FINISHED:
Joyce, William, and Geringer, Laura. (2011). Nicholas St. North and the battle of the Nightmare King. New York: Atheneum/Simon & Schuster.

[.]

STARTED:
Scieszka, Jon [ed.]. (2011). Guys read: Thriller. New York: Walden Pond/HarperCollins.

[Reading for ACL...]

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FINISHED:
Auxier, Jonathan. (2011). Peter Nimble and his fantastic eyes. New York: Amulet/Abrams.

[.]

STARTED:
Joyce, William, and Geringer, Laura. (2011). Nicholas St. North and the battle of the Nightmare King. New York: Atheneum/Simon & Schuster.

[.]

*

Holiday Book 2011

Duvoisin, Roger. (1955). One thousand Christmas beards. New York: Knopf.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Norriss, Andrew. (2012). I don't believe it, Archie. New York: David Fickling/Random House.

[A week in the incredible life of Archie, the boy who seems to court strange happenings, and the girl whom he meets that wants to be around Archie to see for herself just how crazy things can get for him. Each day, Archie’s mother sends him on an errand from which he always gets sidetracked, with Archie eventually returning home, the errand undone, and his mother exclaiming, “I don’t believe it, Archie!” Monday’s adventures involve a runaway piano and a car that gets covered in gravel; Tuesday revolves around getting accused of killing a dog, though he actually ends up accidentally saving the dog’s life; on Wednesday, Archie helps to save his local library from being bulldozed and turned into a car park when he gets super-glued to the front door; Thursday involves being mistaken for a kidnapped child, etc. This is a mildly humorous, yet unnecessary, episodic Younger Reading title that is frequently maddening – most of the situations in which Archie finds himself could be stopped short if only the adults involved would shut up and let Archie talk. The many British-isms (post [mail], mum, lorry, etc.) may throw some younger readers for a loop, though each double-page spread has at least one pen and ink illustration to help make the text less intimidating. Kind of funny, bizarre, and definitely slight.]

STARTED:
Auxier, Jonathan. (2011). Peter Nimble and his fantastic eyes. New York: Amulet/Abrams.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Smelcer, John. (2006). The trap. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

[.]

STARTED:
Norriss, Andrew. (2012). I don't believe it, Archie. New York: David Fickling/Random House.

[Reviewing for SFPL...]

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STARTED & FINISHED:
Kinney, Jeff. (2011). Cabin fever. New York: Amulet.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Barrows, Annie. (2011). Ivy + Bean: No news is good news. San Francisco: Chronicle.

[.]

STARTED:
Smelcer, John. (2006). The trap. New York: Henry Holt and Company.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Morpurgo, Michael. (2011). An elephant in the garden. New York: Feiwel & Friends.

[With her father a soldier serving in World War II, Lizzie’s mother (Mutti) goes work at the nearby Dresden Zoo, immediately taking a shine to Marlene, a young elephant who has recently lost her mother. As Dresden begins to become a target for bombings, the zoo decides that they need to kill all of the animals to prevent them from escaping, but Mutti convinces the zoo director to let her keep Marlene in her care. After their home is destroyed in an air raid, Lizzie, her younger brother Karli, and Marlene set off on a walk toward Allied troops in Heidelberg , along the way coming across a Canadian paratrooper who has been shot down and eventually joins the family on their journey, pretending to be an older sibling in an effort to hide his true identity from the German army. During all of the madness of war, there is a sweet ray of hope where Lizzie and her family end up watching over a group of parentless choir children on their exodus, and, in an effort to keep their spirits up, promise each rides on Marlene’s back. Morpurgo, author of War Horse (Scholastic, 2007) doesn’t shy away from (nor does he beat you over the head with) an anti-war sentiment – early on, when the bombings begin, Mutti explains, “What we are seeing now is a world gone mad, children, a world full of brutes, all intent on killing one another. And we should not forget that we are all responsible for making it happen, for letting it happen.” As per an Author’s Note, Morpurgo has based his tale on two true World War II stories: one of a woman in Belfast who saved an elephant from being slaughtered at a zoo during a bombing raid, and the other documented by a friend’s grandmother who fled with hundreds of thousands of other German refugees toward American forces. Told using a framing technique of modern day Lizzie relating the story to a nurse and her son at the nursing home where Lizzie is spending the rest of her days, this is a moving yet unsentimental or gratuitous story of the neverending spirit, during wartime, of a young family... and their elephant.]

