EHS Audio Books - 2015 - 2016
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EHS Audio Books - 2015 - 2016
1 EHS Audio Books - 2015 - 2016 1 Title Details The 5th Wave Series: Bk. 1 The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey AV F Yancey 7 Disks After the first wave, only darkness remains. After the second, only the lucky escape. And after the third, only the unlucky survive. After the fourth wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the dawn of the fifth wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. The 5th Wave Series: Bk. 2 The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey AV F Yancey 7 Disks Surviving the first four waves was nearly impossible. Now Cassie Sullivan finds herself in a new world, a world in which the fundamental trust that binds people together is gone. Cassie and her friends haven't seen the depths to which the Others will sink, nor have the Others seen the heights to which humanity will rise, in the ultimate battle between life and death, hope and despair, love and hate. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain AV F Twain 10 Disks Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld AV F Westerfeld The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho AV F Coelho 12 Disks 4 Disks Twain's classic tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River. In the course of the perilous journey, Huck meets adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious. Darcy Patel has put college & everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds . Told in alternating chapters is Darcy's novel, a suspenseful thriller about Lizzie, a teen who slips into the 'Afterworld' to survive a terrorist attack. But the Afterworld is a place between the living & the dead & as Lizzie drifts between our world & that of the Afterworld, she discovers that many unsolved - and terrifying stories need to be reconciled. Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forever. The Alchemist is such a book. With over two million copies sold in English and twenty-one million copies worldwide, The Alchemist has established itself as a modern classic that will enchant and inspire readers. 2 All Souls Trilogy: Bk. 1 A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness AV F Harkness 20 Disks Witch and Yale historian Diana Bishop discovers an enchanted manuscript, attracting the attention of 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew Clairmont. The orphaned daughter of two powerful witches, Bishop prefers intellect, but relies on magic when her discovery of a palimpsest documenting the origin of supernatural species releases an assortment of undead who threaten, stalk, and harass her. All Souls Trilogy: Bk. 2 Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness AV F Harkness 20 Disks Diana and Matthew in Elizabethan London, a world of spies, subterfuge, and a coterie of Matthew's old friends, the mysterious School of Night that includes Christopher Marlowe and Walter Raleigh. Here, Diana must locate a witch to tutor her in magic, Matthew is forced to confront a past he thought he had put to rest, and the mystery of Ashmole 782 deepens. All Souls Trilogy: Bk. 3 The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness AV F Harkness 19 Disks Historian and witch Diana Bishop & vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home at Sept-Tours, real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, & when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency. the couple at last learn what the witches discovered so many centuries ago. All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven AV F Niven 9 Disks All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr AV F Doerr 13 Disks Told in alternating voices, when Theodore Finch and Violet Markey meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school-- both teetering on the edge-- it's the beginning of an unlikely relationship, a journey to discover the "natural wonders" of the state of Indiana, and two teens' desperate desire to heal and save one another" Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris & is blind by age six. Her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, so she can memorize it & navigate the real streets. When the Germans occupy Paris, they flee to Saint-Malo on the coast. In Germany, Werner grows up enchanted by a crude radio he finds. He becomes a master at building & fixing radios, which wins him a place with the Hitler Youth. Werner travels throughout Europe, & finally to Saint-Malo, where his meets Marie Laure. 3 By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a verteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as that culture claimed friends and family. Before long, Rodriguez saw a way out of the barrio through education and successfully broke free from years of violence and desperation. Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez AV B Rodriguez 9 Disks Anatomy of a Misfit by Andrea Portes AV F Portes 5 Disks "The third most popular girl in school's choice between the hottest boy in town and a lonely but romantic mistfit ends in tragedy and self-realization"-- And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini AV F Hosseini 12 Disks Antigone by Jean Anouilh AV 882 Sop 2 Disks Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Saenz AV F Saenz 7 Disks Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer AV F Colfer 5 Disks An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. How we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, ousins and caretakers. Body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone defies the law, sealing her fate. Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship - the kind that changes lives and lasts a lifetime. When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll. 4 Ask the Passengers by A. S. King AV F King iTune / Nano Belzhar by Meg Wolitzer AV F Wolitzer Beowulf by Robert K. Gordon AV 829.3 Beo Black Boy by Richard Wright AV B Wright The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison AV F Morrison Bomb by Steve Sheinkin AV 623.451 She 7 Disks 3 Disks 15 Disks 3 Disks 6 Disks Astrid spends hours lying in her backyard watching planes fly overhead. She doesn't know the people inside, but they're the only ones she can ask her most personal questions, like what it means to foall for her dreamy roommate. Jam Gallahue, fifteen, unable to cope with the loss of her boyfriend Reeve, is sent to a therapeutic boarding school in Vermont, where a journal-writing assignment for an exclusive, mysterious English class transports her to the magical realm of Belzhar, where she and Reeve can be together. One of the most universally studied of the English classics, Beowulf is considered the finest heroic poem in Old English. Written ten centuries ago, it celebrates the character and exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of the Geats, a people of southern Sweden. Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi, with poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone The Bluest Eye,published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the story of eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who prays for her eyes to turn blue. In December of 1938, a chemist in a German lab made a shocking discovery: When placed next to radioactive material, a uranium atom split in two. This is the story of the plotting, the risk-taking, the deceit, and genius that created the world's most formidable weapon. This is the story of the atomic bomb. 5 Book Thief by Markus Zusak AV F Zusak 11 Disks Bossypants by Tina Fey AV B Fey 5 Disks Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel-a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy. This is the remarkable story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew The Boys in the Boat and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British by Daniel James Brown AV 797.123 Bro 12 Disks universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936. Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson AV B Woodson Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse. Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growingawareness of the Civil Rights movement. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller AV F Heller Catch-22 is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original. It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. A Certain October by Angela Johnson AV F Johnson 16 Disks 3 Disks "Scotty compares herself to tofu: no flavor unless you add something. And it's true that Scotty's friends, Misha and Falcone, and her brother, Keone, make life delicious. But when a terrible accident occurs, Scotty feels responsible for the loss of someone she hardly knew, and the world goes wrong. 6 Chaos Walking: Bk. 1 Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness AV F Ness 10 Disks Prentisstown isn t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone elses thoughts in an overwhelming, never-ending stream of Noise. Just a month away from the birthday that will make him a man, Todd and his dog, Manchee whose thoughts Todd can hear, too, whether he wants to or not stumble upon an area of complete silence. Chaos Walking: Bk. 2 Ask and the Answer by Patrick Ness AV F Ness 11 Disks The follow-up to the literary sci-fi thriller "The Knife of Never Letting Go" continues the saga of Todd and Viola, who are caught in a warring town where thoughts can be heard and secrets are never safe. Chaos Walking: Bk. 3 Monsters of Men by Patrick Ness AV F Ness MP3 Disk In the riveting conclusion to the acclaimed dystopian series, a boy and girl caught in the chaos of war face devastating choices that will decide the fate of a world. As a world-ending war surges around them, Todd and Viola face monstrous decisions. Chasing Lincoln's Killer by Janes L. Swanson AV B Lincoln 4 Disks Swanson provides a fast-paced account of the assassination of the sixteenth president and the gripping 12-day hunt for John Wilkes Booth and his fellow conspirators that followed. Though Booth remains his principal focus, the author cuts cinematically among the actions of the other conspirators. Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Bk 1 Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer AV F Brewer 4 Disks Junior high really stinks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod. Bullies harass him, the principal is dogging him, and the girl he likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has a secret: His mother was human, but his father was a vampire. With no idea of the extent of his powers and no one to teach him. Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Bk 2 Ninth Grades Slays by Heather Brewer AV F Brewer 6 Disks High school totally bites when you're half human, half vampire. Freshman year sucks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly. A trip to Siberia gives "study abroad" a whole new meaning as Vlad connects with other vampires and advances his mind-control abilities. 7 Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Bk 3 Tenth Grade Bleeds by Heather Brewer AV F Brewer 6 Disks Clariel by Garth Nix AV F Nix Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein AV F Wein 10 Disks 9 Disks The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black AV F Black 10 Disks Crank: Bk. 1 Crank by Ellen Hopkins AV F Hopkins The Crucible by Arthur Miller AV 812.54 Mil 4 Disks 2 Disks It's another sucky year at Bathory High for Vladimir Tod. The evil vampire D'Ablo is hunting for the ritual that could steal Vlad's powers. His best friend Henry doesn't want to be his drudge anymore. And as if all that weren't enough, it's getting harder for Vlad to resist feeding on the people around him. Clariel is the daughter of one of the most notable families in the Old Kingdom, with blood relations to the Abhorsen &, most important, to the King. She dreams of living a simple life but discovers this is hard to achieve when a dangerous Free Magic creature is loose in the city, her parents want to marry her off to a killer, & there is a plot brewing against the old & withdrawn King Orrikan. Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. they become devoted friends. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. Tana lives in a world where walled cities called Coldtowns exist. In them, quarantined monsters and humans mingle in a decadently bloody mix of predator and prey. The only problem is, once you pass through Coldtown's gates, you can never leave. Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina -- she's fearless. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. In this collection of 13 critical essays, Arthur Miller's play is treated to lively and divergent readings. Topics include the character John Proctor's playfulness and imaginative qualities, the essential historicity in Proctor's fate, moral arrogance as the heart of the American temperament and of the play, the female power that subverts patriarchal society in Salem. 8 The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black AV F Black 8 Disks In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakes after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king. Daughter of Smoke & Bone:Bk 1 Daughter of Smoke & Bone Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding by Laini Taylor school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who AV F Taylor 10 Disks form the only family she has ever known. Daughter of Smoke & Bone:Bk 2 Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor The otherworldly Karou struggles to come to terms with who and what she is, and AV F Taylor 10 Disks how far she'll go to avenge her people. Daughter of Smoke & Bone:Bk 3 Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor AV F Taylor 14 Disks The Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan AV F Ryan 10 Disks Divergent: Bk. 1 Divergent by Veronica Roth 10 Disks iTunes / Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion. Future rests on her. Brutal angel emperor brings his army to the human world, Karou & Akiva finally reunited - not in love, but in a tentative alliance against their common enemy. Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She's content on her side of the Barrier, happy to let her friends dream of the Dark City up the coast while she watches from the top of her lighthouse. But there are threats the Barrier cannot hold back. Threats like the secrets Gabry's mother thought she left behind. In the future Chicago, sixteen-year-old Beatrice Prior must choose among five predetermined factions to define her identity for the rest of her life, a decision made more difficult when she discovers that she is an anomaly who does not fit into any one group, and that the society she lives in is not perfect after all. 9 Divergent: Bk. 2 Insurgent by Veronica Roth 10 Disks Divergent: Bk. 3 Allegiant by Veronica Roth Diviners: Bk. 1 The Diviners by Libba Bray Diviners: Bk. 2 Lair of Dreams by Libba Bray Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell AV F Rowell Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card AV F Card page 43 iTunes / "As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love". 