New Books April 2009
Alligator bayou
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2009.
Fourteen-year-old Calogero Scalise and his Sicilian uncles and cousin live in small-town Louisiana in 1898, when Jim Crow laws rule and anti- immigration sentiment is strong, so despite his attempts to be polite and to follow American customs, disaster dogs his family at every turn.
Agawam YA Fiction - T NAP
Audrey, wait!
Benway, Robin.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BEN
Betrayed : a House of Night novel
Cast, P. C.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2007.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP CAS
The big book of weirdos
Posey, Carl A., 1933-
New York : Paradox Press, c1995.
Agawam YA Paperback - GRAPHIC TP BIG
Bleach
Kubo, Tite.
San Francisco, Calif. : VIZ Media, 2004-
Agawam YA Paperback - GRAPHIC TP KUB V. 26
Charles and Emma : the Darwins' leap of faith
Heiligman, Deborah.
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB DAR
Chosen : a house of night novel
Cast, P. C.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2008.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP CAS
City of Glass
Clare, Cassandra.
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009.
Still pursuing a cure for her mother's enchantment, Clary uses all her powers and ingenuity to get into Idris, the forbidden country of the secretive Shadowhunters, and to its capital, the City of Glass, where with the help of a newfound friend, Sebastian, she uncovers important truths about her family's past that will not only help save her mother but all those that she holds most dear.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CLA
Dear Julia
Zemser, Amy Bronwen.
New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, 2008.
Shy sixteen-year-old Elaine has long dreamed of being the next Julia Child, to the dismay of her feminist mother, but when her first friend, the outrageous Lucida Sans, convinces Elaine to enter a cooking contest, anything could happen.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ZEM
The demigod files
Riordan, Rick.
New York : Hyperion Books for Children, 2009.
How do you handle an encounter with Medusa on the New Jersey interstate? What's the best way to take down a minotaur? Become an expert on everything in Percy's world with this must-have guide to the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. Complete with interviews, puzzles, games, and original short stories by Rick Riordan.
Agawam YA Fiction - T RIO
Fade
McMann, Lisa.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.
Using her ability to tap into other people's dreams, eighteen-year-old Janie investigates an alleged sex ring at her high school that involves teachers using the date rape drug on students.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MCM
Flygirl
Smith, Sherri L.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SMI
Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-
Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, 2004-
Agawam YA Paperback - GRAPHIC TP TAK V.22
Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973-
Los Angeles, Calif. : Tokyopop, 2004-
Agawam YA Paperback - GRAPHIC TP TAK V.22 V.22
The graveyard book
Gaiman, Neil.
Detroit : Thorndike Press, 2009.
After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.
Agawam YA Fiction - T GAI
Heroes of the valley
Stroud, Jonathan.
New York : Hyperion Books For Children, 2009.
When young Halli Sveinsson plays a trick on Ragnor of the House of Hakonsson, he sets in motion a chain of events that will forever alter his destiny, forcing him to leave home and go on a hero's quest where he encounters highway robbers, terrifying monsters, and a girl who may finally be his match.
Agawam YA Fiction - T STR
Holes
Sachar, Louis, 1954-
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998.
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.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SAC
Jacques Cousteau : a life under the sea
Olmstead, Kathleen.
New York : Sterling, c2008.
Discusses the life and undersea world of pioneering oceanographer Jacques Cousteau. In his quest to show off the beauty found below the waves, Cousteau dedicated himself to developing new diving technology, inventing innovative ways to photograph underwater life, and traveling the globe to explore different bodies of water. His award-winning film The Silent World opened people's eyes to a formerly unknown and spectacular marine universe. Cousteau did more than anyone to enlighten us to the stunning complexity of the oceans' ecology, and the importance of preserving it.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB COU
Keeper of the Grail
Spradlin, Michael P.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2008.
In 1191, fifteen-year-old Tristan, a youth of unknown origin raised in an English abbey, becomes a Templar Knight's squire during the Third Crusade and soon finds himself on a mission to bring the Holy Grail to safety.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SPR
The keys to American history : understanding our most important historic documents
Panchyk, Richard.
Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, 2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T973 PAN
The lab
Heath, Jack, 1986-
New York : Scholastic Press, c2008.
When Agent Six, a member of The Deck, a group fighting against their corrupt society, discovers that he is the product of an illegal experiment by the evil Lab, he takes dangerous steps to discover the truth about himself.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HEA
Love is hell
Marr, Melissa.
New York : HarperTeen, 2008.
Five stories of supernatural romance.
Agawam YA Fiction - T LOV
Marked
Cast, P. C.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2007.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP CAS
Matthew Henson : the quest for the North Pole
Olmstead, Kathleen.
New York : Sterling, c2008.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB HEN
Max : a Maximum Ride novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
When millions of fish start dying off the coast of Hawaii and something is destroying hundreds of ships, the government enlists the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--to help get to the bottom of the disaster before it is too late.
Agawam YA Fiction - T PAT
Nightfall
Smith, L. J. (Lisa J.).
New York : HarperTeen, 2009.
After returning from the afterlife, Elena is forced to battle an ancient evil when Stefan, her vampire boyfriend, goes missing.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SMI
Origins & endings
Way, Daniel, 1974-
New York : Marvel ; [London : Diamond, distributor], c2006.
Agawam YA Fiction - GRAPHIC T WAY
Santa Claus in Baghdad and other stories about teens in the Arab world
Marston, Elsa.
Bloomington IN : Indiana University Press, 2008.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP MAR
Stop in the name of pants!
Rennison, Louise.
New York : HarperTeen, c2008.
In a series of humorous diary entries, British teenager Georgia Nicolson tries to decide between two potential boyfriends--Masimo from Pizzagogoland (Italy) or local boy Dave the Laugh.
Agawam YA Fiction - T REN
Untamed : a house of night novel
Cast, P. C.
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP CAS
Warrior princess
Jones, Frewin.
New York : Eos, 2009.
It takes just a moment for fifteen-year-old Branwen's life to change forever. In the blink of an eye the Saxons attack and her brother is killed. Almost as quickly, she is sent away from her home to a neighboring stronghold where she'll be safe from harm. Now Branwen lives as a princess should, surrounded by exquisite things and lavish quarters. But deep down remains the soul of a warrior. Just when Branwen is sure she has been pushed to her limits, a chance encounter with a mystical woman in white forces her to question everything, and everyone, around her. With no time to lose, Branwen must make a
choice: continue in the path her parents intended for her or step into the role of true Warrior Princess.
Agawam YA Fiction - T JON
Wondrous strange : a novel
Livingston, Lesley.
New York : HarperTeen, c2009.
When seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow meets Sonny Flannery, she discovers he is a changeling and guardian of the gate between the faerie Otherworld and the mortal realm. She also learns that her mother had otherworldly powers that she has passed on to Kelley.
Agawam YA Fiction - T LIV
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