[bksvol-discuss] New Books (89) for 08-02
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=====FICTION, 37
AFTER LONG SILENCE, BY SHERI S. TEPPER
On the planet Jubal, there are crystalline Presences, tall towers and
ranges of various colors. Are they sentient or not? What are the
ramifications to the humans either way? Then, of course, there are the
viggies to be considered....
Excellent Quality, 346 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103954/
ALOFT, BY CHANG-RAE LEE
Set on affluent Long Island, "Aloft" follows the life of a suburban,
upper-middle-class man during a time of family crisis. Jerry Battle's
favorite diversion is to fly his small plane over the neighboring towns
and villages.
Excellent Quality, 370 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103779/
A FREE LIFE, BY HA JIN
From Ha Jin, the widely-acclaimed, award-winning author of "Waiting and
War Trash", comes a novel that takes his fiction to a new setting: 1990s
America. Jin's prodigious talents are evident in this powerful new book,
which brilliantly brings to life the struggles and successes that
characterize the contemporary immigrant experience.
Excellent Quality, 659 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103807/
A TENURED PROFESSOR, BY JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH
John Kenneth Galbraith's third novel, "A Tenured Professor", is at once
an intriguing tale of morality and a comic delight.
Excellent Quality, 198 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103815/
BARBARY SHORE, BY NORMAN MAILER
Mike Lovett rents a room in a Brooklyn boarding house with the intention
of writing a novel. Wounded during World War II, Lovett is an amnesiac,
and much of his past is a secret to himself. But Lovett's housemates
have secrets of their own.
Excellent Quality, 312 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103739/
BAUMGARTNER'S BOMBAY, BY ANITA DESAI
Desai's classic novel of the Holocaust era is the story of the profound
emotional wounds of war and its exiles.
Excellent Quality, 232 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103775/
BIRDS OF AMERICA, BY MARY MCCARTHY
The electrifying portrait of an idealistic young man who is an unwilling
witness to the changes in society and its values.
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103781/
CANNIBALS AND MISSIONARIES, BY MARY MCCARTHY
A suspenseful and sometimes horrifying novel of manners, whose plot and
odd mix of characters combine to produce an unorthodox thriller about
the hijacking of a Middle East-bound jetliner over France in early 1975.
Excellent Quality, 369 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103783/
CIRCLE OF FLIGHT (THE ELLIE CHRONICLES #3), BY JOHN MARSDEN
Ellie is a fighter. She has faith in her own abilities. But she's not
Superwoman. Not all battles can be won with a gun and bullets, and never
has she faced enemies so ruthless or so brutal.
Excellent Quality, 308 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103749/
CRIMES OF CONSCIENCE, BY NADINE GORDIMER
This powerful collection of short stories, set in Gordimer's native
South Africa, reveals her outstanding ability to pierce the core of the
human condition.
Excellent Quality, 122 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103705/
FASTING, FEASTING, BY ANITA DESAI
"Fasting, Feasting" takes on Desai's greatest theme: the intricate,
delicate web of family conflict. It tells the moving story of Uma, the
plain older daughter of an Indian family, and of her younger brother,
Arun, across the world in Massachusetts.
Excellent Quality, 236 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103701/
FAULT LINES, BY ANNA SALTER
A violent attack has left one of Michael Stone's clients paralyzed by
fear; her only security is the attack dog by her side. Michael has her
own self-protection: even when she steps into the hot tub on the deck of
her house in the Vermont woods, she takes her gun.
Excellent Quality, 265 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/100768/
GET A LIFE, BY NADINE GORDIMER
Paul Bannerman, an ecologist in South Africa, believes he understands
the trajectory of his life, with the usual markers of vocation and marriage.
Excellent Quality, 205 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103715/
HANNAH COULTER, BY WENDELL BERRY
In the latest installment in Wendell Berry's long story about the
citizens of Port William, Hannah Coulter remembers.
Excellent Quality, 187 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103809/
HEART OF AZTLAN, BY RUDOLFO A. ANAYA
The Albuquerque barrio portrayed in this vivid novel of postwar New
Mexico is a place where urban and rural, political and religious
realities coexist, collide, and combine.
Excellent Quality, 209 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103738/
HIGH JINX, BY WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY
Blackford Oakes takes on the Russians and a top level traitor during the
Cold War in this tale of treason and action-packed adventure.
