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Love and Other Theories

Alexis Bass - Harperteen
Format: Hardcover

Love and Other Theories is a fast-paced twist on the coming-of-age novel and the romantic comedy that Kirkus Reviews called "careful, subtle, and aching" in a starred review.Aubrey and her best friends made a pact to play by the guys' rules when it comes to dating. They're hoping...
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Stella: A Novel

Helen Eve - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

Seventeen-year-old Stella Hamilton is the star blazing at the heart of Temperley High. Leader of the maliciously exclusive elite, she is envied and lusted after in equal measure. And in the Hamilton tradition, she is in the final stage of a six-year campaign to achieve her destiny: love...
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The One

Kiera Cass - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback

The captivating third book in Kiera Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection seriesAmerica Singer searches for her happily ever after in this swoon-worthy YA dystopian romance, perfect for readers who loved Veronica Roth's Divergent, Lauren Oliver's Delirium, or Rene Ahdieh's The Wrath...
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Landry Park

Bethany Hagen - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

“Downton Abbey” meets The Selection in this dystopian tale of love and betrayalSixteen-year-old Madeline Landry is practically Gentry royalty. Her ancestor developed the nuclear energy that has replaced electricity, and her parents exemplify the glamour of the upper class. As for Madeline,...
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Natsume's Book of Friends , Vol. 18

Yuki Midorikawa - VIZ Media LLC
Format: Print book

Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he's a troubled high school student who has come to live in the small town...
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Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy

Charles Soule - Marvel
Format: Print book

Wolverine-the greatest X-Men ever-is dead! With this mutant powerhouse now permanently out of the picture, various facti ons of both good and evil are scrambling to fill the void left by Logan's death! Will Wolverine's Legacy be shaped by heroes who valiantly fought alongside him,...
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Playlist for the Dead

Michelle Falkoff - HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover

"A page-turner that combines genuine intrigue with heartbreak and desire." - Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7sPart mystery, part love story, and part coming-of-age tale in the vein of Thirteen Reasons Why, The Perks of Being a Wallflower,...
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Tales From My Closet

Jennifer Anne Moses - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Five girls. A paper dress. Tons of shoes. One unforgettable raincoat. White Jeans. Secrets. Drama. Friends?For Justine, Bianca, Becka, Polly, and Anne, living in Westfield, New Jersey is "life on planet toilet paper." At least that's how Justine feels when she shows up as the new girl...
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Daniel X: Lights Out

James Patterson - Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Format: Large Print Hardcover

James Patterson's high-octane sci-fi adventure series comes to a white-knuckle conclusion in the final battle that Daniel X has been waiting for his entire life. In this sixth and last installment of the Daniel X series, the alien-hunting hero is finally ready to take on the biggest threat...
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Burning Kingdoms

Lauren DeStefano - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

Danger descends in the second book of The Internment Chronicles, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Chemical Garden trilogy.After escaping Internment, Morgan and her fellow fugitives land on the ground to finally learn about the world beneath their floating island home. The ground...
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Girl at the Bottom of the Sea

Michelle Tea - McSweeney's McMullens
Format: Hardcover

Sophie Swankowski is the hero from the stories shes been hearing all her life shes the girl who will save the world. Or so shes been told. Now she and her unlikely guardianthe gruff, filthy mermaid Syrenamust travel the pitch-black seas from broken-down Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Syrenas...
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Cactus's Secret, Vol. 2

Nana Haruta - VIZ Media LLC; paperback / softback edition
Format: Paperback

Falling in love with a clueless boy would turn any girl into a cactus!Reads R to L (Japanese Style). Falling in love with a clueless boy would turn any girl into a cactus! Now that Kyohei knows Miku likes him, he's turned her down! But Miku isn't going to give up easily. However,...
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Nisekoi: False Love, Vol. 9

Naoshi Komi - VIZ Media LLC
Format: Print book

Love triangle! Comedic antics!! Gang warfare?! You won't want to miss out on Shonen Jump's laugh-out-loud feel-good manga series! It's hate at first sight when Raku Ichijo first meets Chitoge Kirisaki. But much to their chagrin, the two are forced into a false love relationship...
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Hostage Three

Nick Lake - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover

From the author of the Michael L. Printz award–winning novel In Darkness comes a critically-acclaimed, fast-paced thriller that’s as dangerous as the seas on which it’s set.The last thing Amy planned to do this summer was sail around the world trapped on a yacht with her father...
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After Hours

