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The following titles have been requested for the Hillbrook School Library.

Please have all books shipped to this address:

Lana Borbas
4391 Calle DeFerrar
San Jose, CA 95118

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Al Capone Shines My Shoes (Hardcover)

By Gennifer Choldenko
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780803734609
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Dial, 09/01/2009

Moose and the cons are about to get a lot closer in this much-anticipated sequel.

It's 1935. Moose Flanagan lives on Alcatraz with his family, the other families of the guards, and a few hundred no-name hit men, con men, mad dog murderers and a handful of bank robbers too. And one of those cons has just done him a big favor.

You see, Moose has never met Al Capone, but a few weeks ago Moose wrote a letter to him asking him to use his influence to get his sister, Natalie, into a school she desperately needs in San Francisco. After Natalie got accepted, a note appeared in Moose as freshly laundered shirt that said: "Done".

As this book begins, Moose discovers a new note. This one says: "Your turn". Is it really from Capone? What does it mean? Moose can't risk anything that might get his dad fired. But how can he ignore Al Capone?


Cosmic (Hardcover)

By Frank Cottrell Boyce
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061836831
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Walden Pond Press, 01/01/2010

Liam has always felt a bit like he's stuck between two worlds. This is primarily because he's a twelve-year-old kid who looks like he's about thirty. Sometimes it's not so bad, like when his new principal mistakes him for a teacher on the first day of school or when he convinces a car dealer to let him take a Porsche out on a test drive. But mostly it's just frustrating, being a kid trapped in an adult world. And so he decides to flip things around. Liam cons his way onto the first spaceship to take civilians into space, a special flight for a group of kids and an adult chaperone, and he is going as the adult chaperone. It's not long before Liam, along with his friends, is stuck between two worlds again—only this time he's 239,000 miles from home.


The Discovery of Dragons: New Research Revealed (Hardcover)

By Graeme Base
$19.95
ISBN-13: 9780810959675
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Harry N. Abrams, 09/01/2007
This updated and expanded edition features the letters of four fictitious explorers as they describe the types of dragons that have been discovered over the last thousand years. Each double-page spread includes a letter; a vibrant, detailed dragon illustration; a small map; and a cartoon border depicting events in the letter. This mock-scientific book with its tongue-in-cheek humor has much to offer. ~ Horn Book Guide Reviews.

My Rotten Life (Paperback)

By David Lubar
$5.99
ISBN-13: 9780765316349
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Starscape, 08/01/2009

Ten-year-old Nathan Abercrombie is having a really bad day. First, Shawna Lanchester, the prettiest girl in his class, doesn't invite him to her party. Then he gets picked last in gym class. Things couldn't get any worse...until he gets doused with an experimental serum that turns him into a half-dead zombie

Nathan soon discovers that being half dead isn't all bad. He doesn't need any sleep, so he can stay up all night and play games online. He doesn't feel any pain, so there's no need to worry about Rodney the bully anymore. Still, Nathan would rather be human.

Will he find a cure? Or will Nathan be half-dead forever? Fans of David Lubar's popular Weenies short story collections--which have sold more than one million copies--will love "My Rotten Life," the first of a series of hilariously rotten adventures starring Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie.


The 39 Clues Book 10: Into the Gauntlet (Hardcover)

By Margaret Peterson Haddix
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780545060509
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scholastic Inc., 08/01/2010

Throughout the hunt for the 39 Clues, Amy and Dan Cahill have uncovered history's greatest mysteries and their family's deadliest secrets. But are they ready to face the truth about the Cahills and the key to their unmatched power? After a whirlwind race that's taken them across five continents, Amy and Dan face the most the difficult challenge yet- a task no Cahill dared to imagine. When faced with a choice that could change the future of the world, can two kids succeed where 500 years worth of famous ancestors failed?

Ages 8 & up.

