New Books September 2009
Alice's adventures in Wonderland ; and, Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there
Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.
London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1998.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP CAR
Anne of Windy Poplars
Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.
New York : Bantam books, 1988, c1981.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP MON
Are American elections fair?
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven Press, c2006.
Presents opposing viewpoints on the fairness of elections in the United States, discussing such topics as the Electoral College, electronic voting machines, and the participation of felons and noncitizens in the electoral process.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T324.973 ARE
Attica
Kilworth, Garry.
London : Atom, 2007.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP KIL
Better late than never
Kaye, Marilyn.
New York : Kingfisher, 2009.
"Tough rebel Jenna Kelley secretly dreams of a conventional life with normal parents. When her mother ends up in rehab, Jenna is shocked by the sudden reappearance of her long-lost dad. Jenna can usually read anyone's mind, but this stranger is a total mystery. Before long, streetwise Jenna finds herself walking straight into danger..."--p. [4] of cover.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP KAY
Boyology : a teen girl's crash course in all things boy
Burningham, Sarah O'Leary.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, c2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T306.73 BUR
Bread and roses, too
Paterson, Katherine.
New York : Sandpiper, [2008?] c2006.
Jake and Rosa, two children, form an unlikely friendship as they try to survive and understand the 1912 Bread and Roses strike of mill workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP PAT
The burn journals
Runyon, Brent.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2004.
Brent Runyon was fourteen years old when he set himself on fire. In this book he describes that suicide attempt and his recovery over the following year.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB RUN
A child called "It" : one child's courage to survive
Pelzer, David J.
Deerfield Beach, Fla. : Health Communications, c1995.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T362.7609 PEL
Chosen : the novel
Cast, P. C.
Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2009.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CAS
Crafty Chica's guide to artful sewing : fabu-low-sew projects for the everyday crafter
Cano-Murillo, Kathy.
New York : Potter Craft, c2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T746 CAN
The dangerous days of Daniel X
Patterson, James, 1947-
New York : Vision, 2009.
The greatest superpower of all isn't to be part spider, part man, or to cast magic spells, the greatest power is the power to create. Daniel has that power. Daniel's secret abilities, like being able to manipulate objects and animals with his mind or to recreate himself in any shape he chooses, have helped him survive. But Daniel doesn't have a normal life. He is the protector of the earth, the Alien Hunter, with a mission beyond what anyone could imagine. From the day that his parents were brutally murdered in front of his very eyes, Daniel has used his unique gifts to hunt down their assassin. Finally, with the help of The List bequeathed to him in his parents' dying breath, he has located the killer. Now, on his own, he vows to take on his father's mission, and to have vengeance in the process.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP PAT
Dead is so last year
Perez, Marlene.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2009.
In the beach town of Nightshade, California, home to both human and supernatural beings, the Giordano sisters find summer employment and uncover mysteries involving doppelgangers and oversized football players.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP PER
Eagle Strike
Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-
New York : Scholastic, 2005, c2003.
After a chance encounter with assassin Yassen Gregorovich in the South of France, teenage spy Alex Rider investigates international pop star and philanthropist Damian Cray whose new video game venture hides sinister motives involving Air Force One, nuclear missiles, and the international drug trade.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HOR
The elderly
Farmington Hills, MI : Greenhaven, 2006.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T305.26 ELD
Elizabethan world. Primary sources
Shostak, Elizabeth, 1951-
Detroit : U{168}X{168}L : Thomson/Gale, c2007.
Contains eighteen full or excerpted primary documents that provide perspectives on the Elizabethan world, from 1558 to 1603, including speeches, a poem, examples of literature, journal entries, and other writings.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T942.055 SHO
Faith, hope, and Ivy June
Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.
New York : Delacorte Press, 2009.
During a student exchange program, seventh-graders Ivy June and Catherine share their lives, homes, and communities, and find that although their lifestyles are total opposites they have a lot in common.
Agawam YA Fiction - T NAY
Flirtin' with the monster : your favourite authors on Ellen Hopkins' Crank and Glass
Dallas, TX : BenBella ; London : Turnaround [distributor], c2009.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP FLI
Ghost huntress : the awakening
Gibson, Marley.
