Gr 3—6—In Lois Duncan's sequel (2010) to Hotel for Dogs (2008) and News for Dogs (2009, all Scholastic), 12-year-old Andi Wallace thinks that she came in second place one too many times...
Gr 7 Up—Thomas and his fellow Gladers thought they were safe at the end of The Maze Runner (2009)...
Gr 5—7—After his debilitating accident, Tyler's father is forced to hire Mexican migrant workers to keep their Vermont family dairy farm afloat: 11-year old Mari, her father, her two younger sisters, and two uncles...
PreS-Gr 3—In Margie Palatini's retelling of Aesop's fable, "The Fox and the Grapes," Fox unsuccessfully tries repeatedly to reach a bunch of grapes hanging high in a tree before ultimately deciding the grapes must be sour anyway...
Gr 6—10—Following a very short respite after his first real spy mission, Modo finds himself using his shape-shifting skills again to ferret out information for his employer, Mr...
Gr 5—7—Princess Patricia Pricilla finds her royal life quite boring in this enjoyable tale (Houghton Mifflin, 2010) by Lois Lowry...
Gr 8—11—Madison Archer and the students of Soundview High are beginning to be afraid...
Gr 8 Up—Fourteen years after First Night, when America was overrun with the dead who reanimated, 15-year-old Benny Imura joins his half-brother, Tom, in the family business of "closure" or zombie bounty hunting in Jonathan Maberry's novel (S & S, 2010)...
Gr 4—6—As in the previous three books in the series, Pseudonymous Bosch delivers a witty mystery adventure (Little, Brown, 2010) that is sure to keep listeners smiling...