11 Disks What if your whole world was a lie? What if a single revelation - like a single choice - changed everything? What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected? 15 Disks When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret: a mysterious power that could help catch the killer--if he doesn't catch her first. 15 Disks 7 Disks 9 Disks The longing of dreams draws the dead, and this city holds many dreams. After a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. With her uncanny ability to read people's secrets, she's become a media darling, and earned the title "America's Sweetheart Seer." Everyone's in love with the city's newest It Girl...everyone except the other Diviners. Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try. In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. 10 Eon the Dragoneye: Bk. 1 Eon by Alison Goodman AV F Goodman 12 Disks Eon the Dragoneye: Bk. 2 Eona by Alison Goodman AV F Goodman Nano Every Day by David Levithan AV F Levithan 7 Disks Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King AV F King iTunes / Nano The Fault in Our Stars by John Green AV F Green MP3 Disk The Fault in Our Stars by John Green AV F Green 6 Disks Eon is a potential Dragoneye, able to manipulate wind and water to nurture and protect the land. But Eon also has a dark secret. He is really Eona, found by a power-hungry master of the Dragon Magic in a search for the new Dragoneye. Because females are forbidden to practise the Art, Eona endures years of study concealed as a boy. Eona becomes Eon. Eon has been revealed as Eona, the first female Dragoneye in hundreds of years. Along with fellow rebels Ryko & Lady Dela, she is on the run from High Lord Sethon's army. The renegades are on a quest for the black folio, stolen by the drugriddled Dillon; they must also find Kygo, the young Pearl Emperor, who needs Eona's power and the black folio if he is to wrest back his throne from the selfstyled "Emperor" Sethon. Every morning A wakes in a different person's body, in a different person's life, learning over the years to never get too attached, until he wakes up in the body of Justin and falls in love with Justin's girlfriend, Rhiannon. Lucky Linderman didn't ask for his life. He didn't ask his grandfather not to come home from the Vietnam War. He didn't ask for a father who never got over it. He didn't ask for a mother who keeps pretending their dysfunctional family is fine. And he didn't ask to be the target of Nader McMillan's relentless bullying, which has finally gone to far. Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. Sixteen-year-old Hazel, a stage IV thyroid cancer patient, has accepted her terminal diagnosis until a chance meeting with a boy at cancer support group forces her to reexamine her perspective on love, loss, and life. 11 Feed by M. T. Anderson AV F Anderson Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley AV F Shelley Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt AV 330 Lev 5 Disks 7 Disks 7 Disks The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls AV B Walls 8 Disks A brilliant new satire from the author of BURGER WUSS For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon - a chance to party during spring break and play around with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction. Dr. Frankenstein learns the secret of imparting life to inanimate matter. To test his theories, he collects bones from the charnel-houses to construct a "human" being, and then gives it life. The creature, endowed with supernatural size and strength, is revolting to look at, and frightens all who see it. In this paperback edition of the 2005 bestseller, Levitt (economics, U. of Chicago) and Dubner (former New York Times Magazine writer/editor) present unconventional ideas about how economic, social, and moral incentives affect real situations. Millions of readers have been transformed by Jeannette Walls award-winning memoir of resilience amid a deeply dysfunctional childhood. When sober, Jeannette's brilliant and charismatic father captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and how to embrace life fearlessly. But when he drank, he was dishonest and .... The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman AV F Pullman 9 Disks Read by the author and a full cast 10 hours, 49 minutes 9 CDs When Lyra and her daemon Pantalaimon decide to spy on a presentation her uncle, the commanding Lord Asriel, is making to the elders of Jordan College they have no idea that they will become witnesses to an attempted murder. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald AV F Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby , F. Scott Fitzgerald's portrait of the Jazz Age in all its decadence and excess, is, as editor Maxwell Perkins praised it in 1924, "a wonder." It remains one of the most widely read, translated, admired, imitated and studied twentiethcentury works. 6 Disks 12 Half Bad: Bk. 1 Half Bad by Sally Green AV F Green 7 Disks Harry Potter: Bk. 1 Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling AV F Rowling Nano Harry Potter: Bk. 2 Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling AV F Rowling Nano Harry Potter: Bk. 3 Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling AV F Rowling 10 Disks Harry Potter: Bk. 4 Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling AV F Rowling Nano Harry Potter: Bk. 5 Harry Potte r & the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling AV F Rowling 10 Disks In modern-day England, where witches live alongside humans, Nathan, son of a White witch and the most powerful Black witch, must escape captivity before his seventeenth birthday and receive the gifts that will determine his future. Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. With a year at Hogwarts School under his belt, Harry expects the new term to go smoothly, but a wizard's share of surprises and adventures await the likable lad and his friends. Rowling works her magic and leaves readers begging for more. Read by Jim Dale Running time: 11 hrs., 48 mins. 10 CDs. For twelve long years, the dread fortress of Azkaban held an infamous prisoner named Sirius Black. Convicted of killing thirteen people with a single curse, he was said to be the heir apparent to the Dark Lord, Voldemort. Harry Potter, a fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, longs to escape his hateful relatives, the Dursleys, and live as a normal fourteenyear-old wizard, but what Harry does not yet realize is that he is not a normal wizard, and in his case, different can be deadly. There is a door at the end of a silent corridor. And it's haunting Harry Potter's dreams. Why else would he be waking in the middle of the night, screaming in terror? Here are just a few things on Harry's mind: A Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher with a personality like poisoned honey. 13 Harry Potter: Bk. 6 Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling AV F Rowling 10 Disks Harry Potter: Bk. 7 Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling AV F Rowling 17 Disks Host by Stephenie Meyer AV F Meyer House of Night: Bk. 1 Marked by P.C. Cast AV F Cast 20 Nano 8 Disks This volume brings us Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts as Lord Voldemort becomes ever more powerful. Harry searches for the full and complex story of the boy who became Lord Voldemort, and thereby finds what may be his only vulnerability. Harry, Ron, and Hermione set out on the mission left to Harry by Albus Dumbledore, to search for the remaining Horcruxes, the hidden pieces of Voldemort's soul that must be destroyed to ensure his final defeat. Harry and his friends find themselves fugitives, but help comes from unexpected quarters and old friends. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human. The House of Night series is set in a world very much like our own, except in 16year-old Zoey Redbird's world, vampyres have always existed. In this first book in the series, Zoey enters the House of Night, a school where, after having undergone the Change, she will train to become an adult vampire. The Hunger Games: Bk. 1 The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins AV F Collins 9 Disks In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the other districts in line by forcing them to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight-to-the-death on live TV. The Hunger Games: Bk. 2 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins AV F Collins 10 Disks Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. 14 The Hunger Games: Bk. 3 Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins AV F Collins 10 Disks Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice. But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either. Not Katniss's family..... If I Ever Get Out of Here by Eric Gansworth AV F Gansworth 9 Disks Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred between Native Americans and Whites-and Lewis is not sure that he can rely on friendship. I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson AV F Nelson 11 Disks "A story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal told from different points in time, and in separate voices, by artists Jude and her twin brother Noah" The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Shloot AV 616.027 Skl 10 Disks Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer who worked the same land as her slave ancestors, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, she's been dead for more than sixty years. Incarceron: Bk. 1 Incarceron by Catherine Fisher AV F Fisher 10 Disks Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: Its inmates live not only in cells, but also in metal forests, dilapidated cities, and unbounded wilderness. The prison has been sealed for centuries, and only one man, legend says, has ever escaped. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can't remember his childhood and believes he came from outside Incarceron. 10 Disks Finn has escaped Incarceron only to find that he must defend his right to the throne from another challenger. His life and Claudia's hang on Finn convincing the Court that he is the lost prince, even though he has his own doubts about being the true heir. Incarceron: Bk. 2 Sapphique by Catherine Fisher AV F Fisher 15 Infernal Devices: Bk.1 Clockwork Angle by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 13 Disks 25 This first book in Clare's Infernal Device series, a prequel to her bestselling Mortal Instruments books, opens as Tessa's pleasant life in 1878 New York is coming to an end when her guardian aunt dies. Upon her arrival in London, where her brother lives, Tessa is kidnapped by the Dark Sisters, who force her to learn to use a rare power-shape-shifting-she didn't know she had. Her rescue by a young man named Will leads her to the Shadowhunters-Nephilim Infernal Devices: Bk. 2 Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 13 Disks As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, sixteen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past. Infernal Devices: Bk. 3 Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 13 Disks If the only way to save the world was to destroy what you loved most, would you do it? The clock is ticking. Everyone must choose. Passion. Power. Secrets. Enchantment. Danger closes in around the Shadowhunters in the final installment of the bestselling Infernal Devices trilogy. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer AV B McCandless Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte AV F Bronte 6 Disks 16 Disks John Adams by David McCullough AV B McCullough 24 Disks / NOT SET UP FOR Nanos! In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions. An orphan girl's progress from the custody of cruel relatives to an oppressive boarding school culminates in a troubled career as a governess. Jane's first assignment at Thornfield, where the proud and cynical master harbors a scandalous secret, draws readers ever deeper into a compelling exploration of the mysteries of the human heart. This is history on a grand scale - a book about politics and war and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal, and the far-reaching consuquences of noble ideas. Above all, John Adams is an enthralling, often surprising story of one the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived. 16 Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini AV F Hosseini Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult AV F Picoult 26 11 Disks 12 Disks Story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons. "Alice Metcalf was a devoted mother, loving wife, and accomplished scientist who studied grief among elephants. Yet it's been a decade since she disappeared under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind her small daughter, husband, and the animals to which she devoted her life. All signs point to abandonment . . . or worse. Legend of Beka Cooper: Bk. 1 Terrier by Tamora Pierce AV F Pierce 12 Disks Hundreds of years before Alanna first drew her sword in Tamora Pierce's memorable debut, Alanna: The First Adventure , Tortall had a heroine named Beka Cooper-a fierce young woman who fights crime in a world of magic. This is the beginning of her story, her legend, and her legacy. Leviathan: Bk. 1 Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld AV F Westerfeld 7 Disks In an alternate 1914 Europe, fifteen-year-old Austrian Prince Alek, on the run from the Clanker Powers who are attempting to take over the globe using mechanical machinery, forms an uneasy alliance with Deryn who, disguised as a boy to join the British Air Service, is learning to fly genetically-engineered beasts. 8 Disks Continues the story of Austrian Prince Alek who, in an alternate 1914 Europe, eludes the Germans by traveling in the Leviathan to Constantinople, where he faces a whole new kind of genetically-engineered warships. 9 Disks Alek and Deryn encounter obstacles on the last leg of their round-the-world quest to end World War I, reclaim Alek's throne as prince of Austria, and finally fall in love. Leviathan: Bk. 2 Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld AV F Westerfeld Leviathan: Bk. 3 Goliath by Scott Westerfeld AV F Westerfeld 17 Lone Survivor by Marcuc Luttrell AV 958.104 Lut 5 Disks Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah AV 966.404 Bea 7 Disks Looking for Alaska by John Green AV F Green 29 30 Lord of the Flies by William Golding AV F Golding 6 Disks 6 Disks On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs let their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaedo leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then 24 hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs remained alive. This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash. Following a world war, a group of school boys survives a plane crash on a deserted island and creates a hellish environment leading to savagery and murder. Two leaders--one civilized, one depraved--epitomize the forces that war eternally in the human spirit. Lord of the Rings: Bk. 2 Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien AV F Tolkien 14 Disks In the second volume of the trilogy, the fellowship has been forced to split up in order to destroy the ring and fight the first battle of the War of the ring. Lumatere Chronicles: Bk. 1 Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta AV F Marchetta iTunes / Nano Finnikin of the Rock and his guardian, Sir Topher, have not been home to their beloved Lumatere for ten years. Not since the dark days when the royal family was murdered and the kingdom put under a terrible curse. But then Finnikin is summoned to meet Evanjalin, a young woman with an incredible claim: the heir to the throne, Prince Balthazar, is alive. 