Claire Kennedy - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

Scandals and hook-ups abound in a summertime restaurant drama where four teens are all willing to do whatever it takes to make it through the workday ... and hopefully to win the money in the after-hours dare-based game of Tips.Isa, Xavi, Peter, and Finn know that a job at the high-end...
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Finding Cinderella: A Novella

Colleen Hoover - Atria Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

A chance encounter in the dark leads eighteen-year-old Daniel and the girl who stumbles across him to profess their love for each other. But this love has conditions: they agree it will last only one hour, and it will be only make-believe. When their hour is up and the girl rushes off like...
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Escape from Tibet: A True Story

Nick Gray - Annick Press
Format: Book

Two brothers face cruelty, hardship, and hope, on the ultimate journey in search of freedom. Eleven-year-old Tenzin hasn't seen his older brother, Pasang, in five years, so he is thrilled when Pasang unexpectedly returns to their Tibetan village late one night. Now eighteen, Pasang...
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What I Thought Was True

Huntley Fitzpatrick - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to My Life Next Door is a magnetic, push-me-pull-me summer romance for fans of Sarah Dessen and Jenny Han.Gwen Castle's Biggest Mistake Ever, Cassidy Somers, is slumming it as a yard boy on her idyllic Nantucket-esque island this summer. He's a rich...
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A List of Things That Didn't Kill Me

Jason Schmidt - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

Jason Schmidt wasn't surprised when he came home one day during his junior year of high school and found his father, Mark, crawling around in a giant pool of blood. Things like that had been happening a lot since Mark had been diagnosed with HIV, three years earlier.Jason's life...
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Transcendent

Lesley Livingston - HarperTeen; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series, this action-packed, undeniably romantic saga that began with Starling and intensified in Descendant comes to an epic conclusion in Transcendent.On a terrace high above the streets of Manhattan, Mason Starling holds the fate...
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Twisted Fate

Norah Olson - HarperAudio
Format: Audiobook

The moment a mysterious boy moves in next door to Sydney and Allyson Tate, both of their lives begin to change in ways that neither of them can ignore. When Allyson meets Graham Copeland, she instantly feels like hes a kindred spirit - shy and awkward like her, someone who has trouble making...
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City of Heavenly Fire

Cassandra Clare - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

Shadowhunters and demons square off for the final showdown in the spellbinding, seductive conclusion to the #1 New York Times bestselling Mortal Instruments series.Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their...
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Urban Outlaws

Peter Jay Black - Bloomsbury, 2014.
Format: Print book

Deep beneath the city live five extraordinary kids: world-famous hacker Jack, gadget geek Charlie, free runner Slink, communications chief Obi, and decoy expert Wren. Orphans bonded over their shared sense of justice, the kids have formed the Urban Outlaws, a group dedicated to outsmarting...
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Sleeping beauty

Jenni James - StoneHouse Ink
Format: eBook

For fans of classics, fantasy & magic, fantasy fairy tales, fairy tale adaptations, and fantasy classics!The sleeping girl has no idea she is asleep . . . After Aleyna witnessed the cruel deaths of her family, she was put to sleep by Ezralon the unicorn. He has been keeping her safe,...
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Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 17

Julietta Suzuki - VIZ Media LLC; Original edition
Format: Print book

Nanami Momozono is alone and homeless after her dad skips town to evade his gambling debts and the debt collectors kick her out of her apartment. So when a man shes just saved from a dog offers her his home, she jumps at the opportunity. But it turns out that his place is a shrine, and Nanami...
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Daredevil Volume 2: West-Case Scenerio

Mark Waid - Marvel
Format: Print book

Original Sin tie-in! When Matt learns something about his past that's too terrible to accept, he seeks out his mother- only to find her in more trouble than he could possibly have imagined. It's the untold story of how Matt Murdock's mother became Sister Maggie, as her biggest...
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While It Lasts

Abbi Glines - Simon Pulse
Format: Paperback

Cage brings his playboy prowess to the countryside as the Sea Breeze hookups continue, from self-published phenomenon Abbi Glines.Low broke Cage’s heart by getting with Marcus in Because of Low. Cage went into a tailspin that ended in a DUI. In order to salvage his baseball scholarship—the...
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Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die, 1)

