Books that Don't Stink - Find them at the M.C.S. Library!

 

Call                   Author's Name

Number                      Title of Book

 

Fic                    Althoff, Victoria M.

Alt                        I won't leave you  by Victoria M. Althoff. -- Worthington, Ohio :

                    Willowisp Press, c1989.

                       126 p. ; cm.

                       Mackenzie is pleased when her favorite teacher, Mrs. Ludlow, asks

                       her to baby-sit for four-year-old Amanda.  The work is easy, but

                       Mackenzie's delight soon turns to worry.  Why is Amanda terrified at

                       bedtime, and where did she get all those bruises? 

                      

 

Fic                    Anderson, Laurie Halse.

And                      Speak  Laurie Halse Anderson. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Farrar Straus

                    Giroux, 1999.

                       197 p. ; 22 cm.

                       A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating

                       effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Avi, 1937-.

Avi                       Nothing but the truth : a documentary novel  by Avi. -- New York :

                    Avon Books, 1993, c1991.

                       212 p.

                       "An Avon flare book.".

                       A ninth-grader's suspension for singing "The Star-Spangled Banner"

                       during homeroom becomes a national news story. 

                      

 

Fic                    Avi.

Avi                       Wolf rider : a tale of terror  by Avi. -- New York : Bradbury Press,

                    c1986.

                       202 p. ; 22 cm.

                       After receiving an apparent crank call from a man claiming to have

                       committed murder, fifteen-year-old Andy finds his close relationship

                       with his father crumbling as he struggles to make everyone believe

                       him. 

                      

Fic                    Bagdasarian, Adam.

Bag                      First French kiss and other traumas  Adam Bagdasarian. -- 1st ed. --

                    New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2002.

                       x, 134 p. ; 22 cm.

                       "Melanie Kroupa books.".

                       The author recounts humorous, sad, traumatic, romantic, and

                       confusing episodes from his childhood.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Bechard, Margaret.

Bec                      Hanging on to Max  by Margaret Bechard. -- Brookfield, Conn. :

                    Roaring Brook Press, c2002.

                       142 p. ; 22 cm.

                       When his girlfriend decides to give their baby away,

                       seventeen-year-old Sam is determined to keep him and raise him

                       alone.

                       Young Adult 

                      

 

Fic                    Blackwood, Gary L.

Bla                       The year of the hangman  by Gary Blackwood. -- New York : Dutton

                    Children's Books, 2002.

                       196 p.

                       In 1777, having been kidnapped and taken forcibly from England to

                       the American colonies, fifteen-year-old Creighton becomes part of

                       developments in the political unrest there that may spell defeat for

                       the patriots and change the course of history.

                       9-12 

                   

Fic                    Brashares, Ann.

Bra                      The sisterhood of the traveling pants  by Ann Brashares. -- New

                    York : Delacorte Press, 2001.

                       304 p.

                       After trying on a pair of old jeans that seemed to fit all the girls,

                       Carmen and her friends form a sisterhood and begin the most

                       memorable summer of their lives.

                       9-12 

                   

Fic                    Brooks, Kevin.

Bro                      Martyn Pig : a novel  by Kevin Brooks. -- 1st American ed. -- New

                    York : Scholastic, 2002.

                       230 p. ; 22 cm.

                       "The Chicken House.".

                       "First published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by The Chicken

                       House ... Frome, Somerset"--T.p. verso.

                       Martyn Pig's life goes from bad to worse when he accidentally kills

                       his father, and he must choose whether to tell the police the truth

                       about what happened and be suspected of murder, or he can get rid

                       of the body and pretend nothing ever happened.

                       Young Adult 

                   

SC                     Brooks, Martha, 1944-.

Bro                      Traveling on into the light : and other stories  by Martha Brooks. --

                    New York : Orchard Books, c1994.

                       146 p. ; 22 cm.

                       "A Melanie Kroupa book"--Half t.p.

                       The tinest guitar in the world -- The kindness of strangers -- Where

                       has romance gone? -- The ones with wings -- The Northern Lights

                       Theater Express -- You've always been such a good friend to me --

                       Traveling on into the light -- Moonlight sonata -- Sunday at Sidonie's

                       -- All the stars in the universe -- A wedding.

                       A collection of short stories which focus on the difficult journeys

                       teens take on their way to adulthood.

                   

Fic                    Brooks, Martha.

Bro                      Bone dance  by Martha Brooks. -- New York : Orchard Books, 1997.

                       179 p. ; 22 cm.

                       When her father wills her a cabin on land in rural Manitoba,

                       Alexandra meets a young man who shares her Indian heritage and

                       her experience of being haunted by spirits. 

