Aiken ,Joan



Acampora, P.

Defining Dulcie 16.99 HB

When sixteen-year-old Dulcie's father dies, her mother makes a decision to move them to California, where Dulcie makes an equally radical decision to steal her dad's old truck and head back home.

Ackroyd, P.

Cities of Blood: Voyages Through Time

History buffs, budding anthropologists, and anyone who loves a good story will enjoy the third installment of Peter Ackroyd's award-winning Voyages Through Time series. Cities of Blood takes readers inside the amazing traditions and gory rituals of the Olmecs, Mayas, and Aztecs of pre-Columbian civilization. Peter Ackroyd's Voyages Through Time is a series of highly illustrated nonfiction books that illuminate the world's defining eras of history - from our humble beginnings to the exploration of space.

Adlington, L.

The Diary of Pelly D. 15.99 HB

When Toni V, a construction worker on a futuristic colony, finds the diary of a teenage girl whose life has been turned upside-down by holocaust-like events, he begins to question his own beliefs.

Akbar, S

Come Back to Afghanistan: A California Teenager’s Story 24.95 HB

Allison, J.

Gilda Joyce: Psychic Investigator 10.99 HB

During the summer before ninth grade, intrepid Gilda Joyce invites herself to the San Francisco mansion of distant cousin Lester Splinter and his thirteen-year-old daughter, where she uses her purported psychic abilities and detective skills to solve the mystery of the mansion's boarded-up tower.

Armstrong, A

Whittington 14.95 HB

Whittington, a feline descendant of Dick Whittington's famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor's story.

Bartoletti, S.

Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler’s Shadow 19.95 HB

The story of a generation of German young people who devoted all their energy to the Hitler Youth and the propaganda that gave Hitler his power, and the youths that resisted the Nazi movement.

Birdsall, J.

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sister, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy 15.95 HB

While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four lovable sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.

Blumenthal, K.

Let Me Play: The Story of Title IX: The Law That Changed The Future of Girls In America

Up until the 1970s, if you were a girl, you were told you shouldn't play team sports, or go to college. But, in 1972, Title IX changed that, by ensuring that girls have the same opportunities as boys to participate in sports and classes. But that change did not come without a fight.

Bolden, T

Maritcha: A Nineteenth-Century American Girl 17.95 HB

Bower, T.

How the Amazon Queen Fought the Prince of Egypt 16.95 HB

Serpot, ruler of a land where women live free, without men, leads her Amazon warriors in battle against Prince Pedikhons of Egypt, who has come to see for himself if women can equal men, even in battle. Can woman ever conquer man?

Bray, L

Rebel Angels 16.95 HB

Gemma and her friends from the Spence Academy return to the realms to defeat her foe, Circe, and to bind the magic that has been released.

Bruchac, J.

Wabi: A Hero’s Tale 16.99 HB

After falling in love with an Abenaki Indian woman, a white great horned owl named Wabi transforms into a human being and has several trials and adventures while learning to adapt to his new life.

Brugman, A.

Being Bindy 15.95 HB

Calvert, P.

The Ancient Inca 29.50 HB

Ancient origins of the Inca -- Life among Inca farmers -- Growing up among the Inca -- Emperors, top of the Inca pyramid -- Inca nobles -- Inca gods, spirits, and priests -- Healers, magic, and death -- Warriors, war, and keeping the peace -- Builders of bridges and roads -- Fall of the Inca empire -- The Inca after the conquest -- Legacy of the Inca.

Canfield, J.

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul: The Real Deal: School Cliques, Classes, Clubs and More (Popular Series) 12.95 PB

#Exploring The Middle Ages – 11 Volumes – Marshall Cavendish – $471.36

1. Abbasids-battles -- 2. Bayeux tapestry-childbirth and midwifery -- 3. Children-drama -- 4. Education-government -- 5. Greece-India -- 6. Ireland-Mamluks -- 7. Manufacturing-Nan Madol -- 8. Nobility-religion -- 9. Renaissance-sports -- 10. Surgery-women

Chima, C.

