Chasing Redbird by Sharon Creech
ISBN 0064406962 EAN 9780064406963 Harper Paperback (9 and up) WB Price: $11.95
Zinny lives in Bybanks, Kentucky, with too many brothers and sisters -- a mess of "tadpoles" and "pumpkins" is what her uncle Nate calls them. When Zinny discovers a mysterious, overgrown trail that begins on her family's farm, she's determined to clear it, from start to finish. She's finally found a place of her own, a place where she can go, away from her family, to hear herself think. But what Zinny didn't realize is that the mysteries of the trail are intertwined with her own spaghetti of unanswered questions and family secrets, and that the trail -- and her passion to uncover -- is leading her on a journey home.Newberry Medal winnner Sharon Creech's new novel is a powerful, beautifully crafted story about a young girl discovering that life is a tangle of mysteries, surprises and everyday occurences -- a journey that often needs unravelling and that sometimes must be traveled alone.  19 cms L x 13 cms W (0.19 kgs) 272 pages

Stowaway by Karen Hesse
ISBN 0689839898 EAN 9780689839894 Aladdin Paperback (11 to 15)
WB Price: $11.95
It is known that in the summer of 1768, Captain James Cook sailed from England on H.M.S "Endeavour," beginning a three-year voyage around the world on a secret mission to discover an unknown continent at the bottom of the globe. What is less known is that a boy by the name of Nicholas Young was a stowaway on that ship. Newbery winner Karen Hesse re-creates Cook's momentous voyage through the eyes of this remarkable boy, creating a fictional journal filled with fierce hurricanes, warring natives, and disease, as Nick discovers new lands, incredible creatures, and lifelong friends. "New York Times" bestseller.19.46 cms L x 13 cms W (0.21 kgs) 320 pages

Regarding The Fountain by Kate Klise
ISBN 0380793474 EAN 9780380793471 Harper Paperback (9 to 13)
WB Price: $10.95
The Dry Creek Middle School drinking fountain has sprung a leak, so principal Walter Russ dashes off a request to Flowing Waters Fountains, Etc., asking for a new fountain. Designer Flo Waters responds with delight, but advises that all fountains are custom-made. Soon the fountain project takes on a life of its own, one chronicled in letters, postcards, memos, transcripts, and official documents. The school board is up in arms. So is the water-supply company. A scandal is brewing, and the fifth-grade class is turning up a host of hilarious secrets buried deep beneath the fountain.Awards: California Young Reader Medal | Nominee | Intermediate | 2002 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2002 ; Golden Sower Award | Honor Book | Grades 4-6 | 2002 ; Nutmeg Childrens Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-6 | 2002 ;19 cms L x 13 cms W (0.10 kgs) 144 pages 

Top Secret by James Reynolds Gardiner
ISBN 0316303631 EAN 9780316303637 Little Brown Paperback 
WB Price: $10.95 (9 to 13) 
Despite the disapproval of his parents and his formidable science teacher, nine-year-old Allen determines to do his science project on human photosynthesis.19 cms L x 12.9 cms W (0.09 kgs) 128 pages

The Frog Princess by Ed Baker
ISBN 1582349231 EAN 9781582349237 Bloomsbury Paperback 
WB Price: $12.25 (9 to 13) 
Princess Emeralda a.ka. Emma isn't exactly an ideal princess. Her laugh is more like a donkey's bray than tinkling bells. She trips over her own feet and she does "not like Prince Jorge, whom her mother hopes she will marry. But if Emma ever thought to escape her troubles, she never expected it to happen by turning into a frog! When convinced to kiss a frog so he might return to being a prince, somehow the spell is reversed and Emma turns into a frog herself! Thus begins their adventure--a quest to return to human form. Fascinating and hilarious characters ranging from a self-conscious but friendly bat to a surprisingly loyal snake and a wise green witch confirm that readers won't soon forget this madcap story.19.8 cms L x 14 cms W (0.19 kgs) 214 pages 

The Princess Tales by Gail Levine
ISBN 0060518413 EAN 9780060518417 Harper Paperback  (8 to 13)
WB Price: $11.95
Once upon a time... " A kind sister and a cruel one. A charming prince. A spiteful fairy. A hundred-year snooze. A pea under a pile of mattresses. A kiss. All the familiar ingredients, but why is the punished sister happy? Where did that extra prince come from, and what does a flock of balding sheep or a fleck of tuna in a chocolate cake have to do with anything? Gail Levine has waved her magic wand over three well-known fairy tales, and presto! They are transformed -- and sparklingly funny-in these delightful retellings: "The Fairy's Mistake The Princess Test Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep Happily ever after has never been so hilarious!  19 cms L x 13 cms W (0.15 kgs) 240 pages

