Her cautious family tries to discourage her, but Annabelle won't be stopped, even though she risks Permanent Doll State, in which she could turn into a regular, nonliving doll. And when the "Real Pink Plastic" Funcraft family moves in next door, the Doll family's world is turned upside down--in more ways than one!
Fans of The Borrowers and Stuart Little will love this exciting story of adventure and mystery. The relationship between the two doll families, one antique, one modern, is hilariously, wonderfully drawn. The Funcrafts are reckless and raucous, with fearlessness born of their unbreakable plastic parts. The Doll family is reserved and somewhat prim, even though they occasionally break into '60s tunes like "Respect" in their sing-alongs. Annabelle is a heroine with integrity and gumption. Ann Martin (The Babysitters Club series) and Laura Godwin create a witty, intriguing tale, illustrated with humor and a clever eye for detail by Brian Selznick. (Ages 7 to 11) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Busby Mo WillemsISBN 078681988X (0-7868-1988-X)
Hardcover, Hyperion
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Amazon Exclusive: The Pigeon: A Life in Pictures
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Back in 1993, I was cartooning for a zine. Due to a lack of other material, we decided to make the December issue a sketchbook with just my cartoons. I have been producing small cartoon and story sketchbooks for clients and pals every year since then. In 1998, my sketchbook featured a new character, the Pigeon. Born in the margins of a 1997 notebook filled with potential picture book ideas, he was complaining that his ideas were better than mine. To mollify him, I put him in that years sketchbook. The original sketchbook was much longer than the final published volume, but some of the lines were the same. 
In late 1999, an agent essentially agreed with the Pigeon and rejected my picture book ideas. She suggested I revisit my sketchbook with an eye to turning it into a picture book. My wife was working at a school library at the time and had read the sketchbook to her kids, who had enjoyed it. So I suppose it wasnt too crazy an idea. I started to revise the layout and work with color. At the end of 2001, after several dozen rejections because the book was unusual, an editor decided that unusual was a good thing. Plus, it made her laugh. I began reworking and rewriting. The Pigeon was now starting to look more like his mature self. Dont Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! was published in April 2003 and, to my surprise, proved to be popular quite quickly. Thankfully, that Pigeon doodle in the notebook back in 1997 was so insistent. He was right!
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The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorumby Kim Izzo, Ceri MarshISBN 0767910109 (0-7679-1010-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum'Book summary:Good manners will make you fabulous. Good manners will make you sexy. The well-mannered get invited to more dinner parties, see their career aspirations blossom, and have a wider array of friends and eligible suitors. So if you want to become your most fabulous self, read onThe Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum is your ticket to becoming the girl you want to be.
Authors Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh know first-hand that todays young women require etiquette advice that speaks to their modern sensibilities. Yes, we girls need to know how to write a perfect thank-you note and set a proper tablebut we also need to know how to handle a one-night stand, how to ask for a promotion, what to wear at an art opening, and when a budding romance should move from supper to sex.
With The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum, Izzo and Marsh have written the etiquette guide for the new millennium and created the ultimate icon of style for the 21st century: The Fabulous Girl. Shes liberated but chic, impeccably mannered but never a snob, confident but compassionate, full of verve instead of vanity. Shes the epitome of Audrey Hepburn-esque style and savoire faire at the workplace, at a dinner party, and even in the bedroom.
