Breaking Through by Francisco Jiménez
ISBN 0618342486 EAN 9780618342488 Houghton Paperback (12 to 17) WB Price: $11.95
At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jimenez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and Mexican border in Nogales, Arizona. In the months and years that follow, Francisco, his mother and father, and his seven brothers and sister not only struggle to keep their family together, but also face crushing poverty, long hours of labor, and blatant prejudice. How they sustain their hope, their goodheartedness, and tenacity is revealed in this moving sequel to The Circuit.  ; 17.8 cms L x 12.8 cms W (0.20 kgs) 208 pages 

The Outsiders by S.E Hinton
ISBN 014038572X EAN 9780140385724 Puffin Paperback (12 to 17)
WB Price: $16.50
Three brothers struggle to stay together after their parents' death, as they search for an identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society in which they find themselves "outsiders". When it was first published in 1967, The Outsiders defied convention with its immediate, deeply sympathetic portrayal of Ponyboy and his struggle to find a place for himself in a difficult world. Thirty years later, it speaks to teenagers as powerfully as ever. Reviews: "This remarkable novel gives a moving, credible view of the outsiders from the inside. . . we meet powerful characters in a book with a powerful message." -- The Horn Book "Taut with tension, filled with drama . . ." -- The Chicago Tribune ; 18.26 cms L x 11.18 cms W (0.13 kgs)

That Was Then, This Is Now by S.E Hinton
ISBN 0140389660 EAN 9780140389661 Penguin Paperback
(12 to 17) WB Price: $16.50
Published four years after her phenomenally successful first novel, "The Outsiders, " this "mature, disciplined novel" ("The New York Times") confirms Hinton's place in the canon of young adult literature. Set in the same working-class landscape as "The Outsiders, That Was Then, This Is Now" paints a deeply felt portrait of best friends Byron and Mark, as they grow up and grow apart. 19.15 cms L x 10.92 cms W (0.13 kgs) 159 pages

The First Part Last by Angela Johnson
ISBN 0689849230 EAN 9780689849237 Simon Paperback (12+) WB Price: $11.95
Bobby's a classic urban teenager. He's restless. He's impulsive. But the thing that makes him different is this: He's going to be a father. His girlfriend, Nia, is pregnant, and their lives are about to change forever. Instead of spending time with friends, they'll be spending time with doctors, and next, diapers. They have options: keeping the baby, adoption. They want to do the right thing. If only it was clear what the right thing was. Awards: Coretta Scott King Award | Winner | Author | 2004 ; Michael L. Printz Award | Winner | Young Adult | 2004 ;18 cms L x 10.7 cms W (0.07 kgs) 144 pages

How Tia Lola Came To Stay by Julia Alvarez
ISBN 0440418704 EAN 9780440418702 Yearling Paperback(8 to 12) WB Price: $9.95
A delightfully entertaining story of family and culture from acclaimed author Julia Alvarez. Moving to Vermont after his parents split, Miguel has plenty to worry about! Tia Lola, his quirky, "carismatica, and maybe magical aunt makes his life even more unpredictable when she arrives from the Dominican Republic to help out his Mami. Like her stories for adults, Julia Alvarez's first middle-grade book sparkles with magic as it illuminates a child's experiences living in two cultures. 19.8 cms L x 13. cms W (0.11 kgs) 160 pages

Many Stones by Carolyn Coman
ISBN 0142301485 EAN 9780142301487 Puffin Paperback (12 to 17)
WB Price: $9.95
Sixteen-year-old Berry Morgan lives with her mother in Rockville, Maryland, where her mother works as a reading tutor. Berry's father, a lobbyist, lives in San Francisco with his girlfriend. He comes in and out of Berry's life unpredictably. A year and a half ago, he showed up at her school with shocking news: Berry's sister was dead. While working as a volunteer at a school in Capetown, South Africa, Laura had been brutally murdered.Now Berry sets out on a two-week trip to South Africa with her father to attend a memorial service for Laura. He has arranged some other activities as well: a business meeting in Johannesburg during which Berry awaits him at a posh hotel; a guided tour of Soweto by minivan; and three days at Krueger National Park, where they live in round huts and go out spotting giraffes by day and elephants, leopards, and lions by night. Berry and her father's painful journey forces them to look beyond their own grieving and bear witness to a country's tortured search for truth and reconciliation. Awards:National Book Awards | Nominee 2000 ; Michael L. Printz Award | Honor Book | Young Adults | 2001 ;17.7 cms L x 11 cms W (0.10 kgs) 158 pages

