Bibliography

Bibliography
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
297 ALIKA
Ali-Karamali, Sumbul, 1964-. Growing up Muslim : understanding Islamic
beliefs and practices. 1st ed. Describes what is like to be a Muslim,
including what Muslims eat, how they pray, how they celebrate holidays,
and explains the history of Islam.
305.523 CHUA
Chua, Amy. The triple package : how three unlikely traits explain the rise and
fall of cultural groups in America.
Argues that an individual's superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse
control determine whether he will be successful in the United States.
305.569 BOO
Boo, Katherine. Behind the beautiful forevers. 1st ed.
Examines and provides real-life accounts of urban poor families living in
Bombay, India.
330 LEVIT
Levitt, Steven D. Freakonomics : a rogue economist explores the hidden side of
everything. 1st ed., Rev. and expanded ed.
The authors explore the economics of real-world issues often viewed as
insignificant, such as the extent to which the Roe v. Wade decision
affected violent crime, and examine hidden incentives behind all sorts of
human behavior.
576.83 RUTHE
Rutherford, Adam, Ph. D. Creation : how science is reinventing life itself.
"... Science writer Adam Rutherford shows how unprecedented advances
in our understanding of life have equipped us with the ability to create
entirely new life-forms: goats that produce spider silk in their milk,
bacteria that excrete diesel, genetic codes that identify and destroy cancer
cells. ..."
581.632 MABEY
Mabey, Richard, 1941-. Food for free. [New ed.].
Pocket-sized edition of Richard Mabey's guide to 100 edible plants,
berries, mushrooms, seaweed and shellfish.
629.454 NELSO
Nelson, Craig, 1955-. Rocket men : the epic story of the first men on the moon.
Chronicles the American space program's quest to put a man on the moon,
from the origins of the NASA program to the day the "Eagle" lunar
module landed on the moon, making Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong the
first humans to walk on the moon.
629.892 GUTKI
Gutkind, Lee. Almost human : making robots think.
Explores the world of engineers and software designers at the Robotics
Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, examining their work and the
tasks and capabilities of the robots they create.
779.2 STANT
Stanton, Brandon. Humans of New York. 1st ed.
Collects four hundred of photographer Brandon Stanton's portraits of
people in New York City.
810.803581 WAR
War is--- : soldiers, survivors, and storytellers talk about war. 1st ed. A
collection of essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, and fiction that present
opposing viewpoints on the nature of war by such contributors as Mark
Twain, Bob Dylan, and Ernie Pyle.
910.92 MALLO
Davis, Wade. Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory, and the conquest of
Everest.
Presents the tale of George Mallory's fatal attempt to climb Mount Everest
in 1924, as well how his quest influenced and was influenced by world
events at the time.
914.923 SHORT
Shorto, Russell. Amsterdam : a history of the world's most liberal city. 1st ed.
Traces the history and evolution of Amsterdam, portraying the constant
battle to keep the sea at bay, its liberalism and tolerance, and place as
home to both religious dissidents and radical thinkers, as well as the first
great global corporation.
920 ARNOL
Sheinkin, Steve. The notorious Benedict Arnold : a true story of adventure,
heroism, & treachery. 1st ed.
An introduction to the life of Benedict Arnold that highlights not only the
traitorous actions that made him legendary, but also his heroic
involvement in the American Revolution.
920 BEZOS
Stone, Brad. The everything store : Jeff Bezos and the age of Amazon. 1st ed.
Presents a narrative account of the world's largest online retailer and its
creator, Jeff Bezos.
920 CHURC
Severance, John B. Winston Churchill : soldier, statesman, artist.
Photographic chronicle of the life of Winston Churchill, including quotes
from his many speeches and writings made during his long career in
British politics.
920 HITCH
Hitchens, Christopher. Mortality. 1st ed.
As he battles esophagal cancer, author Christopher Hitchens reflects on
illness and mortality.
920 LEE
Sixsmith, Martin, author. The lost child of Philomena Lee : a mother, her son,
and a fifty-year search.
A biography of Philomena Lee and her search for Michael, her son, that
she was forced to give up for adoption by the Catholic Church in Ireland.
920 THATC
Moore, Charles, 1956-. Margaret Thatcher : the authorized biography, from
Grantham to the Falklands. 1st United States ed.
Draws on private and government papers, personal letters, and interviews
to detail the life of Margaret Thatcher, from her childhood through her
1982 victory in the Falklands.
940.311 HASTI
Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914 : Europe goes to war. 1st American ed.
A history of the outbreak of World War I, from the breakdown of
diplomacy to the dramatic battles that occurred before the war bogged
down in the trenches.
940.311 MACMI
MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-. The war that ended peace : the road to 1914. 1st
U.S. ed. Examines how the actions of military leaders, politicians,
diplomats, bankers, and monarchs of Europe ultimately led to the outbreak
of the First World War.
940.4272 SACCO
Sacco, Joe. The Great War : July 1, 1916 : the first day of the Battle of the
Somme : an illustrated panorama. 1st ed.
A panoramic illustration depicting the first day of the Battle of the Somme
during World War I in 1916. Includes an author's note with annotations on
the illustration, and an essay about the battle.
940.531 EDSEL
Edsel, Robert M. The monuments men : Allied heros, Nazi thieves, and the
greatest treasure hunt in history. 1st Little, Brown and Company mass
market ed.
Presents an account of those who were part of a special force of American
and British curators, art historians, museum curators, and other experts
who risked their lives to prevent the destruction of cultural artifacts and
structures while also trying to locate missing items that had been stolen by
the Nazis during World War II.
940.5314 BURUM
Buruma, Ian. Year zero : a history of 1945.
Provides a global history of the year 1945, discussing the events that
occured after World War II ended.
951.042 MITTE
Mitter, Rana, 1969-. Forgotten ally : China's World War II, 1937-1945. 1st U.S.
Ed.. Discusses China's role in World War II, relating how China became
the fourth great ally, partner to the United States, the Soviet Union, and
Great Britain.
