ALA Book Picks 2003
Staff -- School Library Journal, 3/1/2003
Notable Children's Books Younger Readers
Carle, Eric. 'Slowly, Slowly, Slowly,' Said the Sloth. illus. by author. Philomel. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23954-5.
Dillon, Leo & Diane Dillon. Rap a Tap Tap: Here's Bojangles-Think of That! illus. by authors. Scholastic/Blue Sky. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-590-47883-4.
Dunrea, Olivier. Gossie & Gertie. illus. by author. Houghton. Tr $9.95. ISBN 0-618-17676-4.
Fleming, Candace. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! illus. by G. Brian Karas. S & S/Atheneum/An Anne Schwartz Bk. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-83152-8.
Fleming, Denise. Alphabet Under Construction. illus. by author. Holt. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-8050-6848-1.
Gerstein, Mordicai. What Charlie Heard. illus. by author. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. Tr $17. ISBN 0-374-38292-1.
Johansen, Hanna. Henrietta and the Golden Egg. illus. by Käthi Bhend. tr. from German by John Barrett. Godine. Tr $16.95. ISBN 1-56792-210-4.
Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene. illus. by Middy Thomas. Houghton/A Walter Lorraine Bk. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-23848-4.
McCarty, Peter. Hondo & Fabian. illus. by author. Holt. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-8050-6352-8.
McMullan, Kate. I Stink! illus. by Jim McMullan. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Bks. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-029848-0; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-06-029849-9.
Mills, Claudia. 7 X 9 = Trouble! illus. by G. Brian Karas. Farrar. Tr $15. ISBN 0-374-36746-9.
Paye, Won-Ldy & Margaret H. Lippert. Head, Body, Legs: A Story from Liberia. illus. by Julie Paschkis. Holt. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-8050-6570-9.
Rohmann, Eric. My Friend Rabbit. illus. by author. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-7613-1535-7; PLB $22.90. ISBN 0-7613-2420-8.
Shannon, David. Duck on a Bike. illus. by author. Scholastic/Blue Sky. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-439-05023-5.
SIs, Peter. Madlenka's Dog. illus. by author. Farrar/Frances Foster Bks. Tr $17. ISBN 0-374-34699-2.
Thomas, Shelley Moore. Get Well, Good Knight. illus. by Jennifer Plecas. Dutton. Tr $13.99. ISBN 0-525-46914-1.
Wilson, Karma. Bear Snores On. illus. by Jane Chapman. S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-83187-0.
Winter, Jonah. Frida . illus. by Ana Juan. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-590-20320-7.
Andrews-Goebel, Nancy. The Pot That Juan Built. illus. by David Diaz. Lee & Low. RTE $16.95. ISBN 1-58430-038-8.
Bauer, Joan. Stand Tall. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23473-X.
Blake, Robert J. Togo. illus. by author. Philomel. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23381-4.
Creech, Sharon. Ruby Holler. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Bks. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-06-027732-7; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-027733-5.
Delano, Marfe Ferguson. Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison. National Geographic. RTE $18.95. ISBN 0-7922-6721-4.
Denslow, Sharon Phillips. Georgie Lee. illus. by Lynne Rae Perkins. Greenwillow. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-688-17940-1; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-688-17941-X.
Ferris, Jean. Once upon a Marigold. Harcourt. Tr $17. ISBN 0-15-216791-9.
Fine, Anne. Up on Cloud Nine. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-73009-8; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-385-90058-9.
Fradin, Dennis Brindell. The Signers: The 56 Stories behind the Declaration of Independence. illus. by Michael McCurdy. Walker. Tr $22.95. ISBN 0-8027-8849-1; PLB $23.85. ISBN 0-8027-8850-5.
Freedman, Russell. Confucius: The Golden Rule. illus. by Frédéric Clément. Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Bks. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-439-13957-0.
Funke, Cornelia. The Thief Lord. tr. from German by Oliver Latsch. Scholastic/The Chicken House. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-40437-1.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. illus. by Dave McKean. HarperCollins. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-380-97778-8; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-06-623744-0.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-32655-6; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-385-90070-8.
Grimes, Nikki. Talkin' about Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman . illus. by E.B. Lewis. Scholastic/Orchard. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-35243-6.
Ibbotson, Eva. Journey to the River Sea. illus. by Kevin Hawkes. Dutton. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-525-46739-4.
Mak, Kam. My Chinatown: One Year in Poems. illus. by author. HarperCollins. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-06-029190-7; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-029191-5.
