Stand-Alone Titles

AIRMAN
Eoin Colfer
Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 9781423107507
Ages 10-up
416 pages

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Conor Broekhart was born to fly. In fact, legend has it that he was born flying in a hot air balloon at the World’s Fair. In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. He spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king’s daughter, Princess Isabella.

But the boy’s idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the king. When Conor tries to expose the plot, he is branded a traitor and thrown into jail on the prison island of Little Saltee. There, he has to fight for his life as he and the other prisoners are forced to mine for diamonds in inhumane conditions.

There is only one way to escape Little Saltee, and that is to fly.

AFTER TUPAC & D FOSTER
Jacqueline Woodson
Putnam Juvenile
ISBN: 9780399246548
Ages 10-up
160 pages

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The day D Foster enters Neeka and her best friend’s lives, the world opens up for them. D comes from a world vastly different from their safe Queens neighborhood, and through her, the girls see another side of life that includes loss, foster families and an amount of freedom that makes the girls envious. Although all of them are crazy about Tupac Shakur’s rap music, D is the one who truly understands the place where he’s coming from, and through knowing D, Tupac’s lyrics become more personal for all of them.

The girls are 13 when D’s mom swoops in to reclaim D --- and as magically as she appeared, she now disappears from their lives. Tupac is gone, too, after a fatal shooting. As the narrator looks back, she sees lives suspended in time and realizes that even all-too-brief connections can touch deeply.

GAME
Walter Dean Myers
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780060582944
Ages 12-up
224 pages

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Drew Lawson knows that basketball is taking him places. It has to, because his grades certainly aren't. But lately his plan has run squarely into a pick. Coach's new offense has made another player a star, and Drew won't let anyone disrespect his game. Just as his team makes the playoffs, Drew must come up with something big to save his fading college prospects. It's all up to Drew to find out just how deep his game really is.

GIRL OVERBOARD
Justina Chen Headley
Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316011303
Ages 12-up
352 pages

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Everybody thinks that Syrah is the golden girl. After all, her father is billionaire Ethan Cheng. She has everything a kid could possibly desire, right down to a waterfront mansion, jet plane and custom-designed snowboards. But as Syrah reveals in her manga journal, most of what glitters in her life is fool's gold. Her half-siblings aren’t very fond of her, her best friend's girlfriend is threatening their friendship, and a snowboarding accident exiles her from the mountains --- the one place where she feels free and accepted for who she is, not what she has.

HOW THEY MET AND OTHER STORIES
David Levithan
Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375848865
Ages 14-up
256 pages

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In HOW THEY MET, David Levithan presents 18 stories that are all about love. From aching for the one you desperately want, to standing up and speaking up for the one you adore, to pure joy and happiness, these love stories run the gamut of that emotion that has turned each of us inside out and upside down at some point. With this original story collection, Levithan proves that love is a many splendored thing --- varied, complicated, addictive and wonderful.

THE KAYLA CHRONICLES
Sherri Winston
Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316114301
Ages 12-up
208 pages

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Kayla Dean, junior feminist and future journalist, is auditioning for the Lady Lions dance team to prove that they discriminate against the not-so-well endowed. But when she makes the team, her best friend and fellow feminist, Rosalie, is not happy. Now a Lady Lion, Kayla is transformed from bushy-haired fashion victim to glammed-up dance diva. But does looking good and having fun mean turning her back on the cause? Can you be a strong woman and still wear really cute shoes? Soon Kayla is forced to challenge her views, coming to terms with who she is and what girl power really means.

THE REDHEADED PRINCESS
Ann Rinaldi
HarperCollins Children’s Books
ISBN: 9780060733742
Ages 12-up
224 pages

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Growing up, Elizabeth fears she can never be Queen. Although she is the King's daughter, no woman can ever hope to rule over men in England, especially when her mother has been executed for treason. And despite her royal blood, Elizabeth's life is fraught with danger and uncertainty. Sometimes she is welcome in the royal court; other times she is cast out into the countryside. With her position constantly changing, the Princess must navigate a sea of shifting loyalties and dangerous affections. At stake is her life --- for beheading is not uncommon among the factions that war for the Crown.

REINCARNATION
Suzanne Weyn
Scholastic Press
ISBN: 9780545013239
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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From prehistory to the present, theirs was a love for the ages. It starts with a fight in a cave over an elusive green jewel --- and then travels over time and lives to include Egyptian slaves, Greek temples, Massachusetts witch trials, Civil War battlefields, Paris on the eve of World War II, America in the 1960s…and a pair of modern-day teenagers. For readers who believe that love is stronger than time or death, this is an unforgettable novel from a wonderful storyteller.