951.05 YANG
Yang, Jisheng, 1940-. Tombstone : the great Chinese famine, 1958-1962. 1st
American ed. Details the history of the great Chinese famine during
China's Great Leap Forward in the late 1950s and early '60s, in which,
thirty-six million Chinese people starved to death.
CDAUD F COLLI
Collins, Suzanne. Catching fire. Unabridged.
Read by Carolyn McCormick. By winning the annual Hunger Games,
District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life
of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they
won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an
impending rebellion.
CDAUD F COLLI
Collins, Suzanne. The Hunger Games. Unabridged.
Read by Carolyn McCormick. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen
accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave
competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted
against one another in a televised fight to the death.
CDAUD F COLLI
Collins, Suzanne. Mockingjay. Unabridged.
Read by Carolyn McCormick. Katniss Everdeen, having survived the
Hunger Games twice, learns she and her family and friends are in danger
because the Capitol holds her responsible for the unrest and races against
time to protect those she cares about and the people of District 12.
DUT F DEMOO
de Moor, Marente. Roundhay, tuinscène.
Elf jaar na de verdwijning in 1890 van de Franse uitvinder van de film gaat
zijn zoon naar hem op zoek.
DUT F SLEE
Slee, Carry. Fatale liefde.
Twee vriendinnen zitten in hun laatste jaar op de modeacademie en zijn
van plan samen een bedrijfje te beginnen, maar ondertussen hebben ze veel
problemen met hun vriendjes waardoor de een zelfs in gevaar komt.
DUT F THEUN
Theunissen, Jeroen. De omwegen : roman.
Drie Vlaamse broers, een drieling, reizen ieder op hun eigen wijze het
ongeluk tegemoet.
DUT F VANTO
Vantoortelboom, Jan. Meester Mitraillette : roman.
Een jonge schoolmeester belandt tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog in de
loopgraven omdat hij in zijn dorp getuige is geweest van zaken die het
daglicht niet kunnen velen. Als hij deserteert om zijn geliefde te zoeken
wordt hij veroordeeld tot het vuurpeloton.
DUT F WELAG
Welagen, Robbert. Het verdwijnen van Robbert.
Een jonge schrijver wil na zijn debuut verdwijnen in een inhoudsloos,
betekenisloos bestaan.
DUT YA F TERLO
Terlouw, Jan. Gevangenis met een open deur.
Ex-politiecommissaris Keizer laat drie geselecteerde jonge mensen
infiltreren in een door hem gevaarlijk geachte sekte. Door de invloed die
de sekte op hun onafhankelijke oordeel heeft, verliezen de infiltranten hun
greep op het gebeuren.
DVD 591.953 WILDA
Wild Arabia.
Sand, wind and stars -- The jewel of Arabia -- Shifting sands. Narrator,
Alexander Siddig. The first major series to reveal the wildlife, wild places
and extraordinary people of the vast Arabian peninsula, Wild Arabia takes
a surprising and beguiling journey into a fascinating region."
DVD ARA F WADJD
Wadjda.
Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Ahd, Abdullrahman Al Gohani.
"Wadjda, a fun-loving 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia, has her
heart set on a beautiful new bicycle. However, her mother won't allow it,
fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a
girl's virtue. Determined to turn her dreams into reality and buy the bike on
her own, Wadjda uncovers the contradictions and opportunities ingrained
in her world"
DVD DUT F BORGM
Borgman.
Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval. Borgman is een donkere
vertelling waarin het personage Camiel Borgman centraal staat. Hij
arriveert als een buitenstaander in de omheinde lanen van een villawijk.
Zijn komst is het begin van een reeks verontrustende gebeurtenissen rond
de zorgvuldig opgetrokken façade van een arrogant, welgesteld echtpaar,
hun drie kinderen en het kindermeisje.
DVD DUT F DAGLI
Daglicht.
Angela Schijf, Fedja van Huêt, Daniel Verbaan, Monique van de Ven. De
succesvolle advocaat Iris ontdekt dat ze een halfbroer heeft. Dit heeft haar
moeder altijd voor haar verborgen gehouden. Haar autistische broer blijkt
in een TBS-kliniek te zitten omdat hij iemand heeft vermoord. Iris
onderzoekt de zaak en komt zo achter de waarheid.
DVD DUT F DINER
Het diner.
Jacob Derwig, Thekla Reuten, Daan Schuurmans, Kim van Kooten. De
broers Serge en Paul Lohman, twee personages die gespeeld worden door
respectievelijk Daan Schuurmans en Jacob Derwig, gaan met hun
echtgenotes Babette (Kim van Kooten) en Claire (Thekla Reuten) uit eten
in een sjiek restaurant in Amsterdam. Ze praten over alledaagse zaken,
alsof er niets aan de hand is. De sfeer is ongemakkelijk. Hun kinderen
hebben namelijk iets ergs gedaan, wat hun toekomst kan verwoesten. Maar
daar wordt niet over gesproken en niet iedereen weet evenveel als de rest.
DVD DUT F KONIN
Koning van Katoren.
Mingus Dagelet, Abbey Hoes. Koning van Katoren vertelt het verhaal van
de zeventienjarige Stach die de nieuwe koning wil worden. De oude
koning van Katoren is stervende en vertelt aan zijn vriend en kamerheer
Gervaas dat de ministers de macht zullen grijpen wanneer hij dood is. In
zijn laatste woorden smeekt hij Gervaas om een nieuwe koning te vinden.
Diezelfde nacht wordt Stach geboren.
DVD F ABOUT
About time.
Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson, Bill Nighy, Tom Hollander, Margot
Robbie. The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's
father tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to
travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what
happens and has happened in his own life, so he decides to make his world
a better place by getting a girlfriend. But as his unusual life progresses,
Tim discovers that, in the end, making the most of life may not need time
travel at all.
DVD F AUSTE
Austenland.
Keri Russell, Jane Seymour, Jennifer Coolidge, JJ Feild, Bret McKenzie,
Georgia King, Ricky Whittle, James Callis, Rupert Vansittart. Jane
Hayes's adoration of all things Jane Austen is complicating her love life.
Determined to be the heroine of her own story, Jane spends her life savings
on a trip to Austenland, an eccentric Austen-inspired resort, where she
meets two very different gentlemen, but has a difficult time determining
where fantasy ends and real life, and maybe even love, begins.