The Fire Eaters by David Almond
ISBN 0440420121 EAN 9780440420125 Delacorte Paperback
(9 and up) WB Price: $10.95
Bobby Burns knows he's a lucky lad. Growing up in sleepy Keely Bay, Bobby is exposed to all manner of wondrous things: stars reflecting off the icy sea, a friend that can heal injured fawns with her dreams, a man who can eat fire. But darkness seems to be approaching Bobby's life from all sides. Bobby's new school is a cold, cruel place. His father is suffering from a mysterious illness that threatens to tear his family apart. And the USA and USSR are testing nuclear missiles and creeping closer and closer to a world-engulfing war. Together with his wonder-working friend, Ailsa Spink, and the fire-eating illusionist McNulty, Bobby will learn to believe in miracles that will save the people and place he loves. Boston Globe- Horn Book Award, Whitbread Award for Best Children's Book.19.8 cms L x 13. cms W (0.15 kgs) 218 pages

The House of The Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
ISBN 0689852231 EAN 9780689852237 Simon Paperback (11+) 
WB Price: $18.95
Matt is a clone of El Patrin, a powerful drug lord of the land of Opium, which is located between the United States and Mexico. For six years, he has lived in a tiny cottage in the poppy fields with Celia, a kind and deeply religious servant woman who is charged with his care and safety. He knows little about his existence until he is discovered by a group of children playing in the fields and wonders why he isn't like them. Though Matt has been spared the fate of most clones, who have their intelligence destroyed at birth, the evil inhabitants of El Patrin's empire consider him a "beast" and an "eejit." When El Patrin dies at the age of 146, fourteen- year-old Matt escapes Opium with the help of Celia and Tam Lin, his devoted bodyguard who wants to right his own wrongs. After a near misadventure in his escape, Matt makes his way back home and begins to rid the country of its evils. National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, and a Printz Honor.20.78 cms L x 14 cms W (0.36 kgs) 380 pages

Surviving The Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
ISBN 0064410447 EAN 9780064410441 Harper Paperback 
WB Price: $10.95 (12 and up) 
Will anyone take on Jake Semple? Jake Semple is notorious. Rumor has it he burned down his old school and got kicked out of every school in his home state. Only one place will take him now, and that's a home school run by the Applewhites, a chaotic and hilarious family of artists. The only one who doesn't fit the Applewhite mold is E.D. -- a smart, sensible girl who immediately clashes with the unruly Jake. Jake thinks surviving this one will be a breeze . . . but is he really as tough or as bad as he seems? 19.25 cms L x 13 cms W (0.15 kgs) 216 pages

Molly Moon Stops the World by Georgia Byng
ISBN 0060514159 EAN 9780060514150 Harper Paperback (9 to 13)
WB Price: $13.95
You are about to embark on an incredible journey to Hollywood with the dazzling young hypnotist Molly Moon. But be warned: this trip is very dangerous, evil lurks on every page. Molly Moon is back -- and this time she's hypnotizing her way to the Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Along with Rocky and Petula the pug, Molly is tracking the sinister activities of American billionaire Primo Cell, who wants to become president and take over the world. He has all the Hollywood celebrities in his power, but Molly Moon has an amazing power of her own, which even she doesn't know about. . . 19.35 cms L x 13.36 cms W (0.27 kgs) 375 pages

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Prachett
ISBN 0060012358 EAN 9780060012359 Harper Paperback (12 and up) WB Price: $11.95
It's time for the rats to tell their side of the Pied Piper story. Think rats can't talk? These rats can, and not only that, they also read, disarm mousetraps, and concoct schemes with a genius cat known as the Amazing Maurice. People would have been really amazed if they'd ever found out that the rats and the piper met up with a cat somewhere outside of town and solemnly counted out the money. The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits. For this is a town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where cellars are lined with deadly traps, and where a terrifying evil lurks beneath the hunger-stricken streets....Set in Terry Pratchett's widely popular Discworld, this masterfully crafted, gripping read is both compelling and funny. When one of the world's most acclaimed fantasy writers turns a classic fairy tale on its head, no one will ever look at the Pied Piper -- or rats -- the same way again! Winner of the 2001 Carnegie Medal .17.37 cms L x 11 cms W (0.17 kgs) 368 pages