tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3585346013240788152024-03-18T23:21:12.296-04:00Raritan Public Library Teen/YA BlogRaritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-25481111678055212282022-03-10T14:19:00.004-05:002022-04-07T12:48:01.542-04:00Spring 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJ6Lq06kqdLf2ufd0V7v8SdCb8S93rwgFirnHlOi7BvoIb3ckEDp2hd4mjzBAYNtJN6fE9Z7HIoSMpFvm2k7trGNkfs38PBLu4cOdRyQK-S41O0jVm4YuZfxY1klpte8OL8zAztlFfrt8dIrQN0HwGmQPSkcZgDR3qX8E0BIGgWA8RD3yGRuIkN7T3=w266-h400" width="266" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Free Speech Handbook</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Ian Rosenberg</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>In this volume of the World Citizen Comics series, Ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro create a practical framework for appreciating where our free speech protections have come from and how they may develop in the future. Freedom of speech is fiercely defended in America and has been since the First Amendment was written. But how does it work, and what laws shape it? Drawing on parallels between ten seminal Supreme Court cases and current events, Free Speech Handbook lays out the fundamentals of First Amendment law in an accessible and engaging way.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghk-p8wI8L4Wd8v6wZeqzmtxFaUQy_zx5aztnCKDM9ywfZzrPRDlwb-vtNwxNIIIgv7QsLwWyXelfxzKy7qVCKQLRYkmcfQGhh-4S7Od_fZ28zleViVHrmClI6Fcz5gJfHRknQpZL46EUxOWbvEWkXc5mZ6hl2rtNXSRjoWb09PUeFCCvBjcPuHVSl=w259-h400" width="259" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>You've Reached Sam</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Dustin Thao</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">Seventeen-year-old Julie has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city, spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes. Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his things, and tries everything to forget him and the tragic way he died. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces back memories. Desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls Sam’s cellphone just to listen to his voicemail.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;">And Sam picks up the phone.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;">In a miraculous turn of events, Julie’s been given a second chance at goodbye. The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam’s voice makes her fall for him all over again, and with each call it becomes harder to let him go. However, keeping her otherworldly calls with Sam a secret isn’t easy, especially when Julie witnesses the suffering Sam’s family is going through. Unable to stand by the sidelines and watch their shared loved ones in pain, Julie is torn between spilling the truth about her calls with Sam and risking their connection and losing him forever.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX27TZAd2IrB0C5YmAbctZXy8kqMcFnBHCDkm2y7nFS5bipHoG-g_OGFeyflJhROSUROX4QZIclvyG10z_rF93FsKPCAAlDA-_2nk4HiC9jG-ie3Tg_jVICAJeLzHEY_kcznB1qgCwuVxlr75TIttbGJSpd60LbH_mAqmWcLuXjVcp595Rkzmga02e/w265-h400/IvoryKey.gif" width="265" /></div><i>The Ivory Key</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><i>by Akshaya Raman</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Vira is desperate to get out of her mother’s shadow and establish her legacy as a revered queen of Ashoka. But with the country’s only quarry running out of magic–a precious resource that has kept Ashoka safe from conflict–she can barely protect her citizens from the looming threat of war. And if her enemies discover this, they’ll stop at nothing to seize the last of the magic. </b><b>Vira’s only hope is to find a mysterious object of legend: the Ivory Key, rumored to unlock a new source of magic. But in order to infiltrate enemy territory and retrieve it, she must reunite with her siblings, torn apart by the different paths their lives have taken. Each of them has something to gain from finding the Ivory Key–and even more to lose if they fail. Ronak plans to sell it to the highest bidder in exchange for escape from his impending political marriage. Kaleb, falsely accused of assassinating the former maharani needs it to clear his name. And Riya, a runaway who cut all family ties, wants the Key to prove her loyalty to the rebels who want to strip the nobility of its power. </b><b>They must work together to survive the treacherous journey. But with each sibling harboring secrets and their own agendas, the very thing that brought them together could tear apart their family–and their world–for good.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3dt6FUW1g8sTd08B-RJA39clhGwVj3lpzgEa0S8P989_SvNd4V37Cytug5-7n1YsUTIx-0GmDKZXzv14Os2bxsWRJXu_EVcp2pBsTEIfwgiYzcwS49np-YboVk0LiRKOhZ8wXjwl-Ig9yXfBtyG_Wk6WIItOlUVD8S6Lx5ME7fBexGFKY23mcK21X/w265-h400/Bluebird.gif" width="265" /></div><b><i>Bluebird</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i>by Sharon Cameron</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>In 1946 Eva arrives in New York City, from the rubble of Berlin, supposedly looking for a new life, but actually seeking justice against the Nazis that "escaped" with the help of the CIA; one in particular, the doctor who knows who Eva really is, because her identity is the product Project Bluebird, an experiment of the concentration camps involving brainwashing and mind control, which both the Americans and the Soviets would like access to--and Eva does not know if she can trust anyone she meets, least of all Jake Katz, the young man she is attracted to.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLHjeRs3N6eVjTWZ04rszn0Am7bVl1DYdWp01QXzZSvosum2ibEFhj9VaVgDhVbDXpdsdoZ9lTxX87ZUaflGNyHdFXUrj9sj7ZVq2oL_-QjhyrVln6OawM9gldPDKyINBABtInwXjnLoLpJ6CEVuc_C-xGEu0sD6IVH2mqj7ZFrbHl6HrFnt-un8VB/w280-h400/Jojo3.gif" width="280" /></div><b><i>Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 5 Golden Wind Vol 3</i></b></div></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>by </b><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Hirohiko Araki</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Narancia Ghirga is under siege! Chased all over by an enemy Stand user, Passione member and Bruno Bucciarati ally Narancia has been shrunk to the size of a doll and faces certain death! Narancia is unable to locate his enemy, separated from his team, and at risk of being eaten by rats and--even worse--spiders! His only hope of turning it around and saving himself is using his own Stand to counter the enemy. Is this the end of everyone's favorite immature gangster, or will Narancia's temper somehow help him save the day? --Provided by publisher.</b></span></div></div></span></div>Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-35546202524394461142021-11-24T17:19:00.005-05:002022-02-15T16:47:05.286-05:00Winter 2021/2022<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeGvHbVEUAT4jH7vBmx693ckHfNZnmm31CuL_YlAcFOhU0zAWNm_SLESduT6Q-7TaEgbmRPA4LHjhCDZsLguyOj6u8k78xU5YYDQMdK-bjW1tzm8WX1g3_Y_RRmXi5REDbA5wGxXnDuU/w265-h400/YearOfRipper.gif" width="265" /></div><b><i> <span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Year of the Reaper</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Makiia Lucier</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div><b>Before an ambush by enemy soldiers, Lord Cassia was an engineer's apprentice on a mission entrusted by the king. But when plague sweeps over the land, leaving countless dead and devastating the kingdom, even Cas’ title cannot save him from a rotting prison cell and a merciless sickness. Three years later, Cas wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget past horrors. But home is not what he remembers. His castle has become a refuge for the royal court. And they have brought their enemies with them. When an assassin targets those closest to the queen, Cas is drawn into a search for a killer… one that leads him to form an unexpected bond with a brilliant young historian named Lena. Cas and Lena soon realize that who is behind the attacks is far less important than why. They must look to the past, following the trail of a terrible secret—one that could threaten the kingdom’s newfound peace and plunge it back into war.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEibWW55ctSTxYvWebIMwFtnWB8aiWCVUZ3KGCXYQMJXE75de9w8Bag4cMGYE7Zyvj8C-TiMipFXkiUF-0wORlsyTlATZT3fQJWHZWV21su_Zslk06_z1gkSwMp8cVXOdOHFWP8Uvgy6ud7RdvPFsvV7Ptyt46m1XPGxioUr69pB3WSjRxrCEFYtaTpB=w282-h400" width="282" /></div><b><i>No Known Address</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><b>by </b><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Steven Barwin</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Teen homelessness is not always connected to poverty and crime. Sometimes there's more to the story. No Known Address follows a teen named Tyler from a privileged family in Victoria, British Columbia, who is kicked out of his home by his abusive dad after being blamed for bringing prescription narcotics to a party. This novel brings to light the serious nature of verbal and emotional abuse and how difficult it is to be understood and access support in such circumstances.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj63fX_ld78TuIo16mMNBBJt6-GL_QVbSX5xEJ1JsnKtAECEHc9LiAQRrepRpeIfTtk9Ca00mRInGkzv_IVhr7ZbEyTy5vrxhsmD8VUa32zPPh2ckO-36yOUNqSoUuHFib5jfv-btc3wWLmli00TlHwZbo19v8kPD8a_a7fcVowkweciw1-Hdt4ABTa=w280-h400" width="280" /></div><b><i>Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Part 5 Book 2</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>by </b><b>Hirohiko Araki</b></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Not too long ago, Giorno Giovanna was just an ordinary hoodlum, but now he dreams of being something bigger... He dreams of being a true mafioso! Giorno is ready to join one of the most dangerous gangs in town, and the first step is learning everything he can about their operations. The second step is gathering the friends and allies he'll need in order to take control of the gang for himself! In Book 2 Giorno, Bucciarati, and their allies are after Popo's hidden fortune but they aren't the only ones. Other Stand users are lurking in the shadows waiting for a chance to strike and take the spoils for themselves. Giorno will need to rely on his new allies to help him fend off their foes. But Popo's fortune may not be the treasure everyone assumes it is...</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj68I8UUYLACwl26en8cEWaWlAR_nJMO78d_N2PXp389mbprsiqSrTOTPZ3eQaqgLQ8kmCRHk3Fw0QU9N4sS3J2BA3fmgWva_qGPN81tSIq4YdT3psOE7swQeERVXyPZ6PeNHyPqnhxMq4ISgr0x_JEtAC7e33rvi1su0SRZmPUJxq65mfB3qI1fhjY=w265-h400" width="265" /></div><b><i>The Witch's Heart</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i>by Genevieve Gornichec</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>When a banished witch falls in love with the legendary trickster Loki, she risks the wrath of the gods in this fierce, subversive debut novel that reimagines Norse myth. Angrboda's story begins where most witch's tales end: with a burning. A punishment from Odin for refusing to give him knowledge of the future, the fire leaves Angrboda injured and powerless, and she flees into the farthest reaches of a remote forest. There she is found by a man who reveals himself to be Loki, and her initial distrust ofhim grows reluctantly into a deep and abiding love. Their union produces three unusual children, each with a secret destiny, who she is keen to raise at the edge of the world, safely hidden from Odin's all-seeing eye. But as Angrboda slowly recovers her prophetic powers, she learns that her blissful life--and possibly all of existence--is in danger. Angrboda must choose whether she'll accept the fate that she's foreseen for her beloved family...or rise to remake their future. From the most ancient of tales, this novel forges a story of love, loss and hope for the modern age.</b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjr6Sqa5UnIXGLD9N7UyrtqoG7UBiDVmmzzXjY6d_lVkxVfqM_tmS_ANoB7Og7_HvO-nCEtq50k2pEPUjgVS8zsKT9ZnioYIlpaHusH0lU9ypgIYAxX3eY8W8kDImkOFFSyo6hlJCzv8IsRdcxUNnsAqhDJkFCBj-I9FyXrN1UC6rbYq2RWB79CfF2B=w265-h400" width="265" /></div><b><i>If These Wings Could Fly</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>by Kyrie McCauley</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Perfect for fans of Laura Ruby, Laurie Halse Anderson, and Mindy McGinnis, Kyrie McCauley's stunning YA debut is a powerful story about the haunting specter of domestic violence and the rebellious forces of sisterhood and first love. </b><b>Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except seventeen-year-old Leighton Barnes. For Leighton, it's no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. </b><b>Leighton doesn't have time for the crows-it's her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters, a choice she's not ready to face. </b><b>With her father's rage worsening and the town in chaos over the crows, Leighton allows herself a chance at happiness with Liam, her charming classmate, even though falling in love feels like a revolutionary act. </b><b>Balancing school, dating, and survival under the shadow of sixty thousand feathered wings starts to feel almost comfortable, but Leighton knows that this fragile equilibrium can only last so long before it shatters.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQBiDF3ZqRlxnXDR-lLSZ5TZkv-f5lNOH7fMT3yZLZsUn1FQGs5JX6cvVjQEc-EYPLz5hEAQ_uRMnAN2gGrEW9UwioKartOfk7zVf4E7zz5RenzlwxqUvn22U5eXeTrjfy8VOVunwPiEKADEsNjkqK5ZYNXVSJa1RxhRCkcMYYycIXvDPkRl5FHq1E=w262-h400" width="262" /></div><b><i>Kent State</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i>by Deborah Wiles</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><div>From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War.</div><div>May 4, 1970, Kent State University. As protestors roil the campus, National Guardsmen are called in. In the chaos of what happens next, shots are fired and four students are killed. To this day, there is still argument of what happened and why. Told in multiple voices from a number of vantage points -- protestor, Guardsman, townie, student -- Deborah Wiles's Kent State gives a moving, terrifying, galvanizing picture of what happened that weekend in Ohio . . . an event that, even 50 years later, still resonates deeply.</div></b></div></div></span></div>Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-36670933973530464642021-09-22T17:30:00.006-04:002021-10-09T15:43:20.715-04:00Fall 2021<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOGy-OA4xKRqdB3-6A82vUgJWLjwHjo_b2R6HZfLspVcxSwfGTasVWMFxG5JD0VoMRPpl8AcliiiZstJf2px47tt_1AQE45Bh-JL07ehXOYs3pRluKLgs6kwIlI8bxdb-khJ8fj92GYI/w267-h400/Overdrive.gif" width="267" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Overdrive</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Eric Walters</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Jake has finally got his driver's license, and tonight he has his brother's car as well. He and his friend Mickey take the car out and cruise the strip. When they challenge another driver to a street race, a disastrous chain reaction causes an accident. Jake and Mickey leave the scene, trying to convince themselves they were not involved. Jake finds he cannot pretend it didn't happen and struggles with deciding on the right thing to do. Should he pretend he was not involved? Or should he go to the police?