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High School Book Club
Moderator: Ladonna Leibrich (High School Library Media Specialist)
and Anita Weisheit (Sheridan County Fulmer Public Library YA Librarian)
Tuesdays @ 3:35 p.m. at the High School Library Media Center
Second Semester Dates
March 9 - Airman by Eoin Colfer
Booklists
WHAT'S NEW ON THE SHELVES?
1. BULL Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams
YA WILLIAMS S
Cam O'Mara comes from a family of champion bull riders. Cam is more interested in skateboarding and perfecting his tricks is most important - until his older brother, Ben, the local high school bull riding champion, returns from his tour in Iraq paralyzed with a brain injury. Now Cam is determined to complete the eight second ride on a monstrosity named Ugly to win the $15,000 prize money. If the money can help his brother's future, can Cam make the switch from skateboarding to bull riding?
2. WILLOW by Julia Hoban
YA F HOBAN J
Seven months ago, Willow's parents were killed in an automobile accident when Willow lost control of the car. Now her brother barely speaks to her and her classmates call her the killer orphan girl. In order to cope, Willow has begun cutting herself, trying to block her grief and guilt. Willow is safe in her self-induced prison of loneliness until one sensitive and soulful boy, just as complicated as she is, discovers her secret and turns her life upside down.
3. FALLEN by Lauren Kate
YA F KATE L
There's something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.
Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price's attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He's the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move. Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce—and goes out of his way to make that very clear—she can't let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.
4. LIAR by Justine Larbalestier
YA LARBALESTIER
Micah will freely admit she is a compulsive liar, but that my be the only honest thing she'll tell you. Over the years she's duped, classmates, teachers, and even her parents, and she's always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is until her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances. Now her lies are beginning to catch up to her. But is it possible to tell the truth when one knows nothing but lies?
5. BAD APPLE by Laura Ruby
YA F RUBY L
High School junior Tola Riley has green hair, a nose ring, an attitude problem and a fondness for fairy tales, which are a great escape from real life. Everyone thinks she's crazy; everyone says so. Everyone except Mr. Mymer, her art teacher. He gets her paintings and lets her hang out in the art room during lonely lunch periods. Then the rumors start flying and Tola is suddenly the center of a scandal. The whole town is judging her - even her own family. When Mr. Mymer is suspended for what everyone thinks is an affair, she has no choice but to break her silence. Fairy tales won't help her this time...so how can she tell the truth? And more importantly, will anyone believe her?
6. JUMPING OFF SWINGS by Jo Knowles
YA F KNOWLES
Ellie remembers how the boys kissed her. Touched her. How they begged for more. And when she gave it to them she felt loved. For awhile anyway. So when Josh, a shy eager virgin with a troubled life, leads her from a party to the backseat of his van, Ellie follows willingly. She thinks this one might be the one, but once their "one-time thing" is over Josh returns to the party and behaves just like the rest. Unfortunately this time Ellie gets pregnant. Josh reacts with shame and heartbreak and their confidantes, Corrinne and Caleb have to deal with their own rush of emotions. Whatever Ellie chooses to do, these four teenagers will all have to grow up a little faster as a result, and leave their innocence behind.
7. BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, I'LL BE DEAD by Julie Anne Peters
YA F PETERS J
Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair. After a string of botched suicide attempts she is determined to get her death right. She begins visiting a website for "completers" - www.through-the-light.com. While she's on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she's not online, Daelyn is at her private school where she is known as the freak who doesn't talk. Then a boy named Santana begins to sit with her as she waits for her mother to pick her up after schoo. Daelyn has made it clear she wants to be left alone but Santana is not giving up. Is it too late for Daelyn to let someone new into her life?
8. PURGE by Sarah Darer Littman
YA F LITTMAN S
Janie Ryman hates throwing up. So why does she binge eat and then stick her fingers down her throat several times a day? Because her purging has gotten out of control and been discovered by her family thanks to an embarrassing and traumatic event at her older sister's wedding, Janie is at Golden Slopes for recovery. Her goal is to talk as little as possible and survive day by day until she can get out. But soon she finds herself opening up to the head psychiatrist, making friends with the other wards, and sifting back through the painful memories that led to her disorder.