Danielle Paige - HarperCollins
Format: Paperback

The New York Times bestselling first book in a dark series that reimagines the Oz saga, from debut author Danielle Paige. Start at the beginning and discover your new series to binge!My name is Amy Gumm - and Im the other girl from Kansas. Ive been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked....
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Copper Magic

Julia Mary Gibson - Starscape; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Debut author Julia Mary Gibson explores turn-of-the-century Native American culture, ecology, and conservation, in her historical fiction novel, Copper Magic.The year is 1906, and on the shores of Lake Michigan twelve-year-old Violet Blake unearths an ancient talisman--a copper hand. Violet's...
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Batgirl Vol. 1: The Batgirl of Burnside

Brenden Fletcher - DC Comics; 52nd edition edition
Format: Print book

Barbara Gordon's ready for a fresh start. She's packing her bags, crossing the bridge, and heading to Gotham's coolest neighborhood: Burnside. And when a freak fire burns up her costume and gear, Babs has the chance to become a whole new Batgirl! But she barely slips on her new DIY costume...
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Make: JavaScript Robotics: Building NodeBots with Johnny-Five, Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and BeagleBone

Julian David Duque - Maker Media, Inc; 1 edition
Format: Print book

JavaScript Robotics is on the rise. Rick Waldron, the lead author of this book and creator of the Johnny-Five platform, is at the forefront of this movement. Johnny-Five is an open source JavaScript Arduino programming framework for robotics. This book brings together fifteen innovative...
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Some Bunny To Talk To: A Story About Going to Therapy

Cheryl Sterling - Magination Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Gold Medal, 2014 Moms Choice AwardsWhether you are considering or have already decided to bring your child to a therapist, Some Bunny to Talk to presents therapy in a way that is simple, direct, and easy for young children to understand. This colorful, humorous book is designed to help...
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Passenger on the Pearl: The True Story of Emily Edmonson's Flight from Slavery

Winifred Conkling - Algonquin Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The page-turning, heart-wrenching true story of one young woman willing to risk her safety and even her life for a chance at freedom in the largest slave escape attempt in American history. In 1848, thirteen-year-old Emily Edmonson, five of her siblings, and seventy other enslaved people...
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Fugitive X

Gregg Rosenblum - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardcover

From the creators of Homeland and American Horror Story comes Fugitive X, the chilling sequel to Revolution 19. After the robot revolution, anyone who escaped capture by the bots made their homes in secret freeposts in the wilderness outside the bot-controlled Cities. Siblings Nick, Kevin,...
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So Much Closer

Susane Colasanti - Speak; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Another contemporary thought-provoking romance from Susane Colasanti! When Brooke discovers that the love of her life, Scott Abrams, is moving from their New Jersey suburb to New York City for senior year, she decides to follow hime there. Living with her estranged father and adjusting...
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Oil Paints

Mari Bolte - Capstone Press
Format: Library Binding

Bring out your inner artist by picking up a paintbrush! Paint It will inspire you to create a one of a kind masterpiece. Whether you'd rather swirl through oils, dip your way through watercolors, blend with pastels, or mix up acrylics, you'll be painting like a pro in no time.
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The Prince of Venice Beach

Blake Nelson - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Robert "'Cali" Callahan is a teen runaway, living on the streets of Venice Beach, California. He's got a pretty sweet life: a treehouse to sleep in, a gang of surf bros, a regular basketball game...even a girl who's maybe-sorta interested in him.What he doesn't...
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Thrift Shopping: Discovering Bargains and Hidden Treasures

Sandy Donovan - 21st Century
Format: Print book

Looking for just the right outfit for a big party? Or maybe you want to build some funky shelves for your bedroom. Instead of heading for the mall, consider checking out a thrift store. It's a great way to grab some awesome bargains. Thrift shopping started out as a way for charitable...
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The Great Recession

Stuart A. Kallen - Referencepoint Press
Format: Book

Examines the financial practices that led to the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 and how people around the world were affected.
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Say I Love You. 8

Kanae Hazuki - Kodansha Comics
Format: Print book

THERE SHE IS, MISS ... It's time for the school Culture Festival, and Yamato seems like a shoo-in to as the male School Idol Contest winner. But Megumi's entered the contest too, and the prize is a date night for the winners! For the first time, Mei decides to put herself out there,...
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Nisekoi: False Love, Vol. 8

