October 2009

October’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes RUNEMARKS, a fresh, funny and wonderfully irreverent new take on the old Norse tales, marking the fantasy debut of acclaimed author Joanne Harris; THE MAYFLOWER AND THE PILGRIMS’ NEW WORLD, an adaptation for younger readers of Nathaniel Philbrick’s New York Times bestseller MAYFLOWER: A Story of Courage, Community, and War; ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SCRIVENER’S BONES, a sequel to Brandon Sanderson’s ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE EVIL LIBRARIANS, in which Alcatraz Smedry finds himself on a mission to save Grandpa Smedry when he gets swept up by a flying glass dragon; and THE HUNT FOR THE SEVENTH by Christine Morton-Shaw, a chilling and suspenseful supernatural mystery that will keep readers guessing until the very end.

Stand-Alone Chapter Books/Middle Grade Titles

ALL SHOOK UP Shelley Pearsall Yearling/Random House Children’s Books ISBN: 9780440421399 Ages 8-14 272 pages • Buy from Amazon.com BOYS ARE DOGS Leslie Margolis Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books ISBN: 9781599903811 Ages 8-12 224 pages • Buy from Amazon.com THE DRAGONFLY POOL Eva Ibbotson Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN: 9780142414866 Ages 8-up 384 pages • Buy from Amazon.com THE HUNT FOR THE SEVENTH Christine Morton-Shaw Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins ISBN: 9780060728243 Ages 10-up 288 pages • Read a Review • Buy from Amazon.com THE MAYFLOWER AND THE PILGRIMS’ NEW WORLD Nathaniel Philbrick Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN: 9780142414583 Ages 9-12 352 pages • Read a Review • Buy from Amazon.com RUNEMARKS Joanne Harris Knopf Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780375844454 Ages 10-up 544 pages • Read a Review & Excerpt • Buy from Amazon.com SEMIPRECIOUS D. Anne Love Margaret K. McElderry Books/Simon & Schuster ISBN: 9780689873898 Ages 10-14 304 pages • Buy from Amazon.com

Series Books/Sequels

Alcatraz ALCATRAZ VERSUS THE SCRIVENER’S BONES Brandon Sanderson Scholastic Press ISBN: 9780439925549 Ages 9-12 336 pages • Buy from Amazon.com Pandora PANDORA GETS VAIN Carolyn Hennesy Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books ISBN: 9781599903293 Ages 8-12 288 pages • Buy from Amazon.com

Picture Books

CHRISTMAS REMEMBERED written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN: 9780142414811 All ages 96 pages • Buy from Amazon.com GOOSE’S STORY written by Cari Best illustrated by Holly Meade Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers ISBN: 9780374400323 Ages 4-8 32 pages • Buy from Amazon.com UNCLE VOVA’S TREE written and illustrated by Patricia Polacco Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group ISBN: 9780142414835 Ages 5-8 32 pages • Buy from Amazon.com

--- Compiled by Allie Bodack and written by Tom Donadio

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