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Sorted by Call Number / Author
155.9 REB
Reber, Deborah. Chill : stress-reducing techniques for a more
balanced, peaceful you. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon
Pulse, 2008.
Describes the physiological effects of stress, provides stressreducing techniques, offers organizational tips, and discusses how
to cope with side effects of stress.
362.82 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.
363.2 BUS (US)
Busby, Cylin. The year we disappeared : a father-daughter memoir.
1st U.S. ed. New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Father and daughter, Cylin and John Busby, share their memories
of the challenges they faced after their family was forced to go
into hiding in order to protect themselves from a killer who had
already shot John, a police officer, once and was determined to
finish the job.
364.15 CAP
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984. In cold blood : a true account of a
multiple murder and its consequences. 1st Vintage International
ed. New York : Vintage International, 1994, c1965.
Recreates the slaying of the Clutter family of Kansas, and the
capture, trial, and execution of their murderers.
372.9164 GUT (US)
Guthridge, George. The kids from nowhere : the story behind the
Arctic educational miracle. Anchorage : Alaska Northwest Books,
c2006.
Recounts how a group of Yupik Eskimo students from Alaska
worked together to continue their schooling in near-impossible
conditions and kept their school open when no one else would
help them.
395.2 ALV
Alvarez, Julia. Once upon a quinceañera : coming of age in the USA.
New York : Viking, 2007.
Explores a Latina girl's coming of age ceremony, discussing the
origins and cultural importance of a quinceañera and providing
insight into the financial and social implications of a quince party.
616.9 HYD
Hyde, Margaret O. (Margaret Oldroyd), 1917-. Stress 101 : an
overview for teens. Minneapolis, Minn. : TwentyFirst Century
Books, 2008.
What does stress do to you? -- What stress does to your body -Stress and the young brain -- Stress and your heart, immune
system and gut -- Stress and depression -- Stress and anxiety -Are you in control? -- Outwitting stress though meditation -- More
tools for reducing stress.
741.5 ARE
Abel, Jessica. Drawing words & writing pictures : making comics :
manga graphic novels, and beyond. 1st ed. New York : First
Second, 2008.
Offers fifteen introductory lessons in creating comics, covering
terminology, penciling, lettering, structuring story, characters, and
other related topics.
741.5 GEA (US)
Geary, Rick. The invisible man. New York : Papercutz, c2008.
A graphic adaptation of the tale of a scientist who discovers how
to make his body become invisible, but, when he can't make
himself visible again, becomes violently insane.
741.5 KNE (US)
Kneece, Mark. Rod Serling's The twilight zone : the odyssey of Flight
33. New York : Walker & Co., 2009.
The crew of Transocean Flight 33 must find a way to return the
plane, and their passengers, safely home when a nasty tailwind
sends them wildly off course and slipping back in time.
741.5 THO
Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Thoreau at Walden. 1st ed. New
York : Hyperion, c2008.
This graphic novel, narrated in Thoreau's own words, weaves
together elements from "Walden," "Civil disobedience," "Walking,"
and Thoreau's journals to tell the story of his two years in the
woods and of the night he spent in jail for refusing to pay a poll
tax.
746.43 IT
It girl knits : 30 fresh styles for the young and fabulous. 1st ed. New
York : Potter Craft, c2008.
Contains instructions for thirty knitting projects designed by
sixteen-year-old author Phoenix Bess, including felted boots, a
metallic miniskirt, sheath dress, purses, shrug, and other items.
746.43 WEN
Wenger, Jennifer. Teen knitting club : chill out and knit. New York :
Artisan, c2004.
Introduces teenagers to knitting materials, stitches, and
techniques; presents thirty-five projects, including scarves, hats,
bags, ponchos, tank tops, sweaters, blankets, a headband, a
headkerchief, and a choker; and explains how to start a knitting
club.
791.6 WHI (US)
Whitestone-McCallum, Heather. Listening with my heart. 1st Galilee
ed. New York : Galilee, 1998, c1997.
