New Books
New Titles added July 2009 - by Dewey number
New Titles added June 2009 - by Dewey number
388.4 SAN
Sandler, Martin W. Secret subway. Washington, D.C. : National
Geographic, c2009. In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build
America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but
Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook,
opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew
carved a three-hundred-foot tunnel beneath a department
store. Before long, the project was discovered and the
public raved about its potential. But no further tunnels
were ever built. What happened to Beach's railway, and where
is it now?.
B RUT
Hampton, Wilborn. Babe Ruth : a twentieth-century life. New
York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009. Born into a poor family in
Baltimore, George Herman Ruth Jr. was sent to a Catholic
reform school at age seven, where he learned how to play
baseball. Initially a talented southpaw, the Babe went on to
shatter every home-run record on the books--when fewer games
were played in a season and a heavier ball was used.
FIC KEL
Kelly, Jacqueline. The evolution of Calpurnia Tate. 1st ed.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009. In central Texas in
1899, eleven-year-old Callie Vee Tate is instructed to be a
lady by her mother, learns about love from the older three
of her six brothers, and studies the natural world with her
grandfather, the latter of which leads to an important
discovery.
FIC KNE
Kneece, Mark. The twilight zone : the midnight sun. New York :
Walker & Co., 2009. New York City has become almost
uninhabitable when continuous sunlight causes unbearable
heat, rationing of water and electricity, and swarms of
people leaving, looking for cooler weather further north.
FIC LLO
Lloyd, Saci. The carbon diaries 2015. 1st American ed. New
York : Holiday House, 2009. In 2015, when England becomes
the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a
drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura
documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals
out of control. Told in short diary entries filled with
scrapbook clippings, this riveting ecothriller is one girl's
attempt to stay grounded in a world where disaster has
become the norm.
FIC MYR
Myracle, Lauren, 1969-. Peace, love, & baby ducks. 1st ed. New
York, N.Y. : Dutton Books, c2009. Fifteen-year-old Carly's
summer volunteer experience makes her feel more real than
her life of privilege in Atlanta ever did, but her younger
sister starts high school pretending to be what she is not,
and both find their relationships suffering.
FIC OTT
Ottaviani, Jim. T-minus : the race to the moon. 1st Aladdin ed.
New York : Aladdin, 2009. The whole world followed the
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countdown to sending the first men to the moon. This is the
story of the people who made it happen, both in the rockets
and behind the scenes.
FIC SPR
Springer, Nancy. The case of the cryptic crinoline. New York,
NY : Philomel Books, c2009. In late nineteenth-century
London, fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes, much younger sister
of detective Sherlock Holmes, turns to Florence Nightingale
for help when her investigation into the disappearance of a
Crimean War widow grows cold.
FIC STO
Stork, Francisco X. Marcelo in the real world. 1st ed. New
York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. Marcelo Sandoval,
a seventeen-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the
autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance
and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the
mailroom of a corporate law firm.
FIC TUL
Tullson, Diane, 1958-. Riley Park. Victoria, BC ; Custer, WA :
Orca Book Publishers, 2009. The victim of a vicious
assault, seventeen-year-old Corbin struggles to get his life
back and deal with the loss of his best friend.
FIC WRE
Wrede, Patricia C., 1953-. Thirteenth child. 1st ed. New York
: Scholastic Press, 2009. Eighteen-year-old Eff must
finally get over believing she is bad luck and accept that
her special training in Aphrikan magic, and being the twin
of the seventh son of a seventh son, give her extraordinary
power to combat magical creatures that threaten settlements
on the western frontier.
New Titles added May 2009 - by Dewey number
305.23 ELL
Ellis, Deborah, 1960-. Children of war : voices of Iraqi
refugees. Toronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books/House of
Anansi Press, 2009. Iraqi children discuss how the Iraq war
has affected their lives.
FIC FLI
Flinn, Alex. A kiss in time. 1st ed. New York, NY :
HarperTeen, c2009. Sixteen-year-old Princess Talia
persuades seventeen-year-old Jack, the modern-day American
who kissed her awake after a 300-year sleep, to take her to
his Miami home, where she hopes to win his love before the
witch who cursed her can spirit her away.
FIC GRA
Gratz, Alan, 1972-. The Brooklyn nine : a novel in nine innings.
New York, NY : Dial Books, c2009. Follows the fortunes of a
German immigrant family through nine generations, beginning
in 1845, as they experience American life and play baseball.
FIC MAG
Magoon, Kekla. The rock and the river. 1st Aladdin ed. New
York : Aladdin, 2009. In 1968 Chicago, fourteen-year-old
Sam Childs is caught in a conflict between his father's
nonviolent approach to seeking civil rights for African
Americans and his older brother, who has joined the Black
Panther Party.
FIC NOR
Northrop, Michael. Gentlemen. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic
Press, 2009. When three teenaged boys suspect that their
English teacher is responsible for their friend's
disappearance, they must navigate a maze of assorted clues,
fraying friendships, violence, and Dostoevsky's "Crime and
punishment" before learning the truth.
FIC O'D
O'Donnell, Liam, 1970-. Soccer sabotage : a graphic guide
adventure. Victoria, B.C. ; Custer, WA : Orca Book
Publishers, 2009. In graphic novel format, Devin and Nadia
try to solve the mystery of who is sabotaging the team's
chances to win the national soccer tournament. Includes
soccer techniques and tips.
FIC OAK
Oaks, J. Adams (Jeffrey Adams). Why I fight : a novel. 1st ed.
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2009. After
his house burns down, twelve-year-old Wyatt Reaves takes off
with his uncle, and the two of them drive from town to town
for six years, earning money mostly by fighting, until Wyatt
finally confronts his parents one last time.
FIC THO
Thompson, Kate, 1956-. Creature of the night. First American
ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009. Bobby lives a
reckless life smoking, drinking, and stealing cars in
Dublin. So his mother moves the family to the country. But
Bobby suspects their cottage might not be as quaint as it
seems. And spooky details of the history of their little
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cottage gradually turn Bobby into a detective of night
creatures real and imagined.
SC TAN
Tan, Shaun. Tales from outer suburbia. 1st American ed. New
York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009. The water buffalo
-- No other country -- Eric -- Broken toys -- The amnesia
machine -- Our expedition -- The nameless holiday -- Alert
but not alarmed -- Night of the turtle rescue -- Make your
own pet -- Stick figures -- Undertow -- Grandpa's story --
Distant rain -- Wake. Fifteen illustrated short stories,
some humorous and some haunting, set in the Australian
suburbs.
All New Titles 2008-2009 through April 2009 – by Dewey number
152.1 JAC
Jackson, Donna M., 1959-. Phenomena : secrets of the senses.
1st U.S. ed. New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008. Learn
how to interpret your senses and explore the ways that
technology is changing the way we experience the world.
