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Aidinoff, Elsie V. The Garden.
In an alternate Eden
after the creation of the first human beings, Adam is tutored
by God as Eve is left in the care of the Serpent.
Allen, Thomas B. George
Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British
and Won the Revolutionary War.
Who knew our most
famous Founding Father was a colonial James Bond? This book features
Washington in a little known but incredibly important role as
the mastermind behind an intricate network of Patriot spies during
the Revolutionary War. (j921 W2773al)
Almond, David. FIRE-EATERS.
It is 1962 and the
whole world is holding its breath as the Cuban Missile Crisis
intensifies. In Keely Bay, Bobby Burns is walking the tightrope
between faith and fear as he struggles with a sadistic school
master, his father's mysterious illness and the overwhelming events
of a world poised on the brink of destruction.
Bass, L.G. Sign
of the Qin: Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh, No. 1.
Dangers abound in
this magical epic martial arts fantasy that follows Prince Zong,
the Starlord, and his mother Silver Lotus, the First Consort,
after their separate escapes from the dangerous and corrupt Emperor
Han. (Juv Fic SF Bass)
Bausum, Ann. With
Courage and Cloth: Winning the Fight for a Woman's Right to Vote.
The long, arduous,
and sometimes violent struggle for a woman's right to vote is
told in an engaging narrative. The roots of the movement as well
as the other efforts it spawned are well told. (j324.623 Bausum)
Bolden, Tonya. Wake
Up Our Souls: A Celebration of Black American Artists.
This book highlights
influential and important Black American 20th-century artists,
from those of the early part of the century, to important participants
in the Harlem Renaissance, to modern and contemporary artists.
The text also includes sidebars highlighting individual pictures
and creators, describing a wonderful chapter in the history of
American art and African American life. (j709.22 Bolden)
Braff, Joshua. The
Unthinkable Thoughts of Jacob Green.
Jacob Green tries
to establish his identity in his seriously dysfunctional suburban
Jewish family during the late seventies/early eighties. (Fic Braff)
Burgess, Melvin. DOING IT.
Rude, crude, and obsessed
with the needs of Mr. Knobby Knobster, high school students Jonathon
and his mates Dino and Ben provide an unflinching inside look
at the terrors and delights of male sexuality.
Choldenko, Gennifer. Al
Capone Does My Shirts
Twelve-year-old Moose
Flanagan is dismayed and more than just a little wary when his
family moves to Alcatraz Island because of his father's new job
as a prison guard, so that his autistic sister Natalie may attend
an exclusive special school. (Juv Fic Choldenko)
Chotjewitz, David. Daniel
Half Human and the Good Nazi.
When Daniel tells
his parents that they cannot forbid him from joining the Hitler
Jugend (HJ), they tell him the truth - that he is half Jewish
and the Nazi Party will not allow him to join. (YA Fic Chotjewitz)
Corrigan, Eireann. Splintering.
A family faces the
aftermath of a brutal attack by a violent stranger. (YA Fic Corrigan)
Curtis, Christopher Paul. Bucking
the Sarge.
Fifteen year-old Luther
T. Farrell has come to terms with the fact that his mother is
a number one scam artist, preying on the weak and powerless, including
her own son. Luther's plan is to do well in school, win prizes
for science projects, go away to a good college with the money
his mother is putting away in his college fund. When Luther's
project threatens to expose his mother's illegal dealings, Luther's
plans nearly unravel. (YA Fic Curtis)
de Lint, Charles. The
Blue Girl.
Being temporarily
blue-skinned hasn't helped brash, street-smart Imogene's status
as her high school's social outcast, nor does it help her and
her friends-- real, dead and imaginary-- to defeat the soul-eating
Anamithims. (Juv Fic SF de Lint)
Dunkle, Clare B. The
Hollow Kingdom.
Beautiful Kate agrees
to marry the King of the Goblins in exchange for the safe return
of her kidnapped sister. (Juv Fic SF Dunkle)
Farmer, Nancy. The
Sea of Trolls.
When the Northmen
invade Great Britain in 793, 11-year-old Jack, who has been apprenticing
with The Bard, and Lucy, his five year old sister, are taken as
slaves and partake in a series of adventures involving trolls,
dragons, magic, and a very angry young Berserker girl. (Juv Fic
SF Farmer)
Fisher, Catherine. The
Oracle Betrayed.
The Archon sacrifices
himself to the scorpion to bring rain to his drought-stricken
land but not before warning shy Mirany, the new Bearer that treachery
and deceit are all around. (Juv Fic SF Fisher)
Flake, Sharon. Who
Am I Without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their
Lives.
