[bksvol-discuss] New Books (74) for 09-10
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- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:05:31 -0700
=====FICTION, 5
IN SHADOWS, BY CHANDLER MCGREW
Story about a deaf-blind kid helping to catch a killer.
Excellent Quality, 401 Pages
Copyright 2005
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/46112/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0739459805/
PUT OUT MORE FLAGS, BY EVELYN WAUGH
"Put Out More Flags" is Waugh's superb send-up of "smart" England, the
bohemian crowd, as World War II approaches.
Excellent Quality, 286 Pages
Copyright 1942
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114232/
SHADOW PATRIOTS, BY LUCIA ST. CLAIR ROBSON
In July of 1776, the American colonies are ablaze with passion. In the
streets, those who would be free boldly read aloud the newly written
Declaration of Independence.
Excellent Quality, 365 Pages
Copyright 2005
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109370/
THE MARQUESA (HEROINES OF THE GOLDEN WEST #2), BY STEPHEN BLY
An unemployed actress comes west with nothing and no one to call her
own, but ends up with far more than she ever dreamed, in this latest
book in the "Heroines of the Golden West" series.
Excellent Quality, 209 Pages
Copyright 1998
Romance, Westerns, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/112047/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1581340257/
WISHES, BY BOBBI LACHANCE
When Lark Myers, twenty, tells her husband of six weeks, Don, that she
is pregnant, he beats her so badly that she has a miscarriage. Lark
seeks refuge in the home of her older brother, Josh, and his girl
friend, Robin.
Excellent Quality, 304 Pages
Copyright 2009
Romance, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114473/
=====NONFICTION, 42
"LIFE DOESN'T WAIT": ROMANIA’S FAILURE TO PROTECT AND SUPPORT
CHILDREN AND YOUTH LIVING WITH HIV, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
More than 7,200 Romanian children and youth aged 15 to 19 are living
with HIV.
Publisher Quality, 10 Pages
Copyright 2006
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114459/
“PLEASE, DO NOT MAKE US SUFFER ANY MORE…”: ACCESS TO PAIN TREATMENT AS A
HUMAN RIGHT, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
In this 47-page report Human Rights Watch said that countries could
significantly improve access to pain medications by addressing the
causes of their poor availability.
Publisher Quality, 8 Pages
Copyright 2009
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114446/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1564324494/
ABUSING THE USER:POLICE MISCONDUCT, HARM REDUCTION AND HIV/AIDS IN
VANCOUVER, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
In a 25-page report released today, "Abusing the User: Police
Misconduct, Harm Reduction and HIV/AIDS in Vancouver," Human Rights
Watch documents instances of unnecessary force and mistreatment,
arbitrary arrest, and other intimidation and harassment of drug users as
part of a campaign commonly referred to as Operation Torpedo.
Publisher Quality, 10 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114439/
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OR THE STORY OF MY EXPERIMENTS WITH TRUTH, BY GANDHI
Although Gandhi presents his episodes chronologically, he leaves wide
gaps, such as the entire satyagraha struggle in South Africa, for which
he refers the reader to another of his books.
Excellent Quality, 464 Pages
Copyright 1927
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114251/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/817229008X/
AN UNBREAKABLE CYCLE:DRUG DEPENDENCY TREATMENT, MANDATORY CONFINEMENT,
AND HIV/AIDS IN CHINA’S GUANGXI PROVINCE, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
In China, illicit drug use is an administrative offense and Chinese law
dictates that drug users "must be rehabilitated." In reality, police
raids on drug users often drive them underground, away from methadone
clinics, needle exchange sites, and other proven HIV prevention services.
Publisher Quality, 8 Pages
Copyright 2008
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114442/
A DOSE OF REALITY: WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV/AIDS, BY
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This briefing paper focuses on the links between HIV/AIDS and abuses of
women's and girls' human rights.
Publisher Quality, 1 Pages
Copyright 2005
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114443/
A TESTING CHALLENGE: THE EXPERIENCE OF LESOTHO’S UNIVERSAL HIV
COUNSELING AND TESTING CAMPAIGN, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 60-page report found that the Know Your Status (KYS) campaign,
begun in 2005 with the goal of testing 1.3 million people, was
underfunded and had tested only 25,000 people by August 2007, four
months before the campaign ended.
Excellent Quality, 9 Pages
Copyright 2008
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114455/
A TEST OF INEQUALITY: DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN
THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 50-page report documents the human rights violations women living
with HIV suffer in the public health system as well as in the workplace.
