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Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
Ray Bradbury - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 is a masterwork of twentieth-century literature set in a bleak, dystopian... |
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My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman - Pantheon Books
Format: Hardcover
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The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as a novel. |
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Daniel's Story
Carol Matas - Scholastic
Format: Library Binding
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Daniel and his family and friends suffer through deportation by the Nazis from their homes in Frankfurt, their life in a ghetto, and their experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. |
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A Separate Peace
John Knowles - Scribner
Format: Hardcover
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An American classic and great bestseller for over thirty years, A Separate Peace is timeless in its description of adolescence during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war.Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years... |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain - Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, first published in 1876, is Mark Twain's most popular novel. Its hero is a national icon, celebrated as a distinctively American figure both at home and abroad. As well as being a deft comedy and a powerful celebration of childhood, applauding Tom Sawyer's... |
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern,... |
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The Return of the King
J R R Tolkien - Del Rey
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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The prequel to The Lord of the Rings - The Hobbit - is now a major motion picture directed by Peter Jackson THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarms out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggle deep into Mordor, seat... |
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C S Lewis - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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When Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy are sent to stay with a kind Professor who lives in the country, they can hardly imagine the extraordinary adventure that awaits them.It all begins one rainy summer day when the children explore the Professor's rambling old house. When they come across... |
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The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 1
Hergé - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Three classic graphic novels in one deluxe hardcover edition: Tintin in America, Cigars of the Pharaoh, and The Blue Lotus. |
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The Magician's Nephew
C. S. Lewis - HarperCollins
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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Narnia . . . a land frozen in eternal winter . . . a country waiting to be set freeWitness the creation of a magical land in The Magician's Nephew, the first title in C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series, which has captivated readers of all ages for over sixty years. This rack-size paperback... |
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Little Women
Louisa May Alcott - Scholastic Inc.
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Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England. |
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The Book Thief
Markus Zusak - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul.It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.Liesel... |
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini - Riverhead
Format: Hardcover
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Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found... |
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The Lord of the Rings
J R R Tolkien - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him.... |
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My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park
Steve Kluger - Speak
Format: Hardcover
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Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out. But that all changes when both friends fall in love for the first time. Enter Al‚. Shes pretty, sassy, and on her way to Harvard. T.C. falls hard, but Al‚ is playing... |
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank - Bantam; Reissue edition
Format: Audiobook
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Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Franks remarkable diary has since become a world classic - a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old... |
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The Two Towers
J.R.R. Tolkien - Ballantine
Format: Paperback
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The prequel to The Lord of the Rings - The Hobbit - is now a major motion picture directed by Peter Jackson THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME The Fellowship is scattered. Some are bracing hopelessly for war against the ancient evil of Sauron. Some are contending with the treachery... |
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith - Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Format: Paperback
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The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive,... |
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Marcelo in the Real World
Francisco X Stork - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover
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The term "cognitive disorder" implies there is something wrong with the way I think or the way I perceive reality. I perceive reality just fine. Sometimes I perceive more of reality than others.Marcelo Sandoval hears music that nobody else can hear - part of an autism-like condition... |
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Guys Read: Funny Business
Jon Scieszka - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme,... |
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Matched
Ally Condie - Dutton Books
Format: Book
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Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face... |
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Within Reach: My Everest Story
Mark Pfetzer - Dutton Juvenile
Format: Hardcover
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Two years ago, every media giant from ESPN to Good Morning America scrambled to document the inspirational true story of fifteen-year-old Mark Pfetzer, the youngest climber ever to attempt the summit of Mount Everest, the world's highest and most coveted peak. Now, as Mark prepares to embark... |
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Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25
Richard Paul Evans - Simon Pulse/Mercury Ink
Format: Hardcover
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The electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling first installment of the action-packed Michael Vey series from author Richard Paul Evans.My name is Michael Vey, and the story I'm about to tell you is strange. Very strange. It's my story. To everyone at Meridian High School,... |
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Navigating Early
Clare Vanderpool - Delacorte Press
Format: Book
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"Just the sort of book that saves lives by igniting a passion for reading." - James Patterson "Reminiscent of Huckleberry Finn." - The Wall Street Journal A Michael L. Printz Honor Winner From the author of Newbery Medal winner Moon Over Manifest... |
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I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Malala Yousafzai - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced... |
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card - Tor Teen
Format: Hardcover
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The worldwide bestseller, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, with featured cover art from the major motion picture starring Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Asa Butterfield as Ender Wiggin.Once again, the Earth is under attack. An alien species is poised for a final assault. The survival... |
