| August 2008 Reviews |
| **Titles in italics have been given a Gold Star Award for Excellence! |
| THE 25 PAINS OF KENNEDY BAINES by Dede Crane THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX by Mary E. Pearson THE AFTER HOURS adapted by Mark Kneece ALL ABOUT VEE by C. Leigh Purtill ALL THAT GLITTERS by J. Minter ALMOST ALICE by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor ATTACK OF THE GREEN GOO by D. J. Milky BENEATH MY MOTHER'S FEET by Amjed Qamar BEWITCHING SEASON by Marissa Doyle BIG GUY by Robin Stevenson THE BLACK TATTOO by Sam Enthoven BLACKOUT GIRL by Jennifer Storm BLISS by Lauren Myracle BLUE MOON by Hila Feil BLUE ROCK RESCUE by M.R. Street A BOTTLE IN THE GAZA SEA by Valerie Zenatti BREAKING DAWN by Stephenie Meyer THE BROKEN BIKE BOY AND THE QUEEN OF 33RD STREET by Sharon G. Flake BUGGY CRENSHAW AND THE BUNGLER'S PARADOX by R. M. Wilburn BUNNICULA STRIKES AGAIN! by James Howe CASTLE LARK AND THE TALE THAT STOPPED TIME by Zelda Leah Gatuskin CATHY'S KEY by Sean Stewart & Jordan Weisman CHOICES by Katrina L. Burchett CITY OF LIGHTS by Melika Dannese Lux CLAIRE by Lisi Harrison COME IN FROM THE COLD by Marsha Qualey THE CROSSROADS by Chris Grabenstein DARK DUDE by Oscar Hijuelos DATING4DEMONS by Serena Robar DEADLY LITTLE SECRET by Laurie Faria Stolarz DEAR JULIA by Amy Bronwen Zemser DECLARE YOURSELF by Various Authors DEMON APOCALYPSE by Darren Shan THE DIARY OF LAURA'S TWIN by Kathy Kacer DISCOVERING PIG MAGIC by Julie Crabtree ELEVEN by Patricia Reilly Giff ELISSA'S ODYSSEY by Erica Verrillo THE EMERALD TABLET by P. J. Hoover THE EXOTIC ADVENTURE by Martin Edhouse EXPEDITION TO PINE HOLLOW by Ed Decter THE EYES OF A KING by Catherine Banner FAIREST by Gail Carson Levine THE FALCON'S BLADE by Justine N. Hoffman FANCY WHITE TRASH by Marjetta Geerling THE FEAR IN THE WILDERNESS by Scott Allen FEAST OF FOOLS by Rachel Caine THE FEATHERY by Bill Flynn FERAL by Bev Cooke THE FLOATING CIRCUS by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S SON by Coleen Murtagh Paratore GEEK ABROAD by Piper Banks GHOSTGIRL by Tonya Hurley GONE by Michael Grant GORDON'S SUCKY SUMMER by Christopher Campbell HECK: WHERE THE BAD KIDS GO by Dale E. Basye HELL WEEK by Rosemary Clement-Moore IN THE SMALL by Michael Hague INTO THE WILDEWOOD by Gillian Summers JENNIFER SCALES AND THE MESSENGER OF LIGHT by MaryJanice Davidson & Anthony Alongi KEEPER OF THE GRAIL by Michael P. Spradlin KRISTEN by Lisi Harrison LANG LANG: PLAYING WITH FLYING KEYS by Lang Lang with Michael French THE LAST OF THE HIGH KINGS by Kate Thompson THE LEGEND OF MICKEY TUSSLER by Frank Nappi LIFE OR DEATH by Emily Blake LIFEBLOOD by Tom Becker LIKELY STORY by David Van Etten LOCKDOWN by Diane Tullson THE LOSER'S GUIDE TO LIFE AND LOVE by A. E. Cannon M+O 4EVR by Tonya Cherie Hegamin MIDDLE ROW by Sylvia Olsen MIKI FALLS: AUTUMN by Mark Crilley MIKI FALLS: WINTER by Mark Crilley THE MISSING GIRL by Norma Fox Mazer MISTAKEN IDENTITY by Don & Susie Van Ryn and Newell, Colleen, & Whitney Cerak MOXY MAXWELL DOES NOT LOVE WRITING THANK-YOU NOTES by Peggy Gifford MY