Going for the Record
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| Author | Alan Gratz |
| ISBN | 0803736665 |
The Scottish Highland Festival in Tennessee is all set to begin, but there’s one problem: Duncan MacRae, founder of the games, has just been murdered. The police arrested Malcolm, Duncan’s son, but is he really the killer? Horatio Wilkes, for one, has doubts. Horatio is attending the festival...
| Author | Carol Antoinette Peacock |
| ISBN | 0670013862 |
A poignant and compelling story of friendship, family, and love
Wen has spent the first eleven years of her life at an orphanage in rural China, and the only person she would call family is her best friend, Shu Ling. When Wen is adopted by an American couple, she struggles to adjust to every part...
Ever since her police officer father was killed a few months ago, Grace Abernathy hasn't wanted to do much of anything. She's pulled away from her friends, her grades are plummeting . . . it's a problem. The last thing Grace wants is to be dragged into her older sister Regan's plan to train a shelter dog as...
The Girl with the Mermaid Hair
| Author | Delia Ephron |
| ISBN | 0061542601 |
Click. Sukie Jamieson takes a selfie after her tennis lesson. Click. She takes one before she has to give a presentation in class. Click. She takes one to be sure there's nothing in her teeth after eating pizza at Clementi's. And if she can't take a selfie, she checks her reflection in windows, spoons,...
| Author | Kathryn Erskine |
| ISBN | 0399247742 |
Don't call her Matilda. Her name is Matt. And don't even think about getting close to her. She doesn't need anyone. Can't you tell by looking at her, dressed all in black with a spider painted on her face and her ice-cold stare? But most of all, do not bully her. She has been through it all already. But everything...
| Author | Brendan Halpin |
| ISBN | 0374368996 |
Amanda and Lena have been soccer stars and best friends for years, but now, when Amanda makes the junior varsity team and Lena makes the varsity, Amanda finds herself increasingly shut out of her friend's life. Suddenly, everything Amanda took for granted is changing--but she's about to discover that...
| Author | Carl Deuker |
| ISBN | 0064472752 |
Nick Abbott and Trent Dawson have nothing in common but basketball. It's sophomore year and Nick is trying to deal with his parents' divorce. He also really wants to be a star on the basketball team. Trent, his neighbor, is angry, and aggressive. The two form an uneasy bond as they quietly practice each...
| Author | Ron Koertge |
| ISBN | 0763644358 |
Fielding his social life is a bigger challenge for Kevin than hitting a fastball in Ron Koertge’s funny, insightful sequel to SHAKESPEARE BATS CLEANUP.
Fourteen-year-old Kevin Boland has a passion for playing baseball, a
knack for writing poetry — and a cute girlfriend named Mira...
| Author | Tessa Duder |
| ISBN | 0553290207 |
'I have always known that in another life I was-or will be-a dolphin. I am a pink human, caught in a net of ambition and years of hard work. In a few minutes I will dive into artificially turquoise water waiting at my feet. A minute later I'll either be ecstatic or a failure.'Fifteen-year-old swimming champ...
| Author | Lisa Graff |
| ISBN | 0399255168 |
What would you do to win a dare war?
In a humorous and insightful novel about dares, divorce and friendship, Lisa Graff tells the story of fourth-graders Kansas Bloom and Francine Halata, who start out as archenemies, until--in a battle of wits and willpower--they discover that they...
| Author | Bobbie Pyron |
| ISBN | 0545399300 |
A small boy, a cruel city, and the incredible dogs who save him.
Based on a true story!
When Ivan's mother disappears, he's abandoned on the streets of Moscow, with little chance to make it through the harsh winter. But help comes in an unexpected form: Ivan is adopted by a pack of dogs,...
| Author | Julia Alvarez |
| ISBN | 0553494066 |
MILLY KAUFMAN IS an ordinary American teenager living in Vermont—until she meets Pablo, a new student at her high school. His exotic accent, strange fashion sense, and intense interest in Milly force her to confront her identity as an adopted child from Pablo’s native country. As their relationship...
| Author | Abby Klein |
| ISBN | 0545294975 |
Are you Ready for Freddy? Everyone's favorite first grader and shark lover is back!
Merry Christmas, Freddy!
Freddy's cousins, twin sisters Kasey and Kelly, are coming for the holidays. Things are always more fun when the twins are around -- but they're also a lot more crazy! Freddy can't wait...
As Fast as Words Could Fly
| Author | Pamela M. Tuck |
| ISBN | 1600603483 |
Books like this are essential to help children get a better picture of what struggles African American's went through during the 1950-60's in their fight to end segregation. This book does just that; a must have for every school library and classroom. Teachers and parents should share this book with...
| Author | Alissa Callen |
| ISBN | 0857984535 |
A captivating rural romance featuring an indomitable young woman determined to save her family farm, and the city-boy who is not all he seems...
Paige Quinn will let nothing and no one distract her from caring for her wheelchair-bound father, Connor, and fighting for her remote, drought-stricken...
| Author | Polly Carlson-Voiles |
| ISBN | 0547745915 |
Julie of the Wolves meets Hatchet in this middle grade novel that follows orphaned twelve-year-old Nika and her seven-year-old brother Randall as they leave a California foster home to visit a long-lost uncle in the wilderness lake country of Northern Minnesota. A phone call from their uncle sets...
The only two things which made me read this book were:-
1.The summary
2.And I was stupid enough to trust the summary.
This book was like I went into coma replayed my life for a moment then I woke up and again went back into coma.
First of all WHATS with the name...
Some sparks catch. Some consume.
When Charley Jensen, a rough-edged handywoman, stops to help a stranded biologist with a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, she writes him off as too soft to survive in this isolated and unforgiving wilderness.
But Drake Carver is more than just a brain...
Inside the ring, Jackson aka Bullet, is a high flyer, the fearless risk taker and takes people down with his signature move Shot to the Heart. Outside the ring, it’s his heart that takes the shot. He has fallen head over heels in love with the perfect woman. She knows all about the wrestling life, the people...
The Year I Almost Drowned
In this continuation of The Summer I Learned to Dive, nineteen-year old Finley “Finn” Hemmings is living in Graceville, South Carolina with her grandparents. She's getting to know the family that she was separated from for the last sixteen years. Finn and Jesse's relationship seems to be going...
| Author | John H. Ritter |
| ISBN | 0698118405 |
When preacher's boy Luke Bledsoe steps on a baseball field, he discovers he has real pitching talent. For once, he can be proud of being left-handed. But Reverend Bledsoe believes that the left side is the side of Satan and the baseball field is the Devil's playground. Luke has spent his whole life trying...
Baby, Don't Lose My Number
Never press the ignore button on love
Fated, Book 2
In these uncertain times, Mia Skinner s Blackberry is her lifeline to independence and a twenty-four/seven chain to her overbearing boss. When she loses it on a girls night out, it s a disaster with pink slip written all over it until...
Book one of Charity Parkerson’s bestselling “Undefeated” series.
Bryant Smith, co-owner of Smith Brother’s fight club, has dedicated his life to fighting and the community. When the money used to finance his charitable project goes missing, he knows that it is an inside job. Reluctant...
Amber Brown Is Green With Envy
| Author | Paula Danziger |
| ISBN | 0439071712 |
Best-selling and critically acclaimed author, Paula Danziger, is back with the latest title in the best-selling, amazingly popular series about the irresistible Amber Brown!
Amber Brown's parents just aren't acting the way she thinks parents should. Sometimes Amber's dad goes out on...
