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== Gruen, Sara (author). Sept. 2010. 310p. Spiegel & Grau, hardcover, $26 (9780385523219). REVIEW. First published August, 2010 (Booklist). ||  ||   ||   ||  ||

Gruen’s respect and love for animals fuel her fiction, most famously her best-selling novel [|Water for Elephants] (2006). Her fourth ensnaring tale features our close relatives, bonobos—exceptionally intelligent and casually sensual great apes. When we first meet the mischievous Bonzi, Sam, Mbongo, Makena, Lola, and Jelani, they are happily ensconced in a cheerful research facility where they request their favorite foods, romp, use computers, watch movies, and converse with humans using American Sign Language. Scientist Isabel considers the bonobos her family and would do anything for them, even after she is nearly when the lab is bombed. The fate of the bonobos is a brilliantly satirical surprise. Suffice it to say that Isabel’s harrowing battle to rescue the apes involves a porn king and is interlaced with the hilarious misadventures of a once A-list newspaper reporter now reduced to working for a tabloid, while his thwarted novelist wife endures insulting inanities as she attempts to launch a sitcom. Rooted in true horror stories of the abuse of research animals and the astonishing discoveries made at the real-life Great Ape Trust, Gruen’s astute, wildly entertaining tale of interspecies connection is a novel of verve and conscience. — Donna Seaman Books in Print (JCKL database) "With every **BooksInPrint.com** subscription, Bowker also offers complimentary [|**PatronBooksInPrint.com™**] access, which features all the content of **BooksInPrint.com**, designed specifically for use by your patrons or customers. Also included is complimentary access to [|**Fiction Connection™**], Bowker's comprehensive online readers' advisory tool, featuring [|**AquaBrowser®**] technology."

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 * **Title:** || Ape House ||
 * **Author:** || [|Sara Gruen] ||
 * **Publication Date:** || September 2010 ||
 * **Publisher:** || [& Grau&|Spiegel & Grau] ||
 * **Country of Publication:** || United States ||
 * **Market:** || United States ||
 * **ISBN:** || 0-385-52321-1 ||
 * **ISBN13:** || 978-0-385-52321-9 ||
 * **EAN:** || 9780385523219 ||
 * **Item Status:** || Active Record (Available for Order) ||
 * **Binding Format:** || Trade Cloth ||
 * **Pages:** || 320 ||
 * **Price:** || $26.00 (USD Retail) [|Random House, Incorporated] (Distributor) ||

1.28 lbs. ||
 * **Also Available Through:** || Baker & Taylor Books; Brodart Company; Follett Library Resources; Ingram Book Company; Partners Book Distributing, Incorporated; Partners/West Book Distributors ||
 * **Current Language:** || English ||
 * **Audience:** || General Adult ||
 * **Bowker Subjects:** || [|FICTION_GENERAL] ||
 * **General Subjects (BISAC):** || [|FICTION / General] ||
 * **LCCN:** || 2010-008928 ||
 * **LC Class #:** || PS3607.R696A86 2010 ||
 * **Dewey #:** || 813/.6 ||
 * **Physical Dimensions (W x L x H):** || 6.4 x 9.5 x .9 in.
 * **Synopsis/Annotation:** || After the extraordinary success of Water for Elephants,with 3 million copies shipped, Sara Gruen returns with another immensely charming, endlessly surprising, and engaging novel in which a family of apes teaches us what it means to be human. Sara Gruen'sWater for Elephants has become one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of our time. Now Gruen has moved from a circus elephant to family of bonobo apes. When the apes are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA. A devoted animal lover, Gruen has had a life-long fascination with human-ape discourse, and a particular interest in Bonobo apes, who share 99.4% of our DNA. She has studied linguistics and a system of lexigrams in order to communicate with apes, and is one of the few visitors who has been allowed access to the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, where the apes have come to love her. In bringing her experience and research to bear on this novel, she opens the animal world to us as few novelists have done. Ape Houseis a riveting, funny, compassionate, and, finally, deeply moving new novel that secures Sara Gruens place as a master storyteller who allows us to see ourselves as we never have before. ||

