Hello John, This list is an *excellent* resource for Bookshare members. Would there be any possibility of adding a direct link to each book? Thanks, Darrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Immarino" <johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <undisclosed-recipients:> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:57 AM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] New Books (80) for June 2 =================FICTION================= ADVENT OF DYING, BY CAROL ANNE O'MARIE In her 70s, Mary Helen is supposedly retired at Mount St. Mary College. When her timid secretary Suzanne Barnes is murdered, however, the grieving nun determines to see justice done. BOOK SIZE: 278 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BLACKMAIL (BAYOU SERIES 6, LOVE INSPIRED SUSPENSE), BY ROBIN CAROLL Back to the Bayou where Vermillion Oil Co. is being targeted by saboteurs. Numerous twists and turn occur with Sadie going to juvie and getting her 17-year-old half brother Caleb to come live with her. Then, John Garrison comes into the picture as Caleb's probation officer. BOOK SIZE: 213 Pages CATEGORIES: Romance, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Religion and Spirituality --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BONEMAN'S DAUGHTERS, BY TED DEKKER "A Texas serial killer called BoneMan is on the loose, choosing young girls as his prey. A high-level military intelligence officer is captured in Fallujah, and his Iraqi captor is threatening the life of his wife and daughter at home. And he appears to have a link with BoneMan." BOOK SIZE: 403 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMPIRE, BY GORE VIDAL Historical fiction that encompasses the Spanish-American War of 1898, U.S. takeover of the Philippines, President McKinley's murder, and the turbulent presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. BOOK SIZE: 474 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HE SLEEPS: A NOVEL, BY REGINALD MCKNIGHT Struggling to fit in with his new Senegalese family--Alaine, his wife Kene, and their young daughter--Bertrand finds himself, for the first time in his life, haunted by surreal and increasingly violent dreams. BOOK SIZE: 212 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JEMIMA SHORE'S FIRST CASE AND OTHER STORIES, BY ANTONIA FRASER In "Death of An Old Dog," Gavin's decision to have her new husband's aged spaniel put down leads to a strange deal and a tragic end. "Doctor Zeit" deals disturbingly with death and intuition. In "Boots," Emily finds a way of dealing with her mother's suitor. BOOK SIZE: 209 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOVER AVENGED (BLACK DAGGER BROTHERHOOD, BOOK 7), BY J. R. WARD Rehvenge has always kept his distance from the Brotherhood -- even though his sister is married to a member, for he harbors a deadly secret that could make him a huge liability in their war against the lessers. BOOK SIZE: 527 Pages CATEGORIES: Romance, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- QUIET AS A NUN, BY ANTONIA FRASER A nun is found dead at a ruined tower at Blessed Eleanor's Convent. Jemima Shore is called in by Reverend Mother Ancilla to investigate. Blessed Eleanor was Jemima's own convent school, and the dead nun was going to inherit a fortune... BOOK SIZE: 176 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- STOLEN IN THE NIGHT, BY PATRICIA MACDONALD Twenty years ago, her testimony led to the imprisonment of an innocent man. Now, Tess returns to the place of her sister's murder, in an attempt to make things right. BOOK SIZE: 375 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TEMPTED INTO THE TYCOON'S TRAP, BY EMILY MCKAY Cece Cassidy was used to writing the story, not being it. Yet somehow the tabloids had figured out her passionate history with Jack Hudson...and his connection to the dark-haired little boy she'd "adopted." Too bad her baby's father was the last to know. BOOK SIZE: 169 Pages CATEGORIES: Romance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CAVALIER CASE, BY ANTONIA FRASER Jemima starts researching a ghost story involving a murder investigation. The victims: the 17th Viscount Lackland and his butler. The suspect is the ghost of the first Viscount Lackland. The next possible victim is the handsome 18th Viscount Lackland. BOOK SIZE: 284 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DRIFTER, BY SUSAN WIGGS He wanted to tell her everything. About the lost years that had changed him from a desperate young boy into a man hardened by life. About the night he'd sold his soul for a woman who wasn't worth the price. ... BOOK SIZE: 371 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Romance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ROOK (THE BOWERS FILES, BOOK 2), BY STEVEN JAMES An arsonist has struck a top-secret research facility at a key US naval base. But it's not just a random