New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
Moving from Chicago to tiny Radisson, Georgia, awakens latent psychic powers in sixteen-year-old Kendall, who finds herself communicating with ghosts and forming a ragtag ghost hunting team to research and battle a belligerent spirit that is trying to harm her father.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP GIB
The giver
Lowry, Lois.
New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 1999, c1993.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP LOW
The giver
Lowry, Lois.
New York, N.Y. : Bantam Books, 1999, c1993.
Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonas becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP LOW
Gossip girl : a novel
Von Ziegesar, Cecily.
Boston : Little, Brown, c2002.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP VON
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 deathly hallows
Rowling, J. K.
New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, 2009, c2007.
Burdened with the dark, dangerous, and seemingly impossible task of locating and destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes, Harry, feeling alone and uncertain about his future, struggles to find the inner strength he needs to follow the path set out before him.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP ROW
Harry Potter and the deathly hallows
Rowling, J. K.
New York : Arthur A. Levine Books (Scholastic) 2007.
Agawam YA Fiction - T ROW
Harry Potter and the goblet of fire
Rowling, J. K.
New York : Scholastic, 2002.
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 Paperback - TP ROW
Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban
Rowling, J. K.
New York : Scholastic Inc., 2001, c1999.
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 Paperback - TP 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 : Scholastic, 1999, c1998.
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 Wizards and Witches.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP ROW
Hillary Rodham Clinton : politician
Abrams, Dennis, 1960-
New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB CLI
Hiroshima
Hersey, John, 1914-1993.
New York, NY : Vintage Books, 1989.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HER
The host : a novel
Meyer, Stephenie, 1973-
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2008.
The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. But Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves--Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.--From publisher description.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MEY
The House of Dance
Kephart, Beth.
New York : Laura Geringer Books, 2008.
During one of her daily visits across town to visit her dying grandfather, fifteen-year-old Rosie discovers a dance studio that helps her find a way to bring her family members together.
Agawam YA Fiction - T KEP
I love you, Beth Cooper
Doyle, Larry.
New York, NY : Harper Perennial, c2008.
Denis Cooverman didn't want to give a typical graduation speech, cherishing memories and embracing challenges and crap. So, instead, he stood up in front of his 512 class-mates and their 3,000 relatives and said some-thing really important: "I love you, Beth Cooper". It would have been such a sweet, romantic moment. Except that: Beth, the head cheerleader, has only the vaguest idea who Denis is. And Denis, the captain of the debate team, is so far out of her league he is barely even the same species. And then there's Kevin, Beth's remarkably large boyfriend, in town on furlough from the United States Army. Complications ensue. Denis comes of age overnight in this exhilarating, endearing novel that reminds us why we can't wait to escape high school but can never leave it behind.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP DOY
Kaleidoscope eyes
Bryant, Jennifer.
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
In 1968, with the Vietnam War raging, thirteen-year-old Lyza inherits a project from her deceased grandfather, who had been using his knowledge of maps and the geography of Lyza's New Jersey hometown to locate the lost treasure of Captain Kidd.
Agawam YA Fiction - T BRY
L8r, g8r
Myracle, Lauren, 1969-
New York, NY : Amulet Books, 2007.
Throughout their senior year in high school, Zoe, Maddie, and Angela continue to share "instant messages" with one another about their day-to-day experiences as they consider college, sex, the importance of prom, and the inevitable end of their inseparable trio.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP MYR
Nancy Pelosi : politician
Marcovitz, Hal.
New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB PEL
Nick & Norah's infinite playlist
Cohn, Rachel.
New York : Knopf, [2008], c2006.
High school student Nick O'Leary, member of a rock band, meets college- bound Norah Silverberg and asks her to be his girlfriend for five minutes in order to avoid his ex-sweetheart.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP COH
Out of sight, out of mind
Kaye, Marilyn.
New York : Kingfisher, 2009.
"Amanda Beeson is Queen Bee at Meadowbrook Middle School. If you're not friends with Amanda, you're nobody. But one morning gorgeous, popular Amanda looks in the mirror and sees a very diifferent face staring back at her. The Queen Bee is about to get a taste of life in someone else's shoes."--p. [4] of cover.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP KAY
The Outsiders
Hinton, S. E.
New York : Puffin Books, 1997.
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HIN
The Outsiders
Hinton, S. E.
New York : Puffin Books, 1997.
The struggle of three brothers to stay together after their parent's death and their quest for identity among the conflicting values of their adolescent society.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HIN
Prada and prejudice
Hubbard, Amanda.
