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2007

VIKING WARRIOR

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Roberts
Author's First Name: 
Judson
Publisher: 
HarperCollins
Publication Date: 
2006

LARKLIGHT: A ROUSING TALE OF DAUNTLESS PLUCK IN THE FARTHEST REACHES OF SPACE

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Reeve
Author's First Name: 
Philip
Publisher: 
Bloomsbury
Publication Date: 
2006

In an alternate Victorian world where the English empire includes much of the solar system, spiders attack Art Mumby and his tiresome older sister Myrtle. Then pirates capture them before they help foil dotty Dr. Ptarmigan’s dastardly attempt to take over the universe.

JAZZ

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Myers
Author's First Name: 
Walter Dean
Illustrator's First Name: 
Christopher
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Meyers
Publisher: 
Holiday House
Publication Date: 
2006

A winning father-son duo team rhythmic language and vibrant paintings to present the history of jazz, to offer a peek into its form, and to emphasize its emotional power in this stunning large-format book.

QUEST FOR THE TREE KANGAROO: AN EXPEDITION TO THE CLOUD FOREST OF NEW GUINEA

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Montgomery
Author's First Name: 
Sy
Illustrator's First Name: 
Nic
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Bishop (Photographer)
Publisher: 
Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 
2006

In an effort to promote conservation of the tree kangaroo, scientist Lisa Dabek climbed high into the mountains of New Guinea to find, capture, and collar this elusive and endangered species. Striking color photographs document her expedition.

PORCH LIES: TALES OF SLICKSTERS, TRICKSTERS, AND OTHER WILY CHARACTERS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
McKissack
Author's First Name: 
Patricia C.
Illustrator's First Name: 
André
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Carrilho
Publisher: 
Schwartz & Wade
Publication Date: 
2006

Rich language, homespun wisdom, humor, and a cast of memorable characters make these original tales, reminiscent of traditional African American tales, ideal to read either aloud or independently again and again. Jazzy illustrations add to the fun.

BLACK DUCK

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Lisle
Author's First Name: 
Janet Taylor
Publisher: 
Philomel
Publication Date: 
2006

Fourteen-year-old David, an aspiring journalist, interviews his elderly neighbor in hope of uncovering stories about rumrunners in Narragansett Bay. Recollections about Black Duck, a famous boat, create a riveting, multilayered mystery filled with gripping action and historical detail.

HEROES OF BASEBALL; THE MEN WHO MADE IT AMERICA'S FAVORITE GAME

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Lipsyte
Author's First Name: 
Robert
Publisher: 
Atheneum
Publication Date: 
2006

This graceful history focuses on diverse players, covering the sport from Doubleday and the founding of the National League to Sosa’s and McGuire’s “Summer of Swat.” Period photographs and quotations accent the text.

KAMPUNG BOY

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Lat
Illustrator's Last Name: 
Lat
Publisher: 
First Second
Publication Date: 
2006

In this graphic novel based on the cartoonist’s own life, a Malaysian boy recalls his free-spirited childhood in a remote village where he attended Arabic school, cared for his younger siblings, and ran wild with his friends.

ALABAMA MOON

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Key
Author's First Name: 
Watt
Publisher: 
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication Date: 
2006

After the death of his reclusive father, ten-year-old Moon Blake survives alone in the Alabama wilderness. When he fails to escape government officials, he ends up in reform school where he discovers the power of healing friendship.

RIVER SECRETS

Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Hale
Author's First Name: 
Shannon
Publisher: 
Bloomsbury
Publication Date: 
2006

Readers of The Goose Girl and Enna Burning will happily revisit the richly detailed magical world of these books as they follow the adventures of the diminutive Razo—soldier, spy, and diplomat.

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