Kids New Title Radar, Week of March 11
Next week brings touching and humorous picture books and a new YA title by Sharon Draper. Series releases include the latest in L.J. Smith’s Secret Circle series, The Temptation and Kathy Reich’s third in her Virals series, Code. These, and more highlights, are included on our downloadable spreadsheet, Kids New Title Radar, Week of March 11
Picture Books
Otis and the Puppy, Loren Long, (Penguin/Philomel)
In this new intallment of the series by best-selling author Loren Long, beloved big-eyed farm tractor, Otis faces his own fears to rescue his new friend, the puppy.
Poetry
World Rat Day: Poems About Real Holidays You’ve Never Heard Of, J. Patrick Lewis, Anna Raff, (Candlewick)
If you’re suffering from Poetry Month fatigue, here’s the perfect pick-me-up, wacky holidays honored with humorous poems by the Children’s Poetry Laureate.
Young Adult
Panic, Sharon M. Draper, (S&S/Atheneum)
A teenage girl is abducted. Her story, told in alternating viewpoints, is frightening and believable, with a cover that is creepy, compelling and beautiful all at the same time. Draper has won several awards, including the Coretta Scott King for both Copper Sun and Forged by Fire. Her most recent, Out of My Mind was NYT best seller and received the Josette Frank Award from the Bank Street College of Education.
Starstruck, Rachel Shukert, Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Memoirist/actress, Shukert tries her hand at the YA genre with successful results. A mystery set in 1930’s Hollywood, Starstruck gives an inside look at the struggles of young actresses (think Pretty Little Liars with an earlier setting).