Fiction

Gr 3—5—Colorfully illustrated with photographs on almost every page, these attractive introductions have maps that place each country in a global context and one that shows cities and regions...

Gr 3—5—As in The Goof Who Invented Homework (Dial, 1996) and other collections, Dakos once again documents the ups and downs of school life...

Gr 9 Up—Consuela Chavez, 17, has never felt at peace in her own skin...

Gr 6—8—In this warm and funny novel, a move to Falls, CT, lets Zachary and his dad begin over after Zachary's mom leaves them to follow her own dreams...

Gr 4—6—Tucker's Ferry, WV, circa the mid- to late-20th century, has the expected cast of characters: Old Red, the curmudgeonly old man who sicces his dog on anyone who tries to enter his beautifully landscaped yard; Miss Martha, the best fried chicken maker in town and all-round do-gooder,; Tommy Parker, the boy next door who is a pest but turns out to be a pretty nice guy; and Delia, the only child of a single mother who works as a waitress and barely manages to eke out a living...

Gr 4—7—An adaptation of Stein's adult novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain (HarperCollins, 2008)...

Gr 8—11—Jana's first day at her new school is unsettling...

Gr 9 Up—Three sisters are eagerly anticipating their summer at Camp Callanwolde, which has long been a family tradition...

Gr 7—10—Best-selling horror novelist Millicent Moon relocates to the site of each of her working manuscripts to guarantee verisimilitude, and the constant traveling makes her teenage daughter more than a little irritated...