Pres-Gr 2—This story of sibling rivalry and envy is from Guatemala's Popol Vuh folklore and is a great addition to any library...
Gr 7 Up—Liza is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and she stumbles upon a meeting of an organized crime group called the Core...
Gr 4—6—Rob Burnside is as average as a 12-year-old can be...
Gr 7—9—Luchi Ann Finn, 13, was born and raised in a Thai women's prison where her American mother was serving time for drug possession/trafficking...
Gr 5—8—Lucky Valera, an experienced sailor at 14, is heading to rejoin his ship, the Nightbird, in mid-19-century New Bedford, MA, when he is kidnapped by his previously unknown and much older brother...
Gr 5 Up—Inserting modern humor into Homer's Odyssey is a dicey proposition...
Gr 7—10—This book's beautiful cover will attract gothic paranormal romance readers, but the plot will leave them wanting more-and confused, unless they've read Immortal (2009) and Betrayal (2010, both HarperCollins)...
PreS-K—These board books take children into an imaginative world of games...
Gr 3—5—This colorful volume provides solid content on Antarctica; Oceania; Southeast Asia; East Asia; North and Central Asia; South Asia; Southwest Asia (aka the Middle East); Europe; North Africa; Southern Africa; North America; Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; South America; and the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans...