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NEW MATERIALS APRIL 2008
155.4 Louv
Louv, Richard. Last child in the woods : saving our children
from nature-deficit disorder. 1st pbk. ed. Chapel Hill,
N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2006, c2005.
Directly links the lack of nature in the lives of today's
children to some disturbing childhood trends, such as rises
in obesity, Attention Deficit Disorder, and depression,
arguing that children's obsession with the latest technology
have led them to underappreciate nature.
158 Pink
Pink, Daniel H. A whole new mind : why right-brainers will rule
the future. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York :
Riverhead Books, 2006. Explores how the business world is
changing in the twenty-first century, becoming more
"right-brain" based and allowing people more creative and
artistic than earlier generations succeed more than those
with left-brain dominance.
306.0973 DeGraaf
De Graaf, John. Affluenza : the all-consuming epidemic. 2nd ed.
San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler, c2005. Uses the
metaphor of a disease to explore how society has been
affected by Americans' obsessive quest for material gain.
306.3 McKibben
McKibben, Bill. Deep economy : the wealth of communities and the
durable future. 1st ed. New York : Times Books, 2007.
After growth -- The year of eating locally -- All for one,
or one for all -- The wealth of communities -- The durable
future. Calls for a movement toward the local production of
food, energy, and culture in order to strengthen community,
move away from consumerism, and help the environment.
332.645 Mezrich
Mezrich, Ben, 1969-. Ugly Americans : the true story of the Ivy
League cowboys who raided the Asian markets for millions.
1st ed. New York : William Morrow, c2004. Recounts the
true story of John Malcolm's travels to Asia in search of
the American dream, describing how Malcolm took the chance
of a lifetime and followed a mysterious tip halfway across
the world, where he made one of the biggest deals in the
history of the financial markets.
333.95 Wilson
Wilson, Edward O. The creation : an appeal to save life on
Earth. 1st ed. New York : Norton, c2006. The author,
Harvard professor E.O. Wilson, proposes an alliance between
science and religion to save Earth's vanishing biodiversity.
362.196 Tammet
Tammet, Daniel, 1979-. Born on a blue day : inside the
extraordinary mind of an autistic savant. 1st Free Press
ed. New York : Free Press, 2007, c2006. Daniel Tammet, an
autistic savant, offers an inside look at his life,
describing how his rare condition, which gives him
incredible mental powers and a compulsive need for order and
routine, has influenced every aspect of his life and what
challenges he has faced while trying to be independent.
362.29 Sheff
Sheff, David. Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his
son's addiction. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008. Stay up
late -- His drug of choice -- Whatever -- If only -- Never
any knowing. Journalist David Sheff tells the story of his
son Nic's happy early childhood, the transformation wrought
by Nic's addiction to methamphetamine, and his own obsession
with Nic's well-being.
363.7 Gore
Gore, Albert, 1948-. Earth in the balance : ecology and the
human spirit. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., c[2000],
c1992.
370.15 Silver
Silver, Harvey F. So each may learn : integrating learning
styles and multiple intelligences. Alexandria, VA :
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
c2000. Presents background information on multiple
intelligences and learning styles, as well as classroom
examples, activities, organizers, self-assessments, and
lesson-planning templates for teachers of all grade levels
and subjects.
370.71 Zmuda
Zmuda, Allison. Transforming schools : creating a culture of
continuous improvement. Alexandria, VA : Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2004. Contains a
set of six operating principles through a fictional dialogue
that provides practical guidance to school leaders,
including identifying core beliefs, creating a shared
vision, and developing and implementing an action plan.
371.1 Gabriel
Gabriel, John G., 1973-. How to thrive as a teacher leader.
Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum
Development, c2005. Organizational leadership : nurturing
leadership in your school -- Strategic leadership :
assembling your team -- Interpersonal leadership :
communicating your leadership -- Adaptive leadership :
navigating challenges and effecting change -- Motivational
leadership : building climate and community -- Instructional
leadership : improving student and teacher achievement.