158.6 YOU
Your career and life plan portfolio. 2nd ed. Indianapolis, IN :
JIST Works, c2003. A workbook designed to help people plan
their careers and futures that provides interactive pullout
pages designed to help them develop an action plan, set a
clear career direction and assess progress, explore and
document skills and values, review and organize experiences
and abilities, and plan an effective job search campaign.
170 BRO
Bronson, Po, 1964-. What should I do with my life? : the true
story of people who answered the ultimate question. Random
House Trade Paperback ed. New York : Random House Trade
Paperbacks, 2003. Explores how people transform their lives
and offers advice for anyone wondering what they should do
with their lives.
303.6 ELL
Ellis, Deborah, 1960-. Off to war : voices of soldiers'
children. Toronto [Ont.] ; Berkeley [Calif.] : Groundwood
Books : House of Anansi Press, c2008. The wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan have impacted the children of soldiers--men and
women who have been called away from their families to fight
in a faraway war. In their own words, some of these children
describe how their experience has marked and shaped their
lives.
305.235 BRU
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. The body project : an intimate history of
American girls. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage
Books, 1998. Presents historical evidence, based on
research that includes the diaries of American girls written
between the 1830s and 1990s, to show how the process of
maturation has changed since the nineteenth century, making
young women more anxious than ever before about their bodies
and themselves.
305.235 TEE
Teens write through it : essays from teens who have triumphed
over trouble. Minneapolis : Fairview Press, c1998. Essays
by teens about how they dealt with such problems as drug
addiction, sexual abuse, disability, racism, divorce,
anorexia, and depression.
306.4 HES
Hesse-Biber, Sharlene Janice. Am I thin enough yet? : the cult
of thinness and the commercialization of identity. New York
: Oxford University Press, 1997. A cult grows in America --
Men and women : mind and body -- Theres's no business like
the body business : fitness and cosmetic surgery -- Becoming
a certain body -- Joining the cult of thinness -- From
disorderly eating to eating disorder : the cultural context
of anorexia and bulimia -- New recruits for the cult of
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thinness : young girls, men, and ethnic women -- Breaking
free from the cult of thinness. Explores why women feel the
way they do about their minds and bodies, specifically
highlighting the notions that thinness is beauty and that a
woman's body is more important than her mind.
331.25 FAR
Farr, J. Michael. 200 best jobs through apprenticeships. 2nd
ed. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2009. Profiles about
two hundred jobs which offer apprenticeships, including
information on pay, growth, annual openings, requirements,
tasks, and more, and discusses what an apprenticeship is and
where opportunities are as well as the best forty-three
jobs.
331.702 FAR
Farr, J. Michael. 300 best jobs without a four-year degree. 2nd
ed. Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2006. Provides
descriptions of three hundred jobs that do not require a
four-year degree, discussing duties, pay, skills, growth,
and other aspects of each position, and includes lists that
rank jobs by interests, personality types, young workers,
and other factors.
331.702 FAR
Farr, J. Michael. 50 best jobs for your personality.
Indianapolis, IN : JIST Works, c2005. Helps people find the
best career for their personality, with three hundred job
descriptions for six personality types and lists of the best
jobs with the best pay, fastest growth and most openings.
362.29 GAT
Gateway drugs. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008. A collection
of twenty-three essays providing varying views on issues
related to gateway drugs, such as whether certain drugs have
a gateway effect, if they are harmful, the relationship
between gateway drugs and other drugs, and society's
response to them.
362.29 SHA
Shaw, Brian F. Addiction & recovery for dummies. Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley Pub. Inc., c2005. Presents a guide to addiction and
recovery, including information on identifying the problem,
choosing a treatment plan, handling relapses, detecting
addictions in loved ones,and finding help and support.
364.15 GEA
Geary, Rick. The Lindbergh child. New York : NBM Comics Lit,
c2008. All was well for Charles Lindbergh, after his daring
solo crossing of the Atlantic. Fame and fortune came
quickly. Soon after the Lindbergh's build themselves their
dream home far from the madding crowd, tragedy
strikes--their baby is abducted.
364.66092 KUK
Kuklin, Susan. No choirboy : murder, violence, and teenagers on
death row. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2008. I
was a teenager on death row chapter -- The fourteen-year-old
adult -- Look at me -- Hate is a killer, dialogue I --
Private with our grief, dialogue II -- Dying for legal
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assistance : Roy's and Mark's lawyer. In their own
voices--raw and uncensored--inmates sentenced to death as
teenagers talk about their lives in prison, and share their
thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan
Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital
punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of
criminal justice in the United States.
394.1 POL
Pollan, Michael. The omnivore's dilemma : a natural history of
four meals. New York : Penguin Books, 2007, c2006. Follows
the three major food chains that feed humans--industrial,
organic, and hunter-gatherer--from the earth to four meals,
exploring the ethical and political effects of one's food
choices.
599.147 BRO
Brown, Tom, 1950-. Case files of the tracker : true stories from
America's greatest outdoorsman. Berkley trade pbk. ed. New
York : Berkley Books, 2003. The author reveals seven of his
experiences in tracking including finding missing children,
dangerous criminals, and escaped wild animals.
613 POL
Pollan, Michael. In defense of food : an eater's manifesto. New
York : Penguin Press, 2008. Challenges current approaches
to healthy eating, arguing that the real food consumed by
past generations is being replaced with commercialized,
scientifically altered foods that offer no health benefits
and may cause serious damage, and encourages people to
change the way they eat and return to basic nutrition rules.
613.8 DIC
DiConsiglio, John. True confessions : real stories about
drinking and drugs. New York : Franklin Watts, c2008.
Deadly temptation -- Drugs ruined my body, my brain, and my
life -- Most wanted : the world's most dangerous drugs --
Quitting time. Presents real kids' struggles with alcohol
and drugs such as methamphetamine, heroin, ecstasy, and
prescription medications, and discusses temptation,
addiction's impact on the brain and one's life, and getting
clean.
613.8 YOU
Youngs, Bettie B. A teen's guide to living drug-free. Deerfield
Beach, FL : Health Communications, c2003. Provides
practical advice for teenagers concerning drugs, covering
the effects of drug use, how to stay a non-user, how to stop
using and stay clean and sober, and how to handle relapses.
Also includes journaling suggestions, organization
information, and a further reading list.
614 WAL
Walker, Sally M. Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and
Colonial Maryland. Minneapolis [Minn.] : Carolrhoda Books,
c2009. A grave mystery -- Who were you? -- Out of the grave
-- The captain -- The body in the basement -- The luxury of
lead -- The lead-coffin people -- Expect the unexpected --
Remember me. This book reports on the work of forensic
scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in
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Jamestown, Virginia, to understand the people who lived in
the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s.