STARTED:
Barrows, Annie. (2011). Ivy + Bean: No news is good news. San Francisco: Chronicle.

[Hey, it's a new Ivy + Bean...]

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FINISHED:
Peck, Richard. (2011). Secrets at sea. New York: Dial.

[.]

STARTED:
Morpurgo, Michael. (2011). An elephant in the garden. New York: Feiwel & Friends.

[Reviewing for ACL...]

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FINISHED:
Dashner, James. (2011). The death cure. New York: Delacorte.

[.]

STARTED:
Peck, Richard. (2011). Secrets at sea. New York: Dial.

[Reading for ACL Distinguished...]

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FINISHED:
Westerfeld, Scott. (2011). Goliath. New York: Simon Pulse.

[.]

STARTED:
Dashner, James. (2011). The death cure. New York: Delacorte.

[Another FANTASTIC trilogy comes to an end...]

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FINISHED:
Lyga, Barry. (2011). Mangaman. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

[Ryoko Kiyama, a graphic novel character from the manga universe, is transported into the physical world and stuck here until the portal that he came through can be fixed to let him go back home. Marissa Montaigne, the most popular and beautiful girl in school, is intrigued by Ryoko despite the horror of her peers. As the two begin a romance, including a failed attempt at copulation where pulling down Ryoko’s pants reveals a pixilated blob, they teach each other about their very different worlds while dealing with the scorn of their classmates and Marissa’s disapproving parents. Things get very “meta” when Ryoko shows Marissa how to experience things his way and break out of the (literal) boxes that he sees them in, and a wrench is thrown into the romance when Marissa is shocked seeing Ryoko pulverize her ex-boyfriend. While Ryoko appears very manga-East, from his androgynous appearance to the hearts that appear in his eye sockets upon seeing Marissa for the first time, Marissa is depicted as quintessentially Western with her flowing blonde locks and various, often period inspired, outfits (cowgirl, Marilyn Monroe). Though it easily falls into the teen high school story cliché of “new fish-out-of-water falls for the most popular girl in school, much to the displeasure of the popular school jock”, author Barry Lyga (The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl, Houghton Mifflin, 2006 ) has teamed up with longtime comic artist Colleen Doran to pen a trippy tale of East meets West with a rather intriguing twist. [Reviewed from ARC.]]

STARTED:
Westerfeld, Scott. (2011). Goliath. New York: Simon Pulse.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Williams, Michael. (2011). Now is the time for running. New York: Little, Brown.

[.]

STARTED:
Lyga, Barry. (2011). Mangaman. New York: Houghton Mifflin.

[Reviewing for ACL.]

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FINISHED:
Wells, Robison. (2011). Variant. New York: HarperTeen.

[.]

STARTED:
Williams, Michael. (2011). Now is the time for running. New York: Little, Brown.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Selznick, Brian. (2011). Wonderstruck. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

STARTED:
Wells, Robison. (2011). Variant. New York: HarperTeen.

[Reading for ACL...]

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FINISHED:
Van Allsburg, Chris. (2011). The chronicles of Harris Burdick. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

[One of my FAVORITE children's picture books (for older readers...) is back! My thoughts on it are two-fold: one, I'm horrified by the idea that the very nature of the book - that each illustration only has a cryptic caption, thus hoping the reader will fill in the story - is being compromised; and, two, I'm thrilled that some of the biggest names in young adult/children's lit have put their stamps on this fascinating book. Even after reading it, I'm still at odds...]

STARTED:
Selznick, Brian. (2011). Wonderstruck. New York: Scholastic.

[SO DARNED EXCITED!]