Publisher Quality, 2 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114444/
BARRED FROM TREATMENT: PUNISHMENT OF DRUG USERS IN NEW YORK STATE
PRISONS, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
In this 53-page report, Human Rights Watch found that New York prison
officials sentenced inmates to a collective total of 2,516 years in
disciplinary segregation from 2005 to 2007 for drug-related charges.
Publisher Quality, 9 Pages
Copyright 2009
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114457/
BORDERLINE SLAVERY: CHILD TRAFFICKING IN TOGO, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
The 79-page report, "Borderline Slavery: Child Trafficking in Togo,"
highlights Togo as a case study of trafficking in the region. The report
documents how children as young as three years old are exploited as
domestic and agricultural workers in several countries.
Publisher Quality, 17 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114468/
CHRONIC INDIFFERENCE: HIV/AIDS SERVICES FOR IMMIGRANTS DETAINED BY THE
UNITED STATES, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 71-page report documents the experiences of HIV-positive detainees
in immigration custody whose HIV treatment was denied, delayed, or
interrupted, resulting in serious risk and often damage to their health.
Publisher Quality, 11 Pages
Copyright 2007
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114472/
DEADLY DENIAL: BARRIERS TO HIV/AIDS TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS
IN THAILAND, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 57-page report found that routine police harassment and arrest - as
well as the lasting effects of former Prime Minister Thaksin
Shinawatra's 2003 drug war - keeps drug users from receiving lifesaving
HIV information and services that Thailand has pledged to provide.
Publisher Quality, 8 Pages
Copyright 2007
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114467/
DEADLY DELAY: SOUTH AFRICA'S EFFORTS TO PREVENT HIV IN SURVIVORS OF
SEXUAL VIOLENCE, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 73-page report documents how government inaction and misinformation
from high-level officials have undermined the effectiveness of South
Africa's program to provide rape survivors with post-exposure
prophylaxis (PEP) -- antiretroviral drugs that can reduce the risk of
contracting HIV from an HIV-positive attacker.
Publisher Quality, 2 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114464/
DISCRIMINATION, DENIAL, AND DEPORTATION: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AFFECTING
MIGRANTS LIVING WITH HIV, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 22-page report describes how discrimination and human rights abuses
faced by migrant populations result in increased vulnerability to HIV
infection and barriers to care and treatment.
Publisher Quality, 7 Pages
Copyright 2009
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114450/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1564324907/
FANNING THE FLAMES:HOW HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ARE FUELING THE AIDS EPIDEMIC
IN KAZAKHSTAN, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
The 54-page report, "Fanning the Flames: How Human Rights Abuses are
Fueling the AIDS Epidemic in Kazakhstan," documents instances of violent
police brutality, lack of due process, harassment and stigmatization
that drive drug users and sex workers underground and impede their
access to life-saving HIV prevention services.
Publisher Quality, 11 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114453/
FROM ARISTOTLE TO PLOTINUS, BY T. V. SMITH
Aristotle takes representations to be changes in concrete living things
which arise from actual perception. Plotinus does not define memory: he
is concerned with the question of what he remembers.
Excellent Quality, 293 Pages
Copyright 1956
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114242/
FUTURE FORSAKEN: ABUSES AGAINST CHILDREN AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN INDIA,
BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 209-page report documents how many doctors refuse to treat or even
touch HIV-positive children. Some schools expel or segregate children
because they or their parents are HIV-positive.
Publisher Quality, 20 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114445/
HATED TO DEATH: HOMOPHOBIA, VIOLENCE, AND JAMAICA’S HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC,
BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Jamaica's growing HIV/AIDS epidemic is unfolding in the context of
widespread violence and discrimination against people living with and at
high risk of HIV/AIDS, especially men who have sex with men.
Publisher Quality, 2 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114452/
HIDDEN IN THE MEALIE MEAL: GENDER-BASED ABUSES AND WOMEN’S HIV TREATMENT
IN ZAMBIA, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
While acknowledging the significant overall progress made by the Zambian
government in scaling up HIV treatment generally, this report documents
how the government has fallen short of its international legal
obligations to combat violence and discrimination against women.