614.5 BLA
The Black Death. San Diego : Detroit : Greenhaven Press ;
Thomson/Gale, c2003. Presents nine essays on the Black
Death, covering such aspects as its causes, its impact on
different countries, Jewish persecution, and historical
interpretations of the epidemic.
616.86 LIB
Libal, Joyce. Drug therapy and substance-related disorders. 1st
pbk. ed. Philadelphia : Mason Crest Publishers, c2008.
Defining the disorder -- Drug history -- How do the drugs
work? -- Treatment descriptions -- Case studies -- Risks and
side effects. A guide to substance-related disorders that
explains how different chemicals, both legal and illegal,
can cause substance-related disorders, what dangers they
pose, how they can be treated, and other related topics.
636.08 GRA
Grandin, Temple. Animals make us human : creating the best life
for animals. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Temple Grandin examines the emotional needs of animals and
explains how people can stimulate the positive emotions and
banish the negative ones in order to give animals a truly
good life.
741.5 ABA
Abadzis, Nick. Laika. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2007.
A graphic novel account of the life of Laika, the first dog
in space, who died in her experimental launch.
741.5 TAM
Tamaki, Mariko. Skim. Toronto, Ont. : Groundwood Books, c2008.
Wiccan goth teen Kimberly Keiko Cameron sinks into a growing
depression after her classmate's ex-boyfriend kills himself,
sparking a school revolution that forces all the students to
redefine themselves.
741.5 WOO
Wood, Don, 1945-. Into the volcano : a graphic novel. New York
: Blue Sky Press, c2008. While their parents are away doing
research, brothers Duffy and Sumo Pugg go with their cousin,
Mister Come-and-Go, to Kokalaha Island, where they meet Aunt
Lulu and become trapped in an erupting volcano.
811 ENG
Engle, Margarita. The surrender tree : poems of Cuba's struggle
for freedom. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2008. A
collection of poems in which Rosa, a healer, describes her
experiences trying to help Cuban peasants who have been
forced to leave their farms and villages in 1896 and given
eight days to find their way to "reconcentration camps" or
be killed.
811 NEL
Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-. The freedom business : including A
narrative of the life and adventures of Venture, a native of
Africa. 1st ed. Honesdale, Pa. : Wordsong, c2008. Born
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the prince of Dukandarra, Guinea, Broteer Furro was captured
by slave traders at age six. Renamed Venture, the young man
landed in Narragansett, and worked through three decades of
slavery to buy his own freedom and the freedom of his wife
and children. Poems by Marilyn Nelson sit opposite the text
of Venture Smith's own narrative.
811 SOT
Soto, Gary. Partly cloudy : poems of love and longing. 1st ed.
Boston : Harcourt, 2009. Poet Gary Soto captures the voices
of young people as they venture toward their first kiss,
brood over bruised hearts, and feel the thrill of first
love.
861 ENG
Engle, Margarita. The poet slave of Cuba : a biography of Juan
Francisco Manzano. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2006. A
portrait in poems of Juan Francisco Manzano, the poet who
was born a slave in Cuba in 1797.
909.07 HAN
Hanawalt, Barbara. The Middle Ages : an illustrated history.
New York : Oxford University Press, c1998. A history of the
Middle Ages, including the merger of Roman, Christian, and
Germanic cultures; the transformation of the Roman Empire;
and social, economic, religious, and cultural aspects of
medieval life.
940.1 GIE
Gies, Joseph. Life in a medieval castle. 1st Harper Colophon
ed. New York : Harper & Row, 1979. Describes conditions
and everyday life in a medieval castle. Centers on the
twelfth-century fortress of Chepstow on the Welsh border.
940.1 SCH
Schaffer, David. Viking conquests. San Diego, CA : Detroit
[Mich.] : Lucent Books ; Thomson/Gale, c2002. A historical
overview of the Vikings, whose force and military strength
combined with a strong interest in trade and commercial
activity to bring them success through much of Europe during
the Middle Ages.
944 TUC
Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim. A distant mirror : the calamitous
14th century. 1st Ballantine Books ed. New York :
Ballantine Books, 1979. Examines the history of
fourteenth-century France as background to the life of
Enguerrand de Coucy VII, one of the most prominent French
knights of that time.
952 BEH
Behnke, Alison. Japan in pictures. Minneapolis, MN. : Lerner
Publications Co., c2003. Photographs and text provide
information on the history, government, economy, people,
geography, and cultural life of Japan.
952 CAS
Case, Robert. Japan. New York : Facts on File, c2003.
Describes Japan's landscape, climate, society, resources,
industry, trade, transportation, communications, and cities
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as well as its challenges for the future, and includes color
photos, a glossary, and a list of further resources.
970.01 VIK
Vikings : the North Atlantic saga. Washington, D.C. :
Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the
National Museum of Natural History, c2000. Viking homelands
-- Viking raiders -- Vikings in the North Atlantic -- Viking
America -- Norse Greenland -- Viking legacy. An illustrated
history of the Vikings, looking at the Scandinavian warriors
from the perspectives of history, archaeology, oral
tradition, literature, and natural science.
973.2 PHI
Philbrick, Nathaniel. The Mayflower and the pilgrims' new world.
New York, NY : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2008. List of
characters -- Story we need to know -- Discovery: They knew
they were pilgrims -- Compact -- Plague -- Beaten with their
own rod -- Heart of winter -- In a dark and dismal swamp --
Thanksgiving -- Community: Wall -- At death's door -- New
England -- Ancient mother -- Trial -- War: Kindling the
flame -- Fuel to the enemy -- Keeping the faith -- Better
side of the hedge -- Rock -- Time line -- Mayflower
passenger list. After a journey across the Atlantic, the
Mayflower's passengers were saved from destruction with the
help of the natives of the Plymouth region. For fifty years,
peace was maintained as Pilgrims and Natives worked
together. But that trust was broken with the next generation
of leaders, and conflict erupted that nearly wiped out
English and natives alike.
973.3 FRE
Freedman, Russell. Washington at Valley Forge. 1st ed. New
York : Holiday House, c2008. Washington's army nearly
perished during the winter of 1777-78. Camped at Valley
Forge, the revolutionaries endured severe hardship. The
army's supply system had collapsed and they were without
supplies. But when the harsh winter ended, the soldiers had
survived, and marched away from Valley Forge more determined
than ever.
973.7 SIL
Silvey, Anita. I'll pass for your comrade : women soldiers in
the Civil War. New York : Clarion Books, c2008. Sarah Emma
Edmonds enlisted because she believed in the Union cause;
Melverina Peppercorn joined to stay near her twin brother.
Although women were not allowed to enlist as soldiers in the
Civil War, many disguised themselves as men and fought
anyway.
B BEA
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-. A long way gone : memoirs of a boy
soldier. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Sara Crichton, 2008,
c2007. Ishmael Beah describes his experiences after he was
driven from his home by war in Sierra Leone and picked up by
the government army at the age of thirteen, serving as a
soldier for three years before being removed from fighting
by UNICEF and eventually moving to the United States.
