spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
spring/summer 2011 recent releases — young & middle grade
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THE LIFE AS WE<br />
KNEW IT SERIES<br />
by Susan Beth Pfeffer<br />
LIFE AS WE KNEW IT<br />
read by Emily Bauer<br />
When a meteor hits the moon, Miranda<br />
must learn to survive the unimaginable and<br />
have hope for the future.<br />
★“Bauer’s impressive range of emotions gives<br />
her compelling reading of this survival story a<br />
real punch.”<strong>—</strong>Booklist, starred review<br />
“Narrator Bauer superbly portrays [Miranda’s]<br />
gamut of emotions.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-7393-3789-9 • $55.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.7 • IL: 5-12 • LL: 770 • 9 hrs.<br />
THE DEAD & THE GONE<br />
read by Robertson Dean<br />
A Puerto Rican family that lives in the Bronx<br />
is forced to make difficult decisions for survival<br />
after an event of worldwide destruction.<br />
★“Everything Pfeffer writes about seems<br />
wrenchingly plausible.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Booklist, starred review<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-7393-6368-3 • $55.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.7 • IL: 5-12 • LL: 680 • 8 hrs. 51 mins.<br />
THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN<br />
read by Emily Bauer<br />
Miranda’s struggle to survive intensifies when<br />
her father and stepmother arrive with three<br />
strangers. When a devastating tornado hits<br />
town Miranda makes a decision that will<br />
change their lives forever.<br />
“Bauer does a fine job of riding the edge of<br />
Miranda’s emotions, clearly voicing her pessimism,<br />
excitement, heartbreak, and fear.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>School Library Journal<br />
“Bauer especially shines as Miranda falls headlong<br />
into love in a world that offers her so<br />
little else.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults<br />
6 CDs • 978-0-3075-8227-0 • $55.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.2 • IL: 7-12 • LL: 670 • 6 hrs. 53 mins.<br />
THE LAST SUMMER OF<br />
THE DEATH WARRIORS<br />
by Francisco X. Stork; read by Ryan Gesell<br />
When Pancho arrives at St. Anthony’s Home,<br />
he knows his time there will be short. If his<br />
plans succeed, he’ll soon be arrested for the<br />
murder of his sister’s killer. Things change<br />
when he’s assigned to help D.Q.<br />
“Ryan Gesell’s easy transitions between<br />
Hispanic and Anglo accents accent evoke the<br />
story’s Albuquerque setting and its racial tensions.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
★“Investigates the large considerations of life<br />
and death, love and hate, and faith and doubt.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Booklist, starred review<br />
★“Will resonate with listeners long after the<br />
book’s end.”<strong>—</strong>Horn Book, starred review<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-3077-0705-5 • $60.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.3 • IL: 9-12 • LL: 640 • 8 hrs. 8mins.<br />
LEAVING GLORYTOWN<br />
by Eduardo Calcines; read by the Author<br />
In 1959 Fidel Castro comes to power and<br />
everything changes for Eduardo F. Calcines’s<br />
family and his country. Eduardo struggles<br />
under Castro’s leadership and hopes their exit<br />
visa will be granted before he can be drafted<br />
into the army.<br />
“The author narrates his memoir in a calm,<br />
weary voice…The story stirs strong emotions,<br />
but Calcines is never overly dramatic with his<br />
writing or his narration.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
“The author’s reading of his own beautifully<br />
written story is especially powerful…This<br />
extraordinary memoir is recommended for<br />
both teens and adults.”<strong>—</strong>Sound Commentary<br />
“Narration by the author brings authenticity to<br />
this poignant story.”<strong>—</strong>School Library Journal<br />
BONUS FEATURE: Exclusive Author Interview<br />
6 CDs • 978-0-3077-0783-3 • $50.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.7 • IL: 5-12 • LL: 730 • 6 hrs. 18 mins.<br />
LITTLE BROTHER<br />
by Cory Doctorow<br />
read by Kirby Heyborne<br />
Marcus’s world changes in the aftermath of a<br />
major terrorist attack on San Francisco. In the<br />
wrong place at the wrong time, Marcus and his<br />
friends are apprehended by the Department of<br />
Homeland Security and interrogated for days.<br />
★“Will provide opportunity for classroom discussion<br />
and raise questions about our enthusiasm<br />