DVD F CAPTA
Captain Phillips. Widescreen ed.
Barkhad Abdirahman, Corey Johnson, Barkhad Abdi, Tom Hanks,
Michael Chernus, Catherine Keener. Based on the true story of Captain
Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the USflagged MV Maersk Alabama, which was the first American cargo ship to
be hijacked in two hundred years.
DVD F GRAVI
Gravity.
Sandra Bullock, George Clooney ; additional voices by Ed Harris. Dr.
Ryan Stone is a medical engineer on her first shuttle mission with veteran
astronaut Matt Kowalsky. On a seemingly routine spacewalk, the shuttle is
destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky spiraling out into the blackness.
The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any
chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at
what little oxygen is left, and the only way home may be to go further out
into the terrifying expanse of space.
DVD F HUNGE
The hunger games : Catching fire.
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson,
Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright,
Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland. Katniss Everdeen has returned home
safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow
tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave
their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the
districts. Along the way Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering, but
the Capitol is still very much in control as President Snow prepares the
75th Annual Hunger Games (The Quarter Quell); a competition that could
change Panem forever.
DVD F SOUND
Rodgers and Hammerstein's the sound of music. Widescreen (2.20:1).
Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Richard Haydn, Peggy Wood,
Eleanor Parker. Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria, the spirited
young woman who leaves the convent to become a governess to the seven
young children of Captain von Trapp, an autocratic widower whose strict
household rules leave no room for music or merriment.
DVD FRE F ATTEN
L'attentat.
Ali Sulimsn, Evgenia Dodena. Arabe israélien, Amine est chirurgien à Tel
Aviv. Modèle d'intégration honoré par ses pairs, rien ne saurait entraver sa
vocation. Après l'explosion d'une bombe dans un restaurant, il opère sans
relâche les survivants. Tout bascule lorsque, parmi les 17 morts, il identifie
le corps de sa femme. Pour la police, elle est la kamikaze. Passé le déni, sa
douleur va nourrir une seule obsession : comprendre le geste de celle qu'il
aimait et croyait connaître...
DVD FRE F CAGED
La Cage dorée. Paris : Pathé, c2013.
Rita Blanco, Joaquim de Almeida, Roland Giraud, Chantal Lauby, Barbara
Cabrita. Maria et José vivent tranquillement à Paris. Couple d'origine
portugaise, elle est concierge dans un immeuble bourgeois tandis que lui
est chef de chantier dans une entreprise de construction. Trop gentils, tout
le monde abuse de leur sympathie. Jusqu'au jour où suite au décès du frère
de José, ils vont hériter de leur maison au Portugal, de terrains, d'argent.
Mais peut-on réellement laisser repartir les époux Ribeiro, eux qui sont si
serviables ? Leurs amis et leurs employeurs vont alors tout imaginer pour
garder ce gentil couple bien sagement à Paris.
DVD FRE F CAMIL
Camille redouble. [France] : Gaumont, c2012.
Noémie Lvovsky, Samir Guesmi, Judith Chemla, India Hair, Julia Faure.
Camille a rencontré Éric à 16 ans, il fut le premier et le dernier homme de
sa vie. Ils sont tombés fous amoureux et encore adolescents, ont eu une
fille. La mère de Camille n'a jamais su qu'elle allait être grand-mère, elle
est morte quelques heures avant que Camille le lui annonce. Vingt-cinq
ans plus tard, dans les années 2000, Camille a la quarantaine et est
devenue alcoolique, Éric la quitte pour une femme plus jeune. Le jour du
réveillon du jour de l'An, Camille s’enivre et finit par s'écrouler, elle se
retrouve alors projetée dans son adolescence dans les années 1980. Dans
son corps d'adulte, elle a de nouveau 16 ans et retrouve ses parents, la
maison de son enfance, son lycée, ses copines, ses profs et Éric. Elle tente
de faire changer le cours de sa vie.
DVD FRE F DANSL
Dans la maison.
Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis
Menochet, Ernst Umhauer. Un garçon de 16 ans s'immisce dans la maison
d'un élève de sa classe, et en fait le récit dans ses rédactions à son
professeur de français. Ce dernier, face à cet élève doué et différent,
reprend goût à l'enseignement, mais cette intrusion va déclencher une série
d'événements incontrôlables.
DVD FRE F JAPPE
Jappeloup.
Guillaume Canet, Marina Hands, Daniel Auteuil, Lou de Laâge, Tcheky
Karyo, Jacques Higelin. Dans les années 1980, Pierre Durand, abandonne
sa carrière d'avocat et s'applique alors à sa passion, le saut d'obstacles. Il
prend un énorme risque avec son cheval Jappeloup auquel personne ne
croit en raison de sa taille, de son caractère et de son imprévisibilité. Seul
son père le soutient jusqu'à ce que son fils et son cheval gagnent du terrain
et parviennent dans l'univers de l'équitation. Après les Jeux olympiques
d'été de 1984, au cours desquels ils rencontrent un terrible échec, sa femme
Nadia (Marina Hands) et Raphaëlle, la palefrenière du cheval, vont les
encourager avant de les accompagner aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 1988.
DVD FRE F NEQUE
Né quelque part. s.l. : TF1 Vidéo, 2012.
Jamel Debbouze, Tewfic Jallab, Malik Bentalha, Fatsah Bouyahmed.
Farid, jeune Français de 26 ans doit aller en Algérie pour sauver la maison
de son père. Découvrant ce pays où il n'a jamais mis les pieds, il tombe
sous le charme d'une galerie de personnages étonnants dont l'humour et la
simplicité vont profondément le toucher. Parmi eux, son cousin, un jeune
homme vif et débrouillard qui nourrit le rêve de pouvoir rejoindre la
France.
DVD FRE F OEUVR
L'Oeuvre au noir. s.l. : MK2, c2009.