B BUS
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Busby, Cylin. The year we disappeared : a father-daughter
memoir. 1st U.S. ed. New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Cylin and John Busby share the challenges they faced after
their family was forced into hiding to protect themselves
from a killer who had already shot John, a police officer,
and was determined to finish the job.
B HOR
Hornbacher, Marya, 1974-. Wasted : a memoir of anorexia and
bulimia. New York : HarperPerennial, 2006, c1998. The
author describes her troubled years with anorexia and
bulimia, disorders she embraced until a bout with them
during her college years changed her perspective.
B KEE
Keegan, Kyle, 1975-. Chasing the high : a firsthand account of
one young person's experience with substance abuse. Oxford
; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. Kyle Keegan
shares the story of how his early experiments with drugs and
alcohol developed into an addiction that led him into crime
and homelessness, discusses the neurobiology of addiction in
young people, and offers advice on treatment options, and
staying drug-free.
B LEE
Shields, Charles J., 1951-. I am Scout : the biography of Harper
Lee. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2008. An exploration
of the life and achievements of Harper Lee that discusses
her Southern upbringing, education, family, writing of "To
Kill a Mockingbird," association with Truman Capote, and
personality.
B PEL
Pelzer, David J. A child called "It" : one child's courage to
survive. Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications,
c1995. David Pelzer, victim of one of the worst child abuse
cases in the history of California, tells the story of how
he survived his mother's brutality and triumphed over his
past.
B PEL
Pelzer, David J. The lost boy : a foster child's search for the
love of a family. Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health
Communications, c1997. The author tells of his experiences
in five foster homes and juvenile detention, after he was
taken away from his abusive mother and alcoholic father, and
discusses how he made it into the Air Force, and found love
and contentment in his life.
B PEL
Pelzer, David J. A man named Dave : a story of triumph and
forgiveness. New York : Plume, [2000], c1999. The final
entry in a trilogy of memoirs in which Dave Pelzer, brutally
abused as a child, discusses the struggles he faced as an
adult, and his determination to have a meaningful life.
B PEL
Pelzer, David J. The privilege of youth : a teenager's story.
New York : Plume, [2005], c2004. Dave Pelzer, victim of one
of the worst child abuse cases in California history, tells
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the story of his adolescent years after he was removed from
his home and placed in foster care, and discusses the
influence on his life of Dan Brazell, the man he came to
regard as his father.
B REA
Sutherland, James, 1974-. Ronald Reagan : a twentieth-century
life. New York, N.Y. : Viking, c2008. An introduction to
the life and career of the movie actor who left film for the
political arena, being elected governor of the state of
California in 1966 and 1970, and President of the United
States in 1980.
B RHO
Rhodes-Courter, Ashley, 1985-. Three little words : a memoir.
1st ed. New York : Atheneum, c2008. Ashley Rhodes-Courter
provides an account of her life, focusing on the nine years
she spent in Florida's foster care system after being
removed from her mother at the age of three, and explaining
how her life changed after she was adopted.
B WAL
Walls, Jeannette. The glass castle : a memoir. 1st Scribner
trade pbk. ed. New York : Scribner, 2006, c2005. The
author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family
with an alcoholic father and distant mother and describes
how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until
they finally found the resources and will to leave home.
DVD 292.2 GOD
Gods & goddesses. Standard format. [New York] : History Channel
: Distributed by New Video, 2006, c2001. Narrated by
Stanley Bernard, Maggie Soboil. Interviews with renowned
Greek scholars offer an overview of the gods and goddesses
of ancient Greek mythology, discussing where the myths
originated and why recent evidence suggests that some of the
myths may have been true.
DVD 292.2 GRE
The Greek gods. Standard format. New York : History Channel ;
Distributed by New Video, 2005, c1997. Narrator, David
Ackroyd. Interviews classicists on the major Greek myths
and why the Greeks imagined the gods to be so humanly
flawed, discusses the roles the Greek gods play in modern
culture, and visits their namesake temples.
DVD 355 AME
America at war. [Standard format]. [United States] : History
Channel : Distributed by New Video, c2007. Revolutionary
War. Volumes 1-3: The conflict ignites ; 1776 ; Washington
and Arnold ; The world at war ; England's last chance ;
Birth of the republic -- The Alamo. Volume 4: Remeber the
Alamo ; The real west, the battle of the Alamo -- Civil War.
Volumes 5-6: The hornet's nest at Shiloh ; The bloody lane
at Antietam ; The wheatfield at Gettysburg ; The tragedy at
Cold Harbor -- World War I. Volume 7: The death of glory ;
The last day of World War I -- World War II. Volumes 8-9:
The last days of World War II ; USS Eagle 56, accident or
target? ; Last secrets of the axis --. Korean War. Volume
10: Making of a bloodbath ; Triumph to tragedy ; Retreat
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from hell ; Bitter standoff -- Vietnam War. Volume 11:
America enters the war ; Tet in Saigon and Hue ; Ringing
down the curtain ; The end game -- Gulf War. Volume 12: The
air campaign ; The ground war ; The final showdown ; bonus
program: Weapons at war, smart bombs -- Iraq War. Volumes
13-14: Invasion ; Tough going ; Baghdad's doorstep ; bonus
program: Eyewitness in Iraq -- Fall of Saddam ; Aftermath ;
bonus program: U.S. weapons against Iraq ; bonus program:
Hardcore history : Iraq War, insurgency and
counterinsurgency. ***. Presents the history of U.S.
military conflicts over two centuries, covering the
Revolutionary War, the Battle of the Alamo, the Civil War,
WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War,
and the Iraq War, with bonus programs about the fall of
Saddam, efforts at counterinsurgency in Iraq, and the use of
new weapons.
DVD 362.87 FAC
Facing Sudan. [Standard format]. Vernon Hills, IL : Bell, Book
and Camera Productions, c2007. Four ordinary individuals in
Sudan, a custodian, a housewife, a pediatrician, and a
grandmother, face suffering and death as they cope with the
violence and horror of the civil war that has plagued their
country over the last twenty years.
DVD 371.3 EFF
Effective note-taking. Standard format. Wynnewood, PA :
Schlessinger Media, c2005. Host, William Vought. Offers
strategies for helping students become effective, confident
test takers, focusing on taking notes, with descriptions of
different note-taking methods, a look at the components of a
lecture, and discussion of the importance of active
listening.
DVD 954.04 STO
The story of India. Widescreen format. [United States] : PBS
Home Video, 2008. Historian, Michael Wood. Sixty years
after Indian independence, British historian Michael Wood
presents the tale of the oldest and most diverse
civilization, and largest democracy.
DVD 973.3 AME
The American Revolution. Standard format. [New York] : History
Channel : Distributed by New Video Group, 2005, c1994. .
