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    • Camouflage [book review]

    • Camouflage [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Fathers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Children of divorced parents--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Militia movements--Juvenile...

    • Miklowitz, Gloria D. Camouflage. Harcourt Brace, 1998. ISBN 0-1520-1467-5. $16.00. 166 pp. B 6+ FI Reviewed by Tom Wright Miklowitz has tackled a number of challenging topics in her books for young adults. In Camouflage, she describes a young boy's...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Old people, frogs, and Albert [book review]

    • Old people, frogs, and Albert [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Old age--Juvenile fiction; Reading--Juvenile fiction; Literacy--Juvenile fiction; Literacy--Juvenile fiction; Fear--Juvenile fiction; Anxiety in children--Juvenile fiction; Anxiety--Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Wilson, Nancy Hope. Old People, Frogs and Albert. Illustrated by Marcy D. Ramsey. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997. ISBN 9-374-35625-4. $14.00. 58 pp. A 2-4 FI Reviewed by Lillian Heil Albert is a sensitive frog-loving fourth-grader who struggles...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The maze [book review]

    • The maze [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Juvenile delinquency--Juvenile fiction; Runaway teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Foster home care--Juvenile fiction; Condors--Juvenile fiction; Birds of prey--Juvenile fiction; Endangered species--Juvenile fiction; Wildlife...

    • Hobbs, Will. The Maze. Morrow, 1998. ISBN 0- 688-15092-6. $15.00. 192 pp.” 4+ FI Reviewed by Nancy C. Evensen After escaping from a youth detention facility, fourteen-year-old Rick is befriended by Lon, a bird biologist, working on a project to...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The second bend in the river [book review]

    • The second bend in the river [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813--Juvenile fiction; Shawnee Indians--Juvenile fiction; Love--Juvenile fiction; First loves--Juvenile fiction; Reading--Juvenile fiction; Indians of North America--Ohio--Juvenile fiction; Frontier...

    • Rinaldi, Ann. The Second Bend in the River. Scholastic, 1997 ISBN 0-590-74258. $15.95.” 5+ FI Reviewed by Sandra L. Tidwell Tecumseh, son of a Shawnee Indian chief, and Rebecca Galloway are the central characters in this historical novel by...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The girls [book review]

    • The girls [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Friendship in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Cliques (Sociology)--Juvenile fiction; Social acceptance--Juvenile fiction; Loyalty--Juvenile fiction; Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Conduct of...

    • Koss, Amy Goldman. The Girls. Dial, 2000. ISBN 0-803-72494-2. $16.99. 128 pp. A 5-8 FI?? Reviewed by Laura Wadley ?The Girls is a story about the cruelty of cliques. One Saturday morning, Maya calls to invite a friend to the amusement park, only to...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Thank you, Mr. Falker [book review]

    • Thank you, Mr. Falker [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Reading--Juvenile fiction; Literacy--Juvenile fiction; Dyslexic children--Juvenile fiction; Dyslexia--Juvenile fiction; Elementary school teachers--Juvenile fiction; Teachers--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Polacco, Patricia. Thank you, Mr. Falker. Philomel, 1998. ISBN 0-399-23166-8. $16.99. Unpaginated.” K+ PB Reviewed by Nancy C. Evensen Thank You, Mr. Falker is the touching story of a young girl who is taught to read by a caring teacher. Although...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The girls [book review]

    • The girls [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Friendship in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Cliques (Sociology)--Juvenile fiction; Social acceptance--Juvenile fiction; Loyalty--Juvenile fiction; Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Conduct of...

    • Koss, Amy Goldman. The Girls. Dial, 2000. ISBN 0-8037-2494-2. $16.99. 121 pp. B+ 3+ FI Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer This book addresses the very real problem of middle school cliques and is told through the voice of five girls who are members of a...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Thank you, Mr. Falker [book review]

    • Thank you, Mr. Falker [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Reading--Juvenile fiction; Literacy--Juvenile fiction; Dyslexic children--Juvenile fiction; Dyslexia--Juvenile fiction; Elementary school teachers--Juvenile fiction; Teachers--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Polacco, Patricia. Thank You, Mr. Falker. Illustrated by Patricia Polacco. Philomel, 1998. ISBN 0-3992-3166-8. $16.99. Unpaginated. A 3-5 FI Reviewed by Carla Morris One of the most prominent illustrators of children’s books takes pen in hand...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Edenville Owls [book review]

    • Edenville Owls [book review]

    • Friendship--Juvenile fiction; Basketball--Juvenile fiction; Teachers--Juvenile fiction; War--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile fiction; Coming of age--Juvenile fiction; Massachusetts--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Parker, Robert B.. Edenville Owls. Philomel, 2007. ISBN 9780399246562. $17.99. 194 p. Reviewer: Holly Dickman Reading Level: Young adult Rating: Dependable Genre: Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Historical Fiction; Subject:...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Whistle me home [book review]

    • Whistle me home [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Alcoholism--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Teenage girls--Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction; Individuality--Juvenile fiction; Problem families--Juvenile fiction; Problem families--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Wersba, Barbara. Whistle Me Home. Henry Holt, 1997. ISBN 0-8050-4850-2. $15.95. 160 pp.” 4+ FI Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer When a stunningly handsome, seemingly perfect, new boy comes to Sag Harbor and chooses seventeen-year-old Noli as his...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Home on the bayou : a cowboy's story [book review]

