Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic $15.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-439-38880-1
Martin (Belle Teal; the Baby-Sitters Club series) hints at a life-changing event from the first paragraph of this novel narrated by a perceptive and compassionate 12-year-old, and set in the summer of 1960. Hattie Owen had been anticipating a summer
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Holiday House $12.95 (154p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0666-1
Anna's slam book really is the ""key'' to popularityit seems as though everyone in her high school wants to contribute to it. No one can resist the chance to write, anonymously, honest reactions to friends and classmates. The trouble begins when...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-40589-8
A sensitive treatment of loss, about a girl who tries to hold herself and her family together in the months before and after her father dies. Ages 11-13. (September)
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Holiday House $12.95 (167p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0626-5
In With You and Without You, Martin wrote sensitively on the death of a parent, a plot different from the themes in her appealing Bummer Summer, Stage Fright, etc. This is the author's second novel that deals with real crises (and her first for...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-33758-8
Sara, who is shy, counts on her best friend Wendy to take over the limelight and leave her in the background. Sara's mother wants Sara to be more outgoing. Now Wendy might be moving, and Sara's teacher insists that everyoneshy or notparticipate in...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Holiday House $12.95 (179p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0601-2
Martin's fifth novel brings readers into the world of real, recognizable peopleboth adults and children. Through narrator Liza O'Hara, 12, we experience the seasons before and after the death of her father. Knowing he has less than a year before his
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-41053-3
Martin tells the gripping story of Maggie, whose little sister has disappeared and may be gone forever. Ages 12-up. (December)
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Holiday House $15.95 (174p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0691-3
The unusual Rosso family moves from New York City to the country, and each of the 10 children adapts to the change differently. They are individuals, but they have one thing in commoneach wants a pet. How the family members interact with one another,
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Scholastic $14.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-590-47151-0
Sure to be coveted by the hordes of Baby-sitters fans, this lavish and well-thought-out production is designed in the style of The Jolly Postman and the Griffin and Sabine books. Its pages are stuffed with greeting cards that can be opened up and...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Scholastic $2.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-41783-9
In the first book of the Babysitter's Little Sister series, Karen is convinced that her next door neighbor, Mrs. Porter, is a witch. Mrs. Porter has frizzy gray hair, wears long black dresses, has a cat named Midnight and mumbles to herself in her...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic Press $16.99 (215p) ISBN 978-0-545-16093-3
Written by turn in the voice of each girl, Martin's thoughtfully crafted prequel to the Baby-sitters Club brings the series' four protagonists through an emotional, often bumpy summer. On the eve of seventh grade, each feels stranded....
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Feiwel and Friends $16.99 (211p) ISBN 978-0-312-38651-1
Fans of Martin’s A Dog’s Life
who are eager to know what happened to Bone, the brother of stray puppy Squirrel, will find the answer in this beautifully crafted companion novel. The story is told from the alternating perspectives of...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Holiday House $14.95 (133p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0719-4
Shirley Basini is dreading fourth gradeshe is dyslexic and if she doesn't do well this year, she will have to stay back. Worse yet, her new teacher is strict and doesn't let her horse around. When Shirley's adopted sister Jacki arrives from Vietnam,
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic $6.99 (174p) ISBN 978-0-439-86879-2
Martin launches her Main Street series with this appealing though somewhat sleepy tale, set in a small Massachusetts town. Eleven-year-old Flora and her younger sister, Ruby, whose parents died five months earlier in a car accident, come to live...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic $15.99 (149p) ISBN 978-0-439-74588-8
Martin (A Corner of the Universe
) captures the essence of holiday magic, hope and disappointment in this poignant story set in the 1950s. Third-grader Tess McAlister is determined to meet the "real" Santa Claus ("not a department store...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author Scholastic $2.75 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-42244-4
When the Rossos and their 10 irrepressible offspring--named in alphabetical order from Abigail to Janthina--move to the country, each youngster schemes to acquire a pet. Ages 8-12. (Oct.)
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic Apple $5.99 (308p) ISBN 978-0-439-57945-2
"Martin, who explored with such insight the themes of ostracism and family conflict in Belle Teal
and A Corner of the Universe
, affectingly reexamines them in this third novel set in the 1960s," PW
said of this tale in which a girl's
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic $16.99 (182p) ISBN 978-0-439-71559-1
Martin's (A Corner of the Universe
) winsome novel, written from a canine's point of view, is sure to melt the hearts of animal lovers, as she traces the dog days of a stray named Squirrel from birth to old age. The pooch spends his first...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic $16.95 (308p) ISBN 978-0-439-57944-5
Martin, who explored with such insight the themes of ostracism and family conflict in Belle Teal
and A Corner of the Universe
, affectingly reexamines them in this third novel set in the 1960s. Eleanor ("Ellie") Roosevelt Dingman, a sixth-gr
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic/ Signature $5.99 (214p) ISBN 978-0-439-09824-3
"This honest and moving novel takes readers back to the era of the civil rights movement in the rural South to share the experiences of a poor white girl when her school becomes integrated," said PW
in a starred review. Ages 10-14. (Jan.)
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic $5.99 (189p) ISBN 978-0-439-38881-8
A 12-year-old girl had been anticipating a summer as comfortably uneventful as all the others—until her uncle with "mental problems" makes a surprise entrance, turning everything upside-down. "Hearts will go out to both as they...