Presents an examination of leadership in education,
including information on the different qualities of teacher
leaders, with practical advice on enhancing communication,
overcoming obstacles, energizing colleagues, and improving
student and teacher achievement.
371.102 Boynton
Boynton, Mark, 1947-. The educator's guide to preventing and
solving discipline problems. Alexandria, VA : Association
for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2005. A guide
for teachers and administrators that presents methods for
preventing discipline problems, explains which reactions to
and consequences for student misbehavior are effective and
appropriate, and provides specific strategies for handling
oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder, and anger management issues.
371.14 Tucker
Tucker, Pamela D. Linking teacher evaluation and student
learning. Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development, c2005. The power of an effective
teacher and why we should assess it -- How can we assess
teacher quality? -- Assessing teacher quality with student
work : the Oregon Teacher Work Sample Methodology --
Assessing teacher quality in a standards-based environment :
the Thompson, Colorado School District -- Assessing teacher
quality through goal-setting : the Alexandria, Virginia
School District -- Assessing teacher quality based on
student gains : Value-Added Assessment System in Tennessee
-- Final thoughts on assessing teacher quality : guidelines
for policy and practice. Explains how including measures of
student achievement in teacher evaluations can help schools
focus on meeting higher standards and describes programs
implemented by four successful schools.
371.2 Bes
Best practices, best thinking, and emerging issues in school
leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2003.
Brings together some of the leading figures in educational
leadership to present key information in making decisions
about new programs and directions for schools including
curriculum and instruction, special education, teacher
quality, testing, and parent/community relationships.
371.2 Reeves
Reeves, Douglas B., 1953-. The daily disciplines of leadership :
how to improve student achievement, staff motivation, and
personal organization. 1st ed. San Francisco :
Jossey-Bass, c2002. Offers insights and strategies for
educational leaders on how to meet the challenges of their
jobs, explaining how to create change, develop a personal
leadership profile, master time management, create an
accountability system, and mentor new leaders.
371.26 Popham
Popham, W. James. The truth about testing : an educator's call
to action. Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development, c2001. Discusses good and bad
student testing, shows teachers how to construct accurate
methods of assessment and use their results to teach, and
explains how teachers can protect themselves and students by
educating parents, policy makers, and others about what
kinds of testing are effective.
371.27 Fisher
Fisher, Douglas, 1965-. Checking for understanding : formative
assessment techniques for your classroom. Alexandria, VA :
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
c2007. Why check for understanding? -- Using oral language
to check for understanding -- Using questions to check for
understanding -- Using writing to check for understanding --
Using projects and performances to check for understanding
-- Using tests to check for understanding -- Using common
assessments and consensus scoring to check for
understanding.
371.7 Knowles
Knowles, Cynthia R. Prevention that works! : a guide for
developing school-based drug and violence prevention
programs. Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c2001.
371.9 Marks
Marks-Beale, Abby. Success skills : strategies for study and
lifelong learning. 2nd ed. Cincinnati, Ohio :
South-Western : Thomson Learning, c2002. Learning by doing
-- Discovering your learning styles -- Creating
concentration -- Learning time management -- Study smart --
Taking notes from lecture -- Taking notes from reading
material -- Reading comprehension skills -- Survival reading
skills -- Masterning tests -- Using your critical and
creative mind -- Finding information on the web -- Writing
in the real world.
372.6 Armstrong
Armstrong, Thomas. The multiple intelligences of reading and
writing : making the words come alive. Alexandria, VA :
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
c2003. Literacy, multiple intelligences, and the brain --
Coming to grips with the musculature of words -- Seeing the
visual basis of literacy -- Grooving with the rhythms of
language -- Calculating the logic of words -- Feeling the
emotional power of text -- Relating to the social context of
literacy -- Speaking out about the oral basis of reading and
writing. Explains how students can improve their reading
and writing skills when teachers integrate the other seven
intelligences: logical, mathematical, spatial,
bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and
naturalistic, into their curriculum.