    • Home on the bayou : a cowboy's story [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Cowboys--Juvenile fiction; Moving, Household--Juvenile fiction; Anger--Juvenile fiction; Mothers and sons--Juvenile fiction; Grandfathers--Juvenile fiction; First day of school--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Karas, G. Brian. Home on the Bayou. Illlustrated by G. Brian Karas. Simon & Schuster, 1996. ISBN 0-689-80156-4. $15.00. 32 pp. *K-3 PB Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Ned, an elementary-school-age cowboy, is visibly and verbally upset when his...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Don't think twice [book review]

    • Don't think twice [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Pregnancy--Juvenile fiction; Unmarried mothers--Juvenile fiction; Teenage pregnancy--Juvenile fiction; Premarital sex--Juvenile fiction; Sexual ethics--Juvenile fiction; Sexual ethics for teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Interpersonal...

    • Pennebaker, Ruth. Don't Think Twice. Henry Holt, 1996. ISBN 0-8050-4407-8. $15.95. 262 pp.” 7+ FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Anne Harper is an educated, upper-middle- class, college-bound Texas teen who is temporarily sidelined by her unexpected...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • 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...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Bloomability [book review]

    • Bloomability [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Boarding schools--Juvenile fiction; Boarding school students--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; School principals--Juvenile fiction; Teachers--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers--Juvenile fiction; Friendship in...

    • Creech, Sharon. Bloomability. HarperCollins, 1998. ISBN 0-06-026993-6. $15.95. 273 pp. A 3-7 FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz For the first twelve years of her life, Dinnie and her family have lived in twelve different states. Then Dinnie is...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Orphan runaways [book review]

    • Orphan runaways [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Brothers--Juvenile fiction; Orphans--Juvenile fiction; Runaway children--Juvenile fiction; Uncles--Juvenile fiction; Gold mines and mining--Juvenile fiction; Gold mines and mining--California--Juvenile fiction; Prejudices--Juvenile...

    • Gregory, Kristiana. Orphan Runaways. Scholastic, 1998. ISBN 0-590-60366-3. $15.95. 151 pp.” 3+ NF Reviewed by Kathe C. Homer Gregory has produced another sharp look at a specific time and place in American history. The time is 1878. Two boys are...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Secret letters from 0 to 10 [book review]

    • Secret letters from 0 to 10 [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Boredom--Juvenile fiction; Friendship--Juvenile fiction; School children--Juvenile fiction; Elementary schools--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction; Old age--Juvenile fiction;...

    • Morgenstern, Susie. Secret Letters From 0 to 10. Translated by Gill Rosner. Viking, 1998. ISBN 0-670-88007-8. $15.99. 137 pp.” 5-7 FI Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz Predictability is all Ernest Morlaisse has known his entire ten years of life. Raised...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The silent spillbills [book review]

    • The silent spillbills [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Stuttering in adolescence--Juvenile fiction; Stuttering--Juvenile fiction; Bird watching--Juvenile fiction; Birds--Juvenile fiction; Bullying--Juvenile fiction; Determination (Personality trait)--Juvenile fiction; Private...

    • Seidler, Tor. The Silent Spillbills. Harper Collins, 1998. ISBN 0-062-05180-6. $15.00. 216 pp. A 4-8 FI Reviewed by Tom Wright A stutterer, Katerina Farnsworth is entering the seventh grade. Her self-consciousness isolates her from her...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • The life and crimes of Bernetta Wallflower [book review]

    • The life and crimes of Bernetta Wallflower [book review]

    • Swindlers and swindling--Juvenile fiction; Magic--Juvenile fiction; Schools--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Money-making projects for children--Juvenile fiction; Family life--Juvenile Fiction; Books--Reviews;

    • Graff, Lisa. The Life and Crimes of Bernetta Wallflower. HarperCollins, 2008. ISBN 9780060875923. $17.89. 250p. Reviewer: Rachel Wadham Reading Level: Intermediate Rating: Significant shortcomings Genre: Realistic Fiction; Subject: Swindlers and...
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • As ever, Gordy [book review]

    • As ever, Gordy [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Teenagers--Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction; Teenage boys--Juvenile fiction; Brothers and sisters--Juvenile fiction; Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction; Death--Juvenile fiction; Teenagers and death--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile...

    • Hahn, Mary Downing. As Ever, Gordy. Clarion, 1998. ISBN 0-3958-3627-1. $15.00. 184 pp. A 5+ FI Reviewed by Tom Wright This is Hahn’s third book in a series that started with a somewhat autobiographical sketch of time and place in her childhood....
    • Children's Book and Play Review
    • Leah's pony [book review]

    • Leah's pony [book review]

    • Books--Reviews; Farm life--United States--History 1933-1945--Juvenile fiction; Depressions--1929--Juvenile fiction; Family--Juvenile fiction; Ponies--Juvenile fiction; Horses--Juvenile fiction; Helping behavior--Juvenile fiction; Selflessness...

    • Friedrich, Elizabeth. Leah's Pony. Illustrated by Michael Garland. Boyds Mills, 1996. ISBN 1-56397-189-5. $14.95. 32 pp. *1-6 PB Reviewed by Gabi Kupitz The daughter of a farmer, Leah becomes aware of the effect of the drought on her father's 1930s...
    • Children's Book and Play Review

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