RUNEMARKS
Joanne Harris
Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780375844447
Ages 10-up
544 pages

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Seven o’clock on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again…. Not that anyone would admit it was goblins. In Maddy Smith’s world, order rules. Chaos, old gods, fairies, goblins, magic, glamours --- all of these were supposedly vanquished centuries ago. But Maddy knows that a small bit of magic has survived. The “ruinmark” she was born with on her palm proves it --- and makes the other villagers fearful that she is a witch (though helpful in dealing with the goblins-in-the-cellar problem). But the mysterious traveler One-Eye sees Maddy’s mark not as a defect, but as a destiny. And Maddy will need every scrap of forbidden magic One-Eye can teach her if she is to survive that destiny.

SEASON OF ICE
Diane Les Becquets
Bloomsbury Children’s Books
ISBN: 9781599900636
Ages 14-up
288 pages

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Genesis’s father ventures out on a lake in Northern Maine for one last catch of the season --- and he never returns. With no body, and no hope of a body until the lake thaws, the family has no access to insurance money and is forced into financial and emotional hardships. But how well did Genesis really know her dad? As Genesis extends her shifts at the local restaurant and bar, helps her stepmom with her job cleaning schools and assists with the care of her twin stepbrothers, she also begins an odyssey to unveil the truths behind the rumors of what really happened to her father.

SHE’S SO MONEY
Cherry Cheva
HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780061288555
Ages 12-up
304 pages

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In order to pay off a sudden crushing fine on her family’s restaurant, Maya agrees to do uber-hot, uber-popular Camden King’s math homework for cash. But what she doesn’t factor into the equation is that everything has a price --- especially falling in love. “Family Guy” writer Cherry Cheva has written the hilarious and powerful story of an overachiever who gets in way over her head --- and whose only way out is very wrong, yet irresistibly fun.

THREE LITTLE WORDS: A Memoir
Ashley Rhodes-Courter
Atheneum/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9781416948063
Ages 14-up
320 pages

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"Sunshine, you're my baby and I'm your only mother. You must mind the one taking care of you, but she's not your mama." Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in 14 different foster homes, living by those words. As her mother spirals out of control, Ashley is left clinging to an unpredictable, dissolving relationship, all the while getting pulled deeper and deeper into the foster care system. Painful memories of being taken away from her home quickly become consumed by real-life horrors, where Ashley is juggled between caseworkers, shuffled from school to school, and forced to endure manipulative, humiliating treatment from a very abusive foster family.

THE YEAR MY SISTER GOT LUCKY
Aimee Friedman
Point/Scholastic
ISBN: 9780439922272
Ages 12-up
384 pages

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When Katie and Michaela Wilder are uprooted from New York City and planted in rural Fir Lake, Katie is horrified by their new surroundings: the too-friendly neighbors, the local uniform of sandals paired with socks, the very idea of milking a cow. But while Katie suffers through shopping withdrawal, Michaela transforms into a small-town social firefly, flirting with the hot quarterback and soaking up nature with her new friends. Does Katie even know her sister anymore? And after Michaela hides a jaw-dropping secret from her, does Katie even want to?

Series Books

Poseur

POSEUR
Rachel Maude
Poppy/Little, Brown for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780316065832
Ages 13-up
304 pages

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Charlotte Beverwil, Janie Farrish, Melissa Moon and Petra Greene attend exclusive Winston Prep in the Hollywood Hills. But that's all they have in common. They wouldn’t even dream of hanging out together or borrowing one another’s clothes. So when these four sophomores are forced into a class to create their own fashion label, they clash in a major way. Janie thinks that Melissa and Charlotte are Beverly Hills brats. They dismiss Janie as a Valley rat in sheep's clothing. And Petra, well…Petra couldn't care less. At Winston Prep, survival of the fittest comes down to who fits in --- and what fits.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

ONE THING OR YOUR MOTHER
Kirsten Beyer
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN: 9781416936329
Ages 16-up
240 pages

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It's tough being a teenage Slayer. Struggling to keep her grades up while fighting off unusually high paranormal forces at Sunnydale High, Buffy Summers agrees to meet with a tutor --- one who may not have her best interests in mind. To make matters worse, Buffy learns that Principal Snyder is the target of a sleep-deprivation spell that has taken over Sunnydale. As Buffy investigates his strange behavior, she follows Snyder to his childhood home to discover that he has arranged to have his abusive mother banished to the demon dimension. But how many people have to pay the price for his revenge?

Charmed

TRICKERY TREAT
Diana G. Gallagher
Simon Spotlight Entertainment
ISBN: 9781416936701
Ages 16-up
208 pages

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It's Halloween, and Piper is busy decorating the Manor, which has become the neighborhood hot spot on the most bewitching night of the year. Meanwhile, Paige decides to use the party as a chance to honor the dead. She casts a spell that creates a portal for a clan of leprechauns...and other wandering spirits. Lights flicker and objects move as the guests arrive, with one not-so-friendly ghost going out of his way to turn the Manor into a haunted house. The Charmed Ones must stop this evil soul with a vengeance before he takes the life of one experienced ghost hunter who knows his story and has met him before.