Excellent Quality, 259 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103729/
HOME, BY MARILYNNE ROBINSON
"Home" is a moving and healing book about families, family secrets, and
the passing of the generations, about love and death and faith. It is
Robinson's greatest work, an unforgettable embodiment of the deepest and
most universal emotions.
Excellent Quality, 325 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103774/
JOURNEY TO ITHACA, BY ANITA DESAI
In her first novel since the widely praised "Baumgartner's Bombay",
Anita Desai brilliantly evokes spiritual India in all its endless
complexity, and examines the nature of pilgrimage through the
aspirations and adventures of three superbly realized characters.
Excellent Quality, 313 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103777/
KILLING MISS KITTY AND OTHER SINS, BY MARION DANE BAUER
Life in Claire's typical Midwestern town is quiet; some would even say
boring. But this is the 1950s, and things that seem calm on the surface
are often churning underneath.
Excellent Quality, 168 Pages
History, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103711/
KITTY TAKES A HOLIDAY (KITTY NORVILLE SERIES, #3), BY CARRIE VAUGHN
When werewolf hunter Cormac shows up with an injured Ben O'Farrell,
Kitty's lawyer, slung over his shoulder, and a wolf-like creature with
glowing red eyes starts sniffing around the cabin, Kitty wonders if any
of them will get out of these woods alive...
Excellent Quality, 322 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/102131/
OLD NEW YORK, BY EDITH WHARTON
The four short novels in this collection are set in the New York of the
1840s, '50s, '60s, and '70s, each one revealing the tribal codes and
customs that ruled society, portrayed with the keen style that is
uniquely Edith Wharton's.
Excellent Quality, 316 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103750/
OTHERWISE ENGAGED, BY EILEEN GOUDGE
Bestselling author Eileen Goudge ponders 'what might have been' in this
tender, provocative tale of two best friends who exchange lives -- and
discover the surprising places where their deepest joys and
satisfactions live.
Excellent Quality, 321 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103773/
PNIN, BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV
"Pnin" is the focal point of subtle academic conspiracies he cannot
begin to comprehend, yet he stages a faculty party to end all faculty
parties forever.
Excellent Quality, 194 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103698/
RAIN GODS, BY JAMES LEE BURKE
When Hackberry Holland became sheriff of a tiny Texas town near the
Mexican border, he'd hoped to leave certain things behind: his checkered
reputation, his haunted dreams, and his obsessive memories of the good
life with his late wife, Rie.
Excellent Quality, 434 Pages
Westerns, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103947/
SAVING THE QUEEN, BY WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY
Queen Elizabeth has just settled onto the throne of England, and the CIA
is baffled at the breaks in security that are taking place. Worst of
all, the leaks have been traced directly to the queen's chambers.
Excellent Quality, 288 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103753/
SHAMAN WINTER, BY RUDOLFO A. ANAYA
In a terrifying series of dreams, Sonny Baca sees the deaths and
disappearances of a number of people.
Excellent Quality, 374 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103782/
STONE COLD, BY DAVID BALDACCI
The #1 bestselling author of The Collectors and Simple Genius returns
with STONE COLD...an unforgetable novel of revenge, conspiracy, and
murder that brings a band of unlikely heroes face-to-face with their
greatest threat.
Publisher Quality
Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87189/
THE CHILD IN TIME, BY IAN MCEWAN
Stephen Lewis, a successful writer of children's books, is confronted
with the unthinkable: his only child, three-year-old Kate, is snatched
from him in a supermarket.
Excellent Quality, 264 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103722/
THE DEFENSE, BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Nabokov's third novel, "The Defense", is a chilling story of obsession
and madness. As a young boy, Luzhin was unattractive, distracted,
withdrawn, sullen -- an enigma to his parents and an object of ridicule
to his classmates.
Excellent Quality, 258 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103820/
THE DEER PARK, BY NORMAN MAILER
"The Deer Park" is the story of two interlacing love affairs. As Mailer
traces their couplings and uncouplings, their uneasy flirtation with
success and self-extinction, he creates a legendary portrait of
America's machinery of desire.
Excellent Quality, 384 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103780/
THE OTHER SIDE OF DAWN (THE TOMORROW SERIES #7), BY JOHN MARSDEN
Since their home was invaded by enemy soldiers and transformed into a
war zone, Ellie and her friends have been fighting for their lives. Now
a resolution may finally be in sight.
Excellent Quality, 330 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103752/
THE REAL LIFE OF SEBASTIAN KNIGHT, BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV
"The Real Life of Sebastian Knight" is a perversely magical literary
detective story -- subtle, intricate, leading to a tantalizing climax --
about the mysterious life of a famous writer.