373.12 Bre
Breaking ranks II : strategies for leading high school reform.
Reston, VA : Providence, RI : National Association of
Secondary School Principals ; Education Alliance, c2004.
Outlines effective strategies for high school reform and
explains how those strategies can be applied to every aspect
of secondary education.
373.12 Bre
Breaking ranks in the middle : strategies for leading middle
level reform. Reston, VA : National Association of
Secondary School Principals, c2006.
373.12 Westerberg
Westerberg, Tim. Creating the high schools of our choice.
Larchmont, NY : Eye On Education, c2007.
373.26 Toch
Toch, Thomas. High schools on a human scale : how small schools
can transform American education. Boston : Beacon Press,
c2003. Explains how small schools have the power to
transform America's secondary school system by rejecting the
bureaucratic nature of the traditional comprehensive high
school in order to become smaller, more personal spaces.
379.1 Carr
Carr, Judy F. Succeeding with standards : linking curriculum,
assessment, and action planning. Alexandria, VA :
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
c2001. Overview of standards linking -- The curriculum and
assessment plan -- Defining effective practices for
attainment of standards -- The comprehensive assessment
system -- Action planning -- Reporting in relation to
standards -- Professional development, supervision, and
evaluation -- Getting started. Presents a process that
schools and districts can use to incorporate local, state,
and national standards into their curricula and develop an
assessment system.
379.1 O'Shea
O'Shea, Mark R., 1946-. From standards to success : a guide for
school leaders. Alexandria, VA : Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2005. A visit to a
standards-based school -- An overview of curriculum
management for standards achievement -- The standards
achievement planning cycle -- The district's plans for
standards implementation -- The principal's role in a
standards-based school -- Evaluation of standards
achievement -- Professional development for standards
achievement. Introduces school leaders to the Standards
Achievement Planning Cycle, a comprehensive protocol
designed to help schools meet state standards, with
fictional examples of the protocol's fundamentals and their
impact.
379.1 Reeves
Reeves, Douglas B., 1953-. Accountability for learning : how
teachers and school leaders can take charge. Alexandria, VA
: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development,
c2004. Introduction -- The "A-word" : why people hate
accountability and what you can do about it --
Accountability essentials : identifying and measuring
teaching practices -- The accountable teacher -- Teacher
empowerment : bottom-up accountability -- A view from the
district -- The policymaker's perspective -- Putting it all
together : standards, assessment, and accountability --
Appendix A, A sample comprehensive accountability system --
Appendix B, Tools for developing and implementing an
accountability system -- Appendix C, Contact information for
state departments of education and other organizations.
Argues that rather than protest the call for accountability
in schools, teachers and administrators should embrace it as
an opportunity for empowerment, developing student-centered
accountability systems of their own in order to improve
teaching methods and influence policy makers; and explains
how to do so.
520.9 Couper
Couper, Heather. The history of astronomy. Buffalo, N.Y. :
Firefly Books, 2007. An introduction to the history of
astronomy that explores various discoveries, important
theories, and significant individuals in the field; features
interviews with twenty-six notable astronomers, including
Stephen Hawking; and includes full-color photographs.
616.4 Parker
Parker, Katrina. Living with diabetes. New York : Facts On
File, c2008. Offers advice for teenagers with diabetes,
discussing prediabetes, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, high and
low blood sugar, diet, exercise, medication, complications,
how to help others cope with the disease, and other related
topics; and including a list of associations and support
groups as well as a glossary and resources.
618.92 Bellini
Bellini, Scott. Building social relationships : a systematic
approach to teaching social interactions skills to children
and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders and other
social difficulties. Shawnee Mission , KS : Autism Asperger
Publishing Company, 2006.
741.5 Katoh
Katoh,Tadashi. Project X : Missin noodle cup. Carson, CA :
Digital Manga : Diamond Dist., 2006. In a time when the
Japanese food industry was struggling economically, a man
named Momofuku Andou sought to turn the tide. Seeking a new
type of food for a new era, he ordered the development of a
"cup noodle"- a revolutionary idea for a convenient instant
noodle.