The Warrior Heir 16.99 HB

After learning about his magical ancestry and his own warrior powers, sixteen-year-old Jack embarks on a training program to fight enemy wizards.

Clarke, J.

Kalpana’s Dream 16.95 HB

While an English class of 7B students at Wentworth High in Australia struggle with a six-week essay assignment answering, "Who am I?," one child's great-grandmother arrives unexpectedly from India to follow her dream.

Clements, B.

What Erika Wants 16.00 HB

The bright spot in the life of fourteen-year-old Erika Nevski is her lawyer, who supports Erika as she faces a custody battle, deals with her shoplifting friend, and tries out for the school play.

Colfer, Eoin

Artemis Fowl Series

Cowley, M.

Anooka's Answer

While living in a river valley in southern France during the Upper Paleolithic era, thirteen-year-old Anooka rejects the ways of her clan and sets out to make another kind of life for herself.

Courtenay, B.

The Power of One (revised for Younger Audience) 17.99 HB

Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.

Curtis, Christopher

Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money 15.95 HB

Flint Future Detective Club members Steven Carter, his friend Russell, and Russell's huge dog Zoopy solve the mystery of a quadrillion-dollar bill with the image of James Brown on it.

Deem, J.

Bodies from the Ash: Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii 16.00 HB

August 24 and 25, AD 79 -- Rediscovering Pompeii -- The plaster bodies of Pompeii -- Lives from the ashes -- Herculaneumæs different fate -- A final excavation.

Delaney, J.

Revenge of the Witch 15.89 HB

Young Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son, starts work as an apprentice for the village spook, whose job is to protect ordinary folk from "ghouls, boggarts, and all manner of wicked beasties." Capturing witches Binding boggarts Driving away ghosts For years, Old Gregory has been the Spook for the county, ridding the local villages of evil. Now his time is coming to an end. But who will take over for him? Twenty-nine apprentices have tried-some floundered, some fled, some failed to stay alive. Only Thomas Ward is left. He's the last hope; the last apprentice. Can Thomas succeed? Will he learn the difference between a benign witch and a malevolent one? Does the Spook's warning against girls with pointy shoes include Alice? And what will happen if Thomas accidentally frees Mother Malkin, the most evil witch in the county?

Delisle, G

Pyongyang: A Journey In North Korea 19.95

Duane, D.

Wizards At War $17.00

Nita and Kit rejoin forces when a strange darkness of the mind overcomes the older wizards, stealing away their power, and forcing the younger wizards to go to war to save the world. Nita and Kit come home from their "vacation" to find that all of Earth's higher-up wizards have vanished--and worse, they've disappeared at a time when very strange events are taking place in every corner of the planet. Soon enough Kit, Nita, and Nita's sister discover that their friends and fellow wizards are busy fighting a terrifying invader. The enemy is not a simple army, which would be easy enough to defeat, but a coalition of dark wizards bent on taking the planet for their master, the sinister Lone Power.

Dunkle, C.

In The Coils of the Snake 16.95

After learning that the new goblin king, her promised groom, plans to marry an elf instead, the human Miranda flees the goblin kingdom and is rescued from despair by a mysterious elf lord.

Durrant, L.

My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers 16.00 HB

Enjoying the freedom afforded her while dressing as a boy in order to earn higher pay after emigrating from Ireland, Jennie Hodgers serves in the 95th Illinois Infantry as Private Albert Cashier, a Union soldier in the American Civil War.

Eisner, W.

The Plot: The Secret Story of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion 19.95 HB

The late Will Eisner, the great American master of comics, regarded this, his last work, as his most powerful. This nonfiction book in graphic-novel style examines the outrageous fabrication of The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which purports to be the blueprint by Jewish leaders to take over the world. Hatched as an anti-Semitic plot by the tsar's secret police to deflect widespread criticism of the Russian government, the forgery, first published in 1905, succeeded beyond the propagandistic ambitions of its originators; the lie became an internationally accepted truth. Presenting a pageant of historical figures including Tsar Nicholas II, Henry Ford, and Adolf Hitler, Eisner exposes the twisted history of the Protocols from nineteenth-century Russia to modern-day Klan members to Islamic fundamentalists. The Plot unravels one of the most devastating hoaxes of the twentieth century.

