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Firstborn: A Novel
Lorie Ann Grover · Zonderkidz
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover |
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Where does a firstborn girl fit in a world dominated by men? When Tiadone was born, her parents had two choices: leave their daughter outside the community to die in the wilds, or raise her as male and force her to suppress all feminine traits. Now, as the first female living as male in her village,... |
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Call Me By My Name
John Ed Bradley · Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages: 265
Format: Paperback |
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From former football star and bestselling author John Ed Bradley comes a searing look at love, life, and football in the face of racial adversity. "Heartbreaking," says Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak.Growing up in Louisiana in the late 1960s, Tater Henry has experienced... |
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Rise of aurora west.
J T Petty · First Second Books
Pages: 150
Format: Print book |
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Aurora West, daughter of Arcopolis's last great hero, seeks to uncover the mystery of her mother's death, and to find her place in a world overrun with monsters and corruption. |
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Razorhurst
Justine Larbalestier · Soho Teen
Pages: 309
Format: Print book |
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"Vivid and bloody and bold and fast - I feel like Razorhurst is in my bones now." - #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth GilbertThe notoriously bloody history of a mob-run Sydney, Australia neighborhood is fertile ground for this historical thriller with a paranormal... |
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Dorothy Must Die
D M Paige · HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Pages: 452
Format: Book |
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The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark new series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige.I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero. But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado - taking you with it - you have no choice... |
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Thirteen Chairs
Dave Shelton · David Fickling Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover |
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A spine-tingling collection of ghost storiesWhen a boy finds himself drawn into an empty house one cold night, he enters a room in which twelve unusual-looking people sit around a table. And the thirteenth chair is pulled out for him.One by one, each of those assembled tells their ownghost... |
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A Volcano Beneath the Snow: John Brown's War Against Slavery
Albert Marrin · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover |
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John Brown is a man of many legacies, from hero, freedom fighter, and martyr, to liar, fanatic, and "the father of American terrorism." Some have said that it was his seizure of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry that rendered the Civil War inevitable.Deeply religious, Brown believed... |
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The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High
Laurie Boyle Crompton · Sourcebooks Fire |
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"Smart satire and a rollicking good read!"—Jean Kilbourne, Ed. D, creator of "Killing Us Softly: Advertising's Image of Women" film series 5 News Press Release WESTFIELD Reality television is heading to high school! Watch the drama unfold as the three biggest... |
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The Walk On
John Feinstein · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover |
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Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein kicks off a new series for middle grade featuring Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sports establishment in his new town. Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it's clear that that position... |
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Playing for the Commandant
Suzy Zail · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover |
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A young Jewish pianist at Auschwitz, desperate to save her family, is chosen to play at the camp commandant's house. How could she know she would fall in love with the wrong boy?"Look after each other . . . and get home safe. And when you do, tell everyone what you saw and what... |
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