April’s roundup of New in Paperback titles includes THE SWEET FAR THING, the extraordinary conclusion to Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle trilogy; the National Book Award-winning THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN by Sherman Alexie, a semi-autobiographical novel that chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to escape the life he was destined to live; AIRHEAD, in which Meg Cabot introduces readers to a 16-year-old girl whose appearance changes drastically as the result of a mysterious accident; EXTRAS, a continuation of Scott Westerfeld’s award-winning Uglies series that is set in a world where social status is constantly monitored and rated; Carolyn Mackler’s GUYAHOLIC, which centers on Vivienne Valentine (from VEGAN VIRGIN VALENTINE) and her own misadventures through life, love and a cross-country road trip; and SUNRISE OVER FALLUJAH, a powerful novel from Walter Dean Myers about the heroics and horror of war, as seen through the eyes of a young recruit from Harlem.
April 2009