The first physically handicapped woman to win the Miss America
Pageant tells the story of her deafness, love of ballet, education,
and challenge to fulfill her God-given potential.
792.8 CUN (US)
Li, Cunxin, 1961-. Mao's last dancer. New York : Putnam, c2003.
Li Cunxin, a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and
Australian Ballet, explains how his childhood of poverty in rural
China changed when he was selected by Madame Mao to attend
the dance academy in Beijing, tells how his devotion to
Communist philosophy was shaken during his first visit to the U.S.
as part of an exchange program with the Houston Ballet, and
discusses his eventual defection to the West.
796.332 BIS
Bissinger, H. G. Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream. Da
Capo Press movie tie-in ed., 10th anniversary ed. Cambridge, MA
: Da Capo Press, 2004.
Follows the 1988 season of the Permian Panthers, a high school
football team in Odessa, Texas, exploring the lives of the players
and the impact of the championship team on the small town.
796.332 BOR
Borowski, Greg. First and long : a black school, a white school, and
their season of dreams. Oregon, WI : Badger Books, c2004.
Presents an account of what happened when the coach of the
white suburban Shorewood High School in Milwaukee got the idea
of joining with the predominantly African-American Messmer High
School to create a football squad during the 2001 season,
discussing their struggles to maintain racial harmony while trying
a bond into a winning team.
796.357 FOU
Fountain, Charles. Under the March sun : the story of spring training.
Oxford ; : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Chronicles the history of spring training, describing its growth over
the twentieth century into a billion-dollar-a-year business.
796.357 WEB
Weber, Bruce. As they see 'em : a fan's travels in the land of umpires.
1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2009.
The author explores the secrets, rituals, vocabulary, and customs
of professional umpires, and describes his experiences training
and working at spring training games for Little League and big
league games, where he gains a better appreciation for a most
unappreciated position.
808 BRA
Bradbury, Ray. Zen in the art of writing. New York : Bantam, 1992.
Provides practical tips on the art of writing from a master of the
craft, from finding original ideas to developing voice and style, as
well as the story of Bradbury's own career as an author.
808.1 FRI
Friot, Bernard. The aspiring poet's journal. New York : Abrams Books
for Young Readers, 2008.
Offers ideas, inspiration, and encouragement to help poets
enhance their creativity, develop their voice, and learn how to see
the world through a poet's eye.
811 GRA
Grandits, John. Blue lipstick : concrete poems. New York : Clarion
Books, c2007.
Concrete poems about a girl named Jessie who mocks the school
which she attends.
811 NYE
Nye, Naomi Shihab. I'll ask you three times, are you ok? : tales of
driving and being driven. 1st ed. New York : Greenwillow Books,
c2007.
A collection of thirty-one anecdotes in which author Naomi Shihab
Nye describes her travels and the conversations she has had while
riding in cars.
811 NYE (US)
Nye, Naomi Shihab. Honeybee : poems & short prose. 1st ed. New
York : Greenwillow Books, c2008.
A collection of poems and short prose pieces in which Naomi
Shihab Nye reflects on the topics that are most important to
people, including love, memories, war, and the planet.
811 SOT (US)
Soto, Gary. Partly cloudy : poems of love and longing. Boston [Mass.] :
Harcourt, 2009.
A humorous collection of poetry told from the point of view of both
boys and girls who share their emotions about first loves, crushes,
and broken hearts.
813 MOR
Morrison, Toni. A mercy. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 2008.
Florens, a sixteen-year-old slave on a Virginia plantation is given
to a Dutch trader named Jacob Vaark as payment for a debt owed
to Vaark by her master, and moves to his small Northern farm
where her presence is felt keenly by Vaark's childless wife
Rebekka, Native American servant Lina, and Sorrow, a foundling.
813 Shi (MS)
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.
920 BLO
Blogs. Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008.
A collection of essays that offers varying perspectives on blogging,
debating their value to the public, their impact on politics, how
they affect American culture, and ethical and legal issues.
940.54 NAK
Nakazawa, Keiji. Barefoot Gen. : a cartoon story of Hiroshima. San
Francisco : Last Gasp of San Francisco, 2004.