Chanda's Secret by Allan Stratton
ISBN 1550378341 EAN 9781550378344 Annick Paperback 
(14 to 17) WB Price: $19.95
"A girl's struggle amid the African AIDS pandemic. ""As soon as I get back from the shabeen, I go next door to see Mrs. Tafa. I have to ask to use her phone to let our relatives know about Sara. I'm nervous. Mrs. Tafa would like to run the world. Since she can't run the world she's decided to run our neighborhood." So speaks sixteen-year-old Chanda, an astonishingly perceptive girl living in the small city of Bonang, a fictional city in Southern Africa.While Mrs. Tafa's hijinks are often amusing, the fact is that Chanda's world is profoundly difficult. When her youngest sister dies, the first hint of HIV/AIDS emerges. In this sensitive, swiftly- paced story readers will find echoes of "To Kill a Mockingbird as Chanda must confront undercurrents of shame and stigma. Not afraid to explore the horrific realities of AIDS, Chanda's Secrets also captures the enduring strength of loyalty, friendship and family ties. Above all, it is a story about the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth. Through the artful style of acclaimed author Allan Stratton, the determination and resilience Chanda embodies will live on in readers' minds. Awards: Michael L. Printz Award | Honor Book | Young Adult | 2005 ; ForeWord Book of the Year Award | Winner | Children-Y/A Fiction | 2004 ; 18.59 cms L x 12.90 cms W (0.19 kgs) 193 pages

Skellig by David Almond
ISBN 0440416027 EAN 9780440416029 Yearling Paperback 
(10 to 12) WB Price: $11.95
Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. It was all going to be wonderful. But now his baby sister's ill, his parents are frantic, and Dr. Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then one day he steps into the crumbling garage.What is this thing beneath the spiderwebs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never seen before? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend Mina. Together they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever.Told in lyrical prose, Skellig is a mystery, an adventure, and a family story, in which Michael learns about nature, poetry, and the healing power of love. Reviews:"Almond makes a triumphant debut in the field of children's literature with prose that is at once eerie, magical, and poignant."--"Publishers Weekly"A powerful, atmospheric story . . . the marvelous and everyday mix in haunting, memorable ways."--"Kirkus Reviews, Pointer"A lovingly done, thought-provoking novel."--"School Library Journal"Its strength as a novel is in its subtlety. . . . Skellig is a fine book."--"The New York Times Book Review"Some of the writing takes one's breath away."--"Booklist Awards: Awards: Parents Choice Award (Fall) | Winner | Silver | 1999 ; Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award | Nominee | Grades 4-8 | 2001 ; 19 cms L x 13 cms W (0.13 kgs) 192 pages

Fat Kid Rules The World by K.L Going
ISBN 0142402087 EAN 9780142402085 Speak Paperback (13 to 17)
WB Price: $11.95
Troy Billings at six-foot-one, 296 pounds, is standing at the edge of a subway platform, seriously contemplating suicide, when he meets Curt MacCrae--an emaciated, semi-homeless punk guitar genius who also happens to be a dropout legend at Troy's school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. "I saved your life, " Curt tells Troy. "You owe me lunch." But lunch with Curt brings more than Troy bargained for. Suddenly, Troy finds himself recruited as Curt's drummer for his new band. However, there are a few problems. Troy can't play the drums. Troy's father thinks Curt is a drug addict. And Troy's brother thinks Curt is a loser. But with Curt, anything is possible. "You'll see, " says Curt. "We're going to be HUGE." Fortunately, mercurial Curt has an energy, enthusiasm, and wisdom that is as irresistible as it is contagious. Before long Troy is swept up by his desire to be everything Curt believes him to be. Praise for Fat Kid Rules the World... In this outstanding, funny, and edgy debut, Going tells an engaging story of two unlikely friends who meet when a high-school dropout talks a boy out of suicide--and who ultimately save each other. 21.7 cms L x 13.8 cms W (0.20 kgs) 185 pages

