NON-FICTION
Asinof, Eliot. Eight Men Out: The Black Sox and the 1919 WorldSeries. 1963.
It's all here: the players, the scandal, the shame, and the damage the 1919 World Series caused America's national pastime.
Atkin, S. Beth. Voices from the Streets: Young Former Gang Members Tell Their Stories. 1996.
Gang members from all races and backgrounds describe why they joined, and why--and how--they left.
Alvarez, Walter. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom. 1997.
Geologist Alvarez presents the development of the impact theory of dinosaur extinction as the adventure/mystery it was.
Aronson, Marc. Art Attack: A Short Cultural History of the Avant-Garde. 1998.
Discover everything you ever wanted to know about bohemians, hipsters, and the development of the world's most radical art.
Bernstein, Leonard. The Joy of Music. 1959.
Bernstein describes all aspects of classical music.
Blackstone, Harry, Jr. The Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion. 1985.
A well-known magician introduces readers to the history, principles, and effects of one of the oldest entertainment arts.
Blais, Madeleine. In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle. 1995.
Learn about the year of heart, sweat, and muscle that transformed the Amherst Lady Hurricanes basketball team into state champions.
Bodanis, David. The Secret Family: Twenty-four Hours Inside the Mysterious World of Our Minds and Bodies. 1997.
The unseen world around us and within our bodies is shown in vivid detail as we follow a typical family through their day.
Boorstin, Jon. Making Movies Work: Thinking Like a Filmmaker. 1996.
Both novice and expert can enjoy this behind-the-scenes look at the art of filmmaking.
Brown, Dee. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West. 1970.
There's another side of America's western expansion: the one seen through Native American eyes.
Brumberg, Joan Jacobs. The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls. 1997.
The historical evolution of body perception has turned the value system of American girls inside out.
Carson, Rachel. Silent Spring. 1962.
This landmark book gave birth to the environmental movement.
Chang, Iris. The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. 1997.
Barely a postscript in official Japanese history, the horrific rape, mutilation, torture, and murder of hundreds of thousands of Chinese citizens took place over the course of just seven weeks.
Clark, Kenneth. Civilization: A Personal View. 1970.
Clark explores history through the works, impulses, and beliefs of the great creative individuals of Western civilization.
Cooke, Mervyn. The Chronicle of Jazz. 1998.
Cooke provides a comprehensive guide to this uniquely American musical form.
Copland, Aaron. What to Listen For in Music. 1939.
The composer provides a basic introduction to the mysteries of musical composition and music appreciation.
Cumming, Robert. Annotated Art. 1995.
Art masterpieces are made understandable through the exploration of some of the world's greatest paintings.
DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches. 1903.
Educator DuBois describes the lives and history of African American farmers, including the career of Booker T. Washington.
Day, David. The Search for King Arthur. 1995.
Discover through magnificent illustrations and romantic retellings what is fact and what islegend about this fifth-century hero.
Diamond, Jared. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. 1997.
Diamond contends that these three factors determined the course of world power throughout history.
Dorris, Michael. The Broken Cord. 1989.
The persistent physical and emotional problems of his adopted son baffled the author until he learned the condition had a name: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Due, Linnea. Joining the Tribe: Growing Up Gay and Lesbian in the '90's. 1995.
Being young and gay in America means surviving cruelty, abuse, and isolation, as these individual stories of courage from teens around the country attest.
Edelman, MarionWright. The Measure of Our success: A Letter to My Children andYours. 1992.
A child advocate shares her thoughts on values, raising families, and the future of our country.
Epictetus and Sharon Lebell. The Art of Living: The Classic Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness. 1995.
A modern interpretation of the Stoic philosopher answers the timeless questions of how to be a good person and live a good life
Faludi, Susan. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women. 1991.
This unflinching analysis examines the current status of American women.
Finn, David. How to Look at Sculpture: Text and Photographs. 1989.
To understand sculpture, you have to know what to look for.
Ford, Michael Thomas. The Voices of AIDS: Twelve Unforgettable People Talk About How AIDS Has Changed Their Lives. 1995.
Individuals whose AIDS experiences have been catalysts for making a difference share their poignant and personal stories.
Fouts, Roger. Next of Kin: What Chimpanzees Have Taught Me About Who We Are. 1997.
Describing his career of communicating with chimpanzees, Fouts explains evolutionary, genetic, and emotional bonds with our next of kin.
Freedman, Samuel G. SmallVictories: The Real World of a Teacher, Her Students, and Their High School. 1990.
