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    • Little town at the crossroads [book review]

    • Little town at the crossroads [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Ingalls, Caroline Lake Quiner--Juvenile fiction; Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957--Juvenile fiction; Frontier and pioneer life--Wisconsin--Juvenile fiction; Family--Wisconsin--Juvenile fiction; Wisconsin--Juvenile fiction;

    • Wilkes, Maria D. Little Town at the Crossroads. Illustrated by Dan Andreasen. HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0-06-026996-0. 14.89. 343 pp. A 3+ FI/BI Reviewed by Helen Hoopes Little Town at the Crossroads is the second book in a new Little House series...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The Importance of Norman Rockwell [book review]

    • The Importance of Norman Rockwell [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978--Juvenile literature; Rockwell, Norman, 1894-1978--Juvenile literature;

    • Durrett, Deanne. The Importance of Norman Rockwell. Lucent, 1997. ISBN 1-56006-080-8. $21.19. 95 pp. *5-6 BI Reviewed by Janna Wise For the advanced juvenile reader, this book offers delightful insight into the life of a truly American artist....
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Roughnecks [book review]

    • Roughnecks [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Football--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Juvenile fiction; High school students--Juvenile fiction; High schools--Juvenile fiction; High school seniors--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Cochran, Thomas. Roughnecks. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-201433-0. $15.00. 248 pp. B 7-12 FI Reviewed by Rachel L. Wadham Roughnecks, by Thomas Cochran, chronicles a day in the life of high school senior Travis Cody as he prepares to battle the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • No more nice [book review]

    • No more nice [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Etiquette for children and teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Great-aunts--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Only child--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction;

    • MacDonald, Amy. No More Nice. Illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith. Orchard, 1996. ISBN 0-531-09542-8. $14.95. 123 pp. B 3+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Simon knows it's not polite to burp, to ask too many questions, to interrupt, or to speak to an adult...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Becoming Felix [book review]

    • Becoming Felix [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Farm life--Massachusetts--Juvenile fiction; Family--Massachusetts--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Dairy farming--Massachusetts--Juvenile fiction; Dairy farming--Juvenile fiction; Dairy farms--Massachusetts--Juvenile...

    • Wilson, Nancy Hope. Becoming Felix. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1996. ISBN 0-374-30664-8. $16.00. 184 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Vicky M. Turner JJ has never been called “Felix John Jaquith,” also his grandfather's name. He is twelve, lives on a dairy...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Nesuya's Basket [book review]

    • Nesuya's Basket [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Indians of North America--California--Juvenile fiction; Maidu Indians--Juvenile fiction;

    • Purdy, Carol. Nesuya's Basket. Roberts Rinehart, 1997. ISBN 1-57098-087-X. $8.95 (pbk). 110 pp. A 7+ FI Reviewed by Lanell Rabner “For you, Willeno. How does that feel, Willeno, my dear aunt?” she gasped.”How does it feel to be hurt for no...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Moving Mama to town [book review]

    • Moving Mama to town [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Single-parent families--Juvenile fiction; Single-parent families--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Brothers--Juvenile fiction; Family--Georgia--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Determination...

    • Young, Ronder Thomas. Moving Mama to Town. Orchard, 1997. ISBN 0-531-33025-7. $18.99. 217 pp. A 7-10 FI Reviewed by Jan Staheli Freddy James Johnson, thirteen, is the man of the family. His daddy, Big Kenny, had put his big hand on Freddy's...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Far North [book review]

    • Far North [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Wilderness survival--Juvenile fiction; Wilderness survival--Juvenile fiction; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Juvenile fiction; Old age--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile...

    • Hobbs, Will. Far North. Morrow, 1996. ISBN 0-688-14192-7. $15.00. 226 pp. *6+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz On the cusp of his sixteenth birthday, Gabe and two fellow passengers survive the floatplane crash that takes the life of their bush pilot....
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Gallows Hill [book review]

    • Gallows Hill [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Witchcraft--Juvenile fiction; Extrasensory perception--Juvenile fiction; Reincarnation--Juvenile fiction; Reincarnation therapy--Juvenile fiction; Children of single parents--Juvenile fiction; Children of single parents--Juvenile...