795 Mezrich
Mezrich, Ben, 1969-. Busting Vega[s] : the MIT whiz kid who
brought the casinos to their knees. 1st ed. New York :
William Morrow, c2005. Reveals how Semyon Dukach uses his
mathematical skills to create a system that beat the
casinos, earning him millions of dollars in Las Vegas,
Atlantic City, Aruba, London, and Monte Carlo.
796.357 Ross
Ross, Kenneth A. A mathematician at the ballpark : odds and
probabilities for baseball fans. New York : Plume, [2007],
c2004. A guide to the science of probability for baseball
fans that explains how the mathematical concepts of odds and
probabilities can be applied to statistics in baseball.
796.815 Polly
Polly, Matthew. American Shaolin : flying kicks, Buddhist monks,
and the legend of iron crotch : an odyssey in the new China.
New York : Gotham Books, [2008], c2007. Matthew Polly
recounts the experiences he had during the two years he
spent living and studying in China, performing with the
Shaolin monks, who taught Matthew important lessons about
life and his place in the universe.
812.6 Mor
More scenes and monologs from the best new plays : an anthology
of new dramatic writing from professionally produced plays.
1st ed. Colorado Springs, CO : Meriwether Pub., c2007.
Presents twenty-five monologues for men and women actors
along with twelve scenes for two women, ten for one man and
one woman, and four for two men, and includes nineteen
studio and individual exercises.
B Marley
Miller, Calvin Craig, 1954-. Reggae poet : the story of Bob
Marley. 1st ed. Greensboro, N.C. : Morgan Reynolds, c2008.
Nine miles boy -- Wailers in Trench Town -- Rastaman -- Cold
journey -- The Wailers catch fire -- King of reggae -- Blood
for peace -- Fame and scandal -- Fading light -- Survival.
Chronicles the life of reggae musician Bob Marley,
discussing his childhood in Jamaica, love of American rock
and roll music, early musical career, influence on other
musicians, personal life, and other related topics.
F Baratz-Logsted
Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. Secrets of my suburban life. 1st Simon
Pulse ed. New York : Simon Pulse, 2008. Ren, forced to
move from New York to the suburbs of Connecticut with her
grief-stricken dad after her mother is killed in a freak
accident, cannot seem to fit in at her new school--thanks
primarily to popular snob Farrin, but when she finds out
Farrin is involved in an online relationship with an older
man, she discovers friends she never knew she had.
F Brooks
Brooks, Martha, 1944-. True confessions of a heartless girl.
1st Harper Tempest ed. New York : HarperTempest, 2004,
c2003. A confused seventeen-year-old girl, a single mother
and her young son, two elderly women, and a sad and lonely
man, with their own individual tragedies to bear, come
together in a small Manitoba town and find a way to a better
future.
F Butcher
Butcher, Jim. Summer knight. New York : Roc, c2002. The Winter
Queen of Faerie offers to free professional wizard Harry
Dresden from the supernatural curse of his faerie godmother
if he would find out who murdered the Summer Knight, the
right-hand man of the Summer Queen, and clear the Winter
Queen's name.
F Butcher
Butcher, Jim. Fool moon. New York : Roc, c2001. Out of work
professional wizard, Harry Dresden, gets a case involving a
brutally mutilated corpse and the strange-looking paw prints
and full moon is just the ticket for someone with his kind
of supernatural expertise.
F Chase
Chase, Paula. Don't get it twisted : a Del Rio Bay clique novel.
New York : Dafina Books/Kensington Pub. Corp., c2007. Mina
must think fast to get her parents' approval to go to the
biggest bash of the year with Craig Simpson, the hottest guy
at Del Rio Bay High.
F Chase
Chase, Paula. So not the drama : a Del Rio Bay clique novel.
