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-- Alcatraz vs. the evil Librarians.c2007., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: FIC SAN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: On his thirteenth birthday, foster child Alcatraz Smedry receives a bag of sand. The sand is immediately stolen by the evil Librarians who are trying to take over the world, and Alcatraz is introduced to his grandfather and his own special talent, and told that he must use it to save civilization.
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-- City spies [#one]By Ponti, James[2020]., Juvenile, ALADDIN Call No: MYSTERY F PON Availability:4 of 4 At Location(s) Series Title: City Spies Volume: 1Summary Note: "Sara Martinez is facing years in the juvenile detention system for hacking into the foster care computer system to prove that her foster parents are crooks. But then she gets a second chance when a mysterious man offers her a chance to join a group of MI6 affiliated spies"--
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2013., Adolescent, Harcourt Call No: ROMANCE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Irreverent, foul-mouthed, seventeen-year-old Cricket Cherpin, living under the watchful eye of Mother Mary at a Catholic boys' home in Maine, has such bleak prospects he is considering suicide when Wynona Bidaban steps into his world.
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2013., Adolescent, Harcourt Call No: Teen Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Irreverent, foul-mouthed, seventeen-year-old Cricket Cherpin, living under the watchful eye of Mother Mary at a Catholic boys' home in Maine, has such bleak prospects he is considering suicide when Wynona Bidaban steps into his world.
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By Frank, E. R.[2015], Adolescent, Atheneum Books for Young Readers Call No: REALISTIC F FRA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Dime, a foster child in Newark, New Jersey, finds love and family as a prostitute, but when her pimp rejects her for a new girl, will Dime have the strength to leave?
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-- Do not turn around2013., Adolescent, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After waking up on an operating table with no memory of how she got there, Noa must team up with computer hacker Peter to stop a corrupt corporation with a deadly secret.
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[2019]., Juvenile, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: REALISTIC F HEN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After going on a quest across Los Angeles together, Quentin, Vic, Nevaeh, and Mara, four very different foster children, realize that they have become a family.
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Adolescent, HarperTeen, [2017] Call No: REALISTIC F BEN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This story of three very different teenagers connected by blood explores the meaning of family in all its forms---how to find it, how to keep it, and how to love it.
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[2020]., Juvenile, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC BRADLEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, 10-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
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[2020]., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: Realistic Fic Bradley Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Depending on an older sister who protected her when their mother went to prison and their mother's boyfriend committed a terrible act, ten-year-old Della tries to figure out what to do when her older sister attempts suicide.
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[2007]., Adolescent, Black Cat,imprint of Grove/Atlantic, Inc. Call No: Fantasy Fic Alexie Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Flight follows a troubled foster teenager--a boy who is not a "legal" Indian because he was never claimed by his father. The journey begins as he's about to commit a massive act of violence. At the moment of decision, he finds himself shot back through time to resurface in the body of an FBI agent during the civil rights era, where he sees why "Hell is Red River, Idaho, in the 1970s." Red River is only the first stop in an eye-opening trip through moments in American history. He will continue traveling back to inhabit the body of an Indian child during the battle at Little Bighorn and then ride with an Indian tracker in the nineteenth century before materializing as an airline pilot jetting through the skies today. During these furious travels through time, his refrain grows: "Who's to judge?" and "I don't understand humans."
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By Ponti, James2022., Pre-adolescent, Aladdin Call No: Fic Edition: First Aladdin hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Whether it's a daring break-in at one of London's most exclusive homes or a dangerous undercover mission to a Moscow chess tournament; a desperate search and rescue operation on the streets of Beijing or a dreamy boy band whose international tour is somehow part of an evil Umbra conspiracy, City Spies 3: Forbidden City is filled with unexpected twists and turns, lots of heart and humor, and non-stop action and adventure. The plot centers around Umbra's attempt to use any means necessary to recruit a North Korean nuclear physicist. MI6's best defense is for Paris to make a covert connection with the scientist's chess prodigy son at a pair of tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, Sydney's embedded as a junior reporter for a teen lifestyle site as she follows the daughter of a British billionaire on tour with the biggest act on her father's music label. The band and the billionaire are somehow connected to the scientist and the recent theft of nuclear material from an old Soviet missile base. The stakes couldn't be higher and the City Spies will all have to come together and work in perfect harmony in order to save the day on their most dangerous mission yet. So much for having a relaxing summer vacation"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Lowry, Loisc2006, Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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By Lowry, Loisc2006., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Sample text Summary Note: While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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By Lowry, Loisc2006., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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By Lowry, Lois2006., Pre-adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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By Lowry, Loisp2006., Juvenile, Random House/Listening Library Call No: CD Fic Low Edition: Library ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.
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By Key, Watt2018., Pre-adolescent, Square Fish/Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: ADVENTURE F KEY Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:5 of 6 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Twelve-year-old Sam has been given a fishing boat by his father, but he hates fishing. Instead he uses the boat to disappear for hours at a time, exploring the forbidden swampy surroundings of his bayou home. Then he discovers a strange kid named Davey, mysteriously alone, repairing an abandoned cabin deep in the woods. Not fooled by the boy's evasive explanation as to why he's on his own, Sam becomes entangled in his own efforts to help Davey. But this leads him to telling small lies that only get bigger as the danger increases for both boys and hidden truths become harder to conceal."--Back cover.
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-- Hide outBy Key, Watt[2017]., Farrar Straus Giroux Call No: FIC KEY Edition: First edition. Availability:6 of 6 At Location(s) Summary Note: When his Mississippi policeman father gives Sam a fishing boat, he uses the boat to disappear for hours at time. Exploring the swampy surroundings of his bayou home, Sam finds a boy living on his own in the wilderness. Davey gives evasive explanation as to why he's on his own, and Sam makes efforts to help him. But this leads him to telling small lies that only get bigger as the danger increases for both boys and hidden truths become harder to conceal.
