Cresta Mcgowan's Library
Middle College
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The White City | ||||
| The Wolf Tree | ||||
| The Wrath And The Dawn | ||||
| The Young Black Stallion | ||||
| 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 |
| Titanic: Voices From The Disaster | ||||
| 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 |
| Unbound | ||||
| Undertow | ||||
| Up From Slavery | ||||
| Wait Till Helen Comes | ||||
| 9780064405171 | Walk Two Moons | Sharon Creech | "How about a story? Spin us a yarn." Instantly, Phoebe Winterbottom came to mind. "I could tell you an extensively strange story," I warned. "Oh, good!" Gram said. "Delicious!" And that is how I happened to tell them about Phoebe, her disappearing mother, and the lunatic. As Sal entertains her grandparents with Phoebe's outrageous story, her own story begins to unfold--the story of a thirteen-year-old girl whose only wish is to be reunited with her missing mother. In her own award-winning style, Sharon Creech intricately weaves together two tales, one funny, one bittersweet, to create a heartwarming, compelling, and utterly moving story of love, loss, and the complexity of human emotion. | Harper Collins |
| We Are Not Free | ||||
| 9780385741262 | We Were Liars | E. Lockhart | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist, and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. Don't miss the #1 New York Times bestselling prequel, Family of Liars.A beautiful and distinguished family.A private island.A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.A revolution. An accident. A secret.Lies upon lies.True love.The truth.Read it.And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE."Thrilling, beautiful, and blisteringly smart, We Were Liars is utterly unforgettable." —John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars | Delacorte Press |
| What Happened To Goodbye | ||||
| Where Am I Eating | ||||
| Where Am I Wearing | ||||
| 9780142420898 | Where She Went | Gayle Forman | The highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed If I StayPicking up several years after the dramatic conclusion of If I Stay, Where She Went continues the story of Adam and Mia, from Adam's point of view. Ever since Mia's decision to stay - but not with him - Adam's career has been on a wonderful trajectory. His album, borne from the anguish and pain of their breakup, has made him a bona fide star. And Mia herself has become a top-rate cellist, playing in some of the finest venues in the world. When their respective paths put them both in New York City at the same time, the result is a single night in which the two reunite - with wholly satisfying results.And don't miss Gayle's newest novel, JUST ONE DAY and the forthcoming companion, JUST ONE YEAR. | Speak |
| Who Moved My Cheese | ||||
| Wings Of Fire, Boxset |