When she was five years old, Tamika suffered from meningitis and was left with “moderately severe” hearing loss and now ten years later she would rather turn off her hearing aids and escape the noise of the world. At the age of eighteen, Jimmi Sixes self-medicates to forget what he saw in the war and mute the pain from death of the love of his life and their child. Looking for a chance at a new

After her boyfriend dumps her for her older sister, Savannah meets her fair godmother Chrysanthemum (whose grades in Fairy Godmother school were only fair and so she has not passed the apprentice level yet) who grants her three wishes. Unfortunately for Savannah, Chrissy is more focused on shopping than her so when she wishes for her life to be like a fairy tale with a handsome prince waiting

Cammie is excited to visit her friend Macy in Boston at the political convention where Macy’s father will accept the nomination for vice president. The last thing Cammie expects is to have to use her Gallagher Academy training when they are surrounded by Secret Service Agents but Gllagher girls are taught to always be prepared so when Cammie finds herself without Secret Service Agents in the

Princess Talia Aurora Augusta Ludwiga Wilhelmina Agnes Marie Rose of Euphrasia is tricked into pricking her finger on a spindle and fulfilling a curse that places obscures the entire nation of Euphrasia from the rest of the world and causes everyone to fall asleep until she is awakened by a kiss from her true love. Centuries go by until Jack ditches his European tour group and stumbles upon

Eternal by Cynthia Leitich SmithMiranda’s guardian angel, Zachary, has screwed up- big time. After falling in love with his charge, he revealed himself to her in order to save her life. Unfortunately now she has become an eternal, elevated to the rank of Vampire Princess by the current Dracula himself. Zachary finds himself stripped of his angel powers and sent back to earth in order to save

It has been seventy-five days since the accident that killed her best friend Julia and Amy is home from the alcohol treatment center where she was sent after the accident. Amy is determined to keep herself isolated from everyone, as she feels Julia is the only person who ever really understood and accepted her. Her shrink wants her to start a diary to help her recovery, but instead Amy writes

Everyone in Mary’s village lives in fear of the Unconsecrated- the undead creatures who dwell in the forest outside the fences of the village. The constant threats from the Unconsecrated rule life in the village and govern the choices everyone makes. After her mother is bitten by an Unconsecrated, Mary finds that she no longer has options. She must either choose to join the Sisterhood, the

Calder is a Fetch- a spirit who escorts souls through the Death Door, down the Aisle, to the Great River where the Captain transports them on to Heaven. For the last three hundred years, Calder has gone about his duties as a Fetch while remaining indifferent to the outcomes of the Death Scenes until he arrives at the death scene of a young boy and is completely taken by the beautiful young woman

Bausum examines the dark side of the history of American immigration from the holocaust refugees that were turned away, the detainment of Japanese Americans, and the Mexican migrant workers who were exploited. Bausum’s opinion of U.S. immigration policies is made abundantly clear from the very first page. Photographs, a timeline, and an extensive bibliography help round out this well-researched

For years faeries crossed back and forth between the mortal realm and the Otherworld occasionally stealing a human child. After a distraught mother crosses into the realm of the fey and steals a fairy princess, Auberon the king of the Unseelie Court closes the portals between the realms. Auberon’s seal holds except for the Samhain Gate in New York City’s central park which opens every October

Angela’s parents have had it with her out of control behavior and the incident with her grandfather was the last straw. Angela finds herself sent off to Hidden Oak School for Girls, an exclusive boarding school for troubled teen girls in Colorado. Angela quickly discovers that the girls are divided into two groups- the gold thread girls who the school believes can be rehabilitated, and the

Jeremy Dance’s, aka Lil J, life has been going steadily downhill and now he finds himself injured an on the run after a drug deal gone bad that left a cop fighting for his life and Lil J on the run. He finds himself in an abandoned building where he encounters Kelly, a strange man with a television set that can not only view the present but also Lil J’s past and future if he continues on his

