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2013

GHOST KNIGHT [AUDIO]

Ghost Knight
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Funke
Author's First Name: 
Cornelia
Narrator's First Name: 
Elliot
Narrator's Last Name: 
Hill
Publisher: 
Listening Library
Publication Date: 
2012

When Jon starts boarding school in Salisbury, England, malicious ghosts haunt him. With new friend Ella, he calls on the trustworthy ghost of Sir Longspee, sworn to help those in need. Elliot Hill’s narration captures the quiet humor that leavens the suspense of this ghost story, a perfect choice for middle-grade fans of knights and castles. (10-14)

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS [AUDIO]

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Green
Author's First Name: 
John
Narrator's First Name: 
Kate
Narrator's Last Name: 
Rudd
Publisher: 
Brilliance Audio
Publication Date: 
2012

See annotation under "Fourteen and Up."

ANDREW DREW AND DREW

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Saltzberg,
Author's First Name: 
Barney
Publisher: 
Abrams
Publication Date: 
2012

Pages folded or halved carry Andrew's lines as he creates simple new shapes that wander through white space. Andrew remains in his red shoes, orange-striped shirt, and blue pants while his drawings become a dinosaur, rabbit, or night monster.

MOONBIRD: A YEAR ON THE WIND WITH THE GREAT SURVIVOR B95

Moonbird
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Hoose
Author's First Name: 
Phillip
Publisher: 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 
2012

Adventure surrounds a small shorebird’s awe-inspiring 9,000 mile annual migration from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, a journey completed eighteen times—to the moon and halfway back—while scientists track it. Carefully labeled maps and photographs highlight the text with enhancing source notes and bibliography.

DUMPLING DAYS [AUDIO]

Dumpling Days
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Lin
Author's First Name: 
Grace
Narrator's First Name: 
Angela
Narrator's Last Name: 
Lin
Publisher: 
Recorded Books
Publication Date: 
2012

When Pacy and her sisters travel to Taiwan for her grandmother’s birthday, Pacy has difficulty fitting in with her Chinese family. She speaks no Chinese, and traditional Chinese painting class requires a different talent for art than hers. Angela Lin’s narration of this warm-hearted story about the importance of dumplings in a family’s bonding creates a hunger in all listeners. (7-10)

BOY + BOT

Boy + Bot
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Dyckman
Author's First Name: 
Ame
Illustrator's First Name: 
Dan
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Yaccarino
Publisher: 
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date: 
2012

Spare text beneath gouache cartoon illustration of bright primary colors on watercolor paper affectionately creates the unusual friendship of a boy and robot. They meet, play, and learn to accept each other’s differences.

BINK & GOLLIE: TWO FOR ONE

Bink & Gollie
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
DiCamillo
Author's First Name: 
Kate
Second Author's First Name: 
Alison
Second Author's Last Name: 
McGhee
Illustrator's First Name: 
Tony
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Fucile
Publisher: 
Candlewick
Publication Date: 
2012

Two best friends--one lithe-bodied and neatly dressed and the other, compact and rumply, reaffirm the power of friendship at the state fair. Line and wash illustrations trace their way from “whack a duck” through the talent show to a medium in three short stories for beginning readers.

A HOME FOR BIRD

A Home for Bird
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Stead
Author's First Name: 
Philip C.
Publisher: 
Neal Porter
Publication Date: 
2012

Vernon the toad introduces cuckoo bird to Skunk and Porcupine, but Bird says nothing.  Concerned that Bird misses home, wherever it is, Vernon determines to help his friend return in this mixed-media balanced with white space creation of unlikely companions on a quest.

MARCHING TO THE MOUNTAINTOP: HOW POVERTY, LABOR FIGHTS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS SET THE STAGE FOR MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S FINAL HOURS

Marching to the Mountaintop
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Bausum
Author's First Name: 
Ann
Publisher: 
National Geographic
Publication Date: 
2012

As Dr. Martin Luther King aged, he continued his battle for equality, economic justice, and the Vietnam War’s end. His final struggle was the Memphis sanitation workers strike of 1968 after two men died. Elegant text and complementary archival photographs highlight this event with backmatter offering further clarification.

THE WICKED AND THE JUST

WICKED AND JUST
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Coats
Author's First Name: 
J. Anderson
Publisher: 
Harcourt
Publication Date: 
2012

English teenager Cecily, angry at having to move to Caernarvon, Wales, in 1293, treats her Welsh maid, Gwenhwyfar, disdainfully; Gwenhwyfar, in turn, resents Cecily. The girls reveal the opposing Welsh and British views in this increasingly tense tale leading to a shocking conclusion.

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