9. HATE LIST by Jennifer Brown
YA F BROWN J
Five months ago Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on the commons at school, killing students and one teacher while injuring many others. Valerie was shot in the leg for diving in front of one of Nick's main targets and saving her life. Valerie is viewed both as a hero and as a criminal because of a list she and Nick created indicating a list of things and people they hate - a list Nick used to pick out the targets. Now, after a summer of seclusion, Valerie must face her demons and return to the school to complete her senior year. Haunted by the memory of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky relationships with her family and former friends, Val must come to grips with the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order to make amends and move on with her life.
10. LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld
YA F WESTERFELD, S
YA F WILLIAMS R
Trina: Self-absorbed, beautiful, and clueless, she skips down the hallway, cuts between Dominique and her "girls," absently mumbling "Hey."
Dominique: Enraged and offended at Trina's audacity, she vows to teach her a lesson. Trina's getting jumped at 2:45.
Leticia: Sees and hears the whole thing and can't wait to tell her best friend that Trina's getting stomped that afternoon. However, when her best friend tells her that she really should warn Trina since the girl has no idea what's going down, the plot thickens. Told from the perspective of the three girls, Williams weaves a tale of choices and the impacts of those choices, no matter how insignificant.
12. FOOD, GIRLS, AND OTHER THINGS I CAN'T HAVE by Allen Zadoff
YA F ZADOFF A
Life used to be simple for Andrew Zansky - hang with Model UN guys, avoid gym class, and eat and eat and eat. He's used to not fitting in; into his family, his sports-crazed school and his size 48 pants. But not anymore. Andrew just met April, the new girl in school, and instant love of his life! He wants to find a way to win her heart, but how? When O. Douglas, the heartthrob quarterback and high school legend saves him from getting beaten up by the school bully, Andrew sees his chance to get in with the football squad. Is it possible to reinvent yourself in middle school? How far should you go to be the person you really want to be?
13. DEVIL'S KISS by Sarwat Chadda
YA F CHADDA S
As the youngest and only female member of the Knights Templar, Bilqis SanGreal grew up knowing she wasn’t normal. Instead of hanging out at the mall or going on dates, she spends her time training as a warrior in her order’s ancient battle against the Unholy. Billi’s cloistered life is blasted apart when her childhood friend, Kay, returns from Jerusalem, gorgeous and with a dangerous chip on his shoulder. He’s ready to slide back into Billi’s life, but she’s met someone new: amber-eyed Mike, who seems to understand her like no one else and effortlessly stakes a claim on her heart. But the Templars are called to battle before Billi can enjoy the thrilling new twist to her life. One of the order’s ancient enemies has resurfaced, searching for a treasure that the Templars have guarded for almost a thousand years - King Solomon’s cursed mirror, a source of unimaginable power. To save the lives of millions, Billi will have to put her heart aside and make sacrifices greater than she could have imagined.
14. ANGRY MANAGEMENT by Chris Crutcher
YA F CRUTCHER C
Every kid in this group wants to fly. Every kid in this group has too much ballast. Mr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits. A place for stories. And, man, does this crew have stories. Chris Crutcher fills these three stories with raw emotion. They are about insecurity, anger, and prejudice. But they are also about love, freedom, and power. About surviving. And hope.
YA F GEEKTAST
Including acclaimed authors like Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, David Levithan, and Scott Westerfeld, this book is a collection of stories about the coolness of being a geek. Geek is the new cool!
16. GONE by Lisa McMann
YA F MCMANN L
Things should be great for Janie—she has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she’s totally in love with. But deep down she’s panicking about how she’s going to survive her future when getting sucked into other people’s dreams is really starting to take its toll. Things get even more complicated when she meets her father for the very first time—and he’s in a coma. As Janie uncovers his secret past, she begins to realize that the choice thought she had has more dire consequences than she ever imagined.
