Summer 2009
Selected titles for summer reading pleasure
Fiction |
Nonfiction |
Teens, Tweens and All Ages
Teens, Tweens and All Ages
Not all books are suitable for all readers. Parental oversight is advisable.
Teens | YA's
- Wintergirls
Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse
$ 17.99 ISBN: 9780670011100 Date: 2009
Booklist Kirkus PW SLJ Bulletin
Six years after Cassie and Lia resolved to become the skinniest girls in their school, Cassie dies. Unable to bear the sadness and guilt following Cassie's death, Lia spirals deeper into her own eating disorder. Elijah, the last person to see Cassie alive, helps Lia find the strength to face her own demons and enter recovery.
Updated 6.17.09
- The Awakening
Author: Armstrong, Kelley
$ 17.99 ISBN: 9780061662768 Date: 2009
Kirkus
In this follow-up to The Summoning, the first book in the Darkest Powers trilogy, "New York Times"-bestselling author Armstrong continues the thrilling adventures of a teenage necromancer and her supernatural friends.
Updated 6.18.09
- If I Stay
Author: Foreman, Gayle
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780525421030 Date: 2009
Booklist Kirkus PW
A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make, and the ultimate choice one teenage girl commands, this emotionally arresting novel is sure to captivate readers.
Updated 6.17.09
- The Reformed Vampire Support Group
Author: Jinks, Catherine
$ 17 ISBN: 9780152066093 Date: 2009
PW
Think vampires are romantic, sexy, and powerful? Vampires are dead. And unless they want to end up staked, they must stop fanging people, admit their addiction, and join a support group.
Updated 6.17.09
- Dope Sick
Author: Myers, Walter Dean
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780061214776 Date: 2009
PW SLJ
l J's broke and needs some cash. But a drug deal goes wrong, and now the cops are after him. Hiding and getting dope sick from his latest high, Lil J would do anything to change the last 24 hours. Maybe he can, in the new novel by "New York Times"-bestselling author Myers.
Updated 6.17.09
- In the Forest of Hands and Teeth
Author: Ryan, Carrie
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780385736817 Date: 2009
Bulletin SLJ
Mary lives in a small village governed by the religious Sisterhood and bordered with a fence to keep out the Unconsecrated--a horde of the undead. When the fence is breached and her world is thrown into chaos, she must choose between her village and her future--between the one she loves and the one who loves her.
Updated 6.17.09
- Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI
Author: Smithson, Ryan
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780061664687 Date: 2009
Kirkus SLJ
In a harrowing memoir about combat, friendship, fear, and a soldier's commitment to his country, Smithson brings teen readers inside a world that few understand, as he describes his experience as a 19-year-old Army engineer in Iraq.
Updated 6.18.09
- Marcelo in the Real World
Author: Stork, Francisco X.
$ 17.99 ISBN: 9780545054744 Date: 2009
Booklist Bulletin Horn Book Kirkus PW SLJ
Reminiscent of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in the intensity and purity of its voice, this extraordinary novel challenges the boundaries of autism. It is a love story, a legal drama, and a celebration of the music each of us hears inside.
Updated 6.17.09
- Heroes of the Valley
Author: Stroud, Jonathan
$ 17.99 ISBN: 9781423109662 Date: 2009
Booklist Horn Book PW SLJ
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of the Bartimaeus Trilogy comes an epic new adventure--a hero's saga as well as a surprising look at what bravery really means.
Updated 6.17.09
Tweens
- Anything But Typical
Author: Baskin, Nora Raleigh
$ 15.99 ISBN:9781416963783 Date: 2009
Booklist Bulletin Kirkus
An acclaimed writer delivers an eye-opening depiction of an autistic boy's daily life and lifelong struggles to exist in a neurotypical world, in a groundbreaking novel told from the boy's perspective.
Updated 6.17.09
- Happenstance Found: Books of Umber Trilogy #1
Author: Catanese, P.W.
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9781416975199 Date: 2009
Bulletin PW
Twelve-year-old Happenstance awakens in a cave with no memory of who he is or how he came to be there. Rescued by Lord Umber, a revered merchant and royal advisor, and his two companions, Hap and his acquaintances narrowly escape the cavernous underworld.
Updated 6.17.09
- The Booklyn Nine: A Novel in Nine Innings
Author: Gratz, Alan
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780803732247 Date: 2009
Booklist Bulletin
In nine innings, this novel tells the stories of nine successive Schneider kids and their connection to Brooklyn and baseball. As in all family histories and all baseball games, there is glory and heartache, triumph and sacrifice--and it ain't over till it's over.
Updated 6.17.09
- Emmaline and the Bunny
Author: Hannigan, Katherine
$ 14.99 ISBN: 9780061626548 Date: 2009
Booklist Kirkus
From the author of Ida B comes a witty novel about a young girl who lives in a town whose mayor insists all children be clean and quiet. Emmaline, however, is not clean, tidy, or quiet. And Emmaline wants a bunny for her birthday. Will the mayor's rules ruin her chance?
Updated 6.17.09
- Melonhead
Author: Kelly, Katy
$ 12.99 ISBN: 9780385734097 Date: 2009
Booklist PW
The first book in an all-new series introduces a 10-year-old boy named Adam Melon--also known as Melonhead. When he learns that his class is entering an invention fair, Melonhead and his friend Sam begin dreaming up plans.
