New Books March
3 willows : the sisterhood grows
Brashares, Ann.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
Ama, Jo, and Polly, three close friends from Bethesda, Maryland, spend the summer before ninth grade learning about themselves, their families, and the changing nature of their friendship.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BRA
1968
Kaufman, Michael T.
New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T909.826 KAU
Aurelie : a faerie tale
Tomlinson, Heather.
New York : Henry Holt, 2008.
Heartsick at losing her two dearest companions, Princess Aurelie finds comfort in the glorious music of the faeries, but the duties of the court call her, as do the needs of her friends.
Agawam YA Fiction - T TOM
Custom cool jewelry : create 200+ personalized pendants, charms, and clasps
Barta, Melinda A.
Loveland, Colo. : Interweave Press LLC, c2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T 739.27 BAR
Do the math : the writing on the wall
Lichtman, Wendy.
New York : Greenwillow Books, c2008.
Math-loving eighth-grader Tess learns that sometimes life, like algebra, has no solutions and that she must take risks and find her own answers.
Agawam YA Fiction - T LIC
The door of no return
Mussi, Sarah.
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2008.
Sixteen-year-old Zac never believed his grandfather's tales about their enslaved ancestors being descended from an African king, but when his grandfather is murdered and the villains come after Zac, he sets out for Ghana to find King Baktu's long-lost treasure before the murderers do.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MUS
Eon : Dragoneye reborn
Goodman, Alison.
New York : Viking, 2008.
Sixteen-year-old Eon hopes to become an apprentice to one of the twelve energy dragons of good fortune and learn to be its main interpreter, but to do so will require much, including keeping secret that she is a girl.
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Erratum
Sorrells, Walter.
New York, NY : Dutton Childrens Books, 2008.
When Jessica finds--and then loses--an unfinished book about her life, she learns that if she cannot keep it from falling into the wrong hands, the balance of the universe is in peril.
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Everything is fine
Ellis, Ann Dee.
New York : Little, Brown and Co. Books for Young Readers, 2009.
When her father leaves for a job out of town, Mazzy is left at home to try to cope with her mother, who has been severely depressed since the death of Mazzy's baby sister.
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Firebirds soaring : an anthology of original speculative fiction
New York, N.Y. : Firebird, 2009.
Original stories by some of today's finest writers of fantasy and science fiction.
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
Ryan, Carrie.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
Through twists and turns of fate, orphaned Mary seeks knowledge of life, love, and especially what lies beyond her walled village and the surrounding forest, where dwell the Unconsecrated, aggressive flesh-eating people who were once dead.
Agawam YA Fiction - T RYA
Forever princess
Cabot, Meg.
New York : HarperTeen, 2009.
Although she has recently completed a 400-page romance novel, Princess Mia, in her last month of high school, has yet to pick a college, find a prom dress, or decide if her boyfriend J. P. is really The One.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CAB
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Rowling, J. K.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999.
When the Chamber of Secrets is opened again at the Hogwarts School for 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. In this highly celebrated sequel to Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter spends a second, very eventful year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft & Wizardry. During his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry, Harry is baffled when he hears noises no one else can.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ROW
Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets
Rowling, J. K.
New York : Scholastic, Inc., 2000, c1999.
"For Harry's second year at Hogwarts, fresh torments and horrors arise, including an outrageously stuck-up new professor and a spirit who haunts the girls' bathroom. But then real trouble begins--someone is turning Hogwarts students to stone. Could it be Draco Malfoy, a more poisonous rival than ever? Could it possibly be Hagrid, whose mysterious past is finally told? Or could it be the one everyone at Hogwarts most suspects...Harry Potter himself?"--Back cover.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP ROW
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Rowling, J. K.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, c2000.
Fourteen-year-old Harry Potter joins the Weasleys at the Quidditch World Cup, then enters his fourth year at Hogwarts Academy where he is mysteriously entered in an unusual contest that challenges his wizarding skills, friendships and character, amid signs that an old enemy is growing stronger.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ROW
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Rowling, J. K.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999.