Ten short stores focus
on sometimes difficult male-female relationships as experienced
by African American teen girls. (YA Fic Flake)
Flinn, Alex. Nothing
to Lose.
What happened the
night that Michael Daye joined the carny life? Now that his mother
is on trial for murder, perhaps the real truth will come out.
(YA Fic Flinn)
Freedman, Russell. The
Voice that Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle
for Equal Rights
A biography of the great
singer Marian Anderson and her role in bringing the injustice
of segregation in the arts to national awareness. (j784.092 Freedman)
Fusco, Kimberly Newton. Tending
to Grace.
Cornelia Thornhill,
who refuses to speak because of her speech impediment, is left
with her Great-Aunt Agatha when her mother and her boyfriend head
off to greener pastures in Vegas. (YA Fic Fusco)
Gothic:
Ten Original Dark Tales.
Ten gifted authors
create short gothic tales that thrill and chill. (YA Fic M Gothic)
Greenberg, Jan and Sandra Jordan. Andy
Warhol: Prince of Pop.
This biography of
Andy Warhol illuminates his life and times, highlighting his impact
on art and culture. (j759.19 Greenberg)
Halpin, Brendan. Donorboy.
14-year old Rosalind
Butterfield's life is suddenly destroyed when her two lesbian
parents die in a freak accident. Her genetic father, a casual,
past friend of her mothers', embarks on a journey to be her father
in her time of need. (Fic Halpin)
Hautman, Pete. Godless.
16-year-old Jason
Bock, tired of the tedious "Teen Power Outreach" sessions
he is forced to attend at his Catholic church, decides to create
his own religion that involves worshipping the town's water tower
as a god. (YA Fic Hautman)
Hoose, Phillip M. The
Race to Save the Lord God Bird.
The story of the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker's demise is the centerpiece for a book about extinction
and the pressures of mankind upon the Earth. (j598.72 Hoose)
Horowitz, Anthony. Eagle
Strike: An Alex Rider Adventure.
Teenage British spy
Alex Rider is back in an all new addicting adventure that includes
a reunion with an old enemy, a celebrity madman, and a near fatal
rendezvous with destiny aboard Air Force One! (YA Fic Horowitz)
Janeczko, Paul B. WORLDS AFIRE: THE HARTFORD CIRCUS FIRE OF 1944.
On July 6, 1944, 167
people were killed and over 500 were injured when the circus they
were attending in Hartford, Connecticut caught fire. Janeczko
recreates the before, during, and after of this true event in
haunting poetry.
Jocelyn, Marthe. Mable
Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance.
Mabel Riley dreams
of grand adventures when she and her sister move away from their
home and board with a farm family in turn-of-the-century Ontario.
(YA Fic Jocelyn)
Johnson, Angela. BIRD.
Thirteen-year-old
Bird runs away from her home in Ohio in hopes of retrieving her
departed stepfather, Cecil.
Johnson, Kathleen Jeffrie. A
Fast and Brutal Wing.
Emmet and Niki may
or may not be a brother and sister pair of shape shifters implicated
in the disappearance of a local celebrity who may or may not be
dead. (YA Fic M Johnson)
Johnson, Maureen. The
Key to the Golden Firebird.
A year after their
father dies from a heart attack in his prized 1967 Firebird, the
three Gold sisters try to cope with their grief and get their
lives back to normal. (YA Fic Johnson)
Koertge, Ron. Margaux
With An X.
Margaux,"with
an X", a beautiful ice queen, can have any boy she wants,
and what she wants to do is tease. That is, until she meets Danny
Riley, school outcast. (YA Fic Koertge)
Koja, Kathe. THE BLUE MIRROR.
The Blue Mirror serves
as Maggy's escape from her alcoholic mother, and her entrance
into the destructive, abusive life of Cole, an enigmatic and homeless
Pied Piper.
Konigsburg, E.L. The
Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place.
Rescued from summer
camp bullies by her Old World-styled Granduncles, Margaret Rose
Kane spends a transformative month lodging at their unusual home.
(Juv Fic Konigsburg)
Kubert, Joe. YOSSEL, APRIL 19, 1943: A STORY OF THE WARSAW GHETTO
UPRISING
With rough pencil
sketches, 15-year-old Yossel chronicles the horrifying events
of the Holocaust in the Warsaw Ghetto, culminating in the ill-fated
uprising.
Lawrence, Michael. A
Crack in the Line.
