January 2010 Reviews

**Titles in italics have been given a Gold Star Award for Excellence.


ACCORDING TO KIT by Eugenie Doyle
ALMOST PERFECT by Brian Katcher
ANGEL IN VEGAS by Norma Howe
ANOTHER FAUST by Daniel & Dina Nayeri
ARE THESE MY BASOOMAS I SEE BEFORE ME? by Louise Rennison



BAIT by Alex Sanchez
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER by Marilyn Kaye
BIRTHMARKED by Caragh M. O'Brien
BLOODHOUND by Tamora Pierce
BLOODSONG by Melvin Burgess
THE BLUE SHOE by Roderick Townley
BURN MY HEART by Beverley Naidoo
THE BURNING by Will Peterson
BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, I'LL BE DEAD by Julie Anne Peters



CALAMITY JACK by Shannon & Dean Hale
CALL ME KATE by Molly Roe
CAMILLE MCPHEE FELL UNDER THE BUS... by Kristen Tracy
CAPTIVATE by Carrie Jones
CHINA CLIPPER by Jamie Dodson
THE CHRISTMAS LIST by Richard Paul Evans
THE CINDERELLA SOCIETY by Kay Cassidy
CLEOPATRA'S DAUGHTER by Michelle Moran
THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF WHY I HATE HER by Jennifer Richard Jacobson
CRAZY BEAUTIFUL by Lauren Baratz-Logsted



THE DARK DIVINE by Bree Despain
DAVID INSIDE OUT by Lee Bantle
THE DEAD-TOSSED WAVES by Carrie Ryan
DEAR PEN PAL by Heather Vogel Frederick
DEVIL'S KISS by Sarwat Chadda
THE DIAMONDS by Ted Michael
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS by Jeff Kinney
DIARY OF A WITNESS by Catherine Ryan Hyde
THE DROWNING RIVER by Kim Byrne
THE DUST OF 100 DOGS by A.S. King



ELI THE GOOD by Silas House
ENTER THE PARROT by Kiki Lon
EXCLUSIVELY CHLOE by J. A. Yang
EXPLORER X - ALPHA by LM Preston



FAT CAT by Robin Brande
FIRE by Kristin Cashore
FOOTFREE AND FANCYLOOSE by Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain
THE FORMAL by Kate Harmon
FREEFALL by Ariela Anhalt
FRIDAY NIGHT BITES by Chloe Neill



GEMMA by Meg Tilly
THE GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO GETTING KIDNAPPED by Yxta Maya Murray



HALF-MINUTE HORRORS edited by Susan Rich
THE HOLLOW by Jessica Verday
THE HOMESCHOOL LIBERATION LEAGUE by Lucy Frank
HOW TO SAY GOODBYE IN ROBOT by Natalie Standiford



I'M SO SURE by Jenny B. Jones
THE IMMORTAL REALM by Frewin Jones
IN TOO DEEP by Jude Watson
INSIDE OUT by Maria V. Snyder
INVISIBLE LINES by Mary Amato
THE IRON KING by Julie Kagawa
ISIS by Douglas Clegg



JACK TUMOR by Anthony McGowan
JUST GRACE GOES GREEN by Charise Mericle Harper



KING OF THE SCREWUPS by K.L. Going
KNIFE EDGE by Malorie Blackman



L.A. CANDY by Lauren Conrad
LEIGH ANN'S CIVIL WAR by Ann Rinaldi
THE LINE by Teri Hall
LUV YA BUNCHES by Lauren Myracle



MAGIC AND MISERY by Peter Marino
MAGIC UNDER GLASS by Jaclyn Dolamore
METAMORPHOSIS: JUNIOR YEAR by Betsy Franco
MY LIFE: THE MUSICAL by Maryrose Wood



NERDS by Michael Buckley
THE NEW SISTERS by Kate Harmon
NOT ORDINARILY BORROWABLE by Thomas Thurman



OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND by Marilyn Kaye



PAPARAZZI PRINCESS by Jen Calonita
A PEARL AMONG PRINCES by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
PETRONELLA SAVES NEARLY EVERYONE by Dene Low
PRADA & PREJUDICE by Mandy Hubbard
PROPHECY OF THE SISTERS by Michelle Zink



RADIANT SHADOWS by Melissa Marr
RAGE by Julie Anne Peters
REIGN OR SHINE by Michelle Rowen
THE RETURNERS by Gemma Malley
ROUGH MAGIC by Caryl Cude Mullin



SCONES AND SENSIBILITY by Lindsay Eland
SECRET SOCIETY by Tom Dolby
THE SECRET YEAR by Jennifer R. Hubbard
SETH BAUMGARTNER'S LOVE MANIFESTO by Eric Luper
THE SEVEN RAYS by Jessica Bendinger
SHOOTING STAR by Fredrick McKissack, Jr.
SIMON BLOOM: THE OCTOPUS EFFECT by Michael Reisman
SING ME TO SLEEP by Angela Morrison
SNOW QUEEN by Emma Harrison
SOLACE OF THE ROAD by Siobhan Dowd
SOME GIRLS ARE by Courtney Summers
SPECIAL DELIVERY by Ann M. Martin
THE SQUIRE'S QUEST by Gerald Morris
STOLEN by Vivian Vande Velde
STRANGER AND STRANGER by Rob Reger & Jessica Gruner



THE TEAR COLLECTOR by Patrick Jones
THIS GIRL ISN'T SHY, SHE'S SPECTACULAR by Nina Beck
THIS WORLD WE LIVE IN by Susan Beth Pfeffer
TRUTH OR DARE by Mary Wilcox



THE VINYL PRINCESS by Yvonne Prinz



WALK OF THE SPIRITS by Richie Tankersley Cusick
WERELING by Steve Feasey
WHEN YOU REACH ME by Rebecca Stead
A WHOLE NOTHER STORY by Dr. Cuthbert Soup
WISH UPON A STAR by Nancy Krulik
WITCH ON THE WATER by Christine & Ethan Rose



ZETA OR OMEGA? by Kate Harmon




Kids Read, Too! Reviews:

BAIT FOR LUNCH by K. A. Okagaki
MOONBEAM DREAMS by Gina Browning