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February 17, 2010

Tonight I'm posting reviews of four children's fiction books: Odd and the Frost Giants, by Neil Gaiman; Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech; Senrid, by Sherwood Smith; and The Dream Stealer, by Sid Fleischman, illustrated by Peter Sis.

Happy reading!



Beginning Chapter Books
The Dream Stealer
The Dream Stealer
by Sid Fleischman
pictures by Peter Sis

Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe
Maybe Yes, Maybe No, Maybe Maybe
by Susan Patron

Eoin Colfer's Legend of . . . The Worst Boy in the World

Mercy Watson Thinks Like a Pig
by Kate DiCamillo
illustrated by Chris Van Dusen

The Cowgirl Aunt of Harriet Bean
by Alexander McCall Smith

Down Girl and Sit: Smarter Than Squirrels
by Lucy Nolan
illustrated by Mike Reed

Bad to the Bone
by Lucy Nolan
illustrated by Mike Reed



Contemporary
Walk Two Moons
Walk Two Moons
by Sharon Creech

Lucky Breaks
Lucky Breaks
by Susan Patron

Home of the Brave
by Katherine Applegate

Hate That Cat
by Sharon Creech

One False Note
by Gordon Korman

Swindle
by Gordon Korman

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
by Lenore Look
illustrated by Leuyen Pham

Caddy Ever After
by Hilary McKay

Forever Rose
by Hilary McKay

The Maze of Bones: The 39 Clues, Book One
by Rick Riordan



Fantasy
Odd and the Frost Giants
Odd and the Frost Giants
by Neil Gaiman

Senrid
Senrid
by Sherwood Smith

The Prophecy
by Hilari Bell

The Wizard Test
by Hilari Bell

The Conch Bearer
by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

The Facttracker
by Jason Carter Eaton

Coraline
written and performed by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book
written and performed by Neil Gaiman

The Shoe Bird
a musical fable by Samuel Jones

A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
performance by the Author

Ever
by Gail Carson Levine

Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine

Fairest
by Gail Carson Levine
read and sung by Sarah Naughton and the Full Cast Family
music by Todd Hobin

The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
performed by Patrick Stewart

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
by Grace Lin

Punished!
by David Lubar

What-the-dickens
by Gregory Maguire

Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
performed by Peter Dennis

Saving the Griffin
by Kristin Wolden Nitz

The Tales of Beedle the Bard
by J. K. Rowling

Any Which Wall
by Laurel Snyder



Historical
The Storm in the Barn
The Storm in the Barn
by Matt Phelan

Al Capone Does My Shirts
Al Capone Does My Shirts
by Gennifer Choldenko

Bull Run
by Paul Fleischman

The Silver Donkey
by Sonya Hartnett

Grandfather's Dance
by Patricia MacLachlan

Shiloh
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The Wednesday Wars
by Gary D. Schmidt

The Case of the Missing Marquess
by Nancy Springer

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
by Mildred D. Taylor

Before Green Gables
by Budge Wilson


Science Fiction
When You Reach Me
When You Reach Me
by Rebecca Stead

Mothstorm
Mothstorm
by Philip Reeve
performed by Greg Steinbruner

The Clue of the Linoleum Lederhosen
by M. T. Anderson

Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom
by Tim Byrd

LionBoy
by Zizou Corder
read by Simon Jones

LionBoy: The Chase
by Zizou Corder
read by Simon Jones

LionBoy: The Truth
by Zizou Corder
read by Simon Jones

Among the Hidden
by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Larklight
by Philip Reeve
performed by Greg Steinbruner

Starcross
by Philip Reeve
performed by Greg Steinbruner

The Mysterious Benedict Society
by Trenton Lee Stewart
read by Del Roy