McElderry/Simon & Schuster.McElderry/Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of Americas, NY, NY 10020 www.SimonSaysKids.com Kimberly K. Jones' Sand Dollar Summer (1416903623, $15.95) tells of a daughter facing changes when her independent mother is injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. in a car accident and their family goes to live in a small house in Maine for the summer. Her mother may have grown up there, but to Lise there are many new terrors: a big ocean, a series of strange sea changes her family is experiencing. In the course of connecting with the past, Lise discovers some new meanings of family connections in a series of revelations. Susan Cooper's Victory (141-6914773, $16.95) is a time slip novel featuring the genre at its best. Molly is an English girl transplanted to the US when her mother moves from her beloved London, and is having struggles coping with her new step-family and home; so when she has the opportunity to visit her beloved grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl in London, she jumps at it. Her discovery of an old book about the Battle of Trafalgar links her with powder monkey powder monkey n. Slang One who carries or sets explosives. Noun 1. powder monkey - someone who carries explosives (as from the magazine to the guns on board a warship) Sam Robbins who has been kidnapped Kidnapped caught in the intrigues of Scottish factions, David Balfour and Alan Breck are shipwrecked, escape from the king’s soldiers, and undergo great dangers. [Br. Lit.: R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped] See : Adventurousness to work aboard a ship, and soon a strange set of time-defying interconnections links the two against all odds. Rachel Cohn's Two Steps Forward (0689866143, $15.95) tells of four stepsiblings on opposite sides of the world who share a summer together in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. . Annabel is determined to hate LA where her father and his family have moved--but romance enters her life to change this, even as Australian Lucy adjusts to a new family, and her brother gets to know a new sister. A vivid story of stepsibling step·sib·ling n. A stepbrother or a stepsister. development and changes evolves. Andrew Clements' novel Room One: A Mystery Or Two (068-9866860, $15.95) tells of a mysterious face in the window of an abandoned old farmhouse, and of a young investigator's dual struggle with the problems of a dying school in a little town in Nebraska. Ted's efforts to solve one mystery may lead to unexpected solutions to the other problem in this blend of mystery and social issues. Hilary McKay's Caddy A plastic container that holds a CD or DVD disc for added protection. The bare disc is placed in the caddy, and the caddy is inserted into the drive. A caddy is not a jewel case. A jewel case protects the disc for transportation. A caddy protects the disc while reading and writing. Ever After (1416-909404, $15.95) continues the story of sisters named after paints who live in a most unconventional family Caddy, Rose, Indigo, and Saffy each tell intertwining stories in this latest, from young Rose's special Valentine Day card for Tim to Saffy's unusual graveyard date. The focus on romance makes for a fun set of insights. |
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