New York : Dafina Books, c2007. Mina's plans to carry her
middle school popularity over into high school do not work
out just as she had imagined when her best friend Lizzie
gets invited to a party with the social elite, and a class
project on prejudice exposes the truth about school cliques.
F Divine
Divine, L. The fight. New York : Dafina Books for Young
Readers, 2006. Sixteen-year-old Jayd Jackson is determined
to start her junior year drama free, but she soon learns
that life in her new predominately white high school is not
the same as her tough inner city school as she tries to stop
a fight that could ruin everything she has worked for.
F Divine
Divine, L. Second chance. New York : Dafina Books for Young
Readers, c2006. African-American high school junior Jayd
Jackson tries to juggle conflict with her ex-boyfriend and
his current girlfriend while starting a new relationship
with a half-Jewish white boy.
F Divine
Divine, L. Jayd's legacy. New York : Dafina Books for Young
Readers, c2007. African-American high school junior Jayd
Jackson sees trouble brewing when her white classmates grow
hostile over her friend Nellie running for homecoming
princess.
F Divine
Divine, L. Frenemies. New York : Dafina Books for Young
Readers, c2008. African-American high school junior Jayd
Jackson has to deal with more drama when her friend, Nellie,
lets her homecoming princess title go to her head and her
boyfriend, Jeremy, starts to act like he is no longer
interested in her.
F Fehler
Fehler, Gene, 1940-. Beanball. New York : Clarion Books, c2008.
Relates, from diverse points of view, events surrounding the
critical injury of popular and talented high school athlete,
Luke "Wizard" Wallace, when he is hit in the face by a
fastball.
F Giles
Giles, Gail. Right behind you. 1st ed. New York : Little,
Brown, 2007. After spending over four years in a mental
institution for murdering a friend in Alaska,
fourteen-year-old Kip begins a completely new life in
Indiana with his father and stepmother under a different
name, but has trouble fitting in and finds there are still
problems to deal with from his childhood.
F Gregory
Gregory, Philippa. The other Boleyn girl : a novel. 1st Pocket
Star Books pbk. ed. New York : Pocket Star Books, 2007,
c2001. Mary Boleyn comes to the court of King Henry VIII,
where she falls for the dashing king, and begins to enjoy
her growing role as unofficial queen, however, she soon
realizes she is merely a pawn in her family's ambitious
plots as the king's interest begins to turn towards her best
friend and rival, her sister, Anne.
F Guest
Guest, Jacqueline. Lightning rider. Toronto : Custer, WA :
James Lorimer & Co. ; Distributed in the United States by
Orca Book Publishers, 2001. Sixteen-year-old January
Fournier embarks on a quest to prove her brother's innocence
when he is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident while
riding a stolen bike.
F Henderson
Henderson, Lauren, 1966-. Kiss me kill me. 1st ed. New York :
Delacorte Press, c2008. Longing to be part of the in-crowd
at her exclusive London school, orphaned, sixteen-year-old
Scarlett, a trained gymnast, eagerly accepts an invitation
to a party whose disastrous outcome changes her life
forever.
F Hughes
Hughes, Dean, 1943-. Search and destroy. 1st Simon Pulse ed.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2008, c2005. Recent high school
graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to
escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences
the horrors of the war in Vietnam.
F Kimani
Carter, Cassandra. 16 isn't always sweet. New York : Kimani
TRU, c2008. Jordan Wright thinks her life is perfect now
that she is sixteen and has landed a spot dancing for her
favorite rapper's latest video, but when her best friend,
Adrienne, begins to get jealous of all the attention Jordan
is getting and starts spreading rumors about Jordan, Jordan
realizes growing up isn't as easy as she thought.
F Kimani
Hayden, 1971-. A matter of attitude. New York : Kimani TRU,
c2008. Fifteen-year-old Angela Jenkins accepts Shayla
Mercer's offer to make sure Angela wins the holiday fashion
show competition; but she soon learns that the price of
instant popularity can be very high.
