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The Game of Love and Death
The Game of Love and Death

Martha Brockenbrough · Arthur A. Levine Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Antony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now... Henry and Flora. For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always....
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The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate
The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate

Jonathan Maberry · Imprint
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

How did Dana Scully become a skeptic?Read this dark thriller to find out why millions of people became obsessed with The X-Files. In the spring of 1979, fifteen-year-old Dana Scully has bigger problems than being the new girl in school. Dana has always had dreams. Sometimes they've even...
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The Cat Who Came In off the Roof
The Cat Who Came In off the Roof

Annie M G Schmidt · Delacorte Press, 2016.
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

In the tradition of The Cricket in Times Square comes this charming tale of courage, friendship, and what it really means to be human. This classic, which originated in Holland and has withstood the test of time worldwide, will appeal to readers young and old - and dog and cat lovers alike!...
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Scripted
Scripted

Maya Rock · Speak
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Romance combines The Truman Show with a dash of The Hunger Games."Scripted certainly checks off the boxes of a soapy hit . . . I'll definitely tune into watch."--The New York Times To the people suffering on the war-torn mainland, Bliss Island seems like an idyllic place....
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One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance
One Last Word: Wisdom from the Harlem Renaissance

Nikki Grimes · Bloomsbury Usa
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

In this collection of poetry, Nikki Grimes looks afresh at the poets of the Harlem Renaissance -- including voices like Langston Hughes, Georgia Douglas Johnson, and many more writers of importance and resonance from this era -- by combining their work with her own original poetry. Using...
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In a Handful of Dust
In a Handful of Dust

Mindy McGinnis · Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story about an epic cross-country journey.In a Handful of Dust is set ten years after the first novel, Not a Drop to Drink, as a dangerous disease strikes the community where...
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Alliance: The Paladin Prophecy Book 2
Alliance: The Paladin Prophecy Book 2

Mark Frost · Random House Children's Books
Pages: 339
Format: Print book

Readers of I Am Number Four, The Maze Runner, and Legend will love this exciting new adventure series by the co-creator of the groundbreaking television show Twin Peaks, with its unique combination of mystery, heart-pounding action, and the supernatural. Will West is a student of the Center...
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Flawed
Flawed

Cecelia Ahern · Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book

"In a future society where 'flawed' people who have committed crimes are branded with an F, a young girl takes a stand"--
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Boundary
Boundary

Heather Terrell · Soho Teen
Format: Hardcover

After surviving the Hunger Games-like Testing, Eva becomes the Aerie’s first female Archon. The second installment of the Books of Eva continue the harrowing struggle between past and present, Aerie and Boundary.Eva is the first Maiden in Aerie history to train as an Archon: a sacred...
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Build It Back Again
Build It Back Again

Billy Jonas · Bang-A-Bucket Music
Format: Audio CD

Build It Back Again contains 13 funky family folk songs from the Billy Jonas Band (+6 interludes) about embracing everything: challenge and flow, creation and destruction, failure and success. Written and recorded with a mission: to honor and empower the creativity, inherent intelligence,...
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Da Vinci's Tiger
Da Vinci's Tiger

Laura Elliott · Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 287
Format: Print book

For fans of rich and complex historical novels like Girl with a Pearl Earring or Code Name Verity, Laura Malone Elliott delivers the stunning tale of real-life Renaissance woman Ginevra de' Benci, the inspiration for one of Leonardo da Vinci's earliest masterpieces. The young and beautiful...
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The Sock Thief
The Sock Thief

Ana Crespo · Albert Whitman & Company
Format: Hardcover

Brazilian boy Felipe doesn't have a soccer ball. So, when it's his turn to take one to school, he uses a little bit of creativity ... and a few socks. Felipe is the sock thief, but finding socks is not that easy and the neighborhood pets make it even harder. "Au, au, au!"...
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The Plague
The Plague

Lawrence Andrews · Cavendish Square Publishing
Format: Hardcover

Each year, between 1,000 and 2,000 cases of the bubonic plague are reported around the worlda modern strain of the black death that killed millions during the Middle Ages. Learn about what the plague is, where it came from, and what it might mean for humanity today.
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Heads Up Psychology
Heads Up Psychology

Marcus Weeks · DK Children
Format: Hardcover

Making a difficult topic easier to comprehend, Heads Up Psychology offers big ideas, simply explained, for teen readers. Psychology is all around us — in the advertising we see, the politics we debate, and in the development of products we use every day. Using engaging graphics, Heads...
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Up for Sale: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Up for Sale: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery

Alison Marie Behnke · 21st Century Books
Format: Book

Describes human trafficking around the world, in which children and women are forced to work as prostitutes, debt slaves, household servants, and soldiers.--
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