                   

Fic                    Brooks, Martha.

Bro                      True confessions of a heartless girl : a novel  by Martha Brooks. --

                    New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2003.

                       192 p.

                       A confused seventeen-year-old girl, a single mother and her young

                       son, two elderly women, and a sad and lonely man, with their own

                       individual tragedies to bear, come together in a small Manitoba

                       town and find a way to a better future.

                       9-12 

                      

 

Fic                    Bruchac, Joseph.

Bru                      Skeleton man  Joseph Bruchac. -- New York : HarperCollins

                    Publishers, 2001.

                       114 p. ; 20 cm.

                       After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a

                       strange "great-uncle," Molly must rely on her dreams about an old

                       Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even  for her life. 

                      

 

Fic                    Bunting, Eve, 1928-.

Bun                      Blackwater  Eve Bunting. -- 1st Harper Trophy ed. -- New York :

                    Joanna Cotler Books, 2000, c1999.

                       146 p. ; 20 cm.

                       When a boy and girl are drowned in the Blackwater River,

                       thirteen-year-old Brodie must decide whether to confess that he may

                       have caused the accident.

                   

 

Fic                    Chambers, Aidan.

Cha                      Postcards from no man's land  by Aidan Chambers. -- 1st American

                    ed. -- New York : Dutton Books, 2002.

                       312 p. ; 24 cm.

                       Originally published: London : Random House Children's Books,

                       1999.

                       Alternates between two stories--comtemporarily, seventeen-year-old

                       Jacob visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English

                       grandmother--and historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her

                       experience of British soldiers's attempts to liberate Holland from its

                       German occupation.

                       Young Adult 

                      

Fic                    Chbosky, Stephen.

Chb                      The perks of being a wallflower  Stephen Chbosky. -- New York :

                    MTV BooksPocket Books, c1999.

                       213 p. ; 19 cm.

                       Charlie, a freshman in high school, explores the dilemmas of

                       growing up through a collection of letters he sends to an unknown

                       receiver.

                       Young Adult 

                      

 

Fic                    Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-.

Cho                      Al Capone does my shirts  Gennifer Choldenko. -- New York : G.P.

                    Putnam's Sons, c2004.

                       228 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

                       A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in

                       1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend

                       with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his

                       autistic sister.

                   

Fic                    Clements, Andrew, 1949-.

Cle                       Things not seen  Andrew Clements. -- New York : Philomel Books,

                    c2002.

                       251 p. ; 22 cm.

                       When fifteen-year-old Bobby wakes up and finds himself invisible,

                       he and his parents and his new blind friend Alicia try to find out what

                       caused his condition and how to reverse it.

                   

 

Fic                    Coburn, Jake.

Cob                      Prep  Jake Coburn. -- New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2003.

                       176 p.

                       One-time tag-artist, Nick tries to come to terms with the death of a

                       friend, to protect the brother of his would-be girlfriend, to escape the

                       violence of wealthy New York City prep school hoods, and to figure

                       out who he really is.

                   

 

Fic                    Connelly, Neil O.

Con                      St. Michael's scales  by Neil Connelly. -- New York : Scholastic,

                    2001.

                       320 p.

                       Keegan Flannery, feeling responsible for his twin brother's death

                       and his mother's mental illness, believes he must atone by

                       committing suicide before his sixteenth birthday, but he gains new

                       insight when he joins his school's wrestling team.

                       9-12 

                      

Fic                    Cooney, Caroline B.

Coo                      Goddess of yesterday  Caroline B. Cooney. -- New York : Delacorte

                    Press, c2002.

                       263 p. : maps ; 22 cm.

                       Map on endpapers.

                       Anaxandra, daughter of the king of a small Greek island, becomes

                       caught up in the events of the siege of Troy when, after spending

                       most of her life as a hostage, she is taken into the palace of King

                       Menalaus and ends up traveling to Troy as protector of Helen's

                       infant son.

                   

Fic                    Cormier, Robert.

COR                     Tenderness : a novel  by Robert Cormier. -- New York : Delacorte

                    Press, c1997.

                       229 p. ; 21 cm.

                       A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage

                       serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him.

                       Young Adult 

                      

 

Fic                    Crutcher, Chris.

Cru                      Whale talk  Chris Crutcher. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Greenwillow

                    Books, c2001.

                       220 p. ; 24 cm.

                       Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted

                       teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his

                       high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits

                       some of the school's less popular students.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

 

Fic                    Dessen, Sarah.