</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocV6Hw_usRrzfKq1r40yFytAxVNiMH29vEYlZzWzBOyM7hZKUzUO5JNnASuJ2p6l6oBGCCFFhKXui6HYBOLidjtZVghSbebm9bvT3sPyhgLfwF8DG4mEq5KRQIA6cBQv955O3f6hyruI/s302/WhatBeauty.gif" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocV6Hw_usRrzfKq1r40yFytAxVNiMH29vEYlZzWzBOyM7hZKUzUO5JNnASuJ2p6l6oBGCCFFhKXui6HYBOLidjtZVghSbebm9bvT3sPyhgLfwF8DG4mEq5KRQIA6cBQv955O3f6hyruI/w265-h400/WhatBeauty.gif" width="265" /></a></div><i>What Beauty there Is</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>by </b></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Cory Anderson</b></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b>To understand the truth, you have to start at the beginning. </b></span><b>Winter in Idaho. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones. </b><b>Living in harsh poverty, Jack Dahl is holding his breath. He and his younger brother have nothing―except each other. With his father incarcerated and his mother addicted to opiods, Jack faces a stark choice: lose his brother to foster care or find the drug money that sent his father to prison. </b><b>He chooses the money. </b><b>Ava Bardem lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years Ava’s father, an abusive and merciless man, has controlled her fate. He has taught her to love no one. Now Victor Bardem is stalking the same money as Jack. When he picks up on Jack’s trail, Ava must make her own wrenching choice: remain silent or speak, and help the brothers survive. </b><b>Choices. They come at a price. (Amazon.com)</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnRoBNxBohyT7aPNG_R6EUSKZc4aC6-SOcrWPUfeBCpU9eJoObMtNbKO93EFVaKF9HsAAoEDJxYZ3_uVZuX3itio2LP7VaKUk_dvKAKanQ85xFfFKYQQnuO8VdLaAqLr7ruU_Y_KC-Qo/w265-h400/SmallFavors.gif" width="265" /></span></div><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>Small Favors</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Erin A. Craig</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b>Ellerie Downing is waiting for something to happen. Life in isolated Amity Falls, surrounded by an impenetrable forest, has a predictable sameness. Her days are filled with tending to her family's beehives, chasing after her sisters, and dreaming of bigger things while her twin, Samuel, is free to roam as he wishes. </b></span><span><b>Early town settlers fought off monstrous creatures in the woods, and whispers that the creatures still exist keep the Downings and their neighbors from venturing too far. When some townsfolk go missing on a trip to fetch supplies, a heavy unease settles over the Falls. </b></span><b>Strange activities begin to plague the town, and as the seasons change, it's clear that something is terribly wrong. The creatures are real, and they're offering to fulfill the residents' deepest desires, however grand, for just a small favor. These seemingly trifling demands, however, hide sinister intentions. Soon Ellerie finds herself in a race against time to stop Amity Falls, her family, and the boy she loves from going up in flames. (Amazon.com)</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeFXu9PlkTq1PvJ_FqGcQapWDvZmQHQ5ZK3NsFGsULqZbpx7e7pXxXv3i-ooMQZ7vdITZmAtFhDrkRDY9kuci-zQQatva4Ipbv2628zDnAJ9JfgRZUfTjbjLCAnrz2xAkQTz_zE8QceE/w265-h400/BoxWoods.gif" width="265" /></span></div><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Box in the Woods</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b><span><b><span style="text-align: left;">Maureen Johnson</span></b></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><span><b>Amateur sleuth Stevie Bell needs a good murder. After catching a killer at her high school, she’s back at home for a normal (that means boring) summer. </b></span><span><b>But then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines, formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls—the site of the notorious unsolved case, the Box in the Woods Murders. Back in 1978, four camp counselors were killed in the woods outside of the town of Barlow Corners, their bodies left in a gruesome display. The new owner offers Stevie an invitation: Come to the camp and help him work on a true crime podcast about the case. </b></span><span><b>Stevie agrees, as long as she can bring along her friends from Ellingham Academy. Nothing sounds better than a summer spent together, investigating old murders. </b></span><b>But something evil still lurks in Barlow Corners. When Stevie opens the lid on this long-dormant case, she gets much more than she bargained for. The Box in the Woods will make room for more victims. This time, Stevie may not make it out alive. (Amazon.com)</b></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VXwd5s0U16rj32EalnMtwG_vqLI5qRdvjLmsMJxISlvVDPCUtuHZEkx_7fa4YdGkWO7MvT7J4SRnpCr0C_bLsrs9fAquUAm-iqJ7nJmj095tlcfxHAb2SAekEGYbT96i8CqcGE4TR6w/w267-h400/Aetherbound.gif" width="267" /></span></div><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Aetherbound</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b><span style="text-align: right;"><span><b>E.K. Johnston</b></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination. Pendt Harland's family sees her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser when her genes reveal an undesirable mutation. But if she plays her cards right she might have a chance to do much more than survive. During a space-station layover, Pendt escapes and forms a lucky bond with the Brannick twins, the teenage heirs of the powerful family that owns the station. Against all odds, the trio hatches a long-shot scheme to take over the station and thwart the destinies they never wished for. (Amazon.com)</div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV72HPdgIdJ5XvYG-GfWZ2uCn8YTNLsq2DCBPXWIvLR816cMjrl8ADmdulnTud-4aQy27NODO51C0X7jp5MAxSHsVX9bElR-fnouS6VsK0XBuqFs7uJt4UeIYxEBXVN351MG4yQ03__FE/w267-h400/HawthorneLegacy.gif" width="267" /></div><i>The Hawthorne Legacy</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i>by Jennifer Lynn Barnes</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div><b>Intrigue, riches, and romance abound in this thrilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling The Inheritance Games perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson. </b><b>The Inheritance Games ended with a bombshell, and now heiress Avery Grambs has to pick up the pieces and find the man who might hold the answers to all of her questions - including why Tobias Hawthorne left his entire fortune to Avery, a virtual stranger, rather than to his own daughters or grandsons. </b><b>As the mystery grows and the plot thickens, Grayson and Jameson, the enigmatic and magnetic Hawthorne grandsons, continue to pull Avery in different directions. And there are threats lurking around every corner, as adversaries emerge who will stop at nothing to see Avery out of the picture - by any means necessary.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHYYkjivj61W9Vxdux5c7ltq_SWO6WzC4eqVZWsLV844PzWH0gqDaqORkt1BYQTAxLrpHiGIEnvtltKk0IWXY0jTODd6gA3ssWmt0NfG1d5vgeeE2eqlOItX2iPnyS8j-qv18rSV6KnxA/w265-h400/SeaIsSalt.gif" width="265" /></div><b><i>The Sea is Salt and so am I</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>by Cassandra Hartt</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>West Finch is one hurricane away from falling into the sea. </b><b>Yet sixteen-year-old Harlow Prout is determined to save her small Maine hometown. If only she could stop getting in her own way and find someone, anyone, willing to help. But her best friend Ellis MacQueen “fixes” problems by running away from them—including his broken relationship with his twin brother, Tommy. And Tommy’s depression has hit a new low, so he’s not up for fixing anything. </b><b>In the wake of the town’s latest devastating storm, Tommy goes out for a swim that he doesn’t intend to survive. It’s his unexpected return that sets into motion a sea change between these three teens. One that tests old loyalties, sparks new romance, and uncovers painful secrets. And nothing stays secret in West Finch for long. </b><b>Exquisitely honest and shimmering with emotion, The Sea is Salt and So Am I is a captivating multi-POV story that probes the depths of what it means to love and trust—both ourselves and others.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTVlhsTwlGpNpFfJThBJ__nBSu_pOmjxl-tU97jW73YgPpHiIbM396MZI54uEnkGLULssdMRyQczhnt67-AnXOgXN1TTD4YvKfeSu-OoaOrJXO8vwEKp033sUqv5BLM-gcwi_R04RccCI/w265-h400/SteelStriker.gif" width="265" /></div><b><i>Steelstriker</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i>by Marie Lu</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div><b>Explosive action and swoon-worthy suspense collide in Steelstriker, the riveting conclusion to the Skyhunter duet from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu. </b><b>As a Striker, Talin was taught loyalty is life. Loyalty to the Shield who watches your back, to the Strikers who risk their lives on the battlefield, and most of all, to Mara, which was once the last nation free from the Karensa Federation’s tyranny. </b><b>But Mara has fallen. And its destruction has unleashed Talin’s worst nightmare. </b><b>With her friends scattered by combat and her mother held captive by the Premier, Talin is forced to betray her fellow Strikers and her adopted homeland. She has no choice but to become the Federation’s most deadly war machine as their newest Skyhunter. </b><b>Red is no stranger to the cruelty of the Federation or the torture within its Skyhunter labs, but he knows this isn’t the end for Mara – or Talin. The link between them may be weak, but it could be Talin and Red's only hope to salvage their past and safeguard their future. </b><b>While the fate of a broken world hangs in the balance, Talin and Red must reunite the Strikers and find their way back to each other in this smoldering sequel to Marie Lu’s Skyhunter.</b></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div>Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-81610959627754250092021-06-10T12:01:00.015-04:002021-08-27T15:21:22.814-04:00Summer 2021<div class="separator"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><span style="clear: right; float: right; font-family: georgia; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><b><i><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSFwJA71lvE07BLofhkPd5O5_ZAD4dA3xrrlKZwsAqQFEZj521cH0oIxaUQFFLmKYg3dOOegaJlaeF6DL0DB5yYzdNxzwvzfiBNoT701rSRjlld1oFqTND5bN8zoTYzWKVGeUDgV0ripA/w264-h400/1GreatLie.gif" width="264" /></i></b></span><b><i></i></b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">One Great Lie</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">by Deb Caletti</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, it’s a dream come true. Writing is her passion, she loves Bruni’s books, and going to that romantic and magical sinking city gives her the chance to solve a long-time family mystery about a Venetian poet deep in their lineage, Isabella Di Angelo, who just might be the real author of a very famous poem. Bruni’s villa on the eerie island of La Calamita is extravagant—lush beyond belief, and the other students are both inspiring and intimidating. Venice itself is beautiful, charming, and seductive, but so is Luca Bruni. As his behavior becomes increasingly unnerving, and as Charlotte begins to unearth the long-lost work of Isabella with the help of sweet, smart Italian Dante, other things begin to rise, too—secrets about the past, and secrets about the present. As the events of the summer build to a shattering climax, Charlotte will be forced to confront some dark truths about the history of powerful men—and about the determination of creative girls—in this stunning new novel from award-winning author Deb Caletti. (Amazon.com)</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJacD0OjMte5j0mGteIlkgTkeOXelrnSYd8sZyQhObw6Wol8zHFkS9aoJt4Z7KkkNQc-v-MnwFZoAv68hR2FBTa1_zsXy0woOGAMI0_NM9_mqBeOVWcpdGHf2CEqiLprfsY1vCgVH-fQw/w265-h400/BetterThanMovies.gif" width="265" /></div><i>Better than the Movies</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i>by Lynn Painter</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div><b>Liz Buxbaum has always known that Wes Bennett was not boyfriend material. You would think that her next-door neighbor would be a prince candidate for her romantic comedy fantasies, but Wes has only proven himself to be a pain in the butt, ever since they were little. Wes was the kid who put a frog in her Barbie Dreamhouse, the monster who hid a lawn gnome's severed head in her little homemade neighborhood book exchange. </b><b>Flash forward ten years from the Great Gnome Decapitation. It's Liz's senior year, a time meant to be rife with milestones perfect for any big screen, and she needs Wes's help. See, Liz's forever crush, Michael, has just moved back to town, and—horribly, annoyingly—he's hitting it off with Wes. Meaning that if Liz wants Michael to finally notice her, and hopefully be her prom date, she needs Wes. He's her in. </b><b>But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz her magical prom moment, she's shocked to discover that she actually likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love—and rethink her own perception of what Happily Ever After should really look like. (Goodreads.com)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5hhKdi9gSP0ZJCe1jqNqXDr-Jh_RFFcQomvADCzKSute-mZnjUV340Mzxu4q1-mnZagF4dEnn8d-IkGbN1uYeFv0w523D4ouPqYshZLU3iqhoj1-B48b2Z7Dnceq65LV3gs9UW53rNL4/w265-h400/MadeKorea.gif" width="265" /></div><b><i>Made in Korea</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>by Sarah Suk</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><b>Frankly in Love meets Shark Tank in this feel-good romantic comedy about two entrepreneurial Korean American teens who butt heads—and maybe fall in love—while running competing Korean beauty businesses at their high school. </b><b>There’s nothing Valerie Kwon loves more than making a good sale. Together with her cousin Charlie, they run V&C K-BEAUTY, their school’s most successful student-run enterprise. With each sale, Valerie gets closer to taking her beloved and adventurous halmeoni to her dream city, Paris. </b><b>Enter the new kid in class, Wes Jung, who is determined to pursue music after graduation despite his parents’ major disapproval. When his classmates clamor to buy the K-pop branded beauty products his mom gave him to “make new friends,” he sees an opportunity—one that may be the key to help him pay for the music school tuition he knows his parents won’t cover…</b></div><div><b>What he doesn’t realize, though, is that he is now V&C K-BEAUTY’s biggest competitor. </b><b>Stakes are high as Valerie and Wes try to outsell each other, make the most money, and take the throne for the best business in school—all while trying to resist the undeniable spark that’s crackling between them. From hiring spies to all-or-nothing bets, the competition is much more than either of them bargained for.</b></div><div><b>But one thing is clear: only one Korean business can come out on top.