Archive for the ‘2007’ Category
The New Policeman
Greenwillow Books, 2007
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0061174270
448 pages
Synopsis
Who knows where the time goes?
There never seems to be enough time in Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. When J.J.’s mother says time’s what she really wants for her birthday, J.J. decides to find her some. He’s set himself up for an impossible task . . . until a neighbor reveals a secret. There’s a place where time stands still—at least, it’s supposed to. J.J. can make the journey there, but he’ll have to vanish from his own life to do so. Can J.J. find the leak between the two worlds? Will a shocking rumor about his family’s past come back to haunt him? And what does it all have to do with the village’s new policeman . . . ? …
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Story of a Girl
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Fiction
ISBN: 0316014532
208 pages
National Book Award Nominee
Synopsis
Caught having sex with an older boy in the backseat of his car by her father, thirteen-year-old Deanna quickly becomes branded a slut. Three years later, Deanna is still dealing with her reputation, a father who can’t look her in the eye, and her personal struggle with her identity and self-perception. Through a series of seemingly mundane events, Deanna decides to begin pursuing a path that will ultimately lead her to become the person she wants to be. …
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The Arrival
Arthur A. Levine Books, 2007
Graphic Novel – Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0439895294
128 pages
Synopsis
A story told solely through breathtaking art, Tan paints an imaginatory tale of an immigrant who leaves his family in a dangerous country in order to find work in a new place and save money to bring his family there. …
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The Absolutely True Story of a Part-Time Indian
Little, Brown Young Readers, 2007
Fiction
ISBN-10: 0316013684
240 pages
National Book Award Winner
Synopsis
Told from the first person narrative of Arnold Spirit, aka Junior, the story chronicles a year in his life as a Spokan Indian from Wellpinit, WA, as he bravely decides to go to a high school outside of the reservation in a neighboring White town. Forced to overcome his insecurities as an ethnic outsider and his handicaps and speech impediments having been born with water on the brain, Junior discovers that choosing hope and pursuing his dreams will be the most difficult thing he’s ever done. …
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The Invention of Hugo Cabaret
Scholastic Press, 2007
Historical Fiction
ISBN:0439813786
544 pages
National Book Award Winner
Synopsis
Both of his parents have died, so Hugo Cabaret lives with his uncle inside of the clock room at the train station in London. He’s inherited his father’s ability to tinker with toys and anything that has working gears, parts, and pieces. Before the fire, his father happened upon a mechanical man that was calibrated to draw or write something as part of a magic act. …
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Skin Hunger
Atheneum, 2007
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN: 0689840942
368 pages
National Book Award Honor Book
Synopsis
Two stories take place throughout the text, and at first, are seemingly unrelated. Sadima, who has the ability to understand and communicate with animals through her thoughts, joins with two men who are attempting to resurrect the old knowledge of magic, which has been outlawed for many years. A few generations in the future, a boy named Hahp has been exiled by his wealthy and disapproving father to live and be taught at the school of wizardry. …
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Touching Snow
Anatheneum, 2007
Fiction
ISBN: 1416917950
240 pages
National Book Award Nominee
Synopsis
Starting out by confessing the murder of her own stepfather, Karina launches into the backstory of how the incident happened and the events leading up to it. Outside of school, Karina and her sisters live an isolated life, the oldest, Enid, taking care of her two younger sisters, their Haitian immigrant cousins, and her toddler half brothers. …
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