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The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books is published monthly by The John Hopkins University Press for the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciency, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Bulletin was founded in 1945 and is dedicated entirely to the review of children's books. Because of this, each review gives a reading level. Reviews are written by seven people, each with degrees and experience in the world of library science and education. The editor is Dr. Deborah Stevenson.I could not find an electronic example, however, requests for physical samples can be mailed to: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363

Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (JCKL database) htp:**www.childrenslit.com/index.php**

CLCD is an independent company. The president is Marilyn Courtot. Reviews for this database can be very long. Not only does is show awards the book has won and reading levels but it also collates reviews published from a variety of professional journals such as Kirkus Reviews and Booklist. Annual subscription rates vary. "...Subscription price can be as low as $295.00 per year for use 24 hours a day, seven days a week all year long. For a college or university with an FTE of less than 3,000 at a single campus or a two year college at a single campus with a less than 3,000 FTE the pricing starts at $570.95 per year. For a college or university with a single campus and an FTE greater than 3,000 the starting price is $779.95."

Example: //New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2005.// //377 p. ; 22 cm.// //**Annotations:**// //After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old// // **Percy** // //is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.// //**Best Books:**// //[|Best Books for Young Adults, 2006] ; American Library Association-YALSA-Adult Books for Young Adults Task Force; United States// //[|Choices, 2006] ; Cooperative Children’s Book Center; United States// //[|Kirkus Book Review Stars, June 15, 2005] ; United States// //[|Middle and Junior High School Library Catalog, Supplement to the Ninth Edition, 2006] ; H.W. Wilson Company; United States// //[|Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, 2006] ; National Council of Teachers of English; United States// //[|Notable Children's Books, 2005] ; New York Times; United States// //[|Notable Children's Books, 2006] ; American Library Association-ALSC; United States// //[|School Library Journal Best Books, 2005] ; Cahners; United States// //[|School Library Journal Book Review Stars, August 2005] ; Cahners; United States// //**Awards, Honors, Prizes:**// //[|Colorado Children's Book Award, 2008] Runner-Up Junior Book Colorado// //[|Cuffies: Children's Booksellers Choose Their Favorite (and not-so-favorite) Books of the Year, 2007] Winner Favorite Series United States// //[|Georgia Children's Book Award, 2009] Winner Grades 4-8 Georgia// //[|Golden Sower Award, 2008] Winner Young Adult Nebraska// //[|Grand Canyon Reader Award, 2008] Winner Tween Book Arizona// //[|Indian Paintbrush Book Award, 2009] 2nd Runner Up Grades 4-6 Wyoming// //[|Iowa Teen Award, 2009] Winner Iowa// //[|Louisiana Young Readers' Choice Award, 2008] Winner Grades 6-8 Louisiana// //[|Maine Student Book Award, 2007] Winner Maine// //[|Mark Twain Award, 2008] 1st Place Missouri// //[|Massachusetts Children's Book Award, 2008] Winner Massachusetts// //[|Nene Award, 2008] Winner Hawaii// //[|Nutmeg Children's Book Award, 2008] Winner Teen and Intermediate Connecticut// //[|Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award, 2008] Winner Grades 6-8 Pennsylvania// //[|Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award, 2009] Winner Illinois// //[|Sequoyah Book Award, 2008] Winner Young Adult Oklahoma// //[|South Carolina Junior Book Award, 2008] Winner Grades 6-8 South Carolina// //[|Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, 2007-2008] Winner Grades 6-8 Florida// //[|Virginia Readers' Choice Award, 2008] Winner Middle Virginia// //[|Volunteer State Book Award, 2009] Winner Grades 7-12 Tennessee// //[|Young Reader's Choice Award, 2008] Winner Intermediate Division United States//
 * The lightning thief** Rick Riordan.

//**Curriculum Tools:**// //[|Link to Discussion Guide at Multnomah County Library]// //[|Link to Discussion Guide at Scholastic]// //**Reading Measurement Programs:**//

//Accelerated Reader// //Interest Level Middle Grade// //Book Level 4.7// //Accelerated Reader Points 13// //Accelerated Vocabulary//