A graphic novel account of the dropping of the atomic bomb on
the Japanese city of Hiroshima, based on the experiences of the
author who was six-years-old at the time of the attack. Covers
events leading up to and immediately following the bombing.
972.9106 CAL (US)
Calcines, Eduardo F. Leaving Glorytown : one boy's struggle under
Castro. 1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2009.
Coming to Glorytown -- The revolution -- The Bay of Pigs -- Our
last noche buena -- More changes -- Stories to ease the pain -Tío William's arrest -- 149901 -- Gusanos -- Remember the Lord - More goodbyes -- Panetelas de Vainilla -- The ashes of spring -La Natividad -- Nguyen Van Troy -- Papa's homecoming -- Señora
Santana -- A taste of freedom -- Planning to escape -- Flight to
freedom. The author reflects on his childhood growing up in 1960s
Cuba, discussing how his family was treated for applying for an
exit visa to the United States, his fears of being drafted into the
Army, the conditions of his poor neighborhood, and more.
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.
AND
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Catalyst. New York : Speak, 2003, c2002.
Eighteen-year-old Kate, who sometimes chafes at being a
preacher's daughter, finds herself losing control in her senior year
as she faces difficult neighbors, the possibility that she may not be
accepted by the college of her choice, and an unexpected death.
AND
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Wintergirls. New York : Viking, 2009.
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death
from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
AND (US)
Anderson, M. T. The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the
nation. 1st ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.
After escaping a death sentence in the summer of 1775, Octavian
and his tutor find shelter but no safe harbor in British-occupied
Boston and, persuaded by Lord Dunmore's proclamation offering
freedom to slaves who join his counterrevolutionary Royal
Ethiopian Regiment, Octavian and his friends soon find themselves
engaged in naval raids on the Virginia coastline as the
Revolutionary War breaks out in full force.
BEC
Becker, Tom. Darkside. 1st ed. New York : Orchard Books, 2008.
Jonathan Starling's father is in an asylum and his home has been
attacked when, while running away from kidnappers, he stumbles
upon Darkside, a terrifying and hidden part of London ruled by the
descendants of Jack the Ripper, where Jonathan is in mortal
danger if he cannot find the way out.
BEC (US)
Becker, Tom. Lifeblood. 1st ed. New York : Orchard Books, 2008,
c2007.
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 is Jonathan who is being hunted.
BEL
Bell, Hilari. The last knight : a knight and rogue novel. 1st pbk. ed.
New York : Eos, 2008, c2007.
In alternate chapters, eighteen-year-old Sir Michael Sevenson, an
anachronistic knight errant, and seventeen-year-old Fisk, his
street-wise squire, tell of their noble quest to bring Lady Ceciel to
justice while trying to solve her husband's murder.
BOW
Bowers, Laura, 1969-. Beauty shop for rent-- : fully equipped, inquire
within. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2007.
Raised by a great-grandmother and a bunch of beauty shop
buddies, fourteen-year-old Abbey resolves to overcome her
unhappy childhood and disillusionment with the mother who
deserted her.
BRA
Bradbury, Ray, 1920-. Something wicked this way comes. New York :
Avon Books, [1998], c1962.
Two boys, best friends in a small midwestern town, finally come to
understand that of all the terrors threatening them from Cooger
and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show the greatest menace
exists within themselves.
BRY
Bryant, Jennifer. Ringside, 1925 : views from the Scopes trial. 1st ed.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925
describe, in a series of free-verse poems, the Scopes "monkey
trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens.
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 fulltime 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.
CAL
Caletti, Deb. Wild roses. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse,
2006, c2005.
Seventeen-year-old Cassie, trying to deal with life in the
household of her eccentric, paranoid stepfather, Dino, a genius
composer and violin player, makes matters even worse when she
begins dating Dino's student, a violin prodigy who does not need
anything to distract him from practicing for an important audition.
CAS
Cashore, Kristin. Graceling. 1st ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2008.