Sixteen-year-old Alaric
stumbles into a parallel universe in which his dead mother still
lives and discovers that his room is occupied by Naia, a girl
who looks just like him. (Juv Fic SF Lawrence)
Lawrence, Iain. B
for Buster.
Kak, 16, illegally
enlists in the Canadian Air Force in 1943 and experiences the
horror of war as he battles his fear of flying in the bombing
raids over Germany. (YA Fic Lawrence)
Leavitt, Martine. HECK, SUPERHERO
Ninety-six critical
hours in the life of a 13-year-old all-too-human kid who has channeled
a lifetime of chronic neglect by his severely depressed mother
into becoming a caregiver and doer of Good Deeds as well as a
truly extraordinary artist.
Levithan, David. The
Realm of Possibility.
This ambitious and
romantic novel in verse presents twenty distinctive-yet-interwoven
stories by twenty high school students who each share defining
pieces of their lives in a variety of poetic forms. (YA Fic Levithan)
Marchetta, Melina. Saving
Francesca.
Teenaged Francesca
is facing her classes, her friends, and the complications that
arise from being one of thirty girls in a school with 750 guys,
while also groping for some key that might help lead her high-powered
mother back from a breakdown. (YA Fic Marchetta)
McKinley, Robin. Sunshine.
A band of vampires
chain Sunshine to the wall of an abandoned ballroom and leave
her to be devoured by the ballroom's other inhabitant, a vampire
who instead asks her to help him escape. (Fic McKinley)
McNaughton, Janet. An
Earthly Knight.
In 1162, Jenny finds
herself in the role of elder daughter when her older sister runs
away with an dangerous suitor -- but what happens when Jenny falls
in love with Tam Lin instead of the brother of the King? (Juv
Fic SF McNaughton)
McWhorter, Diane. A
Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968.
This handsome volume
summarizes and explains the key years of the Civil rights Movement,
bringing in major players as well as lesser known heroes and heroines.
(j323.4 McWhorter)
Meyer, L.A. Curse
Of The Blue Tattoo: Being an Account of the Misadventures of Jacky
Faber, Midshipman and Fine Lady.
Having her blown "grand
Deception," Jacky Faber, ships' boy and aspiring fine lady,
has been unceremoniously dropped off in Boston by the H.M.S. Dolphin
crew to attend the Lawson Peabody School for Young Girls. There
she encounters worse sharks than any she could ever meet in the
open ocean! (YA Fic Meyer)
Morgan, Nicola. FLESHMARKET
A young Scottish boy,
Robbie Anderson, tries to uncover the true nature of a head surgeon
and learn about early nineteenth century medicine after he hears
(at the tender age of eight) the sounds of his mother's breast
surgery at the Theater of Surgeons in Surgeons Square in Edinburgh,
Scotland.
Moriarty, Jaclyn. The
Year Of Secret Assignments.
Best friends Lydia,
Emily and Cassie's penpal project with boys from a rival school
results in hilarious high school hijinks, including out of control
pranks, identity theft and a text-book perfect act of sweet, sweet
revenge. (YA Fic Moriarty)
Morpurgo, Michael. Private
Peaceful.
15-year-old Tommy
Peaceful and his older brother Charlie enlist in the British army
and are sent to fight in the trenches in France after their noble
landlord offers them a choice between joining up or having the
family evicted from their home. (YA Fic Morpurgo)
Myers, Walter Dean. Here
in Harlem: Poems in Many Voices.
The hopes, dreams,
and disappointments of the iconic African American community are
explored in verse and vintage photographs. (YA 811.54 Myers)
Napoli, Donna Jo. Bound.
In this retelling
of Chinese Cinderella tales, Xing Xing, 14, is resigned to a life
of servitude to her ungrateful stepmother and sickly stepsister,
until, with the help of an extraordinary fish, she finds the strength
to decide her own fate. (YA Fic Napoli)
Nelson, Blake. Rock
Star, Superstar.
Sixteen year old bass
player Peter learns bittersweet lessons of life, love and rock
and roll during his sophomore and junior years of high school,
playing with the underground band, The Tiny Masters of Today.
(YA Fic Nelson)
Oppel, Kenneth. Airborn.
Matt Cruse is more
at home in the air than anywhere on land. He pursues his dream
of someday serving as captain on an airship like the Aurora, that
takes passengers and cargo around the world. When the Aurora,
part dirigible, part shipping vessel is forced to land on an uncharted
island, Matt and fellow traveler, Kate must battle pirates and
strange winged creatures in order to return their damaged ship
to its voyage in the sky. (YA Fic SF Oppel)
Peck, Richard. The
Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts.