//Lexile, MetaMetrics, Inc.// //Lexile Measure 740//

//Reading Counts-Scholastic// //Interest Level 6-8// //Reading Level 5// //Title Point Value 19// //Lexile Measure 740// //**Reviews:**// //**Chris Sherman (Booklist, Sep. 15, 2005 (Vol. 102, No. 2))**// //The escapades of the Greek gods and heroes get a fresh spin in the first book in the// // **Percy****Jackson** // //and the Olympians series, about a contemporary 12-year-old New Yorker who learns he's a demigod. Perseus, aka// // **Percy****Jackson** // //, thinks he has big problems. His father left before he was born, he's been kicked out of six schools in six years, he's dyslexic, and he has ADHD. What a surprise when he finds out that that's only the tip of the iceberg: he vaporizes his pre-algebra teacher, learns his best friend is a satyr, and is almost killed by a minotaur before his mother manages to get him to the safety of Camp Half-Blood--where he discovers that Poseidon is his father. But that's a problem, too. Poseidon has been accused of stealing Zeus' lightning bolt, and unless// // **Percy** // //can return the bolt, humankind is doomed. Riordan's fast-paced adventure is fresh, dangerous, and funny.// // **Percy** // //is an appealing, but reluctant hero, the modernized gods are hilarious, and the parallels to Harry Potter are frequent and obvious. Because Riordan is faithful to the original myths, librarians should be prepared for a rush of readers wanting the classic stories. Category: Books for Older Readers--Fiction. 2005, Hyperion/Miramax, $17.95.// Gr. 6-9. //**Kristopher Richardson (Children's Literature)**// //Twelve year old//

**Percy****Jackson** //has just found out why he never met his father, he is an ancient Greek God who lives on Olympus. And now that//

**Percy** //knows this, his life gets turned around even more when he gets a mission to save the entire world from a cataclysmic fight between the gods. With the help of satyr and a demigod daughter of Athena, will he return Zeus’s stolen weapon in time? This book is a great way to teach the reader about different Greek gods and other creatures, like the Minotaur and satyrs.//

**Percy** //also suffers from dyslexia and ADHD and is often labeled as a troublemaker, but then finally finds a place where he can be accepted by kids who are just like him. He learns the value of his mother and of his friends who save him many times. This book definitely left me wanting the sequel! Category: Fiction.. 2005, Hyperion Books for Children, $17.95. Ages 11 to 16.// //**Monica Irwin (The Lorgnette - Heart of Texas Reviews (Vol. 18, No. 1))**//

**Percy****Jackson** //is living a somewhat normal life until one day at a museum one of his teachers suddenly becomes a horrible beast and tries to kill him. It is then that he discovers he is not a normal kid. His name is actually Perseus and his father is the god, Poseidon. His mother has tried to protect him his whole life by moving him every year. She even married an incredibly stinky man, nicknamed "Smelly Gabe," by//

**Percy** //. Gabe’s bad body order apparently covers up the smell of Percy’s half-god status. After the attack by the teacher,//

**Percy** //is sent to a summer camp for other half-god children. On his way there, he is once again attacked. This time by the minotaur. It is while at camp that//

**Percy** //discovers who his father truly is and that he will need to go on a quest. Percy’s quest will involve proving his innocence against charges that he stole from Zeus. He and two friends will travel to Hades--found, of course, under California. Mount Olympus is on the 600th floor of the Empire State Building in New York City.//

**Percy** //and his two friends, Grover, a satyr, and Annabeth, also a half-god travel across the country. Meanwhile they meet Ares, Medusa, and many of the other gods and goddesses. The story is humorous and filled with action and adventure.//

**Percy** //is a very likable hero. Plus with an ending just begging for sequels, this book will indeed be a popular choice among all readers. (//

**Percy****Jackson** //& The Olympians.). Fiction, Highly Recommended. Grades 5 and up. 2005, Miramax Books, 377p., $17.95. Ages 10 up.// //**David Goodale (VOYA, August 2005 (Vol. 28, No. 3))**// //Riordan borrows J. K. Rowling's magical formula in this obvious Harry Potter imitation with a nod to Lemony Snicket.//

**Percy****Jackson** //(Riordan's Harry Potter) is a twelve-year-old who knows nothing of his divine heritage and leads a troubled life bouncing from school to school. His life changes when he goes home for the summer after being expelled again.//

**Percy** //begins to attract monsters, and his mortal mother has no choice but to send him to Camp Half-Blood Hill (Hogwarts) where he will be protected. At camp,//

**Percy** //learns that the Greek gods still exist and that siring children with mortals is still their favorite hobby. All the children at the camp are half bloods like//

