School Library Jounral RSS School Library Journal en_us Fri, 25 May 2012 17:23:22 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.rss.XMLServer.cls Fiction CHUNG, Catherine. Forgotten Country. 304p. Riverhead. 2012. Tr $26.95. ISBN 978-1-59448-808-5. LC 2011047577. Adult/High School– Like Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club (Putnam, 1989) and Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake (Houghton, 2003), Chung’s graceful de... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/894372-313/adult_books_4_teens_may.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 902627@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:57 Fiction ALCOTT, Kate. The Dressmaker. 320p. Doubleday. 2012. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-0-385-535588. LC 2011018899. Adult/High School–The 1912 sinking of the Titanic is the stone at the center of a ripple expanding to encompass the rest of the world in this f... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/894371-313/adult_books_4_teens_april.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 902618@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:22:57 I love SLJ's spring and fall announcement issues. I set aside a nice chunk of time in the evening to read them, pour myself a glass of wine, and pretend that I can order any titles I want. But I have a secret: I also love going through our sister publicat... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/893846-313/crossing_over_looking_for_ya.html.csp Dodie Ownes AdultBooks 883188@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:22:24 Fiction CAMPBELL, Drusilla. Little Girl Gone. 307p. Grand Central. 2012. Tr $14.99. ISBN 978-0-446-53579-3. LC 2011015394. Adult/High School–Campbell comes from the same “ripped from the headlines/domestic drama” school as the more well-known Jodi Picoul... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/893783-313/adult_books_4_teens_march.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 881577@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:21:57 Fiction BRADLEY, Alan. I Am Half-Sick of Shadows: A Flavia de Luce Novel. 320p. Delacorte. 2011. Tr $23. ISBN 978-0-385-34401-2. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School–Flavia de Luce, the audacious and precocious 11-year-old sleuth seen in Sweetness at ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/892930-313/adult_books_4_teens_december.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 850975@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:20:26 Fiction BERG, Carol. The Soul Mirror. 480p. ROC. 2011. Tr $16. ISBN 978-0-451-46374-6. LC number unavailable.  Adult/High School–In Berg’s Renaissance-like world, the magic being displaced by reason is quite real, although strangely changed since the... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/890791-313/adult_books_4_teens_june.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 778871@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:20:25 Fiction BOHJALIAN, Chris. The Night Strangers. 400p. Crown. 2011. Tr $25. ISBN 978-0-307-39499-6. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School–Horror can begin on the most ordinary of days. For Chip Linton, piloting a routine flight from Philadelphia to Bur... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/892643-313/adult_books_4_teens_november.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 841514@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:19:56 Fiction ARSENAULT, Emily. In Search of the Rose Notes. 384p. Morrow. 2011. Tr $14.99. ISBN 978-0-06-201232-4. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School–Nora was only 11 in 1990 when she became the last person to see her babysitter alive. Rose left Nora at ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/891829-313/adult_books_4_teens_september.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 814996@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:18:54 Fiction BRADLEY, Alan. The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag. 384p. (A Flavia de Luce Mystery). Delacorte. 2010. Tr $24. ISBN 978-0-385-34231-5. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School-Flavia de Luce, the plucky 11 year-old heroine introduced in the ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/888600-313/adult_books_for_teens_january.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 704591@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 31 Aug 2011 17:18:54 Fiction BEARD, Jo Ann. In Zanesville. 287p. Little, Brown. 2011. Tr $23.99. ISBN 978-0-316-08447-5. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School-Step right into the inner life of a 14-year-old girl growing up during the 1970s in the small town of Zanesville, ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/891427-313/adult_books_4_teens_august.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 800543@eschoolibraryjournal.com Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:18:47 Fiction ABRAHAM, Daniel. The Dragon's Path. unpaged. (The Dagger and the Coin Series). maps. Orbit. 2011. pap. $14. ISBN 978-0-316-08068-2. LC number unavailable.   Adult/High School–Once dragons ruled the 13 races of mankind. Now, they are gone and th... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/891428-313/adult_books_4_teens_july.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 800698@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:18:20 Fiction BRADLEY, Alan. A Red Herring Without Mustard: A Flavia de Luce Novel. 399p. Delacorte. 2011. Tr $23. ISBN 978-0-385-34232-2. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School–Readers will be thrilled with Bradley’s beautifully crafted latest “Flavia d... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/890153-313/adult_books_4_teens_may.html.csp AdultBooks 756864@eschoolibraryjournal.com Sun, 01 May 2011 17:16:52 Fiction ADAMS, John Joseph, ed. Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories. 496p. Night Shade. 2011. pap. $15.99. ISBN 978-1-59780-221-5. LC number unavailable.  Adult/High School–Adams has put together another impressive collection. By the topic’s very natu... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/889992-313/adult_books_4_teens_april.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 750424@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:16:21 Fiction APPANAH, Nathacha. The Last Brother: A Novel. trans. from French by Geoffrey Strachan. 164p. Graywolf. 2011. Tr $18. ISBN 978-1-55597-575-3. LC 2010937513. Adult/High School–In 1945, on the island of Mauritius, eight-year-old Raj survives the flas... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/889465-313/adult_books_4_teens_march.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 734226@eschoolibraryjournal.com Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:15:50 Fiction BECKETT, Galen. The House on Durrow Street. 404p. Spectra. 2010. pap. $16. ISBN 978-0553-80759-2. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School–This long-anticipated sequel to The Magicians and Mrs. Quent (2008) features the same older-than-she-shou... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/889047-313/adult_books_for_teens_february.html.csp AdultBooks 719369@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 Fiction BENDER, Aimee. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake. 292p. Doubleday. 2010. Tr $25.95. ISBN 978-0-385-50112-5. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School–Rose is about to turn nine when she tastes her mother’s feelings in a practice birthday cake, ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/888281-313/adult_books_for_teens_december.html.csp Josephine Marc-Anthony AdultBooks 693725@eschoolibraryjournal.com Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:25 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/865250-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 458458@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/865154-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 457979@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/865059-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 457504@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864966-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 457039@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864879-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 456603@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864789-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 456154@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864691-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Jackie Gropman, Fair AdultBooks 455663@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864585-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 455133@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864482-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Jackie Gropman, Fair AdultBooks 454618@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864396-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Jackie Gropman, Fair AdultBooks 454188@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864290-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp AdultBooks 453659@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864187-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 453144@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/864057-313/reviews_books_for_adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 452493@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863913-313/reviews_books_for_adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 451773@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863775-313/reviews_books_for_adulthigh_school.html.csp AdultBooks 451084@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:Adult/High SchoolFictionNonfictionChaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA Adult/High School FictionBROWN, Carrie. The Rope Walk. 336p. Pantheon 2007. Tr $24. ISBN 978-0-375-42463-2. LC 2006024869. Adult/High Schoo... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863648-313/reviews_books_for_adulthigh_school.html.csp AdultBooks 450448@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:FictionNonfictionChaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CAFictionALEXIE, Sherman. Flight. 181p. Black Cat. 2007. pap. $13. ISBN 978-0-8021-7037-8. LC 2006052656.Adult/High School-Both victim and victimizer, and roami... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863475-313/reviews_books_for_adulthigh_school.html.csp AdultBooks 449583@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:FictionNonfictionChaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA FictionALLEYN, Susanne. A Treasury of Regrets. 270p. St. Martin's/Minotaur. 2007. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-0-312-34371-2. LC number unavailable. Adult/High School... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863371-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp AdultBooks 449063@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863295-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 448683@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:ADULT/HIGH SCHOOLNonfictionADULT/HIGH SCHOOL Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CACONDÉ, Maryse. The Story of the Cannibal Woman: A Novel tr. from French by Richard Philcox. 320p. Atria 2007. Tr $24. ISBN 978-0-... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863108-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp AdultBooks 447748@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/863048-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 447448@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/862936-313/reviews_of_adult_books_for.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 446889@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/862823-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 446323@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/862738-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Staff AdultBooks 445899@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/860320-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 433803@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/860199-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 433199@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/860061-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 432509@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/859859-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 431496@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:FictionNonfictionFictionBLOCK, Stefan Merrill. The Story of Forgetting: A Novel. 313p. notes. Random. 2008. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-1-4000-6679-7. LC 2007012062.Adult/High School-This riveting novel features well-drawn characters engaged ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/859665-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 430524@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/859536-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 429879@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:FictionNonfictionFictionBOBIS, Merlinda. Banana Heart Summer. 257p. illus. maps. Delta. 2008. pap. $12. ISBN 978-0-385-34112-7. LC 2008000708.Adult/High School-At the age of 12, Nenita decides that the best move she can make for both ... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/859408-313/reviews_adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 429240@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/859265-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 428525@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/859083-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp AdultBooks 427614@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/859082-313/adulthigh_school.html.csp AdultBooks 427610@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/858924-313/reviews__books_for_adulthigh.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 426820@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/858780-313/reviews_books_for_adulthigh_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 426100@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/858629-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 425344@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/858345-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 423924@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/858183-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 423115@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/857857-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 421484@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/857748-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 420935@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/857613-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 420260@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/857485-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 419620@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/857322-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 418798@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/857202-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp AdultBooks 418196@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 Also in this article:FictionNonfictionFictionBACKHAUS, Bhira. Under the Lemon Trees. 336p. Thomas Dunne Bks. Mar. 2009. Tr $24.95. ISBN 978-0-312-37953-7. LC 2008035779.Adult/High School-This lovely debut novel takes place in California's Central Valley i... http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/857021-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp AdultBooks 417283@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/856828-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 416309@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45 http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/reviews/adultbooks/856533-313/adult_books_for_high_school.html.csp Chaired by Francisca Goldsmith, AdultBooks 414827@eschoolibraryjournal.com Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:13:45