Books
That Don’t Stink – Find them in the M.C.S. Library!
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 Patterson, James, 1947-.
Pat
The angel experiment :
a Maximum Ride novel James
Patterson. --
1st ed. --
422 p. ; 23 cm.
After the mutant Erasers abduct the youngest
member of their group,
the "bird
kids," who are the result of genetic experimentation, take
off in pursuit and
find themselves struggling to understand their own
origins and
purpose.
Fic Rennison, Louise.
Ren
Angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging : confessions of
Nicolson
Louise Rennison. -- 1st
HarperTempest ed. --
Harpertempest,
2001, c1999.
247 p. ; 18 cm.
SC
Be
Be very afraid! : more
tales of horror selected by Edo Van
Belkom.
--
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.
SC Vande Velde, Vivian.
Van
Being dead :
stories by Vivian Vande Velde. --
1st ed. --
Harcourt,
c2001.
203 p. ; 22 cm.
Drop by drop -- Dancing with Marjorie's
ghost -- Shadow brother --
The ghost -- For love of
him -- October chill -- Being dead.
Seven supernatural
stories, all having something to do with death.
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
Klause, Annette Curtis.
Kla
Blood and chocolate by
Annette Curtis Klause. --
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 Plum-Ucci, Carol, 1957-.
Plu
The body of Christopher Creed Carol Plum-Ucci. -- 1st Volo
ed. --
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.
Fic Elish, Dan.
Eli
Born too short :
the confessions of an eighth-grade basket case
Dan Elish. -- 1st ed.
--
Readers,
c2002.
152 p. ; 22 cm.
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 Fleischman, Paul.
Fle
Breakout Paul Fleischman. --
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.
921
Runyon, Brent.
Runyon
The burn journals Brent
Runyon. -- 1st ed. --
Knopf,
c2004.
374 p. ; 22 cm.
Brent Runyon was fourteen years old when he
set himself on fire. In
this book he
describes that suicide attempt and his recovery over
the following year.
Fic Pike, Christopher, 1961-.
Pik
Chain letter Christopher
Pike. --
185 p. ; 18 cm.
Someone, somewhere knew about that awful
night when Alison and
six other friends
committed an unthinkable crime in the desolate
for it.
921
Pelzer, David J.
Pel
A child called "It"
: one child's courage to survive David Pelzer. --
xi, 184 p. ; 19 cm.
Originally published:
David Pelzer, victim of one of the worst
child abuse cases in the
history of
brutality and triumphed
over his past.
Fic Shan, Darren.
Sha
Cirque du freak by
Darren Shan. -- 1st U.S. pbk. ed. --
Brown,
c2000.
266 p. : ill. ; 20
cm.
Sequel: The vampire's assistant.
Includes the first chapter of The vampire's assistant.
Two boys who are best friends visit an
illegal freak show, where an
encounter with a
vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make
life-changing
choices.
Fic DuPrau, Jeanne.
Dup
The city of Ember Jeanne
DuPrau. -- 1st ed. --
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 Giles, Gail.
Gil
Dead girls don't write letters
Gail
Giles. -- 1st ed. -- Brookfield,
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.
Fic Vance, Susanna.
Van
Deep Susanna Vance. --
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.
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. --
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
bomb.
Fic Mackler, Carolyn.
Mac
The earth, my butt, and other big round things Carolyn Mackler. --
1st
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
tries to deal with her
self-image, her first physical relationship, and
her disillusionment
with some of the people closest to her.
Fic Paolini, Christopher.
Pao
Eragon Christopher Paolini. --
509 p. : map ; 24
cm.
Map on endpapers.
In Aagaesia, a fifteen-year-old boy of
unknown lineage called Eragon
finds a mysterious
stone that weaves his life into an intricate
tapestry of
destiny, magic, and power, peopled with dragons, elves,
and monsters.
Fic Williams-Garcia, Rita.
Wil
Every time a rainbow dies
by
Rita Williams-Garcia. --
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.
Fic Going, Kelly.
Goi
Fat kid rules the world
K.
L. Going. --
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
his rock band.
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 Lynch, Chris.
Lyn
Freewill Chris Lynch. -- 1st ed. --
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.
Fic Shusterman, Neal.
Shu
Full tilt : a
novel Neal Shusterman. --
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.
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 Troy as
protector of Helen's
infant son.
Fic Tashjian, Janet.
Tas
The gospel according to Larry by Janet Tashjian. --
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.
J Paulsen, Gary.
921
Guts :
the true stories behind Hatchet and the Brian books by
Paulsen Paulsen. --
148 p. ; 22 cm.
The author relates incidents in his life and
how they inspired parts
of his books about
the character, Brian Robeson.