**Percy** //, who is Poseidon's son.//

**Percy** //befriends Annabeth (Hermione), a daughter of the goddess Athena. With the help of Annabeth and his protector, the satyr Grover (Hagrid),//

**Percy** //adjusts to life at camp and foils an evil plot to start a war between the gods. One could easily compile a grocery list of Harry Potter likenesses. For instance, Camp Half-Blood Hill is divided into competing cabins just as Hogwarts is divided into House Gryffindor, House Slytherin, and so on. Imitation aside, Riordan is a talented, funny writer with a great knack for naming chapters, such as "I Accidentally Vaporize My Pre-Algebra Teacher." Purchase where fantasy, especially Harry Potter, is popular and look for the sequel in which the characters will no doubt be a year older as Annabeth vows to meet//

**Percy** //at camp next summer. VOYA CODES: 3Q 4P M J (Readable without serious defects; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9). 2005, Hyperion, 384p., $17.95. Ages 11 to 15.// //**Series:**// //[|**Percy**] [|**Jackson**][| & the Olympians ; bk. 1]// //**Subjects:**// //[|Mythology, Greek Juvenile fiction.]// //[|Mythology, Greek Fiction.]// //[|Camps Fiction.]// //[|Friendship Fiction.]// //[|Fathers and sons Fiction.]// //[|Poseidon (Greek deity) Fiction.]// //[|Hades (Greek deity) Fiction.]// //[|Zeus (Greek deity) Fiction.]// //[|Fantasy fiction.]// 9780786856299 ||
 * ~ Language ||~ Call Number ||~ LCCN ||~ Dewey Decimal ||~ ISBN/ISSN ||
 * English (eng) || PZ7.R4829 Li 2005 || 2005299400 || [Fic] || 0786856297

Cooperative Children’s Book Center [] The CCBC is funded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education. The CCBC is a free, non-circulating library designed particulary for university students, faculty and staff but they welcome any adults who have a particular interest in children and young adult literature. There is no membership required, however, one drawback is that you can only "check-out" books for 30 minutes at a time, and they cannot leave the library. The CCBC also has many web-based resources, including weekly podcasts, bibliographies and lists of books about specific topics and themes. I couldn't find any specific reviews, only the suggested lists.Example: =Fantasy for 9 to 12 Year Olds: Borrowers, Boggarts, Broomsticks and Beyond= Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren © 2004 Cooperative Children's Book Center; updated annually Book selection for this bibliography was driven by subject matter, literary quality, and age range. The titles included all fit somewhere within the wide scope of the fantasy genre, and are at a reading and interest level suitable to children between the ages of nine and twelve. Books were placed in the thematic category where they were thought to fit best, but many would be appropriate in multiple categories. The age range for all the books includes a portion of the nine- to twelve-year-old window, but some extend below the younger end for independent reading, others could be read aloud to children under the age of nine, and several will appeal to young teenagers as well as children.

Looking for ideas for middle and high-school age readers? Check out **[|Fantastic Fiction: Great Fantasy Books for Ages 11-17.]**

Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.