Publisher Quality, 14 Pages
Copyright 2007
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114477/
IGNORANCE ONLY: HIV/AIDS, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FEDERALLY FUNDED
ABSTINENCE-ONLY PROGRAMS IN THE UNITED STATES, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Programs teaching teenagers to "just say no" to sex before marriage are
threatening The forty-seven page report focuses on federally funded
"abstinence-only-until-marriage" programs in Texas, where advertising
campaigns convey the message that teenagers should not use condoms
because they don't work.
Excellent Quality, 4 Pages
Copyright 2002
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114474/
IMPAIRING EDUCATION: CORPORAL PUNISHMENT OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
IN US PUBLIC SCHOOLS, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
In this 70-page report, the ACLU and Human Rights Watch found that
students with disabilities made up 18.8 percent of students who suffered
corporal punishment at school during the 2006-2007 school year, although
they constituted just 13.7 percent of the total nationwide student
population.
Publisher Quality, 13 Pages
Copyright 2009
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114471/
INJECTING REASON: HUMAN RIGHTS AND HIV PREVENTION FOR INJECTION DRUG
USERS, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 61-page report documents police stopping, arresting, and harassing
participants in needle exchange programs established by some California
counties under state law.
Publisher Quality, 13 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114475/
IN THE SHADOW OF DEATH: HIV/AIDS AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS IN KENYA, BY
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Human immuno-deficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(HIV/AIDS) is a national disaster for the people of Kenya, children and
adults alike.
Publisher Quality, 5 Pages
Copyright 2001
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114454/
JUST DIE QUIETLY: DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WOMEN'S VULNERABILITY TO HIV IN
UGANDA, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 77-page report documents widespread rape and brutal attacks on
women by their husbands in Uganda, where a specific domestic violence
law has not been enacted and where spousal rape is not criminalized.
Publisher Quality, 15 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114469/
LESSONS NOT LEARNED: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND HIV/AIDS IN THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 62-page report documents how harsh drug policies and routine police
harassment of injection drug users--the population hit hardest by AIDS
in Russia--impedes their access or makes them afraid to seek basic
HIV-prevention services such as syringe exchange, which is available in
other countries around the world.
Publisher Quality, 5 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114460/
LETTING THEM FAIL: GOVERNMENT NEGLECT AND THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION FOR
CHILDREN AFFECTED BY AIDS, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 55-page report is based on firsthand testimony from dozens of
children in three countries hard-hit by HIV/AIDS: South Africa, Kenya,
and Uganda..
Publisher Quality, 3 Pages
Copyright 2005
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114435/
LOCKED DOORS: THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN CHINA,
BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Widespread discrimination against people with HIV/AIDS is fueling the
spread of the epidemic in China. This 94-page report is based on more
than 30 interviews with people with HIV/AIDS, police officers, drug
users, and AIDS outreach workers in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Yunnan province.
Publisher Quality, 18 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114441/
NEIGHBORS IN NEED: ZIMBABWEANS SEEKING REFUGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, BY HUMAN
RIGHTS WATCH
This 119-page report examines South Africa's decision to treat
Zimbabweans merely as voluntary economic migrants and its failure to
respond effectively to stop the human rights abuses and economic
deprivation in Zimbabwe that cause their flight and to address their
needs in South Africa.
Publisher Quality, 11 Pages
Copyright 2008
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114465/
NOT ENOUGH GRAVES: THE WAR ON DRUGS, HIV/AIDS, AND VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN
RIGHTS, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 60-page report provides fresh evidence of extrajudicial killings,
arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations by Thai authorities.
Publisher Quality, 5 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114466/
NO BRIGHT FUTURE: GOVERNMENT FAILURES, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND
SQUANDERED PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST AIDS IN ZIMBABWE, BY HUMAN
RIGHTS WATCH
This 72-page report documents how the abusive policies and practices of
the Zimbabwean government are fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic, increasing
vulnerability to infection, and obstructing access to treatment.
Publisher Quality, 14 Pages
Copyright 2006
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114478/
POLICY PARALYSIS: A CALL FOR ACTION ON HIV/AIDS-RELATED HUMAN RIGHTS
ABUSES AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN AFRICA, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 90-page report documents human rights abuses that women and girls
suffer at each stage of their lives and that increase their risk for HIV
infection.
Publisher Quality, 8 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114436/
POSITIVELY ABANDONED: STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV-POSITIVE
MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN IN RUSSIA, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 41-page report focuses on the discrimination that these women face,
as do their children, many of whom are abandoned to the care of the state.