terrorist attack. These people were after something specific. BOOK SIZE: 488 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers, Religion and Spirituality --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SINS OF THE FATHERS, BY LAWRENCE BLOCK The pretty young prostitute is dead. Her alleged murderer--a minister's son--hanged himself in his jail cell. The case is closed. But the dead girl's father has come to Matthew Scudder for answers, sending the unlicensed private investigator in search of terrible truths about a life that was lived and lost in a sordid world of perversion and pleasures. BOOK SIZE: 170 Pages CATEGORIES: Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ================NONFICTION================= ALCHEMY: SCIENCE OF THE COSMOS, SCIENCE OF THE SOUL, BY TITUS BURCKHARDT Spiritual attainment has frequently been described as a transformation whereby a human's leaden, dull nature is returned to its golden state. BOOK SIZE: 206 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Science, Religion and Spirituality --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMERICA'S BEST BASS FISHING, BY STEVEN D. PRICE Largemouth, smallmouth or stripers--bass of all varieties are the number one sport fish across the country, and in America's Best Bass Fishing veteran angler and outdoor writer Steve Price points the way to the very best places to catch them. BOOK SIZE: 229 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Reference, Sports --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDY GROVE: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF AN AMERICAN BUSINESS ICON, BY RICHARD TEDLOW During Grove's career, Intel became the model for Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley became the model for the world. And Grove became Time's Man of the Year, an icon of the promise of the American life. BOOK SIZE: 567 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Computers and Internet, Business and Finance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A TREASURY OF THE WORLD'S GREAT SPEECHES, BY HOUSTON PETERSON A compilation of some of the most memorable speeches of the centuries. BOOK SIZE: 857 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction, Reference --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEST FOOD WRITING 2005, BY HOLLY D. HUGHES "Best Food Writing 2005" assembles, for its sixth year, the most exceptional writing from the past year's books, magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and Web sites. BOOK SIZE: 329 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Cooking, Food and Wine --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEYOND ARM’S REACH: ENHANCING DISTANCE VISION, BY LIZABETH M. O’DONNELL AND AUDREY J. SMITH This book is designed to enhance distance visual efficiency for children with low vision, and includes 4 chapters, with 64 sequential lessons. BOOK SIZE: 184 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Professional and Technical --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUSINESS ALLIANCES GUIDE: THE HIDDEN COMPETITIVE WEAPON, BY ROBERT PORTER LYNCH Presents a map of the various options one has on the journey through business alliance; the principles of design; new insights into what has been missing in order to understand alliances. BOOK SIZE: 336 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Business and Finance --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CIXOUS, IRIGARAY, KRISTEVA: THE JOUISSANCE OF FRENCH FEMINISM, BY KELLY IVES Julia Kristeva, Hélène Cixous and Luce Irigaray are among the provocative, and subtle voices in contemporary culture. Here, Kelly Ives discusses their major ideas and their relation to other feminists and to figures such as Marx, Lacan and Freud. BOOK SIZE: 157 Pages CATEGORIES: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFUSING ARMAGEDDON: INSIDE NEST, AMERICA'S SECRET NUCLEAR BOMB SQUAD, BY JEFFREY T. RICHELSON Defusing Armageddon provides a behind-the-scenes look at NEST's personnel, operations, and detection and disablement equipment & attempts at nuclear extortion, lost and stolen nuclear material and al Qaeda's quest for nuclear weapons. BOOK SIZE: 315 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESSENTIAL SKIING: A BIBLE FOR BEGINNING SKIERS, BY HERB GORDON An introduction to downhill skiing that also includes sections on snowboards and cross-country. BOOK SIZE: 192 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Sports --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ETHICAL WRITINGS OF MAIMONIDES, BY MAIMONIDES Here are the most significant ethical writings of the 12th-century philosopher, physician, and master of rabbinical literature--newly translated from the original sources by noted Maimonides scholars Raymond L. Weiss and Charles E. Butterworth. BOOK SIZE: 182 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality --------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPERIMENTAL MAN: WHAT ONE MAN'S BODY REVEALS ABOUT HIS FUTURE, YOUR HEALTH, AND OUR TOXIC WORLD, BY DAVID EWING DUNCAN David Ewing Duncan takes the ultimate high-tech medical exam, investigating the future impact of what's hidden deep inside all of us. BOOK SIZE: 370 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FBI CAREERS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LANDING A JOB AS ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST (2ND EDITION), BY THOMAS H. ACKERMAN FBI Careers is the only definitive guide to the organization's rigorous selection process. Its helpful information reveals what it takes to succeed in landing a job - for special agents as well as professional support personnel. BOOK SIZE: 263 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Professional and Technical --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GROWING UP GREEN! BABY AND CHILD CARE, BY DEIRDRE IMUS The essential, parent-friendly guide to raising a healthy child in our increasingly toxic environment. The second volume in the New York Times bestselling Green This! series, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care is a complete guide to raising healthy kids. BOOK SIZE: 292 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Parenting and Family --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HORNBLOWER'S SHIPS: THEIR HISTORY AND THEIR MODELS, BY MARTIN SAVILLE Hornblower stories was one of the most expensive series ever made for television. Millions went into the lavish special effects to recreate the epic sea battles featuring eleven fully working scale models. BOOK SIZE: 128 Pages CATEGORIES: Entertainment, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIFE IS A ZOO - NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE CAGE YOU'RE ON, BY GARY RICHMOND Gary Richmond tells the comical and hair-raising adventures of his own journey into manhood. He tested every law of God and nature, inspired teachers to retire early, his father to lay down the law, his mother to throw up her hands, and his friends to risk their lives. BOOK SIZE: 246 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SMALL, STRONG CONGREGATIONS: CREATING STRENGTHS AND HEALTH FOR YOUR CONGREGATION, BY KENNON L. CALLAHAN Create a small, strong congregation is dedicated to advancing God's mission. The twenty-first century is the century of small, strong congregations. More people will be drawn to small, strong congregations than any other kind of congregation. BOOK SIZE: 352 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPORTS ILLUSTRATED LACROSSE: FUNDAMENTALS FOR WINNING, BY DAVID URICK Eight-time national championship coach David Urick shows players and coaches the pathways to lacrosse success! BOOK SIZE: 253 Pages CATEGORIES: Nonfiction, Sports --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TERRITORY OF LIES: THE EXCLUSIVE STORY OF JONATHAN JAY POLLARD: THE AMERICAN WHO SPIED ON HIS COUNTRY FOR ISRAEL AND HOW HE WAS BETRAYED, BY WOLF BLITZER This is a tragic story of Jonathan Jay Pollard, an American Jew working in Naval Intelligence and spying for Israel. He passed thousands of top-secret documents to Israel. BOOK SIZE: 322 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Military, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CALIFORNIA ELECTRICITY CRISIS, BY JAMES L. SWEENEY Sweeney addresses four main topics: the current situation in California, the history of California's energy, the consequences of decisions that are being made, and what we should or shouldn't do about it. BOOK SIZE: 289 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ETHICS OF AMBIGUITY, BY SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR By exploring the meaning of "existence before essence" and the basic reality of choice, Beauvoir presents the reader with existentialism. Ethics is both succinct and poetic, maintaining a clearness that Being and Nothingness lacks. BOOK SIZE: 160 Pages CATEGORIES: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GLOBAL SOCIETY: AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY, BY WILLIAM C. COCKERHAM This is an introductory text to sociology which presents sociology as a way of understanding the world, not just individual societies. With a comparative focus, it de-emphasizes US society in favour of global sociology. BOOK SIZE: 590 Pages CATEGORIES: Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE JEWISH WRITINGS, BY JEROME KOHN AND RON H. FELDMAN AND HANNAH ARENDT Arendt's experience as a Jew was sometimes that of an eyewitness and sometimes that of an actor and sufferer of events, all of which run the risk of partiality; but it was also always that of a judge, which means that she looked at those events and, insofar as she was in them, at herself from the outside. BOOK SIZE: 599 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM, BY