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRkko0YByvgg7UipUDFhQh-fbAVbfHs3k4sLM3EcdAYCQ8gkWZQ5f3jDfjVvEs-VgEc4jpTOHk4e6ydSCfLoP6eDWTXxV1rBSGKAcsHcxd2tV4RXQqKzR1bgsxViR23iVh1vH_-8Bdv8o/w267-h400/MyBrainLove.gif" width="267" /></div><b><i>This is My Brain in Love</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i>by I. W. Gregorio</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div><b>Jocelyn Wu has just three wishes for her junior year: To make it through without dying of boredom, to direct a short film with her BFF Priya Venkatram, and to get at least two months into the year without being compared to or confused with Peggy Chang, the only other Chinese girl in her grade. </b><b>Will Domenici has two goals: to find a paying summer internship, and to prove he has what it takes to become an editor on his school paper. </b><b>Then Jocelyn's father tells her their family restaurant may be going under, and all wishes are off. Because her dad has the marketing skills of a dumpling, it's up to Jocelyn and her unlikely new employee, Will, to bring A-Plus Chinese Garden into the 21st century (or, at least, to Facebook).What starts off as a rocky partnership soon grows into something more. But family prejudices and the uncertain future of A-Plus threaten to keep Will and Jocelyn apart. It will take everything they have and more, to save the family restaurant and their budding romance. (Goodreads.com)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXCq34WWwEYw3-BBuGSqafZn4aijmGo9tGI4rChW3WUm_RMACkNGm7ikxzpVI1L_YXVPAa7O_YlqsyfgRc4TFbfm19mr8wSjj1jl2ISQvJhlV89PdpB-FJsBM7ZgHwIpk88-WapKAQrXI/w265-h400/CrookedKingdom.gif" width="265" /></div><b><i>Crooked Kingdom</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>by Leigh Bardugo</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off a heist so daring even they didn't think they'd survive. But instead of divvying up a fat reward, they're right back to fighting for their lives. Double-crossed and badly weakened, the crew is low on resources, allies, and hope. As powerful forces from around the world descend on Ketterdam to root out the secrets of the dangerous drug known as jurda parem, old rivals and new enemies emerge to challenge Kaz's cunning and test the team's fragile loyalties. A war will be waged on the city's dark and twisting streets--a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the fate of the Grisha world.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="246" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk-gIO3VG60kdVl-MuUXmr1iprSzNWkLt5l8nZaeufj_pygMV-AwCQit6XJVx4CpCsmru-i8IipcfTrkoBglt-eTvUUx2Nf-foYEEQ2QFwowcJLGknLVA9FpqwDxbqmluSymxFEggdax4/w281-h400/OpenSecrets.jpg" width="281" /></div><b><i>Open Secrets</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><b>by </b><span style="text-align: right;"><b>Jennifer Manuel</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><b>The #MeToo movement has revealed the prevalence of sexual assault in society, especially as committed by powerful men. But it is an issue that also affects the lives of teen girls. This book tells the story of seventeenyear-old Ana Santos, who has ambitions to make it big in music and signs a contract with the owner of a music café without knowing there are sexual strings attached. It looks at the darker side of the music industry, including sexual harassment, lyrics that degrade and demean women and social media trolling as backlash for speaking up, all while presenting a strong, realistic main character who overcomes her feelings of shame to find a voice for herself and her music.</b></span></div></div></div></div></span></div>Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-84416270272112000432021-03-18T12:38:00.013-04:002021-05-21T15:22:56.426-04:00Spring 2021<div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6tbd8r5QqUQgBHuZ-kmvs-dws95JCrn9Z8egJjOuqxCVat53O82281lF-5sRcGCdR8iQXa3oKHDb0n7fCR99KFYVRH3bhJDk_7955n_HfzO0vT2nzo884TQhCo_hpveSnSrdMn4CUxc/w264-h400/SongsWraithsRuin.gif" width="264" /></div><b><i>A Song of Wraiths and Ruin</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i>by Roseanne A. Brown</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div style="text-align: left;"><b>For Malik, the Solstasia festival is a chance to escape his war-stricken home and start a new life with his sisters in the prosperous desert city of Ziran. But when a vengeful spirit abducts Malik’s younger sister, Nadia, as payment into the city, Malik strikes a fatal deal—kill Karina, Crown Princess of Ziran, for Nadia’s freedom.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>But Karina has deadly aspirations of her own. Her mother, the Sultana, has been assassinated; her court threatens mutiny; and Solstasia looms like a knife over her neck. Grief-stricken, Karina decides to resurrect her mother through ancient magic . . . requiring the beating heart of a king. And she knows just how to obtain one: by offering her hand in marriage to the victor of the Solstasia competition.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>When Malik rigs his way into the contest, they are set on a course to destroy each other. But as attraction flares between them and ancient evils stir, will they be able to see their tasks to the death?</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>The first in an fantasy duology inspired by West African folklore in which a grieving crown princess and a desperate refugee find themselves on a collision course to murder each other despite their growing attraction. (Goodreads.com)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1Ylpil5mOBTqGjVbwQdW9P5YcSzFPFesejRwKMpndcXlbly5qWdaWbesl_Rd8knQG2zwKyRV7v4jzMrUUbvwewx9nuXW3dBCelKMdu6mVVpOcTCdRRzpT_9R3giYSVDD6ewSX7gkiMk/w265-h400/DarkHorses.gif" width="265" /></div></div></div><b><i>Dark Horses</i></b></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;">by Susan Mihalic</div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b>Fifteen-year-old equestrian prodigy Roan Montgomery has only ever known two worlds: inside the riding arena, and outside of it. Both, for as long as she can remember, have been ruled by her father, who demands strict obedience in all areas of her life. The warped power dynamic of coach and rider extends far beyond the stables, and Roan's relationship with her father has long been inappropriate. She has been able to compartmentalize that dark aspect of her life, ruthlessly focusing on her ambitions as a rider heading for the Olympics, just as her father had done. However, her developing relationship with Will Howard, a boy her own age, broadens the scope of her vision. (</b><b>Provided by publisher)</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8cwVoWB2NdSrrdv81Ej48Vj0Y-N3g7EQO2zEJV3HlCOwbY9KZGoqvGTbs_pNaMOB7RSa4NQ2V5LxSivYU2htz5JqBbxleeFzF7tZcrC80CAl8cvVd1EdxEmVVo0MXD18-yS4X23wRvjI/w264-h400/FireonHigh.gif" width="264" /></div><b>With the Fire on High</b></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><i>by Elizabeth Acevedo</i></b></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>With her daughter to care for and her abuela to help support, high school senior Emoni Santiago has to make the tough decisions, and do what must be done. The one place she can let her responsibilities go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness. Still, she knows she doesn’t have enough time for her school’s new culinary arts class, doesn’t have the money for the class’s trip to Spain — and shouldn’t still be dreaming of someday working in a real kitchen. But even with all the rules she has for her life — and all the rules everyone expects her to play by — once Emoni starts cooking, her only real choice is to let her talent break free.</b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCSKtY7_YVG8WYQVjf1CcUYgS0yHYyFAZOoeBMmgM5zZX1adjy5-LSkTrgA2GAOw-vwsESOGQk18yFsDZhWRgqpemXBHSYDcATj4Uy0DD6BcIBVujJKkNSe46O1KOrxldfPjRDIrxn-Ls/w252-h400/DesolationofDevils.gif" width="252" /></div><b>The Desolations of Devil's Acre</b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b><span style="text-align: left;"><span><b>Ransom Riggs</b></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face. Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began, his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida. But he does know one thing for certain Caul has returned. After a narrow getaway from a blood-thirsty hollow, Jacob & Noor reunite with Miss Peregrine and the peculiar children in Devil's Acre. The Acre is being plagued by desolations weather fronts of ash and blood and bone, a terrible portent of Caul's amassing army. Risen from the Library of Souls & more powerful than ever, Caul & his apocalyptic agenda seem unstoppable. Only one hope remains, deliver Noor to the meeting place of the seven prophesied ones. If they can decipher its secret location. Jacob & his friends will face deadly enemies and race through history's most dangerous loops.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXu9I1h-K93qmKewaJrX9AP-p9ivz8ajC0W5aL6JomUz0h5PE8ETVKWomGqFq3M94BJ4Mpglu8XROsBXpVwEKlKeWCO3_Vkljy33-EbLV1SA6fYfqO6OSZHFI3ji9aO4Stp9so4_76KM/w267-h400/5TotalStrangers.gif" width="267" /></span></div><b><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Five Total Strangers</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b><span style="text-align: left;"><span><b>Natalie D. Richards</b></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">She thought being stranded was the worst thing that could happen. She was wrong. Mira needs to get home for the holidays. Badly. But when an incoming blizzard results in a canceled connecting flight, it looks like she might get stuck at the airport indefinitely. And then Harper, Mira's glamorous seatmate from her initial flight, offers her a ride. Harper and her three friends can drop Mira off on their way home. But as they set off, Mira realizes fellow travelers are all total strangers. And every one of them is hiding something. Soon, roads go from slippery to terrifying. People's belongings are mysteriously disappearing. Someone in the car is clearly lying, and may even be sabotaging the trip―but why? And can Mira make it home alive, or will this nightmare drive turn fatal?</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb3cy_fXeFiwVX3sCikCuyUiKDlGqxgosHArTv0RiYrqSDznHJw83VnesbNcdVmycihh4YbNM0RsHUgokhakNDgasm9arsMTTj6apT3d_iJzLX8becVJwipYZDty5STODRohl3x5b-LP8/w264-h400/ThoughtsandPrayers.gif" width="264" /></div><b><i>Thoughts & prayers</i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><i>by <span style="text-align: left;">Bryan Bliss</span></i></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><b><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b><div style="text-align: right;">Claire, Eleanor, and Brezzen have little in common. Except for the fact that a year ago, they all hid under the same staircase and heard the shots that took the lives of some of their classmates and a teacher. Now, each one copes with the trauma as best as they can as the world around them keeps moving. Thoughts and Prayers is a story about gun violence, but more importantly it is the story of what happens after the reporters leave and the news cycle moves on to the next tragedy. It is the story of three unforgettable teens who feel forgotten. Acclaimed author Bryan Bliss has made a place for himself writing books that face difficult and emotional topics head on with nuance, empathy, and a deft hand. Thoughts and Prayers is an extraordinary novel that explores what it means to heal and to feel safe in a world that constantly chooses violence.</div></b></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><img border="0" data-original-height="301" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEaxpbENwrPI-yoeT0EoU58PCLtZq1NQyOF4kFR6MfqZZ-UIBxxHVeDymxVcYDuCFwheW6FWuiyOR7qeu4gGCI3rVcubNAKbSdpfl_Axy1Tu7xUo1T_5job8qMyfw2DHlYLCpy8Yxi6M/w266-h400/TigersDaughters.gif" width="266" /></div><span><b><i>Tigers, Not Daughters</i></b></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><i>by Samantha Mabry</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="font-weight: bold;">The Torres sisters dream of escape. Escape from their needy and despotic widowed father, and from their San Antonio neighborhood, full of old San Antonio families and all the traditions and expectations that go along with them. In the summer after her senior year of high school, Ana, the oldest sister, falls to her death from her bedroom window. A year later, her three younger sisters, Jessica, Iridian, and Rosa, are still consumed by grief and haunted by their sister’s memory. Their dream of leaving Southtown now seems out of reach. But then strange things start happening around the house: mysterious laughter, mysterious shadows, mysterious writing on the walls. The sisters begin to wonder if Ana really is haunting them, trying to send them a message—and what exactly she’s trying to say.</div><div style="font-weight: bold;">In a stunning follow-up to her National Book Award–longlisted novel All the Wind in the World, Samantha Mabry weaves an aching, magical novel that is one part family drama, one part ghost story, and one part love story. (Goodreads.com)</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLy6ULW9x3ssnOgXUpNvfxxIUs3lNCc96JEHZX6J67_UZhNFDH9tXlOLBuJXLT7n8RnGxeo6UCib_Lp8WKqIb6jLzGk6btOA_q6HY9_u_S-ukGO0W6g4qiPNYAt0FS9gvseTRSy4LAnsY/w265-h400/Santuary.gif" width="265" /></div><i>Sanctuary</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i>by Paola Mendoza & Abby Sher</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div><b>It's 2032, and in this near-future America, all citizens are chipped and everyone is tracked--from buses to grocery stores. It's almost impossible to survive as an undocumented immigrant, but that's exactly what sixteen-year-old Vali is doing. She and her family have carved out a stable, happy life in small-town Vermont, but when Vali's mother's counterfeit chip starts malfunctioning and the Deportation Forces raid their town, they are forced to flee. </b><b>Now on the run, Vali and her family are desperately trying to make it to her tía Luna's in California, a sanctuary state that is currently being walled off from the rest of the country. But when Vali's mother is detained before their journey even really begins, Vali must carry on with her younger brother across the country to make it to safety before it's too late.</b></div><div><b>Gripping and urgent, co-authors Paola Mendoza and Abby Sher have crafted a narrative that is as haunting as it is hopeful in envisioning a future where everyone can find sanctuary. (Amazon.com)</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="307" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXD6zSkN0HmjD8tVGZWZbHAy4zY2e0bVof7pKLzY5NOkAq5hUBJ6WnqIOzw83Av6Fc42RNmIzjeZek9m0KWqp2-bAT42n7j9OoGk2p6gd9zPZbZeadyUYeRhOt3SaIW_gRM_r2Ih7XMes/w261-h400/SashaMasha.gif" width="261" /></div><b><i>Sasha Masha</i></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><b>by </b><span style="text-align: right;"><b>Agnes Borinsky</b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><b><div style="text-align: left;">Transgender author Agnes Borinsky deftly explores gender identity and queer romance in this heart-wrenching debut novel. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Alex feels like he is in the wrong body. His skin feels strange against his bones. And then comes Tracy, who thinks he's adorably awkward, who wants to kiss him, who makes him feel like a Real Boy. But it is not quite enough. Something is missing. As Alex grapples with his identity, he finds himself trying on dresses and swiping on lipstick in the quiet of his bedroom. He meets Andre, a gay boy who is beautiful and unafraid to be who he is. Slowly, Alex begins to realize: maybe his name isn't Alex at all. Maybe it's Sasha Masha. (Amazon.com)</div></b></span></div></div></span></div>Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-46518964141043176432021-01-14T13:45:00.000-05:002021-01-14T13:45:21.531-05:00Winter 2020/2021<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="303" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3B_7PD4NHkb-n1v__Ld0VN-1_YTSmlCqpfCwuqi0XaZ0jAYfGwn2HrVdbSfQZB9QAT_cOVHss9vM3hHe8jz3Q32m57SH31qkkyzONwqHB4Omfz3xm7ggOsi73NnfmcAHAgH9xHQzzfg/w264-h400/HateUGive.gif" width="264" /></div><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>The Hate U Give</b></span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b></span></i><span><b>Angie Thomas</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span>Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she lives and the fancy suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Some are calling him a thug, maybe even a drug dealer and a gangbanger. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil's name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr. But what Starr does-or does not-say could upend her community. It could also endanger her life.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdbYDNTj-AVscCL2a6xBdHIQgkMocm0trStgHuVR2ArYmv4pZFQP-UjnJvoaHtAVt01aAphTlEr4RACpU6diYuoPulhUCLyJN2egA-Hb_Hp4o3FMuMQCQ58o_1cnnnZsAcbddrDYiP3pk/w263-h400/TodayTonight.gif" width="263" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Today Tonight Tomorrow</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b></span></i><span><b>Rachel Lynn Solomon</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span><div style="text-align: left;">Today, she hates him.</div><div style="text-align: left;">It’s the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals for all of high school, clashing on test scores, student council elections, and even gym class pull-up contests. While Rowan, who secretly wants to write romance novels, is anxious about the future, she’d love to beat her infuriating nemesis one last time.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tonight, she puts up with him.</div><div style="text-align: left;">When Neil is named valedictorian, Rowan has only one chance at victory: Howl, a senior class game that takes them all over Seattle, a farewell tour of the city she loves. But after learning a group of seniors is out to get them, she and Neil reluctantly decide to team up until they’re the last players left—and then they’ll destroy each other.</div><div style="text-align: left;">As Rowan spends more time with Neil, she realizes he’s much more than the awkward linguistics nerd she’s sparred with for the past four years. And, perhaps, this boy she claims to despise might actually be the boy of her dreams.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Tomorrow…maybe she’s already fallen for him<b style="font-style: italic;">. </b>(Amazon.com)</div></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjBAsw8sAQSCAm2yCDbKGmeMV25j6qQ0tDCpynylIHTGs2s-t2cwq8u2_xHb-mX02gsCNO9EhBfiM-FG9R-Tl3vujV6gbFB4ERMIEqyYFZKHtQSDO5lrftdc1UGdDiq2vAl2B0_-z1RA/w265-h400/Furia.gif" width="265" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Furia</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b></span></i><span><b>Yamile Saied Méndez</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: right;">In Rosario, Argentina, Camila Hassan lives a double life. At home, she is a careful daughter, living within her mother’s narrow expectations, in her rising-soccer-star brother’s shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her team qualifies for the South American tournament, Camila gets the chance to see just how far those talents can take her. In her wildest dreams, she’d get an athletic scholarship to a North American university.</div><div style="text-align: right;">But the path ahead isn’t easy. Her parents don’t know about her passion. They wouldn’t allow a girl to play fútbol—and she needs their permission to go any farther. And the boy she once loved is back in town. Since he left, Diego has become an international star, playing in Italy for the renowned team Juventus. Camila doesn’t have time to be distracted by her feelings for him. Things aren’t the same as when he left: she has her own passions and ambitions now, and La Furia cannot be denied. As her life becomes more complicated, Camila is forced to face her secrets and make her way in a world with no place for the dreams and ambition of a girl like her. Filled with authentic details and the textures of day-to-day life in Argentina, heart-soaring romance, and breathless action on the pitch, Furia is the story of a girl’s journey to make her life her own. (GoogleBooks)</div><div><br /></div></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SURsLYi8BPFbRrEwdIqvnz4esgTHDkyZdAc1HFjzpjkhBP8JvY9cDd_zP2IKngbzZjjvn_JDXe-F1Xts8-OzerJzDishFxv2aKZrBfMeQDmHQeNKGWmTC0z8O5sgNqz0z4bkH1tcKpU/w265-h400/Winterwood.gif" width="265" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b style="font-style: italic;">Winterwood</b></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><i style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by </b></span></i><span style="text-align: right;"><span><b>Shea Ernshaw</b></span></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><span><div style="text-align: left;">Be careful of the dark, dark wood…</div><div style="text-align: left;">Especially the woods surrounding the town of Fir Haven. Some say these woods are magical. Haunted, even. Rumored to be a witch, only Nora Walker knows the truth. She and the Walker women before her have always shared a special connection with the woods. And it’s this special connection that leads Nora to Oliver Huntsman—the same boy who disappeared from the Camp for Wayward Boys weeks ago—and in the middle of the worst snowstorm in years. He should be dead, but here he is alive, and left in the woods with no memory of the time he’d been missing.</div><div style="text-align: left;">But Nora can feel an uneasy shift in the woods at Oliver’s presence. And it’s not too long after that Nora realizes she has no choice but to unearth the truth behind how the boy she has come to care so deeply about survived his time in the forest, and what led him there in the first place. What Nora doesn’t know, though, is that Oliver has secrets of his own—secrets he’ll do anything to keep buried, because as it turns out, he wasn’t the only one to have gone missing on that fateful night all those weeks ago.</div><div style="text-align: left;">For as long as there have been fairy tales, we have been warned to fear what lies within the dark, dark woods and in Winterwood, New York Times bestselling author Shea Ernshaw, shows us why. (Goodreads.com)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHWh0e65BHqdLx14yTG3h7Il_4pFCCL1ETW0SNUYusaLYJU2pnGtwpHz6CDny6Pmdj8FF7kuJVLMVJZADrzoy4kZBS1kQtj-IrXGpDV75cM4duiDX2xOqPfxQGWvrFTzZzr0-iZdOqn4/w262-h400/passthrough.gif" width="262" /></div></div></span></span></div></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>Ready Player 2</b></span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b>by Ernest Cline</b></span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span>Days after Oasis founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vault, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the Oasis a thousand times more wondrous, and addictive, than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle and a new quest. A last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize. And an unexpected, impossibly powerful, and dangerous new rival awaits, one who will kill millions to get what he wants. Wade's life and the future of the Oasis are again at stake, but this time the fate of humanity also hangs in the balance.</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1344" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EShLGSO_ea1KAOCC0EwKRm8LQUwRn71B-xFvHUDDC_saj0-NWH7VzRecC7-plRsOVM7hdIAGw-w7ge6002FzNTSmPEXHzMTaPLgp13bhedFP-m6d5VclnR4pvrLijiJ_W6AFDf-dv1Q/w263-h400/5FeetApart.jpg" width="263" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><b><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><b>Five Feet Apart</b></span></div>by Rachael Lippincott, </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><b>Mikki Daughtry, & Tobias Iaconis</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div>A YALSA 2020 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers. In this #1 New York Times bestselling novel that’s perfect for fans of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, two teens fall in love with just one minor complication—they can’t get within a few feet of each other without risking their lives. Can you love someone you can never touch? Stella Grant likes to be in control—even though her totally out of control lungs have sent her in and out of the hospital most of her life. At this point, what Stella needs to control most is keeping herself away from anyone or anything that might pass along an infection and jeopardize the possibility of a lung transplant. Six feet apart. No exceptions. The only thing Will Newman wants to be in control of is getting out of this hospital. He couldn’t care less about his treatments, or a fancy new clinical drug trial. Soon, he’ll turn eighteen and then he’ll be able to unplug all these machines and actually go see the world, not just its hospitals. Will’s exactly what Stella needs to stay away from. If he so much as breathes on Stella she could lose her spot on the transplant list. Either one of them could die. The only way to stay alive is to stay apart. But suddenly six feet doesn’t feel like safety. It feels like punishment. What if they could steal back just a little bit of the space their broken lungs have stolen from them? Would five feet apart really be so dangerous if it stops their hearts from breaking too?</div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1356" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhj6n-_PZkOh8Cbt6PN5qWYyg9v89-zQ-UABFyTxA95-5CGnTHAusNVVKpl64lpzrNKpKKjYV4K6kSZBMk6syqkOBbitMBP_WR-zwngwU7b_2xrDUtYOWqjapxzcblp1iKEYIsl7hjT4/w265-h400/Betrothed.jpg" width="265" /></div><i>The Betrothed</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><i>by Kiera Cass</i></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><div>When King Jameson declares his love for Lady Hollis Brite, Hollis is shocked—and thrilled. After all, she’s grown up at Keresken Castle, vying for the king’s attention alongside other daughters of the nobility. Capturing his heart is a dream come true. But Hollis soon realizes that falling in love with a king and being crowned queen may not be the happily ever after she thought it would be. And when she meets a commoner with the mysterious power to see right into her heart, she finds that the future she really wants is one that she never thought to imagine.</div></div></span></div>Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-9820931321638469402020-09-24T12:41:00.005-04:002020-11-06T15:51:41.886-05:00Fall 2020<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EG4u4l_4uzw__Adbbv78IINnWT7mxI15IZDGtl6bZOUWuINt2v2gpWdmN6wZwcoVsLeXIApYzEj18LKNrk6H-YcBLhKUU7bilAwHdqai-2RxR6h_Y3msT36I_KAe7b6rHGOrU4ig2OA/s300/Hawk.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1EG4u4l_4uzw__Adbbv78IINnWT7mxI15IZDGtl6bZOUWuINt2v2gpWdmN6wZwcoVsLeXIApYzEj18LKNrk6H-YcBLhKUU7bilAwHdqai-2RxR6h_Y3msT36I_KAe7b6rHGOrU4ig2OA/w268-h400/Hawk.gif" width="268" /></a></div><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Hawk</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">by James Patterson</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><div>A story for a new generation of Maximum Ride fans! 17-year-old Hawk is growing up hard and fast in post-apocalyptic New York City. . . until a perilous destiny forces her to take flight. Where is Maximum Ride? Ten years ago a girl with wings fought to save the world. But then she disappeared. Now she's just a fading legend, remembered only in stories. Hawk doesn't know her real name. She doesn't know who her family was, or where they went. The only thing she remembers is that she was told to wait on a specific street corner, at a specific time, until her parents came back for her. She stays under the radar to survive...until a destiny that's perilously close to Maximum Ride's forces her to take flight. Someone is coming for her. But it's not a rescue mission. It's an execution.</div></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><i>Skyhunter</i></span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; font-style: italic; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="238" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXOIBpbgKk846VMt_tfYEHUGSDAjvq5gsweyTWKv2_6p_ZTJBfibmDU-pthroeLTw_6knbceL0_pHPHQFNu6wWNU6BWUCvE2H1w-gONgFZskOADpdFsTzb1Oxv0nCpg2KcfSywbmiczTg/w265-h400/Skyhunter.jpg" width="265" /></div><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">by Marie Lu</span></i></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: right;"><i><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">The Karensa Federation has conquered a dozen countries, leaving Mara as one of the last free nations in the world. Refugees flee to its borders to escape a fate worse than death, transformation into mutant war beasts known as Ghosts, creatures the Federation then sends to attack Mara. The legendary Strikers, Mara's elite fighting force, are trained to stop these monsters. But as the number of Ghosts grows and Karensa closes in, defeat seems inevitable. Still, one Striker refuses to give up hope. Robbed of her voice and home, Talin Kanami knows firsthand the brutality of the Federation. After another devastating battle, Mara seems ready to fall. But when a mysterious prisoner is brought from the front, Talin senses there's more to him than meets the eye. Is he a spy from the Federation? Or could he be the weapon that will save them all?-- Publisher's description.</span></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></div><i>The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZzthlF_KT1Gj3IiCnynKSXBMCsQwSL3Yb4E_3vnbvDnZTZaXY5cqG_Bwkyz0LWCm5fTwqJ0t3woRRWZzW9ibGlZUZvgUFwsxwWK0ncZzjqJU9sKW2bA4FcpJkxH2H8ofzJEq2To80BsQ/w266-h400/BalladSongbird.jpg" width="266" /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">by Suzanne Collins</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He’s been given the humiliating assignment of mentoring the female tribute from District 12, the lowest of the low. Their fates are now completely intertwined — every choice Coriolanus makes could lead to favor or failure, triumph or ruin. Inside the arena, it will be a fight to the death. Outside the arena, Coriolanus starts to feel for his doomed tribute . . . and must weigh his need to follow the rules against his desire to survive no matter what it takes. (Amazon.com)</span></div>Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-37384236624422881672020-08-31T12:08:00.000-04:002020-08-31T15:01:57.187-04:00Summer 2020<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="200" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxD6ME8twvskRyZv6pZ_p9_jySZensglp_D2obygP0fUTHny_6sD5KE0kgY8THAbHjaTumGHbMxHBLuTMNJlVAZcCPVL3QnmcmXWbn6FoRYyYImEYvanTVavGF1JxomKCic6yej1V-JZw/w250-h378/YearMaybe.gif" width="250" /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>Our Year of Maybe<br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>by </i></span></span><i>Rachel Lynn Solomon</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><div>From the author of You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone comes a stunning contemporary novel that examines the complicated aftermath of a kidney transplant between best friends.