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FINISHED:
Meloy, Colin. (2011). Wildwood. New York: Balzer + Bray.

[.]

STARTED:Van Allsburg, Chris. (2011). The chronicles of Harris Burdick. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Nix, Garth, and Williams, Sean. (2011). Troubletwisters. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

STARTED:
Meloy, Colin. (2011). Wildwood. New York: Balzer + Bray.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Newbery, Linda. (2010). Lucy and the Green Man. New York: David Fickling/Random House.

[Review forthcoming...

Here:
When her grandfather dies and his cottage and garden are sold to a redeveloper, Lucy worries that the Green Man (aka Lob), a shadowy being that lives in the garden who only she and her grandfather can see, will have nowhere to go. Lucy keeps Lob’s memory alive by making pictures of him and talking about him to her friends, though after continually being made fun of she eventually gives up hope of ever seeing the Green Man again. Meanwhile, Lob begins to travel, feeling mysteriously compelled in one direction, eventually coming upon an elaborate garden show in London. There he meets and goes home with an old gardener, Cornelius, who is able to see him, ending up helping to tend Cornelius’s community garden plot. In the end, coincidentally, Lucy and her family are awarded a plot in the community garden right next to where the Green Man has settled. Newbery’s tome is rich on mood and poetic flow: chapters are laid out over the course of a calendar year, marking a change in seasons; Lob’s thoughts are often expressed in a larger font and verse (“Work here’s done. The road’s calling. South. South. Head south, to the glittering city, the snaking river, where roads run together like the centre of a web. The road leads south, the rushing trains, the humming and buzzing in the wires. Walk. Walk.”); and there are quite a few impressionistic ink-pen drawings throughout. Though I really liked the tone and flow of this one, I fear that it may be too esoteric and, thus, have limited appeal to its intended crowd.]

STARTED:
Nix, Garth, and Williams, Sean. (2011). Troubletwisters. New York: Scholastic.

[Have never read any Nix and was intrigued by the cover art on this one.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:
Clements, Andrew. (2011). Troublemaker. New York: Atheneum.

[.]

STARTED:
Newbery, Linda. (2010). Lucy and the Green Man. New York: David Fickling/Random House.

[.]

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STARTED & FINISHED:
Santat, Dan. (2011). Sidekicks. New York: A.A. Levine.

[.]






Pien, Lark. (2009). Long Tail Kitty. Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple/Chronicle.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Beil, Michael D. (2011). The mistaken masterpiece [Red Blazer Girls #3]. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

[.]

STARTED:
Webb, Philip. (2011). Six days. New York: Chicken House/Scholastic.

[Reviewing for ACL...]

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FINISHED:
Whitehouse, David. (2011). Bed: a novel. New York: Scribner.

[.]

STARTED:
Beil, Michael D. (2011). The mistaken masterpiece [Red Blazer Girls #3]. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

[I'm a fan of these ladies...]

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FINISHED:
Mason, Simon. (2011). Moon pie. New York: David Fickling/Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Whitehouse, David. (2011). Bed: a novel. New York: Scribner.

[Saw a "pre-pub alert" about this one and was FASCINATED by the premise...]

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FINISHED:
Henkes, Kevin. (2011). Junonia. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Mason, Simon. (2011). Moon pie. New York: David Fickling/Random House.

[Reviewing for SFPL...]

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FINISHED:
Clements, Andrew. (2011). Fear itself [Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School #2]. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Henkes, Kevin. (2011). Junonia. New York: HarperCollins.

[Who doesn't love Kevin Henkes?]

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FINISHED:
Hardinge, Frances. (2011). Fly trap. New York: HarperCollins.

