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Gr 8 Up—Charles Benoit's debut young adult novel (HarperTeen 2010) is told in the second person, hence the title...

Gr 9 Up—Beatrice Szabo is having a tough year in this novel (Scholastic, 2009) by Natalie Standiford...

Gr 5—8—The nine short stories in this collection (Harcourt, 1994) by Bruce Coville involve a box given to a boy by an angel, a boy who may be a unicorn, an unseen monster stalking some children, a vampire telling a tale of the blood-drinking tradition, men who are werewolves, an obsessively neat family brownie and a not so neat girl, a headless ghost with a message, the American flag and standing up for one's beliefs, and the company of elves...

Gr 6—10—In Witch and Wizard (2009), siblings Whit and Wisty discovered their magical powers after being separated from their parents and imprisoned by the totalitarian, creativity-hating New Order...

Gr 5—8—Sarah Webb is Ireland's Louise Rennison, although her main character, Amy Green, is a bit more serious than Georgia Nicolson: same age and same snogging issues, but faced with divorced parents, step-parents, and infant half-siblings...

Gr 4—7—Fans of Gordon Korman's Swindle (2008) and Zoobreak (2009) will enjoy this third mystery (2010, all Scholastic) which follows the exploits of Griffin Bing and his pals...

Gr 6—9—In Kaleb Nation's sequel (2010) to Bran Hambric: The Fairfield Curse (2009, both Sourcebooks Jabberwocky), Bran battles to save his friend, Astara, who has be snatched into the world of Specters...

Gr 6—10—Richard Peck takes the theme of an outsider longing to fit in and be part of the popular crowd in a chilling new direction in this compelling novel (Dial, 2010)...

Gr 10 Up—Nastasya, an immortal, has lived many lifetimes and experienced great wealth, poverty, love, loss, and grief in the first title (Little, Brown, 2010) in a projected trilogy by Cate Tiernan...