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www.penguin penguin, originally the common name for the now extinct great auk of the N Atlantic and now used (since the 19th cent.) for the unrelated antarctic diving birds. .com/youngreaders.

An Na's novel Wait For Me (03992-42759, $15.99) comes from the Printz Award Winning writer of A Step From Heaven, and tells of perfect daughter Mina, bound for Harvard and a dutiful du·ti·ful  
adj.
1. Careful to fulfill obligations.

2. Expressing or filled with a sense of obligation.



du
 daughter. She seems the ideal child, but inside Mina feels her life is a lie--and the summer before her senior year her encounter with migrant worker A migrant worker is someone who regularly works away from home, if they even have a home.[]

Although the United Nations' use of this term overlaps with 'foreign worker', the use of the term within the United States is more specific.
 Ysrael and his dreams will change her life. Neal Shusterman's latest 'Dark Fusion' fantasy Duckling duckling

baby duck.
 Ugly (0525475850, $15.99) continues his series which takes a classic fairy tale's fantasy and provides a contemporary twist. Cara is ugly--even her own parents can't deny it--and her schoolmates are cruel. When she receives a mysterious note suggesting she's destined des·tine  
tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines
1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic.

2.
 for greater things, even the wise woman of the town warns her destiny may be extraordinary. Does it have anything to do with the handsome boy she's been dreaming of? These are both fine leisure choices.
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Title Annotation:Wait for Me; Duckling Ugly
Publication:Children's Bookwatch
Article Type:Book review
Date:Aug 1, 2006
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