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322 pp.
| Abrams/Amulet
| November, 2004
|
TradeISBN 0-8109-4822-2$18.95
(3)
4-6
Esther passes through a time portal and travels to the end of the Ice Age. She learns about family life, hunting, animals, and foods of the period while waiting for a chance to return home. Esther seems mature for her eleven years, but this is a fascinating look at what Ice Age life may have been like.
154 pp.
| Holt
| October, 2002
|
TradeISBN 0-8050-7055-9$$16.95
(4)
4-6
When her favorite singer is killed in a drive-by shooting and life at home becomes unbearable, Alma sneaks into a neighbor's house every day to enjoy music and solitude. This barrio story has drugs, teen pregnancy, poverty, gangs, and very little hope. Although the police and Alma's neighbor are unconvincingly forgiving about Alma's breaking and entering, much of Alma's difficult childhood seems realistic.
128 pp.
| Dutton
| June, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-525-46676-2$$14.99
(2)
4-6
Charlotte is skeptical when her neighbor tells her that the house she's just moved into is haunted. Readers will know better, having just met the ghost in the prologue. Griffin's book has several strong appeals: new best friends solving a mystery together, a just-scary-enough ghost girl, and a deathless bond between sisters that provides the book with its resoundingly satisfying conclusion and bang-up last sentence.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2001
3 reviews
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