New Books May 2008
Fiction & Story Collection
F Adl Cherry Heaven. L.J. Adlington
Kat and Tanka J leave the war-torn city, move with their adoptive parents to the New Frontier, and are soon settled into a home called Cherry Heaven, but Luka, an escaped factory worker, confirms their suspicion that New Frontier is not the utopia it seems to be.
F Blo Taken. Edward Bloor
In 2036 kidnapping rich children has become an industry, but when thirteen-year-old Charity Meyers is taken and held for ransom, she soon discovers that this particular kidnapping is not what it seems.
F Cab Princess Mia. Meg Cabot
While Mia tries to get over breaking up with her boyfriend, she discovers a diary kept by a former princess of Genovia from the 1600s, the contents of which could change the fate of her country forever.
F Cra Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy. Ally Carter
When the Gallagher Academy, a secret spy school for girls, hosts male guests from Knowlton-Hale, Cammie is blamed for a series of security breaches that forces her to clear her name while trying to deny her attraction to an incorrigible hottie named Zach.
F Des Just Listen. Sarah Dessen
Isolated from friends who believe the worst because she has not been truthful with them, sixteen-year-old Annabel finds an ally in classmate Owen, whose honesty and passion for music help her to face and share what really happened at the end-of-the-year party that changed her life.
F Dra Copper Sun. Sharon Draper
Two fifteen-year-old girls--one a slave and the other an indentured servant--escape their Carolina plantation and try to make their way to Fort Moses, Florida, a Spanish colony that gives sanctuary to slaves.
F Dur Winter War. William Durbin
When Russian troops invade Finland during the winter of 1939-40, Marko, a young polio victim determined to keep his homeland free, joins the Finnish Army as a messenger boy.
F Edw Go Figure. Jo Edwards
Ryan, an overweight girl, intends to make something of her senior year by taking up photography, which just might help her see herself in a whole different light.
F Her Suckerpunch. David Hernandez
Shy, seventeen-year-old Marcus and his sixteen-year-old brother, Enrique, accompanied by two friends, drive from their home in southern California to Monterey to confront the abusive father who walked out a year earlier, and who now wants to return home.
F Jac The Haunting of Hill House. Shirley Jackson
Four seekers look for haunting evidence at the abandoned old mansion called Hill House. Their stay begins as a spooky encounter, but the house is gathering its powers and will choose one of them to make its own.
F Kos Epic. Conor Kostick
On New Earth, a world based on a video role-playing game, fourteen-year-old Erik pursuades his friends to aid him in some unusual gambits in order to save Erik's father from exile and safeguard the futures of each of their families.
F Kri Fallout. Trudy Krisher
The move of an unconventional Hollywood family to a coastal North Carolina town in the early 1950s results not only in an unlikely friendship between high school age Genevieve and newcomer Brenda but also in a challenge to traditional ways of thinking.
F Lec Absolute Brightness. James Lecesne
In the beach town of Neptune, New Jersey, Phoebe's life is changed irrevocably when her gay cousin moves into her house and soon goes missing.
F Lim Girl, Barely 15, Flirting for England. Sue Limb
When her family agrees to take in a French exchange student, Jess Jordan finds herself in a terrible dilemma as her new houseguest starts to fall for her and her best friend, Fred, refuses to take the part of being her fake boyfriend as seriously as she wishes he would.
F Maz The Missing Girl. Norma Fox Mazer
In Mallory, New York, as five sisters, aged eleven to seventeen, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best.
F McD Prey. Lurlene McDaniel
Told from their separate points of view, fifteen-year-old Ryan has a secret affair with his thirty-three-year-old history teacher at an Atlanta high school, and his best friend Honey becomes determined to uncover the reason he is increasingly distant.
F Mce Atonement. Ian McEwan
Imaginative thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, misinterpreting a scene between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, the housekeeper's son, later accuses Robbie of a crime she has no proof he committed and spends years trying to atone for her actions.
F Mey The Host Stephenie Meyer
A member of a species that takes over the minds of human bodies, Wanderer is unable to disregard his host's love for a man in hiding, a situation that forces both possessor and host to become unwilling allies.
F Mit Cage of Stars. Jacquelyn Mitchard.
Veronica Swan, a sixteen-year-old Mormon, attempts to avenge the deaths of her younger sisters, who were brutally killed four years before by a deranged man her parents have forgiven.
F Mur The Perfect Man. Naeem Murr
The closeness of five friends growing up in 1950s Pisgah, Missouri--including Rajiv Travers, a boy born to a East Indian mother and English father, abandoned by his family, and adopted by the American romance writer his uncle left behind by suicide--is threatened when a love triangle develops within their group and the dark secrets of Pisgah's residents emerge.
F Mye What They Found: Love on 145 th Street. Walter Dean Myers
Fifteen interrelated stories explore different aspects of love, such as a dying father's determination to help start a family business--a beauty salon--and the relationship of two teens who plan to remain celibate until they marry.
F Mye Sunrise Over Fallujah. Walter Dean Myers
Robin Perry, from Harlem, is sent to Iraq in 2003 as a member of the Civilian Affairs Battalion, and his time there profoundly changes him.
F Oco Dangerous Admissions. Jane O’Connor
Copyeditor Miranda Bookman gets fired from her job and is forced to take a job as a tour guide at the Chapel School where her children attend; but when the Director of College Admissions turns up dead and Miranda's son, Nate, becomes the prime suspect, Miranda sets out to find the real killer and free her son.
F Pat School’s Out-Forever. James Patterson
After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants to or not. Maximum Ride series.
F Pic Change of Heart. Jodi Picoult
June Nealon's life is shattered when Shay Bourne murders her husband and daughter, but when her eleven-year-old daughter, Claire, needs a heart transplant, Bourne decides that his only chance at redemption is to give Claire his heart after he is put to death, leaving June to decide if she wants to let the man who destroyed her life save her daughter's.
F Plu Finding Daddy. Louise Plummer
Just before her sixteenth birthday, Mira finally tracks down the father she has never known, but a few days before meeting him--without her mother's or grandmother's knowledge--someone breaks into her home, beginning an escalating series of crimes.
F Por Hick. Andrea Portes
Tired of going hungry while her parents get drunk and fight, thirteen-year-old Luli, who has just discovered the power of her sexuality, leaves Palmyra, Nebraska, for Las Vegas, Nevada, to find a "sugar daddy," and soon meets two grifters who use her while teaching her how to get by.
F Sch Trouble. Gary D. Schmidt
Fourteen-year-old Henry, wishing to honor his brother Franklin's dying wish, sets out to hike Maine's Mount Katahdin with his best friend and dog. But fate adds another companion--the Cambodian refugee accused of fatally injuring Franklin--and reveals troubles that predate the accident.
F Sha Safe. Susan Shaw
When thirteen-year-old Tracy, whose mother died when she was three years old, is raped and beaten on the last day of school, all her feelings of security disappear and she does not know how to cope with the fear and dread that engulf her.
F Sin Gem X. Nicky Singer
Sixteen-year-old Maxo Strang, the most perfect human ever made, suddenly discovers a "crack" in his face, which leads him to expose his community's dark underworld of secret scientific research and the city's corrupt supreme leader.
F Spe Saving Grace. Katherine Spencer
After her brother's death, Grace has difficulty finding meaning in her life and begins to get into various kinds of trouble, until a mysterious new girl at school helps her find her way back to family, old friends, and even God.
F Spe More Than Friends: A Saving Grace Novel. Katherine Spencer
Grace Stanley has finally started putting the pieces of her life back together after her brother's death, with a new job and a new relationship with her brother's best friend, but she soon learns that old habits die hard and sometimes it is necessary to lean on others for support.
F Stj Freak Show. James St. James
Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack, Christianity expressed as persecution, and the loss of his only real friend when he could no longer keep his crush under wraps, seventeen-year-old Billy Bloom, a drag queen, decides the only to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite, private school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
F Swa Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story. Leonie Swann
A flock of sheep living on a hillside near the Irish village of Glennkill, regularly exposed to literature by their shepherd George, feel well-equipped to investigate murder after they find George dead--pinned to the ground with a spade.
F Tra Crimes of the Sarahs. Kristen Tracy
After Sarah Trestle botches a simple shoplifting attempt, she is worried that she will get kicked out of her clique of friends, which is made up of three other girls named Sarah whose main summer activities are volunteer work and the occasional petty crime.
F Wel Red Moon at Sharpsburg. Rosemary Wells
Finding courage she never thought she had, a young Southern girl musters the strength and wit to survive the ravages of the Civil War and keep her family together through it all.
F Whi Long May She Reign. Ellen Emerson White
Meg Powers, daughter of the president of the United States, is recovering from a brutal kidnapping, and in an effort to deal with her horrific experience and her anger at her mother--the president--for not negotiating for her release, Meg decides to go away for her second semester of college, where she encounters even more challenges.
F Yoo Good Enough. Paula Yoo
A Korean American teenager tries to please her parents by getting into an Ivy League college, but a new guy in school and her love of the violin tempt her in new directions.
F Zar Story of a Girl. Sara Zarr
In the three years since her father caught her in the back seat of a car with an older boy, sixteen-year-old Deanna's life at home and school has been a nightmare, but while dreaming of escaping with her brother and his family, she discovers the power of forgiveness.
F Zar Sweethearts. Sara Zarr
After losing her soul mate, Cameron, when they were nine, Jennifer, now seventeen, transformed herself from the unpopular fat girl into the beautiful and popular Jenna, but Cameron's unexpected return dredges up memories that cause both social and emotional turmoil.
F Zie How Not to be Popular. Jennifer Ziegler
Seventeen-year-old Sugar Magnolia Dempsey is tired of leaving friends behind every time her hippie parents decide to move, but her plan to be unpopular at her new Austin, Texas, school backfires when other students join her on the path to "supreme dorkdom."
SC Hil 20 th Century Ghosts. Joe Hill
A collection of fifteen original ghost stories by award-winning author Joe Hill, son of authors Stephen King and Tabitha King.
Non Fiction
174.2 Usc The Tuskegee Experiments: Forty Years of Medical Racism Michael V. Uschan
Examines the forty-year study by the federal government in the treatment of syphilis in African-American males conducted at the Tuskegee Institute that eventually killed many of the four hundred infected men.
200 Bre Religions of the World: the Illustrated Guide to Origins, Beliefs, Traditions & Festivals. Elizabeth Breuilly
Presents full-color illustrated photographs that describe the various religions of the world, and features beliefs, traditions, festivals, and practices of major faiths and the differences between them.
201 Dav Don’t Know Much About Mythology. Kenneth C. Davis
Contains an introduction to world mythology, presented in a question and answer format, and including time lines that cover the development of human culture.
305.235 Ste Teen Life in Europe. Shirley R. Steinberg
Contains profiles of the experiences of typical teenagers in twelve different European, countries, providing information on the history of the country, as well as family life, school, food, social life, recreation and entertainment, and religion.
305.4 Gru Women’s Lettes: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present. Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler
Presents a collection of over four hundred letters by American women, arranged chronologically, from the Revolutionary War to the present, including examples from ordinary people, writers, and politicians that paint a picture of American life.
305.4 Wil Women in the Middle Ages. Katharina Wilson
Contains over three hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the roles, experiences, and contributions of women in the medieval world, covering people and topics from the third to the fifteenth century, and includes illustrations and bibliographies. 2 volume set.
305.48 Rod Kabul Beauty School. Deborah Rodriguez
Hairdresser Deborah Rodriguez details her experiences in post-Taliban Afghanistan, discussing the opening of her beauty school and recalls the personal stories of various women who overcame obstacles to obtain an education in cosmetology.
306.875 Sch Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited. Elyse Schein and Paula Bernstein
Elyse had always known she was adopted, but it wasn't until her mid-thirties that she searched for her biological mother. She was not prepared for the life-changing news: she had an identical twin sister. Not only that: she and her sister, for a time, had been part of a secret study on separated twins. Paula also knew she was adopted, but had no inclination to find her birth mother. When she answered the phone one spring afternoon, her life suddenly changed. As they take their tentative first steps from strangers to sisters, Paula and Elyse are also left with haunting questions. As they investigate their birth mother's past, they begin to solve the puzzle of their lives. Interweaving eye-opening studies and statistics on twin science into their narrative, they offer an intelligent and heartfelt glimpse into human nature.--From publisher description.
R 333.7 Mag Enviornmental Issues in American History: A Reference Guide with Primary Documents. Chris J. Magoc
Presents an examination of a wide range of issues related to the environment in American history, including the control of water in early industrial America, wildlife conservation, the causes and consequences of the Dust Bowl, and more.
346.73 Sim Copyright Catechism: Practical Answers to Everyday School Dilemmas. Carol Simpson
Contains one hundred seventy-seven questions from educators facing copyright problems in schools along with practical applications and examples of copyright law involving print, online, multimedia, video, audio,and broadcast copyright dilemmas.
362.196 Tam Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant. Daniel Tammet
Daniel Tammett, one of only fifty living savants--autistic individuals who can perform astounding mental or artistic feats--explains in his memoir how his miraculous mind functions.
362.73 Hol The Orphan’s Nine Commandments. William Roger Holman
Recounts Roger Bechan's long journey through the Oklahoma orphanage system in the 1930s and 1940s, describing the unique characters he met, his troubled childhood, his feelings of abandonment, and other related topics.
363.4 Hil Defining Moments: Prohibition. Jeff Hill
Contains a selection of contemporary narratives and reminiscences that provide varying perspectives on the issue of prohibition in the United States, each with a short introduction.
363.73 Pre From The Bottom Up: One Man’s Crusade to Clean America’s Rivers. Chad Pregracke
Describes the efforts of Chad Pregracke, who took it upon himself to clean up the Mississippi River, and, with the help of others, founded Living Lands and Water, a not-for-profit organization based in East Moline, Illinois.
363.738 Dav The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming. Laurie David
Presents facts about global warming and its disastrous consequences, and suggests steps readers and their parents can take to help reverse the problem.
391 Dej The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafés, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour. Joan DeJean
Reveals how seventeenth-century French culture set the standards of sophistication, style, and glamour that still rule modern society.
398.2 Bru Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid. Jan Harold Brunvand
A collection of over ninety frightening urban legends, arranged by theme.
398.2 Geo Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow. Jessica Day George
A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.
520 Agu Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: A Visual Encyclopedia of Our Universe. David A. Aguilar
Combines text, illustrations, and photographs to provide a comprehensive guide to the planets, stars, and galaxies; discussing dwarf planets, developments in exploration, what it is like to live in space, the future of space travel, and other related topics, and includes star charts, moon maps, fact boxes, and diagrams.
609.3 Fag The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World. Brian M. Fagan
Tells the stories of seventy of the greatest inventions of the ancient world, from the Stone Age to the medieval era, including fire, pottery, textiles and weaving, furniture, irrigation, sailing vessels, board games, writing, and jewelry, and includes photographs and illustrations.
610 Dav We Beat The Street: How a Friendship Pact Led to Success. Drs. Sampson Davis, George Jenkins, and Rameck Hunt
Shares anecdotes from the childhoods, teen years, and young adult lives of three men from Newark, New Jersey, who made a pledge to each other in high school to stay safe from drugs, gangs, and crime, and work to become doctors--a goal they have successfully achieved.
613.2 Kol Rethinking Thin: The New Science of Weight Loss-and the Myths and Realities of Dieting. Gina Kolata
Challenges conventional wisdom about diets and weight loss, arguing that society's obsession with weight loss is not about being trim and healthy, but about money, power, and trends.
614.5 Osh Polio: An American Story. David M Oshinsky
Presents a comprehensive survey of the polio epidemic of the 1950s and the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, and describes the devastating results of the disease, methods of treatment, fund-raising efforts, and more.
616.85 Gra Skinny Boy: A Yount Man’s Battle and Triumph Over Anorexia. Gary A. Grahl
The author, now a counselor, describes the beginning of his compulsive exercise and starvation in his teens and chronicles his battle with anorexia, discussing his hospitalizations and therapy.
617.4 Dul My Lobotomy: A Memoir. Howard Dully and Charles Fleming
At twelve, Howard Dully was guilty of the same crimes as other boys his age: he was moody, messy, rambunctious, and perpetually at odds with his parents. Yet somehow, this normal boy became one of the youngest people on whom Dr. Walter Freeman performed his barbaric transorbital--or ice pick--lobotomy. Abandoned by his family within a year of the surgery, Howard spent his teen years in mental institutions, his twenties in jail, and his thirties in a bottle. It wasn't until his forties that Howard began to pull his life together. But he still struggled with one question: Why? Through his research, Howard met other lobotomy patients and their families, talked with one of Freeman's sons about his father's controversial life's work, and confronted his own father about his complicity. And, in the doctor's files, he finally came face to face with the truth.--From publisher description.