Hosted by Bill Kurtis (discs 1-3) ; narrated by Monte
Markham (disc 4). Presents an overview of America's fight
for independence and its development as a nation, from the
Declaration of Independence, to the Treaty of Paris,
covering the key individuals and events in history that
shaped the country.
DVD 973.7 CIV
Burns, Ken. The Civil War : a film by Ken Burns. PBS Home
Video, 1990. Disc One: Episode One - The Cause - 1861 - DVD
Special Features; Disc Two: Episodes Two and Three - A Very
Bloody Affair, Forever Free - 1862; Disc Three: Episodes
Four and five - Simply Murder, the Universe of Battle -
1863; Disc Four: Episodes Six and Seven - Valley of the
Shadow of Death, Most Hallowed Ground - 1864; Disc Five:
Episodes Eight and Nine - War is All Hell, the Better Angels
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of Our Nature - 1865. Hailed as a film masterpiece and
landmark in historical storytelling, Ken Burn's epic
documentary brings to life America's most destructive -- and
defining -- conflict. With digitally enhanced images and 5.1
surround sound, here is the saga of celebrated generals and
ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a
country that had to divide itself in two in order to become
one.
DVD B KAH
The life and times of Frida Kahlo. Standard format.
[Alexandria, Va.] : Hollywood, Calif. : PBS Home Video ;
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2005, c2004.
Narrator, Rita Moreno; voice of Frida, Lila Downs. Presents
a look at the life and art of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo,
providing information on the historical and cultural
influences that inspired her achievements in modern art and
politics.
DVD FIC GRA
The grapes of wrath. [Standard format]. Beverly Hills, Calif. :
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2007, c1940.
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charlie Grapewin,
Dorris Bowdon, Russell Simpson, O.Z. Whitehead, John Qualen,
Eddie Quillan, Zeffie Tilbury. The Joads abandon their
dust-bowl family farm in Oklahoma during the Depression and
migrate to the Promised Land of California, only to discover
that the promises are empty.
DVD FIC HAM
Hamlet. Widescreen format. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video,
2004, c1990. Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul
Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham-Carter. Presents the 1990
film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy in which a Danish
prince seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being
visited by his ghost.
DVD FIC MOB
Moby Dick. [Standard format]. Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home
Entertainment, 2007, c1956. Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart,
Leo Genn, James Robertson Justice, Harry Andrews, Bernard
Miles, Mervyn Johns, Orson Welles. Captain Ahab
relentlessly pursues the whale who took his leg, endangering
his ship and crew.
DVD FIC ROM
Romeo and Juliet. Widescreen format. Hollywood, Calif. :
Paramount Home Video, 2000, c1968. Leonard Whiting, Olivia
Hussey, John McEnery, Milo O'Shea, Pat Heywood, Robert
Stephens, Michael York, Bruce Robinson, Paul Hardwick,
Natasha Parry, Antonio Pierfederici, Esmerelda Ruspoli,
Roberto Bisacco. In medieval Verona, two teens from
opposite sides of feuding families fall in love and secretly
marry, setting tragic events into motion.
FIC ABD
Abdel-Fattah, Randa. Does my head look big in this? New York :
Scholastic, 2007, c2005. Year Eleven at an exclusive prep
school in the suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, would be
tough enough, but it is further complicated for Amal when
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she decides to wear the hijab, the Muslim head scarf,
full-time as a badge of her faith--without losing her
identity or sense of style.
FIC ALE
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-. The absolutely true diary of a part-time
Indian. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown, 2007. Budding
cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane
Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school
where the only other Native American is the school mascot.
FIC ALM
Almond, David, 1951-. The savage. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge,
Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008. A boy tells about a story
he wrote when dealing with his father's death about a savage
kid living in a ruined chapel in the woods--and the tale
about the savage kid coming to life in the real world.
FIC AND
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains : seeds of America. 1st ed. New
York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave
named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary
War.
FIC AND
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Chains. 1st ed. New York : Simon &
Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008. After being sold
to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel
spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
FIC AND
Anderson, M. T. The kingdom on the waves. 1st ed. Cambridge,
MA : Candlewick Press, 2008. Octavian, a young
African-American, is brought up as part of a science
experiment in the years prior to and during the American
Revolution.
FIC AND
Anderson, M. T. Thirsty. 1st pbk. ed. in this format.
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008, c1997. From the
moment he knows that he is destined to be a vampire, Chris
thirsts for the blood of people around him while also
struggling to remain human.
FIC AND
Anderson, M. T. The Pox party. 1st pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. :
Candlewick Press, 2008, c2006. Various diaries, letters,
and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian,
a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he
is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years
leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
FIC AND
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. New York, N.Y. : Viking,
c2009. Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best
friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same
disorder.
FIC ASH
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Asher, Jay. Thirteen reasons why : a novel. New York :
Razorbill, c2007. High school student Clay Jenkins receives
a box in the mail containing seven cassette tapes recorded
by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and
spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing
their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the
events leading up to her death.
FIC BAR
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The boy who dared. 1st ed. New
York : Scholastic Press, 2008. In October, 1942,
seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hübener, imprisoned for
distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, recalls his past life and
how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about
Hitler and the war to the German people.
FIC BEC
Becker, Tom. Lifeblood. 1st ed. New York : Orchard Books,
2008. As Jonathan searches London's Darkside for the same
murderer that his mother was seeking when she disappeared
twelve years earlier, it becomes clear that it's Jonathan
who's being hunted.
FIC BER
Berry, Julie. The Amaranth enchantment. 1st U.S. ed. New York
: Bloomsbury, 2009. Orphaned at age five, Lucinda, now
fifteen, stands with courage against the man who took
everything from her, aided by a thief, a clever goat, and a
mysterious woman called the Witch of Amaranth, while the
prince she knew as a child prepares to marry, unaware that
he, too, is in danger.
FIC BIL
Billingsley, Franny, 1954-. The Folk Keeper. 1st Aladdin
Paperbacks ed. New York : Aladdin Paperbacks, 2001, c1999.
Orphaned Corinna disguises herself as a boy to pose as a
Folk Keeper, one who keeps the Evil Folk at bay, and
discovers her heritage as a seal maiden when she is taken to
live with a wealthy family in their manor by the sea.
FIC BLA
Black, Holly. Kin. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, 2008.
Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks
ago, believes she is going crazy until she learns that the
strange things she has been seeing are real, and that she is
one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals
cannot see.
FIC BOO
Booraem, Ellen. The unnameables. 1st ed. Orlando [Fla.] :
Harcourt, c2008. On an island in whose strict society only
useful objects are named and the unnamed are ignored or
forbidden, thirteen-year-old Medford encounters an unusual
and powerful creature, half-man, half-goat, and together
they attempt to bring some changes to the community.
