by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Turner has only lived in Phippsburg, Maine for a few hours but he’s ready to leave. He and his father, the reverend, and his mother have moved into this new town and Turner is looking for friendship and a place to belong. So far he’s found some boys who...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A teen plunges into a downward spiral of addiction in this classic cautionary tale. January 24th After you’ve had it, there isn’t even life without drugs…. It started when she was served a soft drink laced with LSD in a dangerous party game. Within...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
An arresting story about starting over after a friend’s suicide, from a breakthrough new voice in YA fiction. dear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can’t. Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful . . . in words and...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart’s fictionalized diary about her life, family, friends, and neighbors, and the sides they have to choose in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the height of the Revolutionary War, renders a vivid portrayal of one of the most...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Picture Book
It’s natural for children to be concerned about the arrival of a new baby at their house. Most big brothers and sisters feel loving and tender one minute, angry or jealous the next. With over forty vivid full-color photographs and a clear, supportive text by...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Fiction
Dinosaurs jump off the pages of a boy’s book and into his house, wreaking delightful havoc along the way in this rollicking, rhyming early reader. This imaginative romp with kids’ favorite prehistoric creatures is sure to become a favorite book to...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Fantasy
Nobody could be more surprised than Lisabeth Lewis when her suicide attempt is interrupted by a strange delivery man who hands her a set of scales and tells her that she is Famine. Lisa loves food; food is her obsession. She doesn’t want to be Famine. But when Death...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Fiction
The Carter family is in the animal rescue business (Carter’s Urban Rescue). They are called in to investigate a horrible smell emanating from the community garden’s tool shed. With most people assuming the odor is a skunk on the loose, the actual answer isn’t...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Violet has just turned fifteen. Among Latin Americans, this birthday is a milestone, and is marked by the quinceanera, a huge celebration — complete with the guest of honor decked out in a frilly dress. Violet’s Cuban grandmother is enthusiastically...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 20, 2011 | Historical Fiction
Winner of the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction * ALA Best Book for Young Adults * ALA Notable Children’s Book In this brilliant fictional tour de force, which the New York Times called “a deft, poignant novel,” Newbery Medal-winning...
