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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780439023481 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | The first novel in the worldwide bestselling series by Suzanne Collins!Winning means fame and fortune. Losing means certain death. The Hunger Games have begun. . . . In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen regards it as a death sentence when she steps forward to take her sister's place in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead before-and survival, for her, is second nature. Without really meaning to, she becomes a contender. But if she is to win, she will have to start making choices that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780439023528 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780060835798 | The King Of Attolia (The Queen's Thief, Book 3) | Megan Whalen Turner | Discover the world of the Queen’s ThiefNew York Times-bestselling author Megan Whalen Turner’s entrancing and award-winning Queen’s Thief novels bring to life the world of the epics and feature one of the most charismatic and incorrigible characters of fiction, Eugenides the thief. Megan Whalen Turner’s Queen’s Thief novels are rich with political machinations and intrigue, battles lost and won, dangerous journeys, divine intervention, power, passion, revenge, and deception. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Marie Lu, Patrick Rothfuss, and George R. R. Martin.Eugenides, no stranger to desperate circumstances, has gotten himself into difficulties he can’t get out of. Used to being treated with a certain measure of wariness, if not respect, he suffers the pranks, insults, and intrigue of the Attolian court with dwindling patience. As usual, nothing is as it appears when he rescues a hot-headed young soldier in the Palace Guard. The Queen’s Thief novels have been praised by writers, critics, reviewers, and fans and have been honored with glowing reviews, “best of” citations, and numerous awards, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Newbery Honor, the Andre Norton Award shortlist, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Discover and rediscover the stand-alone companions, The Queen of Attolia, The King of Attolia, A Conspiracy of Kings, and Thick as Thieves, all epic novels set in the world of the Queen’s Thief.School Library Journal Best BookHorn Book FanfareALA Top 10 Best Book for Young AdultsNew York Public Library Books for the Teen Age“The Queen’s Thief books awe and inspire me. They have the feel of a secret, discovered history of real but forgotten lands. The plot-craft is peerless, the revelations stunning, and the characters flawed, cunning, heartbreaking, exceptional. Megan Whalen Turner’s books have a permanent spot on my favorites shelf, with space waiting for more books to come.”—Laini Taylor, New York Times-bestselling author of the Daughter of Smoke and Bone novels and Strange the Dreamer"Unforgettable characters, plot twists that will make your head spin, a world rendered in elegant detail—you will fall in love with every page of these stories. Megan Whalen Turner writes vivid, immersive, heartbreaking fantasy that will leave you desperate to return to Attolia again and again."—Leigh Bardugo, New York Times-bestselling author of the The Grisha Trilogy and Six of Crows“One of the most fascinating and original children’s fantasies to appear in years. . . . Rarely does one see a hero as psychologically knowing and irresistibly attractive as Turner’s Thief.”—The Horn Book (starred review)“A winner.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Eugenides, the former Thief of Eddis, is back and just as clever as ever.”—School Library Journal (starred review) | Greenwillow Books |
| 9780786838653 | The Lightning Thief | Disney-Hyperion Books | ||
| 9780553278224 | The Martian Chronicles (The Grand Master Editions) | Ray Bradbury | Leaving behind a world on the brink of destruction, man came to the Red planet and found the Martians waiting, dreamlike. Seeking the promise of a new beginning, man brought with him his oldest fears and his deepest desires. Man conquered Mars—and in that instant, Mars conquered him. The strange new world with its ancient, dying race and vast, red-gold deserts cast a spell on him, settled into his dreams, and changed him forever. Here are the captivating chronicles of man and Mars—the modern classic by the peerless Ray Bradbury. | Spectra |
| 9781909489400 | The Maze Runner: The Maze Runner Series (Book 1) | James Dashner | When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he's not alone. He's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything - even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find out. | chicken house uk |