FIC BOO
Booth, Coe. Kendra. New York : PUSH, c2008. High schooler
Kendra longs to live with her mother who, unprepared for
motherhood at age fourteen, left Kendra in the care of her
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grandmother.
FIC BRO
Brooks, Kevin. Black Rabbit summer. 1st American ed. New York
: Scholastic, 2008. When two of sixteen-year-old Pete's
childhood classmates disappear from a carnival the same
night, he is a suspect, but his own investigation implicates
other old friends he was with that evening--and a tough,
knife-wielding enemy determined to keep him quiet.
FIC CAL
Caletti, Deb. The fortunes of Indigo Skye. 1st ed. New York :
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008.
Eighteen-year-old Indigo is looking forward to becoming a
full-time waitress after high school graduation, but her
life is turned upside down by a large check given to her by
a customer who appreciates that she cares enough to scold
him about smoking.
FIC CAS
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt,
c2008. In a world where some people are born with extreme
and often-feared skills called Graces, Katsa struggles for
redemption from her own horrifying Grace of killing and
teams up with another young fighter to save their land from
a corrupt king.
FIC COH
Cohn, Rachel. You know where to find me. 1st ed. New York :
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2008. In the
wake of her cousin's suicide, overweight and introverted
seventeen-year-old Miles experiences significant changes in
her relationships with her mother and father, her best
friend Jamal and his family, and her cousin's father, while
gaining insights about herself, both positive and negative.
FIC COL
Collins, Suzanne. The hunger games. 1st ed. New York :
Scholastic Press, 2008. In a future North America, where
the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual
televised survival competition pitting young people from
each of the twelve districts against one another,
sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when
she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.
FIC COL
Colfer, Eoin. Airman. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion Books for
Children, c2008. In the 1890s on an island off the Irish
coast, Conor Broekhart is falsely imprisoned and passes the
solitary months by scratching designs of flying machines
into the walls, including one for a glider with which he
dreams of escape.
FIC COY
Coy, John, 1958-. Box out. 1st ed. New York : Scholastic
Press, 2008. High school sophomore Liam jeopardizes his new
position on the varsity basketball team when he decides to
take a stand against his coach who is leading prayers before
games and enforcing team wide participation.
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FIC DE
De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-. Blue bloods. 1st Hyperion
Paperbacks ed. New York : Hyperion Paperbacks, 2007, c2006.
Schuyler Van Alen, a loner at a prestigious New York City
private school, sets out to learn the secrets of the Blue
Bloods, an ancient group of vampires.
FIC DE
De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-. Masquerade : a Blue Bloods novel.
1st Hyperion Paperbacks ed. New York : Hyperion Paperbacks,
2008, c2007. Schuyler Van Alen, growing comfortable with
her newfound vampire powers, seeks her grandfather in Italy,
while back in New York plans are being completed for the
fabulous Four Hundred Ball, to be followed by an elite,
teens-only event at which masks hide a terrible secret.
FIC DOC
Doctorow, Cory. Little brother. 1st ed. New York : Tor, 2008.
Interrogated for days by the Department of Homeland Security
in the aftermath of a major terrorist attack on San
Francisco, California, seventeen-year-old Marcus is released
into what is now a police state, and decides to use his
expertise in computer hacking to set things right.
FIC DOW
Dowd, Siobhan. Bog child. 1st American ed. New York : David
Fickling Books, c2008. In 1981, the height of Ireland's
"Troubles," eighteen-year-old Fergus is distracted from his
upcoming A-level exams by his imprisoned brother's hunger
strike, the stress of being a courier for Sinn Fein, and
dreams of a murdered girl whose body he discovered in a bog.
FIC DUN
Dunlap, Susanne Emily. The musician's daughter. 1st U.S. ed.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2009. In eighteenth-century Vienna,
Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her
mother and brother financially while investigating the
murder of her father, a renowned violinist in Haydn's
orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy, after his body
is found near a gypsy camp.
FIC ELL
Ellis, Ann Dee. Everything is fine. 1st ed. New York : Little,
Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009. When her
father leaves for a job out of town, Mazzy is left at home
to try to cope with her mother, who has been severely
depressed since the death of Mazzy's baby sister.
FIC FAL
Falkner, Brian. The tomorrow code. 1st ed. New York : Random
House, c2008. Two New Zealand teenagers receive a desperate
SOS from their future selves and set out on a quest to stop
an impending ecological disaster that could mean the end of
humanity.
FIC FEL
Felin, M. Sindy. Touching snow. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, c2007. After her stepfather is
arrested for child abuse, thirteen-year-old Karina's home
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life improves but while the severity of her older sister's
injuries and the urging of her younger sister, their uncle,
and a friend tempt her to testify against him, her mother
and other well-meaning adults persuade her to claim
responsibility.
FIC FLE
Fleischman, Sid, 1920-. The entertainer and the dybbuk. 1st ed.
New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008. A struggling American
ventriloquist in post-World War II Europe is possessed by
the mischievous spirit of a young Jewish boy killed in the
Holocaust. Includes author's note which details the murder
of over one million children by the Nazis during the 1930s
and 1940s.
FIC GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The graveyard book. 1st ed. New York, NY :
HarperCollins Publishers, c2008. An orphaned boy is raised
by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.
FIC GAL
Galante, Cecilia. The patron saint of butterflies. 1st U.S. ed.
New York : Bloomsbury, 2008. When her grandmother takes
fourteen-year-old Agnes, her younger brother, and best
friend Honey and escapes Mount Blessing, a Connecticut
religious commune, Agnes clings to the faith she loves while
Honey looks toward a future free of control, cruelty, and
preferential treatment.
FIC GAR
Gardner, Sally. The red necklace : a story of the French
Revolution. 1st American ed. New York : Dial Books, 2008,
c2007. In the late eighteenth-century, Sido, the
twelve-year-old daughter of a self-indulgent marquis, and
Yann, a fourteen-year-old Gypsy orphan raised to perform in
a magic show, face a common enemy at the start of the French
Revolution.
FIC GEA
Geary, Rick. The invisible man. New York [N.Y.] : Papercutz,
c2008. On a cold day in February, a stranger arrives in the
village of Iping. He wears gloves and dark glasses, even
inside, and his face is covered in bandages. Soon crimes
occur that cannot be explained, and the townspeople realize
the unthinkable truth: the strange man is invisible--and he
is slowly going mad.
FIC GOD
Godbersen, Anna. The luxe. 1st ed. New York : HarperCollins
Pub., c2007. In 1899 Manhattan, the drowning of beautiful
Elizabeth Holland, daughter of New York society's ruling
family, brings to the surface the scandalous behavior of
several teenagers of varying social class.
FIC GOO
Goodman, Allegra. The other side of the island. New York, N.Y.
: Razorbill, c2008. Born in the eighteenth year of
Enclosure, ten-year-old Honor lives in a highly regulated
colony with her defiant parents, but when they have an
illegal second child and are taken away, it is up to Honor
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and her friend Helix, another "unpredictable," to uncover a
terrible secret about their island and the corporation that
runs everything.
