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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews and excerpts from exceptional books for teens and young adults.
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Wandering Warrior
by Da Chen
Hardcover: Jan 2003
Paperback: 8 Nov 2004
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| According to the ancient scriptures, Luka will be the future emperor of China. In preparation, he has been trained in the ways of the kung fu wandering warriors by a wise monk named Atami, but when Atami is captured by the enemy Luka must begin his own journey to become the warrior and leader he is destined to be. Ages 12+. |
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The Grim Grotto
by Lemony Snicket
Hardcover: 1 Sep 2004
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| In their desperate search for something lost, the Baudelaire children encounter new and terrible horrors, including mushrooms, a mechanical monster, a distressing message from a lost friend, and tap dancing. Ages 9+. |
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Lionboy
by Zizou Corder
Hardcover: Dec 2003
Paperback: 1 Sep 2004
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| From an exciting new mother/daughter writing team comes the first part of a captivating adventure trilogy full of heroes, villains, and astounding events. |
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No Horizon Is So Far: An Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica
by Ann Bancroft, Liv Arnesen
Hardcover: Aug 2003
Paperback: 31 Aug 2004
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| Chronicles and celebrates the journey of two modern-day heroines who crossed Antarctic on foot. Though modern technology could not ensure rescue, website transmissions and satellite phone calls enabled more than 3 million school children from 65 countries to bear witness to Ann and Liv's journey. |
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Fish
by L.S. Matthews
Hardcover: Jun 2004
Paperback: 1 Jun 2003
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| When the political situation becomes too grave, a family of foreign aid workers makes a perilous journey to the border of the war-torn nation that they've called home. Fish is a story that will teach those who doubt that, when hope is almost extinguished, miracles can happen. 10 years +. |
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Dancing in My Nuddy-Pants: even further confessions of Georgia Nicolson
by Louise Rennison
Hardcover: Mar 2003
Paperback: 1 Jun 2004
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| Georgia has finally put her red-bottomosity to rest and chosen Robbie the Sex God over Dave the Laugh in the fourth, and supposedly final, volume of Renninson's hit series. |
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The Merlin Conspiracy
by Diana Wynne Jones
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: 1 May 2004
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| A masterful weaving of mystery, intrigue and magic into a complex plot that's full of twists and surprises. In this astonishing novel, the characters' actions have unexpected consequences, and nothing in the multiverse is as it first seems. Ages 10+. |
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Hoot
by Carl Hiaasen
Hardcover: Sep 2002
Paperback: 1 May 2004
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| Roy sets himself on the trail of a mysterious boy. The chase introduces him to potty-trained alligators, a fake-fart champion, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes with unnaturally sparkling tails. Ages 10+. |
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