| 9780684801223 | The Old Man And The Sea, Book Cover May Vary | Hemingway, Ernest | The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal — a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss. Written in 1952, this hugely successful novella confirmed his power and presence in the literary world and played a large part in his winning the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature. An old Cuban fisherman triumphs over a giant marlin--only to have his prized catch literally eaten away by circling sharks. | Scribner |
| 9780441627400 | The Once And Future King | T. H. White | the Whole World Knows And Loves This Book. It Is The Magical Epic Of King Arthur And His Shining Camelot; Of Merlin And Owl And Guinevere; Of Beasts Who Talk And Men Who Fly, Of Wizardry And War. It Is The Book Of All Things Lost And Wonderful And Sad. It Is The Fantasy Masterpiece By Which All Others Are Judged.gale Researcht. H. White First Gained Popularity For His Nonfiction Works About The Countryside Of The United Kingdom, But He Is Best Known Today For His Fantastic Fiction. In His Tetralogy the Once And Future King--called By Lin Carter In imaginary Worlds One Of The Most Brilliant Fantasy Novels In Literature--he Made The Legends Of King Arthur Accessible For The Twentieth Century. | Ace Books |
| 9780062662811 | The Poet X | Acevedo, Elizabeth | A National Book Award Longlist Title! Fans Of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, And Jason Reynolds Will Fall Hard For This Astonishing New York Times-bestselling Novel-in-verse By An Award-winning Slam Poet, About An Afro-latina Heroine Who Tells Her Story With Blazing Words And Powerful Truth. 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. 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. 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. Because In The Face Of A World That May Not Want To Hear Her, Xiomara Refuses To Be Silent. “crackles With Energy And Snaps With Authenticity And Voice.” —justina Ireland, Author Of Dread Nation “an Incredibly Potent Debut.” —jason Reynolds, Author Of The National Book Award Finalist Ghost “acevedo Has Amplified The Voices Of Girls En El Barrio Who Are Equal Parts Goddess, Saint, Warrior, And Hero.” —ibi Zoboi, Author Of American Street | Quill Tree Books |
| 9781596437968 | The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, And The Fight For Civil Rights | Steve Sheinkin | An astonishing World War II military story of civil rights from New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin.A National Book Award FinalistA YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction FinalistA School Library Journal Best Book of the YearOn July 17, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the segregated Navy base at Port Chicago, California, killing more than 300 sailors who were at the docks, critically injuring off-duty men in their bunks, and shattering windows up to a mile away. On August 9th, 244 men refused to go back to work until unsafe and unfair conditions at the docks were addressed. When the dust settled, fifty were charged with mutiny, facing decades in jail and even execution.The Port Chicago 50 is a fascinating story of the prejudice and injustice that faced black men and women in America's armed forces during World War II, and a nuanced look at those who gave their lives in service of a country where they lacked the most basic rights.This thoroughly-researched and documented book can be worked into multiple aspects of the common core curriculum, including history and social studies.“Sheinkin delivers another meticulously researched WWII story, one he discovered while working on his Newbery Honor book, Bomb...Archival photos appear throughout, and an extensive bibliography, source notes, and index conclude this gripping, even horrific account of a battle for civil rights predating Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)Also by Steve Sheinkin:Bomb: The Race to Build―and Steal―the World's Most Dangerous WeaponThe Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & TreacheryUndefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football TeamMost Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam WarWhich Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward ExpansionKing George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American RevolutionTwo Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil WarBorn to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America | Roaring Brook Press |
