F Ada  Baby Girl. Lenora Adams

When Sheree, a tough high school teen, finds herself in a difficult situation, she turns to her mother, her friends, and her boyfriend, who calls her Baby Girl and treats her like she's disposable, and realizes that help is within herself.

 

F Ant   Broken Moon. Kim Antieau

When her little brother is kidnapped and taken from Pakistan to race camels in the desert, eighteen-year-old Nadira overcomes her own past abuse and, dressed as a boy and armed with knowledge of the powerful storytelling of the legendary Scheherazade, is determined to find and rescue him.

 

F Bau   Don’t Call Me Ishmael. Michael Gerard Bauer

Fourteen-year-old Ishmael Leseur is certain that his name is the cause of his unhappy school life as the victim of the worst bully in his class, but when a new boy arrives, he shows Ishmael that things could be different.

 

F Bea   Dear Zoe. Philip Beard

Fifteen-year-old Tess DeNunzio attempts to work through her guilt and grief over the death of her three-year-old half-sister Zoe by writing letters to the child who was struck and killed by a car on September 11, 2001, while Tess was supposed to be watching her.

 

F Bra   The Sweet Far Thing. Libba Bray

At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.

 

F Bro   Mistik Lake. Martha Brooks

After Odella's mother leaves her, her sisters, and their father in Manitoba and moves to Iceland with another man, she then dies there, and the family finally learns some of the many secrets that have haunted them for two generations.

 

F Bro   The Rope Walk             Carrie Brown

Alice MacCauley's eleventh summer is shaped by new friendship, the twinges of first love, and adult lessons about life and death when she and Theo, a New York City boy of mixed race visiting his white New England grandparents, become the companions of Kenneth, an artist dying of and losing his eyesight to AIDS, reading him the journals of Lewis and Clark and building him a secret "rope walk" through the woods.

 

F Bur   Bloodsong. Melvin Burgess

As the only remaining member of the Volson clan, fifteen-year-old Sigurd takes a sword forged from a knife given to his father by the god Odin and embarks on a mission to reunite his country. Sequel to Bloodtide. 

 

F Cab  Jinx. Meg Cabot

Sixteen-year-old Jean "Jinx" Honeychurch, the descendant of a witch, must leave Iowa to live with relatives in Manhattan after the first spell she casts goes awry, but she will have to improve her skills to stop her cousin from practicing black magic that endangers them and the boy they both like.

 

F Cam  Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You. Peter Cameron

Eighteen-year-old James, who lives in New York City with his older sister and divorced mother, struggles to find a direction for his life.

 

F Cas   Beige. Cecil Castellucci

Katy, a quiet French Canadian teenager, reluctantly leaves Montréal to spend time with her estranged father, an aging Los Angeles punk rock legend. Dad's an aging L.A. punk rocker known as the Rat. Daughter's a buttoned-up neat freak who'd rather be anywhere else. Can this summer be saved? Now that she's exiled from Canada to sunny Los Angeles, Katy figures she'll bury her nose in a book and ignore the fact that she's spending two weeks with her father -- punk name: the Rat -- a recovered addict and drummer for the famously infamous band Suck. Even though Katy doesn't want to be there, even though she feels abandoned by her mom, even though the Rat's place is a mess and he's not like anything she'd call a father, Katy won't make a fuss. After all, she is a nice girl, a girl who is quiet and polite, a girl who smiles, a girl who is, well, beige. Or is she? From the author of BOY PROOF and THE QUEEN OF COOL comes an edgy new L.A. novel full of humor, heart, and music.

 

F Cas   Betrayed          P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is just settling in at the House of Night, a finishing school dedicated to training fledgling vampyres to become productive adults, when a series of murders targeting human teens is traced back to the school, forcing her to think about the connections that still exist between her old and new worlds.