How does this overcrowded, under funded inner city school send 92% of its graduates to college?
Fremon, Celeste. Father Greg & the Homeboys: The Extraordinary Journey of Father Greg Boyle and His Work With the Latino Gangs of East L.A. 1995.
Conscience, parent, motivator, drill sergeant: Father Greg was all this and more to the gangbangers who called his barrio parish community home.
Garfunkel, Trudy. On Wings of Joy: The Story of Ballet from the 16th Century to Today. 1994.
Fascinating history, dancers, choreographers, and stories: here is everything that has helped create this wonderful art form.
Goldberg, Vicki. The Power ofPhotographs: How Photography Changed Our Lives. 1991.
Photographers and photographs evolve, rather than spring forth fully formed.
Gould, Stephen Jay. The Mismeasure of Man. 1981.
Gould's history of the attempt to quantify intelligence could be called the "misuse of science."
Gombrich, E. H. TheStory of Art. 1995.
Everything from cave paintings to the experimental art of today is covered, in words and pictures, in this sixteenth edition of one of the most famous and popular art books ever published.
Green, Bill. Water, Ice, and Stone: Science and Memory on the Antarctic Lakes. 1995.
A chemist investigates Antarctica’s ice-covered lakes and discovers beauty and poetry.
Hafner, Katie and Matthew Lyon. Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins of the Internet. 1996.
The origins of the world's first computer network are explained, with tales of the motivations, breakthroughs, and personalities that created it.
Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. 1942.
Gods and heroes, their clashes and adventures, come alive in this splendid retelling of the Greek, Roman, and Norse myths.
Hawking, Stephen. A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes. 1988.
Cosmology becomes understandable as the author discusses the origin, evolution, and fate ofour universe.
Hersch, Patricia. A Tribe Apart: A Journey into the Heart of American Adolescence. 1998.
An intimate three-year journey through contemporary adolescence with eight "typical" teens reveals aseparate culture spawned not from personal choice, but rather from adult alienation and abandonment.
Hersey, John. Hiroshima. 1946.
Six Hiroshima survivors reflect on the aftermath of the first atomic bomb.
Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version. 1973.
Biblical scholars revise text and modernize terms to bring one version of the Bible up-to-date.
Humes, Edward. No Matter How Loud I Shout: A Year in the Life of Juvenile Court. 1996.
Humes paints a tragic and heartbreaking portrait of the chaos characterizing America’s juvenile justice system where, as one inmate writes, "my screams have no voice, no matter how loud I shout."
Hubbell, Sue. A Country Year: Living the Questions. 1986.
A former wife and librarian observes her natural surroundings during a year spent as a beekeeper on a beautiful Ozark farm.
Jonas, Gerald. Dancing: The Pleasure, Power, and Art of Movement. 1992.
This international survey explores dance as social, cultural, and religious expression.
Jones, K. Maurice. Say It Loud! The Story of Rap Music. 1994.
From a village in West Africa to a street in Brooklyn, to MTV, rappers make the Scene.
Junger, Sebastian. The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea. 1997.
Haunting premonitions didn’t save seven fishermen from the ferocious and deadly power of the sea.
Karnos, David D. and Robert G. Shoemaker, editors. Falling in Love With Wisdom: American Philosophers Talk About Their Calling. 1993.
Contemporary philosophers share their contemplations and epiphanies.
Kendall, Elizabeth. Where She Danced. 1979.
The contributions of major innovators and the conditions of their times are the basis for this history of modern American dance.
Kerner, Mary. Barefoot to Balanchine: How to Watch Dance. 1990.
Understand dance by reading about its history, choreography, and backstage action.
Kolb, Rocky. Blind Watchers of the Sky: The People and Ideas that Shaped Our View of the Universe. 1996.
Kolb delivers a witty and lively history of astronomy and cosmology.
Kotlowitz, Alex. The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma. 1998.
Geographically, only a river separates two closely neighboring towns, but the murder mystery surrounding the death of a young black man exposes a deeply rooted racial divide.
Kozol, Jonathan. Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools. 1991.
Kozol's stinging indictment of America's public school system advocates an equal distribution of per pupil funding to right the gross inequities inour current system.
Krakauer, John. Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster. 1997.
His dream expedition to Everest became a nightmare when human error and a sudden storm combined to claim the lives of some of the world's best mountain climbers.
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. 1993.
A comic book asks and answers the question of whether or not comics are a literary form.