HANNAH ARENDT This book is a vital component of any study of twentieth-century political movements. Arendt was one of the first to recognize that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin rather than opposing beliefs of Right and Left. BOOK SIZE: 544 Pages CATEGORIES: History, Nonfiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============TEENS AND CHILDREN============ CAMP GIRL-MEETS-BOY, BY CAROLINE B. COONEY Marissa loves the amity of summer camp. Violet signs on as a counselor hoping to meet guys. She proves strangely skillful at handling the emotional crises of her young charges, while Marissa finds the opposite sex intriguing. BOOK SIZE: 186 Pages CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMP REUNION, BY CAROLINE B. COONEY Alicia and Charles plan a wedding; Vi and Marissa anticipate seeing each other while Claudia flees to the reunion hoping to feel right. Heath is trailed by the media regarding his father's trial. The campers talk about the people they have become since summer. BOOK SIZE: 186 Pages CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRUZANDO EL PACíFICO, BY GARY SOTO No disponible BOOK SIZE: 144 Pages CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FATAL BARGAIN (POINT HORROR #3), BY CAROLINE B. COONEY When Lacey and her friends spend the night in a creepy old house, the resident vampire demands that one of them will have to stay. BOOK SIZE: 174 Pages CATEGORIES: Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAST DANCE, BY CAROLINE B. COONEY As always, the girls seemed to be at one event, and the boys seemed to be at another one altogether. There's a huge gap between the girls and the boys, later bridged with a haze of romance. Then there's nasty troublemaker and unusually heavier problems. BOOK SIZE: 248 Pages CATEGORIES: Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW YEAR'S EVE, BY CAROLINE B. COONEY Some teens go to New Year's Eve dance at The Hardley's tower. Some of them do things just to show how bad they are while some girls fall in love, some with the wrong guy. BOOK SIZE: 221 Pages CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- RUMORS, BY CAROLINE B. COONEY Mary Ellen is the Varsity captain of the cheerleading squad. Rumor has it she's shoplifting. Though innocent of shoplifting, she's poor. She's also having trouble with guys, given that she's pretty and popular. BOOK SIZE: 172 Pages CATEGORIES: Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CHEERLEADER (POINT HORROR #1), BY CAROLINE B. COONEY Cheerleaders are beautiful, popular and exciting - girls Althea longs to be. But she's a nobody. Then one day she meets him, a vampire who offers to make her a cheerleader in return for a simple deal. BOOK SIZE: 182 Pages CATEGORIES: Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CAMP RULES!, BY NANCY KRULIK Katie is so excited for her two-week stay at sleep away camp! Friends, activities, Color War, s'mores ... and wild animals???? But Katie can't go anywhere without the magic wind following here even to camp! BOOK SIZE: 154 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAUDIA GETS HER GUY (BABY-SITTERS CLUB FRIENDS FOREVER #7), BY ANN M. MARTIN Claudia and Stacey have been fighting over a boy. Now it's Claudia's chance to finally get him -- and maybe save her friendship with Stacey. BOOK SIZE: 131 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAUDIA AND THE PERFECT BOY (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #71), BY ANN M. MARTIN Claudia is reading a magazine and comes across a Personals column. It's full of ads from people interested in meeting other people. This gives Claudia a great idea ... Maybe SHE can start a personals column! BOOK SIZE: 176 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CRóNICAS DE NARNIA: EL LEóN, LA BRUJA Y EL ROPERO, BY C. S. LEWIS Abren una puerta y entran en otro mundo. BOOK SIZE: 201 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWN'S FAMILY FEUD (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #64), BY ANN M. MARTIN Dawn's little brother Jeff is visiting the new Schafer-Spier family. He's miserable because all his old friends have changed, and Mary Anne's dad is trying too hard to be Jeff's best friend. BOOK SIZE: 140 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWN'S BIG MOVE (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #67), BY ANN M. MARTIN Dawn loves Stoneybrook, her stepfamily, the kids she babysits and her special friends in the Babysitters Club, but she misses her other life in California. She's decided to move back there for six months to stay with her dad ... BOOK SIZE: 153 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWN'S BIG DATE (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #50), BY ANN M. MARTIN Dawn is finally going to get to meet Logan's cute cousin, Lewis, and go on a double date. BOOK SIZE: 172 