Updated 6.17.09
- The Well Between the Worlds: Lyonesse Bk 1
Author: Llewellyn, Sam
$ 17.99 ISBN: 9780439934695 Date: 2009
Kirkus VOYA
Lyonesse is the land of legends and magic. It's the forgetten land where King Arthur once resided with Merlin and his Knights of the Round Table. But thousands of years after the great king walked this country, it has become a place of shadows, where men hunt and capture the monsters that lurk below in the dark depths of the sea. Lyonesse is slowly sinking, and it is up to one boy, Idris, to save his people and his land. Can he stand up to the forces of evil that aim to stop him?
Updated 6.18.09
- Birthdays
Author: Mass, Wendy
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780545052399 Date: 2009
Booklist PW
It's Amanda's 11th birthday and she is super excited -- after all, 11 is so different from 10. But from the start, everything goes wrong. The worst part of it all is that she and her best friend, Leo, with whom she's shared every birthday, are on the outs and this will be the first birthday they haven't shared together. When Amanda turns in for the night, glad to have her birthday behind her, she wakes up happy for a new day. Or is it? Her birthday seems to be repeating iself. What is going on?! And how can she fix it? Only time, friendship, and a little luck will tell. . .
Updated 6.17.09
- Whe Is Snot Green?: And Other Extremely Important Questions (And Answers)
Author: Murphy, Glenn
$ 9.95 ISBN: 9781596435001 Date: 2009
Kirkus
Sure a lot of kids want to grow up to be astronauts, but according to scientist Glenn Murphy, even MORE kids want to know what happens to astronaut farts. (Short answer: Not good things!) And they want to know: Why don't all fish die from lightening storms? Why haven't we all been sucked into a black hole? Do animals talk? Told in a back-and-forth conversational style, Why is Snot Green? presents science just the way kids want to learn it--with lots of laughter.
Updated 6.18.09
- The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P.Figg
Author: Philbrick, Rodman
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780439668187 Date: 2009
PW Bulletin
Master storyteller Rodman Philbrick takes readers on a colorful journey as young Homer Figg sets off to follow his brother into the thick of the Civil War. Through a series of fascinating events, Homer's older brother has been illegally sold to the Union Army. It is up to Homer to find him and save him. Along the way, he encounters strange but real people of that era: two tricksters who steal his money, a snake-oil salesman, a hot-air balloonist, and finally, the Maine regiment who saved Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg and won the war for the Union.
Updated 6.17.09
All Stars - All Ages
Wintergirls
Author: Anderson, Laurie Halse
$ 17.99 ISBN: 9780670011100 Date: 2009
Booklist Kirkus PW SLJ Bulletin
Six years after Cassie and Lia resolved to become the skinniest girls in their school, Cassie dies. Unable to bear the sadness and guilt following Cassie's death, Lia spirals deeper into her own eating disorder. Elijah, the last person to see Cassie alive, helps Lia find the strength to face her own demons and enter recovery.br />Updated 6.17.09
- If I Stay
Author: Foreman, Gayle
$ 16.99 ISBN: 9780525421030 Date: 2009
Booklist Kirkus PW
A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make, and the ultimate choices we make.
Updated 6.17.09
- Claudette Colvin: Towards Justice
Author: Hoose, Philip
$ 19.95 ISBN: 9780374313227 Date: 2009
Booklist Horn Book PW SLJ
Based on extensive interviews with Claudette Colvin and many others, Phillip Hoose presents the first in-depth account of an important yet largely unknown civil rights figure, skillfully weaving her dramatic story into the fabric of the historic Montgomery bus boycott and court case that would change the course of American history. - Publisher Marketing
Updated 6.17.09
- Burn My Heart
Author: Naidoo, Beverley
$ 15.99 ISBN: 9780061432972 Date: 2009
Booklist Kirkus SLJ
What does it mean to be loyal?
Mathew and Mugo, two boys--one white, one black--share an uneasy friendship in Kenya in the 1950s. They're friends even though Mathew's dad owns the land and everything on it. They're friends despite the difference in their skin color. And they're friends in the face of the growing Mau Mau rebellion, which threatens British settlers with violence as black Kenyans struggle to win back their land and freedom. But suspicions and accusations are escalating, and an act of betrayal could change everything.
Internationally acclaimed, award-winning author Beverley Naidoo explores the fragile bonds of friendship in this stunning novel about prejudice, fear, and the circumstances that bring people together--and tear them apart.
- Publisher Marketing
Updated 6.17.09
- When You Reach Me
Author: Stead, Rebecca
$ 15.95 ISBN: 9780385737425 Date: 2009
Booklist Kirkus PW
From the author of First Light comes this engaging novel in which four mysterious letters change a young girl's world forever.
Updated 6.17.09
- Marcelo in the Real World
Author: Stork, Francisco X.
$ 17.99 ISBN: 9780545054744 Date: 2009
Booklist Bulletin Horn Book Kirkus PW SLJ
Reminiscent of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timein the intensity and purity of its voice, this extraordinary novel challenges the boundaries of autism. It is a love story, a legal drama, and a celebration of the music each of us hears inside.
Updated 6.17.09
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