> **Quests and Quandries** > Collins, Suzanne. [|**Gregor the Overlander**]. Scholastic Press, 2003. 310 pages. Ages 9 - 14 > Cooper, Susan. [|**Over Sea, Under Stone**]. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. Ages 10 - 14 > Crossley-Holland, Kevin. [|**The Seeing Stone: Book One in the Arthur Trilogy**]. U.S. edition: Arthur A. Levine Books, 2001. 342 pages. Ages 10 - 15 > Gaiman, Neil. [|**Odd and the Frost Giants**]. Illustrated by Brett Helquist. HarperCollins, 2009. 117 pages. Ages 8 - 11 > Garner, Alan. [|**The Well of the Wind**]. Illustrated by Herve Blondon. A Richard Jackson Book/DK Ink, 1998. 44 pages. Ages 8 - 10 > Hale, Shannon and Dean Hale. [|**Rapunzel's Revenge**]. Illustrated by Nathan Hale. Bloomsbury, 2008. 144 pages. Ages 10-15 > L'Engle, Madeleine. [|**A Wrinkle in Time**]. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1962. Ages 9 - 12 > Lin, Grace. [|**Where the Mountain Meets the Moon**]. Little, Brown, 2009. 278 pages. Ages 8 - 11 > McCaughrean, Geraldine. [|**The Stones Are Hatching**]. HarperCollins, 2000. 230 pages. Ages 9 - 13 > Riordan, Rick. [|**The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Book 1)**]. Miramax Books / Hyperion, 2005. 375 pages. Ages 11-15 > Rodda, Emily. [|**Rowan of Rin**]. U.S. edition: Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2001. 151 pages. Ages 8 - 11 > Thomson, Sarah L.. [|**Dragon's Egg**]. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2007. 267 pages. Ages 8-11 > **Magical Mayhem** > Furlong, Monica. [|**Wise Child**]. (A Borzoi Book) Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. 228 pages. Ages 10 - 14 > Gardner, Lyn. [|**Into the Woods**]. Illustrated by Mini Grey. U.S. edition: David Fickling Books, 2007. 428 pages. Ages 9-13 > Gruber, Michael. [|**The Witch's Boy**]. HarperTempest / HarperCollins, 2005. 377 pages. Ages 10-14 > Jones, Diana Wynne. [|**Howl's Moving Castle**]. U.S. edition: Greenwillow, 1986. 212 pages. Ages 10 - 14 > Jones, Diana Wynne. [|**Mixed Magics**]. U.S. edition: Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2001. 138 pages. Ages 9 - 12 > Kraan, Hanna. [|**The Wicked Witch Is At It Again!**]. Translated by Wanda Boerke, from the Dutch. Illustrated by Annemarie van Haeringen. U.S. edition: Front Street, 1997. 122 pages. Ages 8 - 10 > Rowling, J.K.. [|**Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone**]. Illustrated by Mary Grandpre. U.S. edition: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. 309 pages. Age 9 and older > Wrede, Patricia C.. [|**Dealing with Dragons**]. Jane Yolen Books/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. Ages 9 - 13 > **Twists on Reality** > Billingsley, Franny. [|**Well Wished**]. Jean Karl/Atheneum, 1997. 170 pages. Ages 9 - 12 > Cockcroft, Jason. [|**Counter Clockwise**]. Katherine Tegen Books / HarperCollins, 2009. 202 pages. Ages 10 -13 > Cooper, Susan. [|**The Boggart**]. McElderry Books, 1993. 196 pages. Ages 9 - 12 > Creech, Sharon. [|**The Unfinished Angel**]. Joanna Cotler Books / HarperCollins, 2009. 164 pages. Ages 8 - 11 > Funke, Cornelia. [|**Inkheart**]. Translated by Anthea Bell, from the German. U.S. edition: The Chicken House / Scholastic, 2003. 534 pages. Ages 9 - 14 > King-Smith, Dick. [|**The Water Horse**]. Illustrated by David Parkins. U.S. edition: Crown, 1998. 118 pages. Ages 8 - 10 > Kladstrup, Kristin. [|**The Book of Story Beginnings**]. Candlewick Press, 2006. 360 pages. Ages 9-12 > Norton, Mary. [|**The Borrowers**]. Illustrated by Diana Stanley. Harcourt, 2003. 148 pages. Ages 8 - 12 > Pearce, A. Phillipa. [|**Tom's Midnight Garden**]. Illustrated by Susan Einzig. U.S. edition: Lippincott, 1958. Ages 9 - 12 > Pearson, Kit. [|**Awake and Dreaming**]. U.S. edition: Viking, 1997. 228 pages. Ages 11 - 13 > Soo, Kean. [|**Jellaby**]. Hyperion, 2008. 143 pages. Ages 7-14 > **Ghostly Shivers and Spine-Tingling Tales** > Bauer, Marion Dane. [|**Ghost Eye**]. Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Scholastic, 1992. Ages 8 - 11 > Delaney, Joseph. [|**The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch**]. Greenwillow / HarperCollins, 2005. 368 pages. Ages 10-14 > Gaiman, Neil. [|**The Graveyard Book**]. Illustrated by Dave McKean. HarperCollins, 2008. 312 pages. Ages 10-14 > Gaiman, Neil. [|**Coraline**]. Illustrated by Dave McKean. HarperCollins, 2002. 162 pages. Ages 10 - 14 > Ibbotson, Eva. [|**Dial-A-Ghost**]. Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. U.S. edition: Dutton, 2001. 195 pages. Ages 9 - 12 > Landy, Derek. [|**Skulduggery Pleasant**]. HarperCollins, 2007. 392 pages. Ages 10-14 > Mahy, Margaret. . U.S. edition: Atheneum, 1982. Ages 9 - 12 > Mahy, Margaret. [|**Dangerous Spaces**]. U.S. edition: Viking, 1991. Ages 10 - 13 > Paton Walsh, Jill. [|**Birdy and the Ghosties**]. Illustrated by Alan Marks. U.S. edition: Farrar Strous Giroux, 1989. Ages 7 - 9 > Pullman, Philip. [|**Clockwork**]. U.S. edition: Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998. 112 pages. Ages 10 - 14 > **FutureScapes** > Bawden, Nina. [|**Off the Road**]. Clarion, 1998. 187 pages. Ages 10 - 12 > Butler, Susan. [|**The Hermit Thrush Sings**]. A Melanie Kroupa Book/DK Ink, 1999. 282 pages. Ages 9 - 12 > DuPrau, Jeanne. [|**The City of Ember**]. Random House, 2003. 270 pages. Ages 10 - 14 > Farmer, Nancy. [|**The Ear, the Eye and the Arm**]. A Richard Jackson Book/Orchard, 1994. 311 pages. Ages 10 - 14 > **Extraordinary Animals** > Broach, Elise. [|**Masterpiece**]. Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. Christy Ottaviano Books / Henry Holt, 2008. 292 pages. Ages 8-11 > DiCamillo, Kate. [|**The Tale of Despereaux**]. Illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick Press, 2003. 267 pages. Ages 7 - 11 > Hoban, Russell. [|**The Mouse and His Child**]. Illustrated by David Small. Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic Press, 2001. 244 pages. Ages 10 - 14 > Johnson, Annabel. [|**I Am Leaper**]. Illustrated by Stella Ormai. Scholastic, 1990. Ages 8 - 10 > LeGuin, Ursula K.. [|**Catwings**]. Illustrated by S. D. Schindler. Scholastic, 1988. Ages 5 - 9 > Morpurgo, Michael. [|**The Sandman and the Turtles**]. Philomel, 1994. 79 pages. Ages 8 - 10 > Reiche, Dietlof. [|**I, Freddy**]. Translated by John Brownjohn, from the German. Illustrated by Joe Cepeda. U.S. edition: Scholastic Press, 2003. 201 pages. Ages 8 - 11
 * The Haunting**

