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January 2008
January’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes SMALL STEPS, Louis Sachar's follow-up to his 1998 bestseller HOLES, in which Theodore Johnson (aka Armpit) tries to turn his life around following his release from Camp Green Lake; GOSSAMER, a contemporary fantasy from two-time Newbery Medal winner Lois Lowry that examines the origins of our dreams and nightmares; SWORDBIRD, a captivating tale full of adventure, bravery, heroism and a fascinating bird world created by teenage author Nancy Yi Fan; FRAMED, in which Frank Cottrell Boyce --- who wrote the award-winning novel MILLIONS --- tells the story of a boy who reminds an entire town of the power of art; and Nikki Grimes’s THE ROAD TO PARIS, a Coretta Scott King Honor book about a foster child who is half black and trying to adjust to life in a town that is mostly white.
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ALL OF THE ABOVE
CORNELIA AND THE AUDACIOUS ESCAPADES OF THE SOMERSET SISTERS
THE FASHION DISASTER THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
FRAMED
FREE BASEBALL
GOSSAMER
MISSY VIOLET AND ME
THE PHANTOM ISLES
A PICKPOCKET’S TALE
THE ROAD TO PARIS
SWORDBIRD
PIRATE EMPEROR: The Wave Walkers, Book Two
SMALL STEPS
WATER STREET
