Elephant Run

By Roland Smith

(YA F Smit)

318 pages. 2007 Historical Fiction

Set in 1941, fourteen-year-old Nick is packed off from war-torn England to his father’s teak plantation in Burma. The Japanese invade his safe haven and turn the quiet mansion into their headquarters. If it weren’t for a rogue timber elephant, a roaming mysterious figure, and a sympathetic Japanese soldier, Nick and his father would still be prisoners or dead. (Grades 6 & Up)

reviewed by Teen Librarian Elaine D.

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Hot Pick from TAB - Mr. Bean's Holiday

Directed by: Steve Bendelack

(DVD Family Mr b)

2007 Comedy

Mr. Bean wins a free trip to the French Riviera. Optimistically, he begins his vacation only to find out it has become an eventful journey of mishaps and luck. With a camcorder in his hands, Mr. Bean sets out for his adventure. Along with the many laughs this movie provides, it is and excellent film to watch with friends and family.

reviewed by TAB member Saniya K.

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The Awakening

By Michael Carroll

(YA F Carr)

264 pages. 2007 Science Fiction/Adventure

If you liked Artemis Fowl, check this out! For ten years, the entire world has celebrated Mystery Day, the anniversary of the day all the superheroes and villains disappeared. When Colin and his friend Danny begin to develop super powers soon after their thirteenth birthdays, they discover that their parents were some of the original superheroes who lost their powers in a final great battle. Suddenly kidnapped by those who seem to be on the side of the super villains, Danny and Colin must find a way to escape with their powers intact. Book one in the Quantum Prophecy trilogy. (Grades 8 & Up)

reviewed by Teen Librarian Shelly P.

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Hot Pick from TAB - Lord of the Flies

By William Golding
(F Gold)
243 pages. 1955 Adventure

Lord of the Flies is an allegorical novel by Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding. It discusses how culture created by man fails and how man shall always turn to barbarism, using parallels of a group of school-boys stuck on a deserted island who unsuccessfully try to govern themselves and consequently have disastrous results. (Grades 7 & Up)

reviewed by TAB member Sunny X.

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Hot Pick from TAB - She's the Man

Directed by: Andy Fickman

(DVD General Shes)

2006 Comedy

Based off Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, this is the story of Viola. The girl’s soccer team at Viola’s school is forced to abandon their program. In order to play soccer again Viola disguises herself as her twin brother Sebastian. While at her brother’s school, she falls in love with her roommate Duke who is in love with Olivia who falls in love with Sebastian, who is really Viola in disguise!

reviewed by TAB member Sonali S.

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Dragon's Keep

By Janet Lee Carey
(YA F Care)
302 pages. 2007 Fantasy




Rosalind has a terrible secret, one that could threaten her future as ruler of Wilde Island. Hidden throughout her infancy, under her royal gloves, is a dragon’s claw in place of her finger. Though Merlin’s prophecies foretell Rosalind as the Queen who will restore peace and end war, she is left in fear of the truth that lies behind her deformity. Will Rosalind’s dragon claw bring peace or utter destruction? (Grades 8 & Up)

reviewed by Teen Librarian Meghann M.

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