618.92 Ben Distorted: How A Mother and Daughter Unraveled the Truth, the Lies, and the Realities of an Eating Disorder. Lorri Antosz Benson and Taryn Leigh Benson
A mother and daughter detail their experiences coping with the daughter's eating disorder and address how the disorder affected their relationship and family as well as the recovery process.
618.92 Tay ADHD & Me: What I Learned from Lighting Fires at the Dinner Table. Blake E. S. Taylor
Teenager Blake Taylor chronicles his experiences with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder since the age of three, discussing his challenges and providing guidance for others.
641.5941 Col Taste: The Story of Britain Through Its Cooking. Kate Colquhoun
A comprehensive history of English cooking from the ancient Roman period to the end of the twentieth century.
741.5 Cro Graphic Auschwitz. Pascal Croci
Presents a graphic novel which follows the experiences of a husband and wife who survive their incarceration at the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, but lose their daughter.
808 Fra Other People’s Words: What Plagiarism Is and How to Avoid It. Barbara Francis
Presents an introduction to plagiarism, in simple text with illustrations, explaining what it is, why it is wrong, and how it can be avoided.
811 Nye Honeybee. Naomi Shihab Nye
A collection of poems and short prose pieces in which Naomi Shihab Nye reflects on the topics that are most important to people, including love, memories, war, and the planet.
900 Atl Atlas of Global Development: A Visual Guide to the World’s Greatest Challenges.
Provides statistics and overviews concerning the world's wealth, education, and sociopolitical conditions, discussing population trends, educational opportunities, and political involvement. Includes charts, graphs, and maps.
921 Lin Lincoln : A Life of Purpose and Power. Richard Carwardine
A biography of America's sixteenth president that follows Lincoln's life and political career, his White House years, his personal struggles during the Civil War, and his efforts to end slavery.
940.53 Ber The World Must Know: The History of the Holocaust as Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Michael Berenbaum
A collection of photographs, documents, and eyewitness testimonies of the Holocaust that are on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.
940.53 Hil I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree: A Memoir of a Schindler’s List Survivor. Laura Hillman
The author tells of her experiences in eight concentrations camps as a young Jewish woman in World War II Germany, and shares the story of how she and her husband met and fell in love in spite of their situation, and how they were saved by being put on the list to work at Oskar Schindler's factory.
940.53 Nic Cruel World: The Children of Europe in the Nazi Web. Lynn H. Nicholas
Describes the experiences of children living in Europe during the Nazi regime, focusing on the crimes against humanity that were carried out against innocent children during the years before and during World War II.
959.704 Bre Living Through the Vietnam War. Samuel Brenner
Presents a collection of essays and speeches by prominent figures such as Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Walter Cronkite, as well as letters from soldiers and their families about the issues and events connected to the Vietnam War.
959.704 Tra Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: An Extraordinary Diary of Courage from the Vietnam War. Dang Thuy Tram
An English translation of the diary of Dang Thuy Tram, a doctor who volunteered to serve in a Viet Cong battlefield hospital in the Quang Ngai Province during the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970, when she was killed by American forces. Includes notes, photographs, and an introduction by Frances FitzGerald.
973 Deb Debatable Issues in U.S. History
Presents profiles of fifty-eight issues in U.S. history spanning 1635-2000, such as the secession of the southern states and the internment of Japanese Americans, each comprising an overview, analysis of the pro and con arguments given on the issue at the time, and discussion of the issue's outcome, and includes sidebars, fact boxes, biographies, and document excerpts. 5 volume set.
973.3 Mur The Real Benedict Arnold. Jim Murphy
"Drawing on Arnold's surviving writings and on the letters, memoirs, and political documents of his contemporaries ... a fascinating portrait of a brilliant man, consistently undervalued by his peers, who made a choice that continues to reverberate through American history."
977.311 Zur Polish Chicago. Joseph W. Zurawski
Provides through text, photos and recipes a glimpse of the history of the hundreds of thousands of Poles who immigrated to Chicago during the past 150 years.