Naoshi Komi - VIZ Media LLC
Format: Print book

Love triangle! Comedic antics!! Gang warfare?! You won't want to miss out on Shonen Jump's laugh-out-loud feel-good manga series! It's hate at first sight when Raku Ichijo first meets Chitoge Kirisaki. But much to their chagrin, the two are forced into a false love relationship...
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Eating Disorders: The Ultimate Teen Guide

Jessica R. Greene - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

Recent studies indicate that 30 million people may suffer from a clinically diagnosable eating disorder at some point in their lives. Additional statistics suggest that half a million teens are experiencing disordered weight control behaviors at any time. The overwhelming majority of individuals...
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Red Queen

Victoria Aveyard - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling series!Red Queen, by #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Aveyard, is a sweeping tale of power, intrigue, and betrayal, perfect for fans of George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series. Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood - those with common,...
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Spoils

Tammar Stein - Random House Children's Books
Format: Hardcover

When Leni's family hit the lottery, life got . . . well, strange. Leni's parents built a mansion fit for royalty; they enrolled their daughter in the fanciest, most expensive private school in Florida; and they even bought Leni a dolphin for her 12th birthday (she made them take it back)....
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Usagi Yojimbo Book 5: Lone Goat and Kid

Stan Sakai - Fantagraphics; Gph edition
Format: Paperback

Usagi faces Ninja bats and the "Lone Goat and Kid." "Frost and Fire" and "The Way of the Samurai" provide psychological drama, and "A Kite Story" is a fascinating look at the life and work of a 17th century Japanese kite maker. This fifth volume collects...
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We Were Liars

E Lockhart - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times BestsellerOne of James Patterson's "Favorite Thrillers for the Beach" (New York Times) "Haunting, sophisticated . . . a novel so twisty and well-told that it will appeal to older readers as well as to adolescents." - Wall Street...
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Invincible Iron Man Volume - 11: The Future

Matt Fraction - Marvel; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Tony Stark has always been obsessed with the future. Whether starting his first company, designing the Mark I Iron Man armor or launching Stark Resilient, his optimism has always been guided by the question, "What comes next?" Six months after quitting Resilient, he's found...
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Eternity's Wheel

Neil Gaiman - Harper Teen
Format: Hardcover

The heart-pounding conclusion to the bestselling InterWorld series, from Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, and Mallory Reaves! Eternity's Wheel is full of time and space travel, magic, science, and the bravery of a young boy who must now face his destiny as a young man.Joey Harker never...
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The Cottage in the Woods

Katherine Coville - Knopf Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Shannon Hale, Adam Gidwitz, and Michael Buckley comes a luminous new twist on a tale readers only thought they knew. . . Once upon a time, there was a girl with golden locks. But that's just the beginning of this tale. The real story begins with a bear. Ursula is a young...
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Magi, Vol. 12: The Labyrinth of Magic

Shinobu Ohtaka - VIZ Media LLC
Format: Paperback

Deep within the desert lie the mysterious Dungeons, vast stores of riches there for the taking by anyone lucky enough to find them and brave enough to venture into the depths from where few have ever returned. Plucky young adventurer Aladdin means to find the Dungeons and their riches,...
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The Merchant's Daughter

Melanie Dickerson
Format: electronic resource

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Can't Look Away

Donna Cooner - Point
Format: Hardcover

Donna Cooner establishes herself as our own Jodi Picoult in this timely tale of sisters loss and redemptionTorrey Grey is famous At least on the internet Thousands of people watch her popular videos on fashion and beauty But when Torreys sister is killed in an accident -- maybe because...
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We Should Hang Out Sometime: Embarrassingly, a true story

Josh Sundquist - Little, Brown and Company, 2015.
Format: Hardcover

Josh Sundquist only ever had one girlfriend. For twenty-three hours. In eighth grade.Why was Josh still single? To find out, he tracked down the girls he had tried to date and asked them straight up: What went wrong?The results of Josh's semiscientific, wholly hilarious...
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From Norvelt to Nowhere

Jack Gantos - Farrar Straus Giroux
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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Embassy Row Book 1: All Fall Down

Ally Carter - Scholastic Press

A new series of global proportions -- from master of intrigue, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Ally Carter.Grace Blakely is absolutely certain of three things:1. She is not crazy.2. Her mother was murdered.3. Someday she is going to find the killer and make him pay.As certain as Grace...
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This Star Won't Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

Esther Earl - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Book

New York Times Bestseller! "This moving read will have you reaching for the tissues and smiling with delight ... .Stunningly alive on the page, Esther shows that sometimes the true meaning of life - helping and loving others - can be found even when bravely facing death." -People...
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The Summer of Chasing Mermaids

Sarah Ockler - Simon Pulse
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Twenty Boy Summer, a talented singer loses her ability to speak after a tragic accident, leading her to a postcard-perfect seaside town to find romance.The youngest of six talented sisters, Elyse d'Abreau was destined for stardom - until a boating accident...
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The Glass Arrow

Kristen Simmons - Tor Teen
Format: eBook

Once there was a time when men and women lived as equals, when girl babies were valued, and women could belong only to themselves. But that was ten generations ago. Now women are property, to be sold and owned and bred, while a strict census keeps their numbers manageable and under control....
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White Cat (The Curse Workers Book 1)

Holly Black - Margaret K. McElderry Books; Reprint edition
Format: Hardcover

Cassel comes from a shady, magical family of con artists and grifters. He doesn't fit in at home or at school, so he's used to feeling like an outsider. He's also used to feeling guilty - he killed his best friend, Lila, years ago.But when Cassel begins to have strange dreams about a white...
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How Does Violent Media Affect Youth?

Bonnie Szumski - ReferencePoint Press
Format: Library Binding

Integrating facts and a variety of contrasting opinions, this book examines the origins of the media violence debate, whether violent video games harm youth, and what can be done to address media violence.
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Sway

Kat Spears - Griffin
Format: Hardcover

A YALSA 2015 Best Fiction for Young Adults PickIn Kat Spears's hilarious and often poignant debut, high school senior Jesse Alderman, or "Sway," as he's known, could sell hell to a bishop. He also specializes in getting things people want---term papers, a date with the prom...
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Frostbite: A Graphic Novel

Leigh Dragoon - Razorbill
Format: Paperback

The drama and romance continue in this 144-page full-colour graphic novel adaptation of the second Vampire Academy novel, Frostbite, which was overseen by Richelle Mead and features beautiful art by acclaimed British illustrator Emma Vieceli. It's winter break at St Vladimir's,...
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Fruits Basket 23

Natsuki Takaya - Norma Editorial Sa; Tra edition
Format: Paperback

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Fruits Basket 23Author: Takaya, NatsukiPublisher: Norma Editorial SaPublication Date: 2008/06/30Number of Pages: 184Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: bl2012010277
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Everything Leads to You

Nina LaCour - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Book

"I want you to do something with the place. Something epic." After being entrusted with her brother's Los Angeles apartment for the summer as a graduation gift, Emi Price isn't sure how to fulfill his one condition: that something great take place there while he's gone. Emi may be a talented...
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Death of Wolverine: The Weapon X Program

Charles Soule - Marvel
Format: Print book

DESPERATE FLIGHT! The escaped subjects of the revamped Weapon X program flee increasingly deadly attempts to bring them back under control. What will kill them first - their pasts, their strange new powers, or their mysterious connection to the Wolverine?COLLECTING: Death Of Wolverine:...
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Empress of the Sun

Ian McDonald - Pyr
Format: Hardcover

World-hopping, high-action adventure starring a smart boy with computer skills and a tough girl who pilots a blimp  The airship Everness makes a Heisenberg Jump to an alternate Earth unlike any her crew has ever seen. Everett, Sen, and the crew find themselves above a plain...
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The Last Time We Say Goodbye

Cynthia Hand - HarperTeen
Format: Audiobook

From New York Times bestselling author Cynthia Hand comes a gorgeous and heart-wrenching story of love, loss, and letting go.Since her brother, Tyler, committed suicide, Lex has been trying to keep her grief locked away, and to forget about what happened that night. But as she starts putting...
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Beastkeeper

Cat Hellisen - Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover

Sarah has always been on the move. Her mother hates the cold, so every few months her parents pack their bags and drag her off after the sun. She's grown up lonely and longing for magic. She doesn't know that it's magic her parents are running from. When Sarah's mother walks out on their...
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Insurgent: Divergent, Book 2

Veronica Roth - HarperAudio
Format: Hardcover

One choice can transform you - or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves - and herself - while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity...
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Fablehaven IV. Los secretos de la reserva de dragones

Brandon Mull - Roca Editorial
Format: Print book

Dos artefactos escondidos ya han sido hallados y solo queda descubrir donde se ocultan los otros tres. Las reservas para seres magicos estan en peligro mientras la Sociedad del Lucero de la Tarde busca sin descanso todos los talismanes. Kendra averiguara donde esta la llave que abre la camara...
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Things I'll never say : stories about our secret selves

