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The homestead: the Dakota series, book 1 (Dakota Series #1)
By Linda Byler. 2017
Teenaged Hannah resents her parents when they leave Lancaster County after losing the farm during the Depression. Settling in North…
Dakota, the family struggles without the support of the Amish community. Hannah seeks help from ranch hand Clay Jenkins and wrestles with her feelings for him. 2017Harry Potter and the cursed child: Parts I & II (Harry Potter Ser.)
By Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, J. K. Rowling. 2016
Special rehearsal-edition script for a play that is based on an original story by J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and…
Jack Thorne. Nineteen years after the final battle at Hogwarts, Harry Potter's youngest son, Albus, struggles with his family's legacy. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 2016Dead man's hand: an anthology of the weird west
By Orson Scott Card, Kelley Armstrong, John Joseph Adams. 2014
Twenty-three weird wild-west tales, featuring an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time-travelers, and a steampunk bordello.…
Includes works by Orson Scott Card, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Beth Revis, Walter Jon Williams, and more. Some violence and some strong language. 2014Rogues
By Gardner Dozois, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Gillian Flynn. 2014
Twenty-one rogue-themed short stories that span several genres, highlighting work by Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Cherie Priest,…
Carrie Vaughn, and others. Includes a new Game of Thrones tale by George R.R. Martin. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014Las aventuras de Pinocho (Clásicos de la literatura Series)
By Carlo Collodi. 2004
Geppetto carves a wooden puppet and names him Pinocchio. The rascally marionette walks and talks like a real boy and…
gets into plenty of trouble. Classic Italian tale originally published in 1883. Critical edition includes introduction, author biography, and historical timeline. For grades 4-7 and older readers. Spanish language. 2004McSweeney's mammoth treasury of thrilling tales (Vintage Contemporaries)
By Michael Chabon. 2003
Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (DB 50950), presents a compilation of twenty previously unpublished short…
detective and science tales by such authors as Elmore Leonard, Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Stephen King, Michael Moorcock, and Harlan Ellison. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2002In our nature: stories of wildness
By Diane Ackerman, Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff, Donna Seaman. 2000
Fourteen tales exploring inner human conflict between natural instincts and the veneer of civilization by such writers as Rick Bass,…
Linda Hogan, Margaret Atwood, E.L. Doctorow, Lorrie Moore, and Rick DeMarinis. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2000Let the dog drive: a novel
By David Bowman. 1992
At eighteen Bud Salem heads east to escape his obese television- evangelist mother. He hitches a ride with fortyish Sylvia…
Cushman, who regularly does a cross-country jaunt to escape her own home. Bud, now obsessed with Sylvia and her idol Emily Dickinson, meets Sylvia's cruel husband. The title comes from the horrific role dogs play in Mr. Cushman's work on automobile safety. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexWorlds of Honor: Books 4-6 (Worlds of Honor #04, 05, 06)
By David Weber. 2003
Books four through six in the series of multi-author anthologies, published between 2003 and 2013. In The Service of the…
Sword, the volume contributors further explore the world of Honor Harrington. Also includes In Fire Forged and Beginnings. Some violence. 2013What's in Flora's Shoebox?
By Sarah Jane Conklin, Venus Angelica. 2022
Flora has been travelling all around the world and has seen wonderous things. How does she remember all the places…
she has been? Does she take artifacts home? Or does she buy souvenirs? What’s in Flora’s little red box under her bed?The day of the locust [excerpt: Readings for Critical Thinkers and Writers
By Sonia Maasik, Nathanael West, Jack Solomon, Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. 2004
Dread nation
By Justina Ireland. 2018
After the dead rise on the battlefields of Gettysburg, America passes the Negro and Native Reeducation Act that requires children…
of color attend combat schools to battle the undead. Jane McKeene, trained to protect the elite, gets caught up in a conspiracy. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Overboard!: Survivor diaries (Survivor Diaries)
By Terry Lynn Johnson. 2017
Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Marina, separated from their families after being thrown into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of…
Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips. For grades 3-6. 2017The last: Endling (Endling Ser. #1)
By Katherine Applegate. 2018
Fearing she may be the last of her kind, Byx sets off to find a safe haven and to see…
if the legends of hidden dairne packs are true. For grades 4-7. 2018Damselfly: a novel
By Chandra Prasad. 2018
When the Drake Rosemont Academy fencing team's Tokyo-bound plane crashes on a jungle-choked island, the teens hope for rescue but…
will need to use all their ingenuity to survive the deadly jungle. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018The distance between lost and found
By Kathryn Holmes. 2015
Bullied sophomore Hallie Calhoun, her former friend Jonah, and her new friend Rachel leave a church youth-group hike in the…
Great Smoky Mountains and become lost for five days. Hallie finally speaks about the incident that made her a social pariah. For senior high and older readers. 2015Graduation day (The Testing #3)
By Joelle Charbonneau. 2014
Tensions between the United Commonwealth and the rebel alliance intensify, with deadly action looming on the horizon. Meanwhile, gifted student…
Cia Vale, unsure of which side to trust, must convince her fellow students to believe in her. Sequel to Independent Study (DB 78427). Violence. For senior high and older readers. 2014Son (Giver Quartet #4)
By Lois Lowry. 2012
After a difficult labor, fourteen-year-old birthmother Claire has a baby boy who is immediately rescued by Jonas, from The Giver…
(DB 37689). Claire knows she shouldn't search for her "product" but, overwhelmed by a sense of loss, she does anyway. For senior high and older readers. 201213 little blue envelopes (13 Little Blue Envelopes Ser. #1)
By Maureen Johnson. 2005
Timid seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her recently deceased favorite aunt that send Ginny from New…
Jersey on a scavenger hunt across Europe. Along the way Ginny meets new people, finds love, and has adventures that transform her life. For senior high readers. 2005Up in Honey's room: A Novel
By Elmore Leonard. 2007
Federal marshal Carl Webster, from Hot Kid (DB 60336, BR 16125), travels to Detroit in 1944 to search for escaped…
German POWs. Webster interviews beautiful Honey Deal, the divorced wife of Nazi meatcutter Walter Schoen, and investigates Ukrainian spy Vera Mezwa. Strong language and some violence. 2007