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January-February 2008
Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, and Fantasy:
Genre Fiction for Young People

Explore genre fiction for children and teens.

These books are available at your local bookstore. Check the ABA's directory of member bookstores for a bookseller near you. You may also purchase these books at BookSense.com. Showcase titles are selected by the books' publishers, who provide cover art, interior art, and descriptive information.

Baxter Moon Galactic Scout
By John Zakour
Brown Barn Books

A funny space exploration by a puzzled 15-year-old Galactic Scout and his peculiar crew.

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By various authors
Arthur A. Levine Books

Eoin Colfer, Nick Hornby, Roddy Doyle, Linda Sue Park, David Almond --and more-- top authors team up to tell the story of a man who magically connects the lives and times of young people around the world.

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The Cricket Winter
By Felice Holman
Illustrated by Robyn Thomas
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

Reissued with charming new illustrations, this beloved classic follows nine-year-old Simms as he learns to communicate via Morse code with the cricket living under the floor of his bedroom.

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The Enemy Has a Face
By Gloria D. Miklowitz
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

A Los Angeles teenager's disappearance ignites age-old Arab-Israeli hostility in this tense novel by popular YA author Gloria Miklowitz.

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The Garden of Eve
By K.L. Going
Harcourt Children's Books

In this magical tale both heartwarming and spine-chilling a girl grieving for her dead mother stumbles upon a mysterious curse in her new town.

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Imaginary Menagerie
A Book of Curious Creatures

By Julie Larios
Illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Harcourt Children's Books

Curious creatures of mythology are illuminated through playful, innovative text and gorgeous illustration in this collaboration by poet Julie Larios and painter Julie Paschkis.

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Lilith
By George MacDonald
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

George MacDonald's most famous fairy tale, first published in 1895, transports readers through a looking glass into a haunting world filled with lessons about the ultimate mystery of evil.

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Northlander:
Tales of the Northlands, Book One

By Meg Burden
Brown Barn Books

Debut fantasy of a courageous young woman whose decisions can change a hostile world.

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The Octave of Angels
By Margaret McAllister
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

From the author of The Mistmantle Chronicles comes this gripping story of a young man who moves with his family to a small English village.

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Reincarnation
By Suzanne Weyn
Scholastic Press

The ultimate historical romance: one love story unfolds over many centuries and many lives in this captivating pageturner from Suzanne Weyn.

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Secrets in the House of Delgado
By Gloria D. Miklowitz
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

In Spain in 1492, the Catholic Church helps a fourteen-year-old orphan find a position as a servant to a wealthy family of converted Jews. But the church also asks something of her in return...

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Secrets of the Cirque Medrano
By Elaine Scott
Charlesbridge Publishing

A young girl, a circus performer, Picasso, and a revolutionary are drawn together in an intrigue in Belle Epoch Paris.

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Storm Thief
By Chris Wooding
Scholastic Press

A darkly thrilling novel from master storyteller Chris Wooding, about a civilization plagued by chaos and reality-rearranging storms.

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The Twilight Box:
Tales of Terre II

By Troon Harrison
Brown Barn Books

Sequel to THE SEPARATED,a beautifully written exciting fantasy set in an exotic violent land of desert and misty mountains.

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