Samar’s mom has always kept her in the dark about her Indian culture and heritage. Sam never really thought about it, or cared, until the days after 9-11 when her Uncle Sandeep shows up at her door and sends Sam on a quest to discover her heritage and learn about her family and who she really is.Meminger captures the essence of a teenage girl’s search for self-identity that is certain to connect

Trina lives in her own self-absorbed world in which she is the center of everyone’s universe. Dominique lives for her minutes on the basketball court and when she is benched because of her grades, she needs and outlet to release her anger. When Trina skips by her in the hallway, Dominique finds a target for her rage. Leticia witnesses the entire incident and realizes that Trina did not hear

Dawn has always been a good girl- well behaved, studious, and is destined for Harvard.. Dawn, however, is tired of the life that “The Evil Ones” (her parents) have dictated to her- she’s tired of the constant extra curriculars and the pressures her parents place on her to succeed. When Dawn meets rebellious Starr, she begins to discover that she enjoys being a bad girl- especially after she

Polly, Jo, and Ama have been friends since the first grade, until this past year when they started to drift apart. While they are headed different directions for the summer, the girls discover the importance and strength of their friendship.Brashares follows the formula established in her bestselling Traveling Pants series and has created a new cast of likeable teenage girls to capture reader’s

In the Frederick Douglass Project where DeShawn has grown up, life is ruled by the gangs, drugs, and poverty. DeShawn is smart and struggles to avoid the lifestyle that claims his friends one by one. It isn’t until DeShawn sees his sister drinking her babies formula because she is so hungry that he sees no other option and enlists in the Douglass Disciples, quickly moving up the ranks in the

Annika’s six-year-old brother has brain cancer and it has turned life upside down for the seventeen-year-old. In an attempt to make him feel better about his upcoming surgery, she tells him that she has a genie and is giving him her last two wishes- on the condition that he uses the third wish to make his upcoming surgery successful. Annika thinks that he will wish for the Robin Hood action

Auden hasn’t slept at night since her parents divorce. The daughter of a university professor and a national book award finalist, Auden is your classic overachiever, studious and serious. Suddenly yearning for something different then a summer of preparing for her fall college classes, Auden decides to pack up and go spend the summer with her father and his new family. Things at her father’s

Hannah knows that she has the most embarrassing parents in the world. Her father, the infamous Jackson James, has his own reality tv show that showcases his party lifestyle and his “special girls”, and everyone has seen her mother, Candy Madison, wearing nothing but a pizza box. Tired of the fallout from her exhibitionist parents, Hannah has worked hard to make herself invisible. To help

Margulies and Rosaler examine trials in American history in which absolute evil is placed on trial, where a person’s right to a fair trial becomes a challenge because of their perceived threat to the country. The trials examined include the Salem Witch Trials, the Haymarket Bomb Trial, the Scopes “Monkey” Trial, the trial of Alger Hiss, and the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui. Each chapter explains

Mirabelle’s life is one of isolation that is dominated by her irrational, slightly psychotic mother. Mirabelle’s father, unable to handle life with Mirabelle’s mother, only comes around to bring them money until he can’t even handle that and starts mailing the checks. Mirabelle has no friends; until she meets Catherine who is everything that Mirabelle is not- confident, assertive, and

Lia is obsessed with being the skinniest person she knows- so obsessed in fact that she has done inpatient treatment for anorexia twice. Lia has learned how to deceive her family while in fact she obsessively counts calories, starves and cuts herself (to let the fat and pain leak out of her body) in order to continue to shed pounds. Up until a few months ago, Lia had her best friend Cassie and

Greg Haffley returns in the third installment of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Greg makes a New Years resolution to help other people improve because Greg of course is pretty much one of the best people he knows. Greg’s father doesn’t feel that way and is determined to make Greg less of a wimpy kid. If Greg is not careful, he may find himself shipped off to military school to help him

High school sophomore Frankie Landau-Banks is tired of being underestimated. After she develops a more womanly figure over the summer, Frankie attracts the attention of Matthew, a popular upperclassman. When Frankie discovers that Matthew belongs to the all-male secret society, The Loyal Order of the Basset Hounds, she becomes determined to infiltrate the club. She manipulates the members of