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Sky: a novel in three sets and an encore
Par Rod Townley. 2004
New York City, 1959. Fifteen-year-old Alec (Sky) Schuyler's passion is jazz. When his father objects to his playing the piano,…
Sky leaves home. He finds a mentor in a blind African American jazz musician and relies on support from friends. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2004The teacher's funeral: a comedy in three parts
Par Richard Peck. 2004
Rural Indiana, 1904. After Miss Myrt Arbuckle, the mean old teacher, "hauled off and died" in August, fifteen-year-old Russell figures…
the one-room schoolhouse will close. His dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat-threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister fills the vacancy. For grades 6-9. 2004Maine squeeze
Par Catherine Clark. 2004
The summer before Colleen goes to college, her parents travel to Europe while Colleen stays with her friends at their…
Maine island home. Although they try to obey house rules, Colleen breaks up with her boyfriend and rekindles a romance with Evan. For senior high readers. 2004Al Capone does my shirts (Tales from Alcatraz #1)
Par Gennifer Choldenko. 2004
1935. Twelve-year-old Moose Flanagan moves to Alcatraz Island when his father takes a job at the maximum-security prison there. Moose…
struggles to make friends and cares for his older autistic sister while their mother applies for the girl's acceptance to a special school. Newbery honor winner. For grades 6-9. 2004The search for Belle Prater (Belle Prater #2)
Par Ruth White. 2005
Virginia, 1950s. Seventh-graders Woodrow, his cousin Gypsy, and their new friend Cassie, who is gifted with second sight, set off…
to find Woodrow's missing mother. They encounter some unlikely and intriguing coincidences along the way. Sequel to Belle Prater's Boy (DB 45802). For grades 5-8. 2005In like Flynn (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser.)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2005
In early-twentieth-century, typhoid-ridden New York, policeman Daniel Sullivan hires Molly Murphy to investigate the Sorensen sisters. Molly poses as an…
Irish relative at Senator Flynn's country estate where the siblings, who claim to be spiritualists, are trying to solve the kidnapping of Flynn's son. 2005Carnival at candlelight (A Stepping Stone Book(TM) #No. 5)
Par Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca. 2005
While on a mission to prove to Merlin that they can use magic wisely, Jack and Annie travel to seventeenth-century…
Venice, Italy, to save the city from disaster. For grades 2-4. 2005Scorpia (Alex Rider #5)
Par Anthony Horowitz. 2005
Fourteen-year-old Alex Rider goes to Venice, Italy, determined to track down Scorpia because of the organization's connection to his deceased…
father. But the for-hire terrorist group planning to kill thousands of British schoolchildren ensnares Alex for its own purposes. For grades 6-9. 2004Jo's boys (Bantam classic)
Par Louisa May Alcott. 1995
Follows the lives of Daisy and Demi, Nat and Dan, and the rest of Aunt Jo's little men and women…
as they mature. Concludes the series about the March family. Sequel to Little Men (BR 12486). For grades 6-9 and older readers. 1886Pinned
Par Alfred C Martino. 2005
Seniors Ivan and Bobby compete on rival New Jersey high school wrestling teams. While vying for a state championship that…
would lead to college scholarships, each boy keeps a demanding training schedule and copes with family problems. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high readers. 2005Boy proof
Par Cecil Castellucci. 2005
Hollywood. Nerdy high school senior Victoria Jurgen, called Egg after her favorite science fiction movie character, is a loner. But…
when Max Carter, a gifted new student, invades her space, she is not as boy-proof as she thought. Strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Permanent Rose
Par Hilary McKay. 2005
At the end of a steamy English summer, Rose, the youngest member of the artistic Casson family, still longs to…
locate her American friend Tom. Other problems--Caddy's half-hearted engagement and David's new friendliness--vie for her attention. Sequel to Indigo's Star (DB 59536). For grades 4-7. 2005Girl 15, charming but insane: Charming But Insane (Girl, 15 Ser.)
Par Sue Limb. 2004
British fifteen-year-old Jess Jordan deals with having an imperfect body, a beautiful best friend, and a crush on an unattainable…
boy. Jess aspires to be a comedian and ends up appreciating a nerdy guy whom she has taken for granted. For senior high readers. 2004I got somebody in Staunton: stories
Par William Henry Lewis. 2005
Ten short stories featuring African Americans. In the title piece a black professor offers a white woman a ride to…
Staunton where he's going to visit a dying uncle. He remembers his uncle's warning about the danger inherent in such pairings. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2005The white wolf (A to Z Mysteries Ser. #23)
Par Ron Roy. 2004
While Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose visit the Wallace cabin in Maine, their friend Abbi observes a crime through her…
telescope: a man and woman snatch three wolf cubs. The kids want to find the culprits before the white mother wolf blames them. For grades 2-4. 2004The interruption of everything: a novel
Par Terry McMillan. 2005
Bored African American forty-something Marilyn Grimes deals with a husband's midlife crisis, kids in college, a live-in mother-in-law, and her…
own mother showing signs of dementia. Marilyn, with the help and support of her friends, faces decisions about her future, including a possible pregnancy. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. Bestseller. 2005Where I want to be
Par Adele Griffin. 2005
Two teenage sisters, one alive and one deceased, reach out to each other, sharing their lives. Jane, from the grave,…
relates what happened when she stopped taking her medication for mental illness. Lily tells about finding happiness with her boyfriend, Caleb. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Alice Macleod, realist at last
Par Susan Juby. 2005
In this sequel to Miss Smithers (BR 15805), sixteen-year-old aspiring screenwriter Alice continues a journal describing her latest challenges: her…
boyfriend leaves for Scotland, her environmental activist mom goes on trial, and her depressed dad is out of work. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005The zombie zone ( a To Z Mysteries Ser. #No. 26)
Par Ron Roy. 2005
Reports of zombies and grave robbers alarm the people of a Louisiana swampland village, but Ruth Rose, Josh, and Dink…
begin to suspect that the supernatural might not be the cause of the eerie occurrences. For grades 2-4. 2005The plot against America: A Novel
Par Philip Roth. 2004
In this alternative history, a young man--called Philip Roth--recounts his Jewish family's fears and humiliations when aviation hero Charles Lindbergh…
is victorious in the 1940 presidential election. The New Jersey Roths struggle as America, caught up in anti-Semitic fervor, descends into fascism. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2004