Secret Saturdays
Books, Middle Grade Books
Secret Saturdays
By Torrey Maldonado
Putnam Juvenile • 2010 • 195 pages
Hardcover ($16.99)
ISBN 978-0-399-25158-0
Ages 10 and up
What does it mean to be a man? Living in the hardscrabble neighborhood of Red Hook, in New York City,…
How Tía Lola Ended Up Starting Over
Books, Middle Grade Books
How Tía Lola Ended Up Starting Over
By Julia Alvarez
Random House • 2011 • 145 pages
Paperback ($6.99)
ISBN: 978-0-375-87320-1
Ages 8-12
In the final entry in the Tía Lola series, families are reconfigured, a mystery is solved,…
The Trouble with Half a Moon
Books, Middle Grade Books
The Trouble with Half a Moon
By Danette Vigilante
Putnam • 2011 • 181 pages
Hardcover ($16.99)
ISBN: 978-0-399-25159-7
Ages 9-12
Like most 13-year-olds, Dellie has a lot on her mind: school, parents, friends, and boys. But Dellie's…
Starfields Book Review
Books, Middle Grade Books
Starfields
By Carolyn Marsden
Candlewick Press • 2011 • 224 pages
Hardcover. ($15.99)
ISBN 9780763648206
Ages 10 and up
At the center of this well-written novel is nine-year old Rosalba, a Mayan girl who lives with her family in…
A Thunderous Whisper
Books, Middle Grade Books
A Thunderous Whisper
By Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Knopf • 2012 • 304 pages
Hardcover ($16.99)
ISBN: 978-0-375-86929-7
Ages 10 and up
With this new book, the author of The Red Umbrella (Knopf) continues to chronicle the lives of children…
Wonder
Books, Life, Middle Grade Books
Wonder
By R.J. Palacio
Knopf • 2012 • 320 pages
Hardcover ($15.99)
ISBN: 978-0-375-86902-0
Ages 10 and up
August Pullman, better known as Auggie, is about to start 5th grade in a new school. Up until now, he had been homeschooled…
The Revolution Of Evelyn Serrano
Books, Life, Middle Grade Books
The Revolution of Evelyn Serrano
By Sonia Manzano
Scholastic • 2012 • 224 pages
ISBN: 978-0545325059
Hardcover ($17.99)
Ages 10-14
Like Pam Muñoz Ryan, who so beautifully and eloquently captures the essence of the Mexican-American…
Love, Amalia
Books, Life, Middle Grade Books
Love, Amalia
By Alma Flor Ada & Gabriel M. Zubizarreta
Atheneum • 2012 • 127 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4424-2402-9
Hardcover (15.99)
Ages 8-12
Love, Amalia is an arrow aimed right at the heart of upper-elementary grade school girls.…
The Wild Book
Books, Life, Middle Grade Books
The Wild Book
By Margarita Engle
Houghton Mifflin • 2012 • 133 pages
ISBN: 978-0-547-58131-6
Hardcover ($16.99)
Ages 10-14
A good number of us have had some experience with the topic of this book, so I will share mine: One of my…