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Slavery And Human Trafficking
Noah Berlatsky · Greenhaven Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications. |
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Snake Bite
Andrew Lane · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Kidnapped and taken to China, teenage Sherlock finds himself plunged into the heart of a deadly mystery. How can three men be bitten by the same poisonous snake in different parts of Shanghai? Who wants them dead, and why? The answers seem to lie in a message hidden in a diagram that looks... |
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Literally
Lucy Keating · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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From the author of Dreamology comes a young adult love story that blurs the line between reality and fiction ... Annabelle's life has always been Perfect with a capital P. Then bestselling young adult author Lucy Keating announces that she's writing a new novel - and Annabelle is the heroine.... |
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Toxic
Sara Shepard · HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
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Toxic is the fifteenth - and second-to-last - volume in Sara Shepard's #1 New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series, also a hit ABC Family original TV show.High school seniors Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna barely survived their most recent encounter with A. And it's... |
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The Year We Fell Apart
Emily Martin · Simon Pulse, 2015.
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Sarah Dessen, this powerful debut novel is a compelling portrait of a young girl coping with her mother's cancer as she figures out how to learn from - and fix - her past.Few things come as naturally to Harper as epic mistakes. In the past year she was kicked off the swim... |
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Carve the Mark
Veronica Roth · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 468
Format: Print book
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Fans of Star Wars and Divergent will revel in internationally bestselling author Veronica Roth's stunning new science-fiction fantasy series.On a planet where violence and vengeance rule, in a galaxy where some are favored by fate, everyone develops a currentgift, a unique power meant to shape... |
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Conquering Negative Body Image
Viola Jones · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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Approximately a half million U.S. teens struggle with eating disorders, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. The bodys transition from childhood to adulthood can be confusing and even traumatic. It is during adolescence that many of us develop negative body images, which... |
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The Trouble in Me
Jack Gantos · Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen-year-old Jack Gantos, as the author reveals the moment he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed in the memoir... |
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Spindle Fire
Lexa Hillyer · HarperTeen
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Half sisters Isabelle and Aurora are polar opposites: Isabelle is the king's headstrong illegitimate daughter, whose sight was tithed by faeries; Aurora, beautiful and sheltered, was tithed her sense of touch and her voice on the same day. Despite their differences, the sisters have always... |
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Take the Key and Lock Her Up
Ally Carter · Scholastic (Us)
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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New York Times bestselling author Ally Carter returns with the third entry in this runaway series. For the past three years, Grace Blakely has been desperate to find out the truth about her mother's murder. She thought it would bring her peace. She thought it would lead her to answers.... |
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The Boys of Fire and Ash
Meaghan McIsaac · Delacorte Press
Pages: 327
Format: Print book
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"The compelling mythology and dystopian setting will appeal to genre readers. Fans of James Dashner, Margaret Peterson Haddix, and Patrick Ness need look no further."--Kirkus Fans of Rick Riordan and Anthony Horowitz will want to read this action-filled debut novel that offers... |
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Waste of Space
Gina Damico · HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Cram ten hormonal teens into a spaceship and blast off: that's the premise for the ill-conceived reality show Waste of Space. The kids who are cast know everything about drama - and nothing about the fact that the production is fake. Hidden in a desert warehouse, their spaceship replica... |
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Combatting Internet Shaming
Tracy Brown Hamilton · Rosen Publishing
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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The Internet is a wonderful place, but it can also be vicious and harmful. One of the negatives about being connected is a phenomenon called Internet shaming. Internet shaming is just one of the ways people show their uglier sides online, to tragic and unfair consequences. It has damaged... |
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Che Guevara's Face: How a Cuban Photographer's Image Became a Cultural Icon
Danielle Smith-Llera · Compass Point Books
Pages: 64
Format: Print book
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What has been called the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century began as a spur-of-the-moment snapshot by a Cuban photographer. Alberto Korda transformed a simple photo into a world famous portrait of a larger-than-life revolutionary. Kordas 1960 photo of Che Guevaras... |
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The Secret of a Heart Note
Stacey Lee · Katherine Tegen Books
Pages: 376
Format: Print book
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From critically acclaimed author Stacey Lee, an evocative novel about a teen aroma-expert who uses her extrasensitive sense of smell to help others fall in love - while protecting her own heart at all costs - perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and E. Lockhart.Sometimes love is right under... |
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