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Stalking Jack the Ripper

Kerri Maniscalco · JIMMY Patterson Books/Little
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Presented by James Patterson's new children's imprint, this deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion...Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege...
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Haunted

Joy Preble · Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Paperback

Anne Michaelson is trying to forget everything that happened last year. But it's hard to do when her heart aches for Ethan and there's a wild-haired woman stalking her... Ethan Kosinsky is embracing his newfound mortality. But something is drawing him back to the girl he left behind—back...
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Troy: The Myth and Reality Behind the Epic Legend

Nick McCarty · Rosen
Pages: 122
Format: Book

- A high profile movie is currently in production based on the Trojan War myth and Homer's epic The Illiad. Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, Troy's star-studded cast includes, Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom and Sean Bean. Troy is due to be release in May 2004- A miniseries directed...
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Unscripted Joss Byrd: A Novel

Lygia Day Peaflor · Roaring Brook Press
Pages: 214
Format: Print book

Hollywood critics agree. Joss Byrd is "fiercely emotional," a young actress with "complete conviction," and a "powerhouse." Joss Byrd is America's most celebrated young actress, but on the set of her latest project, a gritty indie film called The Locals, Joss's...
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The Kill Order

James Dashner · Delacorte Press
Pages: 329
Format: Book

Read the fourth book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent. The first and second books, The Maze Runner and The Scorch Trials, are now major motion pictures featuring the star of MTV's Teen Wolf, Dylan O'Brien; Kaya Scodelario;...
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What This Story Needs Is a Munch and a Crunch

Emma J Virjan · Harpercollins, 2016.
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Join Pig and her friends in another fun read-aloud adventure as they figure out a way to keep the picnic fun and games going, even with a little rain.What this story needsis a pig in a wigbaking bread,pouring punch,and meeting a friend for a picnic lunch.But just as the outdoor fun and games...
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Lucky Strikes

Louis Bayard · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 313
Format: Print book

With her mama recently dead and her pa sight unseen since birth, Amelia is suddenly in charge of her younger brother and sister -- and of the family gas station. Harley Blevins, local king and emperor of Standard Oil, is in hot pursuit to clinch his fuel monopoly. To keep him at bay and keep...
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The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave

Rick Yancey · Putnam Publishing Group
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover

The riveting follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The 5th Wave, hailed by Justin Cronin as "wildly entertaining." How do you rid the Earth of seven billion humans? Rid the humans of their humanity.Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan...
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson · Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

      Perhaps the most brilliant comic strip ever created, Calvin and Hobbes continues to entertain with dazzling cartooning and tremendous humor.  Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes has been a worldwide favorite since its introduction in 1985....
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From Norvelt to Nowhere

Jack Gantos · Farrar Straus Giroux
Pages: 278
Format: Print book

This rocket-paced follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning novel Dead End in Norvelt opens deep in the shadow of the Cuban missile crisis. But instead of Russian warheads, other kinds of trouble are raining down on young Jack Gantos and his utopian town of Norvelt in western Pennsylvania....
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