The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum addresses all aspects of urban life, including careers, friendships, families, entertaining, socializing, romance, and sex (these days they dont necessarily go hand in hand!) and provides invaluable advice on how to navigate these tricky waters with unfailing grace. From what to wear at a power lunch to how to behave at a film premier, Izzo and Marsh address topics such as:
·Coping with an office backstabber
·Taxi and door-holding protocol on dates
·How to handle an affair with the boss
·Hosting the perfect dinner party
·How to handle fair weather friends
·Protocol for first-night sex
·The 10 things an FG will always have in her handbag
·Saving face when a male buddy has become too attached
Charming, witty and eminently practical, The Fabulous Girls Guide to Decorum is as essential as the little black dress and a must for every young womans bookshelf. [via]More editions of The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum:
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The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Grace Under Pressure: Extreme Etiquette for the Stickiest, Trickiest, Most Outrageous Situations Of Your Lifeby Kim Izzo, Ceri MarshISBN 0767915488 (0-7679-1548-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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What should you do if you catch your boyfriend in bed with another woman? What if that woman is your best friend? What happens if you get a bit too tipsy at your company party and make an inappropriate comment to your boss? Tackling all areas of urban lifefrom the workplace, to friendships, to sex and courtshipauthors Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh show you how to overcome even the most excruciating circumstances with the Audrey Hepburn-esque style and finesse that are the hallmark of the Fabulous Girl. Youll learn how to gracefully handle predicaments such as:
" Your ex-boyfriend becomes famous
" Your credit card is declined while youre dining with a client
" Your assistant is trying to get your job
" You get caught having broom-closet sex with a coworker
" You catch your friends complaining about you
" Your shopping buddy gets caught shoplifting
" You decide to call off your wedding at the last minute
No matter how poised and well-mannered you are, the adventurous life of a Fabulous Girl inevitably leads to a few high-stakes dilemmas. Charming, witty, and eminently practical, The Fabulous Girls Guide to Grace Under Pressure arms you with the know-how to stylishly deal with whatever insanity life throws your wayand remain fabulous throughout it all. [via]More editions of The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Grace Under Pressure: Extreme Etiquette for the Stickiest, Trickiest, Most Outrageous Situations Of Your Life:
Further Chronicles of Avonleaby Lucy Maud MontgomeryISBN 0770421628 (0-7704-2162-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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A Girl Named Disasterby Nancy FarmerISBN 0786280379 (0-7862-8037-9)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small In Mooreland, Indianaby Haven KimmelISBN 0767915054 (0-7679-1505-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small In Mooreland, Indiana'Book summary:When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of three hundred people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this small girl was possessed of big eyes and even bigger ears. In this witty and lovingly told memoir, Kimmel takes readers back to a time when small-town America was caught in the amber of the innocent postwar periodpeople helped their neighbors, went to church on Sunday, and kept barnyard animals in their backyards.
Laced with fine storytelling, sharp wit, dead-on observations, and moments of sheer joy, Haven Kimmel's straight-shooting portrait of her childhood gives us a heroine who is wonderfully sweet and sly as she navigates the quirky adult world that surrounds Zippy. [via]More editions of A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small In Mooreland, Indiana:
Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughtersby Teresa Barker, Joann DeakISBN 0786886579 (0-7868-8657-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishingby Melissa BankISBN 0786221690 (0-7862-2169-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing'Book summary:Jane Rosenal, the narrator of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, is wise beyond her years. Not that that's saying much--since none of her elders, with the exception of her father, is particularly wise. At the age of 14, Jane watches her brother and his new girlfriend, searching for clues for how to fall in love, but by the end of the summer she's trying to figure out how not to fail in love. At twice that age, Jane quickly internalizes How to Meet and Marry Mr. Right, even though that retro manual is ruining her chances at happiness. In the intervening years, Melissa Bank's heroine struggles at love and work. The former often seems indistinguishable from the latter, and her experiences in book publishing inspire little in the way of affection. As Jane announces in "The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine": "I'd been a rising star at H----- until Mimi Howlett, the new executive editor, decided I was just the lights of an airplane."
Bank's first collection has a beautiful, true arc, and all the sophistication and control her heroine could ever desire. In "The Floating House," Jane and her boyfriend, Jamie, visit his ex-girlfriend in St. Croix, and right from the start she can't stop mimicking her beautiful competitor, in a notably idiotic fashion. "I'm like one of those animals that imitates its predators to survive," she realizes--one of several thousand of Bank's ruefully funny phrases. But even as Jane clowns around, desperately trying to keep up appearances, she is so hyperaware it hurts. Again and again, the author explores the dichotomy between life as it happens and the rehearsed anecdote, the preferred outcome. In The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, even suburban quiet has "nothing to do with peace." Bank's much-anticipated debut merits all its buzz and, more to the point, transcends it. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Goy Crazyby Melissa SchorrISBN 0786838523 (0-7868-3852-3)
Hardcover, Disney Pr
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0770428207 (0-7704-2820-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Throughout her career, Margaret Atwood has played with different literary genres in her novels--historical fiction (Alias Grace), pulp fiction (The Blind Assassin), the comedy of manners (The Robber Bride)--but no foray into genre fiction has been as successful as her turn to speculative fiction in The Handmaid's Tale. Published in 1985, it echoes Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World, but a vibrant feminism drives Atwood's portrait of a futuristic dystopia. In the Republic of Gilead, we see a world devastated by toxic chemicals and nuclear fallout and dominated by a repressive Christian fundamentalism. The birthrate has plunged, and most women can no longer bear children. Offred is one of Gilead's Handmaids, who as official breeders are among the chosen few who can still become pregnant.
