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The ghosts of Ashbury High
By Jaclyn Moriarty. 2010
Student essays, scholarship committee members' notes, and other writings reveal interactions between a group of modern-day students at an exclusive…
New South Wales high school and their strange connection to a young Irishman transported to Australia in the early 1800s. Junior and Senior High. 2010.The gold Cadillac
By Michael Hays, Mildred D Taylor. 1987
Wilma and 'lois, two black girls living in North Carolina during the 1950s, are proud of their family's new Cadillac…
until they travel to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Grades 3-6. 1987.The ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #11.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2000
The spirit of former Governor General Lord Stanley seems to be haunting the festivities at the Little Stanley Cup Pee…
Wee Tournament in Ottawa -- literally! As the Screech Owls hockey team tour the nation's capital, they encounter his ghost everywhere. Then they start meeting some other ones, like Tom Thomson and Joe Hall, not to mention a former prime minister! But what are these historical figures trying to tell the players? Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 11)The girl who could fly
By Victoria Forester. 2010
Piper McCloud can fly. Just like that. Easy as pie. Problem is, the good folk of Lowland County are afraid…
of Piper. And her ma's at her wits' end. So it seems only fitting that she leave her parents' farm to attend a top-secret, maximum-security school for kids with exceptional abilities, whose skills range from super-strength to super-genius. But Piper is special, even among the special. And there are consequences. Grades 4-7. 2010.The girl death left behind
By Lurlene McDaniel. 1999
When fourteen-year-old Beth's entire family is killed in a car accident, she has to live with her aunt and uncle…
and spoiled cousin Terri in another state. Beth misses her family and friends terribly, but with help she learns to cope while never forgetting. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The further adventures of Slugger McBatt: baseball stories
By W. P Kinsella. 1988
The final cut: An AllStar SportStory (A Peachtree junior publication)
By Fred Bowen. 1999
Eighth-graders Ryan, Zeke, Miles, and Eli have always been friends, but now they're trying out for the school's basketball team.…
Ryan worries what will happen if they don't all make the cut--and they don't. Grades 4-7. 1999.The five books of Moses Lapinsky
By Karen X Tulchinsky. 2003
In 2003, a mild-mannered historian named Moses Lapinsky begins to write a biography of his father, a famous Jewish-Canadian boxer…
named Sonny. His research takes him from the 1930's to the 1950's, as he describes the fortunes of the Lapinsky family. In particular, it was the events of August 1933, at the riot at Christie Pits Park, which changed the lives of all four Lapinsky brothers forever. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2003.The friendship riddle
By Megan Frazer Blakemore. 2015
When her former best friend gets popular and leaves her behind, sixth-grader Ruth prefers to be alone, studying for the…
school spelling bee, until she finds a riddle in an old book. Grades 5-8. 2015.The franchise babe (Lone Star audio)
By Dan Jenkins. 2008
Fortysomething sportswriter Jack Brannon is bored to tears with the men's tour. So he decides to check out Ginger Clayton,…
the hot, new franchise babe on the ladies' links. Things get interesting in a hurry, as it becomes clear somebody wants the gorgeous superstar disqualified for good. 2008.The fulfillment
By LaVyrle Spencer. 1989
Mary has been happily married to Jonathan for seven years, but he cannot father a child. He wants to do…
anything he can to make her feel fulfilled - even if it means giving her to his own brother. Mary is torn. Can the infidelity be justified, and what consequences will it bring? 1989.The first quarter of the moon
By Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll Flanders & c: The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders (Forsyte chronicles)
By Daniel Defoe, David Blewett. 1989
Born in Newgate prison and abandoned, Moll's drive to find a secure place in society propels her through incest, adultery,…
bigamy, prostitution and a career as a thief before she is apprehended and returned to Newgate. Moll is an embodiment of the virtues and vices of her eighteenth-century contemporaries. 1722, 1989. Uniform title: Fortunes and misfortunes of the famous Moll FlandersThe fashion committee: a novel of art, crime, and applied design
By Susan Juby. 2017
Charlie Dean is a style-obsessed girl who eats, sleeps, and breathes fashion. John Thomas-Smith is a boy who forges metal…
sculptures in his garage and couldn't care less about clothes. But they share one thing in common: both are gunning for a scholarship to the private art high school that could make all their dreams come true. And whoever wins the fashion competition will win the scholarship. Told in the alternating voices of Charlie's and John's fashion journals which they're required to keep for the contest, this tale perfectly captures what it's like to have an artistic passion so fierce that nothing--not your dad's girlfriend's drug-addicted ex-boyfriend, a soul-crushing job at Salad Stop, or being charged with a teensy bit of kidnapping--can stand in your way. For senior high readers. 2017.The fan
By Peter Abrahams. 1995
Gil Renard is excited about the Sox's chances this year, now that they've signed Bobby Rayburn. But the rest of…
Gil's life is falling apart. His ex-wife won't let him see their son anymore, and he's been laid off by the knife company his father founded. Reminiscing about his Little League glory days and becoming more and more obsessed with Bobby Rayburn, Gil loses touch with reality. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995.The Confessions of Nipper Mooney: a novel
By Ed Kavanagh. 2001
On a beautiful morning out in the meadow, Nipper Mooney experiences both the phenomenon of lost time and the death…
of his father. Soon he is sent to All Angels, a rigid Catholic school where Nipper, a sensitive and inquisitive boy, only finds more questions. He survives this claustrophobic and often violent world by becoming a reader, a dreamer, and developing a scrappy toughness, as he journeys through the beauties and horrors of childhood. Some strong language. 2001.The end of summer
By Rosamunde Pilcher. 1971
After her mother's death, Jane insists on staying with her father, and goes with him to California. She misses Sinclair,…
the cousin she grew up loving, and thinks perhaps returning to him in Scotland will bring her the true love she desires. Or have her senses been clouded by youthful infatuation? 1971.The end of the world as we know it
By Lesley Choyce. 2007
16-year-old Carson hates the world, stuck in a private school for kids who have repeatedly flunked out everywhere else. Then…
Carson meets Christine, who has been abandoned by her parents and struggles to get by living in a trailer. Confronted by her sadness, Carson starts to care for her, and once focused on someone other than himself, begins to notice what's going on around him. Some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2007.The endearment
By LaVyrle Spencer. 1993
Anna Reardon and her brother, James, do not have much of a life in Boston. Their mother is a prostitute,…
and basically, they are raising themselves. When James sees Karl Lindstrom's advertisement for a "mail-order bride," he convinces Anna to write Karl. Desperate to change their way of life, Anna misrepresents herself in her letters. Now, in Minnesota, the truth is coming out. Descriptions of sex. 1991.The empty house
By Rosamunde Pilcher. 1973
Virginia Keile secretly dreams of having a second chance to love the tall, dark Cornish farmer she foolishly lost 27…
years ago. Her life since has taught her harsh lessons about marriage and children, but now she is back in Cornwall with her children, to try and fill an empty house with love. 1973.