028.5 Dear Author
DEA Offers a collection of letters
from students to an assortment of authors about the impact of their work on
the lives of their readers, accompanied by the author's responses.
174 Bioethics Altman,
Linda Jacobs
ALT Presents an overview of
the issues surrounding the debate over biotechnology, discussing abortion, allocation
of medical resources, end-of-life issues and other related topics.
297 Islam Alkouatli,
Claire
ALK Provides an overview of the history
and origins, basic tenets and beliefs, organization, traditions, customs, rites,
societal and historical influences, and modern-day impact of Islam.
304.6 Genocide Springer,
Jane
SPR Examines the definition
of "genocide", the response of governments and the United Nations
to genocide and genocide prevention; and presents case histories.
304.8 Illegal Immigration Miller,
Debra A.
MIL Presents a concise overview
of issues associated with illegal immigration, and contains primary source quotes
and statistics on topics including the economic and social effects of illegal
immigration.
327.73 Empire Laxer, James
LAX Compares the United States to
the British, Roman, Chinese, Incan, and Aztec empires, examines how America
works and argues that empire building can ultimately threaten the health of
democracy.
346.04 The Little Book of Plagiarism Posner,
Richard A.
POS Explains plagiarism, discussing what
it is, why it happens, how it is detected, and what punishment plagiarists should
receive.
363.325 Suicide Bombers Miller, Debra A.
MIL Explores suicide bombers, discussing
their growing threat, what motivates them, how they are justified, and the costs
and prevention of suicide terror.
530 The Physics of Buffyverse Ouellette,
Jennifer
OUE The author uses examples from the TV
show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spin-off "Angel"
to explain complicated principles of biology, chemistry, and theoretical physics.
796.812 Four Days to Glory Kreidler, Mark
KRE Chronicles the efforts of 2 Iowa high
school seniors to become 4-time state wrestling champions and on to college
at Virginia Tech.
92 Kofi
Annan Meisler, Stanley
ANN A comprehensive biography of former U.N. secretary
General Kofi Annan that chronicles his life, education, and rise to international
prominence.
FIC The Secrets of Peaches Anderson,
Jodi Lynn
AND Three very different friends, Murphy, Leeda,
and Birdie, struggle to cope with the joys and sorrows of love, family, and
destiny as their friendship is tested beyond its limits.
FIC Twisted Anderson,
Laurie Halse
AND After finally getting noticed by someone other
than school bullies and his ever-angry father, Tyler enjoys his tough new reputation
and the attention of a popular girl, but when life starts to go bad again, he
must choose between transforming himself or giving in to his destructive thoughts.
FIC Dragon's Keep Carey,
Janet Leigh
CAR In 1145 A.D., as foretold by Merlin,
Rosalind, who will be the 21st Pendragon Queen of Wilde Island, has much to
accomplish to fulfill her destiny, while hiding from her people the dragon's
claw she was born with that reflects only one of her mother's dark secrets.
FIC Reckoning Caray,
Kate
CAR Mary Seward, back home following a terrifying
experience in Transylvania, continues to be plagued by fears and nightmares,
and when her father is stricken by a strange virus, she believes there is something
more sinister going on.
FIC Burning Bright Chevalier,
Tracy
CHE The Kellaway family, newly arrived in
London in 1792 where father Thomas has been offered work by circus entrepreneur
Philip Astley, discovers they are neighbors to famous printer, poet, and political
radical William Blake.
FIC Jacob's Ladder Keaney,
Brian
KEA Jacob, having awakened in an empty field remembering
nothing but his name, is taken to the nearby town of Locus where everything
is gray - the clothes, the food, and the landscape - where he meets others who
retain a spark of life, and enlists them in a quest to find the fabled Palace
of Remembrance.
FIC Dramarama Lockhart,
E.
LOC Spending their summer at Wildewood Academy, an elite
boarding school for the performing arts, tests the bond between Sadye and her
best friend Demi.
FIC Drawing the Ocean MacCullough,
Carolyn
MAC A gifted artist, Sadie is determined to fit in at her
new school, but her deceased twin brother Ollie keeps appearing to her.
FIC How It's Done MacLean,
Christine Kole
MAC Grace, raised in a fundamentalist home, makes a bid for
personal freedom by becoming involved with a much older college professor, and
soon learns she has traded in one kind of prison for another.
FIC Now You See Her Mitchard,
Jacquelyn
MIT Hope describes events leading her to agree to her
boyfriend's plan to stage her abduction, and the consequences for their relationship,
her family life, and her budding career as an actress.
FIC Story of a Girl Zarr,
Sara
ZAR During the summer after her sophomore year, Deanna
tries to come to terms with the reputation with which she was slapped in the
8th grade when she was caught by her father in the backseat of a car with a
high school senior, and struggles with her still-strained relationship with
her father and her changing feelings for her best friend Jason.