The Handmaid's Tale is an imaginatively audacious novel that is at once a page-turning psychological thriller, a moving love story, and a chilling warning about what might be waiting for us around the corner. What ultimately makes it stand out is Atwood's ability to balance a passionate political statement with finely wrought literary fiction. The Handmaid's Tale is a remarkable work by one of Canada's most inventive writers. --Jeffrey Canton [via]
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunterby Carson McCullersISBN 0783887736 (0-7838-8773-6)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Heidiby Johanna SpyriISBN 076660716X (0-7666-0716-X)
Hardcover, Modern Pub
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Hold Me Close, Let Me Goby Adair LaraISBN 0767905083 (0-7679-0508-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Hold Me Close, Let Me Go: A Mother, a Daughter and an Adolescence Survivedby Adair LaraISBN 0767905075 (0-7679-0507-5)
Hardcover, Broadway Books
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The Hundred Secret Sensesby Amy TanISBN 0786205970 (0-7862-0597-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hundred Secret Senses'Book summary:Amy Tan's latest effort unfolds a series of family secrets that questions the connection between fate, beliefs, and hopes, memory and imagination, and the natural gifts of our hundred secret senses. Years after her Chinese half-sister assails her with ghost stories set in the mysterious world of Yin, a young woman finds herself in China, looking for a way to reconcile the ghosts of her past with the dreams of her future. [via]
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In Grandmas Atticby Arleta Richardson, Dora LederISBN 0781432685 (0-7814-3268-5)
Softcover, David C Cook
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In the Land of the Big Red Appleby Roger Lea MacBrideISBN 0785761454 (0-7857-6145-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Inkheartby Cornelia Funke, Anthea BellISBN 0786280417 (0-7862-8041-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inkheart'Book summary:Some books are destined to be lifelong treasured possessions. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, the bestselling German author of The Thief Lord, could easily lay claim to being such a book. It is a meaty, magical adventure that oozes a passion for books and the awesome power of words on a page, written by an author who clearly adores stories. Every chapter is introduced by tempting quotations from classic novels that whet your appetite for more and help underline the terrific heritage of children's literature that Inkheart is added to.
Meggie is the daughter of a revered bookbinder called Mo whose peaceful existence is one night shattered by the arrival of Dustfinger--a shadowy man with a mysterious link to Mo's past. Mo and Meggie are soon on the move, running from something that threatens everything they hold dear. But the past inevitably catches up with them and Mo is forced to reveal to his daughter for the first time his terrible secret. He has the ability, or curse, to breathe life into any story he reads and make the characters come alive. Just such a character, the sinister Capricorn, is after Mo to ensure that he stays alive and is never returned to the pages from which he was sprung. And, of course, he'll stop at nothing to guarantee success.
