More Blurbs For Our Readers
Albom, Mitch - For One More Day
For One More Day is the story of a mother and a
son, and a relationship that covers a lifetime and
beyond. It explores the question: What would you
do if you could spend one more day with a lost
loved one?
McLeod , Kagan - Infinite Kung Fu
Infinite Kung Fu walks you through familiar corridors in the house
of martial mayhem, but still smashes your face through walls of
wonder and into rooms where kung fu is afraid to go! The Martial
World is ruled by a mysterious emperor whose five armies are
each headed by a cruel and highly skilled kung fu master. Lei
Kung, a soldier in one of these armies, grows tired of his master's evil ways and
seeks enlightenment elsewhere. However, he soon finds that he's been chosen as
the one who will put an end to the emperor's tyrannical rule - personally! Allegiances
are blurred as techniques are perfected, and Lei Kung becomes less certain who's
friend and who's foe in each chapter! Fists fly, limbs are lost, and blood vessels burst
in this tale of furious rivals, supernatural masters, walking corpses, and above all,
raging kung fu!
Ness, Patrick - A Monster Calls
The monster showed up after midnight. As they
do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been
expecting. He's been expecting the one from his
nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night
since his mother started her treatments, the one
with the darkness and the wind and the
screaming...This monster is something different,
though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most
dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.
Meloy, Maile - The Apprentices
Two years have passed since Janie Scott last saw
Benjamin Burrows, the mysterious apothecary’s defiant
son who stole her heart. On the other side of the world,
Benjamin and his father are treating the sick and
wounded in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. But
Benjamin has also been experimenting with a magical
new formula that allows him to communicate with Janie across the globe.
When Benjamin discovers that she's in trouble, he calls on their friend Pip
for help. The three friends are thrown into a desperate chase around the
world to find one another, while unravelling the mystery of what
threatens them all.
Bauer, Marion Dane (Editor) - Am I Blue
Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted
author for young adults, and each honestly portrays its
subject and theme--growing up gay or lesbian, or with
gay or lesbian parents or friends.
Avasti , Swati - Split
Sixteen-Year-Old Jace Witherspoon arrives at the
doorstep of his estranged brother Christian with a
re-landscaped face (courtesy of his father’s fist),
$3.84, and a secret .He tries to move on, going for
new friends, a new school, and a new job, but all his
changes can’t make him forget what he left behind—
his mother, who is still trapped with his dad, and his
ex-girlfriend, who is keeping his secret. At least so
far.
Beam , Chris - I am J
J always felt different. He was certain that eventually
everyone would understand who he really was; a boy
mistakenly born as a girl. Yet as he grew up, his
body began to betray him; eventually J stopped
praying to wake up a "real boy" and started covering
up his body, keeping himself invisible - from his
family, from his friends...from the world. But after
being deserted by the best friend he thought would always be by his side,
J decides that he's done hiding - it's time to be who he really is. And this
time he is determined not to give up, no matter the cost.
Meyer , Marissa - Cinder
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of
New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population.
From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to
make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate
hinges on one girl.
Bick , Ilsa J - Ashes
It could happen tomorrow . . .
An electromagnetic pulse flashes across the sky,
destroying every electronic device, wiping out every
computerized system, and killing billions.
Alex hiked into the woods to say good-bye to her
dead parents and her personal demons. Now
desperate to find out what happened after the pulse
crushes her to the ground, Alex meets up with Tom—a young soldier—and
Ellie, a girl whose grandfather was killed by the EMP. For this improvised
family and the others who are spared, it’s now a question of who can be
trusted and who is no longer human.
Grisham, John - A Time To Kill
The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two
drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white
town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with
shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black
father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his
own outraged hands.
McKinley , Robin - The Blue Sword
Harry Crewe is an orphan girl who comes to live in
Damar, the desert country shared by the
Homelanders and the secretive, magical Hillfolk . Her
life is quiet and ordinary-until the night she is
kidnapped by Corlath, the Hillfolk King, who takes her
deep into the desert. She does not know the Hillfolk
language; she does not know why she has been chosen. But Corlath does.
Harry is to be trained in the arts of war until she is a match for any of his
men. Does she have the courage to accept her true fate?