Publisher Quality, 2 Pages
Copyright 2005
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114461/
P.S. YOUR NOT LISTENING, BY ELEANOR CRAIG
No school would take these children. Some were violent. Others were
withdrawn. All were deeply disturbed.When Eleanor Craig took on the
assignment to teach this class, she knew it wouldn't be easy.
Excellent Quality, 214 Pages
Copyright 1972
Nonfiction, Disability-Related, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/112441/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0877770344/
RAVAGING THE VULNERABLE: ABUSES AGAINST PERSONS AT HIGH RISK OF HIV
INFECTION IN BANGLADESH, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Bangladesh is stoking an emerging AIDS epidemic with violent police
abuse of sex workers, injection drug users and men who have sex with
men. In this 51-page report, Human Rights Watch documents rapes,
gang-rapes, beatings and abductions by both police officers and powerful
criminals known as mastans.
Publisher Quality, 12 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114438/
REHABILITATION REQUIRED: RUSSIA’S HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE
EVIDENCE-BASED DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
In this 110-page study, Human Rights Watch found that the treatment
offered at state drug treatment clinics in Russia was so poor as to
constitute a violation of the right to health.
Publisher Quality, 8 Pages
Copyright 2007
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114462/
RESTRICTIONS ON AIDS ACTIVISTS IN CHINA, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This 57-page report based on on-the-ground interviews with Chinese AIDS
activists, gay rights activists, activists working with drug users, and
website managers shows that while senior officials have said they want
to encourage China's emerging civil society, many AIDS activists face
state harassment and bureaucratic restrictions.
Publisher Quality, 2 Pages
Copyright 2005
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114440/
RHETORIC AND RISK: HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IMPEDING UKRAINE’S FIGHT AGAINST
HIV/AIDS, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
This report documents how draconian drug laws and routine police abuse
of injection drug users - the population hardest hit by HIV/AIDS in
Ukraine - keep them from receiving lifesaving HIV information and
services that the government has pledged to provide.
Publisher Quality, 7 Pages
Copyright 2006
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114470/
SUFFERING IN SILENCE: THE LINKS BETWEEN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES AND HIV
TRANSMISSION TO GIRLS IN ZAMBIA, BY HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Sexual abuse of girls in Zambia fuels the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the
strikingly higher HIV prevalence among girls than boys, Human Rights
Watch said today.
Publisher Quality, 18 Pages
Copyright 2003
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114476/
UNPROTECTED: SEX, CONDOMS AND THE HUMAN RIGHT TO HEALTH, BY HUMAN RIGHTS
WATCH
In this 70-page report, Human Rights Watch says that the Philippine
government bans the use of national funds for condom supplies.
Publisher Quality, 7 Pages
Copyright 2004
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114458/
VITRUVIUS: THE TEN BOOKS ON ARCHITECTURE, BY MORRIS HICKY MORGAN
The only full treatise on architecture and its related arts to survive
from classical antiquity, the Architecture libri decem (Ten Books on
Architecture) is the single most important work of architectural history
in the Western world, having shaped architecture and the image of the
architect from the Renaissance to the present.
Excellent Quality, 354 Pages
Copyright 1960
History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114486/
WHAT ABOUT ME?: STRATEGIES FOR TEACHING MISUNDERSTOOD LEARNERS, BY
ROSEMARY F. JACKSON AND CHRISTOPHER M. LEE
Christopher Lee combines his special insight with Rosemary Jackson's
expertise as a special education trainer to offer specific help to
teachers and parents of other misunderstood learners.
Excellent Quality, 166 Pages
Copyright 2001
Textbooks and Educational Materials, Nonfiction, Disability-Related
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114426/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0325003483/
WOEFUL AFFLICTIONS: DISABILITY AND SENTIMENTALITY IN VICTORIAN AMERICA,
BY MARY KLAGES
From Tiny Tim to Helen Keller, disabled people in the nineteenth
century were portrayed in sentimental terms, as afflicted beings whose
sufferings afforded able-bodied people opportunities to practice empathy
and compassion.
Excellent Quality, 250 Pages
Copyright 1999
History, Nonfiction, Disability-Related
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/111047/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0812234995/
=====UNCATEGORIZED, 2
MORNING SUNSHINE!: HOW TO RADIATE CONFIDENCE AND FEEL IT TOO, BY ROBIN MEADE
Robin Meade is the poster child for confidence and self-assurance. But
the anchor of Morning Express with Robin Meade wasn't always that way.