 

F Chi    The Wizard Heir. Cinda Williams Chima

Sixteen-year-old Seph, a powerful wizard, gets caught up in a conflict between the Wizard Council, smaller groups with their own agendas, and a rogue politician--the Dragon--whose identity and whereabouts the others seek to know.

 

F Coh  Naomi and Eli’s No Kiss List. Rachel Cohn and David Levithan

Although they have been friends and neighbors all their lives, straight Naomi and gay Ely find their relationship severely strained during their freshman year at New York University.

 

F Coo  Hit the Road. Caroline B. Cooney

Sixteen-year-old Brittany acts as chauffeur for her grandmother and three other eighty-plus-year-old women going to what is supposedly their college reunion, on a long drive that involves lies, theft, and kidnappings.

 

F Cow Tin Angel. Shannon Cowan

Accused of murdering Louis Moss, the man who bought her family's mountain lodge after her father died and whom she blames for ruining her life, teenager Ronnie Page recalls the events that led to her arrest and tries to determine if she is innocent or guilty of the crime.

 

F Cru   The Crazy Horse Electric Game. Chris Crutcher

A high school athlete, frustrated at being handicapped after an accident, runs away from home and is helped back to mental and physical health by a black benefactor and the people in a special school where he enrolls.

 

F Cru Deadline. Chris Crutcher

Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, high school senior Ben Wolf decides to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and converses through dreams with a spiritual guide known as "Hey-Soos."

 

F Cul    I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter. Lynn Cullen

In Amsterdam in the mid-1600s, Cornelia's life as the illegitimate child of renowned painter Rembrandt is marked by plague, poverty, and despair at ever earning her father's love, until she sees hope for a better future in the eyes of a weathy suitor.

 

F Cur   Elijah of Buxton. Christopher Paul Curtis

In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.

 

F Dev The Silenced. James DeVita

Consigned to a prison-like Youth Training Facility because of her parents' political activities, Marena organizes a resistance movement to combat the restrictive policies of the ruling Zero Tolerance party.

 

F Doy  Boy O Boy. Brian Doyle

Martin O'Boy finally has a home and a job--at the Pure Spring soft drink factory--but not everything is perfect, as sometimes Grandpa Rip's mind wanders, he gets involved with a crooked coworker, and his memories of the past overwhelm him.

 

F Doy  Pure Spring. Brian Doyle

Martin O'Boy finally has a home and a job--at the Pure Spring soft drink factory--but not everything is perfect, as sometimes Grandpa Rip's mind wanders, he gets involved with a crooked coworker, and his memories of the past overwhelm him.

 

F Dra   November Blues. Sharon M. Draper

A teenaged boy's death in a hazing accident has lasting effects on his pregnant girlfriend and his guilt-ridden cousin, who gives up a promising music career to play football during his senior year in high school.

 

F DuP  The Prophet of Yonwood. Jeanne DuPrau

While visiting the small town of Yonwood, North Carolina, eleven-year-old Nickie makes some decisions about how to identify both good and evil when she witnesses the townspeople's reactions to the apocalyptic visions of one of their neighbors. Book 3 in the City of Ember series.

 

F Ell     This is What I Did: Ann Dee Ellis

Bullied because of an incident in his past, eighth-grader Logan is unhappy at his new school and has difficulty relating to others until he meets a quirky girl and a counselor who believe in him.

 

F Ers    Quaking. Kathryn Erskine

In a Pennsylvania town where anti-war sentiments are treated with contempt and violence, Matt, a fourteen-year-old girl living with a Quaker family, deals with the demons of her past as she battles bullies of the present, eventually learning to trust in others as well as herself.

 

F Far    Bitter Sweets. Roopa Farooki

Rashid Karim, a young man from one of Calcutta's best families, is shocked to learn on his wedding night that his bride is not the educated, seventeen-year-old child of a successful businessman, but Henna, an illiterate, thirteen-year-old shopkeeper's daughter, and the lie echoes down through fifty years until Shona, Rashid and Henna's daughter, now a mother herself, decides to inject a little honesty into the family tree.

