Repossessed6 reviews A. M. Jenkins HarperTeen, 2007 Excellent read! + Short and Cute + a demon or a regular teenage boy? + hilarious and thought provoking + A fallen angel's twist on experiencing life             Jazz On A Saturday Night (Coretta Scott King Honor Book)6 reviews Leo & Diane Dillon The Blue Sky Press, 2007 The Jazz Dream Team--a Top 20 Book of the Year! + rhythm + Nice jazz intro + PERFECT Jazz on a Saturday Night + A moving story line with fun, action-packed drawings.             Genghis: Birth of an Empire41 reviews Conn Iggulden Delacorte Press, 2007 The Rise + Brutal but insightful + One of the Best I have been a huge fan of British authors David Gemmell and Angus Wells, both of whom have passed away in recent years. I saw Conn Iggulden's book Genghis on the shelf in the store. The unusual name first drew my attention and then the title. I am a fan of the history of Genghis Khan, Alexander ...             Los Gatos Black on Halloween6 reviews Marisa Montes Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2006 Atmospheric, Phantasmagorical, Endlessly Fascinating + So beautiful, You'll Want to Read It All Year Long + Los Gatos Black on Halloween + Perfect blend of Halloween fun with a little educational element + Mother tested. Kid-approved.             My Name Is Gabito/Mi Llamo Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez/La Vida De Gabriel Garcia Marquez3 reviews monica Brown Rising Moon, 2007 A wonderful multicultural picturebook + Magical storytellers childhood + Wonderful books for a bilingual child! Award-winning author Monica Brown presents My Name is Gabito: The Life of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a bilingual English/Spanish picturebook about the brilliant and imaginative writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Following "Gabito" from childhood to adulthood, and his evolution from a dreaming boy to a ...             Frida: Viva La Vida! Long Live Life! Carmen T. Bernier-Grand Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb, 2007 A Pura Belpré Honor Book             The Cat: Or, How I Lost Eternity1 review Jutta Richter Milkweed Editions, 2007 Not a great book. I bought this on the strength of an Amazon recommendation for my 9 year old son, who is cat crazy. He read it, but wasn't fascinated. It is rather obscure and dry, without being all that interesting or amusing. Maybe it would be a better fit for an older girl.             The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Caldecott Honor Book)14 reviews Peter Sis Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007 life behind the curtain + Cold War Revisited + Bittersweet return. + left me wanting more + A Stirring Account             One Whole & Perfect Day2 reviews Judith Clarke Front Street, 2007 Delightful book As another reviewer has noted, the ending of this book is not "realistic"...but that's perhaps one goal of the novel: Lily wants one whole and perfect day and she finally gets it in the end after a whole truckload of family dysfunction--a father who abandoned her even before she was born, an ...             Brendan Buckley's Universe and Everything in It9 reviews Sundee T. Frazier Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007 Loved it...couldn't put it down!! + Truth, Lies, & Race + I really loved this book! + Warm story of family secrets. + Captivating and fun!             Hurt Go Happy15 reviews Ginny Rorby Starscape, 2007 HURT GO HAPPY + This Book Made Me Cry + Amazing + Just finished reading this to two 5th grade classes + Powerful, Emotional, Amazing             The Poet Slave of Cuba: A Biography of Juan Francisco Manzano (Pura Belpre Medal Book Author (Awards))3 reviews Margarita Engle Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2006 Soy Cuba + Fabulous read + HI MR. COSBY The verse novel is a tricky fickle thing. Though no one to the best of my knowledge has ever put down the rules that govern the creation of a verse novel, there are always a couple unwritten understandings. No verse novel should tell its tale through poetry when it would make more sense to tell ...             Dreamquake (The Dreamhunter Duet, Book 2) (Dreamhunter Duet)4 reviews Elizabeth Knox Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2007 The conclusion gives a feeling of mystification + one of the best fantasies I've ever read + A Fitting End + Magical             Lightship4 reviews Atheneum/Richard Jackson Books, 2007 Descriptions of the lightship's construction, crew and purposes are accented by excellent drawings throughout + Adorable and very informative + Yet another favorite + Our first pick at bedtime             Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village18 reviews Laura Amy Schlitz Candlewick Press, 2007 Truly excellent! + Guided Reading in Places + Brilliant! + Charming! + For some reason I thought it'd be a novel, not a children's book             Essex County Volume 1: Tales From The Farm (Essex County) (Essex County)3 reviews Jeff Lemire Top Shelf Productions, 2007 one of the BEST + The Finest Comic Literature + Giving it up for the farm this has got to be one of the best books i've ever read. no need for a review here - it's too good to describe. pick it up for yourself!!             Henry's Freedom Box (Caldecott Honor Book)14 reviews Ellen Levine Scholastic Press, 2007 Spare story of one man's struggle against slavery + Inspiring book for my 6 year old grandson + Rutgers University Project on Economics and Children + Excellent + Story finally being told             Nicholas and the Gang (Nicholas) (Nicholas) René Goscinny Phaidon Press Inc., 2007 Phaidon Press is pleased to announce the publication of NICHOLAS AND THE GANG, the fourth in the acclaimed Nicholas children's book series, featuring the adventures of a young French schoolboy who is always getting into trouble. With text by René Goscinny, author of the famed Asterix the Gaul series, and with illustrations by New Yorker cover artist Jean-Jacques Sempé, NICHOLAS AND THE GANG is ...             Reaching for Sun6 reviews Tracie Vaughn Zimmer Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007 Perfect for BOTH avid and reluctant readers + Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award + Cause I'm not like everybody else / I'm not like everybody else + Treated like everyone else + Courtesy of Teens Read Too             Nicholas18 reviews René Goscinny, Jean-Jacques Sempé Phaidon Press, 2005 Simply the best. If you have boys in your life, you need this book. + I loved them in French...my son loves them in English + There is another ... + Good clean fun! + A humorous, entertaining series