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by Carol C. Kuhlthau and Leslie K. Maniotes
Carol C. Kuhlthau, Ed.D., is a Distinguished Professor Emerita in the Department of Library and Information Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Email: kuhlthau@rutgers.edu Leslie Maniotes, Ph.D., is a Literacy & Learning Consultant, Denver Public Schools, Denver, CO. Email: lesliekm@mac.com How can students learn to think for themselves, make good decisions, develop expertise, and become lifelong learners in a rapidly changing information environment? How can students learn, create, and find meaning from multiple sources of information? These are fundamental questions facing educators in designing schools for 21st-century learners. Guided inquiry is a practical way of implementing an inquiry approach that addresses these 21st-century learning needs for students.

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Guided inquiry is based on extensive studies of the Information Search Process (ISP) in assigned research projects (Kuhlthau 1985, 2004). These studies clearly show that learning through research is more than simply collecting information. The ISP or inquiry process is complex and requires guidance, instruction, modeling, and coaching. The implementation of ISP depends on a flexible team of educators, including the school librarian who serves as the resource specialist, information literacy teacher, and collaborator. Studies of the ISP identify six stages of learning that provide insight into how to guide students in the inquiry process: The resource, Guided Inquiry: Learning in the 21st Century, //adds a seventh stage: Assessing—reflecting on the learning (Libraries Unlimited 2007). The book further states that the principles and foundation of guided inquiry are grounded in a constructivist approach to learning. Additional research and more information about this approach can be found in the book.// //In a constructivist learning environment, the instructional team needs keen observational skills to teach and assess learners as well as to notice when a learning need arises. When the team observes confusion and uncertainty, they need to be ready to intervene. For example, when students get frustrated in the exploring stage, they need to be encouraged to take time to read and reflect, as well as guided in making sense of information and strategies for working through the learning process. Providing targeted intervention in each stage of the inquiry process deepens students' learning experiences. Through an accumulation of these timely experiences in the learning process, students learn to recognize changes in their feelings and thoughts. They learn "how to learn" in a lasting and transferable way from a variety of sources.//
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The author’s style and characters will glue your hands to the book and your eyes to the page. In no time, the book is over. But don’t worry – there are three sequels: New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn.