Sami Frey, Gian Maria Volonte, Anna Karina. Les Flandres, au milieu du
XVIe siècle. Sébastien Theus, médecin alchimiste, dont le véritable nom
est Zénon, revient clandestinement à Bruges, sa ville natale. Malgré de
puissants protecteurs - dont le Prieur des Cordeliers - Zénon, recherché
depuis longtemps pour dissidence et écrits subversifs, va être arrêté, jugé
et condamné au bûcher.
DVD FRE F REVOL
La révolution française : Les années lumière [et] Les années terribles.
[disc 1.] Les années lumière / scénario et dialogue, David Ambrose ; un
film de Robert Enrico (170 min.) -- [disc 2] Les années terribles / un film
de Richard Heffron (164 min.). Les années lumière: Klaus Maria
Brandauer, Jane Seymour, François Cluzet, Jean-François Balmer, Andrzej
Seweryn, Marianne Basler, Peter Ustinov, Sam Neill, Claudia Cardinale,
Jean-François Stevenin (etc.). A history of the French Revolution from the
decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal
with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from
1789 until August 10, 1792 (when King Louis XVI lost all his authority
and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of
the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, MarieAntoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins. L’histoire de la révolution française
et de ces hommes qui ont fait basculer la France à la fin du 18ème siècle.
ESL TWAIN
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. The prince and the pauper. Abridged ed.
When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him
exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different
station in life.
F ALI
Ali, Monica, 1967-. In the kitchen : a novel. 1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
Gabriel Lightfoot, who attempts to run a successful kitchen staff at the
Imperial Hotel, meets constant challenges from his staff, hotel
management, and business partners, and when a worker is found dead in
the establishment's basement, the delicate balance of Gabe's life begins to
fall apart.
F BAKER
Baker, Jo. Longbourn : a novel. 1st American ed.
Sarah, a servant at Longbourn, which belongs to the Bennet family, while
scrubbing laundry, polishing floors and emptying chamber pots, watches
the romances, heartbreaks, and intrigue happening downstairs of the main
house, but when a mysterious new footman arrives, the order of the
servants' hall is threatened.
F BARRY
Barry, Kevin, 1969-. City of Bohane : a novel. 1st Graywolf pbk. [ed.].
Set 40 years in the future, the once great city of Bohane on the west coast
of Ireland is in terminal decline, with vice and tribal splits rife. Logan
Hartnett, godfather of the Hartnett Fancy gang has been in charge but his
nemesis has arrived back in town, his henchmen are becoming ambitious,
his wife wants him to give it all up and go straight, and he has his mother
to contend with.
F BARRY
Barry, Max, 1973-. Lexicon : a novel.
Emily Ruff belongs to a secret organization whose "poets" can break down
individuals by psychographic markers in order to take control of their
thoughts. Then she makes a catastrophic mistake and falls in love,
breaking her organization's rules.
F BEAH
Beah, Ishmael, 1980-. Radiance of tomorrow : a novel. 1st ed.
"In the aftermath of the war in Sierra Leone, a village comes together to
regain the beauty of life as it was in the past"--Provided by publisher.
F BULAW
Bulawayo, NoViolet. We need new names : a novel. 1st ed.
"Follows ten-year-old Zimbabwe native, Darling, as she escapes the closed
schools and paramilitary police control of her homeland in search of
opportunity and freedom with an aunt in America"--Provided by OCLC.
F CAREY
Carey, Peter. Oscar & Lucinda. 1st Vintage International ed.
A nervous Anglican minister, and a teenage heiress, both infected with a
gambling bug, embark on an unlikely quest to transport a glass church
across the Outback.
F CASH
Cash, Wiley. A land more kind than home. 1st ed.
The lives of nine-year-old Jess Hall, town midwife and church matriarch
Adelaide Lyle, sheriff Clem Barefield, and the other residents of Marshall,
North Carolina, are forever changed after Jess's autistic and mute brother,
Stump, sneaks a look at something he is not supposed to see and
mysteriously dies during a snake-handling religious service.
F CATTO
Catton, Eleanor, 1985-. The luminaries : a novel. 1st United States ed.
Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody,
lands in agold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make
his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he
stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in
secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single day,
events in which each man finds himself implicated in some way. Moody
finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex
mysteries.
F DANTI
Danticat, Edwidge, 1969-. Claire of the sea light. 1st ed.
"The interconnected secrets of a coastal Haitian town are revealed when
one little girl, the daughter of a fisherman, goes missing"-Provided by
publisher.
F EGGER
Eggers, Dave. The Circle : a novel. 1st ed.
Mae Holland is thrilled to be working for the most powerful internet
company, but as her life beyond the company campus grows distant, a
strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken and her role in the
Circle becomes increasingly public.
F EXTEN
Extence, Gavin, 1982-. The universe versus Alex Woods. 1st ed.
"Alex Woods was struck by a meteorite when he was ten years old,
leaving scars that marked him for an extraordinary life. The son of a
fortune teller, bookish, and an easy target for bullies, he hasn't had the
most conventional childhood. When he meets curmudgeonly widower Mr.
Peterson, he finds an unlikely friend. Someone who teaches him that that
you only get one shot at life. That you have to make it count. So when,
aged seventeen, Alex is stopped at Dover customs with 113 grams of
marijuana, an urnfull of ashes on the passenger seat, and an entire nation in
uproar, he's fairly sure he's done the right thing"--From publisher
description.
F FAULK
Faulks, Sebastian. Jeeves and the wedding bells. 1st U.S. ed.
Bertie Wooster a young man about town, and his butler Jeeves come back
to life in a hilarious affair of mix-ups and mishaps as Bertie, nursing a bit
of heartbreak over the recent engagement of one Georgiana Meadowes to
someone not named Wooster, agrees to "help" his old friend Peregrine
"Woody" Beeching, whose own romance is foundering, but immediately
things go awry and the simple plan quickly becomes complicated, with
Jeeves having to impersonate one Lord Etringham, while Bertie plays the
part of Jeeves' manservant, Wilberforce.
F FOUNT
Fountain, Ben. Billy Lynn's long halftime walk. 1st ed.
A satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq that explores the gaping
national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Follows
the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting
stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football
mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders.
F FOWLE
Fowler, Karen Joy. We are all completely beside ourselves.
