The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
Published 2008 by HarperCollins

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780060530921

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In his first full-length novel for middle-graders since the international bestseller "Coraline," Neil Gaiman introduces Bod, a boy who is the only living resident of a graveyard. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack--who has already killed Bod's family. . . . Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his "New York Times" bestselling modern classic "Coraline." Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.

The Dragon Diary: Dragonology Chronicles Volume 2
by Dugald Steer
Published 2009 by Candlewick Press (MA)

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780763634254

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Fresh from recovering the Dragon's Eye, apprentice dragonologists Daniel and Beatrice Cook set off on a daring mission while rushing to crack an ancient dragon code found in an age-old Dragon Diary. Illustrations. The fire-breathing fiction series continues! Two young dragonologists set off on a daring, wing-borne mission -- while rushing to crack an ancient Dragonish code.

Fresh from recovering the Dragon's Eye, apprentice dragonologists Daniel and Beatrice Cook eagerly await the hatching of the dragon's egg in their care. But just as the shell begins to crack, their mentor, Dr. Ernest Drake, is called off to India to look for their missing parents and tend to the gravely ill naga dragons they've left behind. Meanwhile, the siblings receive a tip that the secret to curing dragons may lie in an age-old Dragon Diary, if only they could decipher it! Dragon lovers will soar breathlessly along with the plucky pair as (dragon baby in tow) they fly away on the furtive Dragon Express, traversing the globe on one dragon after another while struggling to solve the mystery of the Dragon Diary -- before it's too late.

The Pilgrims of Rayne
by D J MacHale
Published 2008 by Aladdin Paperbacks

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781416914174

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In this installment of the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling series, Bobby is sent to Ibara, a confounding territory that looks like paradise. There, Bobby is put on the path that will ultimately lead to the final showdown between himself and Saint Dane. When Bobby Pendragon first arrives on the tropical world of Ibara, he finds paradise. As he works to uncover clues about the turning point this seemingly idyllic territory will soon face, all he can determine is that the people of Ibara are blissfully happy. It's not long before Bobby discovers, however, that they are also blissfully...oblivious.The leaders of Ibara are keeping a devastating secret from their people, one that gives Saint Dane all the opportunity he needs to launch his final assault on Halla.While Bobby struggles to learn the truth in time to thwart Saint Dane, Courtney Chetwynde desperately searches for Mark Diamond. On the heels of a shocking tragedy, Mark has disappeared. Worse, he seems to be under Saint Dane's influence. It's up to Courtney to find Mark and stop him from making a grave mistake that could change the future of all existence.

Lincoln and His Boys
by Rosemary Wells
Published 2008 by Candlewick Press (MA)

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780763637231

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Wells and Lynch deliver a warm, moving portrait of Abraham Lincoln told through the eyes of two of his sons, Willie and Tad. With evocative and engaging illustrations, this book presents a Lincoln not frozen in time, but accessible and utterly real. Illustrations. A warm, moving portrait of Abraham Lincoln told through the eyes of his children and captured in exquisite full-color illustrations.

Historians claim him as one of America's most revered presidents. But to his rambunctious sons, Abraham Lincoln was above all a playful and loving father. Here is Lincoln as seen by two of his boys: Willie, thrilled to be on his first train trip when Lincoln was deciding to run for president; Willie and Tad barging into Cabinet meetings to lift Lincoln's spirits in the early days of the Civil War, Tad accompanying him to Richmond just after the South's defeat. With the war raging and the Union under siege, we see history unfolding through Willie's eyes and then through Tad's -- and we see Lincoln rising above his own inborn sadness and personal tragedy through his devotion to his sons. With evocative and engaging illustrations by P.J. Lynch, Rosemary Wells offers a carefully researched biography that gives us a Lincoln not frozen in time but accessible and utterly real.

Celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth, February 2009