Martin, Ann M. A Corner of the Universe. Scholastic. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-439-38880-5.
McKay, Hilary. Saffy's Angel . S & S/Margaret K. McElderry Bks. RTE $16. ISBN 0-689-84933-8.
Old, Wendie. To Fly: The Story of the Wright Brothers. illus. by Robert Andrew Parker. Clarion. RTE $16. ISBN 0-618-13347-X.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis. Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa. illus. by Brian Pinkney. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-7868-0568-4.
Rubin, Susan Goldman. Degas and the Dance: The Painter and the Petits Rats, Perfecting Their Art . Abrams. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-8109-0567-1.
Ryan, Pam Muñoz. When Marian Sang: The True Recital of Marian Anderson . illus. by Brian Selznick. Scholastic. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-439-26967-9.
Stanley, Diane. Saladin: Noble Prince of Islam. illus. HarperCollins. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-688-17135-4; PLB $18.89. ISBN 0-688-17136-2.
Testa, Maria. Becoming Joe DiMaggio. illus by Scott Hunt. Candlewick. RTE $13.99. ISBN 0-7636-1537-4.
Tolan, Stephanie S. Surviving the Applewhites. HarperCollins. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-623602-9; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-623603-7.
Walker, Sally M. Fossil Fish Found Alive: Discovering the Coelacanth . Carolrhoda. PLB $17.95. ISBN 1-57505-536-8.
Alvarez, Julia. Before We Were Free. Knopf/Borzoi. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-375-81544-9; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-91544-3.
Avi. Crispin: The Cross of Lead . Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0828-4; PLB $16.49. ISBN 0-7868-2647-9.
Blumenthal, Karen. Six Days in October: The Stock Market Crash of 1929. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-689-84276-7.
Colman, Penny. Where the Action Was: Women War Correspondents in World War II. Crown. Tr $17.95. ISBN 0-517-80075-6; PLB $19.99. ISBN 0-517-80076-4.
Cooney, Caroline B. Goddess of Yesterday. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-72945-6; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-385-90051-1.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-689-85222-3.
Fleischman, John. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-05252-6.
Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life. Farrar. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-39988-3.
Giblin, James Cross. The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler. Clarion. Tr $21. ISBN 0-395-90371-8.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. Knopf/Borzoi. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-375-82181-3; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-92181-8.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Kite Rider. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-623874-9; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-06-623875-7.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East . Greenwillow. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-06-009765-5; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-009766-3.
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II. Clarion. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-13335-6.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life and Songs of Woody Guthrie. Viking. Tr $21.99. ISBN 0-670-03535-1.
The Declaration of Independence: The Words That Made
America. illus. by Sam Fink. Scholastic. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-439-40700-1.
Greenberg, Jan & Sandra Jordan. Action Jackson. illus. by Robert
Andrew Parker. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-7613-1682-5; PLB
$22.90. ISBN 0-7613-2770-3.
Howitt, Mary. The Spider and the Fly. illus. by Tony DiTerlizzi. S & S. RTE $16.95. ISBN
0-689-85289-4.
Kalman, Maira. Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey. illus. by author. Putnam. Tr
$16.99. ISBN 0-399-23953-7.
Karas, G. Brian. Atlantic. illus. by author. Putnam. RTE $15.99. ISBN
0-399-23632-5.
Martin, Bill, Jr. & Michael Sampson. I Pledge Allegiance: The Pledge of Allegiance . illus.
by Chris Raschka. Candlewick. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-1648-6.
Pinkney, Jerry. Noah's Ark. illus. by author. North-South/SeaStar. Tr
$15.95. ISBN 1-58717-201-1; PLB $16.50. ISBN 1-58717-202-X.
Zelinsky, Paul O., adapt. Knick-Knack Paddywhack! illus. by adapt. Dutton. Tr $18.99. ISBN 0-525-46908-7.
Best Books for Young
Adults
Fiction
Alvarez, Julia. Before We Were Free. Knopf. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-375-81544-9; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-91544-3.
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Catalyst. Viking. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-670-03566-1.
Anderson, M. T. Feed. Candlewick. RTE $16.99. ISBN 0-7636-1726-1.
Armstrong, Jennifer, ed. Shattered: Stories of Children and War. Knopf. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-375-81112-5; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-91112-X.
Auch, Mary Jane. Ashes of Roses. Holt. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-8050-6686-1.
Bardi, Abby. The Book of Fred: A Novel. Washington Square. Tr $24. ISBN 0-7434-1193-5; pap. $13. ISBN 0-7434-1194-3.
Barker, Clive. Abarat. illus. by author. HarperCollins/Joanna Cotler Bks. Tr $24.99. ISBN 0-06-028092-1; PLB $26.89. ISBN 0-06-051084-6.
Bechard, Margaret. Hanging on to Max. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-7613-1579-9; PLB $22.90. ISBN 0-7613-2574-3.
Black, Holly. Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale. S & S. RTE $16.95. ISBN 0-689-84924-9.
Blackwood, Gary L. Year of the Hangman. Dutton. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-525-46921-4.
Breslin, Theresa. Remembrance. Delacorte. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-385-73015-2; PLB $18.99. ISBN 0-385-90067-8.
Chambers, Aidan. Postcards from No Man's Land. Dutton. Tr $19.99. ISBN 0-525-46863-3.
Clements, Andrew. Things Not Seen. Philomel. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-399-23626-0.
Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread. S & S. RTE $15.95. ISBN 0-689-84337-2.
Crowe, Chris. Mississippi Trial, 1955. Penguin Putnam/Phyllis Fogelman Bks. Tr $17.99. ISBN 0-8037-2745-3.
Datlow, Ellen & Terri Windling, eds. Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest. illus. by Charles Vess. Viking. Tr $18.99. ISBN 0-670-03526-2.
de Lint, Charles. Seven Wild Sisters. illus. by Charles Vess. Subterranean. Tr $35. ISBN 1-931081-33-6.
Desai Hidier, Tanuja. Born Confused. Scholastic. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-439-35762-4.
Dessen, Sarah. This Lullaby. Viking. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-670-03530-0.
Ellis, Deborah. Parvana's Journey. Groundwood. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-88899-514-8.
Etchemendy, Nancy. Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural. illus. by David Ouimet. Cricket. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-8126-2674-5.
Fama, Elizabeth. Overboard. Cricket. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-8126-2652-4.
Farmer, Nancy. The House of the Scorpion. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $17.95. ISBN 0-689-85222-3.
Ferris, Jean. Once upon a Marigold. Harcourt. Tr $17. ISBN 0-15-216791-9.
Frank, E. R. America. S & S/Atheneum/A Richard Jackson Bk. RTE $18. ISBN 0-689-84729-7.
Frank, Hillary. Better Than Running at Night. Houghton. Tr $17. ISBN 0-618-10439-9; pap. $10. ISBN 0-618-25073-5.
Freymann-Weyr, Garret. My Heartbeat. Houghton. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-14181-2.
Froese, Deborah. Out of the Fire. Sumach. pap. $7.95. ISBN 1-894549-09-0.
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline. illus. by Dave McKean. HarperCollins. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-380-97778-8; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-623744-0.
Giff, Patricia Reilly. Pictures of Hollis Woods. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-32655-6; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-385-90070-8.
Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-7613-1581-0; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-7613-2601-4.
Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade. Dial. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-8037-2569-8.
Halam, Ann. Dr. Franklin's Island. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Tr $14.95. ISBN 0-385-73008-X; PLB $16.99. ISBN 0-385-90056-2.
Hiaasen, Carl. Hoot. Knopf/Borzoi. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-375-82181-3; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-375-92181-8.
Holeman, Linda. Search of the Moon King's Daughter. Tundra. Tr $17.95. ISBN 0-88776-592-0.
Jordan, Sherryl. The Hunting of the Last Dragon. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-028902-3; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-06-028903-1.
Kidd, Sue Monk. The Secret Life of Bees. Viking. Tr $24.95. ISBN 0-670-89460-5.
Koertge, Ron. Stoner & Spaz. Candlewick. RTE $15.99. ISBN 0-7636-1608-7.
Korman, Gordon. Son of the Mob. Hyperion. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-7868-0769-5; PLB $15.95. ISBN 0-7868-2616-9.
Lawrence, Iain. The Lightkeeper's Daughter. Delacorte. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-385-72925-1; PLB $18.99. ISBN 0-385-90062-7.
Leavitt, Martine. The Dollmage. Red Deer. pap. $8.95. ISBN 0-88995-233-7.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Kite Rider. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-623874-9; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-06-623875-7.
Miller, Mary Beth. Aimee. Dutton. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-525-46894-3.
Moore, Christopher. Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal. HarperCollins/Morrow. Tr $25.95. ISBN 0-380-97840-7.
