New in November

Love, Stargirl: Jerry Spinelli: 274 pages

Still moping months after being dumped by her Arizona boyfriend Leo, fifteen-year-old Stargirl, a home-schooled free spirit, writes "the world's longest letter" to Leo, describing her new life in Pennsylvania.

Crow: The Third Book of Pellinor: Alison Croggon: 511 pages

While his sister, Maerad, pursues her dangerous destiny in the frozen North, Hem is sent south to Turbansk for his own safety, but soon the forces of the Dark overrun the great city and Hem flees with his mentor Saliman, his white crow Irc, and a young orphan girl to join the Light's resistance.

Dragon and Judge: Timothy Zahn: 318 pages

Just when fourteen-year-old Jack Morgan thinks he and his symbiont, the dragon warrior Draycos, are on the brink of finding information about the destruction of Draycos's race, he is kidnapped by aliens who ask him to serve as a judge, as his parents did before him.

Seeing Redd: Frank Beddor: 371 pages

When Alyss Heart returns to her rightful place on the throne of Wonderland, she is put to the test as enemies, both inside and outside the borders of her queendom, push their own agendas and wield horrific weapons, while she strives to unify them all.

Hot Lunch: Alex Bradley: 276 pages

When Molly and Cassie are assigned to work in the kitchen as a punishment for their food fight, they realize that the only way they are going to be released from the duty is to cooperate and learn to cook.

The Very Ordered Existence of Merilee Marvelous: Suzanne Carlisle Crowley: 380 pages

In the small town of Jumbo, Texas, thirteen-year-old Merilee, who has Asperger's Syndrome, tries to live a "Very Ordered Existence," but disruptions begin when a boy and his father arrive in town and the youngster makes himself a part of the family.

Extras: Scott Westerfeld: 417 pages

Fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse, an Extra, just wants to lay low, so when she discovers the secret lives of the Sly Girls, she wants to report their story, but she knows that would propel her into a celebrity status she's not prepared for.

M is for Magic: Neil Gaiman: 260 pages

Eleven fantastical--and spine-tingling--stories include a sinister jack-in-the-box that terrorizes all who own it, a boy raised in a graveyard who confronts the much more troubling world of the living, and a stray cat who will do anything to protect his adopted family from evil.