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Alone /

Freeman, Megan E.


Booklist, December 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2020. Booklist. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books). Texas Lone Star Reading List. "When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day"--Amazon.
Date Published:2021

Booklist, December 2020. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), December 2020. Booklist. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books). Texas Lone Star Reading List. "When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. Her only companions are a Rottweiler named George and all the books she can read. After a rough start, Maddie learns to trust her own ingenuity and invents clever ways to survive in a place that has been deserted and forgotten. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day"--Amazon.

Date Published:2021

Away

Freeman, Megan E.,


Told from multiple points of view, four kids relocated to the same evacuation camp investigate the mysterious threat that forced the large-scale exodus.
Date Published:2025

Caitlin Clark

Wilson, Libby.


Hi-Lo YA nonfiction. Caitlin Clark's success on the basketball court has shined a light on women's sports. This book looks at her early life, college basketball accomplishments, rise to the WNBA, and her community activism.
Date Published:2026

All That Heaven Allows : A Biography of Rock Hudson /



Date Published:2018

How to think like a fish : and other lessons from a lifetime in angling /

Wade, Jeremy.


Subtitle from dust jacket. Includes index. Source -- Stream -- Lake -- River -- Delta -- Sea. "Wade [presents] the distillation of a life spent fishing. As Jeremy's catches attract increasing attention, many people ask him how they can improve their own fishing results. This book is his reply: part science, part art, and part elusive something else -- which is within every angler's ability to develop. Along the way you will learn when to let instinct override logic, which details are vital and which may be irrelevant, and how a 'non result' can be a result"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

Subtitle from dust jacket. Includes index. Source -- Stream -- Lake -- River -- Delta -- Sea. "Wade [presents] the distillation of a life spent fishing. As Jeremy's catches attract increasing attention, many people ask him how they can improve their own fishing results. This book is his reply: part science, part art, and part elusive something else -- which is within every angler's ability to develop. Along the way you will learn when to let instinct override logic, which details are vital and which may be irrelevant, and how a 'non result' can be a result"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2019

Under the neon lights

Vinson, Arriel,


"Sixteen-year-old Jaelyn Coleman falls in love for the first time at her local, beloved roller-skating rink, just as news hits it is shutting down amidst her neighborhood quickly gentrifying"--
Date Published:2025

A wizard of Earthsea /

Le Guin, Ursula K., 1929-2018.


"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt." A boy grows to manhood while attempting to subdue the evil he unleashed on the world as an apprentice to the Master Wizard.
Date Published:2012

Miles Morales stranger tides : a Spider-Man graphic novel /

Reynolds, Justin A.


"Miles Morales has just about gotten used to this being Spider-Man thing. Keeping Brooklyn safe, taking down bad guys, and finishing his homework--he's got this! But when Spider-Man is invited to a launch for a brand-new video game, things go sideways fast. Anyone who plays the game is frozen, and it's all because of a villain named the Stranger. He's judged humanity and found it lacking, and his idea of justice is extreme. Left with the fate of the world in his hands, and the clock is ticking on Miles. Can he turn old foes to friends and find the answers he needs in time?"--Back cover.
Date Published:2022

"Miles Morales has just about gotten used to this being Spider-Man thing. Keeping Brooklyn safe, taking down bad guys, and finishing his homework--he's got this! But when Spider-Man is invited to a launch for a brand-new video game, things go sideways fast. Anyone who plays the game is frozen, and it's all because of a villain named the Stranger. He's judged humanity and found it lacking, and his idea of justice is extreme. Left with the fate of the world in his hands, and the clock is ticking on Miles. Can he turn old foes to friends and find the answers he needs in time?"--Back cover.

Date Published:2022

The autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962.


Originally published: New York : Harper & Brothers, 1961. Includes index.
Date Published:1992

Before we were free /

Alvarez, Julia.


Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2003. School Library Journal, August 2002. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, September 2002. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), January 2004. Pub Weekly, July 2002. Booklist, August 2002. Horn Book, April 2003. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2002. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. Anita, a typically self-absorbed twelve-year-old living in the Dominican Republic in the early 1960s, is surprised to discover her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.
Date Published:2002

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2003. School Library Journal, August 2002. Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2009. Horn Book Starred, September 2002. Books for the Teen Age (NYPL), January 2004. Pub Weekly, July 2002. Booklist, August 2002. Horn Book, April 2003. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2002. Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. Anita, a typically self-absorbed twelve-year-old living in the Dominican Republic in the early 1960s, is surprised to discover her family is involved in the underground movement to end the bloody rule of the dictator, General Trujillo.

Date Published:2002

Grenade /

Gratz, Alan, 1972-


Booklist starred, September 2018. Booklist starred. On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.
Date Published:2018

Booklist starred, September 2018. Booklist starred. On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.

Date Published:2018

The second life of Snap

Kelly, Erin Entrada,


Twelve-year-old Zuzu befriends a guardian robot with a limited battery life that was given to her father as severance after being laid off from the mega corporation that controls everything.
Date Published:2026

The swan's daughter : a possibly doomed love story /

Chokshi, Roshani,


Eighteen-year-old Prince Arris hopes to escape the cursed fate of his predecessors, each of whom dies shortly after marriage, so he strikes a deal with Demelza, a seventeen-year-old veritas swan maiden who can separate truth from lies.
Date Published:2026

The moon without stars

Miller, Chanel,


What's the deal with middle school, anyway? Newbery Honor-winning author and artist Chanel Miller explores the glorious mess that is middle school--and the way growing up, finding friends, and discovering who you are can be both awkward and empowering. At the beginning of seventh grade, Luna knows who she is: an observant, quiet girl who loves writing and making zines with her best friend, Scott. But when one of their zines takes off, somehow Luna is swept up into the popular group and learns just how much of herself she's going to have to compromise to stay there. Will she give up her writing? Her best friend? What about her own beliefs about who she is and what she stands for? In a contemporary novel that feels like today's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Newbery Honor winner and bestselling author Chanel Miller explores what it means to lose and then find yourself again in the middle of middle school.
Date Published:2026

What's the deal with middle school, anyway? Newbery Honor-winning author and artist Chanel Miller explores the glorious mess that is middle school--and the way growing up, finding friends, and discovering who you are can be both awkward and empowering. At the beginning of seventh grade, Luna knows who she is: an observant, quiet girl who loves writing and making zines with her best friend, Scott. But when one of their zines takes off, somehow Luna is swept up into the popular group and learns just how much of herself she's going to have to compromise to stay there. Will she give up her writing? Her best friend? What about her own beliefs about who she is and what she stands for? In a contemporary novel that feels like today's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Newbery Honor winner and bestselling author Chanel Miller explores what it means to lose and then find yourself again in the middle of middle school.

Date Published:2026

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe /

Sènz, Benjamin Alire.


School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Pub Weekly, December 2011. Booklist, January 2012. Horn Book, March 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2012. Library Media Connection, May 2012. Catholic Library World, September 2012. School Library Journal starred. Pub Weekly. Booklist. Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.
Date Published:2012

School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Pub Weekly, December 2011. Booklist, January 2012. Horn Book, March 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2012. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2012. Library Media Connection, May 2012. Catholic Library World, September 2012. School Library Journal starred. Pub Weekly. Booklist. Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before.

Date Published:2012

The dark secret /

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.
Date Published:2013

The Odyssey of Homer : a new verse translation /

Homer.


A verse translation of Homer's epic Greek poem, telling of the trails and exile, return and revenge of Odysseus.
Date Published:1990

9-11.


Spine title: 9-11, September 11th 2001. Library Media Connection. Presents the response of a variety of writers and artists from DC Comics to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the United States, including contributions from Neil Gaiman, Stan Lee, Sergio Aragones, and others.
Date Published:2002

It's not summer without you : a Summer novel /

Han, Jenny.


Sequel to: The summer I turned pretty. Teenaged Isobel "Belly" Conklin, whose life revolves around spending the summer at her mother's best friend's beach house, reflects on the tragic events of the past year that changed her life forever.
Date Published:2010

The summer I turned pretty /

Han, Jenny.


Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different.
Date Published:2009