Inkheart is a treat and echoes of its many colourful characters, nail-biting drama and unrelenting invention will stay with the reader for a long time. It's also a novel for people who really love books. (Recommended for ages 10 and over.) --John McLay [via]
Island of the Blue Dolphinsby Scott O'Dell, Ted LewinISBN 0786272546 (0-7862-7254-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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It Happened to Nancyby Beatrice SparksISBN 0785720731 (0-7857-2073-1)
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, Sara Thomson, Richard LauterISBN 0766607216 (0-7666-0721-6)
Hardcover, Modern Pub
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Kira-kiraby Cynthia KadohataISBN 0786276169 (0-7862-7616-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kira-kira'Book summary:In Cynthia Kadohata's lively, lovely, funny and sad novel -- winner of the 2005 Newbery Medal -- the Japanese-American Takeshima family moves from Iowa to Georgia in the 1950s when Katie, the narrator, is just in kindergarten. Though her parents endure grueling conditions and impossible hours in the non-unionized poultry plant and hatchery where they work, they somehow manage to create a loving, stable home for their three children: Lynn, Katie, and Sammy. Katie's trust in, and admiration for, her older sister Lynn never falters, even when her sisterly advice doesn't seem to make sense. Lynn teaches her about everything from how the sky, the ocean, and people's eyes are special to the injustice of racial prejudice. The two girls dream of buying a house for the family someday and even save $100 in candy money: "Our other favorite book was Silas Marner. We were quite capitalistic and liked the idea of Silas keeping all that gold underneath the floorboards." When Lynn develops lymphoma, it's heartbreaking, but through the course of her worsening illness, Katie does her best to remember Lynn's "kira-kira" (glittery, shining) outlook on life. Small moments shine the brightest in this poignant story; told beautifully and lyrically in Katie's fresh, honest voice. (Ages 11 to 14) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Kissed the Girls and Made Them Cry: Why We Lose When We Give inby Lisa BevereISBN 0785269894 (0-7852-6989-4)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Taleby Mo WillemsISBN 0786818700 (0-7868-1870-0)
Hardcover, Hyperion
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The Leavingby Budge WilsonISBN 0773673636 (0-7736-7363-6)
Softcover, Irwin Pub
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Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austenby Fay WeldonISBN 0786706880 (0-7867-0688-0)
Softcover, Basic Books
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Little House Christmas Holiday Stories from the Little House Booksby Laura Ingalls WilderISBN 0785776273 (0-7857-7627-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Mary Jane Vol. 1 : Circle of Friendsby Sean McKeever, Takeshi MiyazawaISBN 078511467X (0-7851-1467-X)
Softcover, Marvel Enterprises, Incorporated
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The Meanest Doll in the Worldby Ann Martin, Laura Godwin, Brian SelznickISBN 0786852976 (0-7868-5297-6)
Softcover, Hyperion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Meanest Doll In The World'Book summary:Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are two dolls who have been best friends since they met in Kate Palmer's house at 26 Wetherby Lane. In this sequel to The Doll People, they hitch a ride in Kate's backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives, a day at school! But when an attempt to return home lands them in the wrong house, they're in far deeper trouble than they imagined. Along with a host of new doll friends, they also encounter Mean Mimi, the wickedest doll of all. Mean Mimi is mean-really mean-and she's determined to rule all of Dollkind or else destroy it. Will the world ever be safe for dolls again? In this masterfully plotted sequel, Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, with the help of Brian Selznick's ingenious black-and-white illustrations, take the reader on another nonstop adventure from a doll's eye view!
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Middlesexby Jeffrey EugenidesISBN 0786257008 (0-7862-5700-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middlesex'Book summary:"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974." And so begins Middlesex, the mesmerizing saga of a near-mythic Greek American family and the "roller-coaster ride of a single gene through time." The odd but utterly believable story of Cal Stephanides, and how this 41-year-old hermaphrodite was raised as Calliope, is at the tender heart of this long-awaited second novel from Jeffrey Eugenides, whose elegant and haunting 1993 debut, The Virgin Suicides, remains one of the finest first novels of recent memory.
Eugenides weaves together a kaleidoscopic narrative spanning 80 years of a stained family history, from a fateful incestuous union in a small town in early 1920s Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit; from the early days of Ford Motors to the heated 1967 race riots; from the tony suburbs of Grosse Pointe and a confusing, aching adolescent love story to modern-day Berlin. Eugenides's command of the narrative is astonishing. He balances Cal/Callie's shifting voices convincingly, spinning this strange and often unsettling story with intelligence, insight, and generous amounts of humor:
Emotions, in my experience aren't covered by single words. I don't believe in "sadness," "joy," or "regret." & I'd like to have at my disposal complicated hybrid emotions, Germanic traincar constructions like, say, "the happiness that attends disaster." Or: "the disappointment of sleeping with one's fantasy." ... I'd like to have a word for "the sadness inspired by failing restaurants" as well as for "the excitement of getting a room with a minibar." I've never had the right words to describe my life, and now that I've entered my story, I need them more than ever.