</div><div>Aspiring choreographer Sophie Orenstein would do anything for Peter Rosenthal-Porter, who’s been on the kidney transplant list as long as she’s known him. Peter, a gifted pianist, is everything to Sophie: best friend, musical collaborator, secret crush. When she learns she’s a match, donating a kidney is an easy, obvious choice. She can’t help wondering if after the transplant, he’ll love her back the way she’s always wanted.</div><div>But Peter’s life post-transplant isn’t what either of them expected. Though he once had feelings for Sophie, too, he’s now drawn to Chase, the guitarist in a band that happens to be looking for a keyboardist. And while neglected parts of Sophie’s world are calling to her—dance opportunities, new friends, a sister and niece she barely knows—she longs for a now-distant Peter more than ever, growing increasingly bitter he doesn’t seem to feel the same connection.</div><div>Peter fears he’ll forever be indebted to her. Sophie isn’t sure who she is without him. Then one heartbreaking night twists their relationship into something neither of them recognizes, leading them to question their past, their future, and whether their friendship is even worth fighting for. (Amazon.com)</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDG6ZSrgDenWWCMbfgvxpzMupXReumZA_N2XNu-kN5Cfv6A4tiCKXxRNMUlicKZBsVLd3-k3ZYEiyeyAVIperTVo43RQTU2urCXIBWQAuMpq16271JrzL4K9m3imvkIYkWjCIu2mkGCxw/w250-h375/TheyWentLeft.gif" style="font-family: georgia; font-style: italic; text-align: center;" width="250" /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>They Went Left</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><i>by Monica Hesse</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Germany, 1945. The soldiers who liberated the Gross-Rosen concentration camp said the war was over, but nothing feels over to eighteen-year-old Zofia Lederman. Her body has barely begun to heal; her mind feels broken. And her life is completely shattered: Three years ago, she and her younger brother, Abek, were the only members of their family to be sent to the right, away from the gas chambers of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Everyone else--her parents, her grandmother, radiant Aunt Maja--they went left. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">Zofia's last words to her brother were a promise: Abek to Zofia, A to Z. When I find you again, we will fill our alphabet. Now her journey to fulfill that vow takes her through Poland and Germany, and into a displaced persons camp where everyone she meets is trying to piece together a future from a painful past: Miriam, desperately searching for the twin she was separated from after they survived medical experimentation. Breine, a former heiress, who now longs only for a simple wedding with her new fiancé. And Josef, who guards his past behind a wall of secrets, and is beautiful and strange and magnetic all at once. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif;">But the deeper Zofia digs, the more impossible her search seems. How can she find one boy in a sea of the missing? In the rubble of a broken continent, Zofia must delve into a mystery whose answers could break her--or help her rebuild her world. 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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the city of Craewick, memories reign. The power-obsessed ruler of the city, Madame, has cultivated a society in which memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability, and Gifted individuals can take memories from others through touch as they please. Seventeen-year-old Etta Lark is desperate to live outside of the corrupt culture, but she grapples with the guilt of an accident that has left her mother bedridden in the city's asylum. When Madame threatens to put her mother up for auction, a Craewick practice in which a 'criminal's' memories are sold to the highest bidder before being killed,Etta will do whatever it takes to save her. Even if it means rejoining the Shadows, the rebel group she swore off in the wake of the accident years earlier.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Mansfield, Massachusetts, is the last place seventeen-year-old Edie Price wants to spend her final summer before college. It’s the home of wealthy suburban mothers and prima donnas like Edie’s cousins, who are determined to distract her from her mother’s death with cute boys and Cinderella-style makeovers. She’s got her own plans, and they don’t include any prince charming. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But as she dives into schoolwork and getting a scholarship for college, Edie finds herself drawn to two Mansfield boys strumming for her attention: First, there’s Sebastian, Edie’s childhood friend and first love, who’s sweet and smart and . . . already has a girlfriend. Then there’s Henry, the local bad boy and all-around player who’s totally off limits—even if his kisses are chemically addictive. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Both boys are trouble. Edie can’t help herself from being caught between them. Now, she just has to make sure it isn’t her heart that breaks in the process.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In her tenth book, Mildred Taylor completes her sweeping saga about the Logan family of Mississippi, which is also the story of the civil rights movement in America of the 20th century. Cassie Logan, first met in Song of the Trees and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, is a young woman now, searching for her place in the world, a journey that takes her from Toledo to California, to law school in Boston, and, ultimately, in the 60s, home to Mississippi </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">to participate in voter registration. She is witness to the now-historic events of the century: the Great Migration north, the rise of the civil rights movement, preceded and precipitated by the racist society of America, and the often violent confrontations that brought about change. Rich, compelling storytelling is Ms. Taylor's hallmark, and she fulfills expectations as she brings to a close the stirring family story that has absorbed her for over forty years. It is a story she was born to tell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With his dying words, H—Jacob Portman’s final connection to his grandfather Abe’s secret life entrusts Jacob with a mission: Deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V. Noor is being hunted. She is the subject of an ancient prophecy, one that foretells a looming apocalypse. Save Noor—Save the future of all peculiardom. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With only a few bewildering clues to follow, Jacob must figure out how to find V, the most enigmatic, and most powerful, of Abe’s former associates. But V is in hiding and she never, ever, wants to be found. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With enemies behind him and the unknown ahead, Jacob Portman’s story continues as he takes a brave leap forward into The Conference of the Birds, the newest installment of the beloved, #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children series.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Eden Wing may be a top student at his academy in Ross City, Antarctica, but most people still know him only as Daniel Wing's little brother. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A decade ago, Daniel was known as Day, the boy from the streets who led a revolution that saved the Republic of </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">America. But these days, he's all to ready to leave his past behind. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As the two brothers struggle to accept who they've each become, a new danger creeps into the distance that's grown between them, and Eden soon finds himself drawn so</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>by Miriam McNamara</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A story about falling—falling from gr</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">ace, falling in love—as well as soaring to heights you wouldn’t know were possible if you never stepped out into thin air. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It’s 1930, and Birdie William’s life has crashed along with the stock market. Her father’s bank has failed, and worse, he’s disappeared along with his Jenny biplane. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When Birdie sees a leaflet for a barnstorming circus with a picture of Dad’s plane on it, she goes to Coney Island in search of answers. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The barnstorming circus has lady pilots, daredevil stuntmen, fire-spinners, and wing walkers, and Birdie is instantly enchanted—especially with a girl pilot named June. Birdie doesn’t find her father, but after stumbling across clues that suggest he’s gone to Chicago, she figures she’ll hitch a ride with the traveling circus doing what she does best: putting on a convincing act and insisting on being star of the show. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But the overconfidence that made her belle of the ball during her enchanted youth turns out to be far too reckless without the safety net of her charmed childhood, and a couple of impulsive missteps sends her and her newfound community spinning into freefall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Madrid, 1957. Tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming guise of sunshine and wine while Spanish citizens are gripped by a dark secret. <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, hopes to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography -and fate - introduce him to Ana, a hotel maid, whose family is suffering under the fascist dictatorship of General Franco. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Daniel and Ana's lives and hearts collide as they unite to uncover the hidden darkness within the city - a darkness that could engulf them all. . . </span>Master storyteller Ruta Sepetys once again shines light into one of history's darkest corners in this epic, heart-wrenching novel about identity, unforgettable love and the hidden violence of silence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Jo Kuan is leading a double life. By day, she works as a quiet lady's maid, but by night, she's the voice behind the most radical advice column in 1890s Atlanta. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Jo is used to living life on the margins - invisible except for the occasional looks of disdain - but she won't let it hold her back. While her priority is making sure that she and her father, Old Gin, remain safe in their hideaway beneath a print shop, she still has ambition. And strong opinions of her own that she begins to share in a newspaper advice column under the pseudonym 'Miss Sweetie'. Suddenly, all of Atlanta is talking about her ideas, although little do they know that the witty advice comes from a penniless Chinese girl. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">As curiosity about Miss Sweetie mounts, Jo's secret identity may not stay secret for much longer. And as she learns more of the hard truths about her identity and her country, she must find the courage to decide between being herself or staying invisible . . .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In 1965 seventeen-year-old Victoria, having just escaped an unstable home, flees to the ultimate place for dreamers and runaways--the circus. Specifically, the VanDrexel Family Circus where, among the lion tamers, roustabouts, and trapeze artists, Victoria hopes to start a better life. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Fifty years later, Victoria's sixteen-year-old granddaughter Callie is thriving. A gifted and focused tightrope walker with dreams of being a VanDrexel high wire legend just like her grandmother, Callie can't imagine herself anywhere but the circus. But when Callie's mother accepts her dream job at an animal sanctuary in Florida just months after Victoria's death, Callie is forced to leave her lifelong home behind. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Feeling unmoored and out of her element, Callie pores over memorabilia from her family's days on the road, including a box that belonged to Victoria when she was Callie's age. In the box, Callie finds notes that Victoria wrote to herself with tips and tricks for navigating her new world. Inspired by this piece of her grandmother's life, Callie decides to use Victoria's circus prowess to navigate the uncharted waters of public high school. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Across generations, Victoria and Callie embrace the challenges of starting over, letting go, and finding new families in unexpected places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents' house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga's role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">hane has been doing college all wrong. Pre-med, stellar grades, and happy parents...sounds ideal -- but Shane's made zero friends, goes home every weekend, and romance...what’s that? </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Her life has been dorm, dining hall, class, repeat. Time's a ticking, and she needs a change -- there's nothing like moving to a new country to really mix things up. Shane signs up for a semester abroad in London. She's going to right all her college mistakes: make friends, pursue boys, and find adventure! </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Easier said than done. She is soon faced with the complicated realities of living outside her bubble, and when self-doubt sneaks in, her new life starts to fall apart. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Shane comes to find that, with the right amount of courage and determination one can conquer anything. Throw in some fate and a touch of magic - the possibilities are endless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Set in post-conflict Belfast (Northern Ireland), alternating between two teenagers, both trying to understand their past and preserve their future. Seventeen-year-olds, Fiona and Danny must choose between their dreams and the people they aspire to be. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Fiona and Danny were born in the same hospital. Fiona’s mom fled with her to the United States when she was two, but, fourteen years after the Troubles ended, a forty-foot-tall peace wall still separates her dad’s Catholic neighborhood from Danny’s Protestant neighborhood. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After chance brings Fiona and Danny together, their love of the band Fading Stars, big dreams, and desire to run away from their families unites them. Danny and Fiona must help one another overcome the burden of their parents’ pasts. But one ugly truth might shatter what they have…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Emma Saylor doesn't remember a lot about her mother, who died when she was ten. But she does remember the stories her mom told her about the big lake that went on forever, with cold, clear water and mossy trees at the edges. Now it's just Emma and her dad, and life is good, if a little predictable, until Emma, is unexpectedly sent to spend the summer with her mother's family, her grandmother, and cousins she hasn't seen since she was a little girl. When Emma arrives at North Lake, she realizes there are actually two very different communities there. Her mother grew up in working-class North Lake, while her dad spent summers in the wealthier Lake North resort. The more time Emma spends there, the more it starts to feel like she is divided into two people as well. To her father, she is Emma. But to her new family, she is Saylor, the name her mother always called her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In this emotionally candid contemporary YA, author Jen Malone delves into the world of a teen whose life is brought to an abrupt halt when she learns she’s in dire need of an organ transplant. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Hard-charging and irrepressible, eighteen-year-old Amelia Linehan could see a roller derby opponent a mile away—and that’s while crouched down, bent over skates, and zooming around a track at the speed of light. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What she couldn’t see coming, however, was the flare-up of the rare liver disorder she was born with. But now it’s the only thing she—and everyone around her—can think about. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">With no guarantee of a viable organ transplant, everything Amelia’s been sure of—like college plans or the possibility of one day falling in love—has become a huge question mark, threatening to drag her down into a sea of what-ifs she’s desperate to avoid. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Then a friend from the past shows up. With Will, it’s easy to forget about what’s lurking between the lightness of their time together. She feels alive when all signs point elsewhere. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But with the odds decidedly not in her favor, Amelia knows this feeling can’t last forever. After all, what can?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In her powerful new book, Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories about the millions of people displaced worldwide. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement -- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced, which is part memoir, part communal storytelling, Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys -- girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder from one of the world's most prominent young activists that every single one of the 68.5 million currently displaced is a person -- often a young person -- with hopes and dreams.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love of Froot Loops and their favorite flicks, Jack knows he’s falling—hard. Soon she’s meeting his best friends, Jillian and Franny, and Kate wins them over as easily as she did Jack. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But then Kate dies. And their story should end there. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Yet Kate’s death sends Jack back to the beginning, the moment they first meet, and Kate’s there again. Healthy, happy, and charming as ever. Jack isn’t sure if he’s losing his mind. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Still, if he has a chance to prevent Kate’s death, he’ll take it. Even if that means believing in time travel. However, Jack will learn that his actions are not without consequences. And when one choice turns deadly for someone else close to him, he has to figure out what he’s willing to do to save the people he loves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>by Nicki Pau Preto</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In a world ruled by fierce warrior queens, a grand empire was built upon the backs of Phoenix Riders -- legendary heroes who soared through the sky on wings of fire -- until a war between two sisters ripped it all apart. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sixteen years later, Veronyka is a war orphan who dreams of becoming a Phoenix Rider from the stories of old. After a shocking betrayal from her controlling sister, Veronyka strikes out alone to find the Riders -- even if that means disguising herself as a boy to join their ranks. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Just as Veronyka finally feels like she belongs, her sister turns up and reveals a tangled web of lies between them that will change everything. And, meanwhile, the new empire has learned of the Riders' return and intends to destroy them once and for all. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Crown of Feathers is an epic fantasy about love's incredible power to save -- or to destroy. Throughout is interspersed the story of Avalkyra Ashfire, the last Rider Queen, who would rather see her empire burn than fall into her sister's hands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>by Deb Caletti</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">When everything has been taken from you, what else is there to do but run? </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">So that’s what Annabelle does—she runs from Seattle to Washington, DC, through mountain passes and suburban landscapes, from long lonely roads to college towns. She’s not ready to think about the why yet, just the how—muscles burning, heart pumping, feet pounding the earth. But no matter how hard she tries, she can’t outrun the tragedy from the past year, or the person—The Taker—that haunts her. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and two friends (her self-appointed publicity team), Annabelle becomes a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to the trauma from her past. Her cross-country run gains media attention and she is cheered on as she crosses state borders, and is even thrown a block party and given gifts. The support would be nice, if Annabelle could escape the guilt and the shame from what happened back home. They say it isn’t her fault, but she can’t feel the truth of that. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Through welcome and unwelcome distractions, she just keeps running, to the destination that awaits her. There, she’ll finally face what lies behind her—the miles and love and loss…and what is to come.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Nimona, a young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy, and Lord Ballister Blackheart, a villain with a vendetta, set out to prove that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his friends are not the heroes everyone thinks they are, but Lord Blackheart soon realizes that Nimona's powers are as murky and mysterious as her past, and her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">A high school senior attempts to salvage her reputation among her Ivy League–obsessed classmates by writing their college admissions essays and in the process learns big truths about herself in this mesmerizing debut novel-in-verse, perfect for fans of Gayle Forman and Sonya Sones. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">Nic Chen refuses to spend her senior year branded as the girl who cheated on her charismatic and lovable boyfriend. To redefine her reputation among her Ivy League–obsessed classmates, Nic begins writing their college admissions essays. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">But the more essays Nic writes for other people, the less sure she becomes of herself, the kind of person she is, and whether her moral compass even points north anymore. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Provocative, brilliant, and achingly honest, 500 Words or Less explores the heartbreak and hope that marks the search for your truest self.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in. But carefree days of beach visits and normalling lessons are soon interrupted by a discovery—a subterranean bunker that belonged to Jacob’s grandfather, Abe. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">Clues to Abe’s double-life as a peculiar operative start to emerge, secrets long hidden in plain sight. And Jacob begins to learn about the dangerous legacy he has inherited—truths that were part of him long before he walked into Miss Peregrine’s time loop. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Now, the stakes are higher than ever as Jacob and his friends are thrust into the untamed landscape of American peculiardom—a world with few ymbrynes, or rules—that none of them understand. New wonders, and dangers, await in this brilliant next chapter for Miss Peregrine’s peculiar children. Their story is again illustrated throughout by haunting vintage photographs, but with a striking addition for this all-new, multi-era American adventure—full color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell, that the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy was his secret best friend. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">Suddenly, Evan isn't invisible anymore--even to the girl of his dreams. And Connor Murphy's parents, with their beautiful home on the other side of town, have taken him in like he was their own, desperate to know more about their enigmatic son from his closest friend. As Evan gets pulled deeper into their swirl of anger, regret, and confusion, he knows that what he's doing can't be right, but if he's helping people, how wrong can it be? </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">No longer tangled in his once-incapacitating anxiety, this new Evan has a purpose. And a website. He's confident. He's a viral phenomenon. Every day is amazing. Until everything is in danger of unraveling and he comes face to face with his greatest obstacle: himself. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">A simple lie leads to complicated truths in this big-hearted coming-of-age story of grief, authenticity and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge—for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much can he overcome? </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Written in powerfully inventive language and bursting with heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is signature Zusak.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Danny Cheng has always known his parents have secrets. But when he discovers a taped-up box in his father's closet filled with old letters and a file on a powerful Silicon Valley family, he realizes there's much more to his family's past than he ever imagined. Danny has been an artist for as long as he can remember and it seems his path is set, with a scholarship to RISD and his family's blessing to pursue the career he's always dreamed of. Still, contemplating a future without his best friend, Harry Wong, by his side makes Danny feel a panic he can barely put into words. Harry and Danny's lives are deeply intertwined and as they approach the one-year anniversary of a tragedy that shook their friend group to its core, Danny can't stop asking himself if Harry is truly in love with his girlfriend, Regina Chan. When Danny digs deeper into his parents' past, he uncovers a secret that disturbs the foundations of his family history and the carefully constructed façade his parents have maintained begins to crumble. With everything he loves in danger of being stripped away, Danny must face the ghosts of the past in order to build a future that belongs to him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Deja can't help but feel confused. She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends Ben and Sabeen by her side. But just as she gets closer to answering big questions about who she is, what America means, and how communities can grow (and heal), she uncovers new questions, too. Like, why does Pop get so angry when she brings up anything about the towers' Award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes tells a powerful story about young people who weren't alive to witness this defining moment in history, but begin to realize how much it colors their every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Leigh Chen Sanders is absolutely certain about one thing: When her mother died by suicide, she turned into a bird. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Leigh, who is half Asian and half white, travels to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. There, she is determined to find her mother, the bird. In her search, she winds up chasing after ghosts, uncovering family secrets, and forging a new relationship with her grandparents. And as she grieves, she must try to reconcile the fact that on the same day she kissed her best friend and longtime secret crush, Axel, her mother was taking her own life. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Alternating between real and magic, past and present, friendship and romance, hope and despair, The Astonishing Color of After is a stunning and heartbreaking novel about finding oneself through family history, art, grief, and love.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Jade believes she must get out of her poor neighborhood if she's ever going to succeed. Her mother tells her to take advantage of every opportunity that comes her way. And Jade has: every day she rides the bus away from her friends and to the private school where she feels like an outsider, but where she has plenty of opportunities. But some opportunities she doesn't really welcome, like an invitation to join Women to Women, a mentorship program for "at-risk" girls. Just because her mentor is black and graduated from the same high school doesn't mean she understands where Jade is coming from. She's tired of being singled out as someone who needs help, someone people want to fix. Jade wants to speak, to create, to express her joys and sorrows, her pain and her hope. Maybe there are some things she could show other women about understanding the world and finding ways to be real, to make a difference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">On the night Donovan Turner is thrown out of a car on a highway in the middle of nowhere, he can barely remember his own name, let alone the past twenty-four hours. Where is he? Where is his girlfriend, Bee? In an attempt to flag down the next passing car, he startles the driver, causing a fatal accident. With sirens in the distance and the lingering feeling that he's running from something--or someone--Donovan grabs the dead driver's briefcase and flees. Meanwhile, Bee is fighting for Dono's life every bit as much as he is. But when the police show up and hint that he is the prime suspect in a murder, Bee is determined to put together the pieces of what happened and clear his name.</span></div>
