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Breaking dawn (The Twilight Saga #4)
Par Stephenie Meyer. 2008
Eighteen-year-old Bella Swan marries vampire Edward Cullen after she graduates from high school and must decide whether to become immortal.…
But her pregnancy threatens both her life and peace between her werewolf friend Jacob and the vampire Volturi coven. Sequel to Eclipse (RC 65812, BR 18180). For senior high readers. 2008Nation
Par Terry Pratchett. 2008
After a devastating tsunami, Mau, the sole survivor of his island village, joins forces with Daphne, a shipwrecked English girl.…
Their beach fire draws other refugees who band together to rebuild a community based on what they value most. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2008Trouble
Par Gary D Schmidt. 2008
Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his older brother Franklin's dying request, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his…
best friend and dog. But they encounter the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and learn that all is not as it seems. For junior and senior high readers. 2008Brooklyn Bridge: a novel
Par Karen Hesse. 2008
New York City, summer 1903. Fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes when his Russian-immigrant parents invent the teddy bear and turn…
their Brooklyn apartment into a factory. The glitter of nearby Coney Island contrasts with the plight of homeless children living under the Brooklyn Bridge. For grades 5-8. 2008Julia Gillian (Julia Gillian Ser.)
Par Alison McGhee. 2008
Nine-year-old Julia Gillian learns a lot about facing fear when she and her Saint Bernard, Bigfoot, take long walks through…
their Minneapolis neighborhood one hot summer. As she interacts with neighbors, Julia seeks the courage to finish reading a book that might have an unhappy ending. For grades 3-6. 2008The dead and the gone (Life As We Knew It #2)
Par Susan Beth Pfeffer. 2008
After a meteor hits the moon causing a series of horrific climate changes, seventeen-year-old Alex Morales must take care of…
his younger sisters alone in the chaos of New York City. Companion to Life as We Knew It (RC 65047, BR 18228). For junior and senior high readers. 2008Saturday night dirt: A MOTOR Novel (Motor Novels)
Par Will Weaver. 2008
While preparing for a special Saturday night stock-car race in a small Minnesota town, seventeen-year-old driver Trace Bonham suspects his…
dad's crew chief Larry Rawlins of sabotaging his car. Meanwhile another teenager, Melody "Mel" Walters, daughter of the Headwaters Speedway owner, checks on track conditions. For senior high readers. 2008Tell me, pretty maiden (A molly Murphy Mystery Ser.)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2008
New York, 1902. Private investigator Molly Murphy finds a beautiful young woman lying unconscious in snow-covered Central Park. As Molly…
visits local theatres and flophouses in an attempt to learn what happened, she is aided by her beau, Daniel--a wrongfully suspended police captain--and influential friends like reporter Nelly Bly. 2008Sweet thang
Par Allison Whittenberg. 2007
Philadelphia, 1975. African American ninth-grader Charmaine Upshaw resents having her orphaned, six-year-old cousin living with her family. At school she…
does homework for Demetrius McGee, but he likes another girl. Gradually, Charmaine realizes what is really important in life. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Rucker Park setup
Par Paul Volponi. 2007
While playing in a crucial basketball game on the very court where his best friend J.R. was murdered, Mackey tries…
to decide whether to maintain his silence or tell J.R.'s father and the police what really happened. Some violence and some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2007Icecore: a Carl Hobbes thriller / Matt Whyman
Par Matt Whyman. 2007
Seventeen-year-old Briton Carl Hobbes hacks into Fort Knox's security system on a dare. But U.S. authorities believe Carl is part…
of a gold-stealing conspiracy and send him to a detention center in the Arctic Circle, where he is tortured. Some violence and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2007We are the ship: the story of Negro League baseball (Journeys 2014)
Par Kadir Nelson. 2008
Presents the history of Negro League baseball from its beginnings in the 1920s through its decline after Jackie Robinson moved…
to the major leagues in 1947 and broke the racial barrier. Discusses gifted athletes, discrimination, and the players' passion for the sport. For grades 3-6 and older readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 2008The boy in the striped pajamas: a fable
Par John Boyne. 2006
World War II. Nine-year-old Bruno is dismayed to leave his three best friends when his family moves from their Berlin…
home to a remote country house. He struggles to understand why he can't be friends with the boy behind the wire fence. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2006Kendra
Par Coe Booth. 2008
Fourteen-year-old Kendra, raised by her strict grandmother while her mother Renée attends college, expects to be reunited with her mom…
after Renée graduates. But Renée rejects her and Kendra turns to a boy for affection. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2008The wild girls
Par Pat Murphy. 2008
In 1972, twelve-year-old Joan regrets moving to California until she meets Sarah--a kindred spirit with whom Joan enjoys romping in…
the woods and making up stories. The girls are recruited for a summer writing class that changes their perspective about storytelling and themselves. For grades 5-8. 2007How to be bad
Par E Lockhart. 2008
Florida teenage girls Mel, Jesse, and Vicks leave their summer jobs and head to Miami for the weekend to visit…
Vicks's boyfriend Brady at college. The three weather adventures including hurricanes and arguments about family problems but manage to remain friends. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2008Jaded (Indigo Summer Ser. #4)
Par Monica McKayhan. 2008
Fifteen-year-old Jade Morgan tries to reunite her divorced parents after they move into the same apartment complex in Atlanta. Her…
efforts fail when her father proposes to his girlfriend, Veronica. Jade's boyfriend Terrence suggests giving Veronica a chance, yet his own behavior is suspicious. For senior high readers. 2008Abigail Iris: the one and only (Abigail Iris Ser.)
Par Lisa Glatt. 2009
Third-grader Abigail Iris wishes she were an only child like her three best friends Cynthia, Rebecca, and Genevieve. Instead, Abigail…
is one of four siblings in a family on a budget. But going on a hotel vacation with Genevieve turns out differently than Abigail expected. For grades 2-4. 2009Dope sick
Par Walter Dean Myers. 2009
Seventeen-year-old Lil J, a suspect in the shooting of an undercover cop, hides in an abandoned crack house. He encounters…
Kelly, a man who is watching clips of Lil J's life on television. Kelly urges Lil J to examine choices he's made. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2009Heart of a shepherd
Par Rosanne Parry. 2009
Eleven-year-old Ignatius Alderman--called "Brother"--promises to keep his family's Oregon ranch just as it is until his father returns from the…
war in Iraq. Brother's Quaker grandparents and his own Catholic faith help him face new challenges, like a wildfire that threatens the ranch. For grades 5-8. 2009