August's roundup of New in Paperback titles includes AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES by John Green, the story of a child prodigy who has been dumped by 19 girls named Katherine; ENDYMION SPRING, Matthew Skelton's debut work of fiction in which an unlikely hero finds a long-lost book with the power to change the world; NAOMI AND ELY'S NO KISS LIST, the second collaboration between Rachel Cohn and David Levithan following NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST; SONG OF THE SPARROW by Lisa Ann Sandell, a brilliant, gripping retelling of Arthurian legend; and DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS?, Randa Abdel-Fattah's funny and poignant first novel about a girl who decides to embrace her faith and all that it is, even if it does make her a little different from everyone else.
Stand-Alone Titles
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES John Green
Speak/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN: 9780142412022
Ages 14-up
256 pages
August 2008
AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES
BETTER THAN YESTERDAY
CURES FOR HEARTBREAK
THE DECLARATION
DOES MY HEAD LOOK BIG IN THIS?
ENDYMION SPRING
A FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT
NAOMI AND ELY'S NO KISS LIST
ORDINARY GHOSTS
PEAK
SAINTS OF AUGUSTINE
SONG OF THE SPARROW
THE CROW: The Third Book of Pellinor
THE SEEMS: THE GLITCH IN SLEEP
THE SEER: Book Two of The Truesight Trilogy