Scholastic Inc.Scholastic Inc. 557 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 10012 www.scholastic.com Ann M. Martin's A DOG'S LIFE dog's life n. Slang A miserably unhappy existence. : THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A STRAY (0439715598, $16.99) is told from a dog's point of view as it tells of Squirrel, a dog born a stray who faces busy highways and all kinds of people in her travels. Any reader in grades 5-7 who loves dog stories will find A DOG'S LIFE poignant and appealing. Anna Kirwan's PORTRAITS OF FLOWERS AND SHADOWS (0439710133, $9.99) is set in 1879 and tells of headstrong head·strong adj. 1. Determined to have one's own way; stubbornly and often recklessly willful. See Synonyms at obstinate, unruly. 2. Resulting from willfulness and obstinacy. orphan Areila, who runs away from her evil guardian and finds a friend in moody artist Winslow Homer Noun 1. Winslow Homer - United States painter best known for his seascapes (1836-1910) Homer , who asks to paint her picture. Their friendship holds the power to change both their lives in this winning story for grades 4-6. Fiona Dunabr's THE TRUTH COOKIE (0439740223, $15.99) tells of a father who is about to marry the mother of a mean girl. Lulu knows her new stepmother also is evil--but she can't make her father realize the truth. When she comes upon a magical recipe book, Lulu decides to take matters into her own hands to outwit out·wit tr.v. out·wit·ted, out·wit·ting, out·wits 1. To surpass in cleverness or cunning; outsmart. 2. Archaic To surpass in intelligence. her wicked stepmother-to-be with special truth- telling cookies--if she can find the special ingredients, that is! Tony Abbott's KRINGLE (0439749425, $14.99) arrived too late for more timely holiday mention, but any young adult holding strong in teen reads will find it a fine story next Christmas, too. A boy named Kringle lives an isolated existence at a time when elves and goblins still roam the world. When goblins attack his home and cast him into the wilderness, he begins to realize their evil intentions to take over the world--and his own destiny in battling the doom which faces it. A moving story of salvation at the beginning of time marks a fast-paced fantasy. Zoran Drvenkar's TELL ME WHAT YOU SEE (043972452X, $16.99) tells of sixteen-year-old Alissa and her best friend who set off to the grave of Alissa's father as they've done yearly since he died. This year Alissa stumbles into a subterranean crypt crypt (krĭpt) [Gr.,=hidden], vault or chamber beneath the main level of a church, used as a meeting place or burial place. It undoubtedly developed from the catacombs used by early Christians as places of worship. and is compelled to open a child's coffin there, only to find the hypnotic hypnotic /hyp·not·ic/ (hip-not´ik) 1. inducing sleep. 2. an agent that induces sleep. 3. pertaining to or of the nature of hypnosis or hypnotism. plant which enshrouds it takes ahold of her. Mature teens will find the dark twsts and turns compelling and unusual: impossible to predict. Cornelia Funke's INKSPELL (0439554004, $19.99) continues the saga begun in her popular INKHEART, which told of a book's characters which sprang to life and changed one Meggie's world forever. In INKSPELL the saga continues with Dustfinger, the fire-eater brought into being from words, ready to return to the printed page. His young apprentice Farid engages Meggie's help to rescue him and before long all are caught inside the book, where its author lives within his own story. While familiarity with INKHEART is recommended, it's not necessary to appreciate its sequel INKSPELL which is spellbinding spell·bind tr.v. spell·bound , spell·bind·ing, spell·binds To hold under or as if under a spell; enchant or fascinate. [Back-formation from spellbound. on its own. |
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