In fact, there was a period in her career when she was plagued with
anxiety and panic attacks.
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2009
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114498/
ZUMBA: DITCH THE WORKOUT, JOIN THE PARTY! THE ZUMBA WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM,
BY MAGGIE GREENWOOD-ROBINSON AND BETO PEREZ
TIRED OF LOGGING HOURS AT THE GYM AND NOT GETTING RESULTS? WANT TO EAT
DELICIOUS FOODS AND STILL LOSE WEIGHT? SHAKE THINGS UP AND SLIM DOWN
WITH THE WEIGHT LOSS PHENOMENON THAT'S TAKING THE COUNTRY BY STORM... ZUMBA!
Publisher Quality
Copyright 2009
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114499/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 25
CASTRATION CELEBRATION, BY JAKE WIZNER
Three high school students in a summer arts program at Yale University
collaborate on an "anti-guy musical" with the working title, Castration
Celebration.
Excellent Quality, 295 Pages
Copyright 2009
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114244/
CATHERINE THE GREAT: EMPRESS OF RUSSIA, BY ZU VINCENT
Biography of Catherine the Great of Russia. During her 34-year reign,
Catherine expanded the borders of Russia and earned the respect of the
rest of Europe.
Excellent Quality, 127 Pages
Copyright 2009
History, Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114239/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0531218023/
HARPER LEE, BY KERRY MADDEN
"To Kill a Mockingbird"--Nelle Harper Lee's only published book--became
an instant bestseller in 1960 and won the Pulitzer Prize.
Excellent Quality, 224 Pages
Copyright 2009
Nonfiction, Teens, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114235/
ONLY YOU, SIERRA (THE SIERRA JENSEN SERIES, BOOK #1), BY ROBIN JONES GUNN
From the bestselling author of The Christy Miller Series, this series
centers around Christy Miller's friend Sierra Jensen. Sierra is a spunky
and bold sixteen-year-old with big dreams and unconventional clothes.
Excellent Quality, 166 Pages
Copyright 1995
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/113952/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1561793701/
THAT GIRL LUCY MOON, BY AMY TIMBERLAKE
Lucy Moon is the kind of girl who loudly supports animal rights - during
hunting season. She wears a woven cap made of hemp in support of third
world workers.
Excellent Quality, 295 Pages
Copyright 2006
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114269/
UPRISING, BY MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX
In 1927, at the urging of twenty-one-year-old Harriet, Mrs. Livingston
reluctantly recalls her experiences at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory,
including miserable working conditions that led to a strike.
Excellent Quality, 346 Pages
Copyright 2007
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114246/
WORLD WAR II HEROES: TEN TRUE TALES, BY ALLAN ZULLO
This is a good book about 10 different men who fought in the War. Each
man earned the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Excellent Quality, 147 Pages
Copyright 2007
History, Military, Nonfiction, Teens
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114268/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439934052/
BUNNY BONANZA (ANIMAL ARK PETS #15), BY BEN M. BAGLIO
Mandy and James are excited to take part in a national fundraiser for
animals. But how can they help? James has a great idea - hold a
gathering of pet rabbits.
Excellent Quality, 126 Pages
Copyright 1998
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114245/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439230241/
CAT IN THE CRYPT (ANIMAL ARK HAUNTINGS #2) , BY BEN M. BAGLIO
Mandy and her best friend James are used to dealing with animals in
distress. But ghostly animals in distress are a different matter...
Mandy is haunted by dreams of a mysterious cat.
Excellent Quality, 135 Pages
Copyright 1999
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114236/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439344077/
GET A CLUE (SWEET VALLEY HIGH SENIOR YEAR #38), BY FRANCINE PASCAL
Tia Ramirez's to do list: 1. Haircut 2. Study for French 3. Call Andy 4.
Pick up cheese for mom's enchiladas 5. Decide what to do with the rest
of my life.
Excellent Quality, 183 Pages
Copyright 2002
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/109158/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553493876/
MEOW.ORG: THE CAT-NAPPING CAPER, BY DARBY PATTERSON
The Crew is a group of four friends that get together to solve
mysteries. The four heroes have different physical disabilities, but use
their teamwork and talent to investigate cases. In MEOW.ORG, they
investigate the sudden disappearance of a number of foster cats.
