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Allende,
Isabel. PORTRAIT IN SEPIA. HarperCollins,
2001. (AD/YA)
Historical Fiction
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Allende,
Isabel. RETRATO EN SEPIA: UNA NOVELA.
Rayo, 2001. (Spanish)
This exotic saga, framed
by the histories of Santiago, Chile and San Francisco, California,
presents the memoir of Aurora del Valle in a sequel to Daughter of Fortune which
began the story of her grandmother, Eliza Sommers.
Photography and watercolor
collage frame this poem, a hymn to a hero in the struggle for
social justice.
Sarah is a witch whose mission
in life is to rid the world of vampires but this becomes difficult
when she meets vampire Christopher who wins her over with gentleness
and loyalty.
Coley is not as tough as
his late older brother, although he is captain of the baseball
team, making-out with the most gorgeous girl in school, and
headed for the major leagues. A sprained ankle, pregnant girl
friend, and an English course he can’t pass converge to teach
Coley more about the value of his brother's kind of toughness.
Six American Marines raise
a flag on a tiny island in World War II and become national
heroes. Three die within days and the others have to live with
that commemorated event for the rest of their lives, coping
in varying ways with their fame and the guilt of being survivors.
What does it really mean to be a hero?
The King of Syracuse asks
young Archimedes to use his mathematical skills to design machines
to defend the city while the king’s sister only wants Archimedes
to fall in love with her.
It is unbelievable that
one pair of jeans could fit all four teen girls! They must be
magic pants and this summer the sisterhood will find out if
it is true.
The hardships
of teen parenthood are told in an honest and straightforward
way, with watercolor and pencil pictures portraying the conflicts
of this complex human issue.
From early space pioneers
to present day space stations, with lively text and incredible
photographs and other illustrations, readers are taken to life
in space, incorporating fact, as well as a sprinkling of science
fiction and bits from popular films.
Polar adventurer and photographer,
Chester provides a beautiful and amazingly insightful journey
through the Arctic world of the comic and adorable penguin.
When the sixteen-year-old
maid, Griet, enters the household of the seventeenth century
Dutch painter Vermeer, she becomes his inspiration for a painting,
which attracts the jealousy of Vermeer’s wife and results in
a scandal.
Enthusiastic, out-spoken,
and determined to reach her students, talented young Esme rises
to meet the challenges of her first year of teaching in an inner-city
school.
Fourteen-year-old Keisha
is strong in her own convictions, has the support of a loving
mother, and as a result is able to find the courage to confront
racial prejudice and to succeed in the competitive world of
olympic swimming.
Stories by such young adult
authors as Annette Curtis Klause, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Walter
Dean Myers focus on different aspects of loss, but reveal growth
and hope as teens confront their experiences.
After her sister is murdered,
Berry places as many stones as she can tolerate on her chest
as a way of coping with her grief. She goes to South Africa
with her emotionally distant father to attend a memorial for
her sister, hoping she will find peace.
When a seven-year-old little
girl is murdered, Jason, the last person to see her alive, is
suspected of being the killer. But could this gentle mannered
boy really be capable of such a terrible crime? Can we trust
an expert interrogator to find out the truth?
In 1903 handsome and charismatic
young preacher, Joshua Creffield, enters Corvallis, Oregon,
and easily enthralls and captures the minds of the women of
town. Most of them become members of his Brides of Eden.
- Crutcher,
Chris. WHALE TALK .
Greenwillow, 2001. (YA)
Fiction
Tri-racial T.J. is the captain
of a swim team for a school with no swimming pool where the
“real” jocks in the school don’t want the sacred letter jackets
to be worn by any "unworthy" athletes.
Caitlin goes through much
of the day in a dream-like state and wants to remain that way
because if she becomes fully awake, she will have to deal with
the abusive relationship she has with her boyfriend.
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Dotz, Warren, Jack Mingo,
and George Moyer. FIRECRACKERS: THE ART AND HISTORY.
Ten Speed, 2000. (AD/YA)
Nonfiction
Covering
the history, development, production, and mythology of fireworks,
with a profusion of color illustrations, including advertisements,
posters, labels, and packaging, this is a fascinating look at
a colorful art and American icon.