FIC GOO
Goodman, Alison. Eon : Dragoneye reborn. New York, N.Y. :
Viking, 2008. Sixteen-year-old Eon hopes to become an
apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good
fortune and learn to be its main interpreter, but to do so
will require much, including keeping secret that she is a
girl.
FIC GRA
Gratz, Alan, 1972-. Something wicked. New York, NY : Dial
Books, c2008. In a contemporary story based on
Shakespeare's play, Macbeth, Horatio Wilkes seeks to solve
the murder of Duncan MacKae at the Scottish Highland Games
in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
FIC GRE
Green, John, 1977-. Paper towns. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. :
Dutton Books, c2008. One month before graduating from his
Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in
the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful
and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and
classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then
mysteriously disappears.
FIC HAD
Haddix, Margaret Peterson. Uprising. New York : Simon &
Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2007. In 1927, at the
urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston
reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle
Shirtwaist factory, including miserable working conditions
that led to a strike, then the fire that took the lives of
her two best friends, when Harriet, the boss's daughter, was
only five years old. Includes historical notes.
FIC HAR
Harmon, Michael B. The last exit to normal. 1st ed. New York :
Knopf, c2008. Yanked out of his city life and plunked down
in a small Montana town with his newly outed father and his
father's boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Ben, angry and
resentful about the changed circumstances of his life,
begins to notice something is not quite right with the
little boy next door and determines to figure out what is
going on.
FIC HER
Hernandez, David, 1964-. Suckerpunch. 1st ed. New York :
HarperTeen, c2008. Shy, seventeen-year-old Marcus and his
sixteen-year-old brother, Enrique, accompanied by two
friends, drive from their home in southern California to
Monterey to confront the abusive father who walked out a
year earlier, and who now wants to return home.
FIC HES
Hesse, Karen. Brooklyn Bridge : a novel. 1st ed. New York, NY
: Feiwel and Friends, 2008. In 1903 Brooklyn,
fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the
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worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy
bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby
the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives
of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.
FIC HIA
Hiaasen, Carl. Scat. 1st ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf,
c2009. Nick and his friend Marta decide to investigate when
a mysterious fire starts near a Florida wildlife preserve
and an unpopular teacher goes missing.
FIC HOO
Hoobler, Dorothy. Seven paths to death. New York, NY : Philomel
Books, c2008. Samurai Seikei and Judge Ooka, his
foster-father, seek seven men who have seven maps on their
backs in order to locate a cache of dangerous weapons before
they fall into the wrong hands.
FIC HOO
Hooper, Mary, 1948-. Newes from the dead. 1st American ed. New
York : Roaring Brook Press, 2008. In 1650, while Robert, a
young medical student, steels himself to assist with her
dissection, twenty-two-year-old housemaid Anne Green recalls
her life as she lies in her coffin, presumed dead after
being hanged for murdering her child that was, in fact,
stillborn.
FIC HOP
Hopkins, Ellen. Crank. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon
Pulse, 2004. Kristina Georgia Snow's life is turned
upside-down, when she visits her absentee father, gets
turned on to the drug "crank", becomes addicted, and is led
down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and her
life.
FIC IBB
Ibbitson, John. The landing : a novel. Toronto, Ont. ;
Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, c2008. Ben thinks he will
always be stuck at Cook's Landing, barely making ends meet
like his uncle. But when he meets a wealthy widow from New
York City, he sees himself there too. When she hires him to
play his violin, he realizes his gift could unlock the
possibilities of the world. Then, during a stormy night on
Lake Muskoka, everything changes.
FIC JEA
Jeapes, Ben. Time's chariot. 1st American ed. Oxford ; New
York : David Fickling Books, 2008. In an overcrowded
future, Earth's surplus population is dispersed throughout
history, but the system that makes this possible is about to
collapse with deadly consequences.
FIC JON
Jones, V. M. (Victoria Mary), 1958-. Out of reach. 1st Marshall
Cavendish ed. Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish, 2008.
Pressured by his aggressively competitive father to play
soccer, teenaged Pip McLeod secretly pursues a sport that he
truly enjoys--indoor rock climbing.
FIC KNE
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Kneece, Mark. The twilight zone : the odyssey of flight 33. New
York : Walker & Co., 2009. On a routine trip from London to
New York in the 1970s, Trans-Ocean flight 33 experiences
mysterious acceleration and weird atmospheric phenomena that
transport the passengers and crew far beyond their
destination.
FIC KNO
Knowles, Johanna (Johanna Beth), 1970-. Lessons from a dead
girl. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.
Laine struggles to come to terms with her friendship with
troubled Leah Greene, whose secrets were too much for Laine
to bear and whose actions sent Laine on a painful journey of
self-discovery.
FIC KOR
Korman, Gordon. The Juvie three. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion,
c2008. Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the
law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open in
order to stay out of juvenile detention.
FIC KOR
Korman, Gordon. Born to rock. 1st Hyperion Paperbacks ed. New
York : Hyperion Paperbacks, 2008, c2006. High school senior
Leo Caraway, a conservative Republican, learns that his
biological father is a punk rock legend.
FIC LAN
Lanagan, Margo, 1960-. Tender morsels. 1st ed. New York :
Alfred A. Knopf, c2008. A young woman who has endured
unspeakable cruelties is magically granted a safe haven
apart from the real world and allowed to raise her two
daughters in this alternate reality, until the barrier
between her world and the real one begins to break down.
FIC LAR
Larbalestier, Justine. How to ditch your fairy. 1st U.S. ed.
New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury, 2008. In a world in which
everyone has a personal fairy who tends to one aspect of
daily life, fourteen-year-old Charlie decides she does not
want hers--a parking fairy--and embarks on a series of
misadventures designed to rid herself of the invisible
sprite and replace it with a better one, like her friend
Rochelle's shopping fairy.
FIC LOC
Lockhart, E. The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks :
a novel. New York : Hyperion, c2008. Frankie Landau-Banks
attempts to take over a secret, all-male society at her
exclusive prep school, and her antics with the group soon
draw some unlikely attention and have unexpected
consequences that could change her life forever.
FIC MAZ
Mazer, Norma Fox, 1931-. The missing girl. 1st ed. New York :
HarperTeen, c2008. In Mallory, New York, as five sisters,
aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems,
conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged
man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes
the best.
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FIC MAZ
Mazer, Norma Fox, 1931-. When she was good. New York :
Scholastic, [2007], 1997. The death of her abusive,
manipulative older sister prompts seventeen-year-old Em to
remember their unpleasant life together, with their parents
and then later on their own.