In a world where some people are born with extreme and oftenfeared 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.
CAS
Castellucci, Cecil, 1969-. Janes in love. New York : Minx, c2008.
A group of friends who are all named Jane get together and try to
make their small town beautiful by engaging in subversive art,
and the main Jane wrestles with her affection for two different
boys on Valentine's Day while she runs out of money for
continuing her artwork.
CHA
Chan, Queenie. The dreaming. Hamburg [Germany] ; : Tokyopop,
c2006.
The students of Greenwich Private College flee to their homes
when a student is murdered, but Jeanie's curiosity keeps her on
campus, and she finds a chilling link between the killing and a
ghostly curse.
CHA
Chan, Queenie. The dreaming. Hamburg [Germany] ; : Tokyopop,
c2007.
When the missing students return to their elite Australian
boarding school, the remaining students realize the mysterious
circumstances surrounding the disappearances may be linked to
more than just the school.
CIS
Cisneros, Sandra. Caramelo, or, Puro cuento : a novel. 1st ed. New
York : Alfred A. Knopf :, 2002.
Celaya "Lala" Reyes, traveling from Chicago to Mexico City each
summer, draws together stories of her Mexican-American family of
shawl-makers, including her papa and Awful Grandmother.
CLA
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg, 1909-1971. The Ox-Bow incident. Modern
Library pbk. ed. New York : Modern Library, 2001, c1940.
A posse captures and hangs three men believed to be guilty of
cattle rustling and murder, only to learn later that the men were
innocent.
COL
Coll, Susan. Acceptance. 1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
2007.
Follows the lives of three high school juniors--Taylor, Maya, and
Harry--as they apply to a number of colleges and cope with the
pressures of their teachers and parents, and an admissions
advisor, Olivia, who struggles to sift through applications after her
university was accidentally placed ona list of the top fifty schools
in the country.
DEV
DeVita, James. The silenced. 1st ed. New York : Eos, c2007.
Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of her
parents' political activities, Marena organizes a resistance
movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero
Tolerance party.
DOW (US)
Dowd, Siobhan. Bog child. 1st American ed. New York : David Fickling
Books, 2008.
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.
DUN (US)
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.
FIE
Fiedler, Lisa. Dating Hamlet : Ophelia's story. 1st ed. New York : Holt,
2002.
In a story based on the Shakespeare play, Ophelia describes her
relationship with Hamlet, learns the truth about her own father,
and recounts the complicated events following the murder of
Hamlet's father.
GAI
Gaiman, Neil. Neverwhere. New York : Avon Books, [1998].
Richard Mayhew, a young businessman living in London, helps an
injured girl and finds his life changed when he leaves reality and
enters the city's underground world of sewers and abandoned
subway stations--a world in which the girl he helped is someone of
power and nobility.
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.
GOO (US)
Goodman, Alison. Eon : Dragoneye reborn. New York : 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.
GRE
Green, John, 1977-. An abundance of Katherines. 1st ed. New York :
Dutton Books, c2006.
Having been recently dumped for the nineteenth time by a girl
named Katherine, recent high school graduate and former child
prodigy Colin sets off on a road trip with his best friend to try to
find some new direction in life while also trying to create a
mathematical formula to explain his relationships.
GRE
Green, John, 1977-. Paper towns. 1st ed. New York : 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.
HAG
Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925. She. Washington, DC :
Regnery ;, c1999.
Although aware that many of his ancestors have failed in the
same mission, a young Englishman attempts to find the
mysterious white queen who rules a lost African civilization.
HAM
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. The Maltese falcon. Vintage Books ed.
New York : Vintage Books, 1989, c1930.
In San Francisco in 1928, Sam Spade searches for a priceless
statuette. He finds himself torn between loyalty to his murdered
partner and an opportunity for personal gain.
HAM
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961. The thin man. New York : Vintage
Books, 1989, c1933.
Nick and Nora Charles solve a murder.
HAR (US)
Harrigan, Stephen, 1948-. The gates of the Alamo : a novel. 1st ed.