[[Reviewed from ARC.] Mosca Mye, a twelve-year old street urchin who is one of only a few in the land who can read, finds herself kidnapped while trying to make some money and brought to the town of Toll. Toll, she quickly discovers, is under the control of the Locksmiths and becomes a different, much more violent and harrowing town by night, when the day citizens are locked down to make way for the night dwellers. Mosca, her goose Saracen, and traveling companion/con man Eponymous Clent, trying to find a way to raise enough money to buy their way out of Toll, end up embroiled in the kidnapping of the Mayor’s daughter and the quest to find the town “Luck”, an object that the townspeople believe keeps disaster at bay. Along the way, plucky heroine Mosca, never one to dwell on adversity and always with her streetwise wits about her, finds herself in more than one dingy cell, impersonates a desert-dwelling girl and a mythic horse made of bone, and amongst a burning city hoping to stave off a war. This is a brilliant story brimming with intrigue, deception and social commentary, surrounding the notions of tyrannical leaders using fear as a method of control and labeling those who refuse to co-operate as “radicals”. Hardinge’s sequel to her widely acclaimed Fly By Night (HarperCollins, 2006), which doesn’t need to be read in order to get into this tome, is dense with detail, giving the story a vivid sense of place and helping to make the physical setting an active participant. The intimidating length and density make this one for serious bibliophiles only, thus limiting its appeal to dedicated young readers and adults. Though the journey is long, the payoff is definitely worth it.]

STARTED:
Clements, Andrew. (2011). Fear itself [Benjamin Pratt & the Keepers of the School #2]. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Silvey, Craig. (2011). Jasper Jones. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

[POWERFUL and upsetting. It's the late 1960s in Australia, and Charles wakes to a rapping on his window. It's Jasper Jones, the young town outcast whom everyone believes to be a no-good thief and troublemaker who'll never amount to anything. Charles is led by Jasper to a secluded area near a river where a young girl is hanging by a noose from a tree limb. Afraid that he'll be blamed for the girl's murder, Jasper has Charles help him cut the girl down, ties a rock to her feet, and then dumps her in a watering hole. Who murdered the girl? Was it the town recluse whose peach tree is constantly raided by town kids who want to prove their bravery? LOTS of deep thoughts and conversations abound regarding the existence of a higher power, the nature of good and evil, and whether or not the labels that we are assigned can be rewritten.]

STARTED:
Hardinge, Frances. (2011). Fly trap. New York: HarperCollins.

[Reviewing for ACL. TRIED to read the prequel to this one, but just couldn't slog through it...]

*

FINISHED:
Brooks, Albert. (2011). 2030: The real story of what happens to America. New York: St. Martin's Press.

[.]

STARTED:
Silvey, Craig. (2011). Jasper Jones. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Valente, Catherynne M. (2011). The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own making. New York: Feiwel and Friends.

[Reviewing for ACL - review to come...

Twelve year-old September is whisked away from her mundane existence one evening by the Green Wind, and deposited on the outskirts of Fairyland. There she befriends, and takes along as a travelling companion, a Wyvern who has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things from A-L. September quickly makes a deal with the bratty, young Marquess, the "new management" in Fairyland: if September will journey to retrieve a sword for the Marquess then the Marquess will free the Wyvern on whom she has put shackles that keep its wings bound. Thus, September embarks upon an epic journey where she meets a host of odd characters in extraordinary situations that invite just comparisons to other episodic gems like The Wizard of Oz, Alice in Wonderland, and Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth (Random House, 1961). Indeed, the comparisons are not lost on Valente herself who, when September asks how the story will end, has the Green Wind say, “It seems familiar to me so far. A child whisked off to a foreign land beset by a wicked ruler…” As with many classic fairy tale stories, this isn't sugarcoated sunshine but, rather, there is a constant sense of foreboding as if it is entirely possible that things may not end cheerily and tidily. Indeed, along the way, we see just how grim things in Fairyland can be as we meet a djinn who is kept in a lobster cage by the Marquess and forced to grant her wishes, and how September ends up surrendering her shadow in order to save the life of a little “Pooka girl” destined to be drown and eaten. Advanced readers only need apply here - the densely-worded passages with rich vocabulary roll off the tongue and paint a vivid world, yet often do little to advance the plot and are loaded with thinly-veiled social commentary. Originally published online and compiled for this tome, Valente has augmented this printed edition with Ana Juan's soft and mysteriously evocative chapter-heading illustrations. As a few important details aren't resolved by story's end (September didn't get her shadow back!) a sequel is certain to follow and a legion of readers are surely waiting with bated breath.]