Oates, Joyce Carol. Big Mouth & Ugly Girl. HarperCollins. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-06-623756-4; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-623758-0.
Park, Linda Sue. When My Name Was Keoko: A Novel of Korea in World War II. Clarion. Tr $15. ISBN 0-618-13335-6.
Placide, Jaira. Fresh Girl. Random/Wendy Lamb Bks. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-32753-6; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-384-90035-X.
Plum-Ucci, Carol. What Happened to Lani Garver. Harcourt. Tr $17. ISBN 0-15-216813-3.
Powell, Randy. Three Clams and an Oyster. Farrar. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-37526-7.
Rottman, S. L. Stetson. Viking. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-670-03542-4.
Santana, Patricia. Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility. Univ. of New Mexico. Tr $19.95. ISBN 0-8263-2435-5.
Savage, Deborah. Kotuku. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-04756-5.
Sebold, Alice. The Lovely Bones: A Novel. Little, Brown. Tr $21.95. ISBN 0-316-66634-3.
Sheppard, Mary C. Seven for a Secret. Groundwood. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-88899-437-0.
Smith, Kevin & Phil Hester. Green Arrow: Quiver. illus. by Ande Parks & Guy Major. DC Comics. Tr $24.95. ISBN 1-56389-802-0; pap. $10. ISBN 1-56389-887-X.
Smith, Sherri L. Lucy the Giant. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-72940-5; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-385-90031-7.
Tolan, Stephanie. Surviving the Applewhites. HarperCollins. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-623602-9; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-623603-7.
Toten, Teresa. The Game. Red Deer. pap. $7.95. ISBN 0-88995-232-9.
Van Pelt, James. Strangers and Beggars: Stories. Fairwood. pap. $17.99. ISBN 0-9668184-5-8.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Hush. Putnam. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-399-23114-5.
Yolen, Jane & Robert J. Harris. Girl in a Cage. Philomel. Tr $18.99. ISBN 0-399-23627-9.
Nonfiction
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845-1850. Houghton. Tr $18. ISBN 0-618-00271-5.
Fleischman, John. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story about Brain Science. Houghton. Tr $16. ISBN 0-618-05252-6.
Gantos, Jack. Hole in My Life. Farrar. Tr $16. ISBN 0-374-39988-3.
Hampton, Wilborn. Meltdown: A Race against Nuclear Disaster at Three Mile Island: A Reporter's Story. Candlewick. RTE $19.99. ISBN 0-7636-0715-0.
McPherson, James M. Fields of Fury: The American Civil War. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $22.95. ISBN 0-689-84833-1.
Nelson, Pete. Left for Dead: A Young Man's Search for Justice for the USS Indianapolis. Delacorte. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-385-72959-6; PLB $17.99. ISBN 0-385-90033-3.
Nye, Naomi Shihab. 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East. Greenwillow. Tr $16.95. ISBN 0-06-009765-5; PLB $16.89. ISBN 0-06-009766-3.
Partridge, Elizabeth. This Land Was Made for You and Me: The Life & Songs of Woody Guthrie. Viking. Tr $21.99. ISBN 0-670-03535-1.
Philbrick, Nathaniel. Revenge of the Whale: The True Story of the Whaleship Essex. Putnam. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23795-X.
Rall, Ted. To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue. illus. by author. NBM. Tr $15.95. ISBN 1-56163-325-9.
Steinberg, Jacques. The Gatekeepers: Inside the Admissions Process of a Premier College. Viking. Tr $25.95. ISBN 0-670-03135-6.
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia. Midnight Predator. Delacorte. Tr $9.95. ISBN
0-385-32794-3. Basketball's Best Shots. DK. Tr $30. ISBN 0-7894-8914-7.
Beale, Fleur. I Am Not Esther. Hyperion. $15.99. ISBN
0-7868-0845-4.
Cabot, Meg. All-American Girl. HarperCollins. Tr $15.99. ISBN 0-06-029470-1; PLB $17.89. ISBN 0-06-029470-1. . Princess in Love. (The Princess
Diaries Series). Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-029467-1; PLB $15.89. ISBN 0-06-029468-X.
ea vol: Harpercollins.
Clarkson, Mark. Battlebots: The Official Guide. McGraw-Hill/Osborne.
pap. $24.95. ISBN 0-07-222425-8.
Cobain, Kurt. Journals: Kurt Cobain. Riverhead. Tr $29.95. ISBN 1-57322-232-1.
Cohn, Rachel. Gingerbread. S & S. RTE $15.95. ISBN
0-689-84337-2.