Publication date: August 31, 2010 


Listen to the Wind (Hardcover)

By Greg Mortenson, Susan L. Roth (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780803730588
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Dial, 01/01/2009
Greg Mortenson stumbled, lost and delirious, into a remote Himalayan village after a failed climb up K2. The villagers saved his life, and he vowed to return and build them a school. The remarkable story of his promise kept is now perfect for reading aloud. Told in the voice of Korpheas children, this story illuminates the humanity and culture of a relevant and distant part of the world in gorgeous collage, while sharing a riveting example of how one person can change thousands of lives.

Fear Itself (Hardcover)

By Andrew Clements, Adam Stower (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9781416938873
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Atheneum, 09/01/2010

As the countdown to the demolition of the school approaches, Ben and Jill need to make sense of the maritime riddles left by groups of past Keepers of the School in order to prevent their school from becoming a housing development.

Ages 8 & up.

Publication date: January 4, 2011


Animal Crackers Fly the Coop (Hardcover)

By Kevin O'Malley, Kevin O'Malley (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780802798374
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Walker Books for Young Readers, 04/01/2010

Kevin O’Malley is going for joke with a tongue-and-chicken barn yarn that’s sure to appeal to fans of his New York Times bestseller, Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share. Turning the Grimm’s fairy tale The Brementown Musicians on its funny bone, O’Malley has revised the classic story of four animals who part ways with their respective farmers to explore their artistic sides, this time sending them in search of belly laughs . . . and a great location for a comedy club. When they foil a band of robbers using their joke-telling talents, the animals— including one determined comedi-hen—finally prove they can kill the crowd with laughter.


Clementine, Friend of the Week (Hardcover)

By Sara Pennypacker, Marla Frazee (Illustrator)
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9781423113553
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Hyperion, 07/01/2010

With her kitten, Moisturizer, missing and having fought with her best friend, Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine finds it hard to concentrate on doing her best as her classmate's Friend of the Week.

Ages 7 & up.

Publication date July 27, 2010


If America Were a Village: A Book about the People of the United States (Hardcover)

By David J. Smith, Shelagh Armstrong (Illustrator)
$18.95
ISBN-13: 9781554533442
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Kids Can Press, 08/01/2009
"Smith and Armstrong follow up If the World Were a Village (2002) with a similarly eye-opening portrait of the United States as a "village" of 100 people (roughly one per 3,000,000). Paired to impressionistic street and crowd scenes viewed, generally, from a high angle, the simplified statistics encapsulate our ethnic origins, family structures, religions, energy use, occupations, health and wealth in easy-to-understand units: "82 people in our village speak English as their first language. 10 speak Spanish. 1 speaks Chinese, 1 French and 1 German." Using this methodology, the author tracks historical changes in many categories, shovels data into his narrative in different ways to stave off monotony, often lays out comparisons with other countries or the rest of the world and even offers occasional discussions of what the numbers signify or reveal. A solid source list lends authority to his rounded-off numbers. The premise isn't new, but it's never been used to better effect for deepening the understanding that children have about the 306 million (and counting) other people with whom they share this land." ~ Kirkus Review

The Hair of Zoe Fleefenbacher Goes to School (Hardcover)

By Laurie Halse Anderson, Ard Hoyt (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780689858093
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 06/01/2009

Attending first grade and eager to follow the rules, Zoe Fleefenbacher does all she can to keep her unruly, long red hair under control by using tons of barrettes, clips, and elastics, but when a science lesson goes wrong and her hair is needed to save the day, Zoe is more than happy to set her wild locks free.


The Last Apprentice: The Spook's Tale: And Other Horrors (Hardcover)

By Joseph Delaney
$10.99
ISBN-13: 9780061730283
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Greenwillow Books, 05/01/2009

The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. But Tom's is only one story. There are others. . . .

The Spook himself was once an apprentice. How did "he" begin his training?

And what of Alice, the young witch who is Tom's closest ally? How did she overcome her dark past?

What did the witch assassin Grimalkin do to become the most deadly and feared witch in the county?

And, collected in a gallery of horrors, discover the rest of the county's menacing villains and relive the vicious battles waged against them.

Enter a land where creatures of the dark creep out of the shadows. Do you dare?