17. THEY NEVER CAME BACK by Caroline B. Cooney
YA F COONEY C
In a busy school cafeteria, a teenage girl is confronted by a classmate who questions her identity. He explains to the students who have crowded around that the girl bears an uncanny resemblance to his cousin, who was taken away by social services five years ago. Her parents abandoned her, fleeing the country after being accused of embezzling millions of dollars. The students are intrigued, but the girl shrugs off the attention as a case of mistaken identity. As the days pass, however, the boy refuses to relent and even brings his parents in to back him up. But they are not the only adults involved. An FBI agent who has been working the case these past five years believes that whoever this girl is, she can serve as bait to help the FBI capture the fugitives.
18. SOMETHING, MAYBE by Elizabeth Scott
YA F SCOTT E
Everyone thinks their parents are embarrassing, but Hannah knows she's got them all beat. Her dad made a fortune showcasing photos of pretty girls and his party lifestyle all over the Internet, and her mom was once one of her dad's girlfriends and is now the star of her own website. After getting the wrong kind of attention for way too long, Hannah has mastered the art of staying under the radar...and that's just how she likes it. Of course, that doesn't help her get noticed by her crush. Hannah's sure that gorgeous, sensitive Josh is her soul mate. But trying to get him to notice her; wondering why she suddenly can't stop thinking about another guy, Finn; and dealing with her parents make Hannah feel like she's going crazy. Yet she's determined to make things work out the way she wants - only what she wants may not be what she needs.
19. TWISTED SUMMER by Willo Davis Roberts
YA F ROBERTS W
Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach, but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.
20. FREEFALL by Ariela Anhalt
YA F ANHALT A
Luke was not eager to accompany his best friend, Hayden, and the cocky new kid, Russell, up to the cliff that night. The plan was to watch Russell jump off the cliff into the lake - his initiation to the Briar Academy fencing team. But instead, after an angry confrontation with Hayden, Russell falls to his death. Now Hayden is in jail and the pressure is on Luke to report what he saw. But what did he see? An accident - or a murder? Luke has always followed Hayden's lead, but this is one decision he'll be forced to make on his own. And to do it, he must face the truth about his friendship with Hayden and his own painful past.
21. PASTWORLD by Ian Beck
YA F BECK I
What if all of London were really an amusement park - a whole city returned to Victorian times to entertain visitors from the twenty-first century? Eve is a lifelong resident of Pastworld who doesn't know she's living in a theme park until a mysterious threat forces her to leave home. Caleb is a visiting tourist who finds the lawlessness of the past thrilling - until he suddenly becomes a fugitive from an antiquated justice system. And in the midst of it all, in the thick London fog, a dark and deadly figure prowls, claiming victim after victim. He's the Fantom, a creature both of the past and of the present, in whose dark purpose Caleb and Eve will find their destinies combined.
22. INCARCERON by Catherine Fisher
YA F FISHER C
Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: It's inmates live not only in cells, but also in metal forests, dilapidated cities, and unbounded wilderness. The prison has been sealed for centuries, and only one man, legend says, has ever escaped. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can't remember his childhood and believes he came from Outside Incarceron. He's going to escape, even though most inmates don't believe that Outside even exists. And then Finn finds a crystal key and through it, a girl named Claudia. Claudia claims to live Outside - her father is the Warden of Incarceron and she's doomed to an arranged marriage. If she helps Finn escape, she will need his help in return. But they don't realize there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost far more than they know.
23. LIBYRINTH by Pearl North
YA F NORTH P
Haly is a Libyrarian, one of a group of people dedicated to preserving and protecting the knowledge passed down from the Ancients and stored in the endless maze of books knows a the Lybyrinth. But Haly has a secret: The books speak to her. When the threat of the rival Eradicants drives her from her home, Haly learns that things are nto all she thinks they are. Taken prisoner by the Eradicants, who believe the written word to be evil, she sees the world through their eyes and comes to understand that they are not the book-burning monsters that she has known all her life.