F Koontz
Koontz, Dean R. (Dean Ray), 1945-. The darkest evening of the
year. New York : Bantam Books, 2007. No one is surprised
when Amy Redwing brings a rescued female golden retriever
into her home, however, her joy is overshadowed by a series
of mysterious incidents and the feeling that she is being
watched.
F Lenhard
Lenhard, Elizabeth. Chicks with sticks : (it's a purl thing).
New York : Speak, 2006, c2005. Four teenage girls from very
different social cliques at their progressive Chicago high
school become friends after forming a knitting club.
F Links
Links, Bo. Riverbank Tweed and Roadmap Jenkins : tales from the
caddie yard. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2001. Roadmap
Jenkins, an aging caddie, takes his younger associate
Riverbank Tweed on as a student, teaching him the secrets of
the links.
F Mackall
Mackall, Dandi Daley. Sierra's story. Wheaton, Ill. : Tyndale
House Publishers, c2004. Scarred and in pain after a car
accident, a high school senior turns away from God,
especially after remembering how her boyfriend and best
friend were involved in the crash, and plans her revenge
while the elderly woman sharing her hospital room urges her
to forgive and forget.
F Malley
Malley, G. R. (Gemma R.). The declaration. 1st U.S. ed. New
York : Bloomsbury : Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck
Publishers, 2007. In 2140 England, where drugs enable
people to live forever and children are illegal, teenaged
Anna, an obedient "Surplus" training to become a house
servant, has her world view challenged when she meets Peter
and discovers that her birth parents are trying to find her.
F Marillier
Marillier, Juliet. Wildwood dancing. 1st ed. New York : Knopf,
c2007. Five sisters who live with their merchant father in
Transylvania use a hidden portal in their home to cross over
into a magical world, the Wildwood.
F Marsden
Marsden, John, 1950-. While I live. 1st ed. New York :
Scholastic Press, 2007. Ellie Linton, an Australian teen
who engaged in guerilla warfare with invading forces after
returning home from a camping trip with friends to find her
family and the entire town imprisoned, tries to adjust to
life on the farm following the end of hostilities, but finds
the peace uneasy both across the border and within herself.
F McCarthy
McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-. No country for old men. 1st Vintage
International ed. New York : Vintage International, 2006,
c2005. When Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a group of murdered
men, a stash of heroin, and more than two million in cash,
he makes a rash decision and takes the money, which soon
puts him and his young wife in danger as they are hunted by
a ruthless drug lord.
F McKinley
McKinley, Robin. Beauty : a retelling of the story of Beauty &
the beast. New York : David Fickling Books, 2003, c1978.
Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is
compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the
spell which had turned him from a handsome prince into an
ugly beast.
F Mendle
Mendle, Jane. Better off famous? : a novel. 1st ed. New York :
St. Martin's Griffin, 2007. When Annie is spotted at an
audition and cast in a new television show, her life is
turned upside down. Now she must learn to balance her
life--and her partying--before the press and the public
write her off for good.
F Moore
Moore, Stephanie Perry. Problem solved. New York : Dafina
Books/Kensington Pub. Corp., c2007. Football star Perry
Skky Jr. faces disappointment and racism while attending a
nearly all-white Christian sports camp, where he discovers
God's plans for his life and must decide if he is ready to
listen.
F Myers
Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-. Game. 1st ed. New York :
HarperTeen, c2008. Drew Lawson, counting on basketball to
get him into college and out of Harlem, struggles to keep
his cool when the coach brings in two white players and puts
them in positions that clearly threaten Drew's game.
F Napoli
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-. Hush : an Irish princess' tale. 1st
ed. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2007.
Fifteen-year-old Melkorka, an Irish princess, is kidnapped
by Russian slave traders and not only learns how to survive
but to challenge some of the brutality of her captors, who
are fascinated by her apparent muteness and the possibility
that she is enchanted.