Des                      Dreamland : a novel  by Sarah Dessen. -- New York : Viking, 2000.

                       280 p.

                       After her older sister runs away, sixteen-year-old Caitlin decides

                       that she needs to make a major change in her own life and begins

                       an abusive relationship with a boy who is mysterious, brilliant, and

                       dangerous.

                       9-12 

                   

Fic                    Donnelly, Jennifer.

Don                      A northern light  by Jennifer Donnelly. -- San Diego, Calif. : Harcourt,

                    2003.

                       390 p.

                       In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and

                       be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at

                       a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a

                       guest.

                       9-12 

                   

 

Fic                    DuPrau, Jeanne.

Dup                      The city of Ember  Jeanne DuPrau. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Random

                    House, c2003.

                       270 p. ; 22 cm.

                       In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day

                       to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved

                       city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. 

                      

 

Fic                    Elish, Dan.

Eli                        Born too short : the confessions of an eighth-grade basket case  

                    Dan Elish. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Atheneum Books for Young

                    Readers, c2002.

                       152 p. ; 22 cm.

                       "A Richard Jackson book.".

                       Thirteen-year-old Matt is so envious of his best friend Keith that he

                       wishes things would go badly for him, and when Keith's fortune

                       changes while at the same time Matt finds his first true girlfriend,

                       Matt is overcome with guilt.

                   

 

Fic                    Farmer, Nancy.

Far                       The house of the scorpion  Nancy Farmer. -- New York : Atheneum

                    Books for Young Readers, c2002.

                       380 p. : geneal. table ; 24 cm.

                       "A Richard Jackson book.".

                       In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special

                       status as the young clone of El Patrón, the 142-year-old leader of a

                       corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.

                   

 

Fic                    Ferris, Jean.

Fer                       Of sound mind  by Jean Ferris. -- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux,

                    2001.

                       224 p.

                       Tired of interpreting for his deaf family and resentful of their reliance

                       on him, high school senior Theo finds support and understanding

                       from Ivy, a new student who also has a deaf parent.

                      

 

Fic                    Fleischman, Paul.

Fle                       Breakout  Paul Fleischman. -- Chicago, Ill. : Cricket Books, 2003.

                       160 p.

                       Faking her own death and heading to Arizona, Del unexpectedly

                       discovers a new talent she has when an accident brings traffic to a

                       standstill on the freeway.

                       9-12 

                   

Fic                    Frank, E. R.

Fra                       Friction  E.R. Frank. -- New York : Atheneum Books for Young

                    Readers, 2003.

                       208 p.

                       When a new girl at the private school Alex attends starts rumors

                       about Alex's favorite teacher, Alex and her eighth-grade classmates

                       are not sure how to act around him or with each other.

                       4-8 

                      

 

Fic                    Fredericks, Mariah.

Fre                       The true meaning of cleavage  Mariah Fredericks. -- New York :

                    Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003.

                       211 p. ; 22 cm.

                       When Jess and Sari, best friends since seventh grade, begin their

                       freshman year of high school and Sari becomes obsessed with a

                       senior boy, Jess wonders if their friendship will survive.

                       9-12 

                      

 

904                   Fulghum, Hunter S. (Hunter Samuel)

Ful                       Don't try this at home : how to win a sumo match, catch a great white

                    shark, and start an independent nation and other extraordinary feats

                    (for ordinary people)  Hunter S. Fulghum. -- 1st ed. -- New York :

                    Broadway Books, 2002.

                       xvii, 264 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.

                       Presents step-by-step instructions for over thirty diverse

                       activities--many heroic and many questionable--including winning a

                       bullfight, breaking into Buckingham Palace, and defusing a human

                       bomb.

                       Adult 

                   

Fic                    Giles, Gail.

Gil                        Dead girls don't write letters  Gail Giles. -- 1st ed. -- Brookfield,

                    Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, c2003.

                       136 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Fourteen-year-old Sunny is stunned when a total stranger shows up

                       at her house posing as her older sister Jazz, who supposedly died

                       in a fire months earlier.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Going, Kelly.

Goi                       Fat kid rules the world  K. L. Going. -- New York : G.P. Putnam's

                    Sons, 2003.

                       187 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Seventeen-year-old Troy, depressed, suicidal, and weighing nearly

                       300 pounds, gets a new perspective on life when a homeless

                       teenager who is a genius on guitar wants Troy to be the drummer in

                       his rock band.

                       9-12

                   

Fic                    Grimes, Nikki.

Gri                        Bronx masquerade  by Nikki Grimes. -- New York : Dial, 2001.

                       167 p. ; 22 cm.