MOST EXCELLENT YEAR by Steve Kluger MY NEW BEST FRIEND by Julie Bowe MY SO-CALLED FAMILY by Courtney Sheinmel THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY by Trenton Lee Stewart THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY AND THE PERILOUS JOURNEY by Trenton Lee Stewart NEW BOY by Julian Houston THE NEW GIRL by Meg Cabot THE NEW POLICEMAN by Kate Thompson NOTHING by Robin Friedman NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH by Emily Blake OFF CAMPUS by Hobson Brown, Taylor Materne, & Caroline Says THE ORDER OF ODD-FISH by James Kennedy THE ORPHEUS OBSESSION by Dakota Lane THE OTHER BOY by Hailey Abbott PAPER HEARTS by Debrah Williamson PEACHES by Jodi Lynn Anderson PETER PAN IN SCARLET by Geraldine McCaughrean PRETTY IS by Elizabeth Holmes PUPPY LOVE by Nancy Krulik READ MY LIPS by Teri Brown REHAB by Randi Reisfeld RIDICULOUS/HILARIOUS/TERRIBLE/COOL by Elisha Cooper THE RUBY KEY by Holly Lisle RUBY PARKER HITS THE SMALL TIME by Rowan Coleman SABAN AND THE ANCIENT by Dante Amodeo SAVVY GIRL by Lynn Messina THE SCARLET STOCKINGS by Charlotte Kandel A SEASON OF EDEN by J.M. Warwick THE SECRET LIFE OF SPARROW DELANEY by Suzanne Harper THE SEER OF SHADOWS by Avi SHABANG'S STORY by Patricia Marlowe Barrett SHIFTY by Lynn E. Hazen SHOW, DON'T TELL by Paul Ruditis THE SILVER MOON ELM by MaryJanice Davidson & Anthony Alongi SKINNED by Robin Wasserman SLAM by Nick Hornby SLANT by Laura E. Williams SLEEPLESS by Terri Clark SLIPPING by Cathleen Davitt Bell SNARED by Stefan Petrucha & Thomas Pendleton SORCERER OF THE WAVES by Kim Wilkins SPIRIT by J. P. Hightman SPLIT-SECOND SIGHT by Dan Jolley THE SUMMONING by Kelley Armstrong SWEET MANDARIN by Helen Tse SWITCH by Carol Snow THE TIME PARADOX by Eoin Colfer TIME TO CAST AWAY by Julie A. Gorges TOTAL KNOCKOUT by Taylor Morris THE TRIALS OF KATE HOPE by Wick Downing THE TRUTH (I'M A GIRL, I'M SMART, AND I KNOW EVERYTHING) by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein TURTLE FEET, SURFER'S BEAT by Marina Kuperman TWEAKED by Katherine Holubitsky TWENTY FRAGMENTS OF A RAVENOUS YOUTH by Xiaolu Guo THE ULTIMATE DILEMMA by Willie D. Spears, Jr. UNBELIEVABLE by Sara Shepard VAMPS by Nancy A. Collins VIOLET IN PRIVATE by Melissa Walker WAITING FOR NORMAL by Leslie Connor WALKING DISTANCE adapted by Mark Kneece WATER KEEP by J. Scott Savage WAYNE by Wayne Theodore WHALE SONG by Cheryl Kaye Tardif WHAT IF...YOU BROKE ALL THE RULES by Liz Ruckdeschel & Sara James WHEN THE BLACK GIRL SINGS by Bil Wright WHITNEY by Jade Parker WINGS by E. D. Baker ZIBBY PAYNE & THE DRAMA TRAUMA by Alison Bell ZIBBY PAYNE & THE PARTY PROBLEM by Alison Bell ZIBBY PAYNE & THE TRIO TROUBLE by Alison Bell ZIBBY PAYNE & THE WONDERFUL, TERRIBLE TOMBOY EXPERIMENT by Alison Bell Kids Read, Too! Reviews THE ADVENTURES OF SIR LANCELOT THE GREAT by Gerald Morris ALVIN HO: ALLERGIC TO GIRLS, SCHOOL, AND OTHER SCARY THINGS by Lenore Look HURRY, FREEDOM by Freida Wishinsky MADAM PRESIDENT by Lane Smith SCARECROW FINDS A FRIEND by Blume Rifken SPLAT THE CAT by Rob Scotton WATCHERS by W. Lyon Martin |