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Anna Davies · Point
Format: Print book

To tweet or not to tweet . . . what a deadly question.When Briana loses out on a starring role in the school's production of Hamlet, she reluctantly agrees to be the drama department's "social media director" and starts tweeting half-hearted updates. She barely has any followers,...
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Now That You're Here

Amy K. Nichols · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 284
Format: Hardcover

"When street smart graffiti artist, Danny, is jolted into a parallel world, only Eevee, an alluring science geek has the know-how to get him home, but as he falls for her, his motives grow foggy"--
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Slaves of Socorro

John A. Flanagan · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the mega-selling Ranger's Apprentice! Hal and his fellow Herons have returned home to Skandia after defeating the pirate captain Zavac and reclaiming Skandia's most prized artifact, the Andomal. With their honor restored, the Herons turn to a new mission: tracking...
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Careers in online gaming

Jamie Poolos · Rosen Pub.
Format:  eBook : Document : English : 1st ed

Examines the burgeoning fields in online gaming, such as social gaming, which involves social networking in gameplay; designing games, which requires artistic as well as computer skills; and software engineers, who need to understand the online platform. In addition to job descriptions,...
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The Possibility of Now

Kim Culbertson · Point, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Mara James has always been a perfectionist with a plan. But despite years of overachieving at her elite school, Mara didn't plan on having a total meltdown during her calculus exam. Like a rip-up-the-test-and-get-escorted-out kind of meltdown. And she definitely didn't plan on never wanting...
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The Education of Margot Sanchez

Lilliam Rivera · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

Pretty in Pink comes to the South Bronx in this bold and romantic coming-of-age novel about dysfunctional families, good and bad choices, and finding the courage to question everything you ever thought you wanted - from debut author Lilliam Rivera.Things/People Margot Hates: Mami, for destroying...
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Another Day

David Levithan · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

The eagerly anticipated companion to David Levithan's New York Times bestseller Every Day In this enthralling companion to his New York Times bestseller Every Day, David Levithan (co-author of Will Grayson, Will Grayson with John Green) tells Rhiannon's side of the story as she seeks...
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Beastly Bones: A Jackaby Novel

William Ritter · Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

"I've found very little about private detective R. F. Jackaby to be standard in the time I've known him. Working as his assistant tends to call for a somewhat flexible relationship with reality . . ." In 1892, New Fiddleham, New England, things are never quite what they...
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Saving Hamlet

Molly Booth · Hyperion
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Emma Allen couldn't be more excited to start her sophomore year. Not only is she the assistant stage manager for the drama club's production of Hamlet, but her crush Brandon is directing, and she's rocking a new haircut that's sure to get his attention. But soon after school starts, everything...
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Combatting Body Shaming

Tamra Orr · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Print book

In the West, overweight people are shamed daily for their poor choices and their lack of self-discipline. But thin people can be shamed, too, we assume they are anorexic or desperate to keep up with Hollywood standards. Then there are the female athletes who should be celebrated for their...
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Hunted

Meagan Spooner · Harper Teen
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Meagan Spooner spins a thoroughly thrilling Beautyand the Beast story for the modern age, expertly woven with spellbinding romance, intrigue, and suspense that readers won t soon be able to forget. Beauty knows the Beast's forest in her bones and in her blood....
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Never Always Sometimes

Adi Alsaid · Harlequin Teen
Pages: 313
Format: Print book

Never date your best friend Always be original Sometimes rules are meant to be broken Best friends Dave and Julia were determined to never be cliché high school kids - the ones who sit at the same lunch table every day, dissecting the drama from homeroom and plotting their campaigns...
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Native American Spirit Beings

Jeanne Nagle · Rosen Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover

Native American spirituality is as rich and varied as the cultures wherein it is practiced. Unlike the ancient Greeks and Romans, who worshipped divine gods and goddesses, the indigenous people of North America revere a variety of non-deity spirit beings, which are entities with mystical...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Woman Living History

Karen Blumenthal · Feiwel and Friends
Pages: 433
Format: Print book

As a young girl, Hillary Diane Rodham's parents told her she could be whatever she wanted--as long as she was willing to work for it. Hillary took those words and ran. In a life on the front row of modern American history, she has always stood out--whether she was a teen campaigning...
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