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Puppet

By Book Importer | Published: April 17, 2012

A heartbreaking episode in history, explained through the story of a young servant girl in the late 1800s. The year is 1882. A young servant girl named Esther disappears from a small Hungarian village. Several Jewish men from the village of Tisza Eszvar face the ‘blood libel’ — the centuries-old calumny that Jews murder Christian [...]

Other Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Hungary, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

In The Darkness

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

Gareth is his parents’ dirty secret: Cursed with a demonic appearance, he has always been in hiding just to stay alive. He must never be seen or his family will die. But when a violent attack endangers a local youth — whom Gareth adores from the shadows — there is no one else to help, [...]

Other Descriptors: Fantasy, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Wild Book

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

Fefa struggles with words. She has word blindness, or dyslexia, and the doctor says she will never read or write. Every time she tries, the letters jumble and spill off the page, leaping and hopping away like bullfrogs. How will she ever understand them? But her mother has an idea. She gives Fefa a blank [...]

Other Descriptors: Cuba, Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Inside Out And Back Again

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

No one would believe me but at times I would choose wartime in Saigon over peacetime in Alabama. For all the ten years of her life, HÀ has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, the warmth of her friends close by . . . and the beauty of [...]

Other Descriptors: Guam, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Poetry, Realistic Fiction, Viet Nam » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Great Wall Of Lucy Wu

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

Eleven-year-old aspiring basketball star and interior designer Lucy Wu is excited about finally having her own bedroom, until she learns that her great-aunt is coming to visit and Lucy will have to share a room with her for several months, shattering her plans for a perfect sixth-grade year. See the review at WOW Review, Volume [...]

Other Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Beneath A Meth Moon

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

Laurel Daneau has moved on to a new life, in a new town, but inside she’s still reeling from the loss of her beloved mother and grandmother after Hurricane Katrina washed away their home. Laurel’s new life is going well, with a new best friend, a place on the cheerleading squad and T-Boom, co-captain of [...]

Other Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Realistic Fiction, United States of America, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , » 2 Comments

Pulelehua And Ma¯maki

By Book Importer | Published: April 16, 2012

In the lush Hawaiian rainforest, beneath a canopy of ‘ohia trees, native flora and fauna live in harmony. As her time draws near, lovely Pulelehua discovers the mamaki that sheltered her as a child and leaves a newborn egg on one of its leaves. Follow along as the wise mamaki nurtures Ke Li‘i through his [...]

Other Descriptors: All Ages, Hawaii, Picture Book » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale

By Book Importer | Published: April 12, 2012

Skilley, an alley cat with an embarrassing secret, longs to escape his hard life dodging fishwives’ brooms and carriage wheels and trade his damp alley for the warmth of the Cheshire Cheese Inn. When he learns that the innkeeper is looking for a new mouser, Skilley comes up with an audacious scheme to install himself [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Horton Halfpott

By Book Importer | Published: April 12, 2012

Tom Angleberger’s latest, loopiest middle-grade novel begins when M’Lady Luggertuck loosens her corset (it’s never been loosened before!), thereby setting off a chain of events in which all the strict rules of Smugwick Manor are abandoned. When, as a result of “the Loosening,” the precious family heirloom, the Luggertuck Lump (quite literally a lump), goes [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Fairy Ring or Elsie and Frances Fool the World: A True Story

By Book Importer | Published: April 12, 2012

Frances was nine when she first saw the fairies. They were tiny men, dressed all in green. Nobody but Frances saw them, so her cousin Elsie painted paper fairies and took photographs of them “dancing” around Frances to make the grown-ups stop teasing. The girls promised each other they would never, ever tell that the [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment