New Books March 2010
After ever after
Sonnenblick, Jordan.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2010.
Although Jeff and Tad, encouraged by a new friend, Lindsey, make a deal to help one another overcome aftereffects of their cancer treatments in preparation for eighth-grade graduation, Jeff still craves advice from his older brother Stephen, who is studying drums in Africa.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SON
Airhead
Cabot, Meg.
New York : Point, 2009, c2008.
Sixteen-year-old Emerson Watts, an advanced placement student with a disdain for fashion, is the recipient of a "whole body transplant" and finds herself transformed into one of the world's most famous teen supermodels.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP CAB
Alphabet soup : New Deal America, 1932-1939
Bolden, Tonya.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2010.
Agawam YA Fiction - T973.917 BOL
The Ask and the Answer : a novel
Ness, Patrick, 1971-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Alternate chapters follow teenagers Todd and Viola, who become separated as the Mayor's oppressive new regime takes power in New Prentisstown, a space colony where residents can hear each other's thoughts.
Agawam YA Fiction - T NES
Being Nikki
Cabot, Meg.
New York : Point, 2009.
Studious, socially conscious Emerson Watts learns startling news about the family of Nikki Howard, the teen supermodel into whose body Emerson's brain was transplanted by the nefarious Stark corporation.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CAB
Boys, girls, and other hazardous materials
Wiseman, Rosalind, 1969-
New York, NY, U.S.A. : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2010.
Transferring to a new high school, freshman Charlotte "Charlie" Healey faces tough choices as she tries to shed her "mean girl" image.
Agawam YA Fiction - T WIS
Cashing in
Colebank, Susan.
New York : Dutton Books, c2009.
In the three years since her father's death, Arizona eighteen-year-old Regina has loaned her mother thousands of dollars to cover her compulsive spending and gambling, while coping with her own stress by overeating, but when her mother wins the lottery, Reg hopes their troubles are over.
Agawam YA Fiction - T COL
Crashed
Wasserman, Robin.
New York : Simon Pulse, 2009.
Living with other "mechs" since her wealthy parents transplanted her brain into a mechanical body to prevent her from dying in a horrible accident, Lia becomes a pawn in a religious leader's movement to outlaw "mech" technology and eradicate machines such as Lia.
Agawam YA Fiction - T WAS
Crocodile tears
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-
New York, N.Y. : Philomel Books, c2009.
Targeted by a hitman and under threat of his past being exposed by the media, Alex reluctantly turns to MI6. But their help doesn't come cheap: they need Alex to spy on the activities at a GM crop plant. There he spots Desmond McCain, a high profile charity organiser, who realises that Alex is on to him and the real plans for the money he's raising.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HOR
The dark days of Hamburger Halpin
Berk, Josh.
New York : Alfred. A. Knopf, 2010.
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BER
Drawing for older children and teens : a creative method that works for adult beginners, too
Brookes, Mona, 1937-
Los Angeles : J.P. Tarcher ; New York : Distributed by St. Martin's Press, c1991.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T741.2 BRO
Drunk driving
Parks, Peggy J., 1951-
San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, c2010.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T363.1251 PAR
Eldest
Paolini, Christopher.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, c2005.
After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.
Agawam YA Fiction - T PAO
Eli the Good
House, Silas, 1971-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
In the summer of 1976, ten-year-old Eli Book's excitement over Bicentennial celebrations is tempered by his father's flashbacks to the Vietnam War and other family problems, as well as concern about his tough but troubled best friend, Edie.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HOU
Fang : a Maximum Ride novel
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Little, Brown, 2010.
When Max and the Flock discover an unscrupulous scientist who is experimenting on humans in an effort to "improve" the human race, they decide that they must try to stop him, in spite of Angel's prediction about Fang dying.
Agawam YA Fiction - T PAT
Fat Cat
Brande, Robin.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Overweight teenage Catherine embarks on a high school science project in which she must emulate the ways of hominims, the earliest ancestors of human beings, by eating an all-natural diet and foregoing technology.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BRA
Finnikin of the rock
Marchetta, Melina, 1965-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2010.