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWN AND WHITNEY, FRIENDS FOREVER (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #77), BY ANN M. MARTIN Dawn finds an unanticipated friend in Whitney, a twelve-year-old girl with Down's syndrome, and worries Whitney won't understand if she learns Dawn gets paid to be with her. BOOK SIZE: 156 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Disability-Related, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAWN SAVES THE PLANET (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #57), BY ANN M. MARTIN Worried about the fate of the planet, environmentally conscious Dawn makes plans to construct a recycling center at Stoneybrook Middle School, but soon all her hard work begins to keep her from paying attention to her friends. BOOK SIZE: 156 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAREWELL, DAWN (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #88), BY ANN M. MARTIN Deciding that she wants to move back to California permanently, Dawn worries about what she will say to the rest of the baby-sitters, who do not understand when they hear the news secondhand. BOOK SIZE: 137 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET LOST!, BY NANCY KRULIK Katie Carew's third-grade class spends three days at Science Camp, where Katie magically changes places with the strict Head Counselor while on a hike and gets her group hopelessly lost. Includes directions for making all-natural soap. BOOK SIZE: 76 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GET WELL SOON, MALLORY! (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #69), BY ANN M. MARTIN When Mallory discovers that she has mono, she is crushed that she must stay in bed for a long time, and the baby-sitters wonder what they will do without her. BOOK SIZE: 144 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- GIRLS DON'T HAVE COOTIES, BY NANCY KRULIK Katie has plans to go to Suzanne's all-girl sleepover party, but Jeremy wants her to ride the hot new rollercoaster. Annoyed, Jeremy and the other boys from Class 3A decide that all girls have cooties. BOOK SIZE: 76 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IT'S SNOW JOKE, BY NANCY KRULIK While visiting a movie shoot at a ski lodge during winter break, Katie is turned into a ski instructor by the magic wind. This time she lands in a very slippery situation. BOOK SIZE: 76 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- JACKIE ROBINSON AND THE BIG GAME, BY DAN GUTMAN Presents the childhood of the man who would grow up to be the first African-American player in major league baseball. BOOK SIZE: 32 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- KRISTY AND THE WORST KID EVER (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #62), BY ANN M. MARTIN The Papadakis family takes in a foster child, a troubled young girl named Lou, and Kristy soon discovers that Lou's difficult behavior makes her a real challenge to baby-sit. BOOK SIZE: 172 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOVE STINKS!, BY NANCY KRULIK When the magic wind turns fourth-grader Katie, who dislikes the "mushy gushy stuff" of Valentine's Day, into a candy store owner, she decides to write her own "love messages" on the candy hearts. BOOK SIZE: 78 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGGIE DIARY TWO (CALIFORNIA DIARIES #8), BY ANN M. MARTIN Maggie's got an eating disorder, and it's getting worse. This acclaimed contemporary series has been the subject of articles in "Publishers Weekly", the "Chicago Tribune", and "New York Newsday". BOOK SIZE: 142 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Disability-Related, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGGIE (CALIFORNIA DIARIES #3), BY ANN M. MARTIN Maggie has always had the perfect house, the perfect grades, the perfect looks. But now all that is changing. BOOK SIZE: 152 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAGGIE DIARY THREE (CALIFORNIA DIARIES #13), BY ANN M. MARTIN Maggie's dad is working on a new movie starring teen idol Tyler Kendall, but Maggie's not interested. Stars are just self-absorbed and shallow, she thinks -- until she meets Tyler. BOOK SIZE: 125 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PARENTS FROM THE 13TH DIMENSION (GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET #27), BY R. L. STINE All Sarah wants is a family that's cooler. One morning she wakes up to find that her embarrassing parents are different. And not only different but better. However, there comes a time when she realises that her "perfect" Mum and Dad are not all they seem to be. BOOK SIZE: 149 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEPTEMBER SURPRISES (MAIN STREET #6), BY ANN M. MARTIN It's September: time for Flora, Nikki, and Olivia to move up to the Central School from their old elementary school. Flora and Nikki are excited ... but Olivia isn't. She's always been the