When mean ole Myrt
Arbuckle hauls off and dies, 15-year-old Russell Culver thinks
he is finally done with school forever until his older sister
becomes the new teacher. (YA Fic Peck)
Peters, Julie Anne. Luna
Luna, like her namesake the
moon, can only come out at night. What happens when she decides
to become a presence in the daylight too, changing Liam into Luna
before his family's very eyes? (YA Fic Peters)
Pratchett, Terry. A
Hat Full Of Sky.
When Tiffany Aching
leaves the Chalk and her Wee Free Men to become a witch-in-training,
she does not know that she will soon need their help to battle
an invisible foe. (Juv Fic SF Pratchett)
Rapp, Adam. Under
the Wolf, Under the Dog.
Gifted and talented
high school student Steve Nugent reveals how he ended up in a
teen facility after his mother dies of cancer and his brother
shortly thereafter kills himself. (YA Fic Rapp)
Reeve, Philip. Predator's
Gold
In a futuristic world where
wheeled cities devour other cities, lovers Hester and Tom are
pursued by a terrorist group as they shelter on a traction city
attempting to find the "Dead Continent" of America in
this sequel to MORTAL ENGINES. (Juv Fic SF Reeve)
Robinson, Sharon. Promises
to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America.
Jackie Robinson's
daughter weaves interesting narrative about her father's baseball
career, family life and political activism with beautiful photographs
and handwritten correspondence to create an unforgettable read.
(j796.357 Robinson)
Rosoff, Meg. how
i live now.
15-year-old Elizabeth
(Daisy) finds her whole world turned upside down when she travels
to England to stay with relatives, falls in love, and is caught
up in a devastating world war. (YA Fic Rosoff)
Saenz, Benjamin Alire. Sammy
and Juliana in Hollywood.
Sammy Santos dreams
of getting away from the barrio to college but when Juliana Rios,
the girl he loves, is tragically killed his grief nearly overwhelms
him. (YA Fic Saenz)
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis
2: The Story of a Return.
Marjane Satrapi continues
where she left off in PERSEPOLIS, living in Vienna and enduring
the hardships of being a Third World citizen in a Western country.
(YA 955.0542; 741.5999 Sa83pt)
Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie
Bright and the Buckminister Boy.
Turner's family moves
to Phippsburg, Maine at a time when the town's white leaders are
seeking to eliminate a nearby island community, originally founded
by former slaves, in hopes of attracting tourism. Based upon a
historic 1912 incident. (YA Fic Schmidt)
Seagle, Steven T. IT'S A BIRD.
A comic writer named
Steve is unable to accept the job of a lifetime, to write a Superman
story, because the problems in his family's past continue to haunt
him in the present.
Shinn, Sharon. The
Safe-Keeper's Secret.
The foundling, Reed,
is raised with the Safe-Keeper's own baby, Fiona. As the two grow
older they must come to terms with who they are as well as who
they might become. (Juv Fic SF Shinn)
Shusterman, Neal. The
Schwa was here.
When Antsy Bonano
realizes that his friend Calvin Schwa is functionally invisible,
they decide to use this "Schwa Effect" to make some
big bucks. Their plan works wonderfully until they are caught
in loony Old Man Crawley's apartment. (YA Fic Shusterman)
Silverstein, Ken. The
Radioactive Boy Scout: The True Story of a Boy and His Backyard
Nuclear Reactor.
Science geek David
Hahn's obsession with nuclear energy results in the unsupervised
creation of a radioative device with the potential to spark an
environmental disaster in his community. (YA 921 H124s)
Sones , Sonya. One
of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies
After her mother dies
of cancer, Ruby is forced to move to "Cali-phony-a"
to live with her father, the famous movie star, Whip Logan. (YA
Fic Sones)
Steer, Dugald. Dr.
Ernest Drake's Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons.
Dragonologists, both
amateur and academic, will hail Dr. Drake's lavishly illustrated
rediscovered guide that includes a classification of dragons by
habitat, anatomical drawings, helpful riddles for outwitting the
European genus and a practical list of essential equipment for
the serious scientist ready to leave his armchair. Dragon dust
and important spells are included in the appendix. (j398.2454
Steer)
Strasser, Todd. Can't
Get There From Here.
A homeless teen, Maybe,
and her tribe of fellow street urchins try to survive the natural
and human elements of a winter on the street in Manhattan. (YA
Fic Strasser)
Stratton, Allan. Chanda's
Secrets.