STARTED:
Brooks, Albert. (2011). 2030: The real story of what happens to America. New York: St. Martin's Press.

[He cracks me up...]

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FINISHED:
Wood, Maryrose. (2011). Incorrigible children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery. New York: Balzer + Bray.

[.]

STARTED:
Valente, Catherynne M. (2011). The girl who circumnavigated Fairyland in a ship of her own making. New York: Feiwel and Friends.

[Has gotten some stunning reviews...]

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ABANDONED:
Hardinge, Frances. (2006). Fly by night. New York: HarperCollins.

[Temporarily (?) abandoned. I'm beginning to think that Hardinge and I just won't get along...]

STARTED:
Wood, Maryrose. (2011). Incorrigible children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery. New York: Balzer + Bray.

[Reading for ACL to see if I deem it distinguished. I LOVED the first book in the series, so I have high hopes for this one...]

*

FINISHED:
Bulla, Clyde Robert. (1962). The ring and the fire. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.

[.]

STARTED:
Hardinge, Frances. (2006). Fly by night. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Sanchez, Alex. (2011). Boyfriends with girlfriends. New York: Simon & Schuster.

[.]

STARTED:
Bulla, Clyde Robert. (1962). The ring and the fire. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell.

[Boning on up on the story of the Ring and the Nibelung as I'm going to see all four of Wagner's Ring Cycle operas next week...]

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FINISHED:
Mass, Wendy. (2010). The candymakers. New York: Little, Brown.

[.]

STARTED:
Sanchez, Alex. (2011). Boyfriends with girlfriends. New York: Simon & Schuster.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Wood, Maryrose. (2010). The incorrigible children of Ashton Place: The mysterious howling. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Mass, Wendy. (2010). The candymakers. New York: Little, Brown.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Beam, Cris. (2011). I am J. New York: Little, Brown.

[.]

STARTED:
Wood, Maryrose. (2010). The incorrigible children of Ashton Place: The mysterious howling. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Glass, Linzi. (2010). Finding Danny. New York: Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins.

[Bree is an only child whose parents are both in the news business: mom is a TV news reporter who’s working her way up to newscaster, and dad is a journalist who travels the world to be on the frontline of world events. In an effort to alleviate Bree’s loneliness her parents give her a fluffy dog named Danny to love and take care of. When Bree’s mother, in a rush, accidentally leaves the yard gate open, Danny escapes and Bree is introduced to the “dingy, smelly, and full of sadness” world of LA animal shelters. Here she meets a wayward “hippie” waif, Rayleen, who can’t seem to stay in one place for long but who loves and takes in abandoned and found dogs. Meanwhile, Bree is dealing with typical preteen worries: are her best girlfriends drifting away? Does she even WANT to spend her friend’s birthday at the spa? Does the most popular (and UBER-richest) boy in school actually like her? While the introduction to young readers of the world of animal shelters is a valuable one, the effect is drowned in the self-congratulations of the wealthy who are drastically out of touch with the real world and who feel that they have done their part to help the less fortunate. [I mean, the characters in this book live in gated “estates” and go to a gated high school, their parents all involved in the Hollywood film and TV business.] Bree’s brilliant (and pat) idea is to host an adopt-a-thon for all of the dogs that are slated to be euthanized in the next week and, of course, somehow, EVERY dog gets adopted. Will Bree be around every week to keep all of LA’s stray dogs from being put-down, or has her one good deed for the underprivileged given her ample karma points? Clichéd and self-serving with a picture-perfect ending. Blah.]

STARTED:
Beam, Cris. (2011). I am J. New York: Little, Brown.

[Reading for ACL Distinguished.]

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FINISHED:
Schmidt, Gary D. (2011). Okay for now. New York: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.