An ex-boyfriend’s suicide,
parental problems, and attempted rape threaten to destroy Keisha’s
senior year.
Tired of interpreting for
his deaf family and resentful of their reliance on him, Theo
tries not to get involved with Ivy because her father is also
deaf. However, food and hormones keep dragging Theo back to
Ivy through a tumultuous senior year.
In his journal Nick writes
that going through life is like breathing underwater or so it
seems after he beats his girlfriend, is sentenced to attend
an anger management class, and, faces up to his abusive father.
Photographer and poet collaborate
with realistic black and white images and the lines from a powerful
poem to reveal the rich complexity of the lives of Latino men.
Inspiring
and captivating black and white photographs take readers on
a journey through the world of women in sports, including ordinary
as well as famous athletes, and depicting the joys and sorrows
of winning, losing, and playing the games they love.
During the Trojan War, mischievous
Eros plays a trick on two sisters, Marpesssa and Xanthe, causing
them to fall in love with the same wounded soldier, Alastor.
The text and color photographs
which illustrate this beautiful and creative book capture the
joyful, innovative spirit of architect Frank O. Gehry.
The rhythm
of family life may be interrupted when they must relocate often,
following crops to be harvested, but the solid circle of love
and sensible guidance remains tight in this memoir of hopeful
children and resolute adults.
After a virulent flu devastates
the world in 2038, the emotionally and physically damaged survivors
face danger and death as they seek the world of the sacred or
“the hole in the sky” in the area of the Grand Canyon.
Art appreciation
reaches new heights as well-known poets are inspired by impeccably
reproduced 20th century American art, with each writer
creating an original poetic response.
Despite starvation,
fear and forced labor, Polish sisters Eva and Rachel survive
World War II in a Nazi work
camp in Czechoslovakia.
When talented young Gabriel becomes
"Elected One" to train as a healer, he must play a role in making
a more peaceful future for two contrasting civilizations, Navoraian
and Shinali.
Returning home at the end of
the Civil War, Texas Ranger Rusty Shannon captures Badger Boy, a
white
child who was taken from his murdered parents to live with the
Comanche, just as had been
Rusty himself. Gunsmoke, honor, dust, and uncertainty as the Confederacy
collapses.
Running away from home seeking
solace, Ghost, white as chalk and wearing dark glasses, joins
the circus and finds a home at last among others considered
misfits and freaks in the years after WWII.
Uncovering secrets about
the violent death of their artistic mother and tragic events
of their father's previous life help Jenna and Jeremy cope with
the loss of one parent and the struggle to understand the other.
Contributions by popular
authors such as Chris Lynch, Joan Bauer, and Shelley Stoehr
deal honestly with relationships, love and heartbreak.
Faced with almost insurmountable
obstacles, young Irish healer Sorcha must try to break the spell
placed on her six brothers, even after being captured by her
enemy.
On a fateful day in Honolulu,
young Adam Pelko defies his father's rule to stay away from
his Japanese friend Davi Mori. From a fishing boat the two boys
witness the horrific bombing and later come to know of Lieutenant
Pelko's fate.
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McDonald,
Janet. SPELLBOUND.
Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2001.(FR) Fiction
Intelligent
and gutsy, Raven will not let the fact of her being stuck at
home right now with a baby in the harsh city projects dictate
the rest of her life . Delacorte, 2001. (YA) Fiction
His car slipping on frog
guts, Simon crashes into the Liberty Tree where the town had
summarily hanged a murderer 100 years before. In his coma, Simon
meets the ghost of the hanged man while, back in the real world,
his friends sweat it out because Simon had been hacking into
the school’s computers to help them cheat on exams.
The Lords of Destruction, a group
of four angry teenagers, begin doing minor act of vandalism
but these
troublesome acts quickly spiral into their more dangerous crimes.
- Meserole, Mike. 20TH CENTURY SPORTS: IMAGES
OF GREATNESS. Total/Sports Illustrated, 1999.(AD/YA)
Nonfiction
Decade
by decade, this collection of stunning sports photography
covers 100 years of outstanding athletes, men and women in
a variety of sports. Includes Ali, Jordan, Retton, Owens,
Robinson and others.