Coming of age in middle America, eighteen-year-old Rosemary evaluates
how her entire youth was defined by the presence and forced removal of
an endearing chimpanzee who was secretly regarded as a family member
and who Rosemary loved as a sister.
F GAIMA
Gaiman, Neil. The ocean at the end of the lane : a novel.
When a middle-aged man returns to his childhood home in Sussex,
England, for a funeral he remembers frightening childhood memories
relating to the neighbor girl who promised to protect him from the
darkness unleashed by a suicide at the pond at the end of their street.
F GILBE
Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-. The signature of all things : a novel.
Alma, born into luxury in 1800, becomes a gifted botanist like others in
her family, but as she delves into the mysteries of evolution she falls in
love with a man who pulls her in the opposite direction, into the realm of
the spiritual, the divine, and the magical.
F HOPE
Hope, Anna, 1974- author. Wake : a novel.
Centering around the burial of the Unknown Warrior in Great Britain in
1920, the story follows the lives of three women, Hettie, who is attracted
to a man with hidden troubles, Evelyn, who is dealing with her brother
who has not been the same after the war, and Ada, who meets a young
veteran who knew her dead son.
F ISHIG
Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-. The remains of the day.
The life of Stevens, an aging English butler, changes after three decades of
service to the same man.
F JACOB
Jacobson, Douglas W., 1945-. The Katyn Order : a novel.
Adam Nowak, an American, is dropped into occupied Poland by British
Intelligence to work as an assassin and resistance fighter against the Nazis,
but during the Warsaw uprising Adam encounters Natalia, a covert
operative, and together the pair begins their hunt for the Katyn Order,
which authorized the slaughter of twenty-thousand Polish Army officers
and civilians.
F JONES
Jones, James, 1921-1977. The thin red line : a novel.
The men of Charlie Company discover the thin red line that separates the
sane from the mad, and the living from the dead, when they land on a
Pacific atoll called Guadalcanal.
F JOYCE
Joyce, Rachel. Perfect : a novel. 1st U.S. ed.
"In the aftermath of a life-shattering accident in the English countryside in
1972, twelve-year-old Byron Hemming struggles with events that his
mother does not seem to remember and embarks on a journey to discover
what really did or did not happen"--Provided by OCLC.
F KESEY
Kesey, Ken. One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
A rebel named Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to a mental ward
and challenges the authority of its dictatorial head nurse. Includes line
drawings by the author.
F KING
King, A. S. (Amy Sarig), 1970-. Ask the passengers : a novel. 1st ed.
Astrid Jones, who realizes that she is a lesbian, deals with the gossip and
rejection she faces by sending love up to the people on airplanes as they
pass over her.
F KING #1 SHININ
King, Stephen, 1947-. The shining.
A summer resort comes to life in the off-season when the Torrances arrive
to take over as winter caretakers and five-year-old Danny begins having
horrific visions.
F KING #2 SHININ
King, Stephen, 1947-. The shining : Doctor Sleep, a novel. 1st Scribner
hardcover ed.
Still haunted by his experiences at the Overlook Hotel, where he spent one
year as a child, Dan Torrence has settled in New Hampshire to try to
escape those and other ghosts of his past. When he meets Abra Stone, a
twelve-year-old girl who shares Dan's gift of "shining," and discovers that
a tribe of traveling paranormals called True Knot want to steal her power
by slowly torturing her to death, he becomes determined to save the child.
F KUSHN
Kushner, Rachel. The flamethrowers : a novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Reno leaves her home in Las Vegas for the streets of New York in order to
take her art to a more meaningful level and when she meets her boyfriend,
Sandro, he decides to take her home to Italy where Reno becomes
involved in a radical movement overtaking Italy in the 1970s.
F LAHIR
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The lowland : a novel. 1st ed.
Subhash, having left his family in Calcutta to pursue a career in science in
the United States, returns home to look into what happened to his brother,
Udayan, who had joined the Naxalite Movement, and try to rebuild his
shattered family and help his brother's wife.
F LETTI
Letting Ana go. 1st Simon Pulse hardcover ed.
Required by her cross-country coach to keep a food diary, an insecure teen
finds that writing helps organize her thoughts, especially about issues that
she, her best friend, and her mother face related to weight and eating.
F LONGW
Longworth, M. L. (Mary Lou), 1963-. Murder in the Rue Dumas : a Verlaque
and Bonnet provençal mystery.
When Dr. Georges Moutte, the director of theology at the Université d'Aix,
is found murdered just before he was to announce the recipient of an elite
fellowship as well as his own successor, Judge Antoine Verlaque begins to
investigate with the help of his on-again, off-again girlfriend, law
professor marine Bonnet.
F MAGUI
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked : the life and times of the Wicked Witch of the
West : a novel.
A fantasy story about the life of the Wicked Witch of the West from "The
Wizard of Oz" that challenges commonly held notions about the nature of
good and evil.
F MAGUI
Maguire, Gregory. Wicked : the life and times of the wicked witch of the West :
a novel. 1st ed.
Elphaba, born with emerald green skin, comes of age in the land of Oz,
rooming with debutante Glinda at the university, and following a path in
life that earns her the label of Wicked.
F MARIA
Marías, Javier. The infatuations : a novel. 1st American ed.
María Dolz finds herself entangled in the lives of a couple who frequent
the cafe where she stops for breakfast every morning after the husband is
fatally stabbed in the street.
F MARTI
Martin, Valerie, 1948-. The ghost of the Mary Celeste : a novel. 1st ed.
In 1872 the American merchant vessel Mary Celeste was discovered adrift
off the coast of Spain. Her cargo was intact, but the crew was gone. This
event inspires a young Arthur Conan Doyle, and effects Philadelphia
spiritualist medium Violet Petra and a rational-minded journalist named
Phoebe Grant, who is seeking to expose Petra as a fraud.
F MCBRI
McBride, James, 1957-. The good lord bird : a novel.
Henry Shackleford, a slave boy from the Kansas Territory, is caught up in
John Brown's crusade for freedom of slaves and when he escapes from his
master's home, he must disguise himself as a girl in order to stay safe and
is nicknamed Onion by John.
