| April 2008 Reviews |
| **Titles in italics have been given a Gold Star Award for Excellence! |
| 13 by Jason Robert Brown & Dan Elish 30 DAYS TO GETTING OVER THE DORK YOU USED TO CALL YOUR BOYFRIEND by Clea Hantman ALIVE AND WELL IN PRAGUE, NEW YORK by Daphne Grab THE AMAZING LIFE OF BIRDS by Gary Paulsen BAXTER MOON GALACTIC SCOUT by John Zakour BEST FRIENDS by Ann M. Martin BLACK PEARLS by Louise Hawes BULL'S EYE by Sarah N. Harvey CALLIE FOR PRESIDENT by Robin Wasserman CHASING WINDMILLS by Catherine Ryan Hyde CHIGGERS by Hope Larson CHILL by Deborah Reber DARKHENGE by Catherine Fisher DATE by Jeanine Le Ny DEEP WIZARDRY by Diane Duane THE DEVIL'S ARITHMETIC by Jane Yolen DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES by Jeff Kinney DINOSAURS by Dr. Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. DISENCHANTED PRINCESS by Julie Linker THE DISREPUTABLE HISTORY OF FRANKIE LANDAU-BANKS by E. Lockhart DO THE MATH: THE WRITING ON THE WALL by Wendy Lichtman DOUBLE LOVE by Francine Pascal DOWN TO THE BONE by Mayra Lazara Dole THE DREADFUL REVENGE OF ERNEST GALLEN by James Lincoln Collier THE DRONE WAR by K. V. Johansen THE ECO-DIARY OF KIRAN SINGER by Sue Ann Alderson THE ELITE by Jennifer Banash ELLIE MCDOODLE: NEW KID IN SCHOOL by Ruth McNally Barshaw EVERNIGHT by Claudia Gray EXODUS by Julie Bertagna THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ALFRED KROPP by Rick Yancey FAT HOOCHIE PROM QUEEN by Nico Medina FOOTBALL HERO by Tim Green FORGED IN THE FIRE by Ann Turnbull FORTUNE'S FOOL by Kathleen Karr GAMMA GLAMMA by Kim Flores GODS OF MANHATTAN by Scott Mebus GRIMPOW: THE INVISIBLE ROAD by Rafael Abalos HAVE YOU FOUND HER by Janice Erlbaum HER WICCAN, WICCAN WAYS by Traci Hall IN SEARCH OF MOLLY PITCHER by Linda Grant De Pauw INTO THE VOID by Adam Teachout IT'S A PURL THING by Elizabeth Lenhard JEALOUS? by Melissa de la Cruz THE LATENT POWERS OF DYLAN FONTAINE by April Lurie LEARNING TO SWIM by Cheryl Klam LESSONS FROM A DEAD GIRL by Jo Knowles LOST TIME by Susan Maupin Schmid LOVE IN THE CORNER POCKET by Marlene Perez MARLEY: A DOG LIKE NO OTHER by John Grogan MERCURY UNDER MY TONGUE by Sylvain Trudel MIA THE MELODRAMATIC by Eileen Boggess MY LAST BEST FRIEND by Julie Bowe NEEDLE AND THREAD by Ann M. Martin NEPTUNE'S CHILDREN by Bonnie Dobkin NIGHT ROAD by A. M. Jenkins OFF THE TRAILS by Emily Franklin OOYAY by Stanley Rumm PANDORA GETS JEALOUS by Carolyn Hennesy THE PATRON SAINT OF BUTTERFLIES by Cecilia Galante PEELED by Joan Bauer THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky PRAMA by Jamie Ponti PRETTY FACE by Mary Hogan RECIPE FOR REBELLION by Cathy Hopkins ROBYN by Jade Parker THE SECRET OF GRIM HILL by Linda DeMeulemeester SHE'S SO MONEY by Cherry Cheva SHIFT by Jennifer Bradbury SISTERS OF THE SWORD by Maya Snow SKIN DEEP by E. M. Crane STEALING HEAVEN by Elizabeth Scott THE STONEKEEPER by Kazu Kibuishi SUCKS TO BE ME by Kimberly Pauley THE THIRTEENTH TALE by Diane Setterfield THUMBELINA, TINY RUNAWAY BRIDE by Barbara Ensor 'TIS THE SEASON by Ann M. Martin TWEAK by Nic Sheff UNDONE by Brooke Taylor UP ALL NIGHT by Peter Abrahams, Libba Bray, David Levithan, Patricia McCormick, Sarah Weeks, & Gene Leun Yang VIOLET BY DESIGN by Melissa Walker WAR OF THE WITCHES by Maite Carranza WILLING SACRIFICE by Gloria Oliver WISH YOU WERE HERE by Catherine Clark Kids Read, Too! Reviews BOW-WOW ATTRACTS OPPOSITES by Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague BOW-WOW HEARS THINGS by Mark Newgarden & Megan Montague |