24. THE MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner
YA F DASHNER
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade - a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they've closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift. Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up - the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
25. LOCKDOWN by Alexander Gordon Smith
YA F SMITH A
Furnace Penitentiary: the world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, "new fish" Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood-drenched tunnels below. And behind everything is the mysterious, all-powerful warden, a man as cruel and dangerous as the devil himself, whose unthinkable acts have consequences that stretch far beyond the walls of the prison.
26. HUNCHBACK ASSIGNMENTS by Arthur Slade
YA F SLADE A
The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show. Modo is a hunchback with an amazing ability to transform his appearance, and Mr. Socrates raises him in isolation as an agent for the Permanent Association, a spy agency behind Brittania's efforts to rule the empire. At fourteen, Modo is left on the streets of London to fend for himself. When he encounters Octavia Milkwee, another Association agent, the two uncover a plot by the Clockword Guild behind the murders of important men. Furthermore, a mad scientist is turning orphan children into automatons to further the goals of the Guild. Modo and Octavia journey deep into the tunnels under London and discover a terrifying plot against the British government. It's up to them to save their country.
27. I AM A GENIUS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL AND I WANT TO BE YOUR CLASS PRESIDENT by Josh Lieb
YA F LIEB J
Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson's got the IQ of a grilled cheese sandwich. Or so everyone in Omaha thinks. In reality, Oliver's a mad evil genius on his way to world domination, and he's used his great brain to make himself the third-richest person on earth! Then Oliver's father - and archnemesis - makes a crack about the upcoming middle school election, and Oliver takes it as a personal challenge. He'll run, and he'll win! Turns out, though, that overthrowing foreign dictators is actually way easier than getting kids to like you...Can this evil genius win the class presidency and keep his true identity a secret, all in time to impress his dad?
28. ONCE WAS LOST by Sara Zarr
YA F ZARR S
Samara Taylor used to believe in miracles. She used to believe in a lot of things. As a pastor's kid, it's hard not to buy in to the idea of the perfect family, a loving God, and amazing grace. But lately, Sam has a lot of reason to doubt. Her mother lands in rehab after a DUI and her father seems more interested in his congregation than his family. When a young girl in her small town is kidnapped, the local tragedy overlaps with Sam's personal one, and the already-worn thread of faith holding her together begins to unravel.
29. EVERWILD by Neal Shusterman
YA F SHUSTERMAN N
Everlost, the limbo land of dead children, is at war. Nick the "Chocolate Ogre" wants to help the children of Everlost reach the light at the end of the tunnel. Mary Hightower, self-proclaimed queen of lost children and dangerous fanatic, is determined to keep Everlost's children trapped within its limbo for all eternity. Traveling in the memory of the Hindenburg, Mary is spreading her propaganda and attracting Afterlights to her cause at a frightening speed. Meanwhile, Allie the Outcast travels home to seek out her parents, along with Mikey, who was once the terrifying monster the McGill. Allie is tempted by the seductive thrill of skinjacking the living, until she discovers the shocking truth about skinjackers.
1. BULL Rider by Suzanne Morgan Williams
YA WILLIAMS S
Cam O'Mara comes from a family of champion bull riders. Cam is more interested in skateboarding and perfecting his tricks is most important - until his older brother, Ben, the local high school bull riding champion, returns from his tour in Iraq paralyzed with a brain injury. Now Cam is determined to complete the eight second ride on a monstrosity named Ugly to win the $15,000 prize money. If the money can help his brother's future, can Cam make the switch from skateboarding to bull riding?
2. WILLOW by Julia Hoban
YA F HOBAN J
Seven months ago, Willow's parents were killed in an automobile accident when Willow lost control of the car. Now her brother barely speaks to her and her classmates call her the killer orphan girl. In order to cope, Willow has begun cutting herself, trying to block her grief and guilt. Willow is safe in her self-induced prison of loneliness until one sensitive and soulful boy, just as complicated as she is, discovers her secret and turns her life upside down.