F MORIA
Moriarty, Laura, 1970-. The center of everything. 1st pbk. ed.
Evelyn Bucknow is happy living with her single mother, Tina, in a small
apartment outside Kerrville, Kansas, until Tina's failed romance with her
married boss leaves her jobless and desperate, forcing Evelyn to distance
herself and turn to her conventional grandmother for help.
F MULTA
Multatuli. Max Havelaar, or, The coffee auctions of a Dutch Trading Company.
A young civil servant in the colonial administration tries to force the
colonists to recognize the barbarity and corruption of the Dutch colony in
Java.
F MUNRO
Munro, Alice, 1931-. Dear life : stories.. Presents a collection of fourteen short
stories by Alice Munro that deal with the moment a life is forever altered.
F POWER
Powers, Kevin. The yellow birds : a novel. 1st ed.
In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old
Private Murphy's platoon battles for the city; they do everything to protect
each other from insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that
comes from constant danger.
F ROSOF
Rosoff, Meg. Picture me gone : a novel.
Twelve-year-old Mila travels with her father to upstate New York to visit
friends and family, who may lead them to clues to the whereabouts of her
father's best friend, who has gone missing.
F ROSS
Ross, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Anne). Belle epoque. 1st ed.
Sixteen-year-old Maude Pichon, a plain, impoverished girl in Belle
Epoque Paris, is hired by Countess Dubern to make her headstrong
daughter, Isabelle, look more beautiful by comparison but soon Maude is
enmeshed in a tangle of love, friendship, and deception.
F ROTH #3 DIVERG
Roth, Veronica, author. Divergent : Allegiant.
The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered-fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal.
So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she's known,
Tris is ready. But will she be prepared to face impossible choices about
courage, allegiance, sacrifice and love?.
F ROWEL
Rowell, Rainbow. Eleanor & Park. 1st ed.
"Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two
star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never
lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--Provided by publisher.
F ROWEL
Rowell, Rainbow. Fangirl. 1st ed.
Feeling cast off when her twin sister outgrows their shared love for a
favorite fictional character, Cath, a dedicated fan-fiction writer, struggles
to survive on her own in her first year of college while avoiding a surly
roommate, bonding with a handsome classmate who only wants to talk
about words, and worrying about her fragile father.
F SAUND
Saunders, George, 1958-. Tenth of December : stories. Random House trade
pbk. ed.
A collection of ten short stories in which American author George
Saunders explores morality, class, sex, love, and other themes.
F SAX
Sax, Aline. The war within these walls.
Misha and his family do their best to survive in the appalling conditions of
the Warsaw ghetto during World War II, and ultimately make a final,
desperate stand against the Nazis.
F SIMSI
Simsion, Graeme C. The Rosie project : a novel. 1st Simon & Schuster
hardcover ed.
When Don Tillman, a genetics professor, decides it is time to get married,
he devises a scientific survey designed to filter out undesirables, calling it
the "Wife Project." When Don meets Rosie Jarman, she is quickly
eliminated as wife material, but when he assists Rosie in a search for her
biological father, he discovers that love finds you, not the other way
around.
F SLOUK
Slouka, Mark. Brewster : a novel. 1st ed.
Sixteen-year-old Jon Mosher and his friends, Ray Cappicciano and Karen
Dorsey, form a tight friendship in which they find in each other everything
they lack at home, and plot to leave their dead-end town with tragic
consequences.
F SONNE
Sonnenblick, Jordan. Curveball : the year I lost my grip. 1st ed.
After an injury ends former star pitcher Peter Friedman's athletic dreams,
he concentrates on photography which leads him to a girlfriend, new fame
as a high school sports photographer, and a deeper relationship with the
beloved grandfather who, when he realizes he is becoming senile, gives
Pete all of his professional camera gear.
F SPELL
Speller, Elizabeth. The First of July. 1st Pegasus Bks. hardcover ed.
Follows the lives of four very different men--Frank, Benedict, JeanBatiste, and Harry--as their fates converge on the most terrible and
destructive day of World War I, the first day of the Battle of the Somme.
F TOIBI
Tóibín, Colm, 1955-. The testament of Mary. 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
An imagining of the later years of the mother of Jesus finds her living a
solitary existence in Ephesus years after her son's crucifixion and
struggling with guilt, anger, and feelings that her son is not the son of God
and that His sacrifice was not for a worthy cause.
F VASQU
Vásquez, Juan Gabriel, 1973-. The sound of things falling : a novel.
No sooner does he get to know Ricardo Laverde than disaffected young
Colombian lawyer Antonio Yammara realizes that his new friend has a
secret, or rather several secrets. Antonio's fascination with the life of expilot Ricardo Laverde begins by casual acquaintance in a seedy Bogota?
billiard hall and grows until the day Ricardo receives a cassette tape in an
unmarked envelope.
F WALLS
Walls, Jeannette. The silver star : a novel. 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
Two motherless sisters, Bean and Liz, are shuttled to Virginia to live with
their Uncle Tinsley in a decaying mansion. When school starts in the fall,
Bean easily adjusts and makes friends, and Liz becomes increasingly
withdrawn. Then something happens to Liz and Bean is left to challenge
the injustice of the adult world.
F WEIN
Wein, Elizabeth. Code name Verity. 1st U.S. ed.
In 1943, a British fighter plane crashes in Nazi-occupied France and the
survivor tells a tale of friendship, war, espionage, and great courage as she
relates what she must to survive while keeping secret all that she can.
F WEIN
Wein, Elizabeth. Rose under fire. 1st ed.
When young American pilot Rose Justice is captured by Nazis and sent to
Ravensbrück, the notorious women's concentration camp, she finds hope
in the impossible through the loyalty, bravery, and friendship of her fellow
prisoners.
FRE 842 ROSTA
Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918. Cyrano de Bergerac. Darnétal : Petit à Petit,
c2007.
Cette comédie héroïque en cinq actes et en vers relate donc la vie de
Cyrano de Bergerac ; de Roxane, dont il est épris ; et de Christian, dont
Roxane est éprise. Pour compenser un amour qu’il croit impossible,
Cyrano va donc vivre cet amour par procuration en aidant Christian à
épouser Roxane. Tout cela sur fond d’une épopée de cape et d’épée, en
pleine guerre d’Espagne.