                       While studying the Harlem Renaissance, students at a Bronx high

                       school read aloud poems they've written, revealing their innermost

                       thoughts and fears to their formerly clueless classmates.

                       9-12 

                   

 

741.5               Groening, Matt.

Gro                      Simpsons comics big bonanza  [created by Matt Groening]. -- 1st ed.

                    -- New York, NY : HarperPerennial, c1998.

                       117 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.

                       Simpsons #28. Krustonia. Flanders' big score -- Simpsons #29.

                       Let's get ready to bumble! Bringing down baby. Otto's top 40 --

                       Simpsons #30. Smitherses! Bore us-the movie-gruel. Lisa's dream

                       house -- Simpsons #31. Radioactive Homer. Comic convention

                       survival guide.

                       Contains four color cartoon stories about the Simpsons and their

                       friends and neighbors.

                       Young Adult 

                   

Fic                    Haddix, Margaret Peterson.

Had                     Among the hidden. -- New York : Aladdin, 1998.

                       153 p. ; 22 cm.

                       In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a

                       family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in

                       isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third"

                       convinces him that the government is wrong. 

                   

Fic                    Haddix, Margaret Peterson.

Had                     Turnabout  Margaret Peterson Haddix. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Simon

                    & Schuster Books For Young Readers, c2000.

                       223 p. ; 22 cm.

                       After secretly receiving injections at the age of 100 that are meant to

                       reverse the aging process, Melly and Anny Beth grow younger until,

                       as teenagers, they try to find a guardian to take care of them as they

                       return to infancy. 

                      

Fic                    Hall, Lynn.

Hal                       Sticks and stones. -- Chicago : Follett, [1972].

                       220 p. ; 23 cm. (Laurel-leaf library.)

                       A seventeen-year-old boy's life is nearly destroyed when a rumor

                       that he is homosexual is started in his new high school. 

                   

 

Fic                    Hautman, Pete, 1952-.

Hau                     Sweetblood  Pete Hautman. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Simon & Schuster

                    Books for Young Readers, c2003.

                       180 p. ; 22 cm.

                       "A vampire novel"--Dust jacket.

                       "Ages 12 up"--Dust jacket p. [2].

                       After a lifetime of being a model student, sixteen-year-old Lucy

                       Szabo is suddenly in trouble at school, at home, with the so-called

                       vampires she has met online and in person, and most of all with her

                       uncontrolled diabetes.

                       Young Adult 

                      

Fic                    Holt, Kimberly Willis.

Hol                       Keeper of the night  Kimberly Willis Holt. -- New York : Henry Holt,

                    2003.

                       viii, 308 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Isabel, a thirteen-year-old girl living on the island of Guam, and her

                       family try to cope with the death of Isabel's mother who committed

                       suicide.

                      

 

Fic                    Holt, Kimberly Willis.

Hol                       When Zachary Beaver came to town  Kimberly Willis Holt. -- 1st ed.

                    -- New York : Holt, 1999.

                       227 p. ; 22 cm.

                       During the summer of 1971 in a small Texas town, thirteen-year-old

                       Toby and his best friend Cal meet the star of a sideshow act,

                       600-pound Zachary, the fattest boy in the world. 

                   

 

 

Fic                    Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-.

Hor                      Skeleton Key  Anthony Horowitz. -- New York : Speak, 2004, c2002.

                       327, 16 p. ; 19 cm.

                       "An Alex Rider adventure.".

                       Reluctant teenage-spy Alex Rider, on a routine mission at the

                       Wimbledon tennis championships, gets caught up in Chinese

                       gangs, illegal nuclear weapons, and the suspect plans of his

                       Russian host, General Sarov.

                   

Fic                    Ibbotson, Eva.

Ibb                       Journey to the river sea  Eva Ibbotson ; illustrated by Kevin

                    Hawkes. -- 1st American ed. -- New York : Dutton Children's Books,

                    2001.

                       298 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

                       "Originally published in Great Britain 2001 by Macmillan Children's

                       Books, London"--T.p. verso.

                       Sent with her governess to live with the dreadful Carter family in

                       exotic Brazil in 1910, Maia endures many hardships before fulfilling

                       her dream of exploring the Amazon River.

                   

Fic                    Jordan, Sherryl.

Jor                       Secret sacrament  by Sherryl Jordan. -- New York : HarperCollins,

                    2001.

                       338 p. ; 24 cm.

                       A disturbing incident when he is only seven years old foreshadows

                       the role Gabriel will play in the relations between his Navorran

                       people and the Shinali, a role which is solidified when he becomes

                       an Elected One and trains to be a healer.