McPhee, John. In Suspect Terrain. 1983.
Traveling along I-80 with geologist Anita Harris, McPhee describes the geologic features that reveal the history of the Appalachians.
Murray, Albert. Stomping the Blues. 1976.
An aficionado gives the lowdown on what it is and its origins.
Occhiogrosso, Peter. The Joy of Sects: A Spirited Guide to the World's Religious Traditions. 1994.
This lively, easy to understand guidebook is foreveryone from the faithful believer to the curious doubter.
O'Gorman, James F. ABC of Architecture. 1998.
Function, structure, and beauty are the interdependent basics -- the ABC -- of architecture.
Paulos, John Allen. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences. 1988.
Paulos illustrates the importance of understanding and the consequences of misunderstanding mathematical concepts in everyday life.
Penn, W. S., editor. The Telling of the World: Native American Stories and Art. 1996.
Traditional and contemporary legends, stories, and art from many tribes explain ourworld and its life forms.
Petroski, Henry. Invention by Design: How Engineers Get From Thought to Thing. 1996.
Using examples from paper clips to monumental bridges, Petroski shows how engineers work.
Pipher, Mary.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. 1994.
Pipher looks at societal "girl poisoning" and the emotional and psychological havoc it wreaks on the lives of youngwomen.
Regis, Ed. Virus Ground Zero: Stalking the Killer Viruses with the Centers for Disease Control. 1996.
The history of the CDC is told through the handling of the Ebola outbreak in Zaire.
Rybczynski, Witold . The Most Beautiful House in the World. 1989.
The author's dream of building a boat evolves into the building of a home, a process he uses to explain complex architectural ideas.
Sheehan, Neil. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vannand America in Vietnam. 1988.
A soldier exposes the corruption undermining the American war effort in Vietnam.
Sherman, Robert and Philip Seldon. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classical Music. 1997.
This practical guide will help you understand and enjoy classical music.
Simon, David and Edward Burns. The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood. 1997.
Crack owns this corner and infects the lives of all those within reach.
Singh, Simon. Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World’s Greatest Mathematical Problem. 1997.
A Princeton professor pursuesa lifelong dream of solving a 350-year-old mathematical puzzle.
Sobel, Dava. Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time. 1995.
A self-taught eighteenth-century English clockmaker succeeded where the scientific community failed.
Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began. 1986.
Using comic book format, the author chronicles his father’s experience of the Holocaust and its impact on his family.
Strickland, Carol and John Boswell. The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History From Prehistoric to Post-Modern. 1992.
Fromcave paintings to conceptual art, art history is demystified.
Stringer, Christopher and Robin McKie. African Exodus: The Origins of Modern Humanity. 1997.
The authors support the theory of a single origin of modern humanity with paleoanthropological, archaeological, and DNA evidence.
Thomas, Lewis. The Lives of a Cell: Notes of a Biology Watcher. 1974.
These essays offer an optimistic scientist's view of a wide variety of subjects.
Watson, James D. The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery and Structure of DNA. 1968.
The author recreates the excitement of participating in a momentous discovery and demonstrates to the non-scientist how the scientific method works.
Williams, Juan. Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965. 1987.
From Brown v. the Board of Education to the Voting Rights Act, Williams outlines the social and political gains of African Americans.
Yolen, Jane, editor. Favorite Folktales from Around the World. 1986.
This collection of international folktales provides an understanding of the roots of diverse cultures.
SUGGESTIONS FROM OTHER YOUNG READERS
Alosha
By Pike, Christopher, 1961-
Ali Warner stumbles on a plot by a neighboring dimension to invade and destroy the earth and finds out that she has been chosen to intervene and save the human race.
Are we alone? : scientists search for life in space
By Skurzynski, Gloria.
Presents a study of space and the possibility of extraterrestrial civilizations and discusses UFO sightings throughout the twentieth century, crop circles, and other paranormal occurrences.
Backstage pass
By Triana, Gaby.
After moving to Miami, Florida, sixteen-year-old Desert McGraw, whose life as the daughter of a rock star has been anything but normal, determines to make a permanent home for herself and her family--even if it means breaking up the band.
The Beckoners
By Mac, Carrie.
Zoe, unhappy to be moving once again, falls in with the Beckoners, a group of bullies at her new school, but soon finds herself trying to get free from the gang whose actions against their favorite target, a girl they call Dog, are escalating to violence.
The boy who couldn't die
By Sleator, William.
