All She Ever Wanted By: Lynn Austin The Final Adventures of

All She Ever Wanted
By: Lynn Austin
Thirty-five years ago Kathleen fled her home, desperate to cast off
weights of poverty and shame. But an unexpected invitation from
her sister unwittingly draws her back to that sleepy New York town,
her own daughter in tow.
A trip meant to salvage her relationship with her daughter changes
course as Kathleen reexamines her own childhood. But even more
enlightening are the stories of Eleanor, her once-vibrant mother, and
Fiona, the grandmother she barely knew.
The more Kathleen learns, the more answers she seeks concerning
her family's mysterious past. Yet with the past exposed, Kathleen is
torn between her need to forgive and the urge to forget .
The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
By: Peter Haining
The canon of Sherlock Holmes adventures by Arthur Conan
Doyle contains fifty-six stories and four novels. But there were yet
other adventures and artifacts pertaining to Mr. Holmes not listen
in the canon. Peter Haining has collected them here, complete
with informative and entertaining introductions. This special, revised collector's edition is profusely illustrated. A must for any
Sherlock enthusiast.
Blind
By: Rachel DeWoskin
Imagine this: You are fourteen, watching the fireworks at a 4th of
July party, when a rocket backfires into the crowd and strikes
your eyes, leaving you blind. In that instant, your life is changed
forever. How do you face a future in which all your expectations
must be different? You will never see the face of your newborn
sister, never learn to drive. Will you ever have a job or fall in
love? This is Emma’s story. The drama is in her many small victories as she returns to high school in her home town and struggles to define herself and make sense of her life, determined not
to be dismissed as a PBK – Poor Blind Kid. This heartfelt and
heart wrenching story takes you on Emma’s journey and leaves
you with a new understanding of the challenges to be faced when
life deals a devastating blow.
Bombs Over Bikini: The World's First Nuclear
Disaster
By: Connie Goldsmith
In 1946, as part of the Cold War arms race, the U.S. military
launched a program to test nuclear bombs in the Marshall Islands
of the Pacific Ocean. From 1946 until 1958, the military detonated sixty-seven nuclear bombs over the region's Bikini and
Enewetak Atolls. The twelfth bomb, called Bravo, became the
world's first nuclear disaster. It sent a toxic cloud of radiation
over Rongelap Atoll and other nearby inhabited islands.
Bewitching
By: Alex Flinn
I go to a new school now—one where no one knows that I should
have graduated long ago. I’m not still here because I’m stupid; I
just don’t age.
You see, I’m immortal. And I pretty much know everything after
hundreds of years—except for when to take my powers and butt
out.
I want to help, but things just go awry in ways I could never predict. Like when I tried to free some children from a gingerbread
house and ended up being hanged. After I came back from the
dead (immortal, remember?), I tried to play matchmaker for a
French prince and ended up banished from France forever. And
that little mermaid I found in the Titanic lifeboat? I don’t even
want to think about it.
Now a girl named Emma needs me. I probably shouldn’t get involved, but her gorgeous stepsister is conniving to the core. I think
I have just the thing to fix that girl—and it isn’t an enchanted
pumpkin. Although you never know what will happen when I
start . . . bewitching.
The Pluto Project
By: Melissa Glenn Haber
Alan Green has perfected his cool façade. He intends to survive the indignities of eighth grade and his father’s remarriage
with as little emotion as possible. But even cynics need entertainment. Alan organizes a spying game with his friends and a
beautiful new student, Juliet. They eavesdrop under a bridge—
and overhear sinister meetings between two mysterious men.
Then the governor is assassinated. Has Alan accidentally discovered the culprits? Alan’s obsession with the game—and
with Juliet—threatens his oldest friendships, but he’s determined to learn the truth.
Starting Now
By: Debbie Macomber
For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her
competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for
her career—her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will
finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking
reality: She’s been let go and must rebuild her entire life . . . starting now.
With no job prospects in sight, Libby reaches out to old friends and
spends her afternoons at A Good Yarn, the local knitting store.
There she forms a close bond with Lydia, the sweet-natured shop
owner; Lydia’s spirited teenage daughter, Casey; and Casey’s best
friend, Ava, a shy yet troubled girl who will shape Libby’s future in
surprising and profound ways.
As A Good Yarn becomes a second home—and the women a new
kind of family—Libby relishes the different person she’s become.
She even finds time for romance with a charming and handsome
doctor who seems to be her perfect match. But just as everything is
coming together, Libby must make a choice that could forever
change the life she holds so dear.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the
Universe
By: Benjamin Alire Sáenz
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. And it
is through this friendship that Ari and Dante will learn the
most important truths about themselves and the kind of people they want to be.
