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.