New York, N.Y. : Alfred A. Knopf :, 2000.
Naturalist Edmund McGowan, and widowed innkeeper Mary Mott
find themselves drawn to each other as they travel together in
pursuit of Mary's sixteen-year-old son Terrell, whose first
shattering experience with love has led him to war.
HEL
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed. New York
: Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1996, c1989.
A bombardier, based in Italy during World War II, repeatedly tries
to avoid flying bombing missions while his colonel tries to get him
killed by demanding that he fly more and more missions.
JOH
Johnson, Maureen, 1973-. Girl at sea. 1st HarperTeen pbk. ed. New
York : HarperTeen, 2008, c2007.
High-school junior Clio Ford reluctantly gives up her dream job
and a potential first kiss to take a working vacation with her
estranged father on a yacht in Italy.
JOH
Johnson, Maureen, 1973-. Suite Scarlett. 1st ed. New York : Point,
2008.
Fifteen-year-old Scarlett Marvin is stuck in New York City for the
summer working at her quirky family's historic hotel, but her
brother's attractive new friend and a seasonal guest who offers
her an intriguing and challenging writing project improve her
outlook.
JON
Jones, Lloyd, 1955-. Mister Pip. Dial Press trade pbk. ed. New York :
Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2008, c2006.
On a remote tropical island where villages are overrun by rebel
fighting, thirteen-year-old Matilda is introduced to the Charles
Dickens classic "Great Expectations" by her white school teacher
and becomes enthralled with the story's main character, with
whom she feels a connection.
KLE (US)
Klein, Lisa M., 1958-. Two girls of Gettysburg. 1st U.S. ed. New York :
Bloomsbury, 2008.
When the Civil War breaks out, two cousins, Lizzie and Rosanna,
find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict until the war
reunites them in the town of Gettysburg.
LAR (US)
Larbalestier, Justine. How to ditch your fairy. 1st U.S. ed. New York :
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.
LIT
Little, Melanie, 1969-. The apprentice's masterpiece : a story of
medieval Spain. Toronto ; : Annick Press, c2008.
In fifteenth-century Spain, apprentice scribe Ramon witnesses his
family become torn by the Inquisitions.
MAG (US)
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.
MAR
Marchetta, Melina, 1965-. Jellicoe Road. 1st U.S. ed. New York :
HarperTeen, 2008, 2006.
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven,
high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity
and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
MCC
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The white darkness : a novel. 1st U.S. ed.
New York : HarperTempest, 2007, c2005.
Taken to Antarctica by the man she thinks of as her uncle for what
she believes to be a vacation, Symone--a troubled fourteen year
old--discovers that he is dangerously obsessed with seeking
Symme's Hole, an opening that supposedly leads into the center
of a hollow Earth.
MCN (US)
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 in their small
Ontario, Canada, town for centuries.
MEY
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. Eclipse. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown,
2007.
Bella must choose between her friendship with Jacob, a werewolf,
and her relationship with Edward, a vampire, but when Seattle is
ravaged by a mysterious string of killings, the three of them need
to decide whether their personal lives are more important than the
well-being of an entire city.
MEY
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-. New moon. 1st ed. New York : Little, Brown,
2006.
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks
rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too
much for eighteen-year-old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in
her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in
terrible ways.
MIT
Mitchard, Jacquelyn. Now you see her. 1st HarperTeen pbk. ed. New
York : HarperTeen, 2008, c2007.
Fifteen-year-old Hope describes events leading her to agree to her
boyfriend's plan to stage her abduction, and the consequences for
their relationship, her family life, and her budding career as an
actress.
MUC
Muchamore, Robert. Divine madness. 1st U.S. ed., 1st Simon Pulse ed.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2006.
James, an agent of CHERUB, a top-secret organization staffed by
highly-trained but ordinary looking teens, is sent to investigate
the link between the eco-terrorist group Help Earth and a wealthy
religious cult, and faces the added pressure of being subjected to
the cult's brainwashing techniques.