3. FALLEN by Lauren Kate
YA F KATE L
There's something achingly familiar about Daniel Grigori.
Mysterious and aloof, he captures Luce Price's attention from the moment she sees him on her first day at the Sword & Cross boarding school in sultry Savannah, Georgia. He's the one bright spot in a place where cell phones are forbidden, the other students are all screw-ups, and security cameras watch every move. Even though Daniel wants nothing to do with Luce—and goes out of his way to make that very clear—she can't let it go. Drawn to him like a moth to a flame, she has to find out what Daniel is so desperate to keep secret . . . even if it kills her.
4. LIAR by Justine Larbalestier
YA LARBALESTIER
Micah will freely admit she is a compulsive liar, but that my be the only honest thing she'll tell you. Over the years she's duped, classmates, teachers, and even her parents, and she's always managed to stay one step ahead of her lies. That is until her boyfriend dies under brutal circumstances. Now her lies are beginning to catch up to her. But is it possible to tell the truth when one knows nothing but lies?
5. BAD APPLE by Laura Ruby
YA F RUBY L
High School junior Tola Riley has green hair, a nose ring, an attitude problem and a fondness for fairy tales, which are a great escape from real life. Everyone thinks she's crazy; everyone says so. Everyone except Mr. Mymer, her art teacher. He gets her paintings and lets her hang out in the art room during lonely lunch periods. Then the rumors start flying and Tola is suddenly the center of a scandal. The whole town is judging her - even her own family. When Mr. Mymer is suspended for what everyone thinks is an affair, she has no choice but to break her silence. Fairy tales won't help her this time...so how can she tell the truth? And more importantly, will anyone believe her?
6. JUMPING OFF SWINGS by Jo Knowles
YA F KNOWLES
Ellie remembers how the boys kissed her. Touched her. How they begged for more. And when she gave it to them she felt loved. For awhile anyway. So when Josh, a shy eager virgin with a troubled life, leads her from a party to the backseat of his van, Ellie follows willingly. She thinks this one might be the one, but once their "one-time thing" is over Josh returns to the party and behaves just like the rest. Unfortunately this time Ellie gets pregnant. Josh reacts with shame and heartbreak and their confidantes, Corrinne and Caleb have to deal with their own rush of emotions. Whatever Ellie chooses to do, these four teenagers will all have to grow up a little faster as a result, and leave their innocence behind.
7. BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, I'LL BE DEAD by Julie Anne Peters
YA F PETERS J
Daelyn Rice is broken beyond repair. After a string of botched suicide attempts she is determined to get her death right. She begins visiting a website for "completers" - www.through-the-light.com. While she's on the site, Daelyn blogs about her life, uncovering a history of bullying that goes back to kindergarten. When she's not online, Daelyn is at her private school where she is known as the freak who doesn't talk. Then a boy named Santana begins to sit with her as she waits for her mother to pick her up after schoo. Daelyn has made it clear she wants to be left alone but Santana is not giving up. Is it too late for Daelyn to let someone new into her life?
8. PURGE by Sarah Darer Littman
YA F LITTMAN S
Janie Ryman hates throwing up. So why does she binge eat and then stick her fingers down her throat several times a day? Because her purging has gotten out of control and been discovered by her family thanks to an embarrassing and traumatic event at her older sister's wedding, Janie is at Golden Slopes for recovery. Her goal is to talk as little as possible and survive day by day until she can get out. But soon she finds herself opening up to the head psychiatrist, making friends with the other wards, and sifting back through the painful memories that led to her disorder.
9. HATE LIST by Jennifer Brown
YA F BROWN J
Five months ago Valerie Leftman's boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on the commons at school, killing students and one teacher while injuring many others. Valerie was shot in the leg for diving in front of one of Nick's main targets and saving her life. Valerie is viewed both as a hero and as a criminal because of a list she and Nick created indicating a list of things and people they hate - a list Nick used to pick out the targets. Now, after a summer of seclusion, Valerie must face her demons and return to the school to complete her senior year. Haunted by the memory of the boyfriend she still loves and navigating rocky relationships with her family and former friends, Val must come to grips with the tragedy that took place and her role in it, in order to make amends and move on with her life.
