Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Starred Books as of October....

Italics--I want to read it and already have access to it
Bold--I have read it
Red--I would need to track down a copy, and would love a review copy :)

six stars

THE WALL by Peter Sis

five stars

THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie
THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET by Brian Selznick (Quill Award)
THE ARRIVAL by Shaun Tan (CBCA Award)
THE NEW POLICEMAN by Kate Thompson (Guardian Prize, Whitbread
Award)

four stars

THE GOLDEN DREAM OF CARLO CHUCHIO by Lloyd Alexander
MISTIK LAKE by Martha Brooks
ELIJAH OF BUXTON by Christopher Paul Curtis
I AM NOT JOEY PIGZA by Jack Gantos
EVIL GENIUS by Catherine Jinks
TAMAR by Mal Peet (Carnegie Medal)
A DARKLING PLAIN by Philip Reeve (Guardian Prize)
THE WEDNESDAY WARS by Gary Schmidt
THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart
RED MOON AT SHARPSBURG by Rosemary Wells

three stars

TASTING THE SKY by Ibtisam Barakat
THE PLAIN JANES by Cecil Castellucci
ONE WHOLE AND PERFECT DAY by Judith Clarke (NSW shortlist, CBCA
shortlist)
POCKET BABIES by Sneed Collard
THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES by Nancy Farmer
AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH by Al Gore
BOOK OF A THOUSAND DAYS by Shannon Hale
YOUR OWN, SYLVIA by Stephanie Hemphill
EMMY AND THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING RAT by Lynne Jonell
UNDERCOVER by Beth Kephart
STRAYS by Ron Koertge
EPIC by Conor Kostick
RED SPIKES by Margo Lanagan
THE WHITE DARKNESS by Geraldine McCaughrean (Whitbread shortlist,
Carnegie shortlist)
WHAT THEY FOUND by Walter Dean Myers
ON THE WINGS OF HEROES by Richard Peck
FREAK by Marcella Pixley
CURES FOR HEARTBREAK by Margo Rabb
RED GLASS by Laura Resau
FREAK SHOW by James St. James
GOOD MASTERS! SWEET LADIES! by Laura Amy Schlitz
ROBOT DREAMS by Sara Varon
THE LION HUNTER by Elizabeth Wein

two stars

LAIKA by Nick Abadzis
DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
MISS CRANDALL'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES AND LITTLE MISSES OF COLOR by
Elizabeth Alexander and Marilyn Nelson
SHARK GIRL by Kelly Bingham
TRACKING TRASH by Loree Griffin Burns (Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor)
SOMEDAY THIS PAIN WILL BE USEFUL TO YOU by Peter Cameron
DRAGON'S KEEP by Janet Lee Carey
TOUGH BOY SONATAS by Curtis Crisler
THE DOWN-TO-EARTH GUIDE TO GLOBAL WARMING by Laura David and Cambria
Gordon
THE RED SHOE by Ursula Dubosarsky (NSW Award, CBCA Honor)
WHO WAS FIRST? by Russell Freedman
FALCONER'S KNOT by Mary Hoffman (Guardian shortlist)
HOW IT HAPPENED IN PEACH HILL by Marthe Jocelyn
KISSING THE BEE by Kathe Koja
POWERS by Ursula Le Guin
RACHEL CARSON by Ellen Levine
SPELLDOWN by Karon Luddy
BOY TOY by Barry Lyga
HOUDINI: HANDCUFF KING by Jason Lutes & Nick Bertozzi
HUSH by Donna Jo Napoli
DRAGONHAVEN by Robin McKinley
UN LUN DIN by China Mieville
DARKWING by Kenneth Oppel
THE TITAN'S CURSE by Rick Riordan
HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS by J.K. Rowling
MY MOTHER THE CHEERLEADER by Robert Sharenow
INSIDE OUT by Nadia Shivack
PEAK by Roland Smith
EMMA-JEAN LAZARUS FELL OUT OF A TREE by Lauren Tarshis
WAY DOWN DEEP by Ruth White
FEATHERS by Jacqueline Woodson
REX ZERO AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Tim Wynne-Jones (Boston Globe-
Horn Book Honor)
STORY OF A GIRL by Sara Zarr

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