Ellis, D.

Our Stories, Our Songs 18.95 HB

African children talk about AIDS

Flanagan, J

Ruins of Gorlan 15.99

When fifteen-year-old Will is rejected by battleschool, he becomes the reluctant apprentice to the mysterious Ranger Halt, and winds up protecting the kingdom from danger.

Fleming, C.

Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook Look at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Remarkable Life 19.95

There has hardly been a life in the last century that Eleanor Roosevelt has not affected, in one way or another. From securing safe, low-cost housing for Kentucky's poor, to helping her grandchildren hang a tire swing on the White House's south lawn, to representing America as the first female delegate to the United Nations, Eleanor rarely kept a second of her life for herself -- and she wouldn't have had it any other way.

Fletcher, R.

A Writing Kind of Day: Poems for Young Poets 17.95 HB

A collection of twenty-seven short poems on a variety of subjects.

Fletcher, S.

Shadow Spinner

When Marjan, a thirteen-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia, she gathers for Shahrazad the stories which will save the queen's life.

Fradin, J.

5,000 Miles To Freedom: Ellen and William Craft’s Flight From Slavery 19.95 HB

Ellen and William Craft were two of the few slaves to ever escape from the Deep South. Their first escape took them to Philadelphia, then on to Boston pursued by slave hunters, and finally 5,000 miles across the ocean to England, where they were able to settle peacefully.

Gallego Garcia, L.

The Legend of the Wandering King 16.95 HB

Motivated by jealousy and the desire to receive acclaim as a great poet, Walid ibn Huyr, a prince of ancient Arabia, commits acts which completely change the course of his life.

Gardner, S.

I, Coriander 16.99 HB

In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.

Gerstein, M.

The Old Country 14.95 HB

A grandmother tells her story of being tricked into exchanging her young body with that of a fox and trying to get it back while a war tore apart her home and her country.

Giblin, J.

Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth 22.00 HB

Grant, K.

Blood Red Horse 16.95 HB

A special horse named Hosanna changes the lives of two English brothers and those around them as they fight with King Richard I against Saladin's armies during the Third Crusades.

Graydon, S

In Your Face: The Culture of Beauty and You

Gutman, D.

The Homework Machine 15.95 HB

Four fifth-grade students--a geek, a class clown, a teacher's pet, and a slacker--as well as their teacher and mothers, each relate events surrounding a computer programmed to complete homework assignments.

Haddix, M.

Double Identity 15.95 HB

Thirteen-year-old Bethany's parents have always been overprotective, but when they suddenly drop out of sight with no explanation, leaving her with an aunt she never knew existed, Bethany uncovers shocking secrets that make her question everything she thought she knew about herself and her family.

Halam, A.

Siberia 16.95 HB

After spending two years at a prison school, thirteen-year-old Sloe sets off on a trek across frozen wastelands, tending to the secret "seeds" of wild animals her mother left in her care, trying to reach a new life for all of them.

Hale, S.

Princess Academy 16.95 HB

While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.

Hawass, Z

Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Boy King 17.95 HB

Learn about the life of King Tut, his burial and the fabulous discovery of his tomb.

Heydlauff, L.

Going to School In India 21.95 HB

Hemingway, A

The Greenstone Grail 16.95 HB

#Henderson, K (SS connection)

Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In A War 16.99 HB

An ancient Sumerian tale about the youngest and weakest of eight brothers who, caught up in an ill-advised war, uses his wits and courage and eventually becomes king.

Hobbs, V.

Defiance 16.00 HB

While vacationing in the country, eleven-year-old Toby, a cancer patient, learns some important lessons about living and dying from an elderly poet and her cow. A memorable trio of characters, each fighting for independence Eleven-year-old Toby Steiner wants to do normal things on his vacation: he wants to hike and race his bike down the hill and learn to fish out on the lake. The last thing he wants is to return to the children's hospital where his painful cancer treatment finally ended. When Toby starts spending time with Pearl, a spunky old woman who lives on a nearby farm, and Blossom, her broken-down cow, he sees all the more reason to keep the new lump on his side a secret from his parents. From Pearl he discovers the beauty of poetry, and from Blossom he just might uncover the meaning of life. In this honest and life-affirming novel for young readers, which Suzanne Fisher Staples, author of the Newbery Honor Book Shabanu, calls "beautiful and gripping," an unforgettable boy learns about the importance of letting things happen on their own and listening to his heart.