 

F Fol    The Pillars of the Earth. Ken Follett

The construction of a cathedral involves a story of betrayal, revenge and love in 12th century England.

 

F Fol    Running With the Wind. John Foley

Struggling to find a direction for his life after his legal guardian dies and his girlfriend goes off to college, high school graduate Jackson O'Connell takes a job working in a boatyard and learns how to sail.

 

F Ful    In the Garage. Alma Fullerton

As she prepares to speak at her best friend Alex's funeral, B.J., a girl with a birthmark on her face, recalls her long friendship with a boy who seemed to have it all, including an emo band that practiced in his garage that she videotaped as it added a gay member.

 

F Gar   Before, After, and Somebody in Between. Jeannine Garsee

After dealing with an alcoholic mother and her abusive boyfriend, a school bully, and life on the wrong side of the tracks in Cleveland, Ohio, high school sophomore Martha Kowalski expects to be happy when she moves in with a rich family across town, but finds that the "rich life" has problems of its own.

 

F God  The Luxe. Anna Godbersen

In Manhattan in 1899, five teens of different social classes lead dangerously scandalous lives, despite the strict rules of society and the best-laid plans of parents and others.

 

F Gra   I.D. Vicki Grant

Chris has a hard home life, does not do well in school, and cannot get the girl he wants, so when he finds a wallet on the sidewalk that appears to belong to someone with a better life, he is tempted to steal its owner's identity.

 

F Hal    The Rhythm of the Road.   Albyn Leah Hall

Jo, abandoned by her mother shortly after her birth, is raised in the United Kingdom by her truck-driving father Bobby, a man given to bouts of depression, and her life becomes more complicated when, as a young teen, she becomes obsessed with Cosima, a rising country music star from the U.S.

 

F Hal    How Ya Like Me Now. Brendan Halpin

After his father dies and his mother goes into rehab, Eddie moves from the suburbs into his cousin's Boston loft, where he gradually adjusts to being one of the few white kids in a progressive private school, and learns how to feel like a normal teenager.

 

F Ham    Without Warning. Dennis Hamley

An English working-class girl comes of age during World War I, as she witnesses the horrors of war and decides to become a nurse on the front lines.

 

F Han     The Second Virginity of Suzy Green. Sara Hantz

After moving to Adelaide, Australia, seventeen-year-old Suzy finds that completely transforming her life--including joining a Virginity Club and running for class office--has its challenges, especially when a boy from her past recognizes her and asks her out.

 

F Hau   All-In. Pete Hautman

Having won thousands of dollars playing high-stakes poker in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Denn Doyle hits a losing streak after falling in love with a young casino card dealer named Cattie Hart.

 

F Hau   Skullduggery. Pete Hautman

During a field trip in the local woods, Roni and Brian find the local archaeology professor, Andrew Dart, knocked unconscious in a cave, which leads them to investigate a land development scheme.

 

F Hau   Snatched. Pete Hautman

Too curious for her own good, Roni, crime reporter for her high school newspaper, teams up with Brian, freshman science geek, to investigate the beating and kidnapping of a classmate.

 

F Hob  Anything But Ordinary. Valerie Hobbs

Bernie and Winifred have been in love since they were fourteen, but when Winifred goes away to college in California and Bernie stays in New Jersey things change for the two of them, and each must try to forge an identity separate from the other.

 

F Hop  Crank. Ellen Hopkins

Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind.

 

F Hop  Glass. Ellen Hopkins

Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.

 

F Hor   Alex Rider: The Gadgets. Anthony Horowitz

Features the blueprints and technical specifications for the amazing gadgetry used by teenage spy Alex Rider.

 

F Hor   Ark Angel. Anthony Horowitz

After recovering from a near fatal gunshot wound, teenage spy Alex Rider embarks on a new mission to stop a group of eco-terrorists from sabotaging the launch of the first outer space hotel.

