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The Hunger Games ; #1

Collins, Suzanne.


Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
Date Published:2008

Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Booklist starred, September 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. Pub Weekly, November 2008. New York Times, November 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2008. Kirkus Review, September 2008. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.

Date Published:2008

Catching fire ; #2

Collins, Suzanne, 1962-


School Library Journal starred, September 2009. Booklist starred, July 2009. Pub Weekly, June 2009. Kirkus Starred, July 2009. New York Times, October 2009. Horn Book, April 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2009. Teacher Librarian, April 2010. Library Media Connection, January 2010. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011. By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
Date Published:2009

School Library Journal starred, September 2009. Booklist starred, July 2009. Pub Weekly, June 2009. Kirkus Starred, July 2009. New York Times, October 2009. Horn Book, April 2010. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2009. Teacher Librarian, April 2010. Library Media Connection, January 2010. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Wilson's Senior High School, February 2011. By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.

Date Published:2009

Percy Jackson & the Olympians : the graphic novel. 1, the lightning thief /

Venditti, Robert,


After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.
Date Published:2010

The fault in our stars

Green, John, 1977-


Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten.
Date Published:2012

We were liars

Lockhart, E.


School Library Journal starred, April 2014. Booklist starred, January 2014. Pub Weekly, February 2014. Kirkus Starred, April 2014. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.
Date Published:2013

School Library Journal starred, April 2014. Booklist starred, January 2014. Pub Weekly, February 2014. Kirkus Starred, April 2014. School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. Spending the summers on her family's private island off the coast of Massachusetts with her cousins and a special boy named Gat, teenaged Cadence struggles to remember what happened during her fifteenth summer.

Date Published:2013

Empire of storms ; #5

Maas, Sarah J.


Sequel to: Queen of shadows. "The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2016

Sequel to: Queen of shadows. "The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those who don't. As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2016

The wild robot ; #1

Brown, Peter, 1979-,


School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. School Library Journal starred, January 2016. Booklist starred, December 2015. Pub Weekly, January 2016. Kirkus Starred, February 2016. Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal starred. Booklist starred. Pub Weekly. School Library Journal starred, January 2016. Booklist starred, December 2015. Pub Weekly, January 2016. Kirkus Starred, February 2016. Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.

Date Published:2016

Grenade

Gratz, Alan, 1972-,


On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.
Date Published:2018

On April 1, 1945 with the battle of Okinawa beginning, fourteen-year-old native Okinawan Hideki, drafted into the Blood and Iron Student Corps, is handed two grenades and told to go kill American soldiers; small for his age Hideki does not really want to kill anyone, he just wants to find his family, and his struggle across the island will finally bring him face-to-face with Ray, a marine in his very first battle--and the choice he makes then will change his life forever.

Date Published:2018

Girl in pieces

Glasgow, Kathleen, 1969-,


School Library Journal, June 2016. Booklist starred, July 2016. Publisher's Weekly, June 2016. Horn Book, October 2017. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2016. Kirkus Review, May 2016. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. Publisher's Weekly. As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.
Date Published:2018

School Library Journal, June 2016. Booklist starred, July 2016. Publisher's Weekly, June 2016. Horn Book, October 2017. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2016. Kirkus Review, May 2016. School Library Journal. Booklist starred. Publisher's Weekly. As she struggles to recover and survive, seventeen-year-old homeless Charlotte "Charlie" Davis cuts herself to dull the pain of abandonment and abuse.

Date Published:2018

The mamba mentality : how I play

Bryant, Kobe, 1978-2020,


Includes index. In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant shares his vast knowledge and understanding of the game. Citing an obligation to teach young players, hardcore fans, and devoted students of the game how to play it "the right way," The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most analytical and creative basketball players ever. Bryant reveals his famously detailed approach and the steps he took to prepare mentally and physically to not just succeed at the game, but to excel. Readers learn how Bryant studied an opponent, how he channeled his passion for the game, how he played through injuries. They also get granular detail as he breaks down specific plays and match-ups from throughout his career.
Date Published:2018

Includes index. In the wake of his retirement from professional basketball, Kobe "The Black Mamba" Bryant shares his vast knowledge and understanding of the game. Citing an obligation to teach young players, hardcore fans, and devoted students of the game how to play it "the right way," The Mamba Mentality takes us inside the mind of one of the most analytical and creative basketball players ever. Bryant reveals his famously detailed approach and the steps he took to prepare mentally and physically to not just succeed at the game, but to excel. Readers learn how Bryant studied an opponent, how he channeled his passion for the game, how he played through injuries. They also get granular detail as he breaks down specific plays and match-ups from throughout his career.

Date Published:2018

The ballad of songbirds and snakes ; #0

Collins, Suzanne,


"A Hunger Games novel"--Dust jacket. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined, every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute, and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.
Date Published:2020

"A Hunger Games novel"--Dust jacket. It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined, every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute, and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes.

Date Published:2020

This Savage Song; #1

Schwab, Victoria,


August Flynn wants to be human. Kate Harker wants to be ruthless. Their souls are in danger. Their city is divided. And Kate and August - the only two who see both sides - are the only ones who can save it. But how do you decide to be a hero or a villain when it's hard to tell which is which?
Date Published:2020

A good girl's guide to murder ; #1

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


School Library Journal, December 2019. Publishers Weekly, December 2019. Booklist, January 2020. Kirkus Review, December 2019. As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
Date Published:2021

Good girl, bad blood

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


School Library Journal, January 2021. Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. Though the podcast went viral, Pip insists that her sleuthing days are behind her. But when someone she knows goes missing and the police won't do anything, Pip has no choice but to investigate. After all, Jamie Reynolds disappeared on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the six-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. It has to be more than a coincidence. Pip follows the trails of clues, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way... and this time, everyone is listening. Will she find Jamie before it's too late?
Date Published:2022

School Library Journal, January 2021. Pip is not a detective anymore. With the help of Ravi Singh, she released a true-crime podcast about the murder case they solved together last year. Though the podcast went viral, Pip insists that her sleuthing days are behind her. But when someone she knows goes missing and the police won't do anything, Pip has no choice but to investigate. After all, Jamie Reynolds disappeared on the very same night the town hosted a memorial for the six-year anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh. It has to be more than a coincidence. Pip follows the trails of clues, uncovering more of her town's dark secrets along the way... and this time, everyone is listening. Will she find Jamie before it's too late?

Date Published:2022

Something more

Khalilieh, Jackie,


Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and quickly learns that living in color is much more fun. But Jessie gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script.
Date Published:2023

Fifteen-year-old Jessie, a quirky loner obsessed with the nineties, is diagnosed as autistic just weeks before starting high school. Determined to make a fresh start and keep her diagnosis a secret, Jessie creates a list of goals that range from acquiring two distinct eyebrows to getting a magical first kiss and landing a spot in the school play. Within the halls of Holy Trinity High, she finds a world where things are no longer black and white and quickly learns that living in color is much more fun. But Jessie gets more than she bargained for when two very different boys steal her heart, forcing her to go off-script.

Date Published:2023