When his best friend dies in a plane crash, sixteen-year-old Ken has a ritual performed that will make him invulnerable, but soon learns that he had good reason to be suspicious of the woman he paid to lock his soul away.
The burn journals
By Runyon, Brent.
Presents the true story of Brent Runyon, who at fourteen set himself on fire and sustained burns over eighty percent of his body and describes the months of physical and mental rehabilitation that followed as he attempted to pull his life together.
Can't get there from here
By Strasser, Todd.
Tired of being hungry, cold, and dirty from living on the streets of New York City with a tribe of other homeless teenagers who are dying, one by one, a girl named Maybe ponders her future and longs for someone to care about her.
Contents under pressure
By Zeises, Lara M.
Lucy, a fourteen-year-old high school freshman, experiences the happiness and confusion of dating a popular older boy, changing relationships with life-long friends, and sharing a bedroom with her older brother's pregnant girlfriend.
Crank
By Hopkins, Ellen.
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 lead down a desperate path that threatens her mind, soul, and her life.
Cruise control
By Trueman, Terry.
A talented basketball player struggles to deal with the helplessness and anger that come with having a brother rendered completely dysfunctional by severe cerebral palsy and a father who deserted the family.
The dragon's son
By Weis, Margaret.
The uneasy relationship between dragons and humans is further exacerbated by the birth of twin sons to a high priestess--one fully human in form but blessed with dragon magic, and one half-man and half-dragon.
The dragonriders of Pern
By McCaffrey, Anne.
Three tales about the fantasy world of Pern, where a kitchen drudge battles dragonmen, a tiny fire-dragon causes big problems and a bored Lord trains to conquer a threatening force.
Emako Blue
By Woods, Brenda (Brenda A.)
Monterey, Savannah, Jamal, and Eddie have never had much to do with each other until Emako Blue shows up at chorus practice, but just as the lives of the five Los Angeles high school students become intertwined, tragedy tears them apart.
Fighting the current
By Waldorf, Heather.
Theresa Stanford's life is forever changed when her father is hit by a drunk driver and left with the mind of a five-year-old, leaving Theresa to face a new future without the guiding force in her life.
Going for the record
By Swanson, Julie A.
Seventeen-year-old Leah's quest to make the national soccer team does not seem so important when she learns that her father has cancer and may only have months to live.
Guitar girl
By Manning, Sarra.
As her band, The Hormones, becomes an international sensation, seventeen-year-old Molly begins to question the high cost of fame.
How my private, personal journal became a bestseller : a novel
By DeVillers, Julia.
A young woman accidentally turns in a private story from her journal instead of an English assignment and becomes a best-selling author almost overnight.
Jude
By Morgenroth, Kate.
Still reeling from his drug-dealing father's murder, moving in with the wealthy mother he never knew, and transferring to a private school, fifteen-year-old Jude is tricked into pleading guilty to a crime he did not commit.
Leap day : a novel
By Mass, Wendy, 1967-
On her fourth Leap birthday, when she turns sixteen, Josie has a number of momentous experiences, including taking her driver's test, auditioning for a school play, and celebrating with her family and friends.
Nothing to lose
By Flinn, Alex.
A year after running away with a traveling carnival to escape his unbearable home life, sixteen-year-old Michael returns to Miami, Florida, to find that his mother is going on trial for the murder of his abusive stepfather.
One of those hideous books where the mother dies
By Sones, Sonya.
Fifteen-year-old Ruby Milliken leaves her best friend, her boyfriend, her aunt, and her mother's grave in Boston and reluctantly flies to Los Angeles to live with her father, a famous movie star who divorced her mother before Ruby was born.
Princess in pink
By Cabot, Meg.
In a series of humorous diary entries, high school freshman and Genovian Princess Mia tries to get her reluctant boyfriend to take her to the prom.
Remember D-day : the plan, the invasion, survivor stories
By Drez, Ronald J., 1940-
Discusses the events and personalities involved in the momentous Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944.
The Schwa was here
By Shusterman, Neal.
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
The Schwa was here
By Shusterman, Neal.
A Brooklyn eighth-grader nicknamed Antsy befriends the Schwa, an "invisible-ish" boy who is tired of blending into his surroundings and going unnoticed by nearly everyone.
The secret hour
By Westerfeld, Scott.
Upon moving to Bixby, Oklahoma, fifteen-year-old Jessica Day learns that she is one of a group of people who have special abilities that help them fight ancient creatures living in an hour hidden at midnight; creatures that seem determined to destroy Jess.