Excellent Quality, 210 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103714/
THE UNCONSOLED, BY KAZUO ISHIGURO
"The Unconsoled" is at once a gripping psychological mystery, a wicked
satire of the cult of art, and a poignant character study of a man whose
public life has accelerated beyond his control.
Excellent Quality, 536 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103792/
ULTRAVIOLET, BY YVONNE NAVARRO
Humans versus vampires. In a dark futuristic metropolis, humans are
fighting a civil war against a subculture group of humans known as
"hemophages.
Publisher Quality
Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89004/
WHEN WE WERE ORPHANS, BY KAZUO ISHIGURO
In "When We Were Orphans", his first novel in five years, Kazuo Ishiguro
returns to the maze of human memory in a brilliantly realized story that
illuminates the power of one's past to determine the present.
Excellent Quality, 339 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103776/
WHERE DO I GO? (YADA YADA HOUSE OF HOPE, BOOK 1), BY NETA JACKSON
The Yada Yada House of Hope series introduces a new character, Gabby
Fairbanks. In this moment, Gabby's entire foundation shifts. She must
find refuge, as in the song they sing at Sunday worship: "Where do I go
when there's no one else to turn to . . . I go to the Rock I know that's
able, I go to the Rock."
Excellent Quality, 387 Pages
Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/102376/
WILD CAT FALLING, BY MUDROOROO
A classic of Aboriginal literature and the first work by a writer of
Aboriginal blood published in Australia. Government oppression and
cultural clashes work to scar lives.
Excellent Quality, 135 Pages
Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/96637/
=====NONFICTION, 21
ANOTHER DAY AT THE FRONT: DISPATCHES FROM THE RACE WAR, BY ISHMAEL REED
Widely known for his fiction and poetry, Reed here presents 17
nonfiction essays, book reviews, and profiles, all on the subject of race.
Excellent Quality, 196 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103943/
A DRINKING LIFE, BY PETE HAMILL
Rugged prose and a rare attention to telling detail have long
distinguished Pete Hamill's unique brand of journalism and his
universally well received fiction.
Publisher Quality
Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103342/
BRINGING OUT THE WINNER IN YOUR CHILD, BY JOHN CROYLE
John Croyle gave up his football career to establish a place for
unwanted children. Now, after raising more than 1,300 children, Croyle
uses his expertise to provide a book of genuine advice and practical
tips to help parents do the best job they can when it comes to child
rearing within Christianity.
Excellent Quality, 270 Pages
Nonfiction, Parenting and Family, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103881/
HERMAN MELVILLE, BY ELIZABETH HARDWICK
A single novel, an eternal classic, established him as a founding father
of American literature. Now, a century after his death, a new popular
surge of interest in Herman Melville calls for Elizabeth Hardwick's rich
analysis of "the whole of Melville's works.
Excellent Quality, 166 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103721/
IDEAS TRIUMPHANT: STRATEGIES FOR SOCIAL CHANGE AND PROGRESS, BY LAWRENCE
LADER
"Ideas Triumphant" is the history of the reproductive rights movement
from its early roots in post-revolutionary France to the enormous
strides made by reproductive rights activists in the twentieth century.
Excellent Quality, 202 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103712/
LAST HOUSE: REFLECTIONS, DREAMS, AND OBSERVATIONS 1943-1991, BY M. F. K.
FISHER
Along with To Begin Again and Stay Me, Oh Comfort Me, this anthology was
the last project M.F.K. Fisher worked on before her death in 1992. Last
House presents a frank, wry, and revealing portrait of Fisher's life,
her loves, and herself.
Excellent Quality, 292 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103873/
MUSIC LAW: HOW TO RUN YOUR BAND'S BUSINESS (3RD EDITION), BY RICHARD STIM
Stim, a musician and intellectual property attorney, explains the
business side of running a band from a legal perspective.
Excellent Quality, 414 Pages
Entertainment, Nonfiction, Professional and Technical, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103908/
MY BROTHER, BY JAMAICA KINCAID
Jamaica Kincaid's incantatory, poetic, and often shockingly frank
recounting of her brother Devon Drew's life is also the story of her
family on the island of Antigua, a constellation centered on the
powerful, sometimes threatening figure of the writer's mother.
