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328 pp.
| Hyperion
| May, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-5749-6$17.99
(3)
YA
Though he's ultra-smart, Brad just can't compete with his older brother Blake, who has superhuman strength and can fly. When Brad and other outcasts like him uncover the source of the Justice Force members' superpowers, will he be a hero or a villain? Sibling rivalry takes an unexpected twist in this entertaining and thrilling look at how a villain is made.
330 pp.
| Hyperion
| February, 2011
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-1665-3$16.99
(4)
YA
Danny is a half-vampire, half-werewolf teen trying to keep his unregistered lycanthropy under wraps from the bullying elite vampire kids at Carpathia High. Exposure would force Danny into a compound each month (full-moon time) and bring stigmatization from his peers. Moore's "vamp/wulf" caste system is well defined, but his social commentary can be ham-fisted.
220 pp.
| Chelsea
| May, 2006
|
LibraryISBN 0-8160-5324-3$39.50
(4)
YA
Biomes of the Earth series.
Illustrated by
Richard Garratt.
Each volume of this extremely dense, textbooklike series first begins with a preface defining biome, next moves on to that biome's geography and geology, then covers topics including biodiversity, history, and ecology. The plethora of well-captioned maps, diagrams, charts, and inset text boxes and photos breaks up the highly scientific writing. Pages are color-coded for quick reference. There are five other spring 2006 books in this series. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Biomes of the Earth titles: Deserts, Grasslands, Taiga, Tundra, and Wetlands.
220 pp.
| Chelsea
| May, 2006
|
LibraryISBN 0-8160-5325-1$39.50
(4)
YA
Biomes of the Earth series.
Illustrated by
Richard Garratt.
Each volume of this extremely dense, textbooklike series first begins with a preface defining biome, next moves on to that biome's geography and geology, then covers topics including biodiversity, history, and ecology. The plethora of well-captioned maps, diagrams, charts, and inset text boxes and photos breaks up the highly scientific writing. Pages are color-coded for quick reference. There are five other spring 2006 books in this series. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Biomes of the Earth titles: Deserts, Grasslands, Taiga, Tundra, and Wetlands.
263 pp.
| Viking
| April, 2005
|
TradeISBN 0-670-05990-0$16.99
(2)
YA
Sophomore Ethan enjoys acting in school plays, but his main role is portraying the honor student for his family. Lydia, the intriguing new girl, seems to be the only one who understands that he's taken on the part of the "good boy." Readers will figure out before the infatuated Ethan does that Lydia is bad news. Her increasingly menacing antics keep the heart racing.
262 pp.
| Viking
| September, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-670-03543-2$$16.99
(3)
YA
In this promising first novel, smart, sensitive loner Kirk finds life begins to get a lot more interesting when he makes new friends and becomes involved with a sexy, experienced classmate. It also gets more complicated when his mother moves across the country and Kirk decides to stay put. Kirk's friendship with Callie, the attractive blind woman who hires him to read to her, helps him cope--but also introduces more complexities.