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June 2009

June’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes THE SORCERER OF THE NORTH, book five in John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice fantasy/adventure series; PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON, the action-packed finale to Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson’s Starcatchers trilogy; QUESTE, the fourth installment of Angie Sage’s Septimus Heap series, in which the protagonist continues his journey of Magykal self-discovery; and NO TALKING, a middle-grade novel from Andrew Clements that pits boys against girls in an experiment that will determine which team can say the fewest words during the course of two full days.


Stand-Alone Chapter Books/Middle Grade Titles

Book Cover Art 1001 CRANES
Naomi Hirahara
Yearling/Random House
ISBN: 9780440422341
Ages 10-up
240 pages

Book Cover Art CHASING NORMAL
Lisa Papademetriou
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423103417
Ages 9-12
208 pages

Book Cover Art NO TALKING
Andrew Clements
Aladdin
ISBN: 9781416909842
Ages 8-12
160 pages

Book Cover Art THE RISING STAR OF THE RUSTY NAIL
Lesley M.M. Blume
Yearling/Random House
ISBN: 9780440421115
Ages 8-12
288 pages

Book Cover Art SLIPPING
Cathleen Davitt Bell
Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books
ISBN: 9781599903606
Ages 10-14
224 pages



Series Books/Sequels

Ottoline

Book Cover Art OTTOLINE AND THE YELLOW CAT
written and illustrated by Chris Riddell
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780061448812
Ages 8-12
176 pages

Ranger’s Apprentice

Book Cover Art RANGER’S APPRENTICE Book 5: THE SORCERER OF THE NORTH
John Flanagan
Puffin Books/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9780142414293
Ages 10-up
320 pages

Septimus Heap

Book Cover Art QUESTE: Septimus Heap, Book Four
Angie Sage
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780060882099
Ages 9-up
608 pages

Starcatchers Trilogy

Book Cover Art PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON
Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423123262
Ages 10-up
496 pages

Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?

Book Cover Art ATTACK OF THE GROWLING EYEBALLS: Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?, Book 1
written by Lin Oliver
illustrated by Stephen Gilpin

Aladdin
ISBN: 9781416909583
Ages 8-12
112 pages

Book Cover Art ESCAPE OF THE MINI-MUMMY: Who Shrunk Daniel Funk?, Book 2
written by Lin Oliver
illustrated by Stephen Gilpin

Aladdin
ISBN: 9781416909606
Ages 8-12
160 pages


Picture Books

Book Cover Art THE DARING NELLIE BLY: America’s Star Reporter
Bonnie Christensen
Dragonfly Books/Random House
ISBN: 9780375851186
Ages 6-12
32 pages

Book Cover Art SO FAR FROM THE SEA
written by Eve Bunting
illustrated by Chris K. Soentpiet

Sandpiper Books
ISBN: 9780547237527
Ages 8-12
32 pages

--- Compiled by Devon Canterbury and written by Tom Donadio

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