Conniff, Richard. Rats!: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Crown. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-375-81207-5; PLB $17.99. ISBN
0-375-91207-X.
Dickey, Eric Jerome. Thieves' Paradise. Dutton. Tr $19.95. ISBN
0-525-94663-2.
Flinn, Alex. Breaking Point. HarperCollins. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-06-623847-1; PLB $15.89. ISBN
0-06-623848-X.
Fontaine, Smokey D. E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX . HarperCollins. Tr
$24.95. ISBN 0-06-018826-X.
Fornay, Alfred. Born Beautiful: The African American Teenager's Complete Beauty Guide.
Wiley/Amber Bks. pap. $14.95. ISBN 0-471-40275-3.
Frank, E. R. America. S & S/Atheneum. RTE $18. ISBN
0-689-84729-7.
Fujishima, Kosuke. Wrong Number. illus. by author. (Oh My Goddess! Series). Dark Horse. pap. $13.95.
ISBN 1-56971-669-2.
Gaiman, Neil, et al. 9-11: September 11th, 2001: Stories to Remember. vol. 2. DC Comics. $9.95. ISBN 1-56389-878-0.
Gerard, Jim. Celebrity Skin: Tattoos, Brands, and Body Adornments of the Stars . Thunder's Mouth. pap. $25.95. ISBN 1-56025-323-1.
Giles, Gail. Shattering Glass. Millbrook/Roaring Brook. Tr $15.95.
ISBN 0-7613-1581-0; PLB $22.90. ISBN 0-7613-2601-4.
Godfrey, Rebecca. Torn Skirt. HarperPerrenial. pap. $11.95. ISBN
0-06-009485-0.
Goobie, Beth. Sticks and Stones. Orca. pap. $7.95. ISBN 1-55143-213-7.
Grimes, Nikki. Bronx Masquerade. Dial. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-8037-2569-8.
Groening, Matt. Simpsons Comics Unchained. HarperPerennial. pap.
$14.95. ISBN 0-06-000797-4.
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Among the Betrayed. S & S. RTE $15.95. ISBN
0-689-83905-7.
Hart, Christopher. Anime Mania: How to Draw Characters for Japanese Animation. ISBN 0-8230-0158-X. . Mecha Mania: How to Draw the Battling Robots, Cool Spaceships, and Military Vehicles of Japanese Comics. ISBN 0-8230-3056-3. ea
vol: Watson-Guptill. pap. $19.95.
Hawk, Tony. Between Boardslides and Burnout: My Notes from the Road . Regan Bks. pap. $15.95.
ISBN 0-06-0008631-9.
Hoffman, Mat & Mark Lewman. The Ride of My Life. Regan Bks. Tr $24.95. ISBN
0-06-009415-X.
Hogya, Bernie. Milk Mustache Mania: An Inside Look at One of Your Favorite Ad Campaigns.
Scholastic. pap. $9.95. ISBN 0-439-38889-9.
Horowitz, Anthony. Point Blank: An Alex Rider Adventure. Philomel. Tr $16.99. ISBN 0-399-23621-X.
Hrdlitschka, Shelley. Dancing Naked. Orca. pap. $6.95. ISBN
1-55143-210-2.
Irons, Diane. Teen Beauty Secrets: Fresh, Simple & Sassy Tips for Your Perfect Look. Sourcebooks.
pap. $14.95. ISBN 1-57071-959-4.
Jemas, Bill. Origin: The True Story of Wolverine. Marvel Comics. Tr $34.95. ISBN 0-7851-0866-1.
Johnson, Kathleen Jeffrie. The Parallel Universe of Liars.
Millbrook/Roaring Book. Tr $15.95. ISBN 0-7613-1746-5; PLB $22.90. ISBN
0-7613-2854-8.
Johnstone, Mike. NASCAR: The Need for Speed. Lerner Sports. PLB $23.95. ISBN 0-8225-0389-1.
Jukes, Mavis. The Guy Book: An Owner's Manual. Crown. pap. $12.95.
ISBN 0-679-99028-3.
Kemp, Kristen. I Will Survive. Scholastic/Push. pap. $6.99. ISBN 0-439-12195-7.
Knapp, Jennifer. Cheap Frills: Fabulous Facelifts for Your Clothes.
Chronicle. pap. $18.95. ISBN 0-8118-3019-5.
Knowles, Beyonce. Soul Survivors: The Official Autobiography of Destiny's Child. Regan Bks. Tr
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