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Master Writing for the SAT: What You Need for Test Success (Peterson's Master Writing for the SAT)

Margaret Moran · Peterson's; 2 edition
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback

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The Siren

Kiera Cass · HarperTeen
Pages: 327
Format: Print book

From Kiera Cass, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series, comes a captivating stand-alone fantasy romance.Kahlen is a Siren, bound to serve the Ocean by luring humans to watery graves with her voice, which is deadly to any human who hears it. Akinli is human - a kind,...
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The Leaving

Tara Altebrando · Bloomsbury
Pages: 421
Format: Print book

Eleven years ago, six kindergartners went missing without a trace. After all that time, the people left behind moved on, or tried to. Until today. Today five of those kids return. They're sixteen, and they are . . . fine. Scarlett comes home and finds a mom she barely recognizes, and doesn't...
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The Serpent King

Jeff Zentner · Crown
Pages: 372
Format: Print book

"The Serpent King is a book you won't be able to resist or forget. The Southern boy in me savored every syllable and the reader in me fell in love with every page." - John Corey Whaley, National Book Award finalist and Printz Award winner Dill has had to wrestle with vipers...
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When Friendship Followed Me Home

Paul Griffin · Dial Books for Young Readers
Pages: 247
Format: Print book

A boy's chance encounter with a scruffy dog leads to an unforgettable friendship in this deeply moving story about life, loss, and the meaning of family Ben Coffin has never been one for making friends. As a former foster kid, he knows people can up and leave without so much as a goodbye....
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Spontaneous

Aaron Starmer · Dutton
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

A darkly funny and spectacularly original exploration of friendship, goodbyes - and spontaneous combustion. Mara Carlyle's senior year is going as normally as could be expected, until - wa-bam! - fellow senior Katelyn Ogden explodes during third period pre-calc.Katelyn is the first, but she won't...
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The Diabolic

S J Kincaid · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book

Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when the galaxy's most deadly weapon masquerades as a senator's daughter and a hostage of the galactic court.A Diabolic is ruthless. A Diabolic is powerful. A Diabolic has a single task: Kill in order to protect...
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The Heartbreak Messenger

Alexander Vance · Square Fish; Reprint edition

Breaking up is hard to do—so why not pay someone to do it for you?Twelve-year-old Quentin never asked to be the Heartbreak Messenger. It just kind of happened, and he can’t let a golden opportunity pass him by. The valuable communication service he offers is simple: He delivers...
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Vol. 1: The Pox Party

M.T. Anderson · Candlewick; First Edition edition
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A gothic tale becomes all too shockingly real in this mesmerizing magnum opus by the acclaimed author of FEED.It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers,...
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