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The Girl I Used to Be
April Henry · Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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When Olivia's mother was killed, everyone suspected her father of murder. But his whereabouts remained a mystery. Fast forward fourteen years. New evidence now proves Olivia's father was actually murdered on the same fateful day her mother died. That means there's a killer still at large.... |
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Fishbone's Song
Gary Paulsen · Simon & Schuster Books
Pages: 160
Format: Print book |
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An orphan reflects on the lessons he was taught by the wise old man who raised him in this lyrical novel that reads like poetry from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen.Deep in the woods, in a rustic cabin, lives an old man and the boy he's raised as his own. This sage... |
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Blood, Bullets, and Bones: The Story of Forensic Science from Sherlock Holmes to DNA
Bridget Heos · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 264
Format: Print book |
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Blood, Bullets, and Bones provides young readers with a fresh and fascinating look at the ever-evolving science of forensics.Since the introduction of DNA testing, forensic science has been in the forefront of the public's imagination, thanks especially to popular television shows like... |
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Dreamland Burning
Jennifer Latham · Little
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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Some bodies won't stay buried.Some stories need to be told. When seventeen-year-old Rowan Chase finds a skeleton on her family's property, she has no idea that investigating the brutal century-old murder will lead to a summer of painful discoveries about the past... and the present.Nearly... |
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The Grimm Conclusion
Adam Gidwitz · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover |
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Once upon a time, fairy tales were grim. Cinderellas stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by birds. Rumpelstiltskin ripped himself in half. And in a tale called The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage, a mouse, a bird, and a sausage all talk to each other. Yes, the sausage talks. Okay,... |
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Snowbirds
CRISSA-JEAN CHAPPELL · MERIT PR
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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"Snowbirds will turn your image of the Amish upside down. Lucy will grab your heart and run away with it." --Robin MacCready, winner of the Edgar award for Buried Every year, Lucy waits eagerly for the arrival of the "snowbirds," the Old Order Amish who come trundling... |
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Frost Like Night
Sara Raasch · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 488
Format: Print book |
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Game of Thrones meets Graceling in this shocking and action-packed fantasy - the highly anticipated final book in the New York Times bestselling Snow Like Ashes series.Angra is alive, his Decay is spreading - and no one is safe.Meira will do anything to save her world. With Angra trying... |
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Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
Jaye Robin Brown · HarperTeen
Pages: 419
Format: Print book |
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Joanna meets the perfect girl for her and must decide whether to break a promise that could change everything for her and her family or lose out on love in this charming young adult romance that's perfect for fans of Julie Murphy's Dumplin' and Becky Albertalli's Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens... |
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Choosing Courage: Inspiring Stories of What It Means to Be a Hero
Peter Collier · Artisan, 2015.
Pages: 226
Format: Print book |
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What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation know the answers to these questions deep... |
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The Great Trouble: A Mystery of London, the Blue Death, and a Boy Called Eel
Deborah Hopkinson · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 249
Format: Hardcover |
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"A delightful combination of race-against-the-clock medical mystery and outwit-the-bad-guys adventure." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Eel has troubles of his own: As an orphan and a "mudlark," he spends his days in the filthy River Thames, searching for bits of things... |
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The Dog, Ray
Linda Coggin · Candlewick Press
Pages: 208
Format: Print book |
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By turns humorous, poignant, and moving, this tale of a girl who comes back to Earth as a dog is a nuanced portrait of death, love, grief, and hope.When my death came it was swift. Swift as a running horse. It wasted no time.Daisy, age twelve, has died in a car accident. She finds herself... |
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The Nerdy and the Dirty
B T Gottfred · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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His classmates may consider him a nerd, but Benedict Pendleton knows he's destined for great things. All he has to do is find a worthy girlfriend, and his social station will be secured. Sure, Benedict is different--but that's what he likes about himself.Pen Lupo is sick and tired... |
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See You in the Cosmos, Carl Sagan
Jack Cheng · Dial
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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In the tradition of Counting by 7s and Walk Two Moons comes a funny, luminous, utterly moving novel about a space-obsessed boy, his dog Carl Sagan, and a journey toward family, love, hope, and awe. 11-year-old Alex Petroski loves space and rockets, his mom, his brother, and his dog Carl... |
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Ghostly Echoes: A Jackaby Novel
William Ritter · Algonquin Young Readers
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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"Tread lightly, Miss Rook," warned Mr. Jackaby. "It would not do to push Miss Cavanaugh too far or too fast." Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly lady of 926 Augur Lane, has enlisted the investigative services of her fellow residents to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail... |
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