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Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-57544794991488678942018-04-18T17:00:00.002-04:002018-04-24T15:38:44.534-04:00April/May 2018<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgLPDBZOy48XWGnGvKBcSi2SoJacc458KOef899tFMhXjce7in1AvQJ5-VJUe82w7Ict1jyd_zvrV_92YRVs9XvTkAW8qL5JfhzcoylrIkPgrzOo93pJG2dpSF723PUwvj2aVYJJ8raw/s1600/Wintergirls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="238" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqgLPDBZOy48XWGnGvKBcSi2SoJacc458KOef899tFMhXjce7in1AvQJ5-VJUe82w7Ict1jyd_zvrV_92YRVs9XvTkAW8qL5JfhzcoylrIkPgrzOo93pJG2dpSF723PUwvj2aVYJJ8raw/s400/Wintergirls.jpg" width="263" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Wintergirls</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Lia and Cassie are best friends, wintergirls frozen in fragile bodies, competitors in a deadly contest to see who can be the thinnest. But then Cassie suffers the ultimate loss-her life-and Lia is left behind, haunted by her friend's memory and racked with guilt for not being able to help save her. In her most powerfully moving novel since Speak, award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson explores Lia's struggle, her painful path to recovery, and her desperate attempts to hold on to the most important thing of all: hope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Inside a small Yorkshire parsonage, Charlotte, Branwell, Emily, and Anne Brontë have invented a game called Glass Town, where their toy soldiers fight Napoleon and no one dies. This make-believe land helps the four escape from a harsh reality: Charlotte and Emily are being sent away to a dangerous boarding school, a school they might not return from. But on this Beastliest Day, the day Anne and Branwell walk their sisters to the train station, something incredible happens: the train whisks them all away to a real Glass Town, and the children trade the moors for a wonderland all their own.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The numbers are staggering: nearly one in five girls ages fourteen to seventeen have been the victim of a sexual assault or attempted sexual assault. This is the true story of one of those girls. In 2014, Prout was a freshman at St. Paul's School, a prestigious boarding school in New Hampshire, when a senior boy sexually assaulted her as part of a ritualized game of conquest. She reported her assault to the police and testified against her attacker in court. In the face of unexpected backlash from her once-trusted school community, she shed her anonymity to help other survivors find their voice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This haunting, lyrical, powerful verse novel will blow you away.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Thirteen-year-old Venus Black, a straitlaced, straight-A student is the last person anyone would expect to get in trouble, but when she is arrested for committing a shocking crime, it is clear that there was more going on in Venus's world than anyone knew. When she is released from a juvenile detention center five years later, she assumes a new identity in the hope of escaping the pain of her past, the mother that disappointed her, and her criminal reputation. Most importantly, she pledges to find her beloved, mentally disabled younger brother, Leo, who was kidnapped while she was gone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. And so Dita becomes the librarian of Auschwitz. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Out of one of the darkest chapters of human history comes this extraordinary story of courage and hope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In an unnamed Third World country, in the not-so-distant future, three “dumpsite boys” make a living picking through the mountains of garbage on the outskirts of a large city. One unlucky-lucky day, Raphael finds something very special and very mysterious. So mysterious that he decides to keep it, even when the city police offer a handsome reward for its return. That decision brings with it terrifying consequences, and soon the dumpsite boys must use all of their cunning and courage to stay ahead of their pursuers. It’s up to Raphael, Gardo, and Rat—boys who have no education, no parents, no homes, and no money—to solve the mystery and right a terrible wrong. Andy Mulligan has written a powerful story about unthinkable poverty—and the kind of hope and determination that can transcend it. With twists and turns, unrelenting action, and deep, raw emotion, Trash is a heart-pounding, breath-holding novel.--www.goodreads.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In Colorado in 1962 the three teenage Soria cousins run an unlicensed radio station from a beat-up box truck converted into a transmitter; Beatriz is the thinker and technician, Joaquin, the youngest, is the disc jockey, and Daniel is called the Saint of Bicho Raro because he can perform miracles (just not for himself)--then one night Pete Wyatt and Tony DiRisio drive into town in search of a miracle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Michael Vey is missing and it’s up to the Electroclan to find him in this electrifying seventh installment of the New York Times bestselling series! </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The final book in the Michael Vey series opens with the Electroclan facing a devastating loss: Michael is missing. He made the ultimate sacrifice to save his friends and now he’s gone. What is next for them and the revolution? </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The battle on the island of Hades ended with a devastating explosion that left the island a smoking ruin and much of Hatch’s army dead. However, Hatch survived and while his plans have certainly suffered a setback, he’s more determined than ever to bring the world’s governments under his control. But first, he wants to wipe out the Resistance and capture the remaining members of the Electroclan. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">As Hatch’s forces storm into action, it seems nothing can stand in their way. The Electroclan is divided. The voice is captured, and Michael’s mother is being used as bait to lure the leader of the Resistance out of hiding. Can anything—or anyone—stop the Elgen? Or is this the end?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Malcolm Polstead is the kind of boy who notices everything but is not much noticed himself. And so perhaps it was inevitable that he would become a spy....</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Malcolm's parents run an inn called the Trout, on the banks of the river Thames, and all of Oxford passes through its doors. Malcolm and his daemon, Asta, routinely overhear news and gossip, and the occasional scandal, but during a winter of unceasing rain, Malcolm catches wind of something new: intrigue. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He finds a secret message inquiring about a dangerous substance called Dust—and the spy it was intended for finds him. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When she asks Malcolm to keep his eyes open, he sees suspicious characters everywhere: the explorer Lord Asriel, clearly on the run; enforcement agents from the Magisterium; a gyptian named Coram with warnings just for Malcolm; and a beautiful woman with an evil monkey for a daemon. All are asking about the same thing: a girl—just a baby—named Lyra. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Lyra is the kind of person who draws people in like magnets. And Malcolm will brave any danger, and make shocking sacrifices, to bring her safely through the storm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson returns to future Earth in a sharply wrought satire of art and truth in the midst of colonization. When the vuvv first landed, it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth — but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology and cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out, yes. With his parents’ jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food, clean water, or the vuvv’s miraculous medicine, Adam and his girlfriend, Chloe, have to get creative to survive. And since the vuvv crave anything they deem "classic" Earth culture (doo-wop music, still-life paintings of fruit, true love), recording 1950s-style dates for the vuvv to watch in a pay-per-minute format seems like a brilliant idea. But it’s hard for Adam and Chloe to sell true love when they hate each other more with every passing episode. Soon enough, Adam must decide how far he’s willing to go — and what he’s willing to sacrifice — to give the vuvv what they want.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Write one last letter. That's what fifteen-year-old Amelia's psychologist says when she tells him about her time capsule--a My Little Pony lunchbox she's buried in the backyard garden after listening to the preacher on the corner shout about the end of times. One last chance to leave her mark when the world's been shaken to its core by a national tragedy not even the preacher sees coming.One last story of humanity's ability to endure, like in all those historical disasters her mother recites like fairy tales. One last reminder of her existence, when her illness has turned her into such a ghost of her former self, one more exhale is all it will take before she disappears completely.One last letter to tell the world how she's lived and who she's loved and what she's trying to survive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Samantha Mather knew her family’s connection to the infamous Salem Witch Trials might pose obstacles to an active social life. But having survived one curse, she never thought she’d find herself at the center of a new one. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This time, Sam is having recurring dreams about the Titanic . . . where she’s been walking the deck with first-class passengers, like her aunt and uncle. Meanwhile, in Sam’s waking life, strange missives from the Titanic have been finding their way to her, along with haunting visions of people who went down with the ship. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Ultimately, Sam and the Descendants, along with some help from heartthrob Elijah, must unravel who is behind the spell that is drawing her ever further into the dream ship . . . and closer to sharing the same grim fate as its ghostly passengers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tool, a half-man/half-beast designed for combat, is capable of so much more than his creators had ever dreamed. He has gone rogue from his pack of bioengineered "augments" and emerged a victorious leader of a pack of human soldier boys. But he is hunted relentlessly by someone determined to destroy him, who knows an alarming secret: Tool has found the way to resist his genetically ingrained impulses of submission and loyalty toward his masters... The time is coming when Tool will embark on an all-out war against those who have enslaved him. From one of science fiction's undisputed masters comes a riveting page-turner that pulls no punches. This third book in a major series by bestselling science fiction author, Paolo Bacigalupi.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A moment can change everything...Kilee Brookbank was a typical sixteen-year-old, thinking about school and hanging out with her friends. But her last ordinary day erupted in an explosion that consumed her house, burning forty-five percent of her body and sending her to the very brink of death. After thirty-eight days of surgeries, skin grafts, perpetual physical therapy, and excruciating pain, she had to discover how to live again. When Kilee returned home, she had to find a new normal, relearning how to tie her shoes, put on her makeup, and even turn a doorknob. Each day, she had to make choices that would define who she was and who she would become. With unwavering support from her mom, Lori, and the rest of her family, Kilee faced her journey with determination, strength, and a positive attitude that inspired not only her community, but people around the world. Now a thriving college student, Kilee has become an author, advocate, and philanthropist focused on helping other young burn survivors and their families. Told together by Kilee and Lori, Beautiful Scars is a story of recovery, healing, and hope, reminding us all that we're never powerless, never alone, and that each challenge we face helps make us the people we are meant to be.... It's what you do with each moment that defines you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">How do you know what you are missing if you can't remember having it? Every seven years something disappears in the remote town of Sterling: people's reflections, the stars in the sky, the ability to dream. Aila realizes that her mother may be to blame for the curse. But some mysteries are buried very deep and some secrets want to stay hidden - and one young woman's desire to uncover the truth may not be enough to save Sterling from the past. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A beautifully told story of love, loss and finding the truth - no matter how difficult that may be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">"Kansas, 2065: Adri has been handpicked to live on Mars. But weeks before launch, she discovers the journal of a girl who lived in her house more than a hundred years ago and is immediately drawn into the mystery surrounding her fate. Oklahoma, 1934: Amid the fear and uncertainty of the Dust Bowl, Catherine's family's situation is growing dire. She must find the courage to sacrifice everything she loves in order to save the one person she loves most. England, 1919: In the recovery following World War I, Lenore tries to come to terms with her grief for her brother, a fallen British soldier, and plans to sail to America. But can she make it that far? While their stories span thousands of miles and multiple generations, Lenore, Catherine, and Adri's fates are entwined in ways both heartbreaking and hopeful"--Amazon.com.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">What would the world be like if 80 percent of the population manifested superpowers called "Quirks" at age four? Heroes and villains would be battling it out everywhere! Being a hero would mean learning to use your power, but where would you go to study? The Hero Academy of course! But what would you do if you were one of the 20 percent who were born Quirkless? Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sixty-five days after the death of her older sister, sixteen-year-old Juniper Lemon discovers the break-up letter addressed to “You” Camilla wrote the day she died. Juni is shocked—she knew nothing of this You, and now the gaping hole in her life that was her sister feels that much bigger. She’s determined to uncover the identity of You and deliver the letter. Maybe that would help fill the hole, even if only a bit. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But what Juniper doesn’t expect is that in searching for You she will unearth other notes and secrets—and that may be just what she needs to sort out her own mess.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif; font-size: large;">Seventeen-year-old Becca Greenfield was snatched from her small hometown. She was thrown into a maximum-security prison and put on Death Row with other kids her age. Until her execution, Becca's told to fit in and shut her mouth... but Becca's never been very good at either. Her sister Cassie was always the perfect twin. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Becca's only hope is that her twin sister will find her. That perfect little priss Cassie will stop following the rules and start breaking them, before it's too late. Because her jailers made a mistake that could get them both killed, t</span><span style="font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">hey took the wrong twin!</span></div>
