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Fic
Alt I won't
leave you by Victoria M. Althoff. --
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. --
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. --
Avon Books, 1993, c1991.
212 p.
"An
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. --
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. --
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. --
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. --
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
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
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. --
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. --
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. --
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
town and find a way
to a better future.
9-12
Fic Bruchac, Joseph.
Bru Skeleton
man Joseph Bruchac.
--
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. --
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. --
312 p. ; 24 cm.
Originally published:
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
German occupation.
Young Adult
Fic Chbosky, Stephen.
Chb The perks
of being a wallflower Stephen Chbosky. --
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. --
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. --
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. --
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
out who he really
is.
Fic Connelly, Neil O.
Con St.
Michael's scales by Neil Connelly.
--
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. --
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
most of her life as
a hostage, she is taken into the
Menalaus and ends
up traveling to
infant son.
Fic Cormier, Robert.
COR Tenderness
: a novel by Robert Cormier. --
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. --
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. --
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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