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The Freedom Summer Murders
Don Mitchell · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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To coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Summer murders, this will be the first book for young adults to explore the harrowing true story of three civil rights workers slain by the KKK.In June of 1964, three idealistic young men (one black and two white) were lynched by the Ku Klux... |
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Unspeakable
Michelle K. Pickett · Clean Teen Publishing
Format: Print book
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“Breathe. No one will break me. I’m strong. Breathe. Just breathe.” On the outside, Willow appears to have it all. She’s beautiful, smart, from an influential family, and she dates the most popular guy in school—Jaden. But she would walk away from it all in a second.... |
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Is Athlete Drug Testing Needed?
Lydia Bjornlund · ReferencePoint Press
Format: Print book : Secondary (senior high) school : English
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96 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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Deported.
Shannon Freeman · Saddleback Pub
Format: Book
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Brandi is smart and outgoing, but sometimes insecure and gullible. Marisa is graceful and articulate, but often too driven. Shane is a natural leader with a lot of spirit, but rebellious and headstrong. The girls have been inseparable since middle school. But now they are playing in the big leagues,... |
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Look Past
Eric Devine · Running Press
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Someone brutally murdered Mary Mathison, daughter of a prominent and very conservative local pastor, and Avery, a transgender boy who loved Mary, is bent on finding her killer. He goes to the crime scene to do some investigating, but is quickly put in harm's way. Reluctantly, Avery must... |
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How It Went Down
Kekla Magoon · Square Fish
Format: Paperback
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A 2015 Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookWhen sixteen-year-old Tariq Johnson dies from two gunshot wounds, his community is thrown into an uproar. Tariq was black. The shooter, Jack Franklin, is white.In the aftermath of Tariq's death, everyone has something to say, but no two accounts... |
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Dear Martin
NIC STONE · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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"Raw and gripping." - Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys A must-read!" - Angie Thomas, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter... |
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New Hampshire
Deborah Kent · Childrens Pr; Revised edition
Format: Book
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The third series of America the Beautiful is back in a revised edition. The books in this series are bursting with fascinating facts, updated statistics, and brand-new full-color photographs. America the Beautifuls dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography, history, people,... |
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Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek
Maya Van Wagenen · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 259
Format: Book
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2015 YALSA Award for Excellence in NonfictionNew York Times Bestseller A breakout teen author explores the true meaning of popularity and how to survive middle school in this hysterically funny, touchingly honest contemporary memoir. "I was inspired by [Maya's] journey and made a point... |
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Strike!: The Farm Workers' Fight for Their Rights
Larry Dane Brimner
Format: Book
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In 1965, as the grapes in California's Coachella Valley were ready to harvest, migrant Filipino American workers - who picked and readied the crop for shipping - negotiated a wage of $1.40 per hour, the same wage growers had agreed to pay guest workers from Mexico. But when the Fi |
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Boundaries: How the Mason-Dixon Line Settled a Family Feud and Divided a Nation
Sally M Walker · Candlewick Press
Pages: 202
Format: Print book
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The Mason-Dixon Line's history, replete with property disputes, persecution, and ideological conflicts, traverses our country's history from its founding to today. We live in a world of boundaries - geographic, scientific, cultural, and religious. One of America's most enduring... |
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The Color of Darkness
Ruth Hatfield · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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After rescuing his parents, Danny returns to his old life, burying the taro that allowed him to speak to animals, trees, and the very storms that led to his adventure. Danny thinks he's left magic and mystery behind, but Sammael, a creature of terrible imagination, refuses to let him go. A strange... |
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A map for wrecked girls
Jessica Taylor · Findaway World
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"Emma has always orbited Henri, her fierce, magnetic queen bee of an older sister, and the two have always been best friends. Until something happens that wrecks them. Then the unthinkable occurs--a watery nightmare off the dazzling coast. The girls wash up on shore, stranded. Their... |
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Our Chemical Hearts
Krystal Sutherland · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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John Green meets Rainbow Rowell in this irresistible story of first love, broken hearts, and the golden seams that put them back together again. Henry Page has never been in love. He fancies himself a hopeless romantic, but the slo-mo, heart palpitating, can't-eat-can't-sleep kind of love... |
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Mutant Animals: Crazy Creatures Altered by Science
Sally Lee · Fact Finders
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding
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A mouse with a human ear on its back. Cats that glow in the dark. Giant super salmon. These animals are just the stuff gross out stories and horror movies. They are real animals that have been altered by scientists. And some of these animals are alive today. |
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