                       9-12 

                   

 

Fic                    Kindl, Patrice.

Kin                       Owl in love  Patrice Kindl. -- New York : Puffin Books, 1994, c1993.

                       204 p. ; 19 cm.

                       A fourteen-year-old girl, who can transform herself into an owl at will,

                       discovers interesting new relationships with both humans and owls

                       when she develops a crush on her science teacher.

                   

 

Fic                    Kindl, Patrice.

Kin                       The woman in the wall  Patrice Kindl. -- New York : Puffin Books,

                    1998, 1997.

                       185 p. ; 20 cm.

                       Because she suffers from extreme shyness, Anna retreats into

                       herself and her secret rooms where she attempts to remain hidden

                       from the outside world.

                   

 

Fic                    Klass, David.

Kla                       Home of the Braves  David Klass. -- New York : Frances Foster

                    BooksFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002.

                       320 p.

                       Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed

                       when a hotshot player shows up from Brazil and threatens to take

                       over both the team and the girl whom Joe hopes to date.

                       9-12 

                   

 

Fic                    Klause, Annette Curtis.

Kla                       Blood and chocolate  by Annette Curtis Klause. -- New York :

                    Delacorte Press, 1997.

                       264 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must

                       battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide

                       where she belongs and with whom. 

                   

Fic                    Klause, Annette Curtis.

Kla                       The silver kiss. -- New York : Dell Pub., 1992, c1990.

                      

 

 

Fic                    Korman, Gordon.

Kor                       Son of the mob  Gordon Korman. -- New York : Hyperion, 2002.

                       262 p. ; 21 cm.

                       Seventeen-year-old Vince's life is constantly complicated by the fact

                       that he is the son of a powerful Mafia boss, a relationship that

                       threatens to destroy his romance with the daughter of an FBI agent.

                   

 

 

Fic                    Lasky, Kathryn.

Las                      Star split  Kathryn Lasky. -- 1st Hyperion pbk. ed. -- New York :

                    Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, 2001, c1999.

                       203 p. ; 20 cm.

                       In 3038, thirteen-year-old Darci uncovers an underground movement

                       to save the human race from genetic enhancement technology.

                   

 

 

Fic                    Lester, Julius.

Les                      Pharaoh's daughter : a novel of ancient Egypt  by Julius Lester. --

                    San Diego, Calif. : Silver WhistleHarcourt Brace, 2000.

                       192 p.

                       This is a fictionalized account of a Biblical story in which an

                       Egyptian princess rescues a Hebrew infant who becomes a prophet

                       of his people while his sister finds her true self as a priestess to the

                       Egyptian gods.

                   

 

Fic                    Lynch, Chris.

Lyn                      Freewill  Chris Lynch. -- 1st ed. -- New York : HarperCollins, c2001.

                       148 p. ; 19 cm.

                       A teenager trying to recover from the tragic death of his father and

                       stepmother believes himself to be responsible for the rash of teen

                       suicides occurring in his town.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Mackler, Carolyn.

Mac                     The earth, my butt, and other big round things  Carolyn Mackler. --

                    1st U.S. ed. -- Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, 2003.

                       246 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family,

                       who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia

                       tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and

                       her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

 

133.4               Manoy, Lauren.

Man                     Where to park your broomstick : a teen's guide to witchcraft  Lauren

                    Manoy ; with illustrations by Yan Apostolides. -- New York : Fireside

                    Book, c2002.

                       viii, 311 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

                       A guide to witchcraft and the working of Magick, explaining how to

                       get in touch with your own sacredness and create and cast various

                       spells.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    McCaughrean, Geraldine.

McC                     The kite rider : a novel  by Geraldine McCaughrean. -- 1st American

                    ed. -- New York : HarperCollins, 2002.

                       xi, 272 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

                       Originally published: England : Oxford University Press, 2001.

                       In thirteenth-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother

                       from a horrendous second marriage, twelve-year-old Haoyou has

                       life-changing adventures when he takes to the sky as a circus kite

                       rider and ends up meeting the great Mongol ruler Kublai Khan.

                   

 

 

Fic                    Myers, Walter Dean.

Mye                     Monster  by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by Christopher Myers.

                    -- New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.

                       240 p. : ill.

                       While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve

                       Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in

                       the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course

                       his life has taken.

                   

 

Fic                    Nix, Garth.

Nix                       Lirael : daughter of the Clayr  Garth Nix. -- 1st ed. -- New York :

                    HarperCollins, c2001.

                       487 p. : map ; 24 cm.

                       Sequel to Sabriel.