Now on the cusp of manhood, Finnikin, who was a child when the royal family of Lumatere was brutally murdered and replaced by an imposter, reluctantly joins forces with an enigmatic young novice and fellow-exile, who claims that her dark dreams will lead them to a surviving royal child and a way to regain the throne of Lumatere.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MAR
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
How to be a vampire : a fangs-on guide for the newly undead
Gray, Amy Tipton, 1955-
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T398.45 GRA
How to steal a car
Hautman, Pete, 1952-
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
Fifteen-year-old, suburban high school student Kelleigh, who has her learner's permit, recounts how she began stealing cars one summer, for reasons that seem unclear even to her.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HAU
I kissed a zombie, and I liked it
Selzer, Adam.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2010.
Living in the post-human era when the undead are part of everyday life, high schooler Alley breaks her no-dating rule when Doug catches her eye, but classmate Will demands to turn her into a vampire and her zombie boyfriend may be unable to stop him.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP SEL
I love you, Beth Cooper
Doyle, Larry.
New York : Ecco, c2007.
Agawam YA Fiction - T DOY
Incarceron
Fisher, Catherine, 1957-
New York, NY : Dial Books, 2010.
To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
Agawam YA Fiction - T FIS
J.K. Rowling : the wizard behind Harry Potter
Shapiro, Marc, 1949-
New York : St. Martin's Griffin, c2004.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB ROW
Legacy
Brian, Kate, 1974-
New York : Simon Pulse, 2008.
After the death of Cheyenne, Reed is elected the new leader of Billings Hall, but her grip on the social scene is tenuous, as she discovers when Easton is the only prep school not invited to a Legacy party and it falls to her to get them back on the list.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP BRI
The life of glass
Cantor, Jillian.
New York : Balzer & Bray, 2010.
Throughout her freshman year of high school, fourteen-year-old Melissa struggles to hold onto memories of her deceased father, cope with her mother's return to dating, get along with her sister, and sort out her feelings about her best friend, Ryan.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CAN
A match made in high school
Walker, Kristin.
New York, NY : Razorbill, 2009.
When the principal of her high school announces that every senior must participate in a year-long marriage education program, Fiona learns some unexpected lessons about people, friendship, crushes, and cheerleading.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP WAL
New moon
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009, c2006.
When the Cullens, including her beloved Edward, leave Forks rather than risk revealing that they are vampires, it is almost too much for eighteen-year- old Bella to bear, but she finds solace in her friend Jacob until he is drawn into a "cult" and changes in terrible ways.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP MEY
Numbers
Ward, Rachel, 1978-
New York : Chicken House/Scholastic, 2010.
Fifteen-year-old Jem knows when she looks at someone the exact date they will die, so she avoids relationships and tries to keep out of the way, but when she meets a boy named Spider and they plan a day out together, they become more involved than either of them had planned.
Agawam YA Fiction - T WAR
Player's ruse
Bell, Hilari.
New York : HarperTeen, c2010.
In alternate chapters, eighteen-year-old Sir Michael Sevenson, an anachronistic knight errant, and seventeen-year-old Fisk, his street-wise squire, relate their journey to Huckerston, a port town where dangerous bandits are raiding merchant ships.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BEL
The poison eaters and other stories
Black, Holly.
Easthampton, MA : Big Mouth House : Distributed to the trade by Consortium, 2010.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BLA
Prophecy of the sisters
Zink, Michelle.
New York : Little, Brown, 2009.
In late nineteenth-century New York state, wealthy sixteen-year-old twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe find that they are on opposite sides of an ancient prophecy that has destroyed their parents and seeks to do even more harm.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ZIN
Rikers High
Volponi, Paul.
New York, N.Y. : Viking, 2010.
Arrested on a minor offense, a New York City teenager attends high school in the jail facility on Rikers Island, as he waits for his case to go to court.
Agawam YA Fiction - T VOL
Ruined : a novel
Morris, Paula.
