Atheneum

Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852

By Joan W. Blos - Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Written in the form of letters, this unusual book is about thirteen-year-old Eldora, who has just moved with her aunt and uncle from ...Read Review

The Red Thread: A Novel in Three Incarnations

By Roderick Townley - Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In present day Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 16-year-old Dana Landgrave has such bad dreams that they’ve landed her in therapy. But dreams aren’...Read Review

Cracker! The Best Dog in Vietnam

By Cynthia Kadohata - Published 2007

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultMilitary

Cracker, a failed show dog, can no longer live with the family of her eleven-year-old master, Willie. Desperate to keep her alive, Willie ...Read Review

Letters from a Slave Boy: The Story of Joseph Jacobs

By Mary E. Lyons - Published 2007

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

Having reworked the autobiography of Harriet Jacobs (escaped slave turned abolitionist and once as famous as Frederick Douglass) in Letters From a Slave ...Read Review

Leonardo’s Shadow, Or My Astonishing Life As Leonardo Da Vinci’s Servant

By Christopher Grey - Published 2006

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

The ongoing popularity of Leonardo da Vinci in fiction often obscures his preeminent place as the Renaissance’s most gifted and versatile artist. ...Read Review

Search and Destroy

By Dean Hughes - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMilitary

  Rick Ward, a confused boy from Long Beach just out of high school, drifts into the army. He may be running away ...Read Review

Weedflower

By Cynthia Kadohata - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

  Kadohata, winner of the Newbery Medal, has created an inspiring story based upon the wartime misfortunes of her own family. Weedflower is ...Read Review

Copper Sun

By Sharon Draper - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1738, fifteen-year-old Amari’s peaceful village life in Africa came to an end. Her village was burned and her family brutally murdered as ...Read Review

The Lost Voyage of John Cabot

By Henry Garfield - Published 2004

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

The two sons of John Cabot (born Giovanni Caboto, a real-life merchant of Venice) narrate. While Sebastian remains at home in Bristol and ...Read Review

Bound

By Donna Jo Napoli - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Don’t expect the typical Cinderella story, with a fairy godmother, two stepsisters, and a glorious ball in Donna Jo Napoli’s Bound. ...Read Review