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Myers,
Walter Dean. The GREATEST:
MUHAMMED ALI. Scholastic, 2001. (FR) Biography
Ali’s childhood,
the segregated '50s, the Olympic triumph of the '60s, the
world of professional boxing, his discipline and charisma
are vividly chronicled. The most popular black man
in America takes on the world and triumphs because he “has
always done what he believed to be the right thing.”
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Opdyke,
Irene Gut. IN MY HANDS:
MEMORIES OF A HOLOCAUST RESCUER. Knopf, 1999. (YA) Nonfiction
Although separated from
her own family, Polish teenager Irene defied the Nazis and
helped Jewish people survive the Holocaust.
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Owen,
David. HIDDEN EVIDENCE:
40 TRUE CRIMES AND HOW FORENSICE SCIENCE HELPED SOLVE THEM.
Firefly, 2000. (YA) Nonfiction
The development of forensic
science is presented in lively fashion, including the use
of fingerprints, dental records, bloodstains, fiber analysis,
and advanced technologies, with riveting, sometimes graphic,
photographs and illustrations.
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Parker,
Steve and Jane. THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SHARKS. Firefly, 1999. (YA) Nonfiction
Shark! The popular image
of the menacing, cold-blooded killer of the deep is balanced
with the reality of the life and biology of these misunderstood
creatures, incorporating exceptional underwater photography
and especially commissioned charts, graphs, and illustrations.
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Pearson,
Mary. SCRIBBLER OF
DREAMS. Harcourt, 2001.
(YA) Fiction
When Kaitlin falls in with
the son of her family’s archenemy, it forces her to lead a double
life so that her parents don’t find out. But she just cannot
let hatred that began in the past rule her future.
Before Kayla,
seventeen-year-old Stetson cared only about the art he created
with airbrushed T-shirts and the old Honda Civic to rebuild.
Here is a kid who values hard work and a straight life far more
than has his dead-beat parents.
Do you want
fries with that order? Beginning with the golden arches, the
impact of fast food on the life, health, economic, social and
humanitarian aspects of life in America is examined.
Out in the mid-West Wally
Chubb really is eating a 747 that has landed in his cornfield
to prove his undying love for lovely Willa. The Book of World
Records sends John Smith to record the event. John, who thinks
love is just a chemical reaction, discovers a record-breaking
love himself while Wally grinds up the plane and eats it with
Spaghetti-Os.
As the first
female organizer in the organization, De La Cruz had the courage
to put her intelligence and energy into joining with César Chávez
and others to create legal and social justice for farm workers
in the twentieth century.
Leslie’s 10th grade teacher
promises to keep her journal in a locked cabinet and not read
it, but how can she ignore the need to know more about the abusive
threats from Leslie’s boyfriend, Jason?
Annie, using swimming metaphors
with each one-page, free verse poem, recalls the summer she
was six which was filled not just with routine activities, but
also with sexual abuse.
This
suspenseful story of Frances, a teen of Japanese-Jewish descent,
reveals both her internal struggle with
grief over her brother David's suicide and the expectations
of others to continue
the charitable work for which he was respected.
Two years after Mt.
Rainier has erupted and left the USA a gray world of crop failures,
looting and violence, 16-year-old Miles helps his family escape
by creating a vehicle that runs on wind-power. However, perhaps
their destination is as dangerous as the city left behind and
wise-cracking Miles has to reach for ever more inventive schemes
before there can be hopes for survival.
Shy and withdrawn,
Thulani raises pigeons on the roof of a Brooklyn brownstone, where
he witnesses the brutal rape of Ysa. His obsessive concern for
her welfare nearly overwhelms his life but with understanding
and forgiveness, they both emerge as survivors
Amidst the horrors of the
Russian front in 1944, a wounded sixteen-year-old old German
soldier assumes the identity of a dead Russian and is transported
to a hospital where a lovely nurse’s aide, Tamara, discovers
the secret of "X" while falling in love with him.
Teens speak
realistically of family, loneliness, conformity, drugs and sex
in voices born of real experience.
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