Forest Born (Hardcover)

By Shannon Hale
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9781599901671
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 09/01/2009

Rin is sure that something is wrong with her...something really bad. Something that is keeping her from feeling at home in the Forest homestead where she's lived all her life. Something that is keeping her from trusting herself with anyone at all.

When her brother Razo returns from the city for a visit, she accompanies him to the palace, hoping that she can find peace away from home. But war has come to Bayern again, and Rin is compelled to join the queen and her closest allies--magical girls Rin thinks of as the Fire Sisters--as they venture into the Forest toward Kel, the land where someone seems to want them all dead.

Many beloved Bayern characters reappear in this story, but it is Rin's own journey of discovering how to balance the good and the bad in herself that drives this compelling adventure.

Once again, Newbery Honor-winning author Shannon Hale brings readers to a world where great friendships, unexpected plot twists, and a little dose of magic make for incredible storytelling.


The 39 Clues Book 8: The Emperor's Code (Hardcover)

By Gordan Korman
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780545060486
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scholastic Inc., 04/01/2010

An escalating race to find the 39 Clues finds Amy and Dan pursuing a Clue guarded by thousands of the world's best-trained soldiers, an effort that separates them in explosively dangerous ways.


African Acrostics: A Word in Edgeways (Hardcover)

By Avis Harley, Deborah Noyes (Photographer)
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780763636210
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Candlewick, 07/01/2009
Inside every acrostic is a secret message, often lurking in the first letter of each line (read top to bottom). But look out! These acrostics not only follow their subjects to Africa, but they also take the form to a whole new level. Here you’ll find the elusive double acrostic (in which the first and last letters of each line spell a message), the cross acrostic (in which the message is read diagonally), and the multiple acrostic (see it to believe it) — not to mention lions, zebras, crocodiles, hippos, leopards, and elephants. Oh, my! Illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs, this collection is sure to send poetry buffs and animal lovers on an armchair safari they’ll never forget.

The 39 Clues Book 9: Storm Warning (Hardcover)

By Linda Sue Park
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780545060493
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Scholastic Inc., 05/01/2010

A latest entry in the best-selling series finds Amy and Dan learning the truth about the Madrigals and Grace Cahill's alternate will, discoveries that lead to the revelation of a secret about their family and a showdown with the Man in Black. By the Newbery Award-winning author of A Single Shard.


Babe Ruth and the Baseball Curse (Paperback)

By Tim Jessell (Illustrator), David A. Kelly
$4.99
ISBN-13: 9780375856037
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Random House Books for Young Readers, 02/01/2009
Before 1918, the Boston Red Sox were unstoppable. They won World Series after World Series, thanks in part to their charismatic pitcher-slugger Babe Ruth. But some people on the Red Sox felt the Babe was more trouble than he was worth, and he was traded away to one of the worst teams in baseball, the New York Yankees. From then on, the Yankees became a golden team. And the Red Sox? For over 80 years, they just couldn’t win another World Series. Then, in 2004, along came a scruffy, scrappy Red Sox team. Could they break Babe Ruth’s curse and win it all?

Punctuation Celebration (Hardcover)

By Elsa Knight Bruno, Jenny Whitehead (Illustrator)
$17.99
ISBN-13: 9780805079739
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 07/01/2009
Punctuation marks come alive in this clever picture book featuring fourteen playful poems. Periods stop sentences in a baker’s shop, commas help a train slow down, quotation marks tell people what to do, and colons stubbornly introduce lists. This appealing primer is a surefire way to make punctuation both accessible and fun for kids.

Jasper Dash and the Flame-Pits of Delaware (Hardcover)

By M.T. Anderson, Kurt Cyrus (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781416986393
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Beach Lane Books, 09/01/2009

It is a land of wonders.

It is a land of mystery.

It is a land that time forgot (or chose specifically not to remember).

