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Fever Crumb
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780545207195
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Fever Crumb is a girl who has been adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, a member of the order of Engineers, where she serves as apprentice. In a time and place where women are not seen as reasonable creatures, Fever is an anomaly, the only female to serve in the order.
Rikers High
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780670011070
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Martin was sitting on the front stoop of his apartment building minding his own business when he was arrested for something he didnat even mean to do. Five months later, heas still locked up on Rikers Island, in a New York City jail. Just when it seems things couldnat get much worse, Martin is caught between two warring prisoners, and his face is slashed. Now heall be forever marked with a prison scar. One good thing comes from the attack: Martin is transferred to a different part of Rikers where inmates are required to attend high school. If Martin opens up to a teacher who really seems to care, perhaps heall learn a lesson more valuable than any taught in class. An award-winning author, Paul Volponi is uniquely qualified to tell Martinas story because he taught on Rikers Island for six years. He originally wrote "Rikers" for an adult audience. The book has been revised for young adults and is being republished as "Rikers High."
The Daughters
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780316049009
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As Lizzie and her two best friends (and fellow daughters-of-celebrities) juggle normal high school events with glamorous family functions, they discover the pitfalls of fame and the importance of friendship. The only daughter of supermodel Katia Summers, witty and thoughtful Lizzie Summers likes to stick to the sidelines. The sole heir to Metronome Media and daughter of billionaire Karl Jurgensen, outspoken Carina Jurgensen would rather climb mountains than social ladders. Daughter of chart-topping pop icon Holla Jones, stylish and sensitive Hudson Jones is on the brink of her own music breakthrough. By the time freshman year begins, unconventional-looking Lizzie Summers has come to expect fawning photographers and adoring fans to surround her gorgeous supermodel mother. But when Lizzie is approached by a fashion photographer that believes she's "the new face of beauty," Lizzie surprises herself and her family by becoming the newest Summers woman to capture the media's spotlight.
As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061870903
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In this new novel by a Newbery Medalist ("Criss Cross"), 16-year-old Ry completely redefines summer vacation. Illustrated with the author's line art and comics throughout. Train. Car. Plane. Boat. Feet. He'll get there. Won't he?
A Conspiracy of Kings
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061870934
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In this companion to the Newbery Honor book "The Thief" and its sequels, a kidnapped prince fights to reclaim his throne and his country in a sweeping adventure of swords, wits, and subterfuge. Sophos, under the guidance of yet another tutor, practices his swordplay and strategizes escape scenarios should his father's villa come under attack. How would he save his mother? His sisters? Himself? Could he reach the horses in time? Where would he go? But nothing prepares him for the day armed men, silent as thieves, swarm the villa courtyard ready to kill, to capture, to kidnap. Sophos, the heir to the throne of Sounis, disappears without a trace. In Attolia, Eugenides, the new and unlikely king, has never stopped wondering what happened to Sophos. Nor has the Queen of Eddis. They send spies. They pay informants. They appeal to the gods. But as time goes by, it becomes less and less certain that they will ever see their friend alive again. Across the small peninsula battles are fought, bribes are offered, and conspiracies are set in motion. Darkening the horizon, the Mede Empire threatens, always, from across the sea. And Sophos, anonymous and alone, bides his time. Sophos, drawing on his memories of Gen, Pol, the magus--and Eddis--sets out on an Badventure that will change all of their lives forever.
The Last Summer of the Death Warriors
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780545151337
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When Pancho arrives at St. Anthony's Home, he knows his time there will be short: If his plans succeed, he'll soon be arrested for the murder of his sister's killer. But then he's assigned to help D.Q., whose brain cancer has slowed neither his spirit nor his mouth.
Every Little Thing in the World
Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781416980131
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From the author of the adult novel "Gossip of the Starlings" comes this young adult story that turns a familiar predicament--teen pregnancy--into an unforgettable journey for one girl. Sixteen-year-old Sydney Biggs is a "good kid"--smart, pretty, self-aware. No one doubts that she'll go far in life. But lately her mother worries that Sydney is wandering down the wrong path and getting all caught up in petty teenage rebellion and shenanigans. When Sydney and her best friend, Natalia, "borrow" a car to go to a party and then get escorted home by the police, their parents pack them up and ship them off to a hard-love wilderness camp to stop this behavior before it gets out of hand, before things go too far. The problem is, they already have. Sydney the "good kid" is pregnant. In the wilds of Canada--where the girls are to spend the next four weeks canoeing, camping, and foraging for food--time is ticking, because Sydney isn't sure what she wants to do about this baby. And she certainly isn't expecting the other heady issues that will confront her as she forges friendships with her adventure mates, including a guy who makes it no secret that he is a major thug, and a teen television heartthrob with a secret of his own, not to mention her own best friend--who is very adamant about what Sydney should do. "Every Little Thing in the World" introduces a luminous new young-adult voice by the author of the critically acclaimed book for adults "Gossip of the Starlings."
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