Postcards From No Man's Land by Aidan Chambers
ISBN 0142401455 EAN 9780142401453 Speak Paperback (14+) 
WB Price: $14.95
Seventeen-year-old Jacob Todd is about to discover himself. Jacob's plan is to go to Amsterdam to honor his grandfather who died during World War II. He expects to go, set flowers on his grandfather's tombstone, and explore the city. But nothing goes as planned. Jacob isn't prepared for love--or to face questions about his sexuality. Most of all, he isn't prepared to hear what Geertrui, the woman who nursed his grandfather during the war, has to say about their relationship. Geertrui was always known as Jacob's grandfather's kind and generous nurse. But it seems that in the midst of terrible danger, Geertrui and Jacob's grandfather's time together blossomed into something more than a girl caring for a wounded soldier. And like Jacob, Geertrui was not prepared. Geertrui and Jacob live worlds apart, but their voices blend together to tell one story--a story that transcends time and place and war. By turns moving, vulnerable, and thrilling, this extraordinary novel takes the reader on a memorable voyage of discovery. Awards: 2003 Michael Printz Award; Carnegie Medal 2003; 21. cms L x 13.9 cms W (0.37 kgs) 312 pages

The Canning Season 
ISBN 0374410429 EAN 9780374410421 Farrar Paperback 
(12 to 16) WB Price: $13.95
Pensacola apartment momentarily to take the train up north. There she will spend the summer with her aged relatives Penpen and Tilly, inseparable twins who couldn't look more different from each other. Staying at their secluded house, Ratchet is treated to a passel of strange family history and local lore, along with heaps of generosity and care that she has never experienced before. Also, Penpen has recently espoused a new philosophy - whatever shows up on your doorstep you have to let in. Through thick wilderness, down forgotten, bear-ridden roads, come a variety of characters, drawn to Penpen and Tilly's open door. It is with vast reservations that the cautious Tilly allows these unwelcome guests in. But it turns out that unwelcome guests may bring the greatest gifts. By turns dark and humorous, Polly Horvath offers adolescent readers enough quirky characters and outrageous situations to leave them reeling! National Book Award ; 19 cms L x 13 cms W (0.21 kgs) 195 pages

Mean Margaret by Tor Seidler
ISBN 0064410390 EAN 9780064410397 Harper Paperback 
(8 to 12) WB Price: $17.95
Question: What do a pair of newlywed woodchucks, a squirrel, a testy snake, a skunk, and a couple of bats have in common with a family of pudgy human beings named Hubble? Answer: Their lives are all turned topsy-turvy by a tyrannical three- year-old named Margaret. Question: Will Mean Margaret ever realize that there's more to life than being nasty to everybody? Answer: Read this touching comedy and find out. ‘ It's just possible that not since a spider named Charlotte saved a pig named Wilbur has there been a more tender tale of interspecies love and devotion.' 'The New York Times Book Review ‘ This well-realized fantasy has everything a reader could want adventure, humor, and style.' ALA Booklist ;An ALA Notable Children's Book ;22.66 cms L x 17 cms W (0.27 kgs) 176 pages

Nurse Matilda (Collected Tales)
ISBN 1582346704 EAN 9781582346700 Bloomsbury Hardcover
(7 to 12) WB Price: $29.95
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were forever having trouble with their numerous and incredibly naughty children . . . until the day Nurse Matilda entered their lives.First published nearly fifty years ago, Nurse Matilda and its two companion books-"Nurse Matilda Goes to Town and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital-have charmed readers ever since. Now the inspiration for the major motion picture Nanny McPhee, all three beloved books are available once again in a deluxe hardcover edition which features the three complete and unabridged books by Christianna Brand, along with Edward Ardizzone's charming black-and-white illustrations.20 cms L x 13.7 cms W (0.47 kgs) 300 pages