So B. It : a novel
By Weeks, Sarah.
After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is.
Vegan virgin Valentine
By Mackler, Carolyn.
Mara's niece, who is only one-year-younger, moves in bringing conflict between the two teenagers because of their opposite personalities.
Who am I without him? : short stories about girls and the boys in their lives
By Flake, Sharon.
Presents twelve short stories about teenage girls struggling with issues of self-worth.
Worlds afire
By Janeczko, Paul B.
In this novel written as a collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 180 people, mostly women and children.
The year of secret assignments*
By Moriarty, Jaclyn.
Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools.
BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
13 little blue envelopes
By Johnson, Maureen, 1973-
When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life.
Absolutely, positively not
By LaRochelle, David.
Chronicles a teenage boy's humorous attempts to fit in at his Minnesota high school by becoming a macho, girl-loving, "Playboy" pinup-displaying heterosexual.
All rivers flow to the sea
By McGhee, Alison, 1960-
After a car accident in the Adirondacks leaves her older sister Ivy brain-dead, seventeen-year-old Rose struggles with her grief and guilt as she slowly learns to let her sister go.
Anansi boys
By Gaiman, Neil.
Charlie Nancy was leading a comfortable life until his father died and discovered that dear old dad was a human form of Anansi, the African trickster god, and that he had a brother, Spider, who inherited some of his father's godlike abilities.
Are we there yet?
By Levithan, David.
Tricked by their parents into taking a trip to Italy together, two brothers--one in high school and the other recently graduated from college--reflect on the directions of their own lives and on the distance that has grown between them.
Ariel
By Tiffany, Grace, 1958-
Contains a retelling of William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" from the point of view of Ariel, the mischievous air spirit.
As simple as snow
By Galloway, Gregory.
After his eccentric girlfriend mysteriously disappears, a young man must unravel the puzzle she left behind in her cryptic, riddle-filled letters and in the obituaries she created for every living person in town.
Autobiography of my dead brother
By Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-
Jesse pours his heart and soul into his sketchbook to make sense of life in his troubled Harlem neighborhood and the loss of a close friend.
Ball don't lie
By Pena, Matt de la.
Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives to play basketball at school and at Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles and is headed for the pros, but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream.
Black and white
By Volponi, Paul.
Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.
Black juice
By Lanagan, Margo, 1960-
Provides glimpses of the dark side of civilization and the beauty of the human spirit through ten short stories that explore significant moments in people's lives, events leading to them, and their consequences.
Bodies from the ash
By Deem, James M.
Describes the archaeological excavations that began on the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum which had been buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79.
Boy proof
By Castellucci, Cecil, 1969-
Feeling alienated from everyone around her, high school senior and cinephile Victoria Denton hides behind the identity of a favorite movie character until an interesting new boy arrives at school and helps her realize that there is more to life than just the movies.
A certain slant of light
By Whitcomb, Laura.
After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts.
Code Talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
By Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
Come back to Afghanistan : a California teenager's story
By Akbar, Said Hyder.
Presents the author's first-hand account and observations of living in Afghanistan when his father is appointed President Hamid Karzai's chief spokesman.
Criss cross
By Perkins, Lynne Rae.
Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.
Dark sons
By Grimes, Nikki.
Alternating poems compare and contrast the conflicted feelings of Ishmael, son of the Biblical patriarch Abraham, and Sam, a teenager in New York City, as they try to come to terms with being abandoned by their fathers and with the love they feel for their younger stepbrothers.
Day of tears : a novel in dialogue
By Lester, Julius.
Presents an historical fiction written in first-person format that follows Emma, the slave of Pierce Butler, through a series of events in her life as her master hosts the largest slave auction in American history in Savannah, Georgia in 1859 in order to pay off his mounting gambling debts.
The diary of Pelly D
By Adlington, L. J. (Lucy J.), 1970-
Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, and he begins to question his own beliefs.
Every man for himself : ten short stories about being a guy
An anthology of ten original short stories about such things as family problems, sexuality, and courage, written by well-known authors of children's books
Eyes of the emperor
By Salisbury, Graham.
Following orders from the United States Army, several young Japanese American men train K-9 units to hunt Asians during World War II.
Far traveler
By Tingle, Rebecca.
After the death of her mother, Aethelflaed of Mercia, seventeen-year-old Aelfwyn flees imprisonment by her uncle King Edward and, in the guise of a youthful bard, plays her part in the resolution of the tangled political enmities of tenth century Britain.