Ann Angel; Ellen Wittlinger; Cynthia Leitich Smith; Kerry Cohen; Louise Hawes; All authors - Candlewick Press
Format:  Print book : Fiction : Secondary (senior high) school : English : First editionView all editions and formats

Fifteen top young-adult authors let us in on provocative secrets in a fascinating collection that will have readers talking.A baby no one knows about. A dangerous hidden identity. Off-limits hookups. A parent whose problems your friends won't understand. Everyone keeps secrets - from...
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The Body in the Woods: A Point Last Seen Mystery (Point Last Seen, 1)

April Henry - Square Fish
Format: Paperback

Alexis, Nick, and Ruby have very different backgrounds: Alexis has spent her life covering for her moms mental illness, Nicks bravado hides his fear of not being good enough, and Ruby just wants to pursue her eccentric interests in a world that doesnt understand her. When the three teens...
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Seventeenth Summer

Maureen Daly - Simon Pulse; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

A summer to remember… Angie always thought high school romances were just silly infatuations that come and go. She certainly never thought she would fall in love over one short summer. But when she meets Jack, their connection is beyond any childish crush. Suddenly, Angie and Jack...
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Getting to Know Arduino

Heather Moore Niver - Rosen Classroom
Format: Print book

It has been said that good things come in small packages. Such is the case with Arduino. Using the Arduino programming language, users operate microcontrollers, which are essentially mini-computers that trigger physical systems such as lights and motors. This book introduces readers to one of the most...
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Girls Like Us

Gail Giles - Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

A 2015 Schneider Family Book Award WinnerWith gentle humor and unflinching realism, Gail Giles tells the gritty, ultimately hopeful story of two special ed teenagers entering the adult world. We understand stuff. We just learn it slow. And most of what we understand is that people what...
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Gabe & Izzy: Speaking Up for America's Bullied

Gabrielle Ford - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Hardcover

The moving, true story of the young woman dubbed "The Voice of America's Bullied"; how her bond with her dog, Izzy, changed her life; and their mission to help break the cycle of bullying.In middle school, Gabrielle "Gabe" Ford developed a degenerative muscle disease,...
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The Jewish Dog

Asher Kravitz - Flashlight Pr
Format: Print book

Filtering the darkest, most dramatic period of modern Jewish history through the naive, often sage, perspective of a remarkable dog, The Jewish Dog offers readers a view of the Holocaust as never seen before. This bestselling novel in Israel follows the life and thoughts of Caleb,...
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Ash: A Destined Novel

Shani Petroff - Polis Books
Format: Hardcover

Destiny is pre-determined. It is strictly monitored. It is unchangeable.Or is it?Madden's life is a whirlwind of privilege and perks. Born into the elite Purple ring, she is fated to be a Minister of the Seven. Although her position comes with the burden of great responsibility, she's...
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Vango: Between Sky and Earth

Timothee de Fombelle - Candlewick Press
Format: Hardcover

A breathless adventure from international award winner Timothe de Fombelle charts a desperate search for identity across the vast expanses of Europe.In a world between wars, a young man on the cusp of taking priestly vows is suddenly made a fugitive. Fleeing the accusations of police who blame...
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The Summer Vacation from the Black Lagoon

Mike Thaler - Abdo Pub; Reprint edition
Format: Book

Hubie's friends are away, his mom has chores for him, and his popsicle stand is melting. How is he ever going to survive boring summer vacation?The outrageously funny picture books series from Mike Thaler and Jared Lee are now chapter books! Follow Hubie on his adventures in the Black...
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A World War II Timeline

Elizabeth Raum - Capstone Press
Format: Book

World War II begins in an economic depression and grows into a fight about tyrants and dictators. In the end, it is the deadliest, most destructive war in history. Explore the events of World War II and witness the struggle between power and peace.
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Girl's Guide to DIY Fashion: Design & Sew 5 Complete Outfits Mood Boards Fashion Sketching Choosing Fabric Adding Style

Rachel Low - C&T Publishing
Format: Paperback

Give your resident young designer all the tools she needs to create five cute outfits that will take her from home to school to hanging out and back again. From the owner of the NYC sewing studio Pins & Needles comes the definitive guide to mood boards, fashion design, and sewing for girls....
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The Wrong Side of Right

