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|  | The Amber Spyglass by Joan Slattery, Philip Pullman
The final entry in the His Dark Materials trilogy, THE AMBER SPYGLASS weaves together a number of story strands as the final battle between good and evil approaches. Will, with the help of a pair of Gallivespian agents, searches for Lyra who has been hidden away by the devious Mrs. Coulter. Scientist and ex-nun Mary Malone, trapped in an alternate world, must develop a device to track the progress of Dust lest the world's inhabitants, the mulefa, perish forever. And, all the while, a priest/assassin searches painstakingly through the worlds to prevent Lyra from fulfilling her ultimate destiny. AUTHOR: Joan Slattery, Philip Pullman
PUBLISHER: Random House Children's Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General 
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 | When I Was Your Age
Description not available.In a companion volume to an award-winner, writers such as Jane Yolen, Joseph Bruchac, E. L. Konigsburg, and Kyoko Mori reflect on special childhood moments and demonstrate the similar, different, and life-changing experiences of children during various time periods. Reprint.
PUBLISHER: Candlewick Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | Mother West Wind's Children by Frances Sternhagen, Harrison Cady, Thornton W. Burgess
Fifteen tales that explain why Danny Meadow Mouse has a short tail, the reason Reddy Fox has no friends, and other mysteries about the residents of the Green Meadow. AUTHOR: Frances Sternhagen, Harrison Cady, Thornton W. Burgess
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Magic Box by Olga Cossi
Description not available.A high school basketball player's smoking may disqualify her from the big game AUTHOR: Olga Cossi
PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Paris Review Book by George Plimpton, Paris Review Staff
This anthology celebrates the 50th anniversary of the venerable Paris Review. It includes work by all the usual suspects (John Updike, Susan Sontag, V.S. Naipaul, Allen Ginsberg, Raymond Carver) as well as some less predictable contributors (Jim Crace, Joanna Scott, Larry Brown, Grace Paley), and not only fiction and poetry but interviews with, among others, Hemingway, Nabokov, and John le Carri. AUTHOR: George Plimpton, Paris Review Staff
PUBLISHER: Picador
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: General
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 | The Charade by Laura L. Guhrke
Description not available.In a novel set during the American revolution, a runaway indentured servant finds herself caught between two men, one a vicious Redcoat and the other a handsome, nobel patriot. Original. AUTHOR: Laura L. Guhrke
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: General
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