February 2012
New in Paperback
February 2012
February’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes KINGDOM KEEPERS IV: POWER PLAY, a continuation of Ridley Pearson’s adventure story that pits the five teens who modeled as Disney Hologram Imaging hosts against the Overtakers, a group of Disney villains attempting to rescue two of their leaders imprisoned by the Disney Imagineers after a violent encounter at Epcot; BEST OF THE BEST, Tim Green’s latestBaseball Great novel that finds Josh LeBlanc trying to balance his parents’ impending divorce with making the winning plays at the Little League World Series; FAIRIES AND THE QUEST FOR NEVER LAND, the third installment in Gail Carson Levine’s chapter book series, in which Peter Pan comes at last and blows fairy dust on Gwendolyn Carlisle; and NO PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT, Gennifer Choldenko's story of three siblings who find themselves trapped in a fantastical place they've never heard of.
Stand-Alone Chapter Books/Middle Grade Titles
FANTASY BASEBALL
Alan M. Gratz
Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9780142420188
Ages 8-12
320 pages
FORTUNE’S MAGIC FARM
Suzanne Selfors
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316018197
Ages 8-12
288 pages
A NEST FOR CELESTE: A Story About Art, Inspiration, and the Meaning of Home
written and illustrated by Henry Cole
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061704123
Ages 8-12
352 pages
NO PASSENGERS BEYOND THIS POINT
Gennifer Choldenko
Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9780142420522
Ages 10-up
256 pages
NORTHWARD TO THE MOON
Polly Horvath
Yearling/Random House
ISBN: 9780307929808
Ages 10-13
256 pages
THE REINVENTION OF BESSICA LEFTER
Kristen Tracy
Yearling/Random House
ISBN: 9780375845475
Ages 10-up
320 pages
THE STORY OF CIRRUS FLUX
Matthew Skelton
Bluefire/Random House
ISBN: 9780440421696
Ages 9-12
304 pages
Series Books/Sequels
Baseball Great
BEST OF THE BEST: A Baseball Great Novel
Tim Green
HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061686245
Ages 8-up
288 pages
Beyonders
BEYONDERS: A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES
Brandon Mull
Aladdin
ISBN: 9781416997931
Ages 8-12
496 pages
Disney Fairies
FAIRIES AND THE QUEST FOR NEVER LAND
written by Gail Carson Levine
illustrated by David Christiana
Disney Press
ISBN: 9781423160120
Ages 6-10
224 pages
Kingdom Keepers
KINGDOM KEEPERS IV: POWER PLAY
Ridley Pearson
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423153375
Ages 10-up
448 pages
Stink
STINK: THE ULTIMATE THUMB-WRESTLING SMACKDOWN
written by Megan McDonald
illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763643508
Ages 5-8
144 pages
Storm Runners
STORM RUNNERS
Roland Smith
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780545081771
Ages 8-12
160 pages
Suzanna Snow Mysteries
THE MIDNIGHT TUNNEL
Angie Frazier
Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545208635
Ages 8-12
288 pages
Sequel to A WHOLE NOTHER STORY
ANOTHER WHOLE NOTHER STORY
Dr. Cuthbert Soup
Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
ISBN: 9781599907376
Ages 8-12
320 pages
Picture Books
HENRY AARON’S DREAMwritten and illustrated by Matt Tavares
Candlewick Press
ISBN: 9780763658205
Ages 8-10
40 pages