10. LEVIATHAN by Scott Westerfeld
YA F WESTERFELD, S
Part of a new genre called "Steampunk" Leviathan takes place at the cusp of World War I. The Austro-Hungarians have their Clankers, steam-powered iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. Their whale airship, the Leviathan, is the most masterful beast in the British fleet. With the war brewing, the Leviathan will bring bring people together with nothing in common but the war and take them on an adventure around the world that will change their lives forever.
YA F WILLIAMS R
Trina: Self-absorbed, beautiful, and clueless, she skips down the hallway, cuts between Dominique and her "girls," absently mumbling "Hey."
Dominique: Enraged and offended at Trina's audacity, she vows to teach her a lesson. Trina's getting jumped at 2:45.
Leticia: Sees and hears the whole thing and can't wait to tell her best friend that Trina's getting stomped that afternoon. However, when her best friend tells her that she really should warn Trina since the girl has no idea what's going down, the plot thickens. Told from the perspective of the three girls, Williams weaves a tale of choices and the impacts of those choices, no matter how insignificant.
12. FOOD, GIRLS, AND OTHER THINGS I CAN'T HAVE by Allen Zadoff
YA F ZADOFF A
Life used to be simple for Andrew Zansky - hang with Model UN guys, avoid gym class, and eat and eat and eat. He's used to not fitting in; into his family, his sports-crazed school and his size 48 pants. But not anymore. Andrew just met April, the new girl in school, and instant love of his life! He wants to find a way to win her heart, but how? When O. Douglas, the heartthrob quarterback and high school legend saves him from getting beaten up by the school bully, Andrew sees his chance to get in with the football squad. Is it possible to reinvent yourself in middle school? How far should you go to be the person you really want to be?
13. DEVIL'S KISS by Sarwat Chadda
YA F CHADDA S
As the youngest and only female member of the Knights Templar, Bilqis SanGreal grew up knowing she wasn’t normal. Instead of hanging out at the mall or going on dates, she spends her time training as a warrior in her order’s ancient battle against the Unholy. Billi’s cloistered life is blasted apart when her childhood friend, Kay, returns from Jerusalem, gorgeous and with a dangerous chip on his shoulder. He’s ready to slide back into Billi’s life, but she’s met someone new: amber-eyed Mike, who seems to understand her like no one else and effortlessly stakes a claim on her heart. But the Templars are called to battle before Billi can enjoy the thrilling new twist to her life. One of the order’s ancient enemies has resurfaced, searching for a treasure that the Templars have guarded for almost a thousand years - King Solomon’s cursed mirror, a source of unimaginable power. To save the lives of millions, Billi will have to put her heart aside and make sacrifices greater than she could have imagined.
14. ANGRY MANAGEMENT by Chris Crutcher
YA F CRUTCHER C
Every kid in this group wants to fly. Every kid in this group has too much ballast. Mr. Nak's Angry Management group is a place for misfits. A place for stories. And, man, does this crew have stories. Chris Crutcher fills these three stories with raw emotion. They are about insecurity, anger, and prejudice. But they are also about love, freedom, and power. About surviving. And hope.
15. GEEKTASTIC: STORIES FROM THE NERD HERD
YA F GEEKTAST
Including acclaimed authors like Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, David Levithan, and Scott Westerfeld, this book is a collection of stories about the coolness of being a geek. Geek is the new cool!
16. GONE by Lisa McMann
YA F MCMANN L
Things should be great for Janie—she has graduated from high school and is spending her summer with Cabel, the guy she’s totally in love with. But deep down she’s panicking about how she’s going to survive her future when getting sucked into other people’s dreams is really starting to take its toll. Things get even more complicated when she meets her father for the very first time—and he’s in a coma. As Janie uncovers his secret past, she begins to realize that the choice thought she had has more dire consequences than she ever imagined.
