Fiction

Gr 5—8—This second novel in the series starts off with the theft of a priceless artifact in Kabul by a mysterious ninjalike thief and then quickly switches back to Oxford, England, where 14-year-old Joshua Garcia continues on an adventure involving his father's death in Mexico, a hidden Mayan civilization called Ek Naab in which the citizens are brilliant and highly advanced, a lost codex, and danger at every turn...

Gr 10 Up—At a posh Swiss summer boarding school in 1971, three very different girls share their problems and dreams: Ingrid, a wild, sexually liberated Midwesterner; Vivian, a Jewish Cuban-American aspiring chef; and Shirrin, an Iranian noblewoman and mathematical genius...

Gr 8 Up—Years into the next century, the human population is dwindling because of a virus that has resulted in no new births for a generation...

Gr 2—5—Each lesson starts as a "butt"-that is, a line with a double scallop...

Gr 7—10—Through a series of vignettes, Carlile offers advice on to how to cope with loss...

Gr 1—3—Deja desperately wants to be student body president of Carver Elementary...

Gr 3—5—A moderately successful blending of a tender family story with a hair-raising adventure...

PreS-Gr 1—In their pink leotards and ballet slippers, five irresistible girls stand at the barre and demonstrate their beginning ballet skills...

Gr 5—8—Kat Graham loves gold—she even has a gold tooth—so when she sees a sign for the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour in Cripple Creek, CO, she persuades her father to take a short detour en route to his new job in California...