 

F Hor   Snakehead. Anthony Horowitz

While working with the Australian Secret Service on a dangerous mission, teenaged spy Alex Rider uncovers information about his parents.

 

F Kas   Skinny. Ibi Kaslik

After the death of their father, two sisters struggle with various issues, including their family history, personal relationships, and an extreme eating disorder.

 

F Ken  Demons Are Forever. Julie Kenner

Kate Connor struggles to balance her work as a demon hunter with the ordinary demands of marriage and motherhood, as her daughter dreams of following in Kate's footsteps, her dead husband steals another human's body, and her living husband shifts into political overdrive.

 

F Koo  The Darkest Evening of the Year. Dean Koontz

Amy Redwing has dedicated her life to the southern California organization she founded to rescue abandoned and endangered golden retrievers. No one is surprised when Amy risks her life to save Nickie, nor when she takes the female golden into her home. The bond between Amy and Nickie is immediate and uncanny. Even her two other goldens, Fred and Ethel, recognize Nickie as special, a natural alpha. But the instant joy Nickie brings is shadowed by a series of eerie, ominous, and invasive incidents.

 

F Lah   Glorious Appearing. Tim LaHaye

The Tribulation Force, having survived on Earth during the nearly seven-year reign of the Antichrist, begin looking to the heavens for the predicted reappearance of Christ, while the Antichrist readies his armies for what he believes will be his final triumph.

 

F Leg   Gifts.  Ursula K. LeGuin

When a young man in the Uplands blinds himself rather than use his gift of "unmaking"--a violent talent shared by members of his family--he upsets the balance of power among rival families, each of which has a deadly talent of its own.

 

F Leg   Powers. Ursula K. LeGuin

When young Gavir's sister is brutally killed, he escapes from slavery and sets out to explore the world and his own psychic abilities.

 

F Len   Chicks with Sticks (It’s a Purl Thing). Elizabeth Lenhard

Four teenage girls from very different social cliques at their progressive Chicago high school become friends after forming a knitting club.

 

F Len   Chicks with Sticks (Knit Two Together). Elizabeth Lenhard

Chicago high-school juniors Scottie, Amanda, Tay, and Bella, rely on their friendship and their shared passion for knitting to help them as they navigate their relationships with boys.

 

F Len   Chicks with Sticks (KnitWise). Elizabeth Lenhard

The stress of college applications, debutante balls, and long-distance boyfriends tests the friendship between four very different Chicago teens who were brought together through their love of knitting.

 

F Lup   Big Slick. Luper

Unable to resist the lure of poker but reluctant to admit his addiction, sixteen-year-old Andrew, a talented player who relies on his mathematical skills to plan game strategy, risks friendship and his parents' trust as he begins to take money from his father's business to finance his secret gambling activities.

 

F Lur    Brothers, Boyfriends, & Other Criminals. April Lurie

While living on the same block as several members of the Mafia does have the advantage of a lower crime rate, fourteen-year-old April and her brother find there are times when it is also a major disadvantage.

 

F Mcc  Bang. Norah McClintock

Quentin is worried about his best friend JD, who has taken to increasingly dangerous behavior, but when the two are involved in a robbery and JD shoots a witness, Quentin is the one that the police suspect.

F Mal   The Declaration. Gemma Malley

In 2140 England, where drugs enable people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house servant, discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.

 

F Mey  Duchessina.     Carolyn Meyer

While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de Medici is raised in convents, then in 1533, when she is fourteen, her uncle, Pope Clement VII, arranges for her marriage to prince Henri of France, who is destined to become king.

 

F Mor  The Snows. Sharelle Byers Moranville

With the thread of family that connects them through the generations, Jim born in 1931, Cathy in 1942, Jill in 1969, and Mona in 2006 each find "sixteen" to be the pivotal age in their lives.