Excellent Quality, 121 Pages
Copyright 2009
Children's Books, Disability-Related
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114479/
NO MORE SLEEPOVERS, PATTI? (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #9), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
What will happen to Kate, Lauren, and Stephanie if Patti's not around to
keep everyone happy? Kate and Stephanie will end up fighting! Can Lauren
keep the Sleepover Friends together?
Excellent Quality, 92 Pages
Copyright 1988
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114221/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590416960/
PATTI'S LUCK (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #1), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
When shy Patti arrives at Riverhurst School, Stephanie wants her to join
the group. Suddenly, everything starts to go wrong and Patti believes
that she is cursed! Patti decides that she can't jeopardize her friends too!
Excellent Quality, 101 Pages
Copyright 1987
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114212/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590406418/
PATTI'S CITY ADVENTURE (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #38), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
In the city to celebrate Patti's birthday, the Sleepover Friends find
themselves in the middle of an adventure when they are separated while
boarding a bus, Patti and Lauren are stuck without money, and Kate and
Stephanie encounter city dwellers.
Excellent Quality, 117 Pages
Copyright 1991
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114226/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590443569/
PATTI GETS EVEN (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #17), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
Patti responds to the obnoxious Wayne Miller's bragging by betting that
she can win more contests at the Winter Carnival.
Excellent Quality, 87 Pages
Copyright 1989
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114218/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590423673/
STARRING STEPHANIE (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #2), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
Stephanie is upset when Patti is chosen over her for a part in the
school play, so she decides to quit the Sleepover Friends.
Excellent Quality, 86 Pages
Copyright 1987
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114223/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590406426/
STARSTRUCK STEPHANIE (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #21), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
When television heartthrob Kevin DeSpain comes to town, the Sleepover
Friends do everything in their power to meet the paparazzi-shy hunk,
including disguising themselves as pizza delivery girls.
Excellent Quality, 90 Pages
Copyright 1990
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114213/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590428179/
STEPHANIE'S FAMILY SECRET (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #11), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
Stephanie is worried about her parents. They seem to be keeping a secret
from her, and she's worried that something is very wrong.
Excellent Quality, 90 Pages
Copyright 1989
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114214/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590418459/
STEPHANIE AND THE WEDDING (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #25), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
The Sleepover Friends are afraid that their roles as bridesmaids in the
wedding between Stephanie's Uncle Nick and their substitute teacher are
in jeopardy when they hear the couple discussing elopement.
Excellent Quality, 90 Pages
Copyright 1990
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114224/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590431935/
STEPHANIE STRIKES BACK (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #7), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
Snobby Wendy Rodwin wants to ban Stephanie and Kate and any other fifth
graders from the school video-making club, but the Sleepover
Friends--especially Stephanie--aren't willing to give up without a fight.
Excellent Quality, 89 Pages
Copyright 1988
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114225/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590416944/
TALE OF THE TOA (BIONICLE CHRONICLES #1), BY CATHERINE HAPKA
Six heroes. One destiny. In the time before time, a great being watched
over the ancient land of Mata Nui, protecting it from harm.
Excellent Quality, 126 Pages
Copyright 2007
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114243/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0439501164/
THE MYSTERY OF THE WILD PONIES (BOXCAR CHILDREN #77), BY GERTRUDE
CHANDLER WARNER
When grandfather and the children vacation off the coast of North
Carolina, an old fisherman tells them of the island's ghost horse. That
very night Benny sees a mysterious stallion galloping down the beach.
Excellent Quality, 136 Pages
Copyright 2000
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114484/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0807554669/
THE NEW STEPHANIE (SLEEPOVER FRIENDS #35), BY SUSAN SAUNDERS
Stephanie takes a magazine quiz about niceness. She gets a low score.
Stephanie tries extra hard to be nice, but it goes too far and she
doesn't have any time for herself. She learns that she is nice already
and her friends like her the way she is.
Excellent Quality, 122 Pages
Copyright 1991
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114215/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590439243/
WE'VE GOT SPIRIT!, BY JEANNE BETANCOURT
The big Regional Cheer USA Competition in Miami brings all the girls on
the Claymore Middle School squad to a new level of rivalry, ambition,
and friendship.
Excellent Quality, 120 Pages
Copyright 1999
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114253/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0590978764/
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?, BY MARGARET WISE BROWN
In rhyming verse, various animals tell where they have been.
Excellent Quality, 33 Pages
Copyright 1980
Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/114151/
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060283785/
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