When you get to the end of this splendorous book, when you suddenly realize that after hundreds of pages you have only a few more left to turn over, you'll experience a quick pang of regret knowing that your time with Cal is coming to a close, and you may even resist finishing it--putting it aside for an hour or two, or maybe overnight--just so that this wondrous, magical novel might never end. --Brad Thomas Parsons [via]
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Mistress Patby Lucy Maud MontgomeryISBN 0770422462 (0-7704-2246-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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More Stories from Grandma's Atticby Arleta Richardson, Dora LederISBN 0781432693 (0-7814-3269-3)
Softcover, David C Cook
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My World of Colorby Margaret Wise Brown, Loretta KrupinskiISBN 0786806052 (0-7868-0605-2)
Hardcover, Disney Press
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Never Let Me Goby Kazuo IshiguroISBN 0786278374 (0-7862-7837-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Never Let Me Go'Book summary:All children should believe they are special. But the students of Hailsham, an elite school in the English countryside, are so special that visitors shun them, and only by rumor and the occasional fleeting remark by a teacher do they discover their unconventional origins and strange destiny. Kazuo Ishiguro's sixth novel, Never Let Me Go, is a masterpiece of indirection. Like the students of Hailsham, readers are "told but not told" what is going on and should be allowed to discover the secrets of Hailsham and the truth about these children on their own.
Offsetting the bizarreness of these revelations is the placid, measured voice of the narrator, Kathy H., a 31-year-old Hailsham alumna who, at the close of the 1990s, is consciously ending one phase of her life and beginning another. She is in a reflective mood, and recounts not only her childhood memories, but her quest in adulthood to find out more about Hailsham and the idealistic women who ran it. Although often poignant, Kathy's matter-of-fact narration blunts the sharper emotional effects you might expect in a novel that deals with illness, self-sacrifice, and the severe restriction of personal freedoms. As in Ishiguro's best-known work, The Remains of the Day, only after closing the book do you absorb the magnitude of what his characters endure. --Regina Marler [via]
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Party Princessby Meg CabotISBN 0786292733 (0-7862-9273-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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This spring, Mias determined to have a good time, despite the fact that the student government over which she presides is suddenly broke. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it) Grandmère has an elaborate scheme to simultaneously raise money, catapult Mia to theatrical fame, and link her romantically with an eligible teen bachelor, not her boyfriend. Its no wonder that Michael, the love of her life, seems to think shes a psycho, or worse: not much fun.
Is it possible that Mia, soon-to-be star of the stage, president of the student body, and future ruler of Genovia, doesnt know how to party? [via]More editions of Party Princess:
Picture the Girl: Young Women Speak Their Mindsby Audrey ShehynISBN 078688567X (0-7868-8567-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Princess in Waitingby Meg CabotISBN 0786256826 (0-7862-5682-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Princess in Waiting'Book summary:The fourth volume in Meg Cabot's popular Princess Diaries series, Princess in Waiting begins in the tiny country of Genovia, where 14-year-old Mia, the unlikely royal, is on winter break trying not to bite her fingernails. Being a princess and fighting for the installation of parking meters is tough, when all you really want to do is go back to your regular life in New York City and see your dreamy boyfriend Michael. Of course, Mia is soon back in the city, trying not to fail Algebra II and trying to stay afloat in a sea of self-doubt. Could it be true that she is merely a "massive reject" covered with orange cat hair? For that matter, is finding her missing lucky Queen Amidala underwear as important as finding her secret talent? Mia's frank, funny diary entries range from "Things to Do" lists ("Stop obsessing over whether or not Michael loves you vs. being in love with you"); lists of the valuable lessons of romantic heroines ("3. Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice: Boys like it when you are smart-alecky."); transcripts of instant-messaging rounds with Michael; to poems ("Like the Millenium Falcon in hyperdrive/ our love will continue to thrive and thrive") and general irrational tirades. Whether or not Mia ever achieves her much-sought-after "self-actualization," teens will enjoy reading her over-the-top, up-to-the-minute-hip diary. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Rainbow Valleyby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0770422683 (0-7704-2268-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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Return to Harmonyby Janette Oke, T. Davis BunnISBN 0783882203 (0-7838-8220-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Rose in Bloomby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0786272945 (0-7862-7294-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rose in Bloom'Book summary:In this sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose Campbell returns to the "Aunt Hill" after two years of traveling around the world. Suddenly, she is surrounded by male admirers, all expecting her to marry them. But before she marries anyone, Rose is determined to establish herself as an independent young woman. Besides, she suspects that some of her friends like her more for her money than for herself. [via]
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Sahara Specialby Esme Raji CodellISBN 0786816112 (0-7868-1611-2)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sahara Special'Book summary:Esmé Raji Codell, author of the bestselling Educating Esmé: Diary of a Teacher's First Year, makes her children's book debut with the warm, funny novel Sahara Special. "Can't a woman get a divorce without her kid going special ed on her?" This is the question Sahara's mother asks her daughter after a huge stack of letters that she'd written to her dad (but never mailed) falls out of her locker and on to her teacher's feet. When those letters are confiscated and locked up in the school counselor's filing cabinet, Sahara decides she will stop supplying "evidence" to the school; she stops doing her assignments, and is subsequently paired up with a Special Needs teacher, a fate equivalent to being "the street person of a school." What no one knows is that the newly dubbed "Sahara Special" is really "Sahara Jones, Secret Writer," a girl who hides her Heart-Wrenching Life Story and Amazing Adventures behind a public library shelf. No one, that is, until her show-stealing, deliciously unorthodox fifth-grade teacher Madame Poitier (Miss Pointy) arrives on the scene to remind her, so simply, that "a writer writes." Any child with a secret self (every child) will revel in Sahara's clear-sighted observations and sense of humor about a world that doesn't see who she really is. As in Sharon Creech's Love That Dog, readers will meet a likeable, difficult-at-first student and an extraordinary teacher who transforms lives by sharing her love of story and words. Highly recommended. (Ages 9 to 11) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Saving Francescaby Melina MarchettaISBN 0786273097 (0-7862-7309-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Saving Francesca'Book summary:"This morning, my mother didn't get out of bed." So begins the saga of Francesca Spinelli, the hilarious and achingly real creation of Aussie author Melina Marchetta. Francesca used to think her biggest problem was transferring to St. Sebastian's--a school only recently turned coed: "What a dream come true, right? Seven hundred and fifty boys and thirty girls? But the reality is that it's either like living in a fish bowl or like you don't exist." But now there's this matter of her usually vibrant and annoyingly optimistic mother Mia refusing to get up in the morning. Her taciturn father doesn't have much to say on the subject, her beloved little brother Luca is anxiously looking to her for answers, and her so-called friends from her old neighborhood seem to have abandoned her. So, Francesca keeps it all inside--her frustration with school (there aren't enough girl's bathrooms and no girl's sports teams); her fear making new friends (with the few girls who do go to St. Sebastian's); and her overwhelming hatred of the smug Will Trombal, who despite being completely infuriating, is also incredibly cute. Keeping this to herself when all she wants to do is spill it to her mother is killing Francesca, but with Mia trying to make herself well again, Francesca will have to figure out how to save herself.