 

F Nap  Hush: An Irish Princess’ Tale. Donna Jo Napoli

Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility that she is enchanted.

 

F Noe             Kiss & Blog. Alyson Noël

Having made a pact to help each other not go unnoticed in their sophomore year, Winter, dismayed at how quickly her once, best friend Sloane forgets her promise when she is noticed by the "cool girls," vows to take revenge.

 

F Pra    A Hat Full of Sky. Terry Pratchett

Tiffany Aching, a young witch-in-training, learns about magic and responsibility as she battles a disembodied monster with the assistance of the six-inch-high Wee Free Men and Mistress Weatherwax, the greatest witch in the world.

 

F Pri     Lizard People. Charlie Price

While visiting his mentally ill mother at a psychiatric hospital, high school junior Ben Mander starts talking to a young man who claims that he travels back and forth between the present and the year 4000, searching for a cure for mental illness.

 

F Rex   The True Meaning of Smekday. Adam Rex

Twelve-year-old Gratuity Tucci has a hard time writing an essay on "The True Meaning of Smekday" due to her complex life after Earth was overtaken by aliens and her mother was kidnapped and taken to Happy Mouse Kingdom in Florida.

 

F Ros   Every Crooked Pot. Renee Rosen

Nina Goldman, growing up in Akron, Ohio, in the 1970s, struggles to overcome the feelings of inferiority caused by the birth mark that covers one of her eyes but she is helped along by her loving mom and larger-than-life father, and when a treatment is found that could remove the mark, Nina is conflicted about whether to go forward.

 

F Sch   Vampire Kisses 2: Kissing Coffins. Ellen Schreiber

Sixteen-year-old Raven, a vampire-obsessed goth girl, searches for her true love, Alexander, who she has learned is a real vampire.

 

F Sch   Vampire Kisses 3: Vampireville. Ellen Schreiber

As teen vampire twins Luna and Jagger try to trick a high school soccer star into bonding with Luna for eternity, sixteen-year-old goth girl Raven Madison and her vampire boyfriend, Alexander, strive to save him.

 

F She   Pretty Little Liars. Sara Shepard

When one of their tightly-knit group mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything about their past and present secrets.

 

F She   Flawless. Sara Shepard

After their friend who has been missing for more than three years turns up dead, four former best friends continue to receive frightening messages from someone who knows damaging secrets about them.

 

F She   Perfect. Sara Shepard

After their missing friend's body is found and another of their friends commits suicide, four former best friends live in fear of their secrets being exposed by someone who is stalking them via their cell phones.

 

F Sme  The Trap. John Smelcer

In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-old Johnny Least-Weasel, who is better known for brains than brawn, worries about his missing grandfather, and the grandfather, Albert Least-Weasel, struggles to survive, caught in his own steel trap in the Alaskan winter.

 

F Son   What My Mother Doesn’t Know. Sonya Sones

Sophie describes her relationships with a series of boys as she searches for Mr. Right.

 

F Str    Mob Princess: For Money and Love. Todd Strasser

As a member of a mobster family, Kate feels guiltless in the role that she plays to help keep her family fortune flowing, but when her mother decides to leave and the family faces ruin, Kate must figure out how to preserve their comfortable, albeit illegal, way of life.

 

F Tan   The Ocean in the Closet. Yuko Taniguchi

Nine-year-old Helen Johnson seeks help from her great-uncle Hideo in the Japanese town of Kamakura, in order to help her mother deal with lives that had been separated by war.

 

F Tra    Lost It. Kristen Tracy

As if dealing with her best friend's plot to destroy a poodle and considering losing her virginity to her boyfriend wasn't enough, now Tess Whistle has to find her bearings in a new community when her family moves to a survivalist camp in Utah .

 

F Tul    The Darwin Expedition. Tullson

When an accident leaves Tej and Liam stranded in the wilderness, they must survive the elements, and the bear that is chasing them, long enough to get back to civilization.

