Reviews

Gr 9 Up—In the near future, genetic engineering has given a single generation freedom from all physical ills and a long life, but something claims the lives of successive generations as women reach 20 and men reach 25...

Gr 10 Up—Riddled with manipulations, betrayals, and secrets, this tale begins at the Jersey shore where high school senior Eden meets and (exasperatingly) immediately connects with Az when moments before she'd been contemplating suicide...

Gr 9 Up—Alex is looking for something real—more real than her distant father, who never speaks in complete sentences, more real than the faded memories of her mother, who died on the night she was leaving her family, even more real than her two best friends and their plan for a graduation trip to Colorado...

Gr 2—5—Each book examines the featured animal's anatomy, senses, mating and family behaviors, communication, diet, and distribution...

PreS-Gr 1—Fuddles is a large and very pampered black-and-white tuxedo cat who yearns for adventure and the great outdoors...

Gr 4—8—This well-written and thoughtfully designed series features engrossing topics, some of which have potential as curriculum tie-ins: a "Great Pyramid Mystery" spread in Ancient Mysteries, for example, discusses the history of the massive structures in Egypt and how nobody knows how they were built, and Disappearances outlines the questions surrounding the Roanoke colony...

K-Gr 1—In the first beginning reader, Goeller asks, "Who says boo?" Photographs of costumed children and animals declare, "Not I...

Gr 2—3—More suited to browsing than to assignment use, these quick surveys prize visual appeal over factual content...

Gr 5—8—In 210 BC, the Black Dragon killed the Emperor and his court in revenge for the Empress destroying a precious piece of jade...