Anne, Melody - The Billionaire’s Dance
Joseph Anderson has decided it's time his three
successful sons find brides. Joseph wants
grandchildren to fill his mansion, and he wants them
immediately. He was successful in his eldest son’s
match, and in this book his scheming brings Alex and
Jessica together. Alex is the middle son in a
successful and loving family. He is a confirmed
Bachelor, who loves to travel around the globe and romance as many
women as possible. That is until he meets Jessica Sanders. One night with
her and he's changing his views on bachelorhood and starting to think that
married life is the new way for him.
Benjamin , Melanie - Alice : I Have Been
Few works of literature are as universally beloved as
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Now, in this
spellbinding historical novel, we meet the young girl
whose bright spirit sent her on an unforgettable trip
down the rabbit hole – and the grown woman whose
story is no less enthralling.
Black, Holy - Tithe : A Modern Faerie Tale
Sixteen-year-old Kaye is a modern nomad. Fierce and
independent, she travels from city to city with her
mother's rock band until an ominous attack forces Kaye
back to her childhood home. There, amid the industrial,
blue-collar New Jersey backdrop, Kaye soon finds herself
an unwilling pawn in an ancient power struggle between
two rival faerie kingdoms - a struggle that could very well mean her
death.
Arnett, Mindee - The Nightmare Affair
Sixteen-year-old Dusty Everhart breaks into houses late
at night, but not because she’s a criminal. No, she’s a
Nightmare. Literally. Being the only Nightmare at Arkwell
Academy, a boarding school for magickind, and living in
the shadow of her mother’s infamy, is hard enough. But
when Dusty sneaks into Eli Booker’s house, things get a
whole lot more complicated. He’s hot, which means sitting on his chest
and invading his dreams couldn’t get much more embarrassing. But it
does. Eli is dreaming of a murder. Then Eli’s dream comes true. Now
Dusty has to follow the clues—both within Eli’s dreams and out of them—
to stop the killer before more people turn up dead. And before the killer
learns what she’s up to and marks her as the next target.
Adams, Douglas - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Seconds before the Earth is demolished to
make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is
plucked off the planet by his friend Ford
Prefect, a researcher for the revised edition of
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy who, for
the last fifteen years, has been posing as an
out-of-work actor.
McGuire , Jamie - Walking Disaster
Can you love someone too much?
Travis Maddox learned two things from his mother
before she died: Love hard. Fight harder.
In Walking Disaster, the life of Travis is full of fast
women, underground gambling, and violence. But just
when he thinks he is invincible, Abby Abernathy
brings him to his knees.
McKinley, Robin - The Hero and The Crown
It is the story of Aerin, haunted since childhood by the
legend of her mother-a "witchwoman" who enspelled
the king and then died of disappointment after giving
birth to a daughter, rather than the heroic son the
kingdom needed. But little did the young princess know
the long-dormant powers of her mother would wield
their own destiny. For though she was a woman, Aerin was destined to be
the true hero who would one day wield the power of the Blue Sword.
Muchamore, Robert - The General
Riots, robbery & the biggest ever training exercise.
The world's largest urban warfare training compound
stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British
commandos are being hunted by an entire American
batallion.But their commander has an ace up his
sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents and
fight the best war game ever.
Muchamore, Robert -
Shadow Waves
After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a
tropical island , its governor sends in the bulldozers
to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury
hotels. Guarding the governor's family isn't James
Adams' idea of the perfect mission - and then retired
agent Kyle Blueman comes up with an unofficial and
highly dangerous plan of his own. James must
choose between loyalty to CHERUB , and loyalty to
his oldest friend.
Muchamore, Robert - The Sleepwalker
An airline explodes over the Atlantic leaving
345 people dead. Crash investigators suspect
terrorism, but they are getting nowhere. A
distressed twelve - year old calls a police
hotline and blames his father for the explosion.
It could be a breakthrough, but there is no hard
evidence and the boy has a history of violence
and emotional problems. Only CHERUB agents
can unearth the truth. They're trained
professionals with one essential advantage:
adults never suspect that children are spying on them.
Muchamore, Robert - A Class
When CHERUB kids go under cover , no one
suspects that they are trained professionals,
working to infiltrate criminal organisations that
have eluded MI5 and the police for years.