Girl Parts
By: John M. Cusick
David and Charlie are opposites. David has a million friends,
online and off. Charlie is a soulful outsider, off the grid completely. But neither feels close to anybody. When David’s
parents present him with a hot Companion bot designed to
encourage healthy bonds and treat his “dissociative disorder,” he can’t get enough of luscious redheaded Rose — and
he can’t get it soon. Companions come with strict intimacy
protocols, and whenever he tries anything, David gets an
electric shock. Parted from the boy she was built to love,
Rose turns to Charlie, who finds he can open up, knowing
Rose isn’t real. With Charlie’s help, the ideal “companion”
is about to become her own best friend. In a stunning and
hilarious debut, John Cusick takes rollicking aim at internet
culture and our craving for meaningful connection in an
uberconnected world.
The Way of the Seal: Think Like an Elite Warrior to
Lead and Succeed
By: Mark Divine
In The Way of the SEAL, ex-Navy Commander Mark Divine reveals
exercises, meditations and focusing techniques to train your mind for
mental toughness, emotional resilience and uncanny intuition. Along
the way you'll reaffirm your ultimate purpose, define your most important goals, and take concrete steps to make them happen. A practical guide for businesspeople or anyone who wants to be an elite operator in life, this book will teach you how to: Lead from the front, so
that others will want to work for you Practice front-sight focus, the
radical ability to focus on one thing until victory is achieved Think
offense, all the time, to eradicate fear and indecisiveness Smash the
box and be an unconventional thinker so you're never thrown offguard by chaotic conditions Access your intuition so you can make
"hard right" decisions Achieve twenty times more than you think you
can and much more Blending the tactics he learned from America's
elite forces with lessons from the Spartans, samurai, Apache scouts,
and other great warrior traditions, Divine has distilled the fundamentals of success into eight powerful principles that will transform you
into the leader you always knew you could be. Learn to think like a
SEAL, and take charge of your destiny at work, home and in life.
Period. 8
By: Chris Crutcher
In this full-length novel from Chris Crutcher, his first since
the best-selling Deadline, the ultimate bully and the ultimate good guy tangle during Period 8.
Paul "the Bomb" Baum tells the truth. No matter what. It
was something he learned at Sunday School. But telling the
truth can cause problems, and not minor ones. And as
Paulie discovers, finding the truth can be even more problematic. Period 8 is supposed to be that one period in high
school where the truth can shine, a safe haven. Only what
Paulie and Hannah (his ex-girlfriend, unfortunately) and his
other classmates don't know is that the ultimate bully, the
ultimate liar, is in their midst.
Terrifying, thought-provoking, and original, this novel
combines all the qualities of a great thriller with the controversy, ethics, and raw emotion of a classic Crutcher story.
The View From the Top
By: Hillary Frank
Eighteen-year-old Anabelle’s last few months in her coastal
hometown are bittersweet. Instead of the quiet precollege summer
she expects, Anabelle makes some surprising discoveries about
herself as she navigates romantic entanglements and changing
friendships. Through shifting points of view in seven interconnected stories, we glimpse the limits of how well her friends really know Anabelle . . . and how little she grasps about the way
they see her.
With wry observations and quirky humor, critically acclaimed
novelist Hillary Frank gives voice and depth to six unique characters whose stories intertwine to form a complete picture of one
shared summer.
The Golden Day
By: Ursula Dubosarsky
The Vietnam War rages overseas, but back at home, in a
year that begins with the hanging of one man and ends with
the drowning of another, eleven schoolgirls embrace their
own chilling history when their teacher abruptly goes missing on a field trip. Who was the mysterious poet they had
met in the Garden? What actually happened in the seaside
cave that day? And most important — who can they tell
about it? In beautifully shimmering prose, Ursula
Dubosarsky reveals how a single shared experience can alter
the course of young lives forever. Part gripping thriller, part
ethereal tale of innocence lost, The Golden Day is a poignant study of fear and friendship, and of what it takes to come
of age with courage.
Crash and Burn
by Michael Hassan
On April 21, 2008, Steven "Crash" Crashinsky saved more
than a thousand people when he stopped his classmate David
Burnett from taking their high school hostage armed with assault weapons and high-powered explosives. You likely already know what came after for Crash: the nationwide notoriety, the college recruitment, and, of course, the book deal.
What you might not know is what came before: a story of two
teens whose lives have been inextricably linked since grade
school, who were destined, some say, to meet that day in the
teachers' lounge of Meadows High. And what you definitely
don't know are the words that Burn whispered to Crash right
as the siege was ending, a secret that Crash has never revealed.