Holub, J.

An Innocent Soldier 16.99 HB

A sixteen-year-old farmhand is tricked into fighting in the Napoleonic Wars by the farmer for whom he works, who secretly substitutes him for the farmer's own son.

Hughes, M.

I Am The Wallpaper

Thirteen-year-old Floey Packer, jealous of her attractive and popular older sister, shares her home with two younger cousins and experiences a summer vacation filled with embarrassing events, with herself as the star.

Hussey, C.

The Valley of Secrets 16.95 HB

When strange events occur in his newly inherited manor house in Cornwall, England, Stephen, a teenager who was abandoned at birth, investigates the mystery and his family history using clues found in a travel journal kept by his great uncle Theo during his trip to the Amazon River region.

Janeczko, P.

A Kick In The Head: An Everyday Guide to Poetic Forms 17.99 HB

Jones, D.

Conrad’s Fate 16.99 HB

When his uncle sends him to work at the mysterious Stallery Mansion, twelve-year-old Conrad Tesdinic must overcome his bad karma and discover the source of the magic that threatens to pull his world into one of the eleven other parallel universes.

Jurmain, S

The Forbidden Schoolhouse: The True and Dramatic Story of Prudence Crandall and Her Students 18.00 HB

Kidd, R

Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial 15.95 HB

When her father hatches a plan to bring publicity to their small Tennessee town by arresting a local high school teacher for teaching about evolution, the resulting 1925 Scopes trial prompts fifteen-year-old Frances to rethink many of her beliefs about religion and truth, as well as her relationship with her father.

Krull, K.

Leonardo da Vinci 15.99 HB

For more than thirty years-half his life-he was obsessively devoted to investigating Everything in the natural world. Nothing escaped his interest-how our eyes see, why the sky is blue, what forces build mountains, how light travels, where water comes from, and-most fascinating of all to Leonardo-the inner workings of the human body. Nothing stopped him. It was illegal to dissect human corpses, so he did autopsies in secret, even devising a clever way to slice through eyeballs (notoriously squishy!). Scrupulously researched and juicily anecdotal, Kathleen Krull's portrait of Leonardo will not only change children's ideas of who he was, but also what it means to be a scientist.

Larson, H.

Salamander dream 15.00 PB

Lasky, K.

First Painter

Following the death of her mother, Mishoo the new shaman, must find a way to help her prehistoric tribe during a drought.

Lester, J.

Pharaoh's Daughter : A Novel of Ancient Egypt

A fictionalized account of a Biblical story in which an Egyptian princess rescues a Hebrew infant who becomes a prophet of his people while his sister finds her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.

Levine, E.

Catch A Tiger By The Toe

In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the school newspaper.

Lowry, L

Gossamer 16.00 HB

While learning to bestow dreams, a young dream giver tries to save an eight-year-old boy from the effects of both his abusive past and the nightmares inflicted on him by the frightening Sinisteeds.

McGraw, E.

Mara, Daughter of the Nile

The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the days when Queen Hatshepsut ruled.

McKay, H.

Permanent Rose 15.95 HB

While trying to reconnect with her friend Tom, who has returned to the United States without leaving a forwarding address, eight-year-old Rose inadvertently discovers the identity of her adopted sister Saffy's father.

McClafferty, C.

Something Out Of Nothing: Marie Curie and Radium 18.00 HB

Meet Manya Sklodowska, better known today as Marie Curie, the co-discoverer of radium, and who became the first woman awarded the Nobel prize for her work on the discovery. Learn what life was like for Marie, and the effect her discovery had on the world.

Meyer, D.

The sibling Slam Book: What AIt’s Really Like to Have a Brother or Sister with Special Needs 15.95 HB

Meyer, K.

