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August 2009

August’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes THE TIME PARADOX, the sixth installment in Eoin Colfer’s fantasy series that continues the story of teenage criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl; THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES, the highly anticipated sequel to THE SEA OF TROLLS from National Book Award winner and Newbery Honor author Nancy Farmer; KINGDOM KEEPERS II: DISNEY AT DAWN, which marks the return of our heroes from Ridley Pearson’s DISNEY AFTER DARK as they embark on another adventure to save Walt Disney World; THE NEW GIRL, book two in Meg Cabot's middle-grade series featuring Allie Finkle, who's starting fourth grade at a brand-new school; and THE GOLLYWHOPPER GAMES by Jody Feldman, an inventive and interactive page-turner in which a determined young boy sets out to win the Golly Toy & Game Company's ultimate competition --- his future happiness depends on it.


Stand-Alone Chapter Books/Middle Grade Titles

Book Cover Art THE ENTERTAINER AND THE DYBBUK
Sid Fleischman
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 9780061771408
Ages 9-14
192 pages

Book Cover Art THE GOLLYWHOPPER GAMES
Jody Feldman
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 9780061214523
Ages 10-14
336 pages

Book Cover Art SMILES TO GO
Jerry Spinelli
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780064471978
Ages 10-up
272 pages


Series Books/Sequels

Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls

Book Cover Art ALLIE FINKLE’S RULES FOR GIRLS: Book Two - THE NEW GIRL
Meg Cabot
Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545040426
Ages 8-12
240 pages

Amelia Bedelia

Book Cover Art AMELIA BEDELIA TALKS TURKEY
written by Herman Parish
illustrated by Lynn Sweat

Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 9780060843540
Ages 5-9
64 pages

Araminta Spookie

Book Cover Art ARAMINTA SPOOKIE 5: GHOSTSITTERS
Angie Sage
Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780061449253
Ages 7-10
224 pages

Artemis Fowl

Book Cover Art ARTEMIS FOWL #6: THE TIME PARADOX
Eoin Colfer
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423108375
Ages 10-up
400 pages

The Curse of the Jolly Stone Trilogy

Book Cover Art THE CASTAWAYS: The Curse of the Jolly Stone Trilogy, Book III
Iain Lawrence
Laurel Leaf Books/Random House
ISBN: 9780440238126
Ages 10-up
240 pages

Darkside

Book Cover Art DARKSIDE, Book 1
Tom Becker
Orchard Books/Scholastic
ISBN: 9780545037402
Ages 10-up
272 pages

Groosham Grange

Book Cover Art GROOSHAM GRANGE
Anthony Horowitz
Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9780142414163
Ages 10-up
224 pages

Kingdom Keepers

Book Cover Art KINGDOM KEEPERS II: DISNEY AT DAWN
Ridley Pearson
Disney-Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423107088
Ages 10-up
384 pages

Nightmare Academy

Book Cover Art NIGHTMARE ACADEMY #2: MONSTER MADNESS
Dean Lorey
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780061340475
Ages 10-up
320 pages

Paddington Bear

Book Cover Art PADDINGTON HERE AND NOW
Michael Bond
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780061473661
Ages 8-12
176 pages

Skulduggery Pleasant

Book Cover Art SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT #2: PLAYING WITH FIRE
Derek Landy
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780061240904
Ages 10-up
416 pages

Sequel to THE SEA OF TROLLS

Book Cover Art THE LAND OF THE SILVER APPLES
Nancy Farmer
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781416907367
Ages 10-14
528 pages

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

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