                       When a dangerous necromancer threatens to unleash a long-buried

                       evil, Lirael and Prince Sameth are drawn into a battle to save the

                       Old Kingdom and reveal their true destinies.

                       Young Adult 

                   

Fic                    Nix, Garth.

Nix                       Shade's children  Garth Nix. -- 1st Harper Trophy ed. -- New York :

                    HarperTrophy, 1998, c1997.

                       345 p. ; 18 cm.

                       In a savage future world, four young fugitives attempt to overthrow

                       the bloodthirsty rule of the Overlords with the help of Shade, their

                       mysterious mentor.

                       Young Adult 

                      

Fic                    Oates, Joyce Carol.

Oat                      Big Mouth & Ugly Girl  Joyce Carol Oates. -- New York :

                    HarperTempest, 2002.

                       266 p. ; 19 cm.

                       When sixteen-year-old Matt is falsely accused of threatening to

                       blow up his high school and his friends turn against him, an unlikely

                       classmate comes to his aid.

                       9-12 

                   

 

Fic                    Park, Linda Sue.

Par                       A single shard  Linda Sue Park. -- New York : Clarion Books, c2001.

                       152 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under

                       a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the

                       delicate celadon ceramics himself.

                   

 

Fic                    Philbrick, Rodman.

Phi                       Max the mighty. -- New York : Scholastic, c1998.

                       p ; cm. 

                       ISBN: 0590579649

                      

 

Fic                    Pike, Christopher, 1961-.

Pik                       Chain letter  Christopher Pike. -- New York : Avon Flare, c1986.

                       185 p. ; 18 cm.

                       Someone, somewhere knew about that awful night when Alison and

                       six other friends committed an unthinkable crime in the desolate

                       California desert.  Now that person is determined to make them pay

                       for it.

                   

Fic                    Plum-Ucci, Carol, 1957-.

Plu                       The body of Christopher Creed  Carol Plum-Ucci. -- 1st Volo ed. --

                    New York : VoloHyperion, 2001, c2000.

                       331 p. ; 20 cm.

                       Torey Adams, a high school junior with a seemingly perfect life,

                       struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious

                       disappearance of the class outcast.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Powell, Randy.

Pow                     Run if you dare  Randy Powell. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Farrar, Straus,

                    Giroux, 2001.

                       185 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Fourteen-year-old Gardner, trying to find some direction in his life, is

                       shocked to discover that his unemployed father considers himself a

                       failure.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

133.4               RavenWolf, Silver.

Rav                      To ride a silver broomstick : new generation witchcraft  Silver

                    RavenWolf. -- 1st ed. -- St. Paul, Minn., U.S.A. : Llewellyn, 1993.

                       xvi, 300 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 

                   

 

 

Fic                    Rees, Celia.

Ree                      Witch child  Celia Rees. -- 1st Candlewick Press ed. -- Cambridge,

                    Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2001, c2000.

                       261 p. ; 21 cm.

                       First published: London : Bloomsbury, 2000.

                       In 1659, fourteen-year-old Mary Newbury keeps a journal of her

                       voyage from England to the New World and her experiences living

                       as a witch in a community of Puritans near Salem, Massachusetts.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Rees, Douglas.

Ree                      Vampire High  Douglas Rees. -- New York : Delacorte Press, c2003.

                       226 p. ; 22 cm.

                       When his family moves from California to New Sodom,

                       Massachusetts and Cody enters Vlad Dracul Magnet School, many

                       things seem strange, from the dark-haired, pale-skinned,

                       supernaturally strong students to Charon, the wolf who guides him

                       around campus on the first day.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

 

Fic                    Reeve, Philip.

Ree                      Mortal engines : a novel  by Philip Reeve. -- 1st American ed. -- New

                    York : EOS, 2003, c2001.

                       310 p. ; 24 cm.

                       Tom, a third class apprentice in a distant future in which technology

                       has been lost and tiered cities move about the Earth on caterpillar

                       tracks, often absorbing smaller locales, has many dangerous

                       adventures after being pushed off London by Thaddeus Valentine, a

                       historian who is trying to resurrect an ancient atomic weapon.

                       Young Adult 

                   

Fic                    Rennison, Louise.

Ren                      Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging : confessions of Georgia

                    Nicolson  Louise Rennison. -- 1st HarperTempest ed. -- New York :

                    Harpertempest, 2001, c1999.

                       247 p. ; 18 cm.

                       Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a

                       fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her

                       nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals,

                       and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

                       Young Adult 

                      

Fic                    Rowling, J. K.

