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Winter
2002 Children's Book Sense 76
Unique and provocative
selections from a great diversity of voices...all personally recommended by
the independent booksellers of America.
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 Bloody
Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary Jack Faber
by L.A.
Meyer
"Jacky Faber is a 13-year-old with spirit and grit. She's an orphan living
on the streets of 18th-century London, begging for food and dodging danger. When
a warship comes to shore looking for ship's boys, Jacky disguises herself as a
boy and sets out on a high sea adventure in search of pirates. This one will keep
you reading!" -- Valerie Lewis, Hicklebee's, San Jose, CA
 Breathing
Underwater
by Alex
Flinn
"Nick appears to have everything going for him: intelligence, popularity,
wealth, but his father's violent temper colors his whole life. His journey of
self-discovery is chronicled in a court-ordered journal he is required to keep.
This book was difficult to put down-a thought provoking read for mature teens."
-- Pam Stilp, Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, Brookfield, WI
 City
of the Beasts
by Isabel
Allende
"For the young and the young at heart, this story about the relationship
between a nerdy boy and his adventurous grandmother is priceless. The adventure
story has just enough magic to make it thought-provoking fiction, but not so much
to make it a flat-out fantasy. A wonderful book." -- Jeanne Michael,
Odyssey Books, Grass Valley, CA
 Edgewater
Angels
by Sandro
Meallet
"This book is a gem. Meallet's language is truthful and the emotions honest
as he captures the lives of these teens growing up in the projects without fathers.
This book was a big handsell in our store last year in hardback, and we are looking
forward to selling many more now that it's in paperback." -- Sarah Wingfield,
M is for Mystery/ K is for Kids Bookstore, San Mateo, CA
 A
Step from Heaven
by An
Na
"A masterful writer, Na describes the struggles and joys of a Korean family
living in America, creating memorable characters and a novel worthy of awards."
-- Andrea Hein, Kids Ink Children's Bookstores, Indianapolis, IN
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