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-- Nineteenth wife2009., Random House Trade Paperbacks Call No: Historical Fic Ebershoff Edition: 2009 Random House trade pbk. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: The story of Ann Eliza Young's crusade against polygamy interwines with a tale of murder involving a polygamist family in present-day Utah.
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By Coll, Susan2008., Picador Call No: Realistic FIC Coll Edition: 1st Picador ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Harry and his mother take a tour of potential colleges, they decide to visit Yates University where Harry runs into two high school classmates. Together the three students and their parents must navigate the ups and downs of senior year while the Yates admissions officer, Olivia Sheraton, looks for the ideal applicant.
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2015., Adolescent, Hyperion Call No: Sci Fi Fic Landers Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Science Fiction, Science fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: High school senior Cara Sweeny gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to participate in Earth's first intergalactic high school exchange program. Cara hosts the handsome Aelyx, but soon her classmates become caught up in the anti-alien movement and Cara is threatened. Now Cara is fighting for her life, for Aelyx, and for her planet.
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c2010., Adolescent, Dutton Books Call No: Romance FIC Perkins Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Romance Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Anna's romance-novelist father sends her to an elite American boarding school in Paris for her senior year of high school, she reluctantly goes. Once there, however, she meets an amazing boy who becomes her best friend, in spite of the fact that they both want something more.
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c2008., Adolescent, Dutton Children's Books Call No: Humor FIC Shusterman Genre: Humor Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Anthony "Antsy" Bonano learns about life, death, and a lot more when he tries to help a friend with a terminal illness feel hopeful about the future.
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2012., Back Bay books Call No: Sports FIC Harbach Edition: 1st Back Bay Books pbk. ed. Genre: Sports Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When baseball college star Henry Skrimshander throws a baseball that goes off course, the fates of five people are changed forever. As the season progresses, a series of complicated events forces them all to confront their hopes, doubts, anxieties, and secrets.
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2015., Pre-adolescent, Algonquin Call No: Mystery FIC Klise Edition: First paperback edition. Genre: Realistic, Realistic, Mystery Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When some quirky art donated to a school fundraising effort to help a Pakistani American family, victims of a possible hate crime, is revealed to be an unknown work by a famous outsider artist, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, adults and teenagers alike debate who should get the money and begin to question each other's motivations.
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-- Bad girls do not diec2009., Pre-adolescent, Disney/Hyperion Books Call No: Horror FIC Alender Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Horror Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fifteen-year-old Lexi investigates when her younger sister Kasey begins behaving strangely and their old Victorian house seems to take on a life of its own. Lexi discovers some frightening facts about previous occupants of the house, leading her to believe that many lives are in danger.
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2011., Adolescent, Harper Call No: Fantasy FIC Oliver Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Genre: Fantasy Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Samantha Kingston suddenly dies while at school, she is given a second chance to live out her final day over the course of a week in order to solve the mystery of her death and understand the real value of everything she might lose.
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2012., Adolescent, HarperTeen Call No: Historical FIC Sharenow Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Genre: Historical Availability:5 of 6 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Karl Stern has never been in a synagogue or practiced religion, but to everyone around him he is a Jew. Longing to prove his worth, he starts taking boxing lessons from champion boxer and German national hero Max Schmeling. As a skilled cartoonist, he's never before had an interest in boxing, but as Max's apprentice, Karl finds both his boxing skills and art flourishing. When Nazi violence against the Jews heightens, he must balance his dream of becoming a great boxer with his obligation to protect his family.
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2012., Picador Call No: Realistic FIC DeWoskin Edition: 1st Picador ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When sixteen-year-old Judy Lohden -- a three-foot-nine-inch dwarf -- is sexually exploited by one of her classmates, her case makes national news and brings her entire situation crashing down around her.
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[2011]., Adolescent, Zondervan Call No: Realistic FIC Lester Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Twenty miles from Oakland, California, where fires have led to racial tension, multi-racial fifteen-year-old Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, while learning of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery.
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-- Blink and Caution2011., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: Adventure FIC Wynne-Jones Edition: 1st ed. Genre: Adventure Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Two teenagers who are living on the streets and barely getting by become involved in a complicated criminal plot, and make an unexpected connection with each other.
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[2015]., Adolescent, Flux Call No: Romance FIC Weston Edition: First edition. Genre: Romance Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Kaz Barrett is saving his income from his job at the laundromat to send his mother to a sleep clinic to get treatment for a rare medical condition and taking care of his younger sibling. But when he embarks on a romance with a goth punk musician named Zoey, he becomes caught up in Zoey's lies and difficult life, and begins neglecting his own responsibilities.
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2014., Penguin Books Call No: Sports 797.12 Bro Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores the history of the American eight-man rowing team that went to the Berlin Olympics in 1936--a group of west coast boys with little to no experience in rowing--discussing the great odds they faced in becoming chosen to represent their country over east coast teams, and the personal challenges each one of them faced during the Great Depression.
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2012., Adolescent, Poppy Call No: Romance FIC Flack Edition: 1st pbk. ed. Genre: Romance Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Hannah Ward, nineteen, revels in the competition, intense rehearsals, and dazzling performances that come with being a member of Manhattan Ballet Company's corps de ballet, but after meeting handsome musician Jacob she begins to realize there could be more to her life.
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c2012., Adolescent, Dial Books Call No: Mystery FIC Griffin Genre: Realistic, Realistic, Mystery Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Beautiful and popular Nicole Castro is permanently disfigured when an unknown attacker splashes acid in her face. Computer hacker Jay Nazzaro resolves to help her find out who did it, but as the two become closer, Jay realizes his proximity to Nicole is putting him in danger as well.
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-- Card turner2011., Juvenile, Ember Call No: Realistic FIC Sachar Sachar Edition: 1st Ember ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
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-- Card turner2011., Juvenile, Ember Call No: Realistic FIC Sachar Edition: 1st Ember ed. Genre: Realistic, Realistic Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.
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By Abrams, Amir[2014]., Juvenile, Dafina KTeen Books Call No: Romance FIC Abrams Genre: Romance Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Sixteen-year-old Kennedy Simms, a good, by-the-rules type of girl, begins going bad, hanging with her new best friend and her gangster boyfriend. She thinks she will be okay as long as her friends and boyfriend stick by her, but their loyalty will be questioned and Kennedy may be left holding the bag.
