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Breaking dawn (The Twilight Saga #4)
By Stephenie Meyer. 2008
Eighteen-year-old Bella Swan marries vampire Edward Cullen after she graduates from high school and must decide whether to become immortal.…
But her pregnancy threatens both her life and peace between her werewolf friend Jacob and the vampire Volturi coven. Sequel to Eclipse (RC 65812, BR 18180). For senior high readers. 2008Nation
By Terry Pratchett. 2008
After a devastating tsunami, Mau, the sole survivor of his island village, joins forces with Daphne, a shipwrecked English girl.…
Their beach fire draws other refugees who band together to rebuild a community based on what they value most. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2008Trouble
By Gary D Schmidt. 2008
Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his older brother Franklin's dying request, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his…
best friend and dog. But they encounter the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and learn that all is not as it seems. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Brooklyn Bridge: a novel
By Karen Hesse. 2008
New York City, summer 1903. Fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes when his Russian-immigrant parents invent the teddy bear and turn…
their Brooklyn apartment into a factory. The glitter of nearby Coney Island contrasts with the plight of homeless children living under the Brooklyn Bridge. For grades 5-8. 2008Julia Gillian (Julia Gillian Ser.)
By Alison McGhee. 2008
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear when she and her Saint Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through…
their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer. As she interacts with neighbors, Julia seeks the courage to finish reading a book that might have an unhappy ending. For grades 3-6. 2008Rat life
By Tedd Arnold. 2007
Upstate New York, 1972. Fourteen-year-old Todd, an aspiring writer, befriends Rat, a young Vietnam War veteran, while they work at…
the local drive-in. After a body is found in the river, Todd suspects Rat has committed murder. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. Edgar Award. 2007The dead and the gone (Life As We Knew It #2)
By Susan Beth Pfeffer. 2008
After a meteor hits the moon causing a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of…
his younger sisters alone in the chaos of New York City. Companion to Life as We Knew It (RC 65047, BR 18228). For junior and senior high readers. 2008Saturday night dirt: A MOTOR Novel (Motor Novels)
By Will Weaver. 2008
While preparing for a special Saturday night stock-car race in a small Minnesota town, seventeen-year-old driver Trace Bonham suspects his…
dad's crew chief Larry Rawlins of sabotaging his car. Meanwhile another teenager, Melody "Mel" Walters, daughter of the Headwaters Speedway owner, checks on track conditions. For senior high readers. 2008The joys of love
By Madeleine L'Engle. 2008
After graduating from college in 1946, Elizabeth pursues her dream of acting and lands an apprenticeship in a summer theater…
company. She falls in love with an aspiring director, not realizing how much her friendship with a fellow apprentice means to her. For senior high and older readers. 1950Paula Deen's my first cookbook (Simon & Schuster books for young readers)
By Paula H Deen. 2008
Introduces kitchen safety, cooking terms, measuring, setting the table, and manners. Features recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, drinks, birthday…
and holiday treats, dishes for parents, and arts and crafts projects. From the simple--ants on a log--to the more complicated--meat stew with veggies. Adult help recommended. For grades 2-4. 2008Jane Goodall: a twentieth-century life (Up Close Ser.)
By Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. 2008
Biography of the British primatologist born in 1934 who has spent many years in Africa studying chimpanzees in the wild.…
Features her dedication to field research, her marriages, her family, the 1975 kidnapping of Jane's colleagues from Gombe, and her ongoing championing of chimpanzees. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2008Rucker Park setup
By Paul Volponi. 2007
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend J.R. was murdered, Mackey tries…
to decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Icecore: a Carl Hobbes thriller / Matt Whyman
By Matt Whyman. 2007
Seventeen-year-old Briton Carl Hobbes hacks into Fort Knox's security system on a dare. But U.S. authorities believe Carl is part…
of a gold-stealing conspiracy and send him to a detention center in the Arctic Circle, where he is tortured. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007Dragon flight
By Jessica Day George. 2008
Creel, the heroine of Dragon Slippers (BR 17590), is summoned to the palace to use her expertise against an evil…
dragon that threatens the kingdom. She also looks forward to sharing adventures again with Prince Luka, the king's youngest son. For grades 5-8. 2008We are the ship: the story of Negro League baseball (Journeys 2014)
By Kadir Nelson. 2008
Presents the history of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its decline after Jackie Robinson moved…
to the major leagues in 1947 and broke the racial barrier. Discusses gifted athletes, discrimination, and the players' passion for the sport. For grades 3-6 and older readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 2008Annie invites her cousin Henry, his family, and his big dog Mudge to dress up and celebrate Annie's birthday at…
her house with her father and her pet rabbit Snowball. But Annie and Henry have different ideas about the meaning of dress-up. Three short chapters. For grades K-3. 2007The boy in the striped pajamas: a fable
By John Boyne. 2006
World War II. Nine-year-old Bruno is dismayed to leave his three best friends when his family moves from their Berlin…
home to a remote country house. He struggles to understand why he can't be friends with the boy behind the wire fence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2006W.E.B. Du Bois: a twentieth-century life (Up Close Ser.)
By Tonya Bolden. 2008
Biography of African American activist, poet, and scholar William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963). Discusses his earning a PhD from…
Harvard University and his commitment to racial equality, justice, and world peace in the context of segregation, the Jim Crow laws, and two world wars. For grades 6-9. 2008Kendra
By Coe Booth. 2008
Fourteen-year-old Kendra, raised by her strict grandmother while her mother Renée attends college, expects to be reunited with her mom…
after Renée graduates. But Renée rejects her and Kendra turns to a boy for affection. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2008The wild girls
By Pat Murphy. 2008
In 1972, twelve-year-old Joan regrets moving to California until she meets Sarah--a kindred spirit with whom Joan enjoys romping in…
the woods and making up stories. The girls are recruited for a summer writing class that changes their perspective about storytelling and themselves. For grades 5-8. 2007