for technology.”<strong>—</strong>Booklist, starred review<br />
“Heyborne is the perfect choice to narrate…<br />
Listeners will find themselves immersed in a<br />
genuine portrayal that is as seamless and well<br />
realized as the story itself.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
10 CDs • 978-0-7393-7287-6 • $70.00<br />
Grades: RL: NA • IL: 9-12 • LL: 900 • 11 hrs. 54 mins.<br />
See pages 66 and 83 for more titles by Cory<br />
Doctorow<br />
LORD OF THE FLIES<br />
by Sir William Golding<br />
READ BY THE AUTHOR<br />
BEST ALL TIME 100 NOVELS<strong>—</strong>TIME MAGAZINE<br />
Stranded on an island while an atomic war<br />
destroys the rest of the world, a group of <strong>young</strong><br />
boys revert to savagery for survival.<br />
“LORD OF THE FLIES gives the reader a<br />
lucid and chillingly objective mirror to our<br />
modern society.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award<br />
6 CDs • 978-0-8072-1617-0 • $50.00<br />
Grade: RL: 8.0 • IL: 7-12 • LL: 770 • 7 hrs. 12 mins.<br />
MADAPPLE<br />
by Christina Meldrum<br />
read by Kirsten Potter<br />
WILLIAM C. MORRIS AWARD FINALIST<br />
Aslaug has been brought up in near isolation,<br />
learning about plants, nature, and language,<br />
but not about life. When Aslaug’s mother dies<br />
questions unfold about the nature of Aslaug’s<br />
birth and the possibility of divine miracles.<br />
“Kristen Potter’s clear and pleasing voice is<br />
excellent for revealing the uncertainty and confused<br />
passivity that characterize Aslaug.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
★“There is much to ponder in this enthralling<br />
achievement from a debut author.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Booklist, starred review<br />
9 CDs • 978-0-7393-6731-5 • $55.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.8 • IL: 7-12 • LL: 670 • 11 hrs. 11 mins.<br />
MARCELO IN THE REAL WORLD<br />
by Francisco X. Stork<br />
read by Lincoln Hoppe<br />
Marcelo hears music in his head, part of an<br />
autism-like condition. But his father has never<br />
believed in the music or Marcelo’s differences.<br />
He challenges Marcelo to work in his law firm.<br />
There Marcelo meets the beautiful and<br />
surprising Jasmine, and things start to take a<br />
different turn.<br />
“Narrator Lincoln Hoppe captures Marcelo’s<br />
innocence with a delicate subtlety that remains<br />
pitch-perfect throughout.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
“This audio production of Stork’s unforgettable<br />
novel is a perfect balance of literary worth<br />
and dramatic intensity.”<strong>—</strong>The Horn Book<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award<br />
Booklist Top of the List Editor’s Choice<strong>—</strong>Audiobooks<br />
Schneider Family Award<br />
YALSA Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults<br />
8 CDs • 978-0-7393-7991-2 • $60.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.6 • IL: 9-12 • LL: 700 • 10 hrs. 8 mins.<br />
MEMOIRS OF A<br />
TEENAGE AMNESIAC<br />
by Gabrielle Zevin; read by Caitlin Greer<br />
If Naomi had won the coin toss she wouldn’t<br />
have had to go back for the camera, she would<br />
not have hit her head, and she wouldn’t have<br />
amnesia. She never would have met James, the<br />
boy with the questionable past. But...Naomi<br />
picked heads.<br />
“Greer presents a believable teenage voice<br />
for Naomi, capturing her rebelliousness, cool<br />
confidence, and occassional selfishness.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Booklist<br />
“Greer’s interpretation of Zevin’s complex<br />
characterization and intelligent dialogue<br />
makes for a compelling examination of the<br />
subjectivity of experience and human identity.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>The Horn Book<br />
6 CDs • 978-0-7393-6130-6 • $50.00<br />
Grade: RL: 4.6 • IL: 9-12 • LL: 720 • 6 hrs. 40 mins.<br />
See page 69 for ELSEWHERE<br />
THE MINISTER’S DAUGHTER<br />
by Julie Hearn; read by Heather O’Neill<br />
A <strong>young</strong> woman is accused of witchcraft in a<br />
Puritan village in England.<br />
“O’Neill’s spellbinding voice re-creates another<br />
place and time as she evokes witch hunts and<br />
village life in seventeenth-century England.”<br />
<strong>—</strong>Booklist<br />
“O’Neill’s distinctions enhance the drama of<br />
the story.”<strong>—</strong>AudioFile<br />
ALSC Notable Children’s Recording<br />
AudioFile Earphones Award<br />
7 CDs • 978-0-3072-4625-7 • $55.00<br />
Grade: RL: 5.6 • IL: 7-12 • LL: 860 • 8 hrs. 4 mins.<br />
Young Adult CD Library<br />
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