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Crossing Stones (Hardcover)

By Helen Frost
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780374316532
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 9/2009
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Muriel and Ollie Jorgensen have grown up with Frank and Emma Norman, their homes connected by the Crossing Stones (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.99) through Crabapple Creek. As America enters World War I, all four teenagers struggle to find their place in the world. Frank and Ollie enlist, Emma tends home fires, and Muriel explores the burgeoning women’s rights movement. Muriel, Ollie, and Emma take turns narrating Helen Frost’s novel in carefully crafted verse. Ages 13 and up. Dana Chidiac

Bog Child (Hardcover)

By Siobhan Dowd
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780385751698
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Published: David Fickling Books, 9/2008
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Fergus and his uncle are digging for peat when Fergus uncovers the Bog Child (David Fickling, $16.99). Authorities and archaeologists descend on the small Irish town to analyze the remains of the ancient girl. Set in 1980s Ireland during the Troubles, Fergus struggles with his feelings for Cora, his imprisoned brother’s hunger strike, and local IRA bombings. Secrets, politics, and violence come to a head in Siobhan Dowd’s gripping and thought-provoking book. Ages 15 and up. Heidi Powell

Fire (Hardcover)

By Kristin Cashore
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780803734616
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Published: Dial, 10/2009
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Fire’s (Dial, $17.99) monstrous beauty lures men to her, and while she has real strength in her monster powers, she is also vulnerable. Fearful of using her mind-reading talents lest they have evil consequences, she becomes convinced that with them she can help the kingdom and begin to reverse the destruction that her monster-father caused. Full of romance and page-turning tension, Kristin Cashore’s companion to Graceling will leave readers eagerly awaiting the third volume about the Seven Kingdoms. Ages 14 and up. Jory Hearst

Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together (Paperback)

By Ron Hall, Denver Moore, Lynn Vincent
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780849919107
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Published: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 3/2008
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At the end of her junior year, Emily is accepted into a pre-college art program in Philadelphia.  Three days a week during the summer, she’ll leave the safety of her comfortable and predictable suburban existence to get a taste of life as a college student.  Trepidation becomes an exciting challenge as Emily’s perspective on art and artists takes shape.  Siobhan Vivian’s Same Difference (Push, $17.99) offers a refreshing take on coming- of-age.  Ages 13-17.  Heidi Powell

Lips Touch: Three Times (Hardcover)

By Laini Taylor
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780545055857
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Published: Arthur A. Levine Books, 10/2009
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Magic may be powerful, but desire is even more so as Lips Touch: Three Times (Arthur A. Levine,$17.99). In each of Laini Taylor’s three novellas, a kiss has consequences. Adding to the book’s intensity is a series of illustrations by Taylor’s husband, Jim di Bartolo, that begin each story and always foretell dark pasts. For fantasy and non-fantasy lovers alike, here’s a book that shows where a kiss can lead when the supernatural is lurking. Ages 14 and up. Jory Hearst

Eli the Good (Hardcover)

By Silas House
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780763643416
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Published: Candlewick, 9/2009
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Eli’s close-knit family is struggling with issues that were little understood in 1976. His father is traumatized by Vietnam War flashbacks, his sister is becoming virulently anti-American, and his best friend’s parents are divorcing. He is trying to be Eli The Good (Candlewick, $16.99), but as Silas House depicts him, this sensitive character has trouble keeping his emotions in check during the hot Kentucky Centennial summer. Ages 13-16. Dara La Porte

Purple Heart (Hardcover)

By Patricia McCormick
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061730900
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Published: Balzer + Bray, 9/2009
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Matt Duffy is not sure he deserves the Purple Heart (HarperCollins, $16.99) he receives while recovering from traumatic brain injury in an Iraqi hospital. Back in combat, haunted by the memory of a young Iraqi boy’s death, Matt tries to figure out the consequences of split-second decisions made by young, inexperienced soldiers. Patricia McCormick leaves the reader pondering the unintended consequences of current policy in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ages 14 and up. Malaika Robinson