New Books - March 2008

332.024    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.

345.761    The Trial of the Scottsboro Boys Aretha, David
ARE         Explores how the unfair trials of African-American men, dubbed the Scottsboro boys, who were unjustly accused of raping and beating 2 white women in 1931, became a turning point in the civil rights movement and changed the American justice system for the better.

362.29     No Speed Limit Owen, Frank
OWE       Explores the problem of methamphetamine use in the U.S., commenting on the drug's popularity, why people of different backgrounds use it, how it is produced, the efforts by the government to stop its production and distribution, and other related issues.

363.738   Fight Global Warming Now McKibben, Bill
MCK      Explains how to take effective action to stop climate change, discussing how to organize in one's community, church, or college and covering such topics as online grassroots campaigns, high-profile events, and political pressure.

451.4      Chinese Brush Painting Self, Caroline
SEL        An introduction to the traditional Chinese art method of brush painting that offers step-by-step instructions for basic strokes.

821.008  The Poet's Corner 
POE       A collection of 50 poems selected by actor John Lithgow and suitable for the entire family.

973         Opposing Viewpoints in American History
OPP        Two volumes present a collection of controversial essays that debate various issues in American history from the colonial period to the present.

92          Genghis Khan Goldberg, Enid A.
GEN      A biography of 13th century Mongolian leader, Genghis Khan that describes his life & ruthless destruction of cities, villages and farms.

920        Yeah, Yeah, Yeah Spitz, Bob
SPI        A biography of the Beatles, and a look at Beatlemania and the music that changed the world.

FIC       Cherry Heaven Adlington, L.J.
ADL      Kat and Tanka J leave the war-torn city, move with their adoptive parents to the New Fronteir, 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.

FIC       Thirteen Reasons Why Asher, Jay
ASH     Clay Jenkins receives a box in the mail containing 7 cassette tapes recorded by his crush, Hannah Baker, who committed suicide, and spends a bewildering and heartbreaking night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice-recounting the events leading up to her death.

FIC       Conception Buckhanon, Kalisha
BUC     Shivana Montgomery, raised by a physically and verbally abusive single mother on the south side of Chicago, assumes her life will follow the same course as the other women she sees around her, but a visit from her beautiful and free-spirited Aunt Jewel, and a budding relationship with Rasul, lead her to hope for more, even after she accidentally becomes pregnant.

FIC       Thieves Till We Die Cole, Steven
COL     Teen geniuses, Jonah, Mohi, Con, Tye, and Patch, working for their mysterious benefactor, Coldhardt, are out to recover more stolen artifacts when one of their members is kidnapped, and they must add a rescue operation to the mission.

FIC       King of the Lost and Found Lekich, John
LEK     Geeky Raymond Dunne, who runs the schools lost-and-found booth, decides to climb the social ladder by teaming up with popular Jack Alexander and starting an underground club.

FIC       Freak Pixley, Marzella Fleischmann
PIX       Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.

FIC      The Missing Girl Mazer, Norma Fox
MAZ    In Mallory, NY, as 5 sisters from 11 to 17, deal with assorted problems, conflicts, fears, and yearnings, a mysterious middle-aged man watches them, fascinated, deciding which one he likes the best.

FIC      Birth of the Pack Popescu, Frank
POP    When Lily and her friends Nikki, Arielle, and Grazia start up a girls' soccer club at their South Pasadena high school and name their team the Weregirls, they soon discover some unusual things about themselves as they become drawn into the age-old struggle between good and evil.

FIC      The Hindi-Bindi Club Pradhan, Monica
PRA     As teens, first generation Americans Kiran, Preity, and Rani often scoffed at their mothers, who they dubbed the Hindi-Bindi Club, but as adults they come to realize that there may be some value to the "old school" ways.

FIC      The Wheel of Darkness Preston, Douglas J.
PRE     FBI agent Aloysios Pendergast and his ward, Constance Green, fall into a dangerous assignment at a remote Tibetan monastery when they are asked to recover a stolen relic with a deadly curse.

FIC      The 6 Sacred Stones Reilly, Matthew
REI      Soldier Jack West Jr. and his loyal team must travel to all corners of the earth in search of 6 fabled sacred stones, which are the only thing that can save the world from certain destruction.

FIC     The Redheaded Princess Rinaldi, Ann
RIN     In 1542, 9-year-old Lady Elizabeth lives on an estate near London, striving to get back into the good graces of her father, King Henry VIII, and as the years pass she faces his death and those of other close relatives until she finds herself next in line to ascend the throne of England in 1558.

FIC     My Mother the Cheerleader Sharenow, Rob
SHA   Louise uncovers secrets about her family and her neighborhood during the violent protests over school desegregation in 1960 New Orleans.


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