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    • Seedfolks [book review]

    • Seedfolks [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Hope--Juvenile fiction; Gardens--Juvenile fiction; Gardening--Juvenile fiction; City and town life--Juvenile fiction; Inner cities--Juvenile fiction; Neighborhood--Juvenile fiction; Ethnic neighborhoods--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Fleischman, Paul. Seedfolks. Illustrated by Judy Pedersen. HarperCollins, 1997. ISBN 0-06- 027471-9. $13.95. 69 pp.” 5+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz From her apartment window, an elderly woman watches Kim huddled over something in the trash-strewn...
    • Girl Goddess #9 : nine stories [book review]

    • Girl Goddess #9 : nine stories [book review]

    • Sexual ethics--Juvenile fiction; Homosexuality--Juvenile fiction; Transsexualism--Juvenile fiction; Children and death--Juvenile fiction; Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Grandparents--Juvenile...

    • Block, Francesca Lia. Girl Goddess #9: Nine Stories. HarperCollins, 1996. ISBN 006027120. $14.89. 181 pp. C 9+ FI Reviewed by Rachel L. Wadham If you believe that childhood is a time of innocence, Francesca Lia Block's short story collection,...
    • The Case of the Missing Cutthroats: An Ecological Mystery [book review]

    • The Case of the Missing Cutthroats: An Ecological Mystery [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Cutthroat trout--Juvenile fiction; Trout--Juvenile fiction; Fish--Juvenile fiction; Trout fishing--Juvenile fiction; Fishing--Juvenile fiction; Endangered species--Juvenile fiction; Ecology--Juvenile fiction; Teton Range (Wyo. and...

    • George, Jean Craighead. The Case of the Missing Cutthroats: An Ecological Mystery. HarperCollins, 1996. ISBN 0-6-35466-1. $13.89. 145 pp. A 4-6 FI Reviewed by Lillian H. Heil Shortly after reading George's ecological mystery, a report by several...
    • Those darn Dithers [book review]

    • Those darn Dithers [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Family--Juvenile fiction; Great-aunts--Juvenile fiction; Family--Virginia--Juvenile fiction; Country life--Virginia--Juvenile fiction; Virginia--Juvenile fiction;

    • Hite, Sid. Those Darn Dithers. Henry Holt, 1996. ISBN 0805038388. $16.00. 184 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Tom Wright Sid Hite presents his second offering about the Dither family of Willow County, Virginia, and it is as enjoyable as the first. Hite's...
    • So loud a silence [book review]

    • So loud a silence [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Family--Colombia--Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction; Colombia--Juvenile fiction;

    • Jenkins, Lyll Becerra de. So Loud a Silence. Lodestar, 1996. ISBN 0-525-67538. $16.99. 154 pp. B 7+ FI Reviewed by Sandra L. Tidwell Juan Guillermo, a seventeen-year-old Colombian boy, leaves his family in Bogota to visit his grandmother who is a...
    • True north : a novel of the Underground Railroad [book review]

    • True north : a novel of the Underground Railroad [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Tubman, Harriet, 1820?-1913--Juvenile fiction; Abolitionists--Juvenile fiction; Underground railroad--Juvenile fiction; Grandparent and child--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction; Fugitive slaves--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Lasky, Kathryn. True North. Scholastic, 1996. ISBN 0-590-20523-4. $14.95. 267 pp. A 4-6 FI Reviewed by Nancy C. Evensen Fourteen-year-old Lucy assists a fugitive slave in her escape, performing her late grandfather's role in the underground...
    • The Giggler Treatment [book review]

    • The Giggler Treatment [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Dogs--Juvenile fiction; Revenge--Juvenile fiction;

    • Doyle, Roddy. The Giggler Treatment. Illustrated by Brian Ajhar. Scholastic, 2000. ISBN 0-439-16299-8. $14.95. 112 pp. B 3-6 FI Reviewed by Sharon Kuttler Mr. Mack sends his sons to their rooms without supper for breaking a window. Gigglers, small,...
    • Liar [book review]

    • Liar [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Abandoned children--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Grandparents--Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Morris, Winifred. Liar. Walker, 1996. ISBN 0802784615. $15.95. 161 pp. B 7-9 FI Reviewed by Jan Porter Alex Shafer is always in trouble! He's in trouble at home, in trouble at school, and in trouble with the law. He is always telling lies--even...
    • Ghost train [book review]

    • Ghost train [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Supernatural--Juvenile fiction; Haitian Americans--Juvenile fiction; African Americans--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Murder--Juvenile fiction; Railroads--Trains--Juvenile fiction; California--Juvenile fiction;