youngest girl in her class -- now she's the youngest girl in the whole school! BOOK SIZE: 191 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SHANNON'S STORY (BABY-SITTER'S CLUB READERS REQUEST #3), BY ANN M. MARTIN Shannon is a straight-A student hoping to go on a trip to France with her French class. When she learns her mother plans to supervise the trip, she decides to do something drastic to stop it from happening. BOOK SIZE: 144 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILENT NIGHT 2 (FEAR STREET SUPER CHILLERS #5), BY R. L. STINE Reva Dalby's father, who owns Dalby Department Stores, lets cold Reva dole out Christmas jobs to her friends. But Reva only hires boys -- prospective dates for herself. Soon someone is stalking her and sending her threatening letters. BOOK SIZE: 197 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- STACEY MCGILL, SUPER SITTER (BABY-SITTERS CLUB #94), BY ANN M. MARTIN Being a super sitter for the Chelpins seems like a dream job. But it's taking a lot of Stacey's time and energy, forcing her to bail out on plans with her mom, her boyfriend and her best friend. BOOK SIZE: 142 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TALES FROM THE HOOD (THE SISTERS GRIMM BOOK #6), BY MICHAEL BUCKLEY When a kangaroo court of Everafters, led by Judge Mad Hatter, tries Mr. Canis for his past crimes as the Big Bad Wolf, the Grimms seek evidence to save their friend, although Sabrina questions whether he should be saved. BOOK SIZE: 283 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE BEST FRIEND (FEAR STREET #14), BY R. L. STINE Honey Perkins just moved to Shadyside. But she's telling everyone that she is Becka Norwood's best friend from elementary school. Trouble is, Becka doesn't remember her at all. BOOK SIZE: 148 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE CREATURE FROM CLUB LAGOONA (GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET #21), BY GLORIA HATRICK AND R. L. STINE Tad is in over his head when his family takes a vacation to Club Lagoona, a new resort and water park. His mom, his dad, and little sister are having fun, but Tad's not, and he shouldn't. BOOK SIZE: 123 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE DARE (FEAR STREET #22), BY R. L. STINE Johanna Wise has always longed to be part of Dennis Arthur's rich, popular crowd, and she can't believe it when he finally asks her out. She'll do anything to keep Dennis but when he dares her to kill their teacher she is not so sure. Will she really kill for love? BOOK SIZE: 154 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE SECRET OF THE MASK (BOXCAR CHILDREN #110), BY GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER The Aldens are preparing for a yard sale when they find an old wooden mask in the trash behind a neighbor's house. Violet notices that the mask looks like a Native American mask that she had read about. BOOK SIZE: 114 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE STORY OF JACKIE ROBINSON: THE BRAVEST MAN IN BASEBALL, BY MARGARET DAVIDSON One brave black player named Jackie Robinson worked to change the "rules," so that all races could have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams on the baseball diamond--or anywhere. This is Jackie Robinson's story. BOOK SIZE: 92 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Nonfiction, Sports, Biographies and Memoirs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE WHITE WOLF (A TO Z MYSTERIES), BY RON ROY Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are thrilled to visit Wallis Wallace at her new cabin in the Maine wilderness. On their very first day, they glimpse a white wolf and her babies on a cliff. But soon after the kids spy the wolf family, the pups are wolf-napped! Can Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose sniff out the culprits before the white wolf starts suspecting them? BOOK SIZE: 88 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- THREE SWORDS FOR GRANADA, BY WALTER DEAN MYERS In 1410 Spain, three young cat friends join the warrior cats as they struggle to save their beloved Granada from the vicious dogs of the Fidorean Guard. BOOK SIZE: 106 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY GRAVE? (GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET #2), BY R. L. STINE Zack Pepper thinks there is something very wrong with his substitute teacher. No one will believe him, so he has to get rid of her all by himself. But how can he destroy someone who is already dead? BOOK SIZE: 135 Pages CATEGORIES: Children's Books, Horror, Teens, Literature and Fiction --------------------------------------------------------------------------- About the New Book List: All books on the list are rated Excellent unless otherwise specified. NIMAC books are excluded from the list. To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. 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