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Adams, Douglas.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (Hitchhiker's Trilogy, Book 1.)
Arthur Dent sets off on a trip through outer space after the Earth is slated for destruction by aliens who want to construct an interplanetary highway.
(YA Fic SF, C-13784 SF Book on Tape) Check the Library Catalog

Bat Boy Lives!: The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks That Shape Our World.
Stories about mutants, aliens, scandals, freaks of nature, and conspiracies that have been featured in the "Weekly World News" over the last twenty-five years.
(YA 001.9 Bat) Check the Library Catalog

Fleischman, Paul.
A Fate Totally Worse Than Death.
In this horror novel parody, 3 self-centered members of Cliffside High School's ruling clique are beginning to age rapidly and become convinced that the new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death they caused the year before.
(YA Fic M) Check the Library Catalog

Hiaasen, Carl.
Flush.
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah and his sister must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
(YA Fic. D-10068 Book on Disc YA) Check the Library Catalog

Howe, Norma.
The Adventures of Blue Avenger. (First in the Blue Avenger series.)
On his 16th birthday, David Schumacher changes his name to Blue Avenger and things start to happen. Within 24 hours he becomes a national hero, starts dating an extraordinary girl named Omaha Nebraska Brown, and bakes an imperfect pie. And that's not all.
(YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog

Lubar, David.
Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie.
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of a baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.
(YA Fic, D-10439 Book on Disc YA) Check the Library Catalog

Maxwell, Katie.
The Year My Life Went Down the Loo. (Emily series. #1)
16-year-old Emily's family moved from Seattle to England and she has to adjust to a whole new lingo, new friends, and, worst of all, no malls. (YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog

Powell, Randy.
Three Clams and an Oyster.
A 4-man flag football team that calls itself Three Clams and an Oyster is short one shellfish. The guys know they have to get serious if they really want to go to Nationals and scramble to find a replacement before the September deadline.
(YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog

Pratchett, Terry.
The Wee Free Men. (A Tiffany Aching adventure, #1.)
A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of 6-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland.
(Juv Fic SF, C-16208 Book on Tape Juv SF, D-9961 Book on Disc Juv SF) Check the Library Catalog

Rees, Douglas.
Vampire High.
When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Mass. and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day.
(YA Fic M) Check the Library Catalog

Shusterman, Neil.
The Schwa Was Here.
A Brooklyn 8th-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
(YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog

Strong, Jeremy.
Stuff: The Life of a Cool Demented Dude.
14-year-old Simon, known as Stuff, struggles with his new stepfamily, tries to avoid a giant attack rabbit, hopes to break up with his girlfriend and connect with a new one, and creates cartoons of "Punykid's battle with drooling dorkoids."
(YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog

Vande Velde, Vivian.
Never Trust a Dead Man.
Selwyn, wrongly accused of murder, teams up with Farold, the murder victim currently resurrected as a bat, to find Farold's true killer. Using a variety of "clever disguises," such as a young woman and her songbird or a pilgrim and his bat, the two investigate the increasingly lengthy list of potential murderers.
(YA Fic M) Check the Library Catalog

9/26/06
Duluth Public Library, 520 W. Superior St., Duluth, MN 55802

	Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. (Hitchhiker's Trilogy, Book 1.) Arthur Dent sets off on a trip through outer space after the Earth is slated for destruction by aliens who want to construct an interplanetary highway. (YA Fic SF, C-13784 SF Book on Tape) Check the Library Catalog
	Bat Boy Lives!: The Weekly World News Guide to Politics, Culture, Celebrities, Alien Abductions, and the Mutant Freaks That Shape Our World. Stories about mutants, aliens, scandals, freaks of nature, and conspiracies that have been featured in the "Weekly World News" over the last twenty-five years. (YA 001.9 Bat) Check the Library Catalog
	Fleischman, Paul. A Fate Totally Worse Than Death. In this horror novel parody, 3 self-centered members of Cliffside High School's ruling clique are beginning to age rapidly and become convinced that the new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death they caused the year before. (YA Fic M) Check the Library Catalog
	Hiaasen, Carl. Flush. With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah and his sister must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home. (YA Fic. D-10068 Book on Disc YA) Check the Library Catalog
	Howe, Norma. The Adventures of Blue Avenger. (First in the Blue Avenger series.) On his 16th birthday, David Schumacher changes his name to Blue Avenger and things start to happen. Within 24 hours he becomes a national hero, starts dating an extraordinary girl named Omaha Nebraska Brown, and bakes an imperfect pie. And that's not all. (YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog
	Lubar, David. Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie. While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of a baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer. (YA Fic, D-10439 Book on Disc YA) Check the Library Catalog
	Maxwell, Katie. The Year My Life Went Down the Loo. (Emily series. #1) 16-year-old Emily's family moved from Seattle to England and she has to adjust to a whole new lingo, new friends, and, worst of all, no malls. (YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog
	Powell, Randy. Three Clams and an Oyster. A 4-man flag football team that calls itself Three Clams and an Oyster is short one shellfish. The guys know they have to get serious if they really want to go to Nationals and scramble to find a replacement before the September deadline. (YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog
	Pratchett, Terry. The Wee Free Men. (A Tiffany Aching adventure, #1.) A young witch-to-be named Tiffany teams up with the Wee Free Men, a clan of 6-inch-high blue men, to rescue her baby brother and ward off a sinister invasion from Fairyland. (Juv Fic SF, C-16208 Book on Tape Juv SF, D-9961 Book on Disc Juv SF) Check the Library Catalog
	Rees, Douglas. Vampire High. When his family moves from California to New Sodom, Mass. and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned, supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him around campus on the first day. (YA Fic M) Check the Library Catalog
	Shusterman, Neil. The Schwa Was Here. A Brooklyn 8th-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone. (YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog
	Strong, Jeremy. Stuff: The Life of a Cool Demented Dude. 14-year-old Simon, known as Stuff, struggles with his new stepfamily, tries to avoid a giant attack rabbit, hopes to break up with his girlfriend and connect with a new one, and creates cartoons of "Punykid's battle with drooling dorkoids." (YA Fic) Check the Library Catalog
	Vande Velde, Vivian. Never Trust a Dead Man. Selwyn, wrongly accused of murder, teams up with Farold, the murder victim currently resurrected as a bat, to find Farold's true killer. Using a variety of "clever disguises," such as a young woman and her songbird or a pilgrim and his bat, the two investigate the increasingly lengthy list of potential murderers. (YA Fic M) Check the Library Catalog