New York : Razorbill, 2009.
During a school trip to England, fifteen-year-old Callie buys a pair of Prada shoes in an effort to impress the popular girls, a scheme that backfires and sends Callie back to 1815.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HUB
Psychological disorders : Alzheimer's disease and other dementias
Lillrank, Sonja. M.
New York, NY : Chelsea House, c2007.
Explores today's most common psychological disorders by examining their symptoms, causes, and effects; highlights the brain chemistry behind the disorders; and demonstrates how various treatments affect the brain to help ease or eliminate symptoms.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T616.83 LIL
Punkzilla
Rapp, Adam.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2009.
"Punkzilla" is on a mission to see his older brother "P", before "P" dies of cancer. Still buzzing from his last hit of meth, he embarks on a days-long trip from Portland, Ore. to Memphis, Tenn., writing letters to his family and friends. Along the way, he sees a sketchier side of America and worries if he will make it to see his brother in time.
Agawam YA Fiction - T RAP
The real real
McLaughlin, Emma.
New York : HarperTeen, 2009.
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.
Agawam YA Fiction - T MCL
Shiver
Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-
New York : Scholastic, 2009.
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
Agawam YA Fiction - T STI
Silver phoenix : beyond the kingdom of Xia
Pon, Cindy, 1973-
New York : Greenwillow Books, 2009.
With her father long overdue from his journey and a lecherous merchant blackmailing her into marriage, seventeen-year-old Ai Ling becomes aware of a strange power within her as she goes in search of her parent.
Agawam YA Fiction - T PON
The snows of Kilimanjaro and other stories
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
New York : Scribner Classics, [1995], c1964.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP HEM
Sovay
Rees, Celia.
New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury, 2008.
In 1794 England, the rich and beautiful Sovay, disguised as a highwayman, acquires papers that could lead to her father's arrest for treason, and soon her newly-awakened political consciousness leads her and a compatriot to France during the Revolution.
Agawam YA Fiction - T REE
Star wars. Clone wars
Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, c2003-
Agawam YA Fiction - GRAPHIC T STA V. 1 CLONE WARS V. 1 CLONE WARS
Startled by his furry shorts : confessions of Georgia Nicolson
Rennison, Louise.
New York : HarperTempest, 2006.
Teenaged Georgia continues her diary entries as she searches for the perfect boyfriend among the sexy Italian Masimo, the fun-loving Dave, and her ex -love Robbie.
Agawam YA Fiction - T REN
Steven Spielberg : a biography
Jackson, Kathi, 1951-
Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2007.
Examines the life and career of the successful film director.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB SPI
Strange angels
St. Crow, Lili.
New York : Razorbill, 2009.
Sixteen-year-old Dru's psychic abilities helped her father battle zombies and other creatures of the "Real World," but now she must rely on herself, a "werwulf"-bitten friend, and a half-human vampire hunter to learn who murdered her parents, and why.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP STC
Strategies for comprehension : understanding information for classroom, homework and test success
Mintzer, Richard.
New York : Rosen Pub. Group, 2006.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T370.152 MIN
Susan B. Anthony : Activist
Todd, Anne M.
New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 2009.
A biography of Susan B. Anthony, a women who worked to bring equality to women and African Americans.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - TB ANT
U-X-L graphic novelists
Pendergast, Tom.
Detroit : U-X-L/Thomson Gale, c2007.
Agawam YA Nonfiction - T741.50922 PEN
Valentine princess : a princess diaries book
Cabot, Meg.
New York, NY : HarperCollins, 2006.
Sixteen-year-old Mia finds an old diary and enjoys reading what she wrote about her first Valentine's Day with Michael.
Agawam YA Fiction - T CAB
The year of the bomb
Kidd, Ronald.
New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.
In 1955 California, as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is filmed in their hometown, thirteen-year-old Arnie discovers a real enemy when he and three friends go against a young government agent determined to find communists at a neaby university or on the movie set.
Agawam YA Fiction - T KID
Zombie queen of Newbury High
Ashby, Amanda.
New York : Speak, 2009.
While trying to cast a love spell on her date on the eve of the senior prom, Mia inadvertently infects her entire high school class with a virus that will turn them all into zombies.
Agawam YA Paperback - TP ASH
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