New Fiction:
The Juvie Three by Gordon Korman
What would you do to avoid being sent back to juvie? Read about Gecko, Terence, and Arjay and their crazy adventures avoiding the police while romance, fame, and the lure of crime get in their way.
What would you do to avoid being sent back to juvie? Read about Gecko, Terence, and Arjay and their crazy adventures avoiding the police while romance, fame, and the lure of crime get in their way.
Beige by Cecil Castellucci
Dad’s an aging L.A. punk rocker known as the Rat. Daughter’s a buttoned-up neat freak who’d rather be anywhere else. Can this summer be saved?
Dad’s an aging L.A. punk rocker known as the Rat. Daughter’s a buttoned-up neat freak who’d rather be anywhere else. Can this summer be saved?
Dark Dude by Oscar Hijuelos
Rico is beat up on a daily basis at his school in Harlem. He decides to find a way out, even if it means leaving the life he knows to live in rural Wisconsin. Will he be able to make a life for himself in a strange place, and, more importantly, finally figure out who he is?
Rico is beat up on a daily basis at his school in Harlem. He decides to find a way out, even if it means leaving the life he knows to live in rural Wisconsin. Will he be able to make a life for himself in a strange place, and, more importantly, finally figure out who he is?
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
A 13-year old slave named Isabel must choose between saving herself and remaining loyal to the patriots who are leading the Revolutionary War against the British. Which side will she choose?
13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Clay Jenkins is one of the reasons his classmate Hannah killed herself. He, along with 12 of his classmates, listen to audiotapes she recorded of her last days and her reasons for taking her life. What are the 13 reasons why Hannah killed herself, and what could her classmates have done to stop it from happening?
Clay Jenkins is one of the reasons his classmate Hannah killed herself. He, along with 12 of his classmates, listen to audiotapes she recorded of her last days and her reasons for taking her life. What are the 13 reasons why Hannah killed herself, and what could her classmates have done to stop it from happening?
New Nonfiction:
What It Is by Lynda Barry
This book by artist Lynda Barry is part comic, part collage, and entirely awesome. It's not a typical book, but it will inspire you to be creative and challenge the critical voice in your head that most of us find difficult to ignore.
This book by artist Lynda Barry is part comic, part collage, and entirely awesome. It's not a typical book, but it will inspire you to be creative and challenge the critical voice in your head that most of us find difficult to ignore.
Sew Subversive by Melissa Rannels, Melissa Alvarado, Hope Meng
Want to create fabulous new clothes and accessories but don't know how to get started? Look no futher than this book, with 22 projects that are easy, fun, and fast. You'll also learn about how to hand sew and use a sewing machine.
New Graphic Novels:
The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci, illustrated by Jim Rugg
In the lunch room at the reject table transfer student Jane finds her tribe: three other girls named Jane. Main Jane encourages them to form a secret art gang and paint the town P.L.A.I.N.–People Loving Art In Neighborhoods. But can art attacks really save the hell that is high school? (from Powells.com)
Prince of Persia by Jordan Mechner, written by A.B. Sina, illustrated by LeUyen Pham and Alex Puvilland.
In this graphic novel adventure based on Jordan Mechner’s classic, multi-million-copy-selling Prince of Persia video games, two princes, in different centuries of historic Persia, despair over the corruption gnawing at the heart of their worlds and their way of life. When everything they believe in begins to fade and decay, they find that only they can stand against the twilight of their eras (from Powells.com)
In this graphic novel adventure based on Jordan Mechner’s classic, multi-million-copy-selling Prince of Persia video games, two princes, in different centuries of historic Persia, despair over the corruption gnawing at the heart of their worlds and their way of life. When everything they believe in begins to fade and decay, they find that only they can stand against the twilight of their eras (from Powells.com)
Crogan's Vengeance by Chris Schweizer
"Catfoot" Crogan is an able-bodied mariner plying his trade for a dastardly "legitimate" captain with a grudge against Crogan for a slight committed well before he was born. But when his ship is taken by pirates, will Crogan stay loyal to his law-abiding, if despicable, captain or will he find a new life on the high seas living by the "Pirate's Code"? (from Powells.com)