    • Duncan, Lois. Gallows Hill. Delacorte, 1997. ISBN 0-385-32331-X. $15.95. 229 pp. NR 7-9 FI Reviewed by Rachel L. Wadham Sarah Zoltanne's mother suddenly decides to move from their California home to the ultraconservative town of Pine Crest so she...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Under a different sky [book review]

    • Under a different sky [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Adopted children--Juvenile fiction; Adopted children--Juvenile fiction; Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction; Horsemanship--Juvenile fiction; Horses--Juvenile fiction; Horse breeds--Juvenile fiction; Hanoverian horse--Juvenile...

    • Savage, Deborah. Under a Different Sky. Houghton Mifflin, 1997. ISBN 0395773954. $15.95. 276 pp.” 4+ FI Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer This is a story of two teenagers, from dramatically different backgrounds, who are each trying to find a place of...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Desire lines [book review]

    • Desire lines [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Lesbians--Juvenile fiction; Lesbians--Juvenile fiction; Homosexuality--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Sexual ethics--Juvenile fiction; Swearing--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Peer pressure--Juvenile...

    • Gantos, Jack. Desire Lines. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0-374-31772-0. $16.00. 138 pp. B 7+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop “In ancient city planning there was something called a desire line. This was a footpath created by people who wanted to...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Buried onions [book review]

    • Buried onions [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Mexican Americans--Juvenile fiction; Violence--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers and death--Juvenile fiction; Youth and death--Juvenile fiction; Despair--Juvenile fiction; Hope--Juvenile fiction; Honesty--Juvenile...

    • Soto, Gary. Buried Onions. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-201333-4. $17.00. 160 pp. B 9-12 FI Reviewed by Rachael W. Galvez Buried Onions is a good slice-of-life look at Mexican-American youth in a city barrio. It is rich in descriptive detail,...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • How I survived being a girl [book review]

    • How I survived being a girl [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Self-acceptance--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Sisters--Juvenile fiction; Infants--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Summer--Juvenile fiction;

    • Van Draanen, Wendelin. How I Survived Being a Girl. HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0-06-026672-4. $14.89. 163 pp. B 5-7 FI Reviewed by Jan Staheli Carolyn thinks being a girl is pretty stupid. Girls have to follow such dumb rules. She doesn't wear girl...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • These are the rules [book review]

    • These are the rules [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Swimming--Juvenile fiction; Self-confidence--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction; Summer--Juvenile fiction;

    • Many, Paul. These Are the Rules. Walker, 1997. ISBN 0-8027-8619-7. $15.95. 149 pp. B 6+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Colm makes the rules up as he goes, but he can't figure out the rules for love. In chapter one, Colm meets Carmella, who teaches him...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The ornament tree [book review]

    • The ornament tree [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Boardinghouses--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Cousins--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Feminism--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Visually handicapped--Juvenile...

    • Thesman, Jean. The Ornament Tree. Houghton Mifflin, 1996. ISBN 0-395-74278-1. $15.95. 232 pp.” 5+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Given a choice, fourteen-year-old-orphan Bonnie Shaster would much rather live with distant female relatives in...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • An acquaintance with darkness [book review]

    • An acquaintance with darkness [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Assassination--Juvenile fiction; Body snatching--Juvenile fiction; Physicians--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Children and death--Juvenile fiction; Medicine--Research--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Rinaldi, Ann. An Acquaintance with Darkness. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-201294-X. $16.00. 294 pp.” 7+ FI Reviewed by Sandra L. Tidwell Set in Washington, D.C., during Civil War times, An Acquaintance with Darkness is told from the...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Wish me luck [book review]

    • Wish me luck [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Ships--Juvenile fiction; Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction; Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc.--Juvenile fiction; War--Juvenile fiction; Children and war--Juvenile fiction; World War, 1939-1945--Great...

    • Heneghan, James. Wish Me Luck. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1997. ISBN 0374384533. $16.00. 197 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer Tom Bleeker, the “new kid in town,” is hard for Jamie to figure out because he always scowls and tries to prove...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The skull of truth [book review]

    • The skull of truth [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Honesty--Juvenile fiction; Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction;

    • Coville, Bruce. The Skull of Truth. Illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott. Harcourt Brace, 1997. ISBN 0-15-275457-1. $17.00. 195 pp. A 5+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Absolutely brilliant! Bruce Coville keeps you turning pages as he unfolds a story of...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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