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.
Fic Rowling, J. K.
Row
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone by J.K. Rowling ;
illustrations
by
Mary GrandPre. --
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 Klass, David.
Kla
Home of the Braves David
Klass. --
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
over both the team
and the girl whom Joe hopes to date.
Fic Farmer, Nancy.
Far
The house of the scorpion
Nancy
Farmer. --
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
Fic Woodson, Jacqueline.
Woo
Hush Jacqueline Woodson. --
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. --
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.
796.52
Krakauer, Jon.
Kra
Into thin air :
a personal account of the
Krakauer.
-- 1st Anchor Books trade pbk. ed. --
Books,
1999.
xxv, 333 p. : ill.,
map ; 20 cm.
Originally published:
The author relates his experience of
climbing Mount Everest during
its deadliest season
and examines what it is about the mountain
that makes people
willingly subject themselves to such risk,
hardship, and
expense.
Fic Ibbotson, Eva.
Ibb
Journey to the river sea
Eva
Ibbotson ; illustrated by Kevin
Hawkes.
-- 1st American ed. --
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
her dream of
exploring the
Fic
Holt, Kimberly Willis.
Hol
Keeper of the night Kimberly
Willis 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 Dessen, Sarah.
Des
Keeping the moon Sarah
Dessen. --
228 p. ; 22 cm.
Fifteen-year-old Colie, a former fat girl,
spends the summer working
as a waitress in a
beachside restaurant, staying with her overweight
and eccentric Aunt
Mira, and trying to explore her sense of self.
Fic
Hosseini, Khaled.
Hos
The kite runner Khaled
Hosseini. --
2003.
324 p. ; 24 cm.
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy
Afghan youth and a
servant's son in a
tale that spans the final days of
monarchy through
the atrocities of the present day.
Fic
Nix, Garth.
Nix
Lirael :
daughter of the Clayr Garth Nix. --
1st ed. --
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.
940.53
Nir, Yehuda.
Nir
The lost childhood :
a World War II memoir by Yehuda Nir.
-- New
284 p. ; 22 cm.
This book describes six years in the life of
a daring and resourceful
Polish Jewish boy and his family, who
survived the Holocaust by
using false papers
and posing as Catholics.
Fic Sebold, Alice.
Seb
The lovely bones :
a novel Alice Sebold. -- 1st ed. --
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.
Fic Coburn, Jake.
Cob
LoveSick Jake Coburn. -- 1st ed. --
228 p. ; 22 cm.
After an accident seems to end his college
and athletic dreams, Ted
is offered a second
chance at school if he agrees to spy on a
classmate and help
her father monitor her bulimia.
Fic Smith, Sherri L.
Smi
Lucy the giant by
Sherri L. Smith. --
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.
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.
791.45
Gimple, Scott M.
Gim
Matt Groening's the Simpsons guide to Springfield [writer, Scott M.
Gimple].
-- 1st ed. --
127 p. : col. ill.
; 18 x 23 cm.
"Another Are we there yet? book"--Cover.
Includes index.
The Simpsons and their friends profile their
favorite attractions,
restaurants, and
events in the fictitious town of
Fic
Myers, Walter Dean.
Mye
Monster by Walter Dean Myers ; illustrated by
Christopher Myers.
--
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 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
historian who is
trying to resurrect an ancient atomic weapon.
Fic
Weyr, Garret.
Wey
My heartbeat Garret
Freymann-Weyr. --
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.
Fic Picoult, Jodi, 1966-.
Pic
My sister's keeper :
a novel Jodi Picoult. --
c2004.
viii, 423 p. ; 24
cm.
Thirteen-year-old Anna, conceived
specifically to provide blood and
bone marrow for her
sister Kate who was diagnosed with a rare form
of leukemia at the
age of two, decides to sue her parents for control
of her body when
her mother wants her to donate a kidney to Kate.
SC
Nec
Necessary noise :
stories about our families as they really are
edited
by Michael Cart ; illustrations by Charlotte Noruzi. --
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
Cart.
A collection of ten stories about families
and what they mean,
describing both
traditional and non-traditional families.
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 Ferris, Jean.
Fer
Of
sound mind by Jean Ferris. --
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 Kindl, Patrice.
Kin
Owl in love Patrice
Kindl. --
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 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.
378.1
Robbins, Alexandra, 1976-.
Rob
Pledged :
the secret life of sororities Alexandra Robbins. -- New
x, 370 p. ; 21 cm.
An provocative look inside the world of
sorority life offers an
eye-opening view of
the drugs, psychological abuse, promiscuity,
racism, violence, and
other problems that are rampant among young
women in a typical
sorority and analyzes why intelligent young
women put up with
these abuses in order to become part of a
sorority
sisterhood.
