East Longmeadow Public Library
New Young Adult Books for September 2009
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Non-Fiction
The Fiske guide to colleges / by Edward B. Fiske [et al.]
New York : Times Books, c1988-
East Longmeadow YA - 378 FIS 2010
Rugg's recommendations on the colleges 2009 / by Frederick E. Rugg; compiled and edited by the College Staff of Rugg's Recommendations
Rugg, Frederick E.
Fallbrook, Calif. : Rugg's Recommendations, 2009.
East Longmeadow YA - 378 RUG
Secret subway : the fascinating tale of an amazing feat of engineering / by Martin W. Sandler
Sandler, Martin W.
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2009.
In 1869, Alfred Beach wanted to build America's first air-powered railway below New York City, but Boss Tweed, powerful politician and notorious crook, opposed. Working under night cover, Beach and his crew carved a three-hundred- foot tunnel beneath a department store. Before long, the project was discovered and the public raved about its potential. But no further tunnels were ever built. What happened to Beach's railway, and where is it now?
East Longmeadow YA - 388.4 SAN
Quick cash for teens : be your own boss and make big bucks / Peter G. Bielagus
Bielagus, Peter G.
New York : Sterling Pub., c2009.
East Longmeadow YA - 658.1 BIE
I can't keep my own secrets : six-word memoirs by teens famous & obscure : from Smith magazine / edited by Rachel Fershleiser & Larry Smith
New York : HarperTeen, c2009.
East Longmeadow YA - 808 ICA
The return of the shadow : the history of The lord of the rings, part one / J.R.R. Tolkien ; [edited by] Christopher Tolkien
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000.
East Longmeadow YA - 823 TOL
The war of the ring : the history of the Lord of the rings, part three / J.R.R. Tolkien ; [edited by] Christopher Tolkien
Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2000, c1990.
East Longmeadow YA - 823 TOL
Ernest Hemingway : a writer's life / by Catherine Reef
Reef, Catherine.
Boston : Clarion Books, 2009.
East Longmeadow YA - 920 HEM
The Lincolns : a scrapbook look at Abraham and Mary / Candace Fleming
Fleming, Candace.
New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2008.
Though Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's backgrounds differed considerably, both were intellectuals who shared interests in literature and politics, as well as a great love for each other.
East Longmeadow YA - 920 LIN
Ghosts of war : the true story of a 19-year-old GI / Ryan Smithson
Smithson, Ryan.
New York, NY : Collins, c2009.
East Longmeadow YA - 920 SMI
Fiction
The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian / by Sherman Alexie ; art by Ellen Forney
Alexie, Sherman, 1966-
New York : Little, Brown, c2007.
Budding cartoonist Junior leaves his troubled school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white farm town school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC ALE C.2
Spell hunter / R.J. Anderson
Anderson, R. J. (Rebecca J.).
New York : HarperCollins, c2009.
In a dying faery realm, only the brave and rebellious faery Knife persists in trying to discover how her people's magic was lost and what is needed to restore their powers and ensure their survival, but her quest is endangered by her secret friendship with a human named Paul.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC AND
Jane Eyre / Charlotte Bronte
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
New York : Modern Library, 2000.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC BRO
Catching fire / Suzanne Collins
Collins, Suzanne.
New York : Scholastic Press, 2009.
By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC COL
Carter finally gets it / by Brent Crawford
Crawford, Brent.
New York : Disney Hyperion Books, 2009.
Awkward freshman Will Carter endures many painful moments during his first year of high school before realizing that nothing good comes easily, focus is everything, and the payoff is usually incredible.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC CRA
Angry management : three novellas / Chris Crutcher
Crutcher, Chris.
New York : Greenwillow Books, c2009.
A collection of short stories featuring characters from earlier books by Chris Crutcher.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC CRU
Just another hero / Sharon M. Draper
Draper, Sharon M. (Sharon Mills).
New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2009.
As Kofi, Arielle, Dana, November, and Jericho face personal challenges during their last year of high school, a misunderstood student brings a gun to class and demands to be taken seriously.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC DRA
The eternal kiss : 13 vampire tales of blood and desire / edited by Trisha Telep
Philadelphia : Running Press Kids, c2009.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC ETE
The angel of death : a forensic mystery / by Alane Ferguson
Ferguson, Alane.
New York. N.Y. : Sleuth/Speak, 2008.
Seventeen-year-old high school senior Cameryn Mahoney uses skills learned as assistant to her coroner father to try to unravel the mystery of a local teacher's gruesome death, while also awaiting a possible reunion with her long- missing mother.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC FER
Geektastic : stories from the nerd herd / edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci
New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2009.
A collection of twenty-nine short stories about geeks.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC GEE
A farewell to arms / Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.
New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1995.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC HEM
Miracle Wimp / by Erik P. Kraft
Kraft, Erik.
New York : Little, Brown & Co 2009, c2007.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC KRA
Enter the parrot / by Kiki Lon
Lon, Kiki.
Adams Basin, NY : Wild Rose Press, 2008.
Meet Jade, the White girl in the Wong family. On the surface, Jade fits in perfectly. But just below the surface lurks the fragrance of ginger, ginseng, and a secret kung fu society. When her crazy grandpa's deluded parrot goes missing, Jade must dive deep into the seedy underbelly of Chinatown to find him, keeping secrets from her best friends and her cute eco-mentor, Cedric: aka the hottest guy in school. She'll need her wits about her to solve the riddle, especially when more than one bird goes missing. Could TF, the hot Chinese guy with the washboard abs, hold the key to the mystery? One girl. One parrot. One ancient kung fu mystery. Got kung fu?
East Longmeadow YA - FIC LON
Princess Ben : being a wholly truthful account of her various discoveries and misadventures, recounted to the best of her recollection, in four parts / written by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2008.
A girl is transformed, through instruction in life at court, determination, and magic, from sullen, pudgy, graceless Ben into Crown Princess Benevolence, a fit ruler of the kingdom of Montagne as it faces war with neighboring Drachensbett.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC MUR
Wings / Aprilynne Pike
Pike, Aprilynne.
New York : HarperTeen, c2009.
When a plant blooms out of fifteen-year-old Laurel's back, it leads her to discover the fact that she is a faerie and that she has a crucial role to play in keeping the world safe from the encroaching enemy trolls.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC PIK
Missing May / Cynthia Rylant
Rylant, Cynthia.
New York : Scholastic Inc., 2003, c1992.
After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living. Twelve-year-old Summer, her classmate Cletus, and her grieving Uncle Ob set off across West Virginia in search of a "Small Medium at Large" in fond hopes of reaching Aunt May beyond the grave. Their journey is heartening, funny, and altogether unforgettable.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC RYL C. 3
Shiver / Maggie Stiefvater
Stiefvater, Maggie, 1981-
New York : Scholastic, 2009.
In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity.
East Longmeadow YA - FIC STI
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