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CAT FOUND By: Ingrid Lee
Billy lives in a town that has lots of stray cats. But one day he finds one that is hurt and takes it home to hide in his bedroom. Everything is going okay until he realizes that Conga is pregnant and he has to find a new home for Conga before she delivers or his parents will find out he has the cat. Then things get more complicated as the town bullies and folks decide to get rid of the cats that are overpopulating their town. Will Billy and two of his friends manage to change their minds in time. Great read.
$16.99 Scholastic Ages 8-11
GOING UNDERGROUND By: Susan Vaught
Del is a good kid, a good kid that made a mistake. In the eyes of the law Del is a felon. He can't go to college, he can't get a license, and everyone treats him like a social pariah. The only job Del can get is working as a grave digger at a local cemetery. Del doesn't have much of a future, but when he meets Fairy Girl everything begins to change. Suddenly Del has something to look forward to in life. But Del can't look forward to a bright, happy future just yet. He still has that criminal record hanging over his head. Before Del can even think about starting a new life for himself, he has to make amends with his past and the mistake that cost him everything. Ages 14 and up $16.99 Bloomsbury Reviewed by Maggie age 16.
DAVID By: Mary Hoffman
All Gabriele wanted was to come to Florence, make an honest wage as a stonemason, and return to his hometown to get married. But that was before he caught the eye of the famous sculptor, Michelangelo. Everyone knows who Gabriele is now, the model who posed for Michelangelo's David. Young, handsome, and naive, he could never have guessed how much his life would change because of one statue. But change it does. Suddenly Gabriele finds himself trust into a world of spies, secrecy, and murder, where being in conspicuous is a matter of life or death. But it's hard to stay hidden in a city where everyone knows your name. Ages 14 and up. *Sex- not graphic. $17.99 Bloomsbury Reviewed by Maggie age 16.
MOMENTO NORA By: Angie Smibert
Terrorist attacks happen all the time in the city. Someone sees a building explode, a shot rings out in the night, it's nothing new. Only Nora can't seem to forget the attack she witnessed, so it's off to the TFC (Therapeutic Forgetting clinic) she goes. There she can describe her memory, take one tiny pill and forget. But after an encounter with a mysterious boy, Nora decides she wants to remember. She doesn't take the pill and that is when everything starts to spin out of control. Ages 13 and up. *Some strong language. $16.99 Marshall Cavendish Reviewed by Maggie age 16
AFTER OBSESSION By: Carrie Jones and Steven Wedel
Everyone thinks Aimee has the perfect life. She gets good grades, she hangs out with the right people, and she has the perfect boyfriend. No one knows that Aimee is haunted by an evil spirit called the River Man. Alan is rugged, sexy, and mysterious. He's new in town and he's the only one who knows Aimee's secret. Neither of them could have known that dark forces were stirring in their own backyards. Maybe if they had they could have stopped them, but now it's too late. A terrible monster is wrecking havoc on the town and no one is safe. Aimee and Alan are the only ones who can stop the terror from spreading, but it could mean destroying themselves in the process. Ages 12 and up. Bloomsbury $17.99 Reviewed by Maggie age 16.
PIE By: Sarah Weeks
Alice has a wonderful, generous Aunt Polly. Aunt Polly is the best pie maker in all of Ipswitch, Pennsylvania. Everyone loves her pies. So one day after winning the Blueberry award for best pie she opens a pie shop. Not an ordinary pie shop, but one the will not take money for a pie. So people leave her things, like peaches, nuts, flour to name a few. Alice goes over everyday and sits on a stool and watches her Aunt make pies. They talk and laugh, have lunch together and life is wonderful. But something unexpected happens. Aunt Polly dies and leaves her cat Lardo to Alice. And her pie crust recipe to Lardo. Her mother is so upset, for she said Aunt Polly was selfish for leaving the recipe to a cat. Then terrible things begin to happen, everyone is hounding them for the pie crust recipe, and things are being destroyed. Can Alice and her friend Charlie solve the mystery. A great read. $16.99 Scholastic Ages 9-12
BIGGER THAN A BREAD BOX By: Laurel Snyder
What would you do if you found a bread box in the attic of your grandmother's house and it was magical. Anything you wished for appeared. Well twelve-year- old Rebecca has found such a box. When her parents became separated and her mother moved her from Baltimore to Atlanta, Rebecca was really angry. So when this bread box appears she feels it can solve her problems. Only it doesn't seem to work that way. Find out what happens to Rebecca and the challenges her life has taken on. $16.99 Random House Ages 9-12