Excellent Quality, 200 Pages
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103710/
NICKIE'S NOOK: SHARING THE JOURNEY, BY NICKIE COBY
Selected writings describing faith, blindness and chronic pain. Each
piece perfect for a reading on the bus or over breakfast.
Excellent Quality, 36 Pages
Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/66243/
RED: PASSION AND PATIENCE IN THE DESERT, BY TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS
"It is a simple equation," writes Terry Tempest Williams, "place +
people = politics." Nowhere is this more apparent than in the American
West, where millions of acres of wilderness are at stake in the redrock
desert of southern Utah.
Excellent Quality, 288 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Outdoors and Nature
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103885/
RENTERS’ RIGHTS: THE BASICS (3RD EDITION), BY MARCIA STEWART AND JANET
PORTMAN
Renters fed up with difficult roommates, absent landlords and
thoughtless neighbors have a new place to turn. This Legal Basics book,
bursting with legal and practical advice, covers tenants' rights in all
50 states.
Excellent Quality, 286 Pages
Nonfiction, Professional and Technical, Business and Finance
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103909/
STRONG OPINIONS, BY VLADIMIR NABOKOV
In this collection of interviews, articles, and editorials, Nabokov
ranges over his life, art, education, politics, literature, movies, and
modern times, among other subjects.
Excellent Quality, 336 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103790/
STYLE STATEMENT, BY DANIELLE LAPORTE AND CARRIE MCCARTHY
Style Statement is an inspiring take on the power of style and authenticity.
Publisher Quality
Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/87565/
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN STUART MILL, BY JOHN STUART MILL
John Stuart Mill's Autobiography, published posthumously, is an honest
account of the education of this great thinker of the nineteenth
century. It is an amazing account of an extraordinary life.
Excellent Quality, 166 Pages
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103817/
THE BEAUTY MYTH: HOW IMAGES OF BEAUTY ARE USED AGAINST WOMEN, BY NAOMI WOLF
Explores the phenomenon of the violent backlash against feminism that
uses images of female beauty as a political weapon against women's
advancement.
Excellent Quality, 348 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103791/
THE DIN IN THE HEAD: ESSAYS, BY CYNTHIA OZICK
One of America's foremost novelists and critics, Cynthia Ozick has won
praise and provoked debate for taking on challenging literary,
historical, and moral issues.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
History, Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103886/
THE DIFFICULT DOCTRINE OF THE LOVE OF GOD, BY D. A. CARSON
At first thought, understanding the doctrine of the love of God seems
simple compared to trying to fathom other doctrines like that of the
Trinity or predestination.
Excellent Quality, 86 Pages
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/92267/
THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE, BY BETTY FRIEDAN
First published in 1963, "The Feminine Mystique" ignited a revolution
that profoundly changed our culture, our consciousness, and our lives.
Excellent Quality, 452 Pages
Nonfiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103808/
THE ULTIMATE COMEBACK, BY TOMMY TENNEY
Bestselling author of The God Chaser series and renowned Bible teacher
Tommy Tenney draws a clear map for turning your life around, unveiling
the path to restoring our minds, bodies, and lives.
Publisher Quality
Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/88379/
THE UNWANTED: A MEMOIR, BY KIEN NGUYEN
"The Unwanted is the only memoir by an Amerasian who stayed behind in
Vietnam after the fall of Saigon and who is now living in America."
"Saigon fell to the Vietcong on April 30, 1975. Kien Nguyen was there.
He watched the last U.S.
Publisher Quality
History, Biographies and Memoirs
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89123/
WHAT THE GOSPELS MEANT, BY GARRY WILLS
Garry Wills interprets the four Gospels. Garry Wills's recent New York
Times bestselling books, What Jesus Meant and What Paul Meant, were
tour-de-force interpretations of the teachings of Jesus and the Apostle
Paul.
Excellent Quality, 212 Pages
Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103818/
=====TEENS & CHILDREN, 31
CAROLINA AUTUMN, BY CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS
Fourteen-year-old Carolina has been through a terrible loss. As she
struggles to speak openly to her new boyfriend and to relate to her
distant, sad mother, the reader slowly realizes the nature of their
shared tragedy.
Excellent Quality, 147 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103573/
CLAWS, BY DAN GREENBURG
When Cody is 14, he runs away from home, leaving behind his abusive
mother, and flees across the country. He doesn't stop until he hits
Texas and the Sam Houston Tiger Ranch.