    • Mowry, Jess. Ghost Train. Henry Holt, 1996. ISBN 0-8050-4440-X. $14.95. 164 pp. A 4-7 FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop It's a big house, thought Remi, as he tried to get to sleep. His bedroom window was sealed shut by what could have been a century of...
    • The whistling toilets [book review]

    • The whistling toilets [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Tennis--Juvenile fiction; Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction;

    • Powell, Randy. The Whistling Toilets. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996. ISBN 0374385812. $17.00. 243 pp. B 9-12 FI Reviewed by Stephenie Clarke Stan, a sixteen-year-old former tennis player, stops coaching the runts to help his friend Ginny get out of...
    • Remembering Mog [book review]

    • Remembering Mog [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Sisters--Juvenile fiction; Murder--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers and death--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction; High school seniors--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Rodowsky, Colby. Remembering Mog. Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1996. ISBN 0-374-34663-1. $14.00. 136 pp. C 8-12 FI Reviewed by Heather Hodgkinson Remembering Mog begins with an ambiguous opening line. It is uncertain whether the she's home refers to...
    • Book of enchantments [book review]

    • Book of enchantments [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Magic--Juvenile fiction; Princesses--Juvenile fiction;

    • Wrede, Patricia C. Book of Enchantments. Harcourt Brace, 1996. ISBN 0-15-201255. $17.00. 234 pp. 5+ FI Reviewed by Jan Staheli Magic is here, accepted and worked with (or against), used and fought, taken seriously and laughed at. There are...
    • Dead letter [book review]

    • Dead letter [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Best friends--Juvenile fiction;

    • Byars, Betsy. Dead Letter: A Herculeah Jones Mystery. Viking, 1996. ISBN 0-670-86860-4. $13.99. 147 pp. B 6-9 FI Reviewed by Caroline M. Maxwell Dead Letter is about a girl named Herculeah Jones who finds a letter in the lining of a coat she...
    • The house on Hound Hill [book review]

    • The house on Hound Hill [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Space and time--Juvenile fiction; Black death--Juvenile fiction; London (England)--Juvenile fiction; England--Juvenile fiction;

    • Prince, Maggie. House on Hound Hill. Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ISBN 0-395-90702-0. $15.00. 242 pp. A 4+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop Emily is hallucinating, or so it seems. She is not sure herself what is real and what is just her imagination....
    • Liar, liar [book review]

    • Liar, liar [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Honesty--Juvenile fiction; Truthfulness and falsehood--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Elementary schools--Juvenile fiction; School children--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and...

    • DeClements, Barthe. Liar, Liar. Marshall Cavendish, 1998. ISBN 0-7614-5021-1. $14.95. 144 pp. B 5+ FI Reviewed by Wendy Bishop The dilemma in DeClements book Liar, Liar is whether Marybelle, a new move-in, will win friends by telling lies about a...
    • Blueprint [book review]

    • Blueprint [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Cloning--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction; Anger in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Musicians--Juvenile fiction; Identity (Psychology) in youth--Juvenile fiction; Montreal...

    • Kerner, Charlotte. Blueprint. Translated by Elizabeth D. Crawford. Lerner, 2000. ISBN 0-8225-0080-9. $16.95. 189 pp. B 7+ FI Reviewed by Sarah Olson Siri is more than just Iris’s daughter she is her sister, she is her self, she is her clone. Iris...
    • The storyteller's beads [book review]

    • The storyteller's beads [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Blind--Juvenile fiction; Physically handicapped children--Juvenile fiction; Physically handicapped--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Kurtz, Jane. The Storyteller’s Beads. Harcourt Brace, 1998. ISBN 0-15-201074-2. $15.00. 150 pp. A 3-9 FI Reviewed by Cinda Clement Two young Ethiopian girls must make a dangerous journey out of the country during the political strife and famine...
    • Harriet Spies Again [book review]

    • Harriet Spies Again [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Harriet the spy (Fictitious character)--Juvenile fiction; Humorous stories;

    • Ericson, Helen. Harriet Spies Again. Delacorte, 2002. ISBN 0-385-32786-2. $15.95. 230 pp. A- 6-8 FI Reviewed by Robert L. Maxwell Harriet is back, a year or so later. When her parents announce they are going to Paris for several months, Harriet...
    • The 1930’s : Directions [book review]

    • The 1930’s : Directions [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Olympics--Juvenile fiction; Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction; Runaway children--Juvenile fiction; Berlin (Germany)--Juvenile fiction; Germany--Juvenile fiction; Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)--Juvenile literature;

    • Hoobler, Tom and Dorothy. The 1930’s, Directions. Millbrook Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7613-1603-5. $21.90. 159 pp. A 2-7 FI Reviewed by Cinda Clement This book presents a boy’s view of America in the 1930s, coupled with a Jewish boy’s view of...

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