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COMING SPRING 2010 FROM HARPERCOLLINS

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BORDERLINE

Life's not easy for Sami Sabiri since his dad stuck him in a private school where he is the only Muslim kid.  But it's about to get a lot worse. When Sami catches his father in a lie, he gets suspicious...He's not the only one.  In a whirlwind, the FBI descends on his home, and Sami's family becomes the center of an international terrorist investigation.  Now Sami must fight to keep his world from unraveling. An explosive thriller ripped from today's headlines, Borderline is the story of a funny, gutsy Muslim-American teen determined to save his father, his family and his life.

"Tense and compelling...Authentic. A fast, exciting read with weighty underpinnings."
           - Booklist

"A compelling coming-of age-novel about acceptance, The Other, and fear,wrapped in a fascinating adventure/thriller/mystery. All these elements are shaken mightily in Allan's Stratton's latest -- as are we."
           - Gary Schmidt, Newberry and Printz Honor Winner for              Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

"Allan Stratton spins these otherwise ordinary lives on a dime and a secret.   Borderline is as astonishing as it is all quite possible."
           - Rita Garcia-Williams, Coretta Scott King Honor Book for               Like Sisters on the Home Front

"Smart, meticulously plotted, and thrilling. The scariest thing about Borderline is how utterly believable it is."
          - Tim Wynne-Jones, author of The Uninvited

 

 

 

OUT NOW FROM HARPERCOLLINS

 

 

CHANDA'S WARS (EXTRAS EDITION)

Includes an interview, unpublished draft material with commentary, former child soldier artwork, and an authentic bush recipe.  Afterword by the Honorable Romeo Dallaire, retired Lieutenant-General and head of U.N. forces during the Rwandan genocide.

Best Book for Young Adults Award, Canadian Library Association, 2009
Junior Library Guild Selection (U.S.A.)
CCBC (U.S.A.) Best Books List, 2009
White Pine Award, OLA, 2009 (finalist)

"Forceful... Heart-wrenching... Gravely realistic... Outstanding."
- Kirkus Reviews
(starred review)

"A MASTERPIECE!"
- VOYA (starred review)

Click here for SYNOPSIS, TEACHING GUIDE, EXCERPT, REVIEWS, and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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OUT NOW FROM ANNICK PRESS

 

LESLIE'S JOURNAL

In this new, updated edition of Allan Stratton's award-winning novel, blackmail takes an even more sinister turn, as Jason threatens to expose Leslie on the internet. Enter the terrifying world of cyber stalking.

"This could be the Go Ask Alice of this millennium..."
                                                            - School Library Journal

"This will cause any parent of young daughters to lose sleep."
                                                                    -Houston Chronicle

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THE RESURRECTION OF MARY MABEL MCTAVISH
(in process)

Mary Mabel is a comic novel, set in ‘30s Hollywood and small-town North America, about a young woman who claims she’s raised the dead.  Jack Warner, W.R. Hearst and the Rockettes round out a cast of Ponzi promoters, Bolshevik hoboes, tent revivalists, and double-dealing social climbers, in a fast-paced narrative that satirizes the religious right, media manipulation, celebrity and greed.

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