February's roundup of New in Paperback titles includes SPIRIT WALKER, the second installment in Michelle Paver's adventure series Chronicles of Ancient Darkness about a boy who can talk to wolves; WILLOW RUN, Patricia Reilly Giff's moving companion to the Newbery Honor Book LILY'S CROSSING that centers on a young girl whose life has been turned upside down by World War II; and two delightful books by Megan McDonald --- JUDY MOODY DECLARES INDEPENDENCE, in which a visit to Boston puts the third grader in a revolutionary frame of mind, and STINK AND THE INCREDIBLE SUPER-GALACTIC JAWBREAKER, the second story to feature Judy Moody's younger brother in a starring role.
Series Books
Amelia Bedelia
AMELIA BEDELIA, ROCKET SCIENTIST? Herman Parish
illustrated by Lynn Sweat
HarperTrophy
ISBN-10: 0060518898
ISBN-13: 9780060518899
Ages 5-9
64 pages
OUR TREE NAMED STEVE Alan Zweibel
illustrated by David Catrow
Puffin/Penguin Young Readers Group
ISBN-10: 0142407437
ISBN-13: 9780142407431
Ages 5-up
32 pages