Jenn Marie Thorne - Dial Books
Format: Print book

Fans of Sarah Dessen and Huntley Fitzpatrick will enjoy this smart debut young adult novel, equal parts My Life Next Door and The Princess Diaries - plus a dash of Aaron SorkinKate Quinn's mom died last year, leaving Kate parentless and reeling. So when the unexpected shows...
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Astray

Amy Christine Parker - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Thismdasha sequel to Gatedmdashis a nerve-fraying contemporary young adult thriller that will make readers question loyalties as it twists truths Her life was based on a lie Lyla Hamilton almost died escaping the Community In her new life the outsiders call the Community a cult They donrsquot...
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The Number 7

Jessica Lidh - Merit Press
Format: Hardcover

It all starts with a mysterious phone call from Louisas decorative antique phone. And that wouldnt be so strange, except that the phone is unplugged, and has been for years. Frightened by the call and its message--and questioning her own sanity--Louisa listens as a somehow-familiar voice...
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The Edge of the Shadows

Elizabeth George - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The first fire may have been an accident, but what about the second? And the third - the one that killed someone. Becca King and her friends wonder if one of the newcomers to the island is to blame. Perhaps it's Isis Martin's brother, Aidan, just home from a school for troubled...
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A Young Man's Guide to Discovering His Bible

Jim George - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback

How can a book written 2000 years ago help a teen guy to deal with today's issues? Though the times have changed, the problems haven't. Temptation. Peer pressure. Acceptance. Increased responsibilities. Getting along with parents. Friends. And girls. God wants to help―and...
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I Have a Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Fight for Equal Rights

Anita Ganeri - Smart Apple Media
Format: Print book

From School Library Journal Gr 6-8-With a balance of biographical narrative and social commentary, the authors show how Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Kennedy were shaped to be key players in the political and social climates of their times. In Dream, for example, the author...
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Chernobyl's Wild Kingdom: Life in the Dead Zone

Rebecca L. Johnson - Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
Format: Library Binding

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface. But the Dead Zone, as the contaminated area is known, doesn't look dead at all. In fact, wildlife seems to be thriving there....
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Vendetta

Catherine Doyle - Chicken House
Format: Hardcover

Blood Will Spill, Hearts Will Break: With a fierce rivalry raging between two warring families, falling in love is the deadliest thing Sophie could do. An epic debut set outside modern-day Chicago.For Sophie, it feels like another slow, hot summer in Cedar Hill, waitressing at her family's...
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The Thickety: The Whispering Trees

J. A. White - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman, book two in the acclaimed Thickety series is the story of a good witch, a bad witch, and a forest demon, trapped together in a world that is both enchanting and dangerous.After Kara Westfall's village turns on her for practicing witchcraft, she and her brother,...
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Rags & Bones: New Twists on Timeless Tales

Melissa Marr - Little

From Sir Edmund Spenser's
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Conviction

Kelly Loy Gilbert - Hyperion
Format: Print book

Winner of the Children's Choice Book Awards' Teen Choice Debut Author AwardTen years ago, Braden was given a sign, a promise that his family wouldn't fall apart the way he feared. But Braden got it wrong: his older brother, Trey, has been estranged from the family for almost as long, and his father,...
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Adventures in Arduino

Becky Stewart - Wiley; 1 edition
Format: Book

Arduino programming for the absolute beginner, with project-based learning Adventures in Arduino is the beginner's guide to Arduino programming, designed specifically for 11-to 15-year olds who want to learn about Arduino, but don't know where to begin. Starting with the most basic...
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Eye-Popping CGI: Computer-Generated Special Effects

Danielle S Hammelef - Capstone Press
Format: Print book

An ultra-low reading level coupled with high-interest content and visual appeal bring computer-generated movie effects to life in a whole new way. From scary monsters to whole new worlds, amazing computer-generated effects are explained in a way that will keep readers hooked. Fascinating...
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Murder Is Bad Manners

Robin Stevens - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Two friends form a detective agency - and must solve their first murder case - in this "sharp-witted debut" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) that is the first adventure in a brand-new middle grade mystery series set at a 1930s boarding school.Daisy Wells and Hazel...
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To All the Boys Ive Loved Before

Jenny Han - Recorded Books
Format: Audiobook

To All the Boys Ive Loved Before is now a major motion picture streaming on Netflix! What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them...all at once? Sixteen-year-old Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They arent love letters that...
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The Beatles: Defining Rock 'n' Roll