FRE 914.43 FUCHS
Fuchs, Monique. Le Château du Haut Koenigsbourg. Paris : Centre des
monuments nationaux :, c2001.
Château fort de montagne de la fin du Moyen Âge, le Haut-Koenigsbourg
a appartenu aux Hohenstaufen puis aux Habsbourg, principales dynasties
du Saint Empire romain germanique. Démantelé au cours de la guerre de
Trente Ans, il tombe en ruine. Il est offert à l'empereur d'Allemagne en
1899; sa rénovation porte l'empreinte des ambitions impériales de
Guillaume II de Hohenzollern. Sans jamais oublier l'objectif politique,
l'architecte Rodo Ebhardt va s'attacher, de 1900 jusqu'à la guerre de 1914,
à restaurer le Haut-Kœnigsbourg du XVe siècle en s'appuyant sur une
lecture précise de l'architecture encore visible, en s'inspirant du matériel
archéologique trouvé sur place et des textes d'archives des XVIIe et XVIIe
siècles.
FRE 920 HORIO
Horiot, Hugo. L'empereur, c'est moi.
Ce livre est une histoire vraie. L'autoportrait d'un enfant en colère, qui
mène une guerre sans merci, contre lui-même et contre les autres. Un
enfant autiste Asperger. Un texte fascinant dans la lignée des grands textes
sur l'autisme.
FRE F HOEST
C'est pas grave. Toulouse : Milan, c2014.
Portrait d'une jeune fille de banlieue sous différents angles : la famille, les
copains et l'école. Chloé a un moral d'enfer, elle pense être une "survival"
et affronte tous les problèmes avec philosophie. Une mère trop présente,
un père absent, un petit-copain irrespectueux, des enseignants qui croient
en leurs élèves, et une cité omniprésente. Un coup de colère ou un nouveau
départ ?.
FRE F LEGAR
Legardinier, Gilles, 1965-. Demain j'arrête ! Paris : Fleuve Noir, 2013, c2011.
La soirée organisée pour célébrer le 3ème divorce de Jérôme avait bien
commencé. Dans cette ambiance détendue, un inconnu demande à Julie ce
qu'elle a fait de plus idiot dans sa vie. Julie a fait des trucs stupides, mais
cela n'est rien comparé aux choses délirantes qu'elle va tenter pour
approcher son nouveau voisin, qu'elle n'a pourtant jamais vu. Chaque jour
elle va prendre davantage de risques.
FRE F NIELS
Nielsen-Fernlund, Susin, 1964-. Le j ournal malgré lui de Henry K. Larsen.
Arles : Hélium / Actes Sud, c2013.
Dès les premières pages, on comprend qu’un grave événement est venu
bousculer la vie de la famille d’Henry. Son père et lui ont déménagé à
Vancouver, ville où personne ne connaît leur histoire qui implique un
harcèlement ayant mal tourné. Henry va tenter de reconstruire sa vie, de se
refaire des amis et de se défaire du poids de la culpabilité.
FRE F SERVA
Servant, Stéphane. Le coeur des louves. s.l. : Rouergue, 2013.
Un village perdu au fond d’une vallée, un lac noir, des montagnards liés
par des secrets inavouables, tel est l’endroit où reviennent vivre Célia et sa
mère. Personne ne semble content de les revoir et tous semblent porter une
rancune tenace à leur aïeule, pourtant décédée. Menaces et insultes se
multiplient à l’encontre de Célia. Seule Alice, son ancienne compagne de
jeu, noue avec elle une relation étrange. Pour survivre au passé et à la
haine et enfin trouver le chemin de la vérité, Célia devra « devenir louve
pour ne pas être proie ».
GN 920 KNISL
Knisley, Lucy. Relish : my life in the kitchen. 1st ed.
Presents a graphic novel memoir of cartoonist Lucy Knisley and her
obsession with cooking and food. With recipes.
REF 912 ATLAS
Atlas of the world. 20th ed. A comprehensive world atlas that contains political
and physical relief maps of oceans, continents, regions within continents,
and densely populated areas as well as world statistics, images of Earth,
and information on landforms, climate, population, international
organizations, conflict, and other topics.
YA F ANDER
Anderson, John David, 1975-. Sidekicked. 1st ed.
Thirteen-year-old superhero sidekick-in-training Drew "The
Sensationalist" Bean must overcome his not-so-superpowers and become
the hero everyone needs when a supervillain, The Dealer, returns to
Justicia.
YA F CONDI #1 MATCHE
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite (Ally). Matched.
All her life, Cassia has never had a choice. The Society dictates
everything: when and how to play, where to work, where to live, what to
eat and wear, when to die, and most importantly to Cassia as she turns 17,
whom to marry. When she is Matched with her best friend Xander, things
couldn't be more perfect. But why did her neighbor Ky's face show up on
her match disk as well?.
YA F CONDI #2 MATCHE
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite (Ally). Matched : Crossed.
Cassia, having arrived in the Outer Provinces in search of Ky, learns he
has escaped from the Society and follows a series of clues he left, which
result in rebellion, betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander.
YA F CONDI #3 MATCHE
Condie, Allyson Braithwaite (Ally). Matched : Reached.
Although Cassia and Ky long to be with each other, their decision to leave
Society in search of the Rising leaves Cassia working for the Rising from
within Society and Ky stationed outside its borders, but things do not play
out as expected.
YA F CORMI
Cormier, Robert. The rag and bone shop : a novel.
Trent, an ace interrogator from Vermont, works to procure a confession
from an introverted twelve-year-old accused of murdering his seven-yearold friend in Monument, Massachusetts.
YA F CROWL
Crowley, Cath. Graffiti moon. 1st American ed.
Told in alternating voices, an all-night adventure featuring Lucy, who is
determined to find an elusive graffiti artist named Shadow, and Ed, the last
person Lucy wants to spend time with, except for the fact that he may
know how to find Shadow.
