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If only you knew: a Hotlanta novel (Hotlanta Ser. #2)
By Denene Millner. 2008
Atlanta. Twins Sydney and Lauren run into trouble when Sydney makes secret visits to their biological father in jail and…
Lauren falls in love with a boy from the wrong side of town. And their wealthy stepfather may be involved in murder. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2008Sweethearts: a novel
By Sara Zarr. 2008
Salt Lake City. Non-Mormons Jennifer and Cameron are each other's only friend in elementary school. Cameron moves away and "Jenna"…
is told that he died. But eight years later Cameron reappears, and their past interferes with Jenna's new life as a thin and popular senior. For senior high readers. 2008She touched the world: Laura Bridgman, deaf-blind pioneer
By Sally Hobart Alexander. 2008
Biography of Laura Bridgman (1829-1889), the first deaf-blind child to receive a formal education--decades before Helen Keller. Discusses the causes…
of Laura's deaf-blindness at age two; her sponsorship at Perkins Institution; and her success at learning manual sign language. For grades 4-7. 2008Me, the missing, and the dead
By Jenny Valentine. 2008
London teenager Lucas Swain becomes obsessed with an urn containing the ashes of Violet Park. He also is preoccupied with…
his journalist dad, who mysteriously disappeared years ago and who is somehow connected to Violet. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007The pact: an Indigo novel (Indigo Summer Ser. #3)
By Monica McKayhan. 2008
Indigo and her boyfriend Marcus break up for the summer. But when things spiral out of control for Indigo while…
she visits her cool cousin in Chicago, she needs Marcus. Meanwhile, Marcus's estranged mother fails him in Houston. Sequel to Trouble Follows (BR 18098). For senior high readers. 2008The unsigned valentine: and other events in the life of Emma Meade
By Johanna Hurwitz. 2006
Vermont, 1911. Fifteen-year-old Emma is considered old enough to leave school and help on the farm but not old enough…
to fall in love. Cole Berry stays interested anyway and during a flood, takes a canoe to search for her. Sequel to Dear Emma (BR 17380). For grades 5-8. 2006Ink exchange (Wicked Lovely Ser. #2)
By Melissa Marr. 2008
Mortal teenager Leslie, Aislinn's friend from Wicked Lovely (BR 17597), endures an abusive home life. But when Leslie gets a…
tattoo, its image draws her into the Dark Court of evil faeries, where King Irial falls in love with her. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2008The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (The Penderwicks #2)
By Jeanne Birdsall. 2008
Four years after their mother's death, the Penderwick sisters--Rosalind, Skye, Jane, and Batty--are appalled when their aunt Claire arranges a…
date for their father. Desperate to avoid having a stepmother, the girls hatch their own plan. Sequel to The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale...(DB 61553). For grades 4-7. 2008Short problems based on chemical, earth, life, physical, space, and general science. In "A Fishy Solution" Dennis proposes placing a…
clear plastic sheet over his outdoor pond to keep out fish-eating raccoons. His friend's warning gives a biological reason that this wouldn't work. For grades 4-7. 2008Ce qu'ils n'ont pas pu nous prendre (Scripto)
By Ruta Sepetys. 2011
" Après plusieurs voyages en Lituanie où elle a interviewé des historiens, des psychologues et des rescapés du Goulag, Ruta…
Sepetys a écrit ce roman inoubliable. Le récit de Lina vous coupera le souffle. vous n'aurez qu'une envie : faire partager cette histoire aussi terrible qu'exemplaire, qui irradie d'amour et d'expérance. Déjà un classique dans de nombreux pays. " -- 4e de couvThe missing girl
By Norma Fox Mazer. 2008
A middle-aged man secretly stalks the Herbert family's five sisters, ages eleven to seventeen, as they carry out their everyday…
activities in the small town of Mallory, New York. Then the stranger makes his move, luring Autumn, the youngest girl, into his house. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Knitting new mittens and gloves: warm and adorn your hands in 28 innovative ways
By Robin Melanson. 2008
Projects include many fingerless hand, wrist, and arm warmers in a variety of styles as well as more-traditional gloves and…
mittens. A paragraph describing each item is followed by the knitting instructions and details about necessary materials and tools. Includes a special-techniques section and a source list for supplies. 2008Game
By Walter Dean Myers. 2008
Harlem. African American high school senior Drew Lawson aims to go to college and play basketball for the NBA despite…
his mediocre grades. Rivalry begins when Drew's coach favors Tomas, a new white teammate from Prague. For junior and senior high readers. 2008I never promised you a rose garden (Signet Book)
By Joanne Greenberg. 2006
Sixteen-year-old Deborah has schizophrenia and retreats into a fantasy world of her own invention. Only after her parents reluctantly commit…
her to a mental hospital does she begin to face reality. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 1964Eclipse (The Twilight Saga #3)
By Stephenie Meyer. 2007
After befriending werewolf Jacob in New Moon (BR 18147), Bella must choose between him and her former vampire boyfriend Edward,…
from Twilight (BR 18146). Meanwhile vicious killings occur in nearby Seattle as a female vampire seeks revenge--putting Bella in danger and stirring old enmities. For senior high readers. 2007Dinosaur eggs discovered!: unscrambling the clues (Discovery!)
By Lowell Dingus. 2008
Three scientists discuss their 1977 discovery in Argentina of dinosaur eggs, embryos, and fossilized bones. They explain their methods for…
identifying which dinosaurs laid the eggs and present evidence of what conditions killed the embryos and preserved the nesting grounds. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2008The Rumpelstiltskin problem
By Vivian Vande Velde. 2002
Things that are
By Andrew Clements. 2008
Still adjusting to being blind, Alicia, first met in Things Not Seen (RC 54713, BR 17135), must outwit an invisible…
man following Bobby, once invisible himself. This man's demands threaten Bobby, Alicia's family, and perhaps global security. Sequel to Things Hoped For (RC 63723). For grades 6-9. 2008Baseball crazy: ten short stories that cover all the bases
By Nancy Mercado, Nancy E. Mercado. 2008
Ten authors write about hometown baseball and its players--good, mediocre, and bad. In Joseph Bruchac's "Ball Hawk," Mitchell, whose deceased…
father was a Native American and a great ball player, heeds his uncle's lessons and finally hits a long, high ball to an unusual catcher. For grades 4-7. 2008Avon the snail decides to become a writer with the help of his friend Edward the ant. This project leads…
them to close encounters with an anteater, a tree frog, and a hungry fish. Sequel to The End of the Beginning (BR 15790). For grades 2-4. 2008