Dutton/Viking/Penguin.Dutton/Viking/Penguin 345 Hudson St., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10014 www.penguin.com Three highly recommended picks from recent publications deserve attention from discriminating librarians. Mette Ivie Harrison's Mira, Mirror (0670059234, $17.99) tells of a girl abandoned by her parents, then apprenticed to a witch. Desperate for friendship and family, Mira finds herself captivated cap·ti·vate tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates 1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm. 2. Archaic To capture. by the witch's other young apprentice and is happy when the girl adopts her as a sister--until the girl embarks upon a dangerous road which changes Mira's life forever. Older readers will find this an engrossing engrossing, in English law, practice of acquiring a monopoly of goods in order to sell them at an inflated price. The offense was ordinarily limited to monopolies of foods. Related practices were forestalling, i.e. , compelling fantasy. Susan Shaw's Boy From The Basement (0525472231, $16.99) tells of a boy perpetually punished by a brutal father who locks him in a basement. For Charlie, the basement is home, even though it's filled with dangers: once let loose into the world Charlie finds himself on a road to recovery and a search for love in this enchanting en·chant·ing adj. Having the power to enchant; charming: enchanting music. en·chant  ing·ly adv. story of change. J. Irvin Kuns' While You Were Out (0525472959, $15.99) tells of Penelope, who has to begin fifth grade without her friend when he dies. Her father's the school janitor, further complicating matters, while a persistent neighbor seeks to replace Tim in Penelope's life as a new best friend. A secret notepad The text editor that comes with Windows. It is a very elementary utility, but gets the job done most of the time. See text editor and WordPad. (text, tool) Notepad - The very basic text editor supplied with Microsoft Windows. of confessional letters to the vanished Tim aids in survival--but to its credit, Kuns' While You Were Out isn't your usual cut-up diary format, but a smooth-reading story. |
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