Fic Simmons, Michael.
Sim
Pool boy Michael
Simmons. -- 1st ed. --
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.
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 Cabot, Meg.
Cab
Princess
in love Meg Cabot. -- 1st Harper
Trophy ed. --
HarperTrophy,
2002.
260, 5, 6 p. ; 18
cm.
In a series of humorous diary entries, a New
York City ninth grader
agonizes over her love
life, final exams, and future role as the
princess of
Genovia.
Fic
Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
Had
Running out of time by
Margaret Peterson Haddix. --
Aladdin Paperback,
c1995.
184 p. ; 18 cm.
Jessie lives in the frontier village of
Clifton, Indiana, in 1840 - or so
she believes. When
diptheria strikes and the children start dying,
Jessies mother reveals a shocking
secret.
Fic
Jordan, Sherryl.
Jor
Secret sacrament by
Sherryl
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.
Fic
Nix, Garth.
Nix
Shade's children Garth
Nix. -- 1st Harper Trophy ed. --
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.
Fic Vance, Susanna.
Van
Sights Susanna Vance. --
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.
741.5
Groening, Matt.
Gro
Simpsons comics big bonanza
[created
by Matt Groening]. -- 1st ed.
--
117 p. : chiefly
col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Simpsons #28. Krustonia.
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.
Fic
Park, Linda Sue.
Par
A single shard Linda
Sue Park. --
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 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.
Fic Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-.
Hor
Skeleton Key Anthony
Horowitz. --
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 Bruchac, Joseph.
Bru
Skeleton man Joseph
Bruchac. --
Publishers,
Scholastic, 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
Korman, Gordon.
Kor
Son of the mob Gordon
Korman. --
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
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.
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.
Fic Spinelli, Jerry.
Spi
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli. --
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
Fic Hautman, Pete, 1952-.
Hau
Sweetblood Pete Hautman. -- 1st ed. --
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.
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.
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 Dessen, Sarah.
Des
This lullaby : a
novel by Sarah Dessen. --
345 p. ; 22 cm.
Remy, a master at getting rid of boyfriends
before any emotional
attachments form,
finds herself strangely unwilling to free herself
from Dexter, a
messy, disorganized, impulsive musician who she
suspects she has
come to love.
133.4
RavenWolf, Silver.
Rav
To ride a silver broomstick
: new generation witchcraft Silver
RavenWolf.
-- 1st ed. --
xvi, 300 p. : ill.
; 26 cm.
Fic Fredericks, Mariah.
Fre
The true meaning of cleavage
Mariah
Fredericks. --
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.
Fic Myracle, Lauren.
Myr
Ttyl Lauren Myracle. --
p. cm.
Chronicles, in "instant message"
format, the day-to-day
experiences,
feelings, and plans of three friends, Zoe, Maddie, and
Angela, as they begin tenth grade.
Fic
Haddix, Margaret Peterson.
Had
Turnabout Margaret Peterson Haddix. -- 1st ed. --
& 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
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-.
Mey
Twilight Stephenie Meyer. -- 1st ed. --
2005.
498 p. ; 22 cm.
"Megan Tingley books.".
When seventeen-year-old Bella leaves Phoenix
to live with her
father in Forks,
boy at school for
whom she feels an overwhelming attraction and
who she comes to
realize is not wholly human.
Fic Rees, Douglas.
Ree
Vampire High Douglas
Rees. --
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.
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.
Fic Sones, Sonya.
Son
What my mother doesn't know
by
Sonya Sones. --
Simon
& Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2001.
259 p. ; 22 cm.
Sophie describes her relationships with a
series of boys as she
searches for Mr.
Right.
133.4
Manoy, Lauren.
Man
Where to park your broomstick
: a teen's guide to witchcraft Lauren
Manoy
; with illustrations by Yan Apostolides. --
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.
Fic Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-.
Bru
The winter people Joseph
Bruchac. --
168 p. : map ; 22
cm.
Fourteen-year-old Saxso, a member of the
Abenaki tribe in Canada,
embarks on a
dangerous rescue mission when his mother and two
younger sisters are
taken hostage during an attack by the British on
their unprotected
village in 1759.
Fic Lipsyte, Robert.
Lip
Yellow flag Robert
Lipsyte. -- 1st ed. --
2007.
234 p. ; 19 cm.
When seventeen-year-old Kyle reluctantly
succumbs to family
pressure and
replaces his injured brother in the family racecar, he
struggles to keep
up with his trumpet playing while deciding how--or
if--he can continue
making music with a brass quintet and headlines
as a Nascar racer.