MUC
Muchamore, Robert. The killing. 1st U.S. ed., 1st Simon Pulse ed. New
York : Simon Pulse, 2006, c2005.
James embarks on a dangerous mission for the CHERUB agency,
taking down the world's most powerful drug lord, putting his own
safety aside in the hopes of ridding the streets of dangerous
drugs.
MUC
Muchamore, Robert. Man vs. beast. 1st U.S. ed., 1st Simon Pulse ed.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2007, c2006.
James, an agent of CHERUB, a top-secret organization staffed by
highly-trained but ordinary looking teens, joins his young
colleagues in investigating a radical animal protection group that
believes it is fine to sacrifice one human to save the lives of many
animals.
MUC
Muchamore, Robert. Maximum security. 1st U.S. ed., 1st Simon Pulse
ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2006, c2005.
The teenage CHERUB agents try to break a child criminal out of a
maximum security Arizona prison in order to get at his mother, a
weapons dealer of legendary status who has been selling U.S.
missiles to terrorists.
MYE (US)
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. DopeSick. 1st ed. New York :
Amistad/HarperTeen, c2009.
Seeing no way out of his difficult life in Harlem, seventeen-yearold Jeremy "Lil J" Dance flees into a house after a drug deal goes
awry and meets a strange man who reveals different turning
points in Lil J's life when he could have made better choices.
Nic (MS)
Nicholson, William. Noman. 1st U.S. ed. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, 2008,
c2007.
Seeker, who is obsessed with his increasingly perilous quest to kill
the last of the Old Ones, finds that his mission has placed him at
odds with a new leader who preaches peace and joy.
NOE
Noël, Alyson. Evermore. 1st ed. New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2009.
Since the car accident that claimed the lives of her family,
sixteen-year-old Ever can see auras and hear people's thoughts,
and she goes out of her way to hide from other people until she
meets Damen, another psychic teenager who is hiding even more
mysteries.
NOR (US)
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.
OAK (US)
Oaks, J. Adams (Jeffrey Adams). Why I fight. 1st ed. New York :
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
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.
OHB
Ohba, Tsugumi. Death note. Shonen Jump advanced graphic novel ed.
San Francisco : Viz Media, [2005].
Light Yagumi comes across a Death Note dropped by a Shinigami
death god and vows to use this power to rid the world of evil; but
when criminals start dropping dead, the great detective is sent to
track down the killer.
OHB
Ohba, Tsugumi. Death note. Shonen Jump advanced graphic novel ed.
San Francisco : Viz Media, [2005].
Light Yagami, having vowed to use the Death Note to rid the world
of evil, attracts the attention of authorities who are curious to
know why criminals are suddenly dropping dead, but Light crosses
the line when he decides to kill the agents who are chasing him,
and soon finds himself pursued by his father, the legendary
detective L, and the determined fiancee of one of the agents he
has eliminated.
PEE
Peet, Mal. Tamar. 1st U.S. pbk. ed. Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick
Press, 2008, c2007.
In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar, grief-stricken by the
puzzling death of her beloved grandfather, slowly begins to
uncover the secrets of his life in the Dutch resistance during the
last year of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the
climactic events that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of
his family.
PIE
Pierce, Tamora. Terrier. 1st trade pbk. ed. New York : Random House,
2007, c2006.
When sixteen-year-old Beka becomes "Puppy" to a pair of "Dogs,"
as the Provost's Guards are called, she uses her police training,
natural abilities, and a touch of magic to help them solve the case
of a murdered baby in Tortall's Lower City.
PRA
Pratchett, Terry. Wintersmith. 1st pbk. ed. New York : HarperTeen,
2007, c2006.
Witch-in-training Tiffany Aching accidentally interrupts the Dance
of the Seasons and awakens the interest of the elemental spirit of
Winter, forcing her to turn to the six-inch-high, sword-wielding,
sheep-stealing Wee Free Men to put the seasons aright.
RYA (US)
Ryan, Carrie. The Forest of Hands and Teeth. 1st ed. New York :
Delacorte Press, c2009.
Through twists and turns of fate, 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.