| 9780307472120 | The Road (Movie Tie-In Edition 2008 Of The 2006 Publication) | Cormac McCarthy | NATIONAL BESTSELLERPULITZER PRIZE WINNERNational Book Critic's Circle Award FinalistA New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, The Denver Post, The Kansas City Star, Los Angeles Times, New York, People, Rocky Mountain News, Time, The Village Voice, The Washington PostThe searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece.A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.The Road is the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.From the Trade Paperback edition. | Vintage International |
| 9780307387899 | The Road (Oprah's Book Club) | Cormac McCarthy | WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A searing, post-apocalyptic novel about a father and son's fight to survive, this "tale of survival and the miracle of goodness only adds to McCarthy's stature as a living master. It's gripping, frightening and, ultimately, beautiful" (San Francisco Chronicle). • From the bestselling author of The PassengerA father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing; just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a cart of scavenged food—and each other.The Roadis the profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love. Awesome in the totality of its vision, it is an unflinching meditation on the worst and the best that we are capable of: ultimate destructiveness, desperate tenacity, and the tenderness that keeps two people alive in the face of total devastation.Look for Cormac McCarthy's latest bestselling novels, The Passenger and Stella Maris. | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| 9780062104908 | The School For Good And Evil: Now A Netflix Originals Movie (School For Good And Evil, 1) | Soman Chainani | THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL will soon be a major motion picture from Netflix—starring Academy Award winner Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and more!The New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. Start here to follow Sophie, Agatha, and everyone at school from the beginning!With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.The two girls soon find their fortunes reversed—Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good, thrust among handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?Don't miss the thrilling conclusion to the beloved series, The School for Good and Evil #6: One True King! | HarperCollins |
| 9780142001745 | The Secret Life Of Bees | Kidd, Sue Monk | the Bees Came The Summer Of 1964, The Summer I Turned Fourteen And My Life Went Spinning Off Into A Whole New Orbit, And I Mean whole New Orbit. Looking Back On It Now, I Want To Say The Bees Were Sent To Me. I Want To Say They Showed Up Like The Angel Gabriel Appearing To The Virgin Mary, Setting Events In Motion I Could Never Have Guessed. So Begins The Story Of Lily Melissa Owens, A Plucky Girl, Rich In Humor Despite Heart Wrenching Circumstances. Living On A Peach Farm In South Carolina With Her Harsh, Unyielding Father, Her Entire Life Has Been Shaped Around One Devastating, Though Blurred, Memory- The Afternoon Her Mother Was Killed. Four At The Time, She Remembers Innocently Picking Up The Gun. And, She Has Her Father's Eyewitness Account Of The Gun Firing. People Remind Her It Was An Accident, Yet She's Inhabited By A Torturous Guilt. Lily's Only Real Companion Is Rosaleen, A Tender, But Fierce-hearted Black Woman Who Cooks, Cleans And Acts As Her Stand-in Mother. south Carolina In 1964 Is A Place And Time Of Seething Racial Divides. When Violence Explodes One Summer Afternoon, And Rosaleen Is Arrested And Beaten, Lily Is Desperate, Not Only To Save Rosaleen, But To Flee A Life She Can No Longer Endure. Calling Upon Her Colorful Wits And Uncommon Daring, She Breaks Rosaleen Out Of Jail And The Two Of Them Take Off, Runaway-fugitives Conjoined In An Escape That Quickly Turns Into Lily's Quest For The Truth About Her Mother's Life. following A Trail Left Ten Years Earlier, Lily And Rosaleen End Up In The Home Of Three Bee-keeping Sisters. No Ordinary Women, The Sisters Revere A Black Madonna And Tend A Unique Brand Of Female Spirituality That Reaches Back To The Time Of Slavery. As Lily's Life Becomes Deeply Entwined With Theirs, She Is Irrevocably Altered. In A Mesmerizing World Of Bees And Honey, Amid The Strength And Power Of Wise Women, Lily Journeys Through Painful Secrets And Shattering Betrayals, Finding Her Way To The Single Thing Her Heart Longs For Most. learn More About Sue Monk Kidd At Suemonkkidd.com.richmond Times-dispatch...an Oprah Pick Just Waiting To Happen. | Penguin Books |
