Ordinary Ghosts
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| Author | Jake Wizner |
| ISBN | 0375852158 |
Did you know that in imperial China, eunuchs had their testicles, penis and scrotum removed?
Olivia does. She's done the research--after walking in on her dad fooling around with one of his grad students. On her way to an arts summer camp at Yale University, she's decided to write a musical called...
| 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 | Martha Brooks |
| ISBN | 0374349851 |
Seventeen-year-old Odella is haunted by family secrets. Why doesn't her great-aunt Gloria visit anymore? Why does her mother, Sally, drink so much? Sally's tragic car accident on a frozen lake when she was sixteen seems to have cast a spell over her life that no one can break. Odella tries to hold her...
| Author | David Lubar |
| ISBN | 0618439099 |
To the Bozo, the clown who sits inside the cage above the dunk tank, everyone is a "mark." Once he has zeroed in on his victim, the Bozo comes up with the perfect wisecrack something funny enough to make people stop and listen, and cruel enough to hook the mark. Now the mark is bent on revenge, and he'll buy...
| Author | Adam Rapp |
| ISBN | 0763630314 |
An award-winning writer and playwright hits the open road for a searing novel-in-letters about a street kid on a highstakes trek across America.
For a runaway boy who goes by the name "Punkzilla," kicking a meth habit and a life of petty crime in Portland, Oregon, is a prelude to a mission: reconnecting...
| Author | Catherine Webb |
| ISBN | 1904233007 |
Every dream you've ever had, and every dream yet to come, exists in the Kingdoms of the Void. Every nightmare, too. Because there has to be balance; it's the rules. But the Lords of Nightkeep aren't big on rules; only Conquest, Fear, and Eternal Darkness for All. It takes a powerful wizard like Laenan Kite...
| Author | Don Calame |
| ISBN | 0763646334 |
Get ready for riffs on hot girls, health class, and social hell! The outrageously funny boys from Swim the Fly return to rock their sophomore year.
In this hilarious sequel to Swim the Fly, told from Coop’s point of view, it’s the beginning of the school year, and the tenth-grade health class...
| Author | Ron Koertge |
| ISBN | 0763635804 |
Ron Koertge's spot-on repartee highlights the wry, poignant tale of a teen who is numbed by loss but finds an unusual route to reclaiming his life.
Listening to music 24/7. Hanging out with his slacker-stoner friend, Andy. Basically, Ryan's been sleepwalking through life since his younger...
| Author | Billy Merrell |
| ISBN | 0439490367 |
PUSH continues to break new ground with this remarkable poetry memoir of growing up, coming out, and exploring love.This is a memoir that is lived in moments. The moments you know - when you see your parents' marriage dissolving, when you realize you're a boy who likes boys, when you speak the truth and...
| Author | Staton Rabin |
| ISBN | 1416902082 |
Alexei Romanov, heir to the Russian throne, is in deadly danger.
It¹s 1916, the struggling Russian people are tired of war and are blaming their Romanov rulers for it, and some are secretly plotting to murder the young heir and his family. But nobody outside the palace knows that Alexei suffers...
| Author | Allan Stratton |
| ISBN | 1550376640 |
A gripping story about the dark side of a first love.
Awards for the previous edition:
American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults
American Library Association Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
American Library Association Popular Paperbacks for...
| Author | Bill Barnes |
| ISBN | 0974035335 |
What happens in the library stays in the library. But oh, what happens in the library! Dewey has a book club, and you do not talk about Book Club. Colleen has a blog, but she doesn't know everyone can read it. Someone gave vegan Tamara a membership to the ham-of-the-month-club. And Merv reserved every copy...
| Author | Susan Price |
| ISBN | 0060721979 |
Andrea Mitchell has never felt as if she belongs in the 21st century. She's too fat, too clumsy, and too plain. So when she's offered the chance to take the Time Tube back to the 16th century -- and back to Per, the young Sterkarm warrior she fell in love with once before -- she doesn't hesitate. The lovely,...
| Author | Brian James |
| ISBN | 0439796237 |
A heartbreaking breakthrough novel about coming to grips with a tortured past from acclaimed PUSH novelist Brian James
Benji has to escape his home. His mother's boyfriend has crossed the line, and Benji can't deal with it anymore. So he leaves behind everything he knows to go live with his...
| Author | Margot McDonnell |
| ISBN | 0385735596 |
SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD ANNE ALWAYS thought her mother was kind of quirky. In fact, her mom’s taste in 70s-esque furniture and mysterious frequent business trips were just the tip of the quirky iceberg. When her
mom doesn’t come home on time from one of her long jaunts, Anne isn’t too surprised....
The Complete History of Why I Hate Her
| Author | Jennifer Richard Jacobson |
| ISBN | 0689878001 |
Nola wants nothing more than a summer on her own--and a job at an upscale Maine coast resort sounds ideal. Waitressing three meals a day, but lots of beach time in between, some freedom from her big-sister role to Song, who is undergoing chemo back home in Massachusetts, the chance to make some friends....
| Author | M.E. Kerr |
| ISBN | 0061140996 |
Annabel first sees him playing soccer near her house. His name is Esteban--she sees it on the back of his team shirt. He notices her, smiles, then looks back over his shoulder at her again.
It is the beginning of summer in the resort town of Seaview. It is also the start of a romance between a young...
| Author | Mark Fink |
| ISBN | 1934813125 |
Andy Crenshaw’s summer just went into the toilet. His father got a new job and cancelled their dream vacation to Hawaii. Andy and his older brother, Brad, are shipped off to a farm in Wisconsin to stay with an Aunt and Uncle they hardly know. Brad has little use for Andy, except to torment him.
What...
| Author | Kate Scott |
| ISBN | 0989594726 |
Emily Charles knows how to run away. Away from her overprotective, agoraphobic mother. Away from her biology-obsessed, autistic sister. Away from her quiet sheltered claustrophobic homeschooled life. When Emily's escape plan involves starting her junior year at Kennedy High School, she realizes...
The Middle Aisle (Lancaster House)
This is an alternate cover edition for ASIN: B00ADTT6VW.
The Sequel to Lancaster House
Zoe Grayson is back in Lancaster House, ordered to bed rest for the duration of her unexpected pregnancy. Doctor Wade Channing, her overzealous psychiatrist, is living in Lancaster House, taking...
Came Back To Show You I Could Fly
| Author | Robin Klein |
| ISBN | 0140342540 |
Seymour's life is anything but perfect. Bullied, neglected and caught up in family dysfunction, he's drowning in all the issues life keeps throwing at him. Angie, an older girl with charisma, charm and beauty, provides hi a new friend and a voice of understanding. When I was younger I wasn't entirely...