SC LIN
Link, Kelly. Pretty monsters : stories. New York : Viking, 2008.
The wrong grave -- The wizards of Perfl -- Magic for beginners -The faery handbag -- The specialist's hat -- Monster -- The surfer
-- The constable of Abal -- Pretty monsters. A collection of
monster stories from Kelly Link, and features selections entitled
"The Faery Handbag," in which an old woman carries an entire
village around in her purse; as well as "The Surfer," and others.
SHT (US)
Shteyngart, Gary, 1972-. Absurdistan. 1st ed. New York : Random
House, c2006.
Misha Vainberg longs to return to New York City, but since his
grandfather killed a prominent Oklahoma businessman, Misha
knows he is stuck in Russia, where he becomes the hapless
Minister of Multicultural Affairs and finds himself fighting for his
life, falling in love, and trying to lead a normal life.
TAN
Tan, Shaun. The arrival. 1st ed. New York : A. A. Levine, 2007, c2006.
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and
sets off for a new country, where he must build a new life for
himself and his family.
TAS
Tashjian, Janet. Vote for Larry. 1st Square Fish ed. New York : Square
Fish/Henry Holt, 2008, c2004.
Not yet eighteen years old, Josh, a.k.a. Larry, comes out of hiding
and returns to public life, this time to run for President as an
advocate for issues of concern to youth and to encourage voter
turnout.
TAS (US)
Tashjian, Janet. Larry and the meaning of life. 1st ed. New York :
Henry Holt, 2008.
Eighteen-year-old Larry retreats to Walden Pond and a meeting
with a spiritual guru who convinces him to join his study group;
but after a while, Larry begins to question his own grasp of reality.
TRU
Trueman, Terry. Inside out. 1st pbk. ed. New York : HarperTempest,
2003.
A sixteen-year-old with schizophrenia is caught up in the events
surrounding an attempted robbery by two other teens who
eventually hold him hostage.
VAL
Valentine, Jenny. Me, the missing, and the dead. 1st American ed. New
York : Harper Teen, 2008.
Sixteen-year-old Londoner Lucas Swain, left in possession of the
ashes of Violet Park, becomes convinced that Violent is
communicating with him, initiating a voyage of self-discovery that
forces him to finally confront the events surrounding his father's
sudden disappearance.
VOL (US)
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 is in a coma, Huck vows to get even with
him no matter what it takes.
WER
Werlin, Nancy. The rules of survival. New York : Dial Books, c2006.
Seventeen-year-old Matthew recounts his attempts, starting at a
young age, to free himself and his sisters from the grip of their
emotionally and physically abusive mother.
WES
Westerfeld, Scott. Extras. 1st Simon Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse,
2007.
In an alternative civilization where the social status of each person
is monitored and rated and anyone can drop from celebrity to
nobody, fifteen-year-old Aya Fuse's popularity ranking is so low
her only chance of moving up is to find a good story, so when she
meets a group of girls who hide an explosive secret, Aya decides
to expose the group and unknowingly puts her own life in danger.
WOL
Wolff, Virginia Euwer. Make lemonade. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt,
c1993.
Fourteen-year-old LaVaughn, trying to earn the money for college,
takes a job caring for the two children of Jolly, a single teenage
mom, and must find the courage to make the right decision for all
of them after Jolly is fired.
YAN
Yang, Gene Luen. American born Chinese. 1st ed. New York : First
Second, 2006.
Alternates three interrelated stories about the problems of young
Chinese Americans trying to participate in the popular culture.
Presented in comic book format.
ZEV
Zevin, Gabrielle. Elsewhere. 1st Square Fish ed. New York : Square
Fish/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007, c2005.
After fifteen-year-old Liz Hall is hit by a taxi and killed, she finds
herself in a place that is both like and unlike Earth, where she
must adjust to her new status and figure out how to "live.".
ZEV
Zevin, Gabrielle. Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac. 1st ed. New York :
Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007.
After a nasty fall, Naomi realizes that she has no memory of the
last four years and finds herself reassessing every aspect of her
life.