Cut off from the civilized world for untold years, this land is called: DELAWARE. It is into the mist-shrouded heart of this forbidden, mountainous realm that our plucky and intrepid heroes, Jasper Dash: Boy Technonaut and his friends Lily Gefelty and Katie Mulligan, must journey to unravel a terrible mystery. Come along on a tale of grand adventure that includes in its pages: Lost cities Tentacles Monks Dinosaurs Gangsters Cheap suits Eye doctors And, of course, the fabled CURSE OF THE JAGUAR.


The Big One-Oh (Hardcover)

By Dean Pitchford
$15.99
ISBN-13: 9780399245473
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Putnam Juvenile, 03/01/2007
Charley Maplewood has never been one for parties-that would require friends, which he doesn't have. But now that he's turning ten-the big one-oh-he decides to throw a birthday party for himself, complete with a House of Horrors theme. Of course things don't work out as he plans. In trying to make friends, he ends up inviting the class bully Cougar to come, and that's before he ruins the cake and sets the garage on fire. Will Charley be able to pull it together before the big one-oh . . . becomes the big OH-NO!?



Leviathan (Hardcover)

By Scott Westerfeld, Keith Thompson (Illustrator)
$19.99
ISBN-13: 9781416971733
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Simon Pulse, 10/01/2009
It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their "Leviathan" is a whale airship, and the most masterful beast in the British fleet.

Aleksandar Ferdinand, prince of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, is on the run. His own people have turned on him. His title is worthless. All he has is a battle-torn Stormwalker and a loyal crew of men.

Deryn Sharp is a commoner, a girl disguised as a boy in the British Air Service. She's a brilliant airman. But her secret is in constant danger of being discovered.

With the Great War brewing, Alek's and Deryn's paths cross in the most unexpected way...taking them both aboard the "Leviathan" on a fantastical, around-the-world adventure. One that will change both their lives forever.


Stealing Death (Hardcover)

By Janet Lee Carey
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9781606840092
Availability: Special Order - Subject to Availability
Published: EgmontUSA, 09/01/2009

"I want that soul sack," he said suddenly.

"What?" the witch asked around the scrap of meat she was chewing.

"I want it so no one I love will ever, ever, ever have to go inside again."

"It's not for mortal hands to have."

The witch spat out a bit of bone.

"You know magic. Give me the power to steal the sack."

When fire steals his family from him, Kipp is left with only his little sister to protect as best he can, and he's determined that death will not come to her-or to the girl he loves but can never approach. But who would dare to master death? As Kipp finds out, it's complicated, and possession of the soul sack is no guarantee of success.

Dragon's Keep author Janet Lee Carey has crafted a stirring and original fantasy set in a harsh and beautiful desert landscape, in which a young man who has lost everything finds the strength within himself to care for those he loves-and to allow those he cannot keep close to him to take a path he cannot follow.


The Dream Stealer (Hardcover)

By Sid Fleischman, Peter Sis (Illustrator)
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780061755637
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Greenwillow Books, 09/01/2009

There is a bandit who comes in the night. He does not want pretty silver earrings or dangly gold necklaces, not diamonds or rubies.

What does he want?

Listen, I will tell you.

He wants dreams.

He is supposed to take only nightmares—the dreams of monsters and phantoms—but he's grown scared. He's been taking the good dreams instead.

But one night he steals from the wrong girl.

Susana is clever. She is wily. She is brave.

And she wants her dream back.


Hamster Magic (Hardcover)

By Brandon Dorman (Illustrator), Lynne Jonell
$12.99
ISBN-13: 9780375866609
Availability: Coming Soon - Available for Pre-Order Now
Published: Random House Books for Young Readers, 09/01/2010

Frustrated by the limitations of her youngest-child status, Celia impulsively asks to be made bigger when her pet hamster reveals his magical powers, a wish that causes her to be unexpectedly transformed into a super-sized rodent, much to the chagrin of her older siblings.

Ages 8 & up.

Publication date: September 28, 2010


The Necromancer (Hardcover)

By Michael Scott
$18.99
ISBN-13: 9780385735315
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 05/01/2010

While Josh and Sophie consider placing their futures in the hands of the mysterious Nicholas Flamel, Machiavelli unleashes murderous monsters with the power of killing both the alchemist and Perenelle.


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