During his third year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter must confront the devious and dangerous wizard responsible for his parents' deaths.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ROW
Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone
Rowling, J. K.
New York : A.A. Levine Books, 1998.
Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ROW
Hatchet
Paulsen, Gary.
New York, NY : Simon Pulse Paperbacks, 1999.
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days in the Canadian wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents' divorce.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP PAU
Here lies Arthur
Reeve, Philip.
New York, NY : Scholastic Press, 2008.
When her village is attacked and burned, Gwyna seeks protection from the bard Myrddin, who uses Gwyna in his plan to transform young Arthur into the heroic King Arthur.
Agawam YA Fiction - T REE
Jellicoe Road
Marchetta, Melina, 1965-
New York, NY : HarperTeen, 2008.
Abandoned by her drug-addicted mother at the age of eleven, high school student Taylor Markham struggles with her identity and family history at a boarding school in Australia.
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The Juvie three
Korman, Gordon.
New York : Hyperion, 2008.
Gecko, Arjay, and Terence, all in trouble with the law, must find a way to keep their halfway house open in order to stay out of juvenile detention.
Agawam YA Fiction - T KOR
Les miserables
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
New York : New American Library, 1987.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HUG
The madness continues : a Spud novel
Van de Ruit, John.
New York : Razorbill, 2008.
Fifteen-year-old Spud's 1991 diary reflects ongoing concerns about his manhood and his weird family, boarding school adventures of the Crazy Eight, a disastrous theater performance, and the joys and perils of having two beautiful women in his life.
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Melting stones
Pierce, Tamora.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
Residents of the island of Starns send for help from Winding Circle temple, and when prickly green mage Rosethorn and young stone mage trainee Evvy respond, Evvy finds that the problem is with a long-dormant volcano and tries to use her talents to avert the looming destruction.
Agawam YA Fiction - T PIE
My letter to the world and other poems
Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886.
Toronto : KCP Poetry, c2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T811.4 DIC
Paradise lost : a novel
Brian, Kate, 1974-
New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.
Reed is reunited with former Billings girls Kiran and Taylor, and she and her friends take over an exclusive, five-star Caribbean island, spending their days tanning on white sand beaches and their nights partying on sixty-foot yachts. It's heaven on earth, but as they raise their champagne flutes to toast their friendship, Reed worries that it's all too good to be true.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP BRI
The singing
Croggon, Alison, 1962-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
The bard Maerad and her brother Hem hold the key to the mysterious Singing, and each of them must overcome terrible obstacles before they can unite and together unlock the Tree of Song, release the music of the Elidhu, and defeat the Nameless One.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CRO
The tae kwon do handbook
Pawlett, Mark.
New York : Rosen Pub., 2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T796.8153 PAW
The true adventures of Charley Darwin
Meyer, Carolyn, 1935-
New York : Harcourt, 2009.
In nineteenth-century England, young Charles Darwin rejects the more traditional careers of physician and clergyman, choosing instead to embark on a dangerous five-year journey by ship to explore the natural world.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MEY
What I saw and how I lied
Blundell, Judy.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2008.
In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BLU
Wintergirls
Anderson, Laurie Halse.
New York : Viking, 2009.
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
Agawam YA Fiction - T AND
X-Men : deadly genesis
Brubaker, Ed.
New York, NY : Marvel Comics, c2005.
As the humans, the former mutants, and the remaining mutants try to adjust to the new world order, a new enemy arises that turns out to be a deeply- buried skeleton from Charles Xavier's past.
Agawam YA Fiction - GRAPHIC TP X
Zoe and Chloe : on the prowl
Limb, Sue.
New York : Viking Childrens Books, 2008.
Best friends Zoe and Chloe need suitable dates for the Earthquake Ball-- the ball of the year--and time is running out, while at the university, Zoe's older sister is in serious financial trouble and needs her help.
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