18 Lumatere Chronicles: Bk. 2 Froi of the Exiles by Melina Marchetta AV F Marchetta 16 Disks Three years after the curse on Lumatere was lifted, Froi has found his home, or so he believes. Fiercely loyal to the Queen and Finnikin, Froi has been trained roughly & lovingly by the Guard sworn to protect the royal family, has learned to control his quick temper with a warrior's discipline. But when he is sent on a secretive mission to the kingdom of Charyn, nothing could have prepared him for what he finds. Encounters a damaged people who are not what they seem, & must unravel both the dark bonds of kinship & the mysteries of a half-mad princess. Lumatetere Chronicles: Bk. 3 Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta AV F Marchetta 14 Disks Froi and his companions travel through Charyn to find Quintana and build an army to secure her unborn child's right to rule, an effort that culminates in an ultimate showdown with Isaboe of Lumatere. Lunar Chronicles: Bk. 1 Cinder by Marissa Meyer AV F Meyer 8 Disks As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take on the Cinderella story. Lunar Chronicles: Bk. 2 Scarlet by Marissa Meyer AV F Meyer 9 Disks Cinder is back and we are introduced to Scarlet. An inventive take on Little Red Riding Hood, get ready for romance, adventure, and high suspense. Lunar Chronicles: Bk. 3 Cress by Marissa Meyer AV F Meyer 13 Disks Cinder and Captain Thorne are fugitives on the run, now with Scarlet and Wolf in tow. Together, they're plotting to overthrow Queen Levana and prevent her army from invading Earth.Their best hope lies with Cress, a girl trapped on a satellite since childhood who's only ever had her netscreens as company. All that screen time has made Cress an excellent hacker. Unfortunately, she's being forced to work for Queen Levana 19 Lunar Chronicles: Bk.5 Fairest by Marissa Meyer AV F Meyer The Martian by Andy Weir AV F Weir Matched: Bk. 1 Matched by Ally Condie AV F Condie Matched: Bk. 2 Crossed by Ally Condie AV F Condie Matched: Bk. 3 Reached by Ally Condie AV F Condie 31 Maximum Ride: Bk. 4 The Final Warning by James Patterson AV F Patterson 6 Disks 9 Disks Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? Fans of the Lunar Chronicles know Queen Levana as a ruler who uses her "glamour"•to gain power. But long before she crossed paths with Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress, Levana lived a very different story - a story that has never been told . . . until now. This extraordinary audio book includes an excerpt from Winter, the next book in the Lunar Chronicles series. "Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out. 8 Disks Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her: what to read, what to watch, what to believe. So when Xander's face appears on-screen at her Matching ceremony, Cassia knows with complete certainty that he is her ideal mate . . . until she sees Ky Markham's face flash for an instant before the screen fades to black. 8 Disks In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky--taken by the Society to his certain death-only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake. 11 Disks 4 Disks "In search of a better life, Cassia joins a widespread rebellion against Society, where she is tasked with finding a cure to the threat of survival and must choose between Xander and Ky". While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteenyear-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock-- a band of genetically modified children who can fly-- are pursued by their creator, the UberDirector, who wants to auction them off to the highest bidder. 20 Maximum Ride: Bk. 6 Fang by James Patterson AV F Patterson c Maximum Ride: Bk. 7 Angel by James Patterson AV F Patterson Maze Runner by James Dashner AV F Dashner Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama AV F Fama 5 Disks Being a kid with wings--constantly on the run--has never been easy, and Max and her flock are getting tenser than ever. First, on a trip to Africa, they meet a mysterious billionaire whose intense scrutiny of the flock makes her fear the worst. 6 Disks Evil scientists are still trying to convince Max that she needs to save the world, this time by providing the genetic link in speeding up the pace of evolution. Worse, they're trying to convince her that her perfect mate is Dylan, the newest addition to the flock. The problem is that, despite herself, Max is starting to believe it. 9 Disks Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape. 7 Disks In alternating chapters, tells of the mermaid Syrenka's love for Ezra in 1872 that leads to a series of horrific murders, and present-day Hester's encounter with a ghost that reveals her connection to the murders and to Syrenka. 33 Mortal Instruments: Bk. 1 City of Bones by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 12 Disks When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder--much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. 32 Mortal Instruments: Bk. 2 City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 11 Disks Sixteen-year-old Clary continues trying to make sense of the swiftly changing events and relationships in her life as she becomes further involved with the Shadowhunters and their pursuit of demons and discovers some terrifying truths about her parents, her brother Jace, and her boyfriend Simon. 21 34 Mortal Instruments: Bk. 3 City of Glass by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 13 Disks To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters -- never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there. Mortal Instruments: Bk. 4 City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 13 Disks Who will be tempted by darkness? Who will fall in love, and who will find their relationship torn apart? And who will betray everything they ever believed in? Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge. In the heart-pounding fourth installment of the Mortal Instruments series, the stakes are higher than ever. Mortal Instruments: Bk. 5 City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 13 Disks When Jace vanishes with Sebastian, Clary and the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world and Clary infiltrates the group planning the world's destruction. Mortal Instruments: Bk. 6 City of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare 13 Disks Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian--but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance..-- Mortal Instruments: The Bane Chronicles by Cassandra Clare AV F Clare A collection of eleven short stories, previously published online, that illuminate the life of the enigmatic, flashy, and flamboyant High Warlock of Brooklyn, Magnus Bane, a character in The Mortal Instruments series. Native Son by Richard Wright AV F Wright 11 Disks 15 Disks Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman. 22 Night by Elie Wiesel AV 940.5318 Wie Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern AV F Morgentstern Noggin by John Corey Whaley AV F Whaley 4 Disks 11Disks 7 Disks The Notorious Benedict Arnold by Steve Sheinkin AV B Arnold 6 Disks Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck AV F Steinbeck On the Road by Jack Kerouac AV F Kerouac Wiesel's account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps, including a new preface is which he reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring that the world never forgets man's capacity for inhumanity to man. The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves , and it is only open at night. Travis Coates was alive once and then he wasn't. Now he's alive again. Simple as that. The in-between part is still a little fuzzy, but Travis can tell you that, at some point or another, his head got chopped off and shoved into a freezer. Five years later, it was reattached to some other guy's body, and well, here he is. Despite all logic, he's still sixteen, but everything and everyone around him has changed. Most people know that Benedict Arnold was America’s first, most notorious traitor. Few know that he was also one of its greatest war heroes. This accessible biography introduces young readers to the real Arnold: reckless, heroic, and driven. Packed with first-person accounts, astonishing battle scenes, and surprising twists, this is a gripping and true adventure tale. 4 Disks They are an unlikely pair: George is "small and quick and dark of face"; Lennie, a man of tremendous size, has the mind of a young child. Yet they have formed a "family," clinging together in the face of loneliness and alienation. 10 Disks Behind us lay the whole of America and everything Dean and I had previously known about life, and life on the road. We had finally found the magic land at the end of the road and we never dreamed the extent of the magic. 23 Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love by Larry Levin AV 636.7 Lev 5 Disks The story of a puppy brought back from the brink of death, & the family he adopted. In 2002, Larry Levin & his twin sons, Dan and Noah, took their terminally ill cat to the Ardmore Animal Hospital outside Philadelphia to have the beloved pet put to sleep. What would begin as a terrible day suddenly got brighter as the ugliest dog they had ever seen. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell AV 302 Gla The best-selling author of Blink identifies the qualities of successful people, posing theories about the cultural, family, and idiosyncratic factors that shape high achievers, in a resource that covers such topics as the secrets of software billionaires. 7 Disks The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde AV F Wilde 7 Disks President Has Been Shot by James L. Swanson AV 973.922 Swa 4 Disks Quiet by Susan Cain AV 155.232 Cain Raven Cycle: Bk. 1 Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater AV F Stiefvater 9 Disks 10 Disks Oscar Wilde's enduring masterpiece, this fable of innocence and corruption, purity and decay has become a true classic. The beautiful, narcissistic Dorian Gray, torn between the influence of cynical hedonist Lord Henry Wotton and tortured artist Basil Hallward, sells the beauty of his soul in exchange for external perfection. A riveting, ticking-clock pace, with an unprecedented eye for dramatic details and impeccable historical accuracy to tell the story of the JFK assassination as it has never been told before. "At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking, reading to partying; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over brainstorming in teams. Although they are often labeled "quiet," it is to introverts that we owe many of the great contributions to society--from van Gogh's sunflowers to the invention of the personal computer. There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark's Eve,' Neeve said. 'Either you're his true love . . . or you killed him.' Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them - not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. 24 Raven Cycle: Bk. 2 Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater AV F Stiefvater Raven Cycle: Bk. 3 Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater AV F Stiefvater Ready Player One by Ernest Cline AV F Cline Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard AV F Aveyard Rotters by Daniel Kraus AV F Kraus Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks AV F Sparks 11 Disks 9 Disks 13 Disks 10 Disks 13 Disks 10 Disks Now that the ley lines around Caveswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more deeply into his dreams, and his dreams are intruding more and more into waking life. Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs. The trick with found things, though, is how easily they can be lost. Friends can betray. Mothers can disappear. Visions can mislead. Ready Player One takes place in the not-so-distant future--the world has turned into a very bleak place, but luckily there is OASIS, a virtual reality world that is a vast online utopia. People can plug into OASIS to play, go to school, earn money, and even meet other people (or at least they can meet their avatars), Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood -- those with common, Red blood serve the Silver-blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own. Sixteen-year-old Joey's life takes a very strange turn when his mother's tragic death forces him to move from Chicago to rural Iowa with the father he has never known, and who is the town pariah. When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner. 25 Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can't walk without a walker, talk without a voice Say What You Will box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive by Cammie McGovern disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and AV F McGovern 8 Disks crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alikethan either ever realized. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne AV F Hawthorne 8 Disks Second Summer of the Sisterhood by Ann Brashares AV F Brashares 2 Disks Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flemel: Bk. 1 The Alchemyst by Michael Scott AV F Scott 9 Disks Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flemel: Bk. 2 The Magician by Micheal Scott AV F Scott 9 Disks Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flemel: Bk. 3 The Sorceress by Michael Scott AV F Scott 11 Disks The classic American story of Hester Prynne, accused of adultery, ostracized by her Puritan community, and abandoned by both her lover and her husband. The story opens in Puritan Boston, a settlement only fifteen or twenty years old. A young woman stands on a scaffold clasping a three-month-old baby. With a bit of last summer's sand in the pockets, the Traveling Pants and the sisterhood that wears them embark on their second summer together. All year long, the summer pants have lived quietly at the top of Carmen's closet, safely gathering their magic for when the girls needed them again. He holds the secret that can end the world.The truth: Nicholas Flamel was born in Paris on September 28, 1330. Nearly 700 years later, he is acknowledged as the greatest Alchemyst of his day. It is said that he discovered the secret of eternal life.And Sophie and Josh Newman are about to find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time. After fleeing Ojai, Nicholas, Sophie, Josh, and Scatty emerge in Paris, the City