 

F Tur    The Gladiator. Harry Turtledove.

An alternate history novel in which the Soviet Union has won the Cold War and communism has spread around the world and teens Gianfranco and Annarita struggle to escape the tightly watched command economy they live in.

 

F Wat  Quad. C.G. Watson

Interweaves the stories of Muir High School's various groups of students--from the "jocks" to the "drama queens"--as they clash over everything from cheating on tests to cheating in relationships, with the ultimate clash that comes when one student reaches the breaking point.

 

F Wei   Converting Kate. Beckie Weinheimer

After moving from Arizona to Maine, sixteen-year-old Kate tries to recover from her father's death as she resists her mother's dogmatic religious beliefs and attempts to find a new direction to her life.

 

F Wil    It Chicks. Tia Williams

Centering around a prestigious performing arts school in New York City, students Tangie, Skye, Eden, Trey, C.J., Izzy, and Regina learn valuable lessons in love, friendship, fame, and fortune.

 

F Woo   Hush. Jacqueline Woodson

Twelve-year-old Toswiah finds her life changed when her family enters the witness protection program.

 

SC Cru  Athletic Shorts. Chris Crutcher

A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by Chris Crutcher.

 

SC Hor  More Horowitz Horror. Anthony Horowitz

From the creator of the blockbuster Alex Rider Adventures and the Diamond Brothers Mysteries comes eight more fantastically frightening tales in this follow-up to "Horowitz Horror."

 

SC Joc    First Times. Marthe Jocelyn

Collects fourteen short stories by Canadian and American authors in which young people undergo their first experiences of various activities, from working as a caddy to falling in love.

 

SC Lan  Red Spikes. Margo Lanagan

The meaning of life and the definition of what it means to be human is captured in a collection of intense short stories set in distant worlds.

 

SC Mos Cowboy Stories. Moser

A collection of stories about cowboys of the Old West features stories by Louis L'Amour, O. Henry, Annie Proulx, Elmore Leonard, and Dorothy M. Johnson.

 

SC Oat            The Museum of Dr. Moses. Joyce Carol Oates

A collection of ten short stories of mystery and suspense by American author Joyce Carol Oates.

 

SC Pro Prom Nights from Hell. Meg Cabot

Contains five stories of prom nights populated by vampires, demons, and the grim reaper, including selections by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephenie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle.

 

SC Shu Darkness Creeping. Neal Shusterman

A collection of scary tales, including being trapped forever in someone else's nightmare, and being caught on one of the most terrifying roller coaster rides when the tracks ahead disappear.

 

SC Sti  101 Ways to Dance. Kathy Stinson

Presents fourteen short stories about high school students, from teenage boys who hitch a ride for a "good time" to a girl who wants to turn a friendship into something more.

 

 

155.9 Nap       Girl in a Funk. Tanya Napier

Describes various ways of handling stress in certain situations, including taking baths, practicing yoga, and drinking chamomile tea.

 

296 Kes           What do Jews Believe? The Customs and Culture of Modern Judaism. Edward Kessler

Investigates the roots of Judaism, considers the role of Jews in world history, looks at the variety of ways in which religious and secular Jews live, discusses the Zionist movement and the clash between Israel and its Palestinian and Arab neighbors, and includes a glossary of terms, and a calendar of Jewish festivals.

 

297 Sar            What do Muslims Believe? The Roots and Realities of Modern Islam. Ziauddin Sardar

Explains what it means to be a Muslim, looks at the history of Islam, and explains what Muslims believe, their rituals and traditions, the key concepts of the faith, the origins of Muslim terrorism, and future directions.

 

305.409 Gou    Flappers and the New American Woman: Perceptions of Women from 1918 through the 1920s. Volume 2 Catherine Gourley

Images and issues of women in the Twentieth Century

Looks at the role of women in postwar America, discussing the common perceptions of women at the time--including flappers and housewives--and illustrating how they were reflected in the magazines, catalogs, and films of the time.

