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Cuba
Sean Sheehan · Cavendish Square Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Print book
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Cuba is a beautiful and fascinating country in the midst of exciting changes. After fifty years under Fidel Castro, the small island nation is looking forward to new leadership and a new relationship with the United States. This book explores Cubas past, present, and future and discusses... |
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Nigeria
J. DuBois · Cavendish Square
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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Provides comprehensive information on the geography, history, wildlife, governmental structure, economy, cultural diversity, peoples, religion, and culture of Nigeria. |
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Little Monsters
Kara Thomas · Delacorte Press
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover
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For fans of Pretty Little Liars, Little Monsters is a new psychological thriller, from the author of The Darkest Corners, about appearances versus reality and the power of manipulation amongst teenage girls. Kacey is the new girl in Broken Falls. When she moved in with her father, she stepped... |
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Landscape with Invisible Hand
M. T. Anderson · Candlewick on Brilliance Audio
Format: Audiobook
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National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson returns to future Earth in a sharply wrought satire of art and truth in the midst of colonization.When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth - but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really... |
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Girl Mans Up
M-E Girard · HarperCollins
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
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"Pen is an inspiration to anyone who's struggled to be understood, and a vital addition to the growing world of genderqueer protagonists." -The New York Times Book ReviewLambda Literary Award Winner * Entertainment Weekly Best YA Book of 2016 * Children's Book Council... |
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Black River Falls
Jeff Hirsch · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Seventeen-year-old Cardinal has escaped the virus that ravaged his town, leaving its victims alive but without their memories. He chooses to remain in the quarantined zone, caring for a group of orphaned kids in a mountain camp with the help of the former brutal school bully, now transformed... |
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Rhyme Schemer
K.A. Holt · Chronicle Books (CA)
Pages: 167
Format: Hardcover
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Kevin has a bad attitude. He's the one who laughs when you trip and fall. In fact, he may have been the one who tripped you in the first place. He has a real knack for rubbing people the wrong way - and he's even figured out a secret way to do it with poems. But what happens when... |
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The Island at the End of Everything
Kiran Millwood Hargrave · Knopf Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A poignant story filled with heart-warming courage as a young girl takes on a harrowing journey to be reunited with her mother.Ami lives on Culion, an island in the Philippines for people who have leprosy. Her mother is among the infected. Ami loves her home: with its blue seas and lush... |
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The Chaos of Standing Still
JESSICA BRODY · Simon Pulse
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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"Jessica Brody has made me believe that getting stuck in an airport overnight would be the most fantastic thing in the world. I fell hard for this story of love, loss, friendship, and bad airport food. I loved it!" - Morgan Matson, New York Times bestselling author of The Unexpected... |
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The Freedom Maze
Delia Sherman · Candlewick; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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"Multilayered, compassionate, and thought-provoking." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Thirteen-year-old Sophie isn’t happy about spending the summer of 1960 at her grandmother’s old house in the bayou. Bored and lonely, she can’t resist exploring the house’s... |
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New Mexico
Michael Burgan · 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 Beautiful's dynamic design and editorial approach to the geography, history, people,... |
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The Brink of Darkness
Jeff Giles · Bloomsbury YA
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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"A dark, twisted thrill ride that is also a funny, warm-hearted romance . . . I adore it." --Laini Taylor, author of the New York Times bestseller Strange the Dreamer and the forthcoming Muse of NightmaresIn this sequel to the cinematic, romantic fantasy The Edge of Everything,... |
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Princess Academy: Palace of Stone
Shannon Hale · Bloomsbury USA Childrens; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Coming down from the mountain to a new city life is a thrill to Miri. She and her princess academy friends have come to Asland to help the future princess Britta prepare for her wedding. There, Miri also has a chance to attend school-at the prestigious Queens Castle. But as Miri befriends... |
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Killing Time in Crystal City
Chris Lynch · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A teen runs away from his broken life and invents a new one in this dazzling adventure from Printz Honor winner and National Book Award finalist Chris Lynch. Crystal City called for him, and Kevin answered. And why wouldnt he? His relationship with his father is broken—as is his arm.... |
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