Excellent Quality, 200 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103707/
DISTANT WAVES: A NOVEL OF THE TITANIC, BY SUZANNE WEYN
Chased by their pasts and drawn toward a more hopeful future, five
sisters embark on the journey of their lives -- aboard the "Titanic."
Weyn weaves fact, fiction, and fate in this spellbinding novel.
Excellent Quality, 330 Pages
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103725/
FORTUNE'S JOURNEY, BY BRUCE COVILLE
Sixteen-year-old Fortune Plunkett faces many challenges on an overland
journey to California in 1853 with the acting company that she inherited
from her father.
Excellent Quality, 256 Pages
History, Teens, Westerns, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103706/
GORGEOUS, BY RACHEL VAIL
Ninth-grader Allison has always been the least attractive among her
sisters, but when she allows the devil to possess her cell phone in
exchange for appearing to be gorgeous, she must confront the power and
deceptiveness of appearances.
Excellent Quality, 282 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103723/
IF WE KISS, BY RACHEL VAIL
Fourteen-year-old Charlie feels guilty because she has a crush on her
best friend's boyfriend, and her loyalties become even more confused
when she discovers that her mother is dating the boyfriend's father.
Excellent Quality, 275 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103751/
INCURABLE (THE ELLIE CHRONICLES #2), BY JOHN MARSDEN
Ellie Linton is a survivor. Because she's honest. Because she's loyal.
Because she's incurably brave. And because sometimes she's lucky. But
what happens to survivors when their luck runs out?
Excellent Quality, 250 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103709/
ISLAND SUMMER, BY JEANINE LE NY
On Pelican Island, Nicole spends her summer working at her parent's shop
delivering sandwiches. One of her deliveries goes embarrassingly awry,
but at least she meets Daniel.
Excellent Quality, 183 Pages
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103590/
KILL GAME (FEARLESS FBI #1), BY FRANCINE PASCAL
The greatest weapon against a serial killer? A girl with no fear. Gaia
Moore isn't like anyone else in the world. She's trained in ten
different martial arts. She has a sharp mind, and an even sharper tongue.
Excellent Quality, 268 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103474/
LUCKY, BY RACHEL VAIL
As Phoebe and her clique of privileged girlfriends get ready to graduate
from eighth grade, a financial scandal threatens her family's security
-- as well as Phoebe's social status -- but ultimately it teaches her
the real meaning of friendship.
Excellent Quality, 234 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103700/
L. A. CANDY, BY LAUREN CONRAD
"L.A. Candy" is a deliciously entertaining novel about what it's like to
come of age in Hollywood: when nineteen-year-old Jane Roberts is cast in
a new reality show, she discovers that the fame and fortune of her new
life come at a high price to herself and her friendships.
Excellent Quality, 326 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103748/
MY ANGELICA, BY CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS
Fifteen-year-old Sage Olivar is writing a Romance novel--with a capital
"R." The book's heroine, Angelica, is Sage's ideal woman--sensitive,
strong, and sexy. There is only one small problem with Sage's
novel--it's absolutely dreadful!
Excellent Quality, 149 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103576/
RUSH HOUR: FACE (A JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY VOICES VOLUME 3), BY MICHAEL CART
Bold, innovative, and eclectic--that's Rush Hour, the place for
thought-provoking work from today's most distinguished voices, both
established and new. "Face" is the captivating theme of Volume Three,
and it goes far beyond skin deep to probe perceptions and reality,
secrets and revelations.
Excellent Quality, 221 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103726/
RUSH HOUR: BAD BOYS (A JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY VOICES VOLUME 2), BY
MICHAEL CART
Bold, innovative, and eclectic--that's Rush Hour,the place for
thought-provoking stories, essays, art, and poems from today's most
distinguished voices, both established and new. "Bad Boys" is the
hard-hitting theme of Volume Two.
Excellent Quality, 219 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103816/
STAY WITH ME, BY GARRET FREYMANN-WEYR
Her sister kills herself, sixteen-year-old Leila goes looking for a
reason and, instead, discovers great love, her family's true history,
and what her own place in it is.
Excellent Quality, 312 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103716/
STEALING HEAVEN, BY ELIZABETH SCOTT
My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long
as I can remember. But in the town of Heaven, everything changes.
Suddenly, Dani must question where her loyalties lie: with the life
she's always known -- or the one she's always wanted.
Excellent Quality, 324 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103713/
SWORD SONG, BY ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF
At sixteen, Bjarni is cast out of the Norse settlement in the Angles'
Land for an act of oath-breaking and spends five years sailing the west
coast of Scotland and witnessing the feuds of the clan chiefs living there.