Row                     Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone  by J.K. Rowling ; illustrations

                    by Mary GrandPre. -- New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 1998.

                       vi, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

                       Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young

                       boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts

                       School for Wizards and Witches.

                   

 

 

Fic                    Sebold, Alice.

Seb                      The lovely bones : a novel  Alice Sebold. -- 1st ed. -- Boston : Little,

                    Brown, c2002.

                       328 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Fourteen-year-old Susie Salmon, the victim of a sexual assault and

                       murder, looks on from the afterlife as her family deals with their

                       grief, and waits for her killer to be brought to some type of justice.

                       Adult 

                   

Fic                    Shusterman, Neal.

Shu                      Full tilt : a novel  Neal Shusterman. -- New York : Simon & Schuster

                    Books for Young Readers, 2003.

                       201 p. ; 22 cm.

                       When sixteen-year-old Blake goes to a mysterious,

                       by-invitation-only carnival he somehow knows that it could save his

                       comatose brother, but soon learns that much more is at stake if he

                       fails to meet the challenge presented there by the beautiful

                       Cassandra.

                       9-12

                   

 

Fic                    Simmons, Michael.

Sim                      Pool boy  Michael Simmons. -- 1st ed. -- Brookfield, Conn. : Roaring

                    Brook Press, c2003.

                       164 p. ; 23 cm.

                       "A Neal Porter Book.".

                       When his father is arrested for insider trading and his family loses

                       all their money, Brett Gerson takes a job as an assistant to a

                       70-something pool cleaner in his former wealthy California

                       neighborhood and learns some valuable life lessons.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Smith, Sherri L.

Smi                      Lucy the giant  by Sherri L. Smith. -- New York : Delacorte Press,

                    2002.

                       217 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Fifteen-year-old Lucy, the largest girl in her school, leaves her small

                       Alaska town and her alcoholic father and discovers hardship - and

                       friendship - posing as an adult aboard a commercial fishing boat.

                       9-12 

                   

 

Fic                    Spinelli, Jerry.

Spi                       Stargirl  by Jerry Spinelli. -- New York : Knopf, 2000.

                       186 p. ; 22 cm.

                       In this story about the perils of popularity, the courage of

                       nonconformity, and the thrill of first love, an eccentric student

                       named Stargirl changes Mica High School forever.

                   

Fic                    Springer, Nancy.

Spr                       I am Morgan le Fay : a tale from Camelot  Nancy Springer. -- New

                    York : Philomel, c2001.

                       227 p. ; 24 cm.

                       In a war-torn England where her half-brother Arthur will eventually

                       become king, the young Morgan le Fay comes to realize that she

                       has magic powers and links to the faerie world.

                       Young Adult 

                      

 

 

Fic                    Tashjian, Janet.

Tas                      The gospel according to Larry  by Janet Tashjian. -- New York :

                    Henry Holt, 2001.

                       x, 227 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Seventeen-year-old Josh, a loner-philosopher who wants to make a

                       difference in the world, tries to maintain his secret identity as the

                       author of a web site that is receiving national attention.

                       9-12

                   

 

Fic                    Tashjian, Janet.

Tas                      Vote for Larry  Janet Tashjian. -- 1st ed. -- New York : Henry Holt,

                    2004.

                       xi, 224 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Sequel to: The gospel according to Larry.

                       Not yet eighteen years old, Josh, a.k.a. Larry, comes out of hiding

                       and returns to public life, this time to run for President as an

                       advocate for issues of concern to youth and to encourage voter

                       turnout.

                   

 

Fic                    Thomson, Sarah L.

Tho                      The dragon's son  by Sarah L. Thomson. -- New York : Orchard

                    Books, 2001.

                       181 p. ; 24 cm.

                       Based on the Mabinogion, a collection of medieval Welsh tales, as

                       well as later legends, this book tells of family members and

                       servants important in the life of King Arthur.

                       9-12 

                   

Fic                    Tingle, Rebecca.

Tin                       The edge on the sword  Rebecca Tingle. -- New York : Putnam's,

                    c2001.

                       277 p. : map ; 22 cm.

                       In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King

                       Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities

                       much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of

                       Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes.

                       Young Adult 

                      

 

 

Fic                    Torrey, Michele.

Tor                       To the edge of the world  by Michele Torrey. -- New York : Knopf,

                    2003.

                       240 p.

                       In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo

                       Macias becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous

                       journey in search of a route to the fabled Spice Islands.

                       9-12 

                   

Fic                    Vance, Susanna.

Van                      Deep  Susanna Vance. -- New York : Delacorte Press, c2003.

