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The glass castle : a memoir

Walls, Jeannette.


Bookstore has many copies. Booklist starred, February 15, 2005. Library Journal 02/15/05. New York Times 03/13/05. The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcohol father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.
Date Published:2006

Mexican Whiteboy

de la Peña, Matt.


Common Core: English language arts. School Library Journal, Sept., 2008. Booklist 08/01/08. Danny, who is tall and skinny but has a talent for pitching a fastball, cannot seem to fit in at school in San Diego, where his Mexican and white heritage causes people to judge him before he even speaks.
Date Published:2008

Adios, nirvana

Wesselhoeft, Conrad, 1953-


Booklist 09/15/10. School Library Journal 11/01/10. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.) 12/01/10. As Seattle sixteen-year-old Jonathan helps a dying man come to terms with a tragic event he experienced during World War II, Jonathan begins facing his own demons, especially the death of his twin brother, helped by an assortment of friends, old and new.
Date Published:2010

Unbroken : a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption

Hillenbrand, Laura.


Library Journal, October 2010. New York Times 11/21/10. Booklist, November 2010. Kirkus Review, September 2010. A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.
Date Published:2010

Library Journal, October 2010. New York Times 11/21/10. Booklist, November 2010. Kirkus Review, September 2010. A biography of Olympic runner and World War II bombardier, Louis Zamperini, who had been rambunctious in childhood before succeeding in track and eventually serving in the military, which led to a trial in which he was forced to find a way to survive in the open ocean after being shot down.

Date Published:2010

Holes

Sachar, Louis, 1954-


"Frances Foster books." Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. Elem. School Library Collection. As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
Date Published:1998

145th Street : short stories

Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-


Wilson's Junior High School. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.). School Library Journal. Ten stories portray life on a block in Harlem.
Date Published:2000

A child called "it" : an abused child's journey from victim to victor

Pelzer, David J.


Originally published: Omaha Neb. : Omaha Press Pub. Co., 1993. SLJ Dec 1995. Tells the story of a child's abuse at the hands of his alcoholic mother.
Date Published:1995

Green eggs and ham

Seuss,


Sam-I-Am tries to persuade his friend to try green eggs and ham.
Date Published:1960

Breaking dawn

Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-


"Megan Tingley books." "The twilight saga"--Dust jacket. Continues the story of the human Bella and the vampire Edward whose love is threatened by their difference, a werewolf named Jacob, and other outside influences.
Date Published:2008

Tales from a not-so-talented pop star

Russell, Rachel Renee.


When scholarship student Nikki Maxwell, whose father is the school exterminator, decides to enter the talent show at her expensive private school, her nemesis MacKenzie threatens to reveal Nikki's status to the rest of the school.
Date Published:2011

Rapunzel, the one with all the hair

Mass, Wendy, 1967-


Rapunzel and Prince Benjamin are both trapped, one in a tower by an evil witch, the other by his royal duties, but when their paths cross, aided by friends and a little luck, conditions change for them both.
Date Published:2006

Big Nate : what could possibly go wrong?

Peirce, Lincoln.


"These strips appeared in newspapers from November 5, 2007, through June 8, 2008"--T.p. verso. Collects "Big Nate" comic strips that follow the adventures of eleven-year-old Nate Wright.
Date Published:2012

After Tupac and D Foster

Woodson, Jacqueline.


Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008 School Library Journal starred, April 2008 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2010 Library Media Connection starred, October 2008 Pub Weekly, December 2007 Booklist, February 2008 New York Times, May 2008 Horn Book, January 2008 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), January 2008 In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008 School Library Journal starred, April 2008 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2010 Library Media Connection starred, October 2008 Pub Weekly, December 2007 Booklist, February 2008 New York Times, May 2008 Horn Book, January 2008 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), January 2008 In the New York City borough of Queens in 1996, three girls bond over their shared love of Tupac Shakur's music, as together they try to make sense of the unpredictable world in which they live.

Date Published:2008

Diary of a wimpy kid : the third wheel

Kinney, Jeff.


As the day of the Valentine's Day dance approaches, Greg Heffley worries he will be left out until a twist of fate lands Greg with a date, but leaves his best friend, Rowley, on his own.
Date Published:2012

I'd tell you I love you, but then I'd have to kill you

Carter, Ally.


Publisher's Weekly. Horn Book. Bulletin (Center for Children's books). As a sophomore at a secret spy school and the daughter of a former CIA operative, Cammie is sheltered from "normal teenage life" until she meets a local boy while on a class surveillance mission.
Date Published:2006

Leviathan, v. 1

Westerfeld, Scott.


Map on endpapers. In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts.
Date Published:2009

Harry Potter : and the CHAMBER of SECRETS #2

Rowling, J. K.


Sequel to: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. "Year 2"--Spine. Wilson's Children, June 2000. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, July 1999. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2000. Booklist starred, May 1999. Pub Weekly, May 1999. New York Times, June 1999. Horn Book, July 1999. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 1999. Book Report, September 1999. When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.
Date Published:1999

Sequel to: Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone. "Year 2"--Spine. Wilson's Children, June 2000. Elem. School Library Collection, June 2000. School Library Journal starred, July 1999. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2000. Booklist starred, May 1999. Pub Weekly, May 1999. New York Times, June 1999. Horn Book, July 1999. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), September 1999. Book Report, September 1999. When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, second-year student Harry Potter finds himself in danger from a dark power that has once more been released on the school.

Date Published:1999

Judy Moody gets famous

McDonald, Megan.


When a third grade classmate gets her picture in the paper for winning a spelling bee, Judy is determined to find a way to become famous herself.
Date Published:2001

Aenir

Nix, Garth.


"Lucas books." The dream world Aenir is not a safe place. Tal and Milla must find the Codex, a strange and magical object that will decide their fate in this world. But finding the Codex may endanger them more than they dreamed.
Date Published:2001

Dragon keeper

Wilkinson, Carole.


In ancient China during the Han Dynasty, a nameless orphan is hopeless and lonely until she comes to the aid of an aging dragon, and together they journey to protect a mysterious stone.
Date Published:2003