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Lucas
Par Kevin Brooks. 2003
Fifteen-year-old Cait befriends sixteen-year-old Lucas, a drifter on her home island off the English coast. Local bullies are suspicious of…
Lucas and eventually accuse him of rape, setting off a tragic sequence of events. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003The tombs of Atuan
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Arha is taken from her parents to be trained as high priestess to the Old Ones in the Atuan tombs.…
She endures her bleak captivity until a trespasser violates her domain in his search for the tombs' greatest treasure. Sequel to A Wizard of Earthsea (BR 7742). For grades 6-9. 1970Tehanu: the last book of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle Ser. #4)
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 1990
Tenar, former priestess of Atuan and now the widow of a Gontish farmer, lives quietly caring for her foster daughter…
Therru. Soon another needs Tenar's care: Ged, no longer archmage of Earthsea, returns home half-conscious--on a dragon's back. Sequel to The Farthest Shore (BR 15408). For grades 6-9. 1990Storybook treasury of Dick and Jane and friends
Par Elizabeth Rider Montgomery, Dorothy Walter Baruch, William S Gray. 2003
Reissue of three Dick and Jane books, originally published in the 1940s and 1950s, that were widely used in schools…
to teach reading to children. The stories include: We Look and See, We Come and Go, and The New We Work and Play. For grades K-3. 2003The farthest shore (Earthsea Ser. #Vol. 3)
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 2001
Ged, archmage of Roke, and Arren, young prince of Enlad, set out to find and challenge the evil that threatens…
to destroy Earthsea itself. Sequel to The Tombs of Atuan (BR 15379). For grades 6-9. National Book Award. 1972For the love of Mike (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser.)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2003
New York, 1901. In this sequel to Death of Riley (BR 14657), Molly Murphy inherits her boss's detective business. Two…
cases, one to uncover industrial espionage and the other to locate a runaway, intertwine. Molly tries to ease the plight of an immigrant family and finds a new love. 2003The House of Windjammer
Par V. A Richardson. 2003
Amsterdam, 1636. Adam, the fourteen-year-old heir to his late father's estate, seeks a way to keep his family's trading fleet…
afloat. His banker and greedy uncle harass him while speculation in tulips sweeps the nation and upsets the economy. For grades 6-9. 2003Personal recollections of Joan of Arc (Dover thrift editions)
Par Mark Twain. 2002
Fictional biography of French heroine Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431) told from the viewpoint of her page, secretary, and lifelong…
friend, Sieur Louis de Conte. Describes her early childhood, the "voices" that prompted her to aid the dauphin, the fight for Orleans, and her eventual capture, trial, and martyrdom. 1895Or give me death: a novel of Patrick Henry's family
Par Ann Rinaldi. 2003
Virginia, 1771-1778. Revolutionary War patriot Patrick Henry's oldest child, Patsy, cares for her younger siblings and manages the family plantation…
after her mother becomes mentally ill. The sixteen-year-old and her sister Anne chronicle their trying life and their fear of inheriting their mother's madness. For grades 6-9. 2003Leaving Protection
Par Will Hobbs. 2004
Port Protection, Alaska. Sixteen-year-old Robbie signs on with captain Tor Torsen to fish for salmon. Robbie realizes he's in danger…
when he discovers Torsen secretly searching for valuable metal plaques laid by early Russian explorers to claim Alaska. Then a storm hits, imperiling them both. For senior high readers. 2004Shen of the sea: Chinese stories for children
Par Arthur Bowie Chrisman. 1968
Sixteen humorous stories capturing the spirit of Chinese culture and wisdom. In the title piece, a child learns of an…
ancient king who tried to save his city from flood by outsmarting the water demons. Other tales depict chopstick origins and more. For grades 5-8 and older readers. Newbery Medal. 1925Sometimes a great notion: a novel
Par Ken Kesey. 1988
Oregon timber country. A bitter labor strike against old Henry Stamper's lumber empire intensifies his two sons' rivalry. Hank, rough-hewn…
like his father, is eventually provoked to fight his sensitive half-brother Lee, who has returned home intent on revenge. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1963San Francisco earthquake, 1906 (Historical Romance Ser.)
Par Kathleen Duey. 1999
San Francisco, 1906. Chambermaid Sierra O'Neille works in the hotel where rancher Joseph Harlan and his family are staying. While…
rescuing others when disaster strikes, the two are thrown together and fall in love. For junior and senior high readers. 1999Following Dancing in My Nuddy-pants (DB 56064) English schoolgirl Georgia Nicolson continues her journal. She describes her trying existence at…
school and home and falling in love with a local Italian American singer. For senior high readers. 2004Anna Casey's place in the world
Par Adrian Fogelin. 2001
Twelve-year-old orphan Anna runs out of relatives and is placed in Miss Dupree's foster home with another neglected child, ten-year-old…
asthmatic Eb. After they spend the summer in Tallahassee making friends with the neighbors and finding adventure, Anna hopes to stay. For grades 5-8. 2001Hurricane: open seas, 1844
Par Kathleen Duey. 1999
Thirteen-year-old Rebecca and her family sail for four years on the high seas with their father, the captain of a…
whaling ship. John Lowe is also on board working off a family debt. Together John and Rebecca survive a whale hunt and a hurricane. For grades 5-8. 1999Tar baby (Vintage International)
Par Toni Morrison. 2004
Son, a black fugitive, invades the West Indian home of a retired millionaire, upsetting the racially diverse household. He captivates…
pampered Jadine, a black fashion model. Their ideologically complicated love affair plays out from the Caribbean to Manhattan. 2004 foreword by the author. Strong language. 1981Run if you dare
Par Randy Powell. 2001
Fifteen-year-old Gardner is shocked to discover that his beloved but recently unemployed father considers himself a failure and may leave…
the family. Gardner seeks direction in his own life by joining the track team and renewing his friendship with an old girlfriend. For junior and senior high readers. 2001Warriors of Camlann
Par N. M Browne. 2003
British teens Dan and Ursula from Warriors of Alavna (BR 15113) attempt to return through time to the present, but…
they land in the fifth century. Dan becomes a knight to Arturus Urbicus--who may be King Arthur--while Ursula continues her sorcery. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Twelve-year-old Australian Cedar misses her brother who ran away from boarding school and her mother who works all the time.…
But she copes by roaming the neighborhood, romping with her dog, and learning acrobatics from a new neighbor whose parents are in a circus. For grades 5-8. 2002