Ribbons
10 best books like Ribbons (Laurence Yep): The Body at the Tower, The Traitor in the Tunnel, Shadow Tag, Good Luck, Ivy, Lady Knight, Squire, Love, Hate & Other Filters, Tell Me How You Really Feel, The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp, The Grand Tour
| Author | Y.S. Lee |
| ISBN | 0763649686 |
Now nearly a full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit operating out of Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn is back for another action-packed adventure. Disguised as a poor apprentice builder and a boy, she must brave the grimy underbelly of Victorian London - as...
| Author | Y.S. Lee |
| ISBN | 0763653160 |
Queen Victoria has a problem: there's a thief at work in Buckingham Palace. The Agency - the secret all-female detective unit - assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a palace maid and fending off the attentions of the Prince of Wales are challenging enough, but when the prince witnesses...
| Author | Louise Erdrich |
| ISBN | 0061536091 |
“Erdrich is a true original… [and] one of our major writers.” —Washington Post Book World
Shadow Tag, the brilliant new novel by Louise Erdrich, is a stunning tour-de-force from the National Book Critics Circle Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling author of Love Medicine...
| Author | Lisa Yee |
| ISBN | 1593693575 |
julie's best friend ivy finally gets a book to herself. it is worth noting that ivy is the first & only asian american character created by american girl. & as such, she is a poster child for asian american stereotypes. her story is all about how she is torn between fealty to her family & her...
In the final thrilling installment of Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series ( First Test, Page, and Squire), our sturdy young heroine, Keladry of Mindelan (a.k.a. Kel), has finally been knighted. Never one to rest on her laurels, Kel champs at the bit, ready to tackle the horrific magic killing...
Fourteen-year-old Keladry of Mindelan is not your average squire. For one thing, she's a girl. For another, she's almost six feet tall. And most important of all, her ability to pass the Ordeal that soon confronts her may determine her kingdom's future.
When Kel is chosen by the legendary Lord...
Love, Hate & Other Filters
| Author | Samira Ahmed |
| ISBN | 1616958472 |
A searing #OwnVoices coming-of-age debut in which an Indian-American Muslim teen confronts Islamophobia and a reality she can neither explain nor escape—perfect for fans of Angie Thomas, Jacqueline Woodson, and Adam Silvera.
American-born seventeen-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between...
Tell Me How You Really Feel
| Author | Aminah Mae Safi |
| ISBN | 1250299489 |
Sana Khan is a cheerleader and a straight A student. She's the classic (somewhat obnoxious) overachiever determined to win.
Rachel Recht is a wannabe director who's obsesssed with movies and ready to make her own masterpiece. As she's casting her senior film project, she knows she's found...
The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 Mirror Lake Internment Camp
| Author | Barry Denenberg |
| ISBN | 0590485318 |
After the time of the Pearl Harbor bombing many people in California couldn't trust the Japanese people. This book is based on a boy named Ben Uchida and what changed in his life during WWII. This book is basically the boy version of the Diary of Anne Frank. This story helps show a different side of WWII the...
| Author | Patricia C. Wrede |
| ISBN | 0152055568 |
Kate and Cecy and their new husbands, Thomas and James, are off on a leisurely tour of the Continent. But once they arrive in France, strange things start to happen. Cecy receives a mysterious package, Thomas's valet is assaulted, and Kate loses a glove. Soon it becomes clear that the newlyweds have stumbled...
| Author | Kirby Larson |
| ISBN | 0545224187 |
Newbery Honor author Kirby Larson brings us the first new Dear America diary in years, taking readers through the attack on Pearl Harbor, the start of World War II, and the Japanese incarceration.
With this sweeping tale of life on the World War II home front, Kirby Larson brings her incredible...
| Author | Ellen Emerson White |
| ISBN | 1930709250 |
After ten months of living in the White House, seventeen-year old Meghan Powers knew she should be used to the pressures of life in the spotlight-but she wasn't.In addition to the usual senior year worries-college applications and Josh, her first serious boyfriend-Meg had to live up to what was expected...
| Author | Ellen Emerson White |
| ISBN | 1930709269 |
Life in the White House had been hard for seventeen-year-old Meghan Powers-the endless publicity, the suffocating presence of the Secret Service, and the horror of seeing her own mother almost assassinated. But now, at the end of her senior year, things are getting back to normal. She's getting ready...
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel: Essays
| Author | Alexander Chee |
| ISBN | 1328764524 |
From the author of The Queen of the Night, an essay collection exploring his education as a man, writer, and activist—and how we form our identities in life and in art.
As a novelist, Alexander Chee has been described as “masterful” by Roxane Gay, “incendiary” by the New York Times,...
| Author | Sarah Lyu |
| ISBN | 1481498835 |
Remy Tsai used to know how her story would turn out. But now, she doesn’t even know what tomorrow will look like.
She was happy once. Remy had her boyfriend Jack, and Elise, her best friend—her soulmate—who understood her better than anyone else in the world.
But now Jack is dead,...
The Sawbones Book: The Hilarious, Horrifying Road to Modern Medicine
| Author | Justin McElroy |
| ISBN | 1681883813 |
A compelling, often hilarious and occasionally horrifying exploration of how modern medicine came to be!
Wondering whether eating powdered mummies might be just the thing to cure your ills? Tempted by those vintage ads suggesting you wear radioactive underpants for virility? Ever considered...
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
| Author | Jon Krakauer |
| ISBN | 0385522266 |
The bestselling author of Into the Wild, Into Thin Air, and Under the Banner of Heaven delivers a stunning, eloquent account of a remarkable young man’s haunting journey.
Like the men whose epic stories Jon Krakauer has told in his previous bestsellers, Pat Tillman was an irrepressible...
| Author | Nevada Barr |
| ISBN | 0425197255 |
My take so far on the Anna Pigeon mysteries: no single book is a standout that I feel like I need to read again. That said, there are so many elements of the books that I enjoy. Anna has such a strong personality, but her weaknesses are compelling and realistic, not a token fatal flaw. Her relationships with...
| Author | Richard Peck |
| ISBN | 0142500348 |
Thirteen-year-old Rosie Beckett has never strayed further from her family's farm than a horse can pull a cart. Then a letter from her Aunt Euterpe arrives, and everything changes. It's 1893, the year of the World's Columbian Exposition-the "wonder of the age"-a.k.a. the Chicago World's Fair. Aunt...
| Author | Joan Bauer |
| ISBN | 0142404276 |
Tree, whose name is actually Sam, is the tallest 7th grader in his class. Actually he's the tallest person in his entire school and he just seems to keep growing. While dealing with his parents' recent divorce, Tree works with his grandfather--helping him with his rehabilitation after having his leg...
| Author | Homer Hickam |
| ISBN | 1595546642 |
A MINING COLONY ON THE MOON. A DEADLY MISSION. AND A SECRET BIGGER THAN TWO WORLDS.
It's the 22nd Century. A tough, pioneering people mine the moon for Helium-3 to produce energy for a desperate, war-torn Earth.
Sixteen-year-old Crater Trueblood loves his job as a Helium-3 miner....