16-year-old Chanda
loves school and dreams of a scholarship and a life beyond her
family's poverty. But her Mama is tired all the time after her
little sister's death and Chanda must fight to keep her dreams
alive and conquer her fears in the face of the brutal reality
of Africa's AIDS epidemic. (YA Fic Stratton)
Stroud, Jonathan. The
Golem's Eye: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two.
Nathaniel, a talented
and ambitious 14-year-old governmental magician, again summons
Bartimaeus, the sarcastic and irreverent djinni from The Amulet
of Samarkand, to help him destroy a hideous golem that is attacking
London. (Juv Fic SF Stroud)
Tocher, Timothy. CHIEF SUNRISE, JOHN McGRAW, AND ME
Escaping his abusive
father, 15-year-old Hank Cobb joins Chief Sunrise, "immortal
in the making," in a journey to meet John McGraw and try
out for the 1919 New York Giants baseball team.
Townley, Roderick. SKY: A NOVEL IN 3 SETS AND AN ENCORE
Sky is a 15-year-old
jazz musician who is forced to come to terms with his over-bearing
father and struggles to find himself in 1958 Manhattan.
Turnbull, Ann. No
Shame, No Fear.
In 1662 Britain, as
violent intolerance of Quakers mounts, a 15-year-old Quaker girl
and the well-educated son of a prosperous and respected Anglican
businessman fall in love. (YA Fic Turnbull)
Unger, Zac. Working
Fire: The Making of an Accidental Fireman.
A young rookie provides
a behind-the-firehouse doors look at what is like to fight fire
in a big city. (363.378 Un32w)
Updale, Eleanor. Montmorency:
Thief, Liar, Gentleman?
Montmorency, a petty
thief in Victorian England, is badly injured and then caught by
the police, but his time recuperating in jail is the beginning
of a whole new life for prisoner #493. (YA Fic M Updale)
Van Der Vat, Dan. D-Day:
The Greatest Invasion - A People's History.
A visually stunning
overview of the pivotal invasion of Europe that changed the course
of World War II. (940.5421 V28bd)
Weeks, Sarah. So
B. It
12-year-old Heidi--whose
mother's severe mental disability limits her to only being able
to articulate 23 words, sounds, or short phrases--embarks on a
journey to discover the truth of her mom's and her own past. (Juv
Fic Weeks)
Werlin, Nancy. Double
Helix.
Haunted by too many
unanswered questions, Eli Samuels finds they all seem to lead
to world-famous transgeneticist Quincy Wyatt, a man whose eerie
familiarity masks a chilling truth. (YA Fic M Werlin)
Westerfeld, Scott. So
Yesterday.
When Hunter Braque,
a Cool Hunter, meets Jen Jones, an Innovator, the pair unwittingly
fall into a secret scheme to rock the foundations of a multinational
shoe manufacturer. (YA Fic Westerfeld)
Whedon, Joss. FRAY.
In the distant future,
Fray is a thief making a living in the slum that was once Manhattan.
One day her destiny catches up with her. She's a Slayer, born
to kill the monsters that are at war with mankind.
Whitney, Kim Ablon. SEE YOU DOWN THE ROAD
Bridget is a 16-year-old
Traveler, part of a family of roaming con artists, who is not
sure she wants to stay in the life now that she has been promised
in marriage.
Williams-Garcia, Rita. No
Laughter Here.
When Victoria returns
from as family visit to Nigeria, she is uncharacteristically distant
from her best friend, Akilah. Soon Akilah learns that her friend
was circumcised in keeping with that country's coming-of-age ritual.
(YA Fic Williams-Garcia)
Wolf, Allan. New
Found Land: Lewis and Clark's Voyage of Discovery.
Fourteen members of
the Corps of Discovery tell the story of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
(YA Fic Wolf)
Wooding, Chris. The
Haunting of Alaizabel Cray.
Possession, wych-kin,
airships and Stitch-face all pose tremendous challenges to Thaniel
and Cathaline as they fight to rid London of the evil Fraternity.
(YA Fic M Wooding)
Woodson, Jacqueline. Behind
You.
Family, friends, and
Ellie--the love of his life--deal with the tragic death of 15-year-old
Jeremiah. (YA Fic Woodson)
Yolen, Jane and Robert J. Harris. Prince
Across the Water.
Duncan MacDonald and
his cousin Ewan are eager to answer the call to restore Prince
Charlie to the Scottish throne, a quest that will lead to the
end of the Highland clans at the bloody battle of Culloden. (YA
Fic Yolen)
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