The Water Mirror 15.95 HB

In a place similar to Venice, Italy, two teenaged orphans, apprenticed to a maker of magic mirrors, begin to realize that their fates are tied to the magical protector of the city known as the Flowing Queen and to the ruler of Hell, respectively.

Michael, L.

The Whispering Road 17.99 HB

In Victorian England, poverty-stricken, orphaned siblings Joe and Annie escape from the abusive farmer they work for and try to survive in Manchester, with help from a friendly tramp, a mysterious dog-woman, and a renegade printer who supports the rights of the poor.

Moers, W

The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear: A Novel 26.95 HB

Morton-Shaw, C.

The Riddles of Epsilon 16.99 HB

Nelson, M.

Fortune’s Bones: The Manumission Requiem 16.95 HB

A Wreath for Emmett Till 17.00 HB

Nolan, H.

A Summer of Kings 17.00

Over the course of the summer of 1963, fourteen-year-old Esther Young discovers the passion within her when eighteen-year-old King-Roy Johnson, accused of murdering a white man in Alabama, comes to live with her family.

Nye, N

A Maze Me: Poems for Girls 16.99 HB

Paolini, C.

Eldest (Book II) 21.00 HB The Inheritance Trilogy

After successfully evading an Urgals ambush, Eragon is adopted into the Ingeitum clan and sent to finish his training so he can further help the Varden in their struggle against the Empire.

Paver, M

Wolf Brother 17.89 HB

6,000 years in the past, twelve-year-old Tarak and his guide, a wolf cub, set out on a dangerous journey to fulfill an oath the boy made to his dying father--to travel to the Mountain of the World Spirit seeking a way to destroy a demon-possessed bear that threatens all the clans.

Peck, R.

Here Lies the Librarian 16.99 HB

Fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the 1914 arrival in her small Indiana town of four young librarians.

Perkins, L.

Criss Cross 15.99. Newbery Award Winner

Teenagers in a small town in the 1960s experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meaning of life and love.

Pearsall, S.

Crooked River 15.95 HB

When thirteen-year old Rebecca Carter's father brings a Native American accused of murder into their 1812 Ohio settlement town, Rebecca, witnessing the town's reaction to the Indian, struggles with the idea that an innocent man may be convicted and sentenced to death.

Pratchett, T.

Johnny And The Dead 15.99 HB

After twelve-year-old Johnny Maxwell suddenly starts seeing and talking to ghosts, he and his friends become involved in a battle to save the local cemetery.

Provensen, A.

Klondike Gold 17.95

A fictionalized account of William Howell, a young prospector who braved the arduous journey from Boston to the Yukon Territory in search of gold in the Klondike River valley.

Pullman, P.

The Scarecrow and His Servant 15.95

A scarecrow and his boy servant, Jack, set off on a dangerous adventure as they try to outwit the crooked Buffaloni family and stake their claim to valuable Spring Valley.

Rampersad, A

Langston Hughes 14.95 HB

A brief profile of African American poet Langston Hughes accompanies some of his better known poems for children.

Reef, C

Alone in the World: Orphans and Orphanages in America 18.00 HB

From the almshouses of the 1800s to the foster home programs of the present, find out about our country's evolving attitudes toward its neediest children.

Riordan, R.

The Lightning Thief 17.95

After learning that he is the son of a mortal woman and Poseidon, god of the sea, twelve-year-old Percy is sent to a summer camp for demigods like himself, and joins his new friends on a quest to prevent a war between the gods.

Rose, M.

Framed! 5.95 PB

Rosen, M.

Dickens: His Work and His World 19.99

Life and work of the man who wrote A Christmas carol and Oliver Twist.

Sage, A

Septimus Heap Bk. 2 -Flyte 17.99

When Princess Jenna is pursued by a dark wizard, it is the apprentice, Septimus Heap, who must save her while enduring such terrors as a night in the Forest with hungry wolverines and carnivorous trees.

Septimus Heap Bk. 1 - Magyk 17.99 HB

After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier.

Schomp, V.

Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians 29.50 HB

Cradle of civilization -- The warrior-kings -- Nobles, government officials, and priests -- Merchants and traders -- Artisans and artists -- Peasant farmers -- Soldiers and slaves -- Doctors and scientists -- Scribes and poets -- The legacy of ancient Mesopotamia.

Shulevitz, U.

The Travels of Benjamin of Tudela: Through Three Continents In The Twelfth Century 17.00

A fictionalized account of the travels of Benjamin, a Jewish man from Tudela, Spain, wh o, in 1159, set out on a fourteen-year-long journey that took him to Italy, Greece, Palestine, Persia, China, Egypt, and Sicily.

Spinner, S.

Quicksilver 15.95

Hermes, Prince of Thieves and son of Zeus, relates why the seasonal change, the history of the Trojan War, his friendship with Pegasus, and many more adventures. Hermes-also known as Mercury, Wayfinder, and Prince of Thieves-has many talents. Wearing his famed winged sandals, he does the bidding of his father Zeus, leads the dead down to Hades, and practices his favorite arts of trickery and theft. He also sees the future, travels invisibly, loves jokes, and abhors violence. And he's an entertaining and ideal narrator on a fast-paced journey through ancient Greek mythology-from Medusa's cave to Trojan War battlefields to the mysterious Underworld.

Spradlin, M.

To Hawaii, with Love 15.99 HB (Spy Goddess series)Mystery 10.99 HB

Headstrong Rachel Buchanan and her friends sneak away from Blackthorn Academy and set out to find a mysterious artifact before it falls into the hands of her nemisis, Simon Blankenship, a journey that takes them to the volcanic shores of Hawaii.

Springer, N.

The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery

Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.

St. Anthony, J.

The Summer Sherman Loved Me 16.00 HB

St. George, J.

The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence 16.99 HB

In 1776 Thomas Jefferson put his quill to paper and the Declaration of Independence sprang to life. Follow the Declaration's journey over the next two centuries, surviving eight wars and travelling through five states on horseback, boat, railcar, and tank to its current home in the National Archives.

Stanley, D

Bella at Midnight 16.89 HB

Raised by peasants, Bella discovers that she is actually the daughter of a knight and finds herself caught up in a terrible plot that will change her life and the kingdom forever.

Stroud, J.

Ptolemy’s Gate ( The Bartimaeus Trilogy) Bk3 17.95 HB

Dangerous adventures continue for the djinni Bartimaeus and his master, seventeen-year-old Nathaniel, a powerful magician who is serving as England's minister of information.

Turner, A.

Hard Hit 14.99 HB

A rising high school baseball star faces his most difficult challenge when his father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Westerfeld, S.

Uglies 6.99 PB

Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there. But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.

Wilson, D.

To Ride the Gods' Own Stallion

After being taken as a slave to Nineveh, thirteen-year-old Soulai finds his life intertwined with that of the son of King Ashurbanipal and a magnificent stallion and gets a chance to prove to himself and others that he is not a coward.

Winthrop, E.

Counting on Grace 18.99 HB

It's 1910 in Pownal, Vermont. At 12 Grace and her best friend Arthur must go to work in the mill, helping their mothers work the looms. Together Grace and Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in the mill. A few weeks later, Lewis Hine, a famous reformer arrives undercover to gather evidence. Grace meets him and appears in some of his photographs, changing her life forever.

Wooding, C.

Poison 16.99 HB

When Poison leaves her home in the marshes of Gull to retrieve the infant sister who was snatched by the fairies, she and a group of unusual friends survive encounters with the inhabitants of various Realms, and Poison herself confronts a surprising destiny.

Yan, M.

The Diary of Ma Yan: The Struggles and Hopes of a Chinese School-girl 15.99

Ma Yan's diary chronicles her struggle to escape the desperate poverty in rural China through education. But, with so little money to pay the fees, she must be persistent and resourceful.

Zusak, M

I Am the Messenger 16.95 HB

After capturing a bank robber, nineteen-year-old cab driver Ed Kennedy begins receiving mysterious messages that direct him to addresses where people need help, and he begins getting over his lifelong feeling of worthlessness.

Websites That Might Help:

National Council For The Social Studies - 2005

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