 

305.409 Gou    Gibson Girls and Suffragists: Perceptions of Women from 1900 to 1918. Volume 1      Catherine Gourley

Images and issues of women in the Twentieth Century

Looks at the roles of American women at the turn of the century as seen in the stereotypes of the sophisticated and fashionable Gibson girl and the strong-minded suffragists and illustrates how they were reflected in the magazines, television shows, and films of the time.

 

305.409 Gou    Rosie and Mrs. America : Perceptions of Women in the 1930s and 1940s. Volume 3 Catherine Gourley

Images and Issues of Women in the Twentieth Century

Looks at the roles of American women in the 1930s and 1940s seen in the stereotypes of the strong, patriotic "Rosie the Riveter" and the frugal homemaker "Mrs. America" and illustrates how they were reflected in the magazines, catalogs, and films of the time.

 

305.48 Kiv       Women of Courage: Intimate Stories from Afghanistan. Katherine Kiviat

Photographs and interviews from a number of women in Afghanistan whose lives have been altered since the fall of the Taliban.

 

305.9 Bay        Through Deaf Eyes. Douglas C. Baynton

Chronicles nearly 200 years of deaf history in America, and contains over 200 photographs and information from the archives of Gallaudet University.

 

332.024 Arr     Financial Success for Young Adults and Recent Graduates. Janet C. Arrowood

A financial planning and money-management guide for young adults between the ages of sixteen and twenty-five that offers an overview of effective money-management techniques, advice on using credit, and tips for saving for college and retirement.

 

362.28 Nel       The Power to Prevent Suicide: A Guide for Teens Helping Teens. Richard E. Nelson

Provides information about teen suicide, describes the warning signs and the situations in which people are most likely to be at risk, and provides advice and information on how to help people considering suicide.

 

362.73 Rho      Three Little Words. Ashley Rhodes-Courter

Ashley Rhodes-Courter provides an account of her life, focusing on the nine years she spent in Florida's foster care system after being removed from her mother at the age of three, and explaining how her life changed after she was adopted.

 

363.25 Rai       Hair, Clothing, and Tire Track Evidence. Kenneth G. Rainis

Teaches about forensic science through eight crime cases matched with step-by-step projects that explore impression casts, weave patterns, hair and fiber analysis, paint chip analysis, and other scientific investigatory techniques.

 

363.25 Rai       Fingerprints: Crime-Solving Science Experiments. Kenneth G. Rainis

Readers curious about how forensic scientists analyze crime scene materials can learn from these collections of case studies, background information, and projects that illustrate major concepts. Activities such as taking fingerprints and examining the microscopic characteristics of human hair require careful preparation and attention to detailed instructions. Photographs and diagrams help explain the science and procedures.

 

363.7 Rev        The North Pole Was Here. Andrew C. Revkin

An environmental reporter recounts his expedition to the North Pole, where he followed oceanographers as they drilled through nine feet of ice to dive into the frigid waters and delved into the mysteries of climate modeling and global warming.

 

364.106 Ven    Gang Leader for a Day. Sudhir Venkatesh

The story of a young sociologist who embedded himself in a Chicago crack-dealing gang, first told in Freakonomics, captured the world’s attention.  Gang Leader for a Day is the fascinating full story of how the author gained entrée into the gang and went on to witness-and sometimes participate in-the sorts of events that have rarely been described in print. 

 

364.152 Yan    The Case of the Green River Killer. Diane Yancy

Describes the investigation and prosecution of the Green River serial murderer in Washington State.

 

370.917 Woo  Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur’s Odyssey to Educate the World’s Children. John Wood

John Wood, former Microsoft leader, explains why he left his powerful position in the company to help improve the educations of Nepalese children and shares what he learned about life, ambition, and faith during his experiences.