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Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-29021150920380544952017-06-12T19:36:00.002-04:002017-07-11T13:32:27.558-04:00June/July 2017<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBef5EbBF0wT0KwRrEM-uMlAbiogQmcgbm25VhbCT0Ofz3gpRHb7ICeyjs8M65yzELspcQSvdiGFf_8v_ivKCXUTUxU1UH8U_1Pk6Y06QNHOm6e-b_yt50E9mx4YK8o6BMEklaZj0aeY/s1600/something+in+between.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="238" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxBef5EbBF0wT0KwRrEM-uMlAbiogQmcgbm25VhbCT0Ofz3gpRHb7ICeyjs8M65yzELspcQSvdiGFf_8v_ivKCXUTUxU1UH8U_1Pk6Y06QNHOm6e-b_yt50E9mx4YK8o6BMEklaZj0aeY/s400/something+in+between.jpg" width="263" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Something in Between</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Jasmine de los Santos has always done what's expected of her. Pretty and popular, she's studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And then everything shatters. A national scholar award invitation compels her parents to reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For the first time, Jasmine rebels, trying all those teen things she never had time for in the past. Even as she's trying to make sense of her new world, it's turned upside down by Royce Blakely, the charming son of a high-ranking congressman. Jasmine no longer has any idea where—or if—she fits into the American Dream. All she knows is that she's not giving up. Because when the rules you lived by no longer apply, the only thing to do is make up your own.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Sofia lost her mother eight months ago, and her friends were 100% there for her. Now it's a new year and they're ready for Sofia to move on. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Problem is, Sofia can't bounce back, can't recharge like a cellphone. She decides to write Dear Kate, an advice columnist for Fifteen Magazine, and is surprised to receive a fast reply. Soon the two are exchanging emails, and Sofia opens up and spills all, including a few worries that are totally embarrassing. Turns out even advice columnists don't have all the answers, and one day Sofia learns a secret that flips her world upside down. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">SPEED OF LIFE is the heartbreaking, heartwarming story of a girl who thinks her life is over when really it's just beginning. It's a novel about love, family, grief, and growing up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh shaped both brothers' lives. Confidant, champion, sympathizer, friend—Theo supported Vincent as he struggled to find his path in life. They shared everything, swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Meticulously researched, drawing on the 658 letters Vincent wrote to Theo during his lifetime, Deborah Heiligman weaves a tale of two lives intertwined and the extraordinary love of the Van Gogh brothers.</span><br />
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Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-60682803868968663202017-04-10T19:19:00.000-04:002017-04-25T17:08:43.434-04:00April/May 2017<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPNeqLO5Pp2qO3YiZe8pJ9bb5HhoZzevGw_AcI7_b96Ge8qCDB-6uhaGcO6VBdXoQvs9hUoWvvj1Nl00YI0OQ9WH0OCoE5R8WGRz-1uy1YDHPvVoR_TK3MIUGYLOXdf1XcHl3nCuk6EU/s1600/lie+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPNeqLO5Pp2qO3YiZe8pJ9bb5HhoZzevGw_AcI7_b96Ge8qCDB-6uhaGcO6VBdXoQvs9hUoWvvj1Nl00YI0OQ9WH0OCoE5R8WGRz-1uy1YDHPvVoR_TK3MIUGYLOXdf1XcHl3nCuk6EU/s400/lie+tree.jpg" width="260" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Lie Tree</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy—a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior to men. But inside, Faith is full of questions and curiosity, and she cannot resist mysteries: an unattended envelope, an unlocked door. She knows secrets no one suspects her of knowing. She knows that her family moved to the close-knit island of Vane because her famous scientist father was fleeing a reputation-destroying scandal. And she knows, when her father is discovered dead shortly thereafter, that he was murdered. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In pursuit of justice and revenge, Faith hunts through her father’s possessions and discovers a strange tree. The tree bears fruit only when she whispers a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, delivers a hidden truth. The tree might hold the key to her father’s murder—or it may lure the murderer directly to Faith herself. (from Amazon.com)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Medieval France: Dolssa is an upper-crust city girl with a secret lover and an uncanny gift. Branded a heretic, she’s on the run from the friar who condemned her mother to death by fire, and wants Dolssa executed, too. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Botille is a matchmaker and a tavern-keeper, struggling to keep herself and her sisters on the right side of the law in their seaside town of Bajas. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Their lives collide when Botille rescues a dying Dolssa and agrees to conceal her in the tavern. Aided by her sisters and Symo, her surly but loyal neighbor, Botille nurses Dolssa back to health and hides her from her pursuers. But all of Botille’s tricks, tales, and cleverness can’t protect them forever, and when the full wrath of the Church bears down upon Bajas, Dolssa’s passion and Botille’s good intentions could destroy the entire village. (from Amazon.com)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Much like Lin-Manuel Miranda did in Hamilton, the New York Times best-selling author David Elliott turns a classic on its head in form and approach, updating the timeless story of Theseus and the Minotaur for a new generation. A rough, rowdy, and darkly comedic young adult retelling in verse, Bull will have readers reevaluating one of mythology's most infamous monsters.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>by Melissa De La Cruz</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">asmine de los Santos has always done what's expected of her. Pretty and popular, she's studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">And then everything shatters. A national scholar award invitation compels her parents to reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For the first time, Jasmine rebels, trying all those teen things she never had time for in the past. Even as she's trying to make sense of her new world, it's turned upside down by Royce Blakely, the charming son of a high-ranking congressman. Jasmine no longer has any idea where—or if—she fits into the American Dream. All she knows is that she's not giving up. Because when the rules you lived by no longer apply, the only thing to do is make up your own. (from Amazon.com)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Dill isn't the most popular kid at his rural Tennessee high school. After his father fell from grace in a public scandal that reverberated throughout their small town, Dill became a target. Fortunately, his two fellow misfits and best friends, Travis and Lydia, have his back. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">But as they begin their senior year, Dill feels the coils of his future tightening around him. His only escapes are music and his secret feelings for Lydia--neither of which he is brave enough to share. Graduation feels more like an ending to Dill than a beginning. But even before then, he must cope with another ending--one that will rock his life to the core. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Debut novelist Jeff Zentner provides an unblinking and at times comic view of the hard realities of growing up in the Bible belt, and an intimate look at the struggles to find one’s true self in the wreckage of the past. (from Amazon.com)</span><br />
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Raritan Public Libraryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12597835335923492953noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358534601324078815.post-71389340659067924412017-01-04T17:32:00.000-05:002017-01-04T17:43:21.828-05:00December 2016/January 2017<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJ7egSCD7zNGzwT5jt4X5khzfXXhNIApiGlQbVOI0KFG3g2LnvHN-bF9dcnTL2F6X8d0ibJyxtXzCsuZNE6mkn6Pu9lskYA5792i5oueUZBBQZhBx8QusLZs54o5HLGHG6s-o09Xvqpo/s1600/Bonegap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJ7egSCD7zNGzwT5jt4X5khzfXXhNIApiGlQbVOI0KFG3g2LnvHN-bF9dcnTL2F6X8d0ibJyxtXzCsuZNE6mkn6Pu9lskYA5792i5oueUZBBQZhBx8QusLZs54o5HLGHG6s-o09Xvqpo/s400/Bonegap.jpg" width="262" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>Bone Gap</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Treated as an outsider in his quiet Midwestern town, Finn is the only witness to an abduction, but his inability to distinguish between faces hampers his ability to help with the investigation and subjects Finn to further ridicule.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A scientifically minded girl who avoids relationships to help keep her family from being deported and a dutiful student who endeavors to live up to his parents' high expectations unexpectedly fall in love and must determine which path they will choose in order to be together. Natasha is a girl who believes in science and facts. Daniel has always been a good son and good student. But when he sees Natasha he forgets all that and believes there is something extraordinary in store for both of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>by Maggie Stiefvater</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">All her life, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love's death. She doesn't believe in true love and never thought this would be a problem, but as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. This is the conclusion of the best selling Raven Cycle books.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">In the mid-1930s, Irmina, an ambitious young German, travels to London. There she meets Howard Green, one of the first black students at Oxford. Like Irmina, Howard is looking for an independent existence-and a love affair blossoms between the two outsiders. But the relationship comes to an abrupt end when Irmina, constrained by the political situation in Hitler's Germany, has to return to Berlin. Political events accelerate, and her letters to Howard are returned unopened. It will be 30 years until she receives another. Based on a true story, this moving and perceptive graphic novel conjures the oppressive atmosphere of wartime Germany and reflects on the passive complicity of its people with sympathy and intelligence.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Her father died before she was born, but Ella Benton knows they have a supernatural connection. Since her mother discourages these beliefs, Ella keeps her cemetery visits secret. But she may not be the only one with secrets. Ella's mother might be lying about how Dad died sixteen years ago. Newfound evidence points to his death in a psychiatric hospital, not as a result of a tragic car accident as her mother always claimed. After a lifetime of just the two of them, Mom suddenly feels like a stranger. When a hand print much like the one Ella left on her father's tombstone mysteriously appears on the bathroom mirror, at first she wonders if Dad is warning her of danger as he did once before. If it's not a warning, could her new too-good-to-be-true boyfriend be responsible for the strange occurrences? Or maybe it's the grieving building superintendent whose dead daughter strongly resembles Ella? As the unexplained events become more frequent and more sinister, Ella becomes terrified about who or what might harm her. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Soon the evidence points to someone else entirely: Ella herself. What if, like her father, she's suffering from a breakdown? In this second novel from award-winning author Yvonne Ventresca, Ella desperately needs to find answers, no matter how disturbing the truth might be.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">A conclusion to the trilogy that began with Chains, a National Book Award Finalist, follows the Valley Forge escape of Isabel and Curzon, who endeavor to rescue Isabel's enslaved younger sister while outmaneuvering the ruthless Bellingham. As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">by Rainbow Rowell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Eleanor, 15, is the new girl at school and bullied because she's overweight and dresses in a flamboyant manner. Park is a half-Korean boy who has lived in Omaha, Nebraska, all his life but still feels like an outsider. This is a story of first love, which very slowly builds from the first day Eleanor sits next to Park on the school bus. First they ignore each other, and then they slowly become friends through their love of comic books and 1980s alternative music. Park is the only good thing in Eleanor's life. Her home life is a miserable exercise in trying to stay out of her abusive stepfather's way, and finding new ways to wear the same clothes repeatedly since there is no money for anything extra. Park adores everything about Eleanor, and she finds refuge at his house after school with his understanding parents. Things finally explode at Eleanor's house and Eleanor and Park's relationship is truly tested. -From School Library Journal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Accident Season</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">by Moïra Fowley-Doyle</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Every October Cara and her family become inexplicably and unavoidably accident-prone. Some years it's bad, and some years it's just a lot of cuts and scrapes. This accident season--when Cara, her ex-stepbrother, Sam, and her best friend, Bea, are 17--is going to be a bad one. Cara is about to learn that not all the scars left by the accident season are physical: There's a long-hidden family secret underneath the bumps and bruises. This is the year Cara will finally fall desperately in love, when she'll start discovering the painful truth about the adults in her life, and when she'll uncover the dark origins of the accident season--whether she's ready or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><i>P.S. I Like You</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">by Kasie West</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Cade and Lily have been enemies for years: he's rude about her clothes, hair, and whole vibe; she thinks he's a snotty, stuck-up rich kid. Plus, she has her eye on shaggy hipster Lucas, who looks like he could totally be on her wavelength. But when Lily scribbles some graffiti on top of the desk to combat her boredom in chemistry class, she's surprised to find a reply the next day and even more surprised when the answers continue. Soon, she's corresponding through hidden notes and bonding with her secret pen pal over a mutual interest in indie music. Who's her mysterious new friend? Little by little, Lily whittles down the number of possibilities to one that makes absolutely no sense. - From School Library Journal</span></div>
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