of Lights. Home for Nicholas Flamel. Only this homecoming is anything but sweet. Perenell is still locked up back in Alcatraz and Paris is teeming with enemies. Nicollo Machiavelli, immortal author and celebrated art collector, is working for Dee. He's after them. Nicholas Flamel's heart almost broke as he watched his beloved Paris crumble before him. The city was destroyed by Dee and Machiavelli, but Flamel played his own role in the destruction. Sophie and Josh Newman show every sign of being the twins of prophecy, and Flamel had to protect them and the pages from the Dark Elders. But Nicholas grows weaker with each passing day. 26 Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flemel: Bk. 4 The Necromancer by Michael Scott AV F Scott 9 Disks Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flemel: Bk. 5 The Warlock by Michael Scott AV F Scott 9 Disks Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flemel: Bk. 6 The Enchantress by Michael Scott AV F Scott 12 Disks The Shack by William P. Young AV F Young 8 Disks Nicholas Flamel is dying, and the spell from the Codex that renews his immortality is in the possession of the evil John Dee. Reunited with his wife, Perenelle, Flamel hopes to use his remaining power to prevent the monsters now on the island of Alcatraz from escaping. Meanwhile, Machiavelli and Billy the Kid have come to San Francisco to achieve the opposite, releasing the monsters to destroy the city. Fifteen-year-old Josh has chosen to side neither with his twin sister Sophie nor with the Alchemyst, Nicholas Flamel, but rather to fight alongside Dr. John Dee and the mysterious Virginia Dare, while the immortal Machiavelli and Billy the Kid follow the Elders' plans to set loose the monsters of Alcatraz on San Francisco and trigger the end of the human race. With the twins of prophecy split, Nicholas Flamel near death, and John Dee in possession of the swords of power, Danu Talis has yet to fall and the future of the human race lies in the balance. Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation, and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later, in this midst of his great sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God inviting him back to the shack. Shakespeare: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare AV 822.33 T1 3 Disks In Shakespeare's enduring tale of ancient Rome, Julius Caesar is at the height of his powers-but there are men plotting his destruction. Is Caesar a tyrant or a dynamic leader? Are his enemies greedyor noble? Shakespeare: King Lear by William Shakespeare AV 822.34 T4 3 Disks Lear, King of Britain, in an attempt to avoid future strife, divides his kingdom between his three daughters. His eldest two, Regan (wife of Cornwall) and Gonerill (wife of Albany), respond to his request for a show of love, but Cordelia is unable to, not wanting to be hypocritical. In a fit of rage, Lear banishes her and she leaves to marry the King of France. 27 Shakespeare: Macbeth by William Shakespeare AV 822.33 T5 2 Disks Three witches predict not only that Macbeth will become king of Scotland, but also that his fellow general, Banquo, will father a succession of Scottish kings - though Banquo himself will never be crowned. When Lady Macbeth persuades her husband to slay King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland, Macbeth achieves his ambition, but one murder leads to more. Shakespeare: Othello by William Shakespeare AV 822.33 T7 2 Disks Provoked by Iago, a jealous Roderigo tells Brabantio of Othello’s secret affair and marriage to his daughter Desdemona. Othello is brought before the Duke, where he explains how he wooed Desdemona, and she is brought to the chamber to confirm her willingness to marry him. Othello is then sent to defend to Cyprus against the Turks. Shakespeare: Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare AV 822.33 Rom 3 Disks An ongoing feud between the Capulets and the Montagues breaks out again on the streets of Verona. Both sides are warned by Prince Escalus that they must not disturb the peace again, on pain of death.Romeo meets Juliet, and they instantly fall in love. After leaving the party, Romeo eludes his friends, returns to meet Juliet, and they exchange vows of love. Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi AV F Bacigalupi In a futuristic world, teenaged Nailer scavenges copper wiring from grounded oil tankers for a living, but when he finds a beached clipper ship with a girl in the wreckage, he has to decide if he should strip the ship for its wealth or rescue the girl. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse AV F Hesse The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson AV F Nelson 8 Disks 4 Disks 6 Disks Siddhartha is Nobel Prize-winning author Hermann Hesse's most famous and influential work--a novel of self-exploration that will linger in your mind and spirit for a lifetime. A young man, blessed with loving parents and a safe home in a world where want and neglect abound, leaves this haven in search.. Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life-and, despite her nonexistent history with boys, suddenly finds herself struggling to balance two. Toby was Bailey's boyfriend; his grief mirrors Lennie's own. Joe is the new boy in town. 28 Slayer Chronicles: Bk. 1 First Kill by Heather Brewer AV F Brewer 6 Disks Joss McMillan's perfect life crashes down the night he witnesses his sister's murder at the hands of a vampire. He then finds out his family's secret heritage: They are part of the Slayer Society, a group whose mission is to rid the world of vampires. Joss is their new recruit. Slayer Chronicles: Bk. 2 Second Change by Heather Brewer AV F Brewer 5 Disks The summer after Joss failed to kill the vampire Vladimir Tod, he gets a second chance to prove himself as a Slayer. He is sent to New York City to hunt down a serial killer that the Slayer Society believes is a vampire. It is up to Joss to lead his Slayer team. Slayer Chronicles: Bk. 3 Third Stike by Heather Brewer AV F Brewer 5 Disks Joss is given a mission to eradicate vampires in his home town of Santa Carla, where he will need to protect his family including cousin Henry, who still carries a grudge. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury AV F Bradbury 2 Disks Two teenage boys try to save the townspeople from the effects of a "dark carnival." Speak by Laurie Hulse Anderson AV F Anderson 4 Disks "Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows that this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. A Stolen Life by Jaycee Dugard AV B Dugard Kidnapped on June 10, 1991 from a school bus stop within sight of her home in Tahoe, California, when she was 11 years old. She was held prisoner by convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy Garrido. She was held captive by the Garridos for over eighteen years, all the while living in a tent on the Garrido property. During her captivity she gave birth to two children fathered by Garrido. 6 Disks 29 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louise Stevenson Dr. Jekyll allows his dark side to run wild when he drinks a potion that turns him into AV F Stevenson 3 Disks the evil Mr. Hyde. Talon Saga: Bk. 1 Talon by Julie Kagawa AV F Kagawa 49 51 10 Disks Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston AV F Hurston 7 Disks Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe AV F Achebe 6 Disks The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien AV F O'Brien 6 Disks Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher AV F Asher 5 Disks Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form & growing their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong & cunning, & they're positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and Dante Hill are the only sister & brother known to dragonkind. One of the most important works of twentieth-century American literature, Zora Neale Hurston's beloved 1937 classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God , is an enduring Southern love story sparkling with wit, beauty, and heartfelt wisdom. Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. "The Things They Carried is a masterful novel of the Vietnam War that has been called the greatest war novel ever written. The soldiers carried malaria tablets, love letters, 28-pound mine detectors, dope, illustrated Bibles, each other. " Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Bakerhis classmate and crush-who committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. 30 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini AV F Hosseini 11 Disks Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other. The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger AV F Niffenegger 10 Disks This innovative debut is the story of Clare, a beautiful art student, and Henry, an adventuresome librarian, who have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was thirty-six, and were married when Clare was twenty-three and Henry thirty-one. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder. The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell AV 302 Gla To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee AV F Lee The Tortilla Curtain by T. C. Boyle AV F Boyle Twilight: Bk. 1 Twilight by Stephenie Meyer AV F Meye 3 Disks 11 Disks 10 Disks Nano This celebrated New York Times bestseller -- now poised to reach an even wider audience in paperback -- is a book that is changing the way Americans think about selling products and dissmeinating ideas. Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the deep south defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl One of the best-loved stories of all time, "To Kill a Mockingbird" has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize. The story of illegal aliens in California, told through the eyes of two very different couples, one well-off Anglos, the other illegal Mexicans living in a canyon. The novel chronicles their relationship against the background of growing hostility between immigrants and natives. A pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he''s a vampire. 31 Twilight: Bk. 2 New Moon by Stephenie Meyer AV F Meye Twilight: Bk. 3 Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer AV F Meyer Twilight: Bk. 4 Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer AV F Meyer Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand AV B Zamperin Nano Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with the Volturi. Nano As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob. Nano Bella and Edward's wedding, and relations between Jacob and Bella remain uneasy. On honeymoon and unshackled from any further concerns about premarital sex, Edward fulfills his promise to consummate their marriage before he changes Bella into a vampire. 11 Disks Unwind: Bk. 1 Unwind by Neal Shusterman AV F Shusterman 9 Disks Vampires: New Tales of the Vampires : Bk. 1 Pandora by Anne Rice AV F Rice 3 Disks The story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war. In a society where unwanted teens are salvaged for their body parts, three runaways fight the system that would "unwind" them Connor's parents want to be rid of him because he's a troublemaker. Risa has no parents and is being unwound to cut orphanage costs. Lev's unwinding has been planned since his birth, as part of his family's strict religion. Pandora, a two thousand year old vampire, is persuaded to recount her life story. 32 Vampire Chronicles: Bk. 6 Vampire Armand by Anne Rice AV F Rice 3 Disks Well's End by Seth Fishman AV F Fishman 9 Disks When I was the Greatest by Jason Reynolds AV F Reynolds 5 Disks 57 The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga AV F Adoga Wild by Cheryl Strayed AV B Strayed 7 Disks 11 Disks Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green AV F Green 7 Disks In her latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice brings readers the story of Armand--eternally young, with the face of a Botticelli angel--who first appeared in his dark glory in "Interview with the Vampire". Moving through scenes of luxury, of ambush, fire, and devil worship to 19th-century Paris and toady's New Orleans. "16-year-old Mia Kish and her friends search for answers when a mysterious illness brings their Colorado community to its knees" Nah, not his thing. Ali's got enough going on, between school & boxing & helping out at home. His best friend Noodles, though. Now there's a dude looking for trouble - &, somehow, it's always Ali around to pick up the pieces. But, hey, a guy's gotta look out for his boys, right? Besides, it's all small potatoes; it's not like anyone's getting hurt. Set in a raw and unromanticized India, The White Tiger---the first-person confession of a murderer---is as compelling for its subject matter as it is for the voice of its narrator: amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing. At 26 - broken and alone, she decided to -embark on a 1,100-mile solo hike along the -Pacific Crest Trail, equipped with little more than a -curiously power-ful mix of desperation and deter-mination. One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens - both named Will Grayson - are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history's most fabulous high school musical. 33 Yes Please by Amy Poelher AV B Poelher 7 Disks The actress best known for her work on "Parks and Recreation" and "Saturday Night Live" reveals personal stories and offers her humorous take on such topics as love, friendship, parenthood, and her relationship with Tina Fey. Young Elites Saga: Bk. 1 The Young Elites by Marie Lu AV F Lu 8 Disks Adelina Amouteru survived the blood fever, a deadly illness that killed many, but left others with strange markings and supernatural powers. Cast out by her family, Adelina joins the secret society of the Young Elites and discovers her own dangerous abilities" Zom-B: Bk.1 Zom-B by Darren Shan AV F Shan 4 Disks When the news starts reporting a zombie outbreak in Ireland, B's father thinks it's a hoax-but even if it isn't, the two of them joke, it's only the Irish, right? That is, until zombies actually attack the school. B is forced on a mad dash through the serpentine corridors of high school, making allegiances with anyone with enough gall to fight off their pursuers. 3 Disks Waking up in a military complex, months after zombies attacked school,B has no memory of the last few months. Life in the UK has turned tough since the outbreak, & B is woven into life- and battle- in the new military. Zom-B: Bk. 2 Underground by Darren Shan AV F Shan Zom-B: Bk. 3 City by Darren Shan AV F Shan 3 Disks The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks AV 818.602 Bro 7 Disks B must find a way to survive against brain-eating zombies - and now also against those who have seized control of the city. With danger lurking around every corner and no one to trust, B has to decide whether to join the reepy Mr. Dowling in exchange for his protection. When everyone around you is dead, where do you turn for help? The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege. 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62