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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

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 summer I turned pretty ; #1

Han, Jenny.


Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, April 2009. Pub Weekly, April 2009. Booklist, May 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2009. Kirkus Review, April 2009. Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different as she finds herself falling for a boy she has known since childhood.
Date Published:2009

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, April 2009. Pub Weekly, April 2009. Booklist, May 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2009. Kirkus Review, April 2009. Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different as she finds herself falling for a boy she has known since childhood.

Date Published:2009

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

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

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

Into the pit

Cawthon, Scott, 1971-,


Based on the video game Five Nights at Freddy's. School Library Journal. School Library Journal, November 2019. What do you wish for most? It's a questions that Oswald, Sarah, and Millie think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Millie wishes she could just disappear from the face of the earth. But in the twisted world of 'Five nights at Freddy's', their hearts' deepest desires have an unexpected cost.
Date Published:2020

Based on the video game Five Nights at Freddy's. School Library Journal. School Library Journal, November 2019. What do you wish for most? It's a questions that Oswald, Sarah, and Millie think they know the answer to. Oswald wishes his summer wasn't so boring, Sarah wishes to be beautiful, and Millie wishes she could just disappear from the face of the earth. But in the twisted world of 'Five nights at Freddy's', their hearts' deepest desires have an unexpected cost.

Date Published:2020

Scythe ; #1

Shusterman, Neal,


In a world where disease has been eliminated, the only way to die is to be randomly killed ('gleaned') by professional reapers ('scythes'). Two teens must compete with each other to become a scythe--a position neither of them wants. The one who becomes a scythe must kill the one who doesn't.
Date Published:2017

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