YA F DEFOM #1 VANGO
de Fombelle, Timothée, 1973- author. Vango : between sky and Earth.
Raised by a strange nanny in Sicily, Vango grows up with one friend, a
priest Zefiro, who lives in a monastery hidden from sight. On reaching
adulthood, Vango decides to follow in Zefiro's steps, but at the moment he
is taking his holy orders at Notre Dame in Paris, he is falsely accused of a
crime and has to go on the run.
YA F DUBOS
Dubosarsky, Ursula, 1961-. The golden day. 1st U.S. ed.
"The Vietnam War rages overseas, but back at home,in a year that year
begins with the hanging of one man and ends with the drowning of
another, eleven schoolgirls embrace their own chilling reality when their
teacher abruptly goes missing".
YA F ERSKI
Erskine, Kathryn. Seeing red. 1st ed.
When twelve-year-old Frederick "Red" Porter's father dies in 1972, his
mother wants to sell their automobile repair shop and move her two sons
back to Ohio, but Red is desperate to stop the sale even if it means
unearthing some dark family secrets in a Virginia rife with racial tensions.
YA F FLINN
Flinn, Alex. Beastly ; : Lindy's diary. Deluxe ed.
Beastly -- Lindy's diary. A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast"
from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school
student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can
return to his human form. Includes the diary of Lindy, the girl locked up
by the Beast.
YA F FLINN
Flinn, Alex. Bewitching. 1st pbk. ed.
Tells the story of Kendra, a witch, and the first three-hundred years of her
life, including takes on a classic fairy tale, the 1666 plague in Britain, the
"Titanic" disaster, and the story of a modern-day, plain stepsister.
YA F GOURL
Gourlay, Candy. Tall story. 1st American ed.
Sixteen-year-old Bernardo, who is eight feet tall and suffers from a
condition called Gigantism, leaves the Philippines to live with his mother's
family in London, much to the delight of his thirteen-year-old half sister
Andi, a passionate basketball player.
YA F HEALE
Healey, Karen. When we wake. 1st ed.
"In 2027, sixteen-year-old Tegan is just like every other girl--playing the
guitar, falling in love, and protesting the wrongs of the world with her
friends. But then Tegan dies, waking up 100 years in the future as the
unknowing first government guinea pig to be cryogenically frozen and
successfully revived. Appalling secrets about her new world come to light,
and Tegan must choose to either keep her head down or fight for a better
future".
YA F HOPKI
Hopkinson, Nalo. The Chaos. 1st ed.
Toronto teenager Scotch may have to acknowledge her own limitations
and come to terms with her mixed Jamaican, white, and black heritage if
she is to stop the Chaos that has claimed her brother and made much of the
world crazy.
YA F LAWRE
Lawrence, Caroline. The case of the deadly desperados. 1st American ed.
In 1862 Nevada Territory, after finding his foster parents murdered and
scalped, twelve-year-old Pinky Pinkerton, son of a railroad detective and a
Sioux Indian, inherits a valuable deed and must hide from dangerous
Whittlin Walt and his gang of desperados.
YA F LENGL
L'Engle, Madeleine. The wrinkle in time trilogy. 1st Square Fish ed., 50th
anniversary ed.
Collects the first three novels by Madeleine L'Engle about the Murry and
O'Keefe families, including "A Wrinkle in Time," "A Wind in the Door,"
and "A Swiftly Tilting Planet.".
YA F LU #1 LEGEND
Lu, Marie, 1984-. Legend.
In a dark future, when North America has split into two warring nations,
fifteen-year-olds Day, a famous criminal, and prodigy June, the brilliant
soldier hired to capture him, discover that they have a common enemy.
YA F LU #2 LEGEND
Lu, Marie, 1984-. Prodigy : a Legend novel.
June and Day make their way to Las Vegas where they join the rebel
Patriot group and become involved in an assassination plot against the
Elector in hopes of saving the Republic.
YA F LU #3 LEGEND
Lu, Marie, 1984-. Champion : a Legend novel.
"June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic--and
each other--and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. Just
when a peace treaty is imminent, a plague outbreak causes panic in the
Colonies, and war threatens the Republic's border cities"--Provided by
publisher.
YA F MCCOR
McCormick, Patricia, 1956-. Never fall down : a novel. 1st ed.
When soldiers arrive in his hometown in Cambodia, Arn Chorn Pond is
separated from his family and sent to a labor camp, where he works in the
rice paddies until he volunteers to learn to play an instrument--a decision
that both saves his life and lands him in battle.
YA F PATTE #2 FUNNY
Patterson, James, 1947-. I even funnier : a middle school story. 1st ed.
"While on a mission to win the Planet's Funniest Kid Comic regional
competition, New York middle schooler Jamie Grimm copes with rival
comics and bullies, a buddy in trouble, and a sudden family emergency, all
with a sense of humor and a loyal group of friends"--Provided by
publisher.
YA F PEARS
Pearsall, Shelley. Jump into the sky. 1st ed.
In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in
three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally
to Pendleton, Oregon,where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black
555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a
mission. Includes historical notes.
YA F RIGGS #2 MISS
Riggs, Ransom, author. Hollow city : the second novel of Miss Peregrine's
Peculiar Children.
Having escaped Miss Peregrine's island by the skin of their teeth, Jacob
and his new friends must journey to London (circa 1940), the "peculiar"
capital of the world.
YA F SNICK #2 ALL
Snicket, Lemony. All the wrong questions : "When did you see her last?" 1st ed.
Thirteen-year-old Lemony Snicket and his mentor S. Theodora Markson of
the secretive V.F.D. in the tiny dot of a town called Stain'd By The Sea go
searching for a missing girl.
YA F STONE
Stone, Phoebe, 1947-. The boy on Cinnamon Street. 1st ed.
Since a tragedy she cannot remember, thirteen-year-old Louise has
changed her name, given up gymnastics, moved in with her grandparents,
and locked her feelings inside but through her friends Reni and Hen and
notes from a secret admirer she begins to find herself again.
YA F VANDE
Vanderpool, Clare. Navigating Early. 1st ed.
"Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian
Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary
encounters"--Provided by publisher.