Twilight is well written from Bella’s point of view. It feels as though a movie is playing in your head. If you don’t feel that way, have no fear, the actual movie comes out November 21.

Twilight is such a magnificent book that it was a New York Times bestseller. Who would have thought that the idea for such an astonishing book could come from a dream the author had?

The theme is love conquers all, even the supernatural. Nothing stands in the way of love for Edward and Bella. Or does it?

Meyer’s style of writing will have you wanting to believe that there are gorgeous vampires roaming our world and just hopefully there will be Edwards for all of the girls who have fallen in love with this fictional yet breathtaking character. Since the characters’ love is forbidden, it only makes it better. After all, forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest. // This piece has also been published in Teen Ink's [|monthly print magazine]. //


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Young teen William, who taught himself enough physics and engineering to build a windmill and bring electricity to his drought-stricken village, discovered the magic of his Malawi homeland in the miracles of science.

The Bride’s Farewell by Meg Rosoff, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (9780670020997)

Rather than marry without love, Pell Ridley absconds with a favorite horse and her brother, Bean. Both are quickly lost, and Pell’s perilous journey to find Bean leads to discovery of the things she ran away from: family, love, and herself.

Everything Matters! by Ron Currie, Jr., published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (9780670020928)

While still in the womb, voices warn Junior of his impending death by comet in this unusually structured coming-of-age story. He has 36 years. How will he spend them?

The Good Soldiers by David Finkel, published by Sarah Crichton Books, an imprint of Farrar, Straus and Giroux (9780374165734)

This eye-opening account of “the surge” in 2007 follows the troops of Battalion 2-16, revealing the gritty reality for all those good soldiers serving in Iraq.

The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir by Diana Welch and Liz Welch with Amanda Welch and Dan Welch, published by Harmony Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House (9780307396044)

This heart-wrenching memoir, collaboratively written from four different points of view, chronicles the ups and downs of the Welch siblings, who struggled to define the notion of home after their parents died.

The Magicians by Lev Grossman, published by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Group (9780670020553)

Fantasy and reality meld in unexpected and tragic ways when 17-year-old Quentin Coldwater trades his ho-hum Brooklyn existence for the magical society of Brakebills College.

My Abandonment by Peter Rock, published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (9780151014149)

Based on a true story, 13-year-old Caroline and her questionably sane father live in a nature preserve on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. A haunting exploration of familial lore, survival, and hope.

Soulless: An Alexia Tarabotti Novel, by Gail Carriger, published by Orbit, an imprint of Hachette Book Group (9780316056632)

Wielding a parasol and hairpins, 25-year-old soulless spinster Alexia Tarabotti accidentally stakes a vampire lacking all common etiquette to open this delightfully dangerous romp.

Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small, published by W.W. Norton & Company (978039306857)

Replete with themes of anger, pain, and hope, and employing classic imagery from Alice in Wonderland, renowned illustrator Small chronicles the harrowing story of his childhood and adolescence in this dark graphic novel. A 2010 Best Book for Young Adults.

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth, by Kevin Wilson, published by Harper Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins (9780061579028)

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I adored Dave the Laugh-I think he's a great addition and as great as the SG is I think I like Dave the Laugh better. Even though this one centers around Georgia and trying to win Robbie back, the parts I found the most hilarious were the situations with her parents-her father is away and her mother is flirting with the cute doctor.

I really like listening to these books on audio because I enjoy hearing the British narrator-Stina Neilson narrates the first four audiobooks and I think she has the perfect Georgia voice. Plus, it's fun to hear all the British slang. There is a glossary in the back of the books, but I'm able to understand the books without using the glosssary which you don't get until the end of the CDs, so it's not necessary to have while reading.

I really wish the Georgia movie would get released in the U.S. And even though it's not Dave the Laugh that comes up with the nunga-nunga thing, I still the movie does a good job portraying him.

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