Excellent Quality, 274 Pages
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103819/
THE CHOSEN ONE, BY CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS
Thirteen-year-old Kyra has grown up in an isolated community without
questioning the fact that her father has three wives and she has twenty
brothers and sisters, with two more on the way. That is, without
questioning them much.
Excellent Quality, 213 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103624/
THE HEART CALLS HOME, BY JOYCE HANSEN
After the civil war, former slave Obi Booker tries to make a new life on
a South Carolina island while waiting to be joined by his beloved
Easter, who is studying in the North. Sequel to: Out from this place.
Excellent Quality, 252 Pages
History, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103704/
THE NEW RULES OF HIGH SCHOOL, BY BLAKE NELSON
Seventeen-year-old Max Caldwell has been the perfect high school
student--on the honor roll, captain of the debate team, and soon-to-be
editor of the school newspaper--but during his senior year, he begins
questioning his approach to life and things start to change.
Excellent Quality, 229 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103708/
THE REAL REAL, BY NICOLA KRAUS AND EMMA MCLAUGHLIN
When Hampton High senior Jesse is cast in a reality television show
along with five other, more popular students, drama on and off screen
reveals that what the audience and producers want is not the same as
what Jesse wants.
Excellent Quality, 310 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103737/
THIRTEENTH CHILD, BY PATRICIA C. WREDE
With wit and wonder, Wrede creates an alternate history of westward
expansion in an amazing new trilogy about the use of magic in the Wild West.
Excellent Quality, 344 Pages
Teens, Westerns, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103727/
TWELVE LONG MONTHS, BY BRIAN MALLOY
With the charm and truth he brought to his adult novel "The Year of
Ice," Malloy delivers a smart, funny work about a straight girl who has
fallen hopelessly in love with a gay boy.
Excellent Quality, 316 Pages
Teens, Literature and Fiction, Gay and Lesbian
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103728/
UM, LIKE OM, BY EVAN COOPER
The perfect primer for yoga enthusiasts, Um, Like . . .
Publisher Quality
Teens, Health, Mind and Body
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/89214/
WHAT'S HOT, BY CAITLYN DAVIS
As Holly spends the summer working at the local country club, she keeps
focusing on her coworker, Paul. Soon, sparks are flying. But when
Holly's best friend Ainslee tells her that she wants to ask out Paul, it
sends Holly into a tailspin.
Excellent Quality, 196 Pages
Romance, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103589/
AIRMAN, BY EOIN COLFER
At the dawn of the age of modern flight, Conor Broekhart is a boy living
on the Saltee Islands off the Irish coast, where his father works as the
king's bodyguard. after being thrown in prison for supposedly murdering
the king, a flying machine designed by Conor may be the only thing that
could help him escape.
Excellent Quality, 405 Pages
Children's Books, Teens, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/79009/
A MOTHER TO EMBARRASS ME, BY CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS
Now that Laura is 12 years old, she realizes that everything about her
mother is totally embarrassing. There must be some way Laura can change
her mother before her own life is completely ruined.
Excellent Quality, 136 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103537/
IF I FORGET, YOU'LL REMEMBER, BY CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS
Sixth grade is over and Elyse Donaldson is ready for a perfect summer.
She's going to read her favorite books and write her first novel. She's
even determined to get along with her older sister, Jordyn. But her
plans quickly unravel.
Excellent Quality, 202 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103597/
THE BLIND COLT, BY GLEN ROUNDS
Moving story of a mustang colt who was born blind and eventually adopted
and trained by a ten-year-old boy. Story based on author's own
experience as a youth with a blind wild colt on the family's ranch.
Excellent Quality, 63 Pages
Children's Books, Animals, Disability-Related
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103679/
THE TRUE COLORS OF CAITLYNNE JACKSON, BY CAROL LYNCH WILLIAMS
Caity and her sister Kara get along well, considering their home life.
By sticking together and keeping out of their mother's way, they eat, go
to school, and protect each other from their mother's terrifying and
seemingly random verbal and physical attacks.
Excellent Quality, 170 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103542/
THE ZACK FILES #22: THIS BODY'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US, BY DAN
GREENBURG
Zack attends a magic show where a hypnotist "channels" one of Zack's
past lives. After the show, Zack realizes his past-life personality is
still inside his body and is trying to take control of what he says and
does.
Excellent Quality, 58 Pages
Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/103953/
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