332.014 High School Money Book Silver, Don
SIL A guide to personal finances
for high schoolers that covers daily spending, shopping debt and credit, giving
to others, preparing for college, banking, investing, earning, and more.
333.79 Energy: Powering the Past, Present and Future Casper,
Julie Kerr
CAS An overview of the history of energy,
renewable and non-renewable resources, energy development as well as information
on management and conservation.
339.4 Poverty Senker, Cath
SEN Presents a brief study of the causes
of poverty around the world and the efforts by the U.N. to fund aid programs
and provide education and basic needs to countries with the most severe problems.
362.196 The Obesity Epidemic Miller, Michaela
MIL Examines the rise in obesity around
the world, how patterns of obesity form during childhood, health risks associated
with obesity, and various programs that help people to lose weight.
537 Electricity and Magnetism Kirkland,
Kyle
KIR Examines how electricity and magnetism
effect one's life, discussing lightening circuits, magnetic resonance imaging,
metal detectors, blackouts, computers, compact discs, and other related topics.
551.55 Hurricane Force Trester, Joseph
B.
TRE Describes how violent storms and
hurricanes are formed and notes some of history's greatest storms to hit the
U.S. such as Hurricane Katrina.
630 Agriculture Casper,
Julie Kerr
CAS A comprehensive introduction to U.S.
agricultural practices that covers the history of American farming, with tables,
diagrams, a glossary, and a detailed chronology.
808.81 Faith & Doubt
FAI A collection of poems from around the
world in which the authors speak to issues of faith and doubt.
92 Political Profiles:
Rudy Giuliani Sharp, Anna Layton
GIU Chronicles the life of New York City Mayor
Rudy Giuliani, discussing his parents, marriages, start in politics, and handling
of the September 11 attacks.
92 Donovan McNabb Robinson,
Tom
MCN Examines the life and career of Donovan McNabb and discusses
his many injuries and his charity work.
92 Political Profiles Sapet,
Karrily
OBA 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.
FIC Confessions Brian, Kate
BRI Reed Brennan is sure her boyfriend, Josh Hollis,
is not responsible for her ex-boyfriend Thomas Pearson's death and vows to find
a way to clear Josh's name and track down the real killer.
FIC Bloodsong Burgess, Melvin
BUR As the only remaining member of the Volson clan, 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.
FIC Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List Cohn,
Rachel
COH 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 NYU.
FIC Deadline Crutcher, Chris
CRU Given the medical diagnosis of one year to live, Ben decides
to fulfill his greatest fantasies, ponders his life's purpose and legacy, and
converses through dreams with a spiritual guide knows as "Hey-Soos."
FIC Double Dutch Draper, Sharon M.
DRA Three friends, preparing for the International Double Dutch Championship
competition in their hometown of Cincinnati, cope with Randy's missing father,
Delia's inability to read, and Yoyo's encounter with the class bullies.
FIC Disenchanted Princess Linker, Julie
LIN West Deschanel is forced out of her pampered life in L.A. to
live with family in Possum Grape, Arkansas, after her father is arrested in
a Hollywood scandal, leaving West to start over without the perks of her high-class
life.
FIC Red Glass Reasu, Laura
RES Sophie has been frail and delicate since her premature birth,
but discovers her true strength during a journey through Mexico, where her would-be
boyfriend hopes to find his mother and plans to remain.
FIC Candyfloss Wilson, Jacqueline
WIL When her mother plans to move to Australia with her new husband
and baby, Floss must decide whether her loyalties lie with her mother or her
father, while at the same time, her best friend begins to make fun of her and
reject her.