FIC MCM
McMann, Lisa. Wake. 1st Simon Pulse pbk. ed. New York : Simon
Pulse, 2009, c2008. Ever since she was eight years old,
high school student Janie Hannagan has been uncontrollably
drawn into other people's dreams, but it is not until she
befriends an elderly nursing home patient and becomes
involved with an enigmatic fellow-student that she discovers
her true power.
FIC MCN
McNamee, Graham. Bonechiller. 1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb
Books, c2008. Four high school students face off against a
soul-stealing beast that has been making young people
disappear from their small Ontario, Canada, town for
centuries.
FIC MEY
Meyer, Carolyn, 1935-. In Mozart's shadow : his sister's story.
1st ed. Orlando [Fla.] : Harcourt, c2008. In
eighteenth-century Europe, Anna "Nannerl" Mozart, a musician
whose talent and dedication is overshadowed by that of her
gifted younger brother, Wolfgang, struggles to win the
notice of her father and patrons who might further her
career, despite her gender.
FIC MEY
Meyer, L. A. (Louis A.), 1942-. My bonny light horseman : being
an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, in love
and war. 1st ed. Orlando [Fla.] : Harcourt, c2008. While
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Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. Breaking dawn. 1st ed. New York :
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and the vampire Edward whose love is threatened by their
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influences.
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Mitchell, Saundra. Shadowed summer. 1st ed. New York :
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Monninger, Joseph. Baby. 1st ed. Asheville, N.C. : Front
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should go back on the streets with her boyfriend if she
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Mussi, Sarah. The door of no return. 1st U.S. ed. New York :
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ancestors being descended from an African king, but when his
grandfather is murdered and the villains come after Zac, he
sets out for Ghana to find King Baktu's long-lost treasure
before the murderers do.
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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Dope sick. 1st ed. New York, NY :
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meets a weird man who shows different turning points in Lil
J's life when he could have made better choices.
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Myracle, Lauren, 1969-. Bliss. New York : Amulet Books, 2008.
Having grown up in a California commune, Bliss sees her
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she is determined to be nice as a freshman at an elite high
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Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Hush : an Irish princess' tale. 1st
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Melkorka, an Irish Princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave
traders, and learns how to survive amidst her captors'
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unique power.
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Ness, Patrick, 1971-. The knife of never letting go. 1st U.S.
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his colony's true past and seeking a way to warn the ship
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FIC O'D
O'Donnell, Liam, 1970-. Ramp rats : a graphic guide adventure.
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the summer teaching his young cousin to skateboard while
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Oppel, Kenneth, 1967-. Starclimber. 1st ed. New York, NY :
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when biotechnological advances have made synthetic bodies
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Peña, Matt de la. Mexican whiteboy. 1st ed. New York :
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his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and
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friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego
County, California.
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Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948-. The dead and the gone. 1st U.S. ed.
Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2008. After a meteor hits the
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Pfeffer, Susan Beth, 1948-. Life as we knew it. 1st Harcourt
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family's struggle to survive after a meteor hits the moon,
causing worldwide tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanic
eruptions.
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Picoult, Jodi. Change of Heart. New York : Washington Square
Press, 2008. Her life shattered by a devastating act of
violence, June Nealon is forced to make a pivotal choice
that involves her twelve-year-old daughter and a
salvation-seeking criminal.
FIC PIC
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. Nineteen minutes : a novel. 1st
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shooting at the high school leaves ten people dead, and the
judge presiding over the trial tries to remain unbiased,
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friends with the assailant.
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Pinkwater, Daniel Manus, 1941-. The Yggyssey : how Iggy wondered
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Hollywood, California, locations.
FIC POR
Portman, Frank. King Dork. 1st trade pbk. ed. New York :
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FIC PRA
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all the things that are important in their lives.
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Ramthun, Bonnie. The white gates. 1st ed. New York : Random
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woman, but suspects that a modern-day villain is hiding
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Reinhardt, Dana. How to build a house : a novel. 1st ed. New
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her family and friendships by volunteering her summer to
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tornado.
FIC ROE
Roe, Monica M., 1978-. Thaw. 1st ed. Asheville, N.C. : Front
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and attitude when the treatment doesn't seem to be working.
FIC RUD
Rud, Jeff, 1960-. Paralyzed. Victoria, B.C. ; Custer, WA : Orca
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FIC RYA
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth. 1st ed. New York
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orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially
what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding
forest, where dwell the unconsecrated, aggressive
flesh-eating people who were once dead.
FIC SCH
Schumacher, Julie, 1958-. Black box : a novel. 1st ed. New
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with her own anxiety and feelings of guilt that she is
determined to conceal from outsiders.
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FIC SHU
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he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel
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Sonnenblick, Jordan. Notes from the midnight driver. New York :
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community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex
befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to
impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.
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Springer, Nancy. The case of the peculiar pink fan. New York,
NY : Philomel Books, c2008. While fourteen-year-old Enola
Holmes endeavors to save her friend Lady Cecily Alistair
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assistance from her older brother, Sherlock, and
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FIC TAS
Tashjian, Janet. Larry and the meaning of life. 1st ed. New
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FIC VOL
Volponi, Paul. The hand you're dealt. 1st ed. New York :
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2008. When
seventeen-year-old Huck's vindictive math teacher wins the
town poker tournament and takes the winner's watch away from
Huck's father while he's in a coma, Huck vows to get even
with him no matter what it takes.
FIC VOL
Volponi, Paul. Response. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2009. When
an African American high school student is beaten with a
baseball bat in a white neighborhood, three boys are charged
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FIC WAL
Wallace, Rich. Dishes. New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2008.
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looking for romance, working as a "straight" dishwasher in a
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FIC WER
Werlin, Nancy. Double helix. New York : Dial Books, c2004.
Eighteen-year-old Eli discovers a shocking secret about his
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Werlin, Nancy. Impossible : a novel. New York : Dial Books,
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that she must perform three impossible tasks before her
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Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York :
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sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes
that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she
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FIC WES
Westerfeld, Scott. Pretties. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York :
Simon Pulse, 2005. Tally's perfect life as a Pretty is
disrupted when she receives a letter from herself, written
when she was an Ugly, reminding her of the promise she made
to take a drug developed to cure the brain lesions that keep
the Pretties shallow and happy--and when she takes the
pills, she becomes a target of those determined to keep
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Westerfeld, Scott. Specials. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York :
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Williams, Suzanne, 1949-. Bull rider. 1st ed. New York :
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a bull-riding champion, returns from the Iraq War partially
paralyzed, fourteen-year-old Cam takes a break from
skateboarding to enter a bull-riding contest, in hopes of
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Wolff, Virginia Euwer. This full house. 1st ed. New York :
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Woodson, Jacqueline.
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unpredictable world in which they live.
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because of the Great Depression, long-time friends Cal Chin
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being the tormented outsider on the playground, has
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what seems to be the perfect life, but when a childhood
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World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young
German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents
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