17. THEY NEVER CAME BACK by Caroline B. Cooney
YA F COONEY C
In a busy school cafeteria, a teenage girl is confronted by a classmate who questions her identity. He explains to the students who have crowded around that the girl bears an uncanny resemblance to his cousin, who was taken away by social services five years ago. Her parents abandoned her, fleeing the country after being accused of embezzling millions of dollars. The students are intrigued, but the girl shrugs off the attention as a case of mistaken identity. As the days pass, however, the boy refuses to relent and even brings his parents in to back him up. But they are not the only adults involved. An FBI agent who has been working the case these past five years believes that whoever this girl is, she can serve as bait to help the FBI capture the fugitives.
18. SOMETHING, MAYBE by Elizabeth Scott
YA F SCOTT E
Everyone thinks their parents are embarrassing, but Hannah knows she's got them all beat. Her dad made a fortune showcasing photos of pretty girls and his party lifestyle all over the Internet, and her mom was once one of her dad's girlfriends and is now the star of her own website. After getting the wrong kind of attention for way too long, Hannah has mastered the art of staying under the radar...and that's just how she likes it. Of course, that doesn't help her get noticed by her crush. Hannah's sure that gorgeous, sensitive Josh is her soul mate. But trying to get him to notice her; wondering why she suddenly can't stop thinking about another guy, Finn; and dealing with her parents make Hannah feel like she's going crazy. Yet she's determined to make things work out the way she wants - only what she wants may not be what she needs.
19. TWISTED SUMMER by Willo Davis Roberts
YA F ROBERTS W
Fourteen-year-old Cici hopes for a romantic summer at the beach, but instead finds herself trying to solve a murder which had occurred there the previous year.
20. FREEFALL by Ariela Anhalt
YA F ANHALT A
Luke was not eager to accompany his best friend, Hayden, and the cocky new kid, Russell, up to the cliff that night. The plan was to watch Russell jump off the cliff into the lake - his initiation to the Briar Academy fencing team. But instead, after an angry confrontation with Hayden, Russell falls to his death. Now Hayden is in jail and the pressure is on Luke to report what he saw. But what did he see? An accident - or a murder? Luke has always followed Hayden's lead, but this is one decision he'll be forced to make on his own. And to do it, he must face the truth about his friendship with Hayden and his own painful past.
21. PASTWORLD by Ian Beck
YA F BECK I
What if all of London were really an amusement park - a whole city returned to Victorian times to entertain visitors from the twenty-first century? Eve is a lifelong resident of Pastworld who doesn't know she's living in a theme park until a mysterious threat forces her to leave home. Caleb is a visiting tourist who finds the lawlessness of the past thrilling - until he suddenly becomes a fugitive from an antiquated justice system. And in the midst of it all, in the thick London fog, a dark and deadly figure prowls, claiming victim after victim. He's the Fantom, a creature both of the past and of the present, in whose dark purpose Caleb and Eve will find their destinies combined.
22. INCARCERON by Catherine Fisher
YA F FISHER C
Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: It's inmates live not only in cells, but also in metal forests, dilapidated cities, and unbounded wilderness. The prison has been sealed for centuries, and only one man, legend says, has ever escaped. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can't remember his childhood and believes he came from Outside Incarceron. He's going to escape, even though most inmates don't believe that Outside even exists. And then Finn finds a crystal key and through it, a girl named Claudia. Claudia claims to live Outside - her father is the Warden of Incarceron and she's doomed to an arranged marriage. If she helps Finn escape, she will need his help in return. But they don't realize there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost far more than they know.
23. LIBYRINTH by Pearl North
YA F NORTH P
Haly is a Libyrarian, one of a group of people dedicated to preserving and protecting the knowledge passed down from the Ancients and stored in the endless maze of books knows a the Lybyrinth. But Haly has a secret: The books speak to her. When the threat of the rival Eradicants drives her from her home, Haly learns that things are nto all she thinks they are. Taken prisoner by the Eradicants, who believe the written word to be evil, she sees the world through their eyes and comes to understand that they are not the book-burning monsters that she has known all her life.
