Random House/Knopf/Delacorte.Random House/Knopf/Delacorte 1745 Broadway, 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 10019 www.randomhouse.com/kids Book 2 of Jeff Stone's 'Five Ancestors' series, Monkey (0375830731, $15.95) really deserves a reading of Book 1 for a smooth transition--and be aware, this is a projected seven-book series--but the action- packed martial-arts story set in 17th century China will win fans wherever they begin. Five young, orphaned or·phan n. 1. a. A child whose parents are dead. b. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted. 2. A young animal without a mother. 3. monks specializes in a different style of kung-fu reflecting his personality: here Malao faces his temple's destruction and an encounter with a band of wood monkeys who save him and introduce him to a wilder side of his soul. Debi Gliori's Pure Dead Trouble (0375833110, $15.95) returns the Strega-Borgia clan to life in a new adventure when a faithful butler is found comatose co·ma·tose adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affected with coma. 2. Marked by lethargy; torpid. comatose (kō´m reeking reek v. reeked, reek·ing, reeks v.intr. 1. To smoke, steam, or fume. 2. To be pervaded by something unpleasant: "This document ... of sulfur. Add investigation into a shady business and a romance with the replacement butler and you again have a hilarious story of a truly odd family facing supernatural troubles. Lurlene McDaniel's 'Angels in Pink' latest Holly's Story (0385731582, $10.95) tells of three friends who return to their volunteer jobs at the hospital. Two of them have boyfriends now--Holly is left out when the couples emerge, and her e-mail pal has vanished on her. When tragedy strikes, her concerns seem petty in another McDaniel story of crisis and recovery. Caroline B. Cooney's Code Orange (0385732597, $15.95) departs from her simpler plots to delve into issues of big-city terrorism when one Mitty's studies reveal a virus which holds the potential for killing everyone in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . A tense thriller presents a fluid, changing plot that is quite absorbing. Many Ly's Home Is East (0385732228, $15.95) tells the compelling story of Amy Lim, who has known all her life that her Cambodian mother intends to return home some day. Her mother is younger than Amy's American father and her Cambodian friends are sure she's married just to get to America. At age nine Amy is sure they're wrong--until her mother vanishes, and her father is devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. . How can she help when her remaining parent begins to fall apart? A poignant story of cultural differences and change. Kathryn Kenny's Trixie Beldon #13: The Mystery On Cobbett's Island (0375830537, $6.99) provides a new Trixie adventure in telling of a mysterious letter in an old book and a hidden fortune. Trixie has the clues to find the fortune--if she can decipher Same as decrypt. them! |
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