What makes Saving Francesca an exceptional standout in a vast field of mediocre teen chick lit is Frankie's painfully nuanced characterization. It has been ten years since high school teacher Marchetta's break out hit, Looking for Alibrandi, came out in her native Australia, and the care and precision she took in getting Francesca's voice just right is evident. As a result, there isn't a girl alive that wouldn't feel right at home in Francesca's skin. Her frank observations about boys, with their hygienically-challenged habits and their ineptitude in dealing with the opposite sex, are dead-on and riotously funny. Marchetta deftly balances Francesca's humor with a sympathetic depiction of Mia's struggle with clinical depression, creating a well-rounded novel that will prompt both laughter and tears. Fans can only hope that they won't have to wait another decade for Marchetta to gift them with another of honest and moving story. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Shopgirlby Steve MartinISBN 0786885688 (0-7868-8568-8)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shopgirl'Book summary:Steve Martin's first foray into fiction is as assured as it is surprising. Set in Los Angeles, its fascination with the surreal body fascism of the upper classes feels like the comedian's familiar territory, but the shopgirl of the book's title may surprise his fans. Mirabelle works in the glove department of Neiman's, "selling things that nobody buys any more." Spending her days waiting for customers to appear, Mirabelle "looks like a puppy standing on its hind legs, and the two brown dots of her eyes, set in the china plate of her face, make her seem very cute and noticeable." Lonely and vulnerable, she passes her evenings taking prescription drugs and drawing "dead things," while pursuing an on-off relationship with the hopeless Jeremy, who possesses "a slouch so extreme that he appears to have left his skeleton at home." Then Mr. Ray Porter steps into Mirabelle's life. He is much older, rich, successful, divorced, and selfish, desiring her "without obligation." Complicating the picture is Mirabelle's voracious rival, her fellow Neiman's employee Lisa, who uses sex "for attracting and discarding men."
The mutual incomprehension, psychological damage, and sheer vacuity practiced by all four of Martin's characters sees Shopgirl veer rather uncomfortably between a comedy of manners and a much darker work. There are some startling passages of description and interior monologue, but the characters are often rather hazy types. Martin tries too hard in his attempt to write a psychologically intense novel about West Coast anomie, but Shopgirl is still an enjoyable, if rather light, read. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Soldby Patricia McCormickISBN 0786851716 (0-7868-5171-6)
Hardcover, Hyperion
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Something Rising (Light and Swift)by Haven KimmelISBN 0786262214 (0-7862-6221-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Still More Stories from Grandma's Atticby Arleta Richardson, Dora LederISBN 0781432707 (0-7814-3270-7)
Softcover, Chariot Victor Pub
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Summer of My German Soldierby Bette GreeneISBN 0786273615 (0-7862-7361-5)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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That Girl Lucy Moonby Amy TimberlakeISBN 0786852984 (0-7868-5298-4)
Hardcover, Disney Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'That Girl Lucy Moon'Book summary:Lucy Moon is the kind of girl who loudly supports animal rights - during hunting season. She wears a woven cap made of hemp in support of third world workers. Lucy Moon is the kind of girl who spots injustice and isn't afraid to fight it. So when two of her classmates are caught sledding on Wiggins Hill and the local paper refuses to report it - or the role of Ms. Ilene Viola Wiggins, richest woman in town, in the arrest - Lucy begins a campaign to fight against corruption in her hometown - and for sledding rights on Wiggins' hill. [via]
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Ties That Bind, Ties That Breakby Lensey NamiokaISBN 0786259221 (0-7862-5922-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Treasures from Grandma's Atticby Arlela RichardsonISBN 0781400880 (0-7814-0088-0)
Softcover, David C Cook
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Vive La Parisby Esme Raji CodellISBN 0786851244 (0-7868-5124-4)
Hardcover, Disney Pr
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Walk Two Moonsby Sharon CreechISBN 0786227737 (0-7862-2773-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walk Two Moons'Book summary:Thirteen-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle's mother has disappeared. While tracing her steps on a car trip from Ohio to Idaho with her grandparents, Salamanca tells a story to pass the time about a friend named Phoebe Winterbottom whose mother vanished and who received secret messages after her disappearance. One of them read, "Don't judge a man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins." Despite her father's warning that she is "fishing in the air," Salamanca hopes to bring her home. By drawing strength from her Native American ancestry, she is able to face the truth about her mother. Walk Two Moons won the 1995 Newbery Medal. [via]
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The Water Mirror: Dark Reflections-book 1by Kai Meyer, Elizabeth D. CrawfordISBN 0786282886 (0-7862-8288-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Wickedby Gregory MaguireISBN 0786206438 (0-7862-0643-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wicked'Book summary:An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature. [via]
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Wishing on a Starby Deborah Gregory, Andrea Davis PinkneyISBN 0786813849 (0-7868-1384-9)
Softcover, Disney Pr
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