James Adams is on his biggest mission yet,
working to nail Europe's most powerful cocaine
dealer. He'll need all his specialist training if
he's going to bring down the man at the top.
McGarry, Katie - Pushing The Limits
No one knows what happened the night Echo
Emerson went from popular girl with jock
boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with
"freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't
remember the whole truth of that horrible night.
All she knows is that she wants everything to go
back to normal. But when Noah Hutchins, the
smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black
leather jacket, explodes into her life with his
tough attitude and surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways
she could never have imagined.
Black, Holly - Doll Bones
Zach, Poppy and Alice have been friends for
ever. They love playing with their action figure
toys, imagining a magical world of adventure
and heroism. But disaster strikes when, without
warning, Zach’s father throws out all his toys,
declaring he’s too old for them. Zach is furious,
confused and embarrassed, deciding that the
only way to cope is to stop playing . . . and stop
being friends with Poppy and Alice.
Miranda, Megan - Fracture
By the time Delaney Maxwell was pulled from
a Maine lake's icy waters by her best friend,
Decker Phillips, her heart had stopped
beating. Her brain had stopped working. She
was dead. But somehow Delaney surviveddespite the brain scans that show irreparable
damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be fine,
but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled
by strange sensations she can't control or
explain, Delaney now finds herself drawn to
the dying, and when she meets Troy Varga, a
boy who recently emerged from a coma with the same abilities, she is
relieved to share this strange new existence. Unsure if her altered brain is
predicting death or causing it, Delaney must figure out if their gift is a
miracle, a freak of nature-or something else much more frightening....
Austen, Catherine - All Good Children
It's the middle of the twenty-first century and the
elite children of New Middletown are lined up to
receive a treatment that turns them into
obedient, well-mannered citizens. Maxwell
Connors, a fifteen-year-old prankster, misfit and
graffiti artist, observes the changes with growing
concern, especially when his younger sister, Ally,
is targeted. Max and his best friend, Dallas,
escape the treatment, but must pretend to be
"zombies" while they watch their freedoms and
hopes decay. When Max's family decides to take
Dallas with them into the unknown world beyond New Middletown's
borders, Max's creativity becomes an unexpected bonus rather than a
liability.
Beagle, Peter S. - The Last Unicorn
The unicorn lived in a lilac wood, and she lived
all alone. She was very old, though she did not
know it, and she was no longer the careless
colour of sea foam but rather the colour of
snow falling on a moonlit night. But her eyes
were still clear and unwearied, and she still
moved like a shadow on the sea. The unicorn
discovers that she is the last unicorn in the
world, and sets off to find the others.
Moore, Alan - V for Vendetta
A powerful story about loss of freedom and
individuality, V FOR VENDETTA takes place in
a totalitarian England following a devastating
war that changed the face of the planet. In a
world without political freedom, personal
freedom and precious little faith in anything
comes a mysterious man in a white porcelain
mask who fights political oppressors through
terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a
gripping tale of the blurred lines between
ideological good and evil.
Bascomb, Neal - The Nazi Hunter
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf
Eichmann, the head of operations for the
Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the
mountains of Germany and vanished from
view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of
spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina
and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one
of the century's most important trials - one
that cemented the Holocaust in the public
imagination. THE NAZI HUNTERS is the
thrilling and fascinating story of what
happened between these two events.
Survivor Simon Wiesenthal opened Eichmann's case; a blind Argentinean
and his teenage daughter provided crucial information. Finally, the Israeli
spies -many of whom lost family in the Holocaust - embarked on their
daring mission, recounted here in full.
Appelt , Kathi - The True Blue Scouts Of Sugar Man Swamp
Raccoon brothers Bingo and J’miah
are the newest recruits of the Official Sugar
Man Swamp Scouts. The opportunity to serve
the Sugar Man—the massive creature
who delights in delicious sugar cane and
magnanimously rules over the
swamp—is an honour, and also a big
responsibility, since the rest of the swamp
critters rely heavily on the intel of these hardworking Scouts. Twelveyear-old Chap Brayburn is not a member of any such organization. But he
loves the swamp something fierce, and he’ll do anything to help
protect it.