Flush
By Hiaasen, Carl.
With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
The forbidden schoolhouse : the true and dramatic story of Prudence Crandall and her students
By Jurmain, Suzanne.
Chronicles the life and struggles of Prudence Crandall who, in the 1830s closed her all-white boarding school for girls in Canterbury, Connecticut, and began admitting African-American students; and describes the intense opposition from the townspeople.
Fortune's bones : the manumission requiem
By Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-
A series of poems on the life of Fortune, an eighteenth-century African-American slave in New England whose skeleton came to be an exhibit at Connecticut's Mattatuck Museum; includes notes and archival photos.
Full service
By Weaver, Will.
In the summer of 1965, teenager Paul Sutton, a northern Minnesota farm boy, takes a job at a gas station in town, where his strict religious upbringing is challenged by new people and experiences.
Gil's All Fright Diner
By Martinez, A. Lee.
Earl and Duke stop in at a roadside diner in Rockwood County, and Loretta, the cafe's owner asks them to help solve the zombie problem that is troubling the local town.
Good brother, bad brother : the story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
By Giblin, James.
Tells the life stories of nineteenth-century actor Edwin Booth and his actor brother John Wilkes Booth, describing the differences between the two men, chronicling John's assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and examining the impact of John's crime on the Booth family for decades afterward.
Guinea pig scientists : bold self-experimenters in science and medicine
By Dendy, Leslie A., 1946-
Recounts the true stories of ten scientists and medical researchers that have endured extreme hardship and discomfort in order to test new discoveries and inventions in the fields of medicine and science.
Harry Potter and the half-blood prince
By Rowling, J. K.
Novice wizard Harry Potter, now sixteen-years-old, begins his sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the midst of the battle between good and evil which has heated up with the return of the Dark Lord Voldemort.
Heavy metal and you
By Krovatin, Christopher.
High schooler Sam begins losing himself when he falls for a preppy girl who wants him to give up getting wasted with his best friends and even his passion for heavy metal music in order to become a better person.
The highest tide : a novel
By Lynch, Jim, 1961-
When thirteen-year-old Miles O'Malley discovers a rare deep-sea creature stranded in the mud of the tidal flats of Puget Sound, he finds himself thrown into the limelight, but when he continues discovering rare ocean creatures, some begin to wonder if he is an unlikely prophet.
Hitler Youth : growing up in Hitler's shadow
By Bartoletti, Susan Campbell.
A photo-illustrated look at the youth organizations Adolf Hitler founded and used to meet his sociopolitical and military ends; includes profiles of individual Hitler Youth members as well as young people who opposed the Nazis, such as Hans and Sophie Scholl.
I am the messenger
By Zusak, Markus.
After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.
Inexcusable
By Lynch, Chris.
High school senior and football player Keir sets out to enjoy himself on graduation night, but when he attempts to comfort a friend whose date has left her stranded, things go terribly wrong.
An innocent soldier
By Holub, Josef, 1926-
A sixteen-year-old farmhand is tricked into fighting in the Napoleonic Wars by the farmer for whom he works, who secretly substitutes him for the farmer's own son.
Invisible
By Hautman, Pete, 1952-
Doug and Andy are unlikely best friends--one a loner obsessed by his model trains, the other a popular student involved in football and theater--who grew up together and share a bond that nothing can sever.
Invisible allies : microbes that shape our lives
By Farrell, Jeanette.
Examines some of the microbes that can be harmful to humans and others that are essential to preserving foods.
Japan 1945 : a U.S. Marine's photographs from Ground Zero
By O'Donnell, Joe, 1922-
A collection of photographs by U.S. Marine Joe O'Donnell that capture the people, places, and horrors he witnessed in Japanese cities after the U.S. bombing raids.
John Lennon : all I want is the truth : a photographic biography
By Partridge, Elizabeth.
Presents a biography of musician John Lennon, chronicling his life and times from his troubled childhood in Liverpool, England, through his career writing, recording, and performing as a member of the Beatles. Includes 140 black-and-white photographs.
Just like that
By Qualey, Marsha.
A tragic accident ending with the death of two people her own age changes life forever for an eighteen-year-old woman.
Keeper
By Peet, Mal.
South American journalist Paul Faustino begins his interview with World Cup Soccer star El Gato and learns a fantastic story of a young, lonely boy growing up in the middle of a rain forest who wandered upon a mysterious soccer field and an apparition that appeared to him daily.
Kipling's choice
By Spillebeen, Geert.