24. THE MAZE RUNNER by James Dashner
YA F DASHNER
When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his first name. His memory is blank. But he's not alone. When the lift's doors open, Thomas finds himself surrounded by kids who welcome him to the Glade - a large, open expanse surrounded by stone walls. Just like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they got to the Glade. All they know is that every morning the stone doors to the maze that surrounds them have opened. Every night they've closed tight. And every 30 days a new boy has been delivered in the lift. Thomas was expected. But the next day, a girl is sent up - the first girl to ever arrive in the Glade. And more surprising yet is the message she delivers. Thomas might be more important than he could ever guess. If only he could unlock the dark secrets buried within his mind.
25. LOCKDOWN by Alexander Gordon Smith
YA F SMITH A
Furnace Penitentiary: the world's most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth's surface. Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, "new fish" Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood-drenched tunnels below. And behind everything is the mysterious, all-powerful warden, a man as cruel and dangerous as the devil himself, whose unthinkable acts have consequences that stretch far beyond the walls of the prison.
26. HUNCHBACK ASSIGNMENTS by Arthur Slade
YA F SLADE A
The mysterious Mr. Socrates rescues Modo, a child in a traveling freak show. Modo is a hunchback with an amazing ability to transform his appearance, and Mr. Socrates raises him in isolation as an agent for the Permanent Association, a spy agency behind Brittania's efforts to rule the empire. At fourteen, Modo is left on the streets of London to fend for himself. When he encounters Octavia Milkwee, another Association agent, the two uncover a plot by the Clockword Guild behind the murders of important men. Furthermore, a mad scientist is turning orphan children into automatons to further the goals of the Guild. Modo and Octavia journey deep into the tunnels under London and discover a terrifying plot against the British government. It's up to them to save their country.
27. I AM A GENIUS OF UNSPEAKABLE EVIL AND I WANT TO BE YOUR CLASS PRESIDENT by Josh Lieb
YA F LIEB J
Twelve-year-old Oliver Watson's got the IQ of a grilled cheese sandwich. Or so everyone in Omaha thinks. In reality, Oliver's a mad evil genius on his way to world domination, and he's used his great brain to make himself the third-richest person on earth! Then Oliver's father - and archnemesis - makes a crack about the upcoming middle school election, and Oliver takes it as a personal challenge. He'll run, and he'll win! Turns out, though, that overthrowing foreign dictators is actually way easier than getting kids to like you...Can this evil genius win the class presidency and keep his true identity a secret, all in time to impress his dad?
28. ONCE WAS LOST by Sara Zarr
YA F ZARR S
Samara Taylor used to believe in miracles. She used to believe in a lot of things. As a pastor's kid, it's hard not to buy in to the idea of the perfect family, a loving God, and amazing grace. But lately, Sam has a lot of reason to doubt. Her mother lands in rehab after a DUI and her father seems more interested in his congregation than his family. When a young girl in her small town is kidnapped, the local tragedy overlaps with Sam's personal one, and the already-worn thread of faith holding her together begins to unravel.
29. EVERWILD by Neal Shusterman
YA F SHUSTERMAN N
Everlost, the limbo land of dead children, is at war. Nick the "Chocolate Ogre" wants to help the children of Everlost reach the light at the end of the tunnel. Mary Hightower, self-proclaimed queen of lost children and dangerous fanatic, is determined to keep Everlost's children trapped within its limbo for all eternity. Traveling in the memory of the Hindenburg, Mary is spreading her propaganda and attracting Afterlights to her cause at a frightening speed. Meanwhile, Allie the Outcast travels home to seek out her parents, along with Mikey, who was once the terrifying monster the McGill. Allie is tempted by the seductive thrill of skinjacking the living, until she discovers the shocking truth about skinjackers.
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