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Fireblood

ELLY BLAKE · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

In this action-packed sequel to the New York Times bestselling Frostblood, Ruby must choose between her fiery homeland and the icy king who loves her.Against all odds, Ruby has defeated the villainous Frost King and melted his powerful throne. But the bloodthirsty Minax that was trapped...
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What We Hide

Marthe Jocelyn · Wendy Lamb Books
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback

An engrossing novel-in-stories that paints a tapestry of secrets and lies: why we keep them, why we tell them, and what happens next. Americans Jenny and her brother, Tom, are off to England: Tom to university, to dodge the Vietnam draft, Jenny to be the new girl at a boarding school,...
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We Love to SewGifts: Fun Stuff for Kids to Stitch and Share

Annabel Wrigley · C&T Publishing / FunStitch Studio
Format: Print book

Let's get started and make gifts for every special person in your life ... don't worry, we won't forget your four-legged friends! Wouldn't it be cool to make birthday presents -- or anytime presents -- for your family and friends? This book will teach you how! Make a tie for your...
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The Enchanter Heir

Cinda Williams Chima · Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition
Format: Book

They called it the Thorn Hill Massacre-the brutal attack on a once-thriving Weir community. Though Jonah Kinlock lived through it, he did not emerge unscathed: like the other survivors Jonah possesses unique magical gifts that set him apart from members of the mainline guilds. At seventeen,...
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Math Dictionary for Kids: The #1 Guide for Helping Kids With Math

Theresa R Fitzgerald · Prufrock Pr
Pages: 175
Format: Print book

Equipped with the #1 guide to help kids with math homework, children will be able to quickly find the definitions and illustrated examples that will enable them to solve many of the math challenges they face. Covering everything from "addend" to "zero," the fifth edition...
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Day 21

Kass Morgan · Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

It's been 21 days since the hundred landed on Earth. They're the only humans to set foot on the planet in centuries...or so they thought.
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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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How can teen pregnancy be reduced?

Barbara Sheen · ReferencePoint Press
Format: Book

Discusses the issues regarding teenage pregnancy and its prevention, including if schools should provide sex education, if teenagers should have access to birth control, and if the media influences teenage pregnancy.
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The Magnificent Lizzie Brown and the Devil's Hound

Vicki Lockwood · Stone Arch Books
Format: Book

When the traveling circus arrives in rural England, Lizzie's palm-reading talent reveals a gang of thieves using a terrifying black hound to rob graves in the local cemetery. Soon Lizzie and her friends find themselves in the middle of a grave-robbing mystery with no end in sight. Now it's...
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The Giant

Jonathan Mary-Todd · Darby Creek Publishing
Format: Print book

Luc doesnt like to fight. He wins his matches anyway. Men always turn out to see the Boy Giant box—hes taller and stronger than anyone else at the Woodrat Club. Luc takes part to help Mr. Chilton, the man who brought him to New York. When a fast-talking stranger brings a kangaroo to the club,...
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Either the Beginning or the End of the World

Terry Farish · Carolrhoda Books
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover

For sixteen years, it's been just Sofie and her father, living on the New Hampshire coast. Her Cambodian immigrant mother has floated in and out of her life, leaving Sofie with a fierce bitterness toward her and a longing she wishes she could outgrow. To me she is as unreliable as the wind....
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Seeker

VERONICA ROSSI · Macmillan Audio
Format: Audiobook

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Veronica Rossi's new fantasy adventure in the Rider series -- Seeker .When Daryn claimed she was seeing "visions" during her sophomore year of high school, no one believed the truth. She wasn't losing her mind, she was gaining the Sight...
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Jealous Girl?: Girls Dealing With Feelings

Gail Snyder · Jasmine Health
Format: Hardcover

Is your best friend a better athlete than you are? Do your parents seem to favor your sister over you? Does seeing your lover talking to another girl make you crazy? Everyone feels jealous or envious at one time or another, but if you constantly feel like the world is unfair to you, you may need...
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Drawing Amanda

Stephanie Feuer · Hipso Media; 1 edition
Format: Print book

DRAWING AMANDA is set in the under-parented, high-expectation world of a Manhattan international prep school. Fourteen-year-old budding artist Inky Kahn is still smarting from the death of his father. He thinks he’s found his big break when he bonds with the developer of a new computer...
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Girl in Reverse

Barbara Stuber · McElderry Books, Margaret K.
Pages: 319
Format: Hardcover

Being adopted isn't easy - especially when you're seen as a national enemy. A teen seeks the roots of her identity in this stirring novel from the acclaimed author of Crossing the Tracks.When Lily was three, her mother put her up for adoption, then disappeared without a trace. Or so Lily...
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