| 9780061120060 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Zora Neale Hurston, Ruby Dee | One Of The Most Important Works Of Twentieth-century American Literature, Zora Neale Hurston's Beloved 1937 Classic, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Is An Enduring Southern Love Story Sparkling With Wit, Beauty, And Heartfelt Wisdom. Told In The Captivating Voice Of A Woman Who Refuses To Live In Sorrow, Bitterness, Fear, Or Foolish Romantic Dreams, It Is The Story Of Fair-skinned, Fiercely Independent Janie Crawford, And Her Evolving Selfhood Through Three Marriages And A Life Marked By Poverty, Trials, And Purpose. A True Literary Wonder, Hurston's Masterwork Remains As Relevant And Affecting Today As When It Was First Published -- Perhaps The Most Widely Read And Highly Regarded Novel In The Entire Canon Of African American Literature. | Harper Perennial Modern Classics |
| 9780060916503 | Their Eyes Were Watching God RI | Zora Neale Hurston | “A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie SmithOne of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature. | Perennial Library |
| 9780385474542 | Things Fall Apart | Achebe, Chinua | things Fall Apart Tells Two Intertwining Stories, Both Centering On Okonkwo, A “strong Man” Of An Ibo Village In Nigeria. The First, A Powerful Fable Of The Immemorial Conflict Between The Individual And Society, Traces Okonkwo’s Fall From Grace With The Tribal World. The Second, As Modern As The First Is Ancient, Concerns The Clash Of Cultures And The Destruction Of Okonkwo's World With The Arrival Of Aggressive European Missionaries. These Perfectly Harmonized Twin Dramas Are Informed By An Awareness Capable Of Encompassing At Once The Life Of Nature, Human History, And The Mysterious Compulsions Of The Soul. a Classic Of Modern African Writing, This Is The Tale Of What Happens To Tribal Customs And Old Ways When White Man Comes. | Penguin Books |
| 9780446310789 | To Kill A Mockingbird | Harper Lee | The Unforgettable Novel Of A Childhood In A Sleepy Southern Town And The Crisis Of Conscience That Rocked It, To Kill A Mockingbird Became Both An Instant Bestseller And A Critical Success When It Was First Published In 1960. It Went On To Win The Pulitzer Prize In 1961 And Was Later Made Into An Academy Award-winning Film, Also A Classic. Compassionate, Dramatic, And Deeply Moving, To Kill A Mockingbird Takes Readers To The Roots Of Human Behavior - To Innocence And Experience, Kindness And Cruelty, Love And Hatred, Humor And Pathos. Now With Over 18 Million Copies In Print And Translated Into Forty Languages, This Regional Story By A Young Alabama Woman Claims Universal Appeal. Harper Lee Always Considered Her Book To Be A Simple Love Story. Today It Is Regarded As A Masterpiece Of American Literature. | Grand Central Publishing |
| 9780060935467 | To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | the Unforgettable Novel Of A Childhood In A Sleepy Southern Town And The Crisis Of Conscience That Rocked It, to Kill A Mockingbird Became Both An Instant Bestseller And A Critical Success When It Was First Published In 1960. It Went On To Win The Pulitzer Prize In 1961 And Was Later Made Into An Academy Award-winning Film, Also A Classic. Compassionate, Dramatic, And Deeply Moving, to Kill A Mockingbird Takes Readers To The Roots Of Human Behavior - To Innocence And Experience, Kindness And Cruelty, Love And Hatred, Humor And Pathos. Now With Over 18 Million Copies In Print And Translated Into Forty Languages, This Regional Story By A Young Alabama Woman Claims Universal Appeal. Harper Lee Always Considered Her Book To Be A Simple Love Story. Today It Is Regarded As A Masterpiece Of American Literature.the New Yorkerskilled, Unpretentious And Tototally Ingenuous . . . Tough, Melodramatic, Acute, Funny. | Harper Perennial |
| 9781442419810 | Uglies | Westerfeld, Scott | The Uglies series has more than 3 million books in print, has been translated into twenty-seven languages, and spent more than fifty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now all four books feature fresh new covers and will reach an even wider audience. Tally’s adventures begin in Uglies, where she learns the truth about what life as a Pretty really means. She rebels against the surgery that will make her a Pretty, but ultimately succumbs. In Pretties, Tally has forgotten all about her Ugly life, and when she’s reminded, she has a hard time listening. And what little’s left of the old Tally is further compromised in Specials, because Tally has been transformed into a fierce fighting machine. But when she’s offered a chance to forever improve civilization, will she be able to overcome her brainwashing? The answer is evident years later in Extras, after the Pretty regime has ended. Boundless human creativity, new technologies, and old dangers have been unleashed upon the world. But fame and popularity can be just as dangerous as extreme beauty…. | Simon Pulse |