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Ann M. Martin. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-312-36766-4
Credible characterizations, on-the-nail humor, and well-observed family dynamics add up to another hit from Newbery Honor author Martin (A Corner of the Universe). In a freewheeling, off-the-cuff narrative, nine-year-old Pearl candidly assesses how...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author . Scholastic $15.95 (214p) ISBN 978-0-439-09823-6
In this honest and moving novel, Martin (the Baby-Sitters Club series; P.S. Longer Letter Later) takes readers back to the era of the civil rights movement in the rural South to share the experiences of a poor white girl when her school becomes...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Raina Telgemeier, Author , illus. by Raina Telgemeier. Scholastic/Graphix $16.99 (186p) ISBN 978-0-439-80241-3
Telgemeieroffers a spirited graphic novel adaptation of the debut title in Martin's The Baby-sitters Club series, the story of the four founding members of this fledgling club. The graphic-style black-and-white panels engagingly spotlight the...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Nancy Poydar, Illustrator Holiday House $16.95 (1p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0935-8
Five-year-old Olivia is excited to learn that the family moving in next door includes a girl who is just her age. But when Rachel Elizabeth joins Olivia's kindergarten class, Olivia is no longer the only one who can read and write. Not only that,...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Ariadne Meyers, Read by , read by Ariadne Meyers, Scholastic Audiobooks $25.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-545-00514-2
Meyers’s honeyed, youthful voice gives Martin’s latest, the first in the Main Street series for middle-graders, the easygoing pace one might expect from the series’ title. Eleven-year-old Flora and her younger sister Ruby are...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Dirk Zimmer, Illustrator Holiday House $14.95 (122p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0781-1
One night, as Jonathan Primave wakes up to have breakfast as usual, he is struck by how odd his life is. His parents work nocturnally at the local blood bank, and while the family moves often, Mother and Dad assure Jonathan that this is how ordinary
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator Hyperion Books for Children $15.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-590-48498-5
A charmer like its feline hero, this book is based on the life of an actual cat who wandered into the yard of a Louisville, Ky., church one Sunday and stayed for 12 years. A pro at age-appropriate writing, Martin (the Baby-sitters Club series;...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator, Emily Arnold McCully, Illustrator Scholastic Paperbacks $5.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-439-13647-1
A charmer like its feline hero, this book is based on the life of an actual cat who wandered into the yard of a Louisville, Ky., church stayed for 12 years. Polished, softly focused art depicts the congenial Leo in believably endearing poses,"" said
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Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, illus. by Brett Helquist. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4231-3683-5
This much-awaited fourth installment of the Doll People series (which sees Helquist stepping in for Brian Selznick) has the antique Doll family and the contemporary Funcrafts on a nautical adventure after the box they’ve been packed in is mistakenly
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Laura Godwin, Author, Brian Selznick, Illustrator , illus. by Brian Selznick. Hyperion $16.99 (323p) ISBN 978-0-7868-5584-1
A fantasy with one foot in reality, this third adventure for the mismatched team of antique porcelain Annabelle Doll and contemporary plastic plaything Tiffany Funcraft (previously encountered in The Doll People
and The Meanest Doll in the World
)...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Laura Godwin, Author, Lynn Redgrave, Read by Listening Library $25 (0p) ISBN 978-0-8072-1788-7
When the kids are away, the dolls sure do play. That's the case in The Meanest Doll in the World by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin, read by Lynn Redgrave. In this lively sequel to The Doll People, dolls Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft find...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Wendy Dillon, Read by , read by Wendy Dillon. Listening Library $30 (0p) ISBN 978-0-307-28283-5
Martin's latest, told from the viewpoint of the title character—a pooch named Squirrel—could well be a primer for potential dog owners: it's a cautionary tale chronicling just about everything not
to do as a canine caretaker....
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Judith Ivey, Read by , read by Judith Ivey. Listening Library $25 (
, unabridged, three cassettes, 4.5 hours, $25 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-8072-1670-5
, unabridged, three cassettes, 4.5 hours, $25 ISBN ) ISBN 978-0-8072-1670-5
Martin (Belle Teal
) and actress Ivey reach perfect emotional pitch on this recording of Martin's profoundly moving novel about a girl's conflicted relationship with a relative who suffers from a mental illness. The summer that Hattie turns...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Alison Fraser, Read by , read by Alison Fraser. Listening Library $22 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-3719-6
Comforting family traditions and the exciting, true magic of Christmas crackles through Martin's brief, heartfelt novel set in the late 1950s. Fraser's youthful voice is key in portraying the hope, determination and confident belief in all...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Laura Godwin, Joint Author, Brian Selznick, Illustrator Hyperion Books for Children $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0361-3
Passed down from one generation to the next, the Doll family has lived in the same dollhouse, located in the same room of the Palmer family's house, for 100 years. While the world outside has changed, their own lives have notDwith two significant...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Laura Godwin, Joint Author, Brian Selznick, Illustrator , illus. by Brian Selznick. Hyperion $6.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7868-1240-0
This novel, named a PW
Best Book of 2000, introduces the Doll family, who has lived in the same dollhouse, in the same room of a family's home for 100 years. "The authors provide plenty of action and suspense, but it is their skillfully...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Laura Godwin, Joint Author, Brian Selznick, Illustrator , illus. by Brian Selznick. Hyperion $15.99 (260p) ISBN 978-0-7868-0878-6
The team behind The Doll People
serves up a second helping of fanciful fun as they continue the adventures of two sets of dolls—the antique Doll family and the more contemporary Funcrafts. And they also introduce a deliciously evil new...
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Ann Matthews Martin, Author, Blanche Sims, Illustrator Holiday House $13.95 (152p) ISBN 978-0-8234-0580-0
The sequel to Martin's charming Stage Fright begins with Wendy White wishing she could, just once, be noticed as her young sister Katie always is. Winner of prizes without seeming to try, Katie also is unbeatable at spying and tattling on Wendy. The
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