The Beetle Book
School Library Journal Gr 4–7—"Line up every kind of plant and animal on Earth…" says Jenkins at the start of his joyous celebration of beetle-mania, "…and one of every four will be a beetle." From the minute clown beetle to the gigantic titan beetle (its jaws are strong enough to snap a pencil in half), […]
The President's Stuck In the Bathtub : Poems About the Presidents
Children's Literature Susan Katz has turned amusing facts about American Presidents into rhyme. She begins with the fact that George Washington never slept in the White House—although he designed it, the building wasn't finished until John Adam's term. As for John Adams, we learn he was called "His Rotundity" instead of the title of His […]
Popular Clone
Children's Literature Twelve-year-old Fisher Bas may seem to be like many unpopular, geeky sixth-graders, both fictional and real. With Nobel-Prize-winning parents who created the Bas-Hermaphrodite-Sea-Slug Hypothesis (the name alone is mortifying), he probably cannot help being victimized by the three bullies, whom he calls The Vikings, at Wampalog Middle School. But Fisher has a secret […]
Chomp
School Library Journal Gr 6–9—Things are looking bleak for Wahoo and his animal wrangler father; the mortgage is months overdue, and Wahoo's mother has left for the summer to work in China. They think it is the answer to their financial frustrations when the hit reality TV show Expedition Survival! wants to hire Mickey and […]
Nancy Clancy, Super Sleuth
Kirkus Reviews Fancy Nancy is back, this time in a chapter book. Nancy Clancy loves fancy words here as much as she does in her popular picture-book series. Her interests are changing, though, as she grows up. An avid Nancy Drew fan, she and best friend Bree have a new Sleuth Headquarters and are excited […]
The Calling
VOYA This second volume in a fantastic teen trilogy from established paranormal fiction writer Armstrong begins with Maya and her friends stuck on a pilotless helicopter about to crash in the isolated mountains of Vancouver Island. Most survive the crash (including Maya's dog), but their trek through the hills is reminiscent of Gary Paulsen's Hatchet, […]
The Fame Game
In Hollywood, fame can be found on every corner and behind any door. You just have to know where to look for it. Nineteen-year-old Madison Parker made a name for herself as best frenemy of nice-girl-next-door Jane Roberts on the hot reality show L.A. Candy. Now Madison's ready for her turn in the spotlight and […]
Beneath a Meth Moon
School Library Journal Gr 8 Up—This powerful, stripped-down novel chronicles a girl's journey from popular cheerleader to homeless meth user to recovering addict. When her mother and grandmother perish in Hurricane Katrina, Laurel's idyllic childhood in Pass Christian, MS, abruptly ends. After living with relatives for two years, she relocates to Iowa with her father […]
Zero the Hero
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Mason Dale Colby.
Penny and Her Song
Added to the Lisbon Public Library in celebration of the birth of Alyssa Ann Gagnon.