F Palahniuk
Palahniuk, Chuck. Diary : a novel. 1st ed. New York :
Doubleday, c2003. While her husband lies in the hospital
after a suicide attempt, Misty Tracy Wilmot keeps a diary of
her thoughts and reflects on the choices she has made in her
life.
F Peet
Peet, Mal. Tamar. 1st U.S. ed. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick
Press, 2007. In England in 1995, fifteen-year-old Tamar,
grief-stricken by the puzzling death of her beloved
grandfather, slowly begins to uncover the secrets of his
life in the Dutch resistance during the last year of the
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, and the climactic events
that forever cast a shadow on his life and that of his
family.
F Picoult
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. Change of heart : a novel. 1st Atria
Books hardcover ed. New York : Atria Books, 2008. June
Nealon's life is shattered when Shay Bourne murders her
husband and daughter, but when her eleven-year-old daughter,
Claire, needs a heart transplant, Bourne decides that his
only chance at redemption is to give Claire his heart after
he is put to death, leaving June to decide if she wants to
let the man who destroyed her life save her daughter's.
F Pressler
Pressler, Mirjam. Let sleeping dogs lie. 1st U.S. ed.
Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, 2007. Johanna, a German
girl, learns on a trip to Israel that her family's
successful clothing store was originally owned by a Jewish
family and was acquired by her grandfather through the
anti-Semitic laws of the Nazi regime.
F Reisfeld
Reisfeld, Randi. Everyone who's anyone : a starlet novel. 1st
ed. New York : Hyperion Paperbacks, c2007.
Seventeen-year-old Jacey Chandliss, winner of a television
reality show, suddenly finds herself rich and famous, with a
number of new friends and publicity she does not want.
F Rennison
Rennison, Louise. Love is a many trousered thing : confessions
of Georgia Nicolson. 1st ed. New York : HarperTeen, c2007.
In a series of diary entries, British teenager Georgia
Nicolson describes her continuing romantic woes as she is
pushed toward a decision about the three boys in her life.
F Ripslinger
Ripslinger, Jon. Last kiss. 1st ed. Woodbury, MN : Flux,
c2007. Billy O'Reilly, a farm worker in rural Iowa, is
forced to keep his relationship with Lisa a secret due to
their different social standings, but when Lisa is murdered
and circumstantial evidence points to Billy, he must break
through the town's class barriers to prove his innocence and
find the true killer.
F Schroeder
Schroeder, Lisa. I heart you, you haunt me. 1st Simon Pulse ed.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2008. A verse novel in which
fifteen-year-old Ava, feeling guilty over the role she
believes she played in her boyfriend Jackson's death,
experiences a whole new range of emotions when she realizes
he is back from the dead.
F Shepard
Shepard, Sara, 1977-. Flawless : a pretty little liars novel.
1st ed. New York : HarperTeen, c2007. After their friend
who has been missing for more than three years turns up
dead, four former best friends continue to receive
frightening messages from someone who knows damaging secrets
about them.
F Shepard
Shepard, Sara, 1977-. Pretty little liars. 1st ed. New York :
HarperTempest, c2006. When one of their tightly-knit group
mysteriously disappears, four high school girls find their
friendship difficult to maintain when they begin receiving
taunting messages from someone who seems to know everything
about their past and present secrets.
F Shusterman
Shusterman, Neal. Unwind. 1st ed. New York : Simon & Schuster
Books for Young Readers, c2007. Three teens embark upon a
cross-country journey in order to escape from a society that
salvages body parts from children ages thirteen to eighteen.
F Strasser
Strasser, Todd. How I changed my life. Simon Pulse ed. New
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F Vivian
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her sixteenth birthday, the week that follows is full of
confusing surprises, including discovering that her best
friend has been keeping secrets from her, her mother has not
been truthful about the past, and life is often complicated.
F Wahl
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F Yoo
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A Korean American teenager tries to please her parents by
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F Zarr
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perfect life, but when a childhood friend re-enters her
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her past and question who she really is.