cover image LIONBOY

LIONBOY

Zizou Corder, . . Puffin, $6.99 (304pp) ISBN 978-0-14-240226-9

A boy who can speak with felines traverses a Europe fraught with rampant, mysterious allergies to find his abducted parents, with the aid of a team of lions. According to PW , this novel "melds a rousing traveling circus adventure with shades of cautionary science fiction." Ages 8-up. (Sept.)