 

610 Law          Complementary and Alternative Medicine Information for Teens. Sandra Augustyn Lawton

Provides basic consumer health information for teens on non-traditional medicine and therapies. Includes index and resource information.

 

615 Phe           Killing Germs, Saving Lives: The Quest for the First Vaccines. 

Describes the development of vaccines and the important contributions by such scientists as Edward Jenner, Louis Pasteur, and Joseph Lister to make the world a safer and cleaner place.

 

616.89 Sny      Me, Myself, and Them: A Firsthand Account of One Young Peron’s Experience with Schizophrenia . Snyder

First hand account of Kurt Snyders experiences with schizophrenia. He developed schizophrenia over a 10 year period beginning at age 18. The book provides solid information about the condition and its treatment in plain English.

781 Lev         This is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. Daniel J. Levitin

Examines the psychological effects music has on people, investigating its role in human evolution, its effects on emotions, and how musical preferences and expertise are formed.

 

812 Ell             More Scenes and Monologs from the Best New Plays. Ellis

Presents twenty-five monologues for men and women actors along with twelve scenes for two women, ten for one man and one woman, and four for two men, and includes nineteen studio and individual exercises.

 

921 Oba          Political Profiles: Barack Obama. Sapet

Profiles the life and achievements of Barack Obama, discussing his childhood, family, education, influences, work with public housing in Chicago, visit to Kenya, marriage, and political career.

 

956.04 Ham     War in the Middle East. Hampton

A documentary containing the author's experiences covering these two pivotal wars offering readers a portrait of major world events.

 

973.4 Ell          Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation. Joseph J. Ellis

Profiles the intertwined lives of seven of America 's founding fathers, including John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington.

 

741.5 Gib         Thunderbolt Jaxon. Gibbons

Jack, Billy, and Saf discover mystical fourth century relics that release the Norse Gods from limbo, re-starting an ancient war that threatens the future of an innocent village and its residents.

741.5 Hin         Beowulf. Hinds

Presents a graphic novel adaptation of the Old English epic poem, "Beowulf," in which a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.

 

741.5 Joo         Shaman Warrior: Volume 1. Park Joong-Ki

Master wizard Yarong and his faithful servant Batu are sent to remote desert wastelands on a grave mission from their king. These two mysterious warriors have yet to realize that a whirlwind of political movements and secret plots will change their lives forever. When Yarong is mortally injured, Batu must fulfill his promise to leave Yarong's side to protect his master's child. As Batu seeks to find and hide the infant, Yarong reveals another secret to those who have tracked him down to finish him off--the deadly, hidden power of a Shaman Warrior.

 

741.5 Joo         Shaman Warrior: Volume 5. Park Joong-Ki

Yaki strives to survive in a nightmarish, desert training camp for assassins, years after being left there by Batu and Genji. Yaki is the daughter of Kugai’s former military commander, Yarong, a powerful shaman Warrior who was betrayed by a king envious of this mystical strength. Batu returns to Kugai to search for the man who killed Yarong- the heartless Death Lord Yuda. After being reunited with the young Shaman Warrior Horakaan, Batu also plots to bring the rulers of Kugai to their knees.

 

741.5 Kim        Good As Lily. Derek Kirk Kim & Jesse Hamm

A strange mishap on her eighteenth birthday causes Grace Kwon to be confronted with herself at three different periods in her life--ages six, twenty-nine, and seventy--while she and her friends struggle to save a crumbling school play.

 

741.5 Kud       Mai The Psychic Girl: Perfect Collection. Kazuya Kudo

A graphic novel in which Mai, a young girl with psychic powers, becomes involved with a sinister organization that wants to use her powers to enslave the world.

 

741.5 Tan        Pearl Pink. Meca Tanaka

Klutzy but sweet Tamako develops a crush on no-nonsense Kanji and tries hard to get him to return her feelings, but as Tamako's mother is the top actress at Kanji's father's talent agency, Tamako must conceal her identity to help her mother save face.