[After his abusive father is fired from his job, Doug Swieteck and his family are uprooted and replanted to a small, rural town in upstate New York. Doug gets a job making deliveries for a local market owned by the father of a cute girl from school, and follows the girl into the town library. Here, Doug discovers an old John James Audubon book of bird drawings which inspire him to refine his own drawing, and launch a search to recover some of the missing pages. (Each chapter title is that of a bird found in Audubon’s book, with the accompanying illustration included for reference.) In this companion novel to his own The Wednesday Wars (Clarion, 2007), Schmidt has made Doug a good, well-intentioned kid with whom the reader can immediately sympathize and root for. Doug’s library and drawing excursions show the transportative and transformative power of art and the written word/knowledge, and, most importantly, become a ticket of escape and a way to a better future for Doug. Loaded with humor, quirky characters and some sadness (the scenes involving Doug’s oldest brother returning from a tour in the Vietnam War are particularly striking), Okay For Now is a masterstroke for Schmidt in an already glowing body of work. [Reviewed from ARC.]]

STARTED:
Glass, Linzi. (2010). Finding Danny. New York: Walden Pond Press/HarperCollins.

[Reviewing for SFPL...]

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FINISHED:
Holm, Jennifer L. (2010). Turtle in paradise. New York: Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Schmidt, Gary D. (2011). Okay for now. New York: Clarion/Houghton Mifflin.

[REALLY enjoyed The Wednesday Wars so I'm excited to start this "companion novel".]

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FINISHED:
Choldenko, Gennifer. (2011). No passengers beyond this point. New York: Dial/Penguin.

[Couldn't really get into this one - as evidenced by the fact that it took me so long to read it. I really enjoyed her Al Capone books, but this one just didn't make a whole lot of sense or have much of a point... that I could find. ]

STARTED:
Holm, Jennifer L. (2010). Turtle in paradise. New York: Random House.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Anderson, M.T. (2010). The suburb beyond the stars. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

STARTED:
Choldenko, Gennifer. (2011). No passengers beyond this point. New York: Dial/Penguin.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Lester, Julius. (2005). Day of tears: a novel in dialogue. New York: Hyperion.

[.]

STARTED:
Anderson, M.T. (2010). The suburb beyond the stars. New York: Scholastic.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Jenkins, Emily. (2011). Invisible Inkling. New York: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Lester, Julius. (2005). Day of tears: a novel in dialogue. New York: Hyperion.

[Recommended.]

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FINISHED:
Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin. (2010). Dear George Clooney: Please marry my mom. Toronto: Tundra.

[.]

STARTED:
Jenkins, Emily. (2011). Invisible Inkling. New York: Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins.

[Reviewing for SFPL.]

*

FINISHED:
Kibuishi, Kazu. (2010). The cloud searchers [Amulet: Book 3]. New York: Graphix/Scholastic.

[.]

STARTED:
Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin. (2010). Dear George Clooney: Please marry my mom. Toronto: Tundra.

[Seeing if I deem it worthy of being on the ACL Distinguished list.]

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FINISHED:
Soo, Kean. (2009). Jellaby: Monster in the city. New York: Disney/Hyperion.

[Looking just now, it seems that this is the SECOND Jellaby tale... I thought that it was the THIRD... so maybe I've actually read it before...]

STARTED:
Kibuishi, Kazu. (2010). The cloud searchers [Amulet: Book 3]. New York: Graphix/Scholastic.

[I don't really recall what happened in the first two, but...]

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FINISHED:
Augarde, Steve. (2010). X Isle. New York: David Fickling Books.

[.]

STARTED:
Soo, Kean. (2009). Jellaby: Monster in the city. New York: Disney/Hyperion.

[Going to blast though a couple of graphic novels that have been sitting by the side of the bed for far too long...]

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FINISHED:
Birdsall, Jeanne. (2011). The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. New York: Random House.

[.]

STARTED:
Augarde, Steve. (2010). X Isle. New York: David Fickling Books.

[.]

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FINISHED:
Hunter, Erin. (2011). Spirits in the stars [Seekers #6]. New York: HarperCollins.

[.]

STARTED:
Birdsall, Jeanne. (2011). The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. New York: Random House.

[Yippeee!]

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