Summary: 新しい学校にはいったデイジー。おねえちゃんにハンディキャップがあるので、家に友達をよべない。そんなデイジーの誕生日パーティーが実現するまでの物語です。ともだちづくりにも心をなやませるデイジーがけなげです。それにしてもパーティのケーキの派手さはスゴイ!あんなケーキだったらうれしいだろうな。

Summary: “My parents suck ass. Banning me from the phone and restricting my computer privileges are the most tyrannical parental gestures I can think of. Don’t they realize that Hope’s the only one who keeps me sane? . . . I don’t see how things could get any worse.”

When her best friend, Hope Weaver, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated. A fish out of water at school and a stranger at home, Jessica feels more lost than ever now that the only person with whom she could really communicate has gone. How is she supposed to deal with the boy- and shopping-crazy girls at school, her dad’s obsession with her track meets, her mother salivating over big sister Bethany’s lavish wedding, and her nonexistent love life?

A fresh, funny, utterly compelling fiction debut by first-time novelist Megan McCafferty, Sloppy Firsts is an insightful, true-to-life look at Jessica’s predicament as she embarks on another year of teenage torment--from the dark days of Hope’s departure through her months as a type-A personality turned insomniac to her completely mixed-up feelings about Marcus Flutie, the intelligent and mysterious “Dreg” who works his way into her heart. Like a John Hughes for the twenty-first century, Megan McCafferty taps into the inherent humor and drama of the teen experience. This poignant, hilarious novel is sure to appeal to readers who are still going through it, as well as those who are grateful that they don’t have to go back and grow up all over again.

Summary: ２歳半の男の子用に買いました。
ママにも読める簡単な英語です。イラストの小さい子ブタのしぐさがとてもかわいらしく、子どもはこぶたの動きを真似ながら、いつもページをめくっています。
イラストの色は派手ではありませんが、落ち着いた色合いでとても素敵です。他のarnold lobelの本も何冊か一緒に購入しましたが、子どもはこのsmall pigだけをよんで、と毎晩せがみます。お勧めです。

Summary: This Level 3 book is perfect for children who can read alone.
In Spies, readers explore the history of espionage through war and "cold war" peace. Meet the famous and the infamous, the agents and the double agents. Infiltrate the FBI, CIA, and KGB and follow the evolution of the tools of the trade, including industrial spying and computer hackers. The 48-page Level 3 books, designed for children who can read on their own, contain more complex sentence structure and more detail. Young readers will devour these kid-friendly titles, which cover high-interest topics such as sharks, and the Bermuda Triangle, as well as classics like Aladdin. Information boxes highlight historical references, trivia, pronunciation, and other facts about words and names mentioned. Averaging 2,400 to 2,800 words, these books offer a 50/50 picture-to-text ratio.
The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.

Summary: In her debut novel, the terrific thriller "Spin State", Chris Moriarty melds cutting-edge science with post-cyberpunk fiction and neo-noir suspense to create a complex, believable future inhabited by one of the most intriguing characters in modern science fiction.
Major Catherine Li is a veteran United Nations Peacekeeper in a future of world-nations. Humanity has spread across interstellar space by "jumping": teleportation enabled by quantum physics and a bizarre crystal found only on Compson's World. The jumps destroy memory, so jumpers back up their memories on computer. Despite this precaution, frequent jumpers still lose some memories, a fact that poses a far greater problem for Catherine Li than it does for other Peacekeepers. For Li has a dangerous, potentially deadly secret: she's an illegal clone.
When a UN mission goes awry, Li finds herself shipped on solo duty to Compson's World--her home world, to which she'd vowed never to return. Her mission initially seems simple: to determine if the death of brilliant physicist Hannah Sharifi was a crystal-mining accident or cold-blooded murder. Like Li, Sharifi is a clone--in fact, she's Li's genetic twin. Li swiftly finds herself enmeshed in the intertangled politics of the UN, the multiplanetary corporations, the miners, and the human-created Artificial Intelligences, who have enigmatic agendas of their own. "--Cynthia Ward"

Summary: This Level 2 book is perfect for children who are beginning to read alone.
In this book, children learn the story of Pocahontas. Famous for helping maintain peace between the English colonists and Native Americans, this brave Indian woman befriended the settlers at Jamestown, saving the life of their leader, Captain John Smith, whom she later married. Longer sentences and an expanded vocabulary make this series of 48-page books slightly more challenging: Level 2 is appropriate for children who have started to read but still need help. Information boxes full of background information will stimulate inquisitive minds. These books contain between 700 and 850 words, and they are approximately 70 percent pictures and 30 percent text. The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4.

Summary: 養護施設で暮らす１０歳の女の子、トレイシー・ビーカーの日記形式で書かれた物語。
強がったり嘘をついたりする裏側に、淋しい傷ついた心がほの見え、ほろりとさせられる。作家カムとの出会いによって希望の見えてきたトレイシーだが・・・。
トレイシーの強気の奥の優しい心根、柔らかい心を感じさせる書き方がうまい。センスの良いユーモアに溢れ、物語も面白く、夢中で一気に読んでしまった。いつものコンビのシャラットの挿し絵も沢山入っていて、楽しく素晴らしい。原書では続編も出ているので、是非そちらも訳して欲しいと思う。

Summary: アンドレアの両親が離婚して、それぞれ子持ちの相手と再婚してしまった。１０歳まで家族三人で暮らしてきた、大好きな「マルベリーのおうち」は他の人が買い取って、アンドレアのおうちはなくなった。パパと暮らす？ママと暮らす？アンドレアは一週間ずつ、両方の家で過ごすことにした。新しいきょうだいたちの間にアンドレアの居場所はなくって、毎日ごたごた続き。マルベリーのおうちに帰りたい。
アルファベット２６文字で始まる短い章でかかれています。各章の先頭の飾り文字のイラストがキュート。
人間関係に傷つき、時にはムカついたり、こっそり人形に語りかけたりする今時の子供の心が、力強くいきいきと描かれています。負けるなアンドレア！と応援したくなりました。
小学校３年くらいから。

Summary:
Lisa Edwards
This Prada-wearing magazine editor thinks her life is over when her "fabulous" new job turns out to be a deportation to Dublin to launch Colleen magazine. The only saving grace is that her friends aren't there to witness her downward spiral. Might her new boss, the disheveled and moody Jack Devine, save her from a fate worse than hell?
Ashling Kennedy
Ashling, Colleen's assistant editor, is an award-winning worrier, increasingly aware that something fundamental is missing from her life -- apart from a boyfriend and a waistline.
Clodagh "Princess" Kelly
Ashling's best friend, Clodagh, lives the domestic dream in a suburban castle. So why, lately, has she had the recurring urge to kiss a frog -- or sleep with a frog, if truth be told? As these three women search for love, success, and happiness, they will discover that if you let things simmer under the surface for too long, sooner or later they'll boil over.
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