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BONE #1: Out from Boneville

Jeff Smith · Graphix/Scholastic
Pages: 138
Format: Paperback

The cornerstone of GRAPHIX, our new graphic novel imprint, BONE is the incredible comic book saga of the unwitting hero who must save an idyllic valley from the forces of evil.The BONE adventures tell the story of a young bone boy, Fone Bone, and his two cousins, Phoney Bone and Smiley...
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The Bitter Side of Sweet

Tara Sullivan · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Linda Sue Park and A Long Way Gone, two young boys must escape a life of slavery in modern-day Ivory CoastFifteen-year-old Amadou counts the things that matter. For two years what has mattered are the number of cacao pods he and his younger brother, Seydou, can chop down in a day....
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The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle

Janet Fox · Viking Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

"Keep calm and carry on." That's what Katherine Bateson's father told her, and that's what she's trying to do: when her father goes off to the war, when her mother sends Kat and her brother and sister away from London to escape the incessant bombing, even when...
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Assassin

Anna Myers · Walker Childrens; Reprint edition
Pages: 212
Format: Paperback

Would you betray your president to win the heart of America’s most celebrated actor? Bella isn’t evil. But even people with good intentions can end up doing bad things. Especially when they meet people with the power to persuade them to do almost anything, like John Wilkes Booth—the...
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When We Collided

Emery Lord · Bloomsbury
Pages: 344
Format: eBook

Seventeen year-old Jonah Daniels has lived in Verona Cove, California, his whole life, and only one thing has ever changed: his father used to be alive, and now he is not. With a mother lost in a deep bout of depression, Jonah and his five siblings struggle to keep up their home and the restaurant...
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The Wrath and the Dawn

Renée Ahdieh · Speak
Pages: 6
Format: Paperback

A #1 New York Times Bestseller!"A riveting Game of Thrones meets Arabian Nights love story." - US Weekly Every dawn brings horror to a different family in a land ruled by a killer. Khalid, the eighteen-year-old Caliph of Khorasan, takes a new bride each night only to have her executed...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)

J.K. Rowling · Listening Library
Format: Audio CD

The Dursleys were so mean that hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish creature named Dobby who says that if Harry Potter...
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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

Rachel Ignotofsky · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 127
Format: Hardcover

It's a scientific fact: Women rock! A charmingly illustrated and educational book, New York Times best seller Women in Science highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) from the ancient to the modern...
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Eclipse

Stephenie Meyer · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Readers captivated by Twilight and New Moon will eagerly devour the paperback edition Eclipse, the third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once...
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Broken Crowns

Lauren Destefano · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

War rages everywhere and Morgan is caught in the middle in the haunting and "satisfying conclusion" (Kirkus Reviews) of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy.The city is falling out of the sky ... Morgan always thought...
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Sweet Reckoning

Wendy Higgins · HarperTeen
Pages: 385
Format: Paperback

The third and final breathtaking book in the Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins...* * *It's time. Evil is running rampant and sweet Anna Whitt is its target. Nobody knows when or how the Dukes will strike, but Anna and her Nephilim allies will do anything necessary to rid the earth of the demons...
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Is Enough Being Done to Protect Athletes from Concussions?

Christine Wilcox · Referencepoint Press
Format: Hardcover

"Experts estimate that at least 10 percent of all contact sports athletes sustain concussions every year. Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines What Are the Origins of the Concussion Controversy in Sports? How Dangerous...
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Is the Death Penalty Just?

Carla Mooney · Referencepoint Press
Format: Book

Through objective discussion, numerous direct quotes, and illustrations this title examines the various controversies surrounding the death penalty.
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The Other F-Word

Natasha Friend · Farrar
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Milo has two great moms, but he's never known what it's like to have a dad. When Milo's doctor suggests asking his biological father to undergo genetic testing to shed some light on Milo's extreme allergies, he realizes this is a golden opportunity to find the man he's always wondered...
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Avenged

Amy Tintera · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

With the romance of The Selection and the epic stakes of Red Queen, Amy Tintera's New York Times-bestselling Ruined trilogy continues with the thrilling young adult fantasy Avenged.Emelina Flores has come home to Ruina. After rescuing her sister, Olivia, from imprisonment in rival kingdom...
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