Joe Tougas - Capstone Press
Format: Library Binding

In the ever-changing world of popular music, few bands stand the test of time. Those who do earn the title of legends. Engaging photos, fast-paced text, and special features, including primary source quotes and charts, introduce readers to legendary bands, including Aerosmith, the Beatles,...
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Daredevil: Born Again

Frank Miller - Marvel
Format: Paperback

"And I -- I have shown him... that a man without hope is a man without fear." The definitive Daredevil tale! Karen Page, Matt Murdock's former lover, has traded away the Man Without Fear's secret identity for a drug fix. Now, Daredevil must find strength as the Kingpin...
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Death of Wolverine

Charles Soule - Marvel Comics
Format: Hardcover

All roads must end somewhere, and every hero's story eventually comes to a close. For Logan, the century-old mutant known as Wolverine, that time is now. The loss of his healing factor and the traumatic events of "Three Months To Die" have all led to this, the single most important...
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Pointe

Brandy Colbert - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Theo is better now.She's eating again, dating guys who are almost appropriate, and well on her way to becoming an elite ballet dancer. But when her oldest friend, Donovan, returns home after spending four long years with his kidnapper, Theo starts reliving memories about his abduction...
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Violence as Entertainment: Why Aggression Sells

Erika Wittekind - Compass Point Books
Format: Book

Watch out! Does violence in the media make consumers aggressive? You know violence is part of many TV shows, movies, comics, video games, and even advertising. But does violent media influence you? Learn how violence is used in the media and how it affects people. And that means you!
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Trouble

Non Pratt - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this dazzling debut novel, a pregnant teen learns the meaning of friendship - from the boy who pretends to be her baby's father.When the entire high school finds out that Hannah Shepard is pregnant via her ex-best friend, she has a full-on meltdown in her backyard. The one witness...
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Gun Rights: Interpreting the Constitution

Philip Wolny - Rosen Classroom
Format: Book

The gun rights issue has been among the most contentious debates since the founding of the United States. This instructive volume offers close but comprehensible readings of the Second Amendment set against the backdrop of fluctuating social and political contexts. Additionally, it documents...
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Chasing Before

Lenore Appelhans - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of The Matrix and Inception, Chasing Before follows Felicia as she grapples with a futuristic afterlife in this riveting sequel to The Memory of After.It’s been four months since Felicia saved Level 2 from the Morati, the corrupted angels who trapped her and her boyfriend,...
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You're Hired!: Business Basics Every Babysitter Needs to Know

Rebecca Rissman - Capstone Press

Do you want to get started in the babysitting business? Find help here regarding the training youll need, how to market yourself, meeting the right clients, and how much to charge. See examples of fliers and business cards. Learn how to grow your business by being a great babysitter. Get advice...
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Edison's Alley

Neal Shusterman - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Nick has learned that the strange antiques in his attic bedroom were left there by the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla. They are pieces of Tesla's Far Range Energy Emitter, capable of transmitting "free energy" to the globe. Some components of the contraption...
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Sealed with a Lie

Kat Carlton - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

In this sequel to the romantic spy-thriller Two Lies and a Spy, Kari must race the clock on a mission to save her little brother. Kari Andrews thought life was going to get easier. She was wrong. Following the events of Two Lies and a Spy, she and her brother, Charlie, are left to cope...
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Minders

Michele Jaffe - Penguin Group USA
Format: Hardcover

"A dark, dangerous and twisty near-future mystery from the incomparable Michelle Jaffe. Don't miss this book!"--Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times Bestselling Author of Blue BloodsQ: If the boy you love commits a crime, would you turn him in?Sadie Ames is a type-A teenager...
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Horrors of History: Massacre of the Miners: A Novel

T. Neill Anderson - Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

The fourth book in the Horrors of History historical fiction series follows several characters in Colorado in 1914, just before and during the Ludlow Massacre, which was an attack by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Company camp guards on a tent colony of 1,200 striking...
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Five Weapons Volume 2: Tyler's Revenge TP

Jimmie Robinson - Image Comics
Format: Comics

- Enrique returns to the School of Five Weapons, but things have changed. The Nurse has been poisoned. The teachers hate him. Theres a new principal in charge, and the real Tyler Shainline is in school. Enrique will have to use his sharp mind to unravel these mysteries and come out on top.,
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