(4) YA Authors Teens Love series. These biographies tell about the lives and works of popular authors. The main texts are generally bland; however, the appended short interviews or collections of quotes do shed some light on the minds of those who make a living at their craft and will perhaps inspire would-be teen writers. Some photographs and pull-quotes help break up the pages. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Authors Teens Love titles: Amy Tan, Lois Duncan, Isaac Asimov, and Vivian Vande Velde.

Reviewer: Laura A. Woollett

(4) 4-6 When thirteen-year-old Zoey, ashamed of her Native American ancestry, travels back in time to 1811 Tennessee, she befriends Prudence, a missionary's daughter, and becomes a hero during the New Madrid earthquakes. Details about the disaster are the most compelling aspect of the novel, which features alternating entries from the girls' overexuberant journals.

Reviewer: Norah Piehl