In 1915, mortally wounded in Loos, France, eighteen-year-old John Kipling, son of writer Rudyard Kipling, remembers his boyhood and the events leading to what is to be his first and last World War I battle.
Lessons in taxidermy
By Lavender, Bee.
Contains the author's first-hand account of her early struggles with throat and skin cancer, surgeries, life-threatening allergies, and multiple injuries from a car accident, and describes the strength she had to endure these hardships and live her life to its fullest.
Let me play : the story of Title IX, the law that changed the future of girls in America
By Blumenthal, Karen.
Examines Title IX, the 1972 legislation which mandated that schools receiving federal funds could not discriminate on the basis of gender. and focuses on its effects in schools, politics, sports and the culture as a whole.
Light years : a novel
By Stein, Tammar.
Maya Laor leaves her home in Israel to study astronomy at the University of Virginia after the tragic death of her boyfriend in a suicide bombing.
The lightning thief
By Riordan, Rick.
Percy, expelled from six schools for being unable to control his temper, learns the truth from his mother that his father is the Greek god Poseidon, and is sent to Camp Half Blood where he is befriended by a satyr and the demigod daughter of Athena who join him in a journey to the Underworld to retrieve Zeus's lightning bolt and prevent a catastrophic war.
Looking for Alaska : a novel
By Green, John.
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
LoveSick
By Coburn, Jake.
After an accident seems to end his college and athletic dreams, Ted is offered a second chance at school if he agrees to spy on a classmate and help her father monitor her bulimia.
Magic or madness
By Larbalestier, Justine.
From the Sydney, Australia, home of a grandmother she believes is a witch, fifteen-year-old Reason Cansino is magically transported to New York City, where she discovers that friends and foes can be hard to distinguish.
Maritcha : a nineteenth-century American girl
By Bolden, Tonya.
Presents the personal memoirs of Maritcha Remond Lyons who was born in nineteenth-century New York City and describes how she and her family escaped to Rhode Island during the 1863 Draft riots and how she overcame prejudice to become the first African-American person to graduate from Providence High School.
Mimus
By Thal, Lilli.
As Prince Florin of Moltovia races to join his father at a banquet to celebrate the war's end, he encounters a devastating betrayal that separates him from his father and loyal followers, placing him as a lowly apprentice to the spiteful and wily court jester, Mimus.
The minister's daughter
By Hearn, Julie, 1958-
In 1645 in England, the daughters of the town minister successfully accuse a local healer and her granddaughter of witchcraft to conceal an out-of-wedlock pregnancy, but years later during the 1692 Salem trials their lie has unexpected repercussions.
Our Eleanor : a scrapbook look at Eleanor Roosevelt's remarkable life
By Fleming, Candace.
Presents a collection of illustrated photographs and stories representing the life and career of Eleanor Roosevelt, and examines her White House years, her years as a delegate to the United Nations, and more.
Peeps : a novel
By Westerfeld, Scott.
Cal Thompson is a carrier of a parasite that causes vampirism, and must hunt down all of the girlfriends he has unknowingly infected.
The plot : the secret story of the protocols of the Elders of Zion
By Eisner, Will.
A graphic novel by Will Eisner that depicts the rise of modern antisemitic thought in the world.
Poison
By Wooding, Chris, 1977-
When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a surprising destiny.
Pyongyang : a journey in North Korea
By DeLisle, Guy.
Documents the two months French animator, Guy Delisle spent overseeing cartoon production in North Korea, where he records everything from the statues and portraits of dictators Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il to the ordinary citizens of the country.
Real time : a novel
By Kass, Pnina.
Sixteen-year-old Tomas Wanninger persuades his mother to let him leave Germany to volunteer at a kibbutz in Israel, where he experiences a violent political attack and finds answers about his own past.
Rebel angels
By Bray, Libba.
Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.
Red kayak
By Cummings, Priscilla, 1951-
Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger become entangled in a tragedy which tests their friendship and their ideas about right and wrong.
Revenge of the witch
By Delaney, Joseph, 1945-
Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties."
A room on Lorelei Street
By Pearson, Mary (Mary E.)
To escape a miserable existence taking care of her alcoholic mother, seventeen-year-old Zoe rents a room from an eccentric woman, but her earnings as a waitress after school are minimal and she must go to extremes to cover expenses.
Runaways. Vol. 1
By Vaughan, Brian K.
A collection of comics following the adventures of a group of six California teens who find themselves on the run after they learn their parents are members of a secret criminal society.