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Don't Turn Around
Michelle Gagnon - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover
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In Michelle Gagnon's debut YA thriller, Don't Turn Around, computer hacker Noa Torson is as smart, tough, and complex as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander. The first in a trilogy, Don't Turn Around's intricate plot and heart-pounding action will leave readers desperate... |
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Insignia (Insignia, 1)
S. J. Kincaid - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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"Insignia expertly combines humor with a disarming and highly realistic view of the future. The characters are real, funny, and memorable. You wont be able to put this book down." - Veronica Roth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent and InsurgentThe earth is in the middle... |
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Prisoner B-3087
Alan Gratz - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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10 concentration camps. 10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly. It's something no one could imagine surviving. But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face. As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything... |
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The Only Thing to Fear
Caroline Tung Richmond - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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In a stunning reimagining of history, debut author Caroline Tung Richmond weaves an incredible story of secrets and honor in a world where Hitler won World War II.It's been nearly 80 years since the Allies lost WWII in a crushing defeat against Hitler's genetically engineered super soldiers.... |
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The Great Train Robbery
Michael Crichton - Vintage
Format: Paperback
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In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune... |
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Like No Other
Una LaMarche - Razorbill
Format: Hardcover
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"One of the most poignant and star-crossed love stories since The Fault in Our Stars." - Entertainment WeeklyFitting seamlessly alongside current bestsellers like Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park, and John Green's Paper Towns, LIKE NO OTHER provides... |
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North of Beautiful
Justina Chen - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Paperback
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As he continued to stare, I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him, But you were the one who wanted this, remember? You're the one who asked-and I repeat-Why not fix your face? It's hard not to notice Terra Cooper.She's tall, blond, and has an enviable body. But with one turn... |
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The Man without a Face
Isabelle Holland - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback
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Charles didn't know much about life ... until he met The Man Without a Face"I'd never had a friend, and he was my friend; I'd never really, except for a shadowy memory, had a father, and he was my father. I'd never known an adult I could communicate with or trust, and I communicated... |
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The Cheat
Amy Goldman Koss - Speak
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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Award-winning author Amy Goldman Koss explores what happens when one bad decision threatens to destroy everything.Cheating on a geography midterm is only the beginning. It seemed simple enough - they were given the answers from last year's test and they used them. But Sarah and her friends... |
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The Honest Truth
Dan Gemeinhart - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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The debut of a phenomenal new middle-grade talent.In all the ways that matter, Mark is a normal kid. He's got a dog named Beau and a best friend, Jessie. He likes to take photos and write haiku poems in his notebook. He dreams of climbing a mountain one day.But in one important way, Mark... |
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The Lord of the Rings: 50th Anniversary, One Vol. Edition
J R R Tolkien - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
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One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind themIn ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others.... |
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The Assist: Hoops, Hope, and the Game of Their Lives
Neil Swidey - PublicAffairs
Format: Paperback
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Jack O'Brien is a high school basketball coach extreme in both his demands and his devotion. With monastic discipline, he has built a powerhouse program that wins state championships year after year while helping propel players to college. He does this as a white suburban guy working exclusively... |
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Life in Prison
Stanley Tookie Williams - Chronicle Books
Format: Paperback
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"The true stories I've written in this book are my living nightmares. My greatest hope is that the lessons the stories offer will help you make better choices than I did." Stanley "Tookie" Williams, cofounder of the notorious Crips gang, is a death-row inmate. But in his two decades... |
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Dogs of War
Sheila Keenan - GRAPHIX
Format: Paperback
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Sheila Keenan's captivating stories paired with Nathan Fox's stunning art bring the heroic military actions of man's best friend to life!Some war heroes heard wind whistling over a hidden trip wire.Some war heroes sniffed out a sniper 1,000 yards away.Some war heroes stood tall . . . on four... |
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Incarceron
Catherine Fisher - Firebird
Format: Paperback
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Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells and corridors, but metal forests, dilapidated cities, and wilderness. It has been sealed for centuries, and only one man has ever escaped. Finn has always been a prisoner here. Although he has no memory of his childhood, he is sure... |
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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice)... |
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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
Don Brown - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Kirkus' Best of 2015 list School Library Journal Best of 2015 Publishers Weekly's Best of 2015 list Horn Book Fanfare Book BOOKLIST Editor's Choice On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans,... |
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Grief Girl
Erin Vincent - Ember
Format: Paperback
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It's just another October day until Erin's parents are hit by a speeding tow truck. Mom dies instantly. Dad dies one month later, after doctors assure Erin he's going to make it. Now Erin and her sister are left to raise their baby brother - and each other. This is Erin Vincent's gripping... |
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One for the Murphys
Lynda Mullaly Hunt - Nancy Paulsen Books
Format: Hardcover
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A moving debut novel about a foster child learning to open her heart to a family's love Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she's blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows... |
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Fallen Angels
Walter Dean Myers - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of SUNRISE OVER FALLUJA in hardcover.A coming-of-age tale for young adults set in the trenches of the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, this is the story of Perry,... |
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