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Par Patricia A McKillip. 2005
Fifteen short stories written between 1982 and 1999 by the World Fantasy Award winner. In the novella A Matter of…
Music a young bard awakens to his master's artistry, while in the tale "Voyage into the Heart" the virgin's innocence intensifies the betrayal of the unicorn. 2005Par Kristin Hannah. 2005
School librarian Joy Candellaro takes an impromptu vacation during the holidays when she learns that her ex-husband and her sister…
are having a baby. After surviving a crash landing in a remote forest, Joy encounters reclusive Daniel and his eight-year-old son Bobby--or did she imagine them? 2005Par Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Moon, Mercedes Lackey, Tanith Lee, Marvin Kaye, Michael Swanwick. 2004
Stories by Orson Scott Card, Elizabeth Moon, Tanith Lee, Mercedes Lackey, and Michael Swanwick. In Lee's "Love in a Time…
of Dragons," a tavern girl prefers the company of dragons to that of lustful men. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Par James Salter. 2005
Ten short stories that explore intimate relationships. In the title piece an assisted suicide doesn't go as planned. In "Give"…
a wife's birthday wish is for her husband to give up his male lover. Strong language. PEN/Faulkner Award. 2005Par Neil Gaiman. 2005
Fat Charlie considers his father's behavior so embarrassing that even the way he dies in a karaoke bar seems undignified.…
Then the arrival of a previously unknown brother named Spider, who is so much like their father, turns Charlie's life upside down. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005Par Grace Lin. 2006
While Pacy's Taiwanese American family prepares the Chinese New Year feast, Pacy hopes the Year of the Dog will be…
lucky for her. She does make a new best friend at school but "finding herself"--discovering her own talent--takes longer. For grades 3-6. 2006Par Philip Roth. 2006
An aging advertising man confronts the loneliness of growing old, regrets his philandering and other faults, and ponders his failing…
sexual and physical self. He reviews his life chronologically and feels sorry for hurting those he loved, including his estranged sons and three ex-wives. Strong language. Bestseller. 2006Par Donna Hill, Margie Walker. 2004
In four different stories the daughters of deceased African American PI Henry Chambers of Liberty, Georgia, begin to close his…
cases. As Maxine, Samantha, Morgan, and Taylor investigate and uncover town and family secrets, their lives become threatened. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004Par Laura Ruby. 2006
In a wacky, futuristic New York, Gurl can't fly like most other people but she can become invisible. Her orphanage…
matron, a reclusive professor, a rat man, and a gangster, all figure in Gurl's adventures as she and her friend Bug team up on a quest. For grades 5-8. 2006Par Douglas J Preston. 2006
FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, from Dance of Death (RC 60742, BR 16231), languishes in prison for murders committed by his…
psychotic brother, Diogenes. Meanwhile, New York's natural history museum unseals an Egyptian tomb, precipitating more killings. Aloysius escapes to confront his brother in a deadly showdown. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2006Par Margo Lanagan. 2005
Ten fantasy tales explore human frailty through significant moments in people's lives. In "Wooden Bride" Matty Weir, like the other…
brides, has made the required outward preparations but becomes lost on her way to the ceremony. For senior high readers. Printz Honor Book. 2004Par Barbara Delinsky. 2005
Thirty-three-year old novelist Annie Barnes returns to her hometown in New Hampshire after her mother mysteriously dies. The locals fear…
that Annie will denigrate their town, which was the basis for Peyton Place (RC 51035, BR 12566). Instead Annie discovers environmental pollution and falls in love. 2005Par Joanna Trollope. 2006
Londoner Russell Boyd, hoping to reconnect with his wife, is ecstatic when the last of his three children leaves home.…
Meanwhile, wife Edie suffers from empty-nest syndrome but resurrects her acting career. When Matt, Rosa, and Ben experience setbacks and return home, the parents rethink their situation. 2006Short stories by teen authors from America, Great Britain, and Australia explore the connections between fathers and sons. Includes all…
sorts of dads, including one from the future. In the title story by Sean Taylor, competitive swimmer Martyn's father is a rock musician. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Par Ronald Kidd. 2006
Tennessee, 1925. Frances is fifteen when her father hatches a publicity stunt by arresting a young bachelor high school teacher,…
John Thomas Scopes, for teaching evolution. As the trial progresses, Frances reevaluates her religious beliefs, concepts of truth, and feelings about her father. For junior and senior high readers. 2006Par Lauraine Snelling. 2003
1890s. Thorliff Bjorklund, an aspiring journalist attending college in Minnesota, begins thinking of future doctor Elizabeth Rogers as more than…
a friend. But when tragedy strikes his family in North Dakota, Thorliff returns home to help. Meanwhile, Elizabeth works in a Chicago hospital. For senior high and older readers. 2003Par Julius Lester. 1999
A retelling of forty-eight Brer Rabbit tales in "modified, contemporary, Southern black English," with modern allusions. Includes "How the Animals…
Came to Earth," "Brer Rabbit and the Tar Baby," and "Brer Rabbit Tricks Brer Bear." For grades 5-8 and older readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 1987Par Robert Newton Peck. 2004
Florida, 1933. Witnessing his grandfather's brutality six years ago left Tug Dockery unable to speak. Now, after his parents' deaths,…
the nine-year-old must go live on the grandfather's cattle ranch. Tug's beloved brother, Broda, escapes imprisonment to try to rescue Tug. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2004Par Avi. 2005
Five stories of fantasy in which strange changes occur. A boy and a cat trade places, a young man learns…
the price of selfishness, and an invisible princess finds herself. In "Curious," twelve-year-old Jeff is overwhelmed by curiosity about the local baseball team's alien mascot. For grades 5-8. 2006Par Walter Dean Myers. 2006
College-bound Harlem teen Damien falls in love with sixteen-year-old Junice. But when Junice's mother is sent to prison, Junice struggles…
to keep her younger sister with her. Meanwhile Damien fights with a rival who belittles their love. For senior high readers. 2006