Nurse Matilda (Collected Tales)
ISBN 1582346712 EAN: 9781582346717 Bloomsbury Paperback
(7 to 12) WB Price: $13.95
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were forever having trouble with their numerous and incredibly naughty children . . . until the day Nurse Matilda entered their lives.First published nearly fifty years ago, Nurse Matilda and its two companion books-"Nurse Matilda Goes to Town" and "Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital"-have charmed readers ever since. Now the inspiration for the major motion picture "Nanny McPhee," all three beloved books are available once again in a paperback omnibus edition which features the three complete and unabridged books by Christianna Brand, along with Edward Ardizzone's charming black-and-white illustrations. This movie tie-in edition also features an eight-page color photo insert.19.86 cms L x 12.8 cms W (0.30 kgs) 382 pages

Anne of Green Gables by L.M Montgomery
ISBN 0553153277 EAN 9780553153279 Skylark Paperback 
(10 to 14) WB Price: $10.95
Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert had decided to adopt an orphan. They wanted a nice sturdy boy to help Matthew with the farm chores. The orphanage sent a girl instead - a mischievous, talkative redhead who the Cuthberts thought would be no use at all. But as soon as Anne arrived at the snug, white farmhouse called Green Gables, she knew she wanted to stay forever. And the longer Anne stayed, the harder it was for anyone to imagine Green Gables without her. 19 cms L x 13. cms W (0.21 kgs) 320 pages

Jenny And The Cat Club by Esther Averill
ISBN 1590170474 EAN 9781590170472 New York Review Hardcover (8 to 12) WB Price: $29.95
In Greenwich Village, an orphaned black cat — the beguiling Jenny Linsky — lives happily with her sea-captain master. Jenny longs to join the local Cat Club, whose members include Madame Butterfly, the fancy dancer Macaroni, and stately, plump Mr. President. But can she prove that she, too, has a special gift? Join Jenny and her friends, including fearless Pickles the Fire Cat, mascot of Hook and Ladder Company 7X, on their spirited and sweet downtown adventures and discover the wonderful world of this special feline and her friends. 22 cms L x 14.27 cms W (0.34 kgs) 176 pages

Miracles On Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
ISBN 0152047182 EAN 9780152047184 Odyssey Paperback (8+)
WB Price: $10.95
Marly's father came back from the war a different man. Something inside him seems as cold and dead as the winter world outside. But when the family moves to Grandma's old house on Maple Hill, miracles begin to happen. The sap in the trees begins to rise, the leaves begin to turn, and Marly's father starts to bloom again, like the world around them.This wise and moving story is a must-have for every reader's library. Award: 1956 Newbery Medal ; 19.7 cms L x 12.9 cms W (0.23 kgs) 256 pages

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
ISBN 0152053107 EAN 9780152053109 Harcourt Paperback (14 to 17) 
WB Price: $16.95
Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has big dreams but little hope of seeing them come true. Desperate for money, she takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters. But when Grace's drowned body is fished from the lake, Mattie discovers that the letters could reveal the grim truth behind a murder. Set in 1906 against the backdrop of the murder that inspired Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy, Jennifer Donnelly's astonishing debut novel effortlessly weaves romance, history, and a murder mystery into something moving, and real, and wholly original.Awards Carnegie Medal | Winner | Children's | 2003 ; Michael L. Printz Award | Honor Book | Young Adult | 2004 ; L.A. Times Book Prize | Winner | Young Adult Fiction | 2003 ;20.27 cms L x 13.46 cms W (0.38 kgs) 396 pages

Let The Circle Be Unbroken by Mildred D. Taylor
ISBN 0140348921 EAN 9780140348927 Puffin Paperback (10 to 17)
WB Price: $13.95
The year is 1935. The young Logan family watches as their friend is charged with murder and tried by an all-white jury.Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need to survive. "A profoundly affecting novel."--"Publishers Weekly." Coretta Scott King Award.18. cms L x 11 cms W (0.22 kgs) 394 pages