New York, NY : Point, c2009.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MOR
Say what? : the weird and mysterious journey of the English language
Gorrell, Gena K. (Gena Kinton), 1946- LOCATION = Agawam YA Nonfiction.
Toronto : Tundra Books, c2009.
Presents the history of the modern English language and how previous languages and civilizations influenced its development.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T 420.9 GOR
Scarlett fever
Johnson, Maureen, 1973-
New York, NY : Point, 2010.
Fifteen-year-old Scarlett, who is beginning to get over her break-up with Eric, stays busy as assistant to her theatrical-agent friend who is not only promoting Scarlett's brother Spencer, but also a new client whose bad-boy brother has transferred to Scarlett's school.
Agawam YA Fiction - T JOH
The sea of monsters
Riordan, Rick.
New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2006.
Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or a cruel joke.
Agawam YA Fiction - T RIO
The sea of monsters
Riordan, Rick.
New York : Miramax Books/Hyperion Books for Children, c2006.
Demi-god Percy Jackson and his friends must journey into the Sea of Monsters to save their camp. But first Percy will discover a secret that makes him wonder whether being claimed as Poseidon's son is an honor or a cruel joke.
Agawam YA Fiction - T RIO
The shifter
Hardy, Janice.
New York : Balzer + Bray, c2009.
Nya, a fifteen-year-old war orphan, becomes a pawn in a bigger political game when her uncanny--and dangerous--ability to draw out people's pain and then give it to someone else turns out to be the only weapon she has to save her sister.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HAR
The sisterhood of the traveling pants
Brashares, Ann.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2003, c2001.
During their first summer apart, four teenage girls, best friends since earliest childhood, stay in touch through a shared pair of secondhand jeans that magically adapts to each of their figures and affects their attitudes to their different summer experiences.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP BRA
The smart aleck's guide to American history
Selzer, Adam.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T973 SEL
Struts & frets
Skovron, Jon.
New York : Amulet Books, 2009.
Sammy wants to be a musician, as was his grandfather, but while the band he is in is self-destructing, Sammy is too distracted by his grandfather's decline and confused feelings about his best friend to fix it--and his mother stays too busy to help.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SKO
Tangled
Mackler, Carolyn.
New York : HarperTeen, 2010.
The lives of four very different teenagers become entangled in ways that none of them could have imagined after a short stay at a Caribbean resort.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MAC
The teen vogue handbook : an insider's guide to careers in fashion
New York, NY : Razorbill, c2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T746.92 TEE
Tenderness : a novel
Cormier, Robert.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2004, c1997.
A psychological thriller told from the points of view of a teenage serial killer and the runaway girl who falls in love with him.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP COR
They never came back
Cooney, Caroline B.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2010.
When fifteen-year-old Cathy decides to carpool from Norwalk to tony Greenwich, Connecticut, to study Latin in summer school, she does not expect the shocking events that occured five years earlier to suddenly come flooding back into her relatively settled life.
Agawam YA Fiction - T COO
Token of darkness
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia.
New York : Delacorte Press, c2010.
After Cooper Blake wakes from a serious car accident to find himself in the company of an attractive, tormented ghost, he keeps his visions to himself until he discovers that two of his peers also hide supernatural abilities.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ATW
The trail of tears : the tragedy of the American Indians
Marsico, Katie, 1980-
New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2010.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T 973.0497 MAR
Tricks
Hopkins, Ellen.
New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2009.
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love.
Agawam YA Fiction - T HOP
When you reach me
Stead, Rebecca.
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2009.
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1970s television game show, "The $20,000 Pyramid," a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.
Agawam YA Fiction - T STE
Whiteout
Sorrells, Walter.
New York, N.Y. : Dutton Children's Books, c2009.
Sixteen-year-old Chass makes her way through a Minnesota blizzard, seeking not only the murderer of a beloved music teacher, but also something belonging to the killer who has been chasing her mother and herself around the country.
Agawam YA Fiction - T SOR
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