Skybreaker
By Oppel, Kenneth.
Matt Cruse, a student at the Airship Academy, and Kate de Vries, a young heiress, team up with a gypsy and a daring captain, to find a long-lost airship, rumored to carry a treasure beyond imagination.
Sleeping freshmen never lie
By Lubar, David.
While navigating his first year of high school and awaiting the birth of his new baby brother, Scott loses old friends and gains some unlikely new ones as he hones his skills as a writer.
Spacer and rat
By Bechard, Margaret.
Jack's predictable existence on Freedom space station is transformed when Kit, the Earthie rat, enters his life and enlists him and a sensitive robot in an effort to outwit the Company.
Stained
By Jacobson, Jennifer, 1958-
In Weaver Falls, New Hampshire, in 1975, seventeen-year-old Jocelyn looks for answers when her lifelong neighbor and friend, Gabe, turns up missing and she learns that, while her boyfriend has been telling everything to a priest, Gabe has been keeping terrible secrets.
Stormwitch
By Vaught, Susan, 1965-
In Pass Christian, Mississippi in 1969, sixteen-year-old Ruba, trained by her Haitian grandmother in both voodoo and Amazonian warrior tactics, uses her skills to fight against racism and the African witch Zashar, now coming ashore in the form of Hurricane Camille.
Stripes of the sidestep wolf
By Hartnett, Sonya.
Satchel O'Rye, devoted son of an impoverished couple in a dying rural town, must weigh in balance the life of his most cherished dog and the freedom of a rare striped tiger.
Superman : birthright
By Waid, Mark.
Collects the twelve issues of "Superman: Birthright," in which twenty-five-year-old Clark Kent undergoes a life-changing experience in Africa and embraces his calling as the last in a line of heroes, returning home to become Superman.
A thief in the house of memory
By Wynne-Jones, Tim.
The death of an apparent stranger in the Steeple family's old home triggers troubling questions for sixteen-year-old Declan as he tries to make sense of his fragmented dreams, random memories, and unexplained coincidences, hoping to learn the truth about the mother who suddenly left when he was ten.
Twilight
By Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix to live with her father in Forks, Washington, she meets an exquisitely handsome boy at school for whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and who she comes to realize is not wholly human.
Uglies
By Westerfeld, Scott.
Tally is faced with a difficult choice when her new friend Shay decides to risk life on the outside rather than submit to the forced operation that turns sixteen year old girls into gorgeous beauties, and realizes that there is a whole new side to the pretty world that she doesn't like.
Under the persimmon tree
By Staples, Suzanne Fisher.
A young Afghan girl, Najmah, befriends an American woman, Nusrat in Peshawar, Pakistan, after Najmah flees her native Afghanistan during the 2001 war; and together they begin a long journey to located their missing loved ones after the war ends.
Understanding the Holy Land : answering questions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
By Frank, Mitch. Presents a series of questions and answers that seeks to explain the origins and conflict behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, failed attempts at peace, and its significance to the rest of the world.
Valiant : a modern tale of faerie
By Black, Holly.
Seventeen-year-old Valerie Russell runs away to New York City and befriends a group of very unusual characters who live in the city's subway tunnels and soon finds herself bound into service by a troll named Ravus.
When I was a soldier : a memoir
By Zenatti, Valerie, 1970-
Presents the memoirs of Valerie Zenatti, who at eighteen, enlisted in the Israeli army, endured harsh conditions and surroundings, and participated in top secret missions for the Israeli Secret Service, and describes her French-Jewish heritage and personal struggles.
Where I want to be
By Griffin, Adele.
Two teenaged sisters, separated by death but still connected, work through their feelings of loss over the closeness they shared as children that was later destroyed by one's mental illness, and finally make peace with each other.
The witch's boy
By Gruber, Michael, 1940- A grotesque foundling turns against the witch who sacrificed almost everything to raise him when he becomes consumed by the desire for money and revenge against those who have hurt him, but he eventually finds his true heart's desire.
A wreath for Emmett Till
By Nelson, Marilyn, 1946-
This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.
Wrecked
By Frank, E. R
After a car accident seriously injures her best friend and kills her brother's girlfriend, sixteen-year-old Anna tries to cope with her guilt and grief, while learning some truths about her family and herself.
Zap
By Fleischman, Paul.
Contain a juxtaposition of several different plays that parody the works of Tennessee Williams, Anton Chekhov, Samuel Beckett, Neil Simon, and others.
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