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Volume 29, Number 5, June 2002
Traveling through Time
Grades 7-12
Rosemary Chance
For all time. Caroline Cooney.
Delacorte, 2001.
$12.95. 0-385-32773-0. Annie Lockwood wants to travel
to the Egypt of one hundred years ago to find Strat,
her lost love, but something goes wrong and she ends
up in ancient Egypt. This is the fourth book in the
Time Travel Quartet.
The ropemaker. Peter Dickinson.
Delacorte,
2001. $15.95. 0-385-72921-9. Tilja, Tahl, their grandparents,
and a bad-tempered horse embark on a dangerous journey
to regain the magic that protects their valley. The
two friends find great magicians, both good and evil,
and their own special talents. Printz Honor, 2002.
The sisterhood of the traveling pants. Ann
Brashares.
Delacorte, 2001. $14.95. 0-385-72933-2.
During one summer four friends, Lena, Tibby, Bridget
and Carmen, exchange letters, a single magical pair
of pants and a celebration of life. Top Ten Best Books
for Young Adults, 2002.
A step from heaven. An Na.
Front Street, 2001.
$15.95. 1-886910-58-8. At four years old Young Ju travels
from Korea to California to a new life. Readers follow
her journey from childhood into adolescence as she
struggles to learn English and to cope with her family
problems.
 Rosemary
Chance is assistant professor in the School of
Library and Information Science at the University
of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg. She can
be reached at rchance@student.necc.cc.ms.us.
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