Michael Hassan's shattering novel is a tale of first love and
first hate, the story of two high school seniors and the morning
that changed their lives forever. It's a portrait of the modern
American teenage male, in all his brash, disillusioned, oversexed, schizophrenic, drunk, nihilistic, hopeful, ADHDdiagnosed glory. And it's a powerful meditation on how normal it is to be screwed up, and how screwed up it is to be normal.
Kick
By: Walter Dean Myers, Ross Workman
For the very first time in his decades-long career
writing for teens, acclaimed and beloved author Walter Dean Myers writes with a teen, Ross Workman.
Kevin Johnson is thirteen years old. And heading for
juvie. He's a good kid, a great friend, and a star striker for his Highland, New Jersey, soccer team. His
team is competing for the State Cup, and he wants to
prove he has more than just star-player potential.
Kevin's never been in any serious trouble . . . until
the night he ends up in jail. Enter Sergeant Brown, a
cop assigned to be Kevin's mentor. If Kevin and
Brown can learn to trust each other, they might be
able to turn things around before it's too late.
Eyes Wide Open: Going Behind the Environmental
Headlines
By: Paul Fleischman
We're living in an Ah-Ha moment. Take 250 years of human ingenuity. Add abundant fossil fuels. The result: a population and lifestyle
never before seen. The downsides weren't visible for centuries, but
now they are. Suddenly everything needs rethinking – suburbs, cars,
fast food, cheap prices. It's a changed world.
This book explains it. Not with isolated facts, but the principles driving attitudes and events, from vested interests to denial to bigcountry syndrome. Because money is as important as molecules in
the environment, science is joined with politics, history, and psychology to provide the briefing needed to comprehend the 21st century.
Extensive back matter, including a glossary, bibliography, and index, as well as numerous references to websites, provides further
resources.
Eve
By: Anna Carey
Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's
population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old
Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of
her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls
have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the
New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns
the shocking truth about her school's real purpose and the
horrifying fate that awaits her.
Fleeing the only home she's ever known, Eve sets off on a
long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Arden, her former rival
from school, and Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the
wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been
taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust... and
her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers
begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and
her life.
Conjured
by Sarah Beth Durst
Eve has a new home, a new face, and a new name—but
no memories of her past. She’s been told that she's in a
witness protection program. That she escaped a dangerous
magic-wielding serial killer who still hunts her. The only
thing she knows for sure is that there is something horrifying in her memories the people hiding her want to access—and there is nothing they won’t say—or do—to her
to get her to remember.
At night she dreams of a tattered carnival tent and buttons
being sewn into her skin. But during the day, she shelves
books at the local library, trying to not let anyone know
that she can do things—things like change the color of her
eyes or walk through walls. When she does use her
strange powers, she blacks out and is drawn into terrifying visions, returning to find that days or weeks have
passed—and she’s lost all short-term memories. Eve must
find out who and what she really is before the killer finds
her—but the truth may be more dangerous than anyone
could have ever imagined .
How to Love
by Katie Cotugno
Before:
Reena Montero has loved Sawyer LeGrande for as long as she
can remember: as natural as breathing, as endless as time. But
he's never seemed to notice that Reena even exists until one day,
impossibly, he does. Reena and Sawyer fall in messy, complicated love. But then Sawyer disappears from their humid Florida
town without a word, leaving a devastated—and pregnant—
Reena behind.
After:
Almost three years have passed, and there's a new love in Reena's
life: her daughter, Hannah. Reena's gotten used to being without
Sawyer, and she's finally getting the hang of this strange, unexpected life. But just as swiftly and suddenly as he disappeared,
Sawyer turns up again. Reena doesn't want anything to do with
him, though she'd be lying if she said Sawyer's being back wasn't
stirring something in her. After everything that's happened, can
Reena really let herself love Sawyer LeGrande again?
In this breathtaking debut, Katie Cotugno weaves together the
story of one couple falling in love—twice.
Fearless
By: Cornelia Funke
He's tried everything to shake the Fairy curse that
traded his life for his brother's—legends such as
the All-Healing Apple, the Well of Eternal Youth,
the blood of a northern Djinn. And yet hope after
hope is extinguished. After months of fruitless
searching, Jacob journeys through his father's mirror one final time to deliver the bad news to Fox.
There they hear of one last possibility—an item so
legendary that not even Mirrorworlders believe it
exists: a crossbow that can kill thousands, or heal
one, when shot through the heart. But a Goyl treasure hunter is also searching for the prized crossbow. Jacob must find it first—and somehow persuade Fox to do whatever it takes to save him.