Author: Diana Lopez
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: girl, confetti
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2009-06-01
List price: $15.99
ISBN-10: 0316029556
ISBN-13: 9780316029551

Apolonia "Lina"Flores is a sock enthusiast, a volleyball player, a science lover, and a girl who’s just looking for answers. Even though her house is crammed full of books (her dad’s a bibliophile), she’s having trouble figuring out some very big questions, like why her dad seems to care about books more than her, why her best friend’s divorced mom is obsessed with making cascarones (hollowed eggshells filled with colorful confetti), and, most of all, why her mom died last year. Like colors in cascarones, Lina’s life is a rainbow of people, interests, and unexpect

Author: John McCutcheon
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: day, adoption, happy
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $6.99
ISBN-10: 0316603236
ISBN-13: 9780316603232

This adaptation of McCutcheon’s song commemorates the day when a child joins an adoptive family. Complete with musical notation, these verses reassure adopted children they are special. Full-color illustrations.

Author: Darren Shan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: beast, blood, demonata
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2007-11-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0316003778
ISBN-13: 9780316003773

"Locked inside Dervish’s study. Breath coming quickly, raggedly. Trembling wildly. I still feel sick and dizzy, but maybe that’s fear. I force myself to breathe normally, evenly. When I’m in control, I study my reflection, looking for telltale signs. Am I turning into a werewolf? I don’t know..."Grubbs Grady has so far escaped the family curse, but when he begins to experience alarming symptoms at the onset of the full moon, he is scared that the jaws of fate are opening and about to swallow him whole. He has cheated death, defeated demons, moved on with his life. But G

Author: Jeremy Daldry
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: guide, survival, guy, teenage
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1999-05-01
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 0316178241
ISBN-13: 9780316178242

This American version of the 1997 British book "Boys Behaving Badly" tackles issue that adolescent boys face each day--from asking a girl out on a date to truths and myths about boys’"rites of passage."

Author: Sarah Ockler
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: delilah, fixing
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2010-12-01
List price: $16.99
ISBN-10: 0316052094
ISBN-13: 9780316052092

Things in Delilah Hannaford’s life have a tendency to fall apart.She used to be a good student, but she can’t seem to keep it together anymore. Her "boyfriend" isn’t much of a boyfriend. And her mother refuses to discuss the fight that divided their family eight years ago. Falling apart, it seems, is a Hannaford tradition.Over a summer of new friendships, unexpected romance, and moments that test the complex bonds between mothers and daughters, Delilah must face her family’s painful past. Can even her most shattered relationships be pieced together again?Rich with emoti

Author: Herge
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: tintin, adventures, gold, black, land
Number of Pages: 62
Published: 1975-09-30
List price: $10.99
ISBN-10: 0316358444
ISBN-13: 9780316358446

The Adventures of TinTin - Comic book format

Author: Wendy Mass
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Keywords: mall, looks, heaven
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2008-11-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0316058505
ISBN-13: 9780316058506

When 16-year-old Tessa suffers a shocking accident in gym class, she finds herself in heaven (or what she thinks is heaven), which happens to bear a striking resemblance to her hometown mall. In the tradition of It’s a Wonderful Life and The Christmas Carol, Tessa starts reliving her life up until that moment. She sees some things she’d rather forget, learns some things about herself she’d rather not know, and ultimately must find the answer to one burning question--if only she knew what the question was. Written in sharp, witty verse, Wendy Mass crafts an extraordinary tale