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265 pp.
| Abrams/Amulet
| April, 2014
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4197-0929-6$16.95
(3)
YA
Unwitting, anti-heroic detective Charlie, framed for a stranger's drug overdose, must track down a flash drive to clear his name and maybe win back the girl. But Charlie is not the only one looking, and it turns out that the flash drive isn't the only thing Charlie needs to uncover in this clever high school noir.
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Adam Gustavson.
Lendroth's text is based on the true story of Dorsey, a border collie that carried mail between two California mining towns in 1885. The tale focuses on Dorsey's daily mile-and-a-half trek and his rapport with the prospectors and a young girl named Nellie. Gustavson's oils effectively depict the rich hues and oppressive heat of the Mojave Desert setting. An author's note is appended.
103 pp.
| Greenwillow
| April, 2001
|
TradeISBN 0-06-029397-7$$14.95
|
LibraryISBN 0-06-029398-5$$14.89
(2)
4-6
A lost gold mine is the pivotal element in this rapidly paced Western adventure, but the real treasure is Fleischman's ability to spin a yarn. Newly orphaned, twelve-year-old Bo Gamage travels from San Francisco to the Mojave Desert to join his estranged relations who hate him on sight because of a long-standing family feud--the resolution of which is the happy conclusion to this light-as-cotton-candy concoction, set in contemporary times.
Reviewer: Mary M. Burns
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
May, 2001
3 reviews
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