                       261 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Somewhere in the Caribbean, seventeen-year-old Morgan and

                       thirteen-year-old Birdie, two girls whose lives are worlds apart, are

                       brought together by the maniacal Nicholas.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Vance, Susanna.

Van                      Sights  Susanna Vance. -- New York : Delacorte Press, 2001.

                       215 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Despite years of abuse at the hands of her drunken father, Baby Girl

                       has always believed that she was special, partly because of her

                       "gift" of seeing the future, until she and her mother set out to begin a

                       new life on their own.

                   

SC                     Vande Velde, Vivian.

Van                      Being dead : stories  by Vivian Vande Velde. -- 1st ed. -- San Diego :

                    Harcourt, c2001.

                       203 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Seven supernatural stories, all having something to do with death.

                       8.8. 

                   

 

 

Fic                    Weyr, Garret.

Wey                     My heartbeat  Garret Freymann-Weyr. -- Boston, Mass. : Houghton

                    Mifflin, 2002.

                       154 p. ; 22 cm.

                       As she tries to understand the closeness between her older brother

                       and his best friend, fourteen-year-old Ellen finds her relationship

                       with each of them changing.

                       Young Adult 

                   

 

Fic                    Williams-Garcia, Rita.

Wil                       Every time a rainbow dies  by Rita Williams-Garcia. -- New York :

                    HarperCollins, 2000.

                       166 p. ; 19 cm.

                       After seeing a girl raped and becoming obsessed with her,

                       sixteen-year-old Thulani finds motivation to move beyond his

                       interest in his pigeons and his grief over his mother's death.

                       9-12 

                      

Fic                    Wilson, Jacqueline.

Wil                       Girls in love  Jacqueline Wilson. -- 1st American ed. -- New York :

                    Dell Laurel-Leaf, 2002, c1997.

                       181 p. ; 18 cm.

                       "First published in Great Britain by Doubleday ... 1997"--T.p. verso.

                       Ellie, a normal, ordinary girl, starts ninth grade with high hopes of

                       keeping her best friends, staying on a diet, becoming more

                       glamorous, and getting a boyfriend.

                   

Fic                    Woodson, Jacqueline.

Woo                     Hush  Jacqueline Woodson. -- New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons,

                    c2002.

                       181 p. ; 22 cm.

                       Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family

                       enters the witness protection program.

                   

                   

 

 

Fic                    Woodson, Jacqueline.

Woo                     If you come softly  Jacqueline Woodson. -- New York : Putnam's,

                    1998.

                       181 p. ; 22 cm.

                       After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old

                       Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie,

                       who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in

                       love and then try to cope with people's reactions. 

                   

 

SC                    

Be                        Be very afraid! : more tales of horror  selected by Edo Van Belkom.

                    -- Toronto, Ont. : Tundra Books ; c2002.

                       viii, 192 p. ; 20 cm.

                       Just one taste  Randy D. Ashburn -- Driving a bargain  Robert J.

                       Sawyer -- Darkness  Edmund Plante -- In your dreams  Mark A.

                       Garland -- O silent knight of cards  Ed Greenwood -- In the shadows 

                       Michael Kelly -- Virtually friends  Loren L. Barrett -- Wasting away 

                       Sheri White -- Playing the game  Tanya Huff -- The ghosts of

                       Petroska Station  David Nickle -- To the lonely sea and sky  Tom

                       Piccirilli -- The night is yours alone  Michael Rowe -- Monster on his

                       back  Michael Arruda -- Girls' night out  Edo van Belkom.

                       Fourteen tales of horror by fourteen different writers, drawn from real

                       life experiences.

                   

J                       

SC                        Beware! : R.L. Stine picks his favorite scary stories  [compiled by

Bew                  R.L. Stine]. -- 1st ed. -- New York : HarperCollins, c2002.

                       214 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

                       "A Parachute Press book.".

                       Horror writer R.L. Stine shares his favorite scary tales, poems, and

                       comics of all time, including two new stories of his own.

                   

 

 

SC                    

Nec                      Necessary noise : stories about our families as they really are  

                    edited by Michael Cart ; illustrations by Charlotte Noruzi. -- New York :

                    Joanna Cotler BooksHarperCollins, 2003.

                       xiii, 239 p. ; 24 cm.

                       Hardware  Joan Bauer - Siskiyou Sloan and the eye of the giraffe 

                       Norma Howe - Necessary noise  Emma Donoghue - The throwaway :

                       a suite  Nikki Grimes - Visit  Walter Dean Myers - A family illness : a

                       mom-son conversation  Joyce Carol Thomas - Sailing away  Michael

                       Cart.

 

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