Jessica Krumel's Library
Montgomery Central High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780763649265 | Free?: Stories About Human Rights | Various | Candlewick | |
| 9780525515142 | Harbor Me | Woodson, Jacqueline | Puffin Books | |
| 9781524741853 | Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments Of Inspiration | Thomas, Angie, Reynolds, Jason, Yoon, Nicola, Lu, Marie | Hope Is A Decision, But It Is A Hard One To Recognize In The Face Of Oppression, Belittlement, Alienation, And Defeat. To Help Embolden Hope, Some Of Today's Most Influential Young Adult Authors Come Together In This Highly Personal Nonfiction Collection Of Essays, Poems, And Letters, Each A Firsthand Account That Ultimately Strives To Inspire Hope. | Penguin Books |
| 9780593112373 | League Of Liars | Scholte, Astrid | G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers | |
| 9780152061548 | Life As We Knew It | Pfeffer, Susan Beth | Through Journal Entries, Sixteen-year-old Miranda Describes Her Family's Struggle To Survive After A Meteor Hits The Moon, Causing Worldwide Tsunamis, Earthquakes, And Volcanic Eruptions. | HMH Books for Young Readers |
| 9781338620931 | Lines Of Courage | Nielsen, Jennifer A. | Scholastic Press | |
| 9780544416697 | NEED | Charbonneau, Joelle | HMH Books for Young Readers | |
| 9780374500016 | Night | Wiesel, Elie | A New Translation From The French By Marion Wiesel night Is Elie Wiesel’s Masterpiece, A Candid, Horrific, And Deeply Poignant Autobiographical Account Of His Survival As A Teenager In The Nazi Death Camps. This New Translation By Marion Wiesel, Elie’s Wife And Frequent Translator, Presents This Seminal Memoir In The Language And Spirit Truest To The Author’s Original Intent. And In A Substantive New Preface, Elie Reflects On The Enduring Importance Of Night And His Lifelong, Passionate Dedication To Ensuring That The World Never Forgets Man’s Capacity For Inhumanity To Man.night Offers Much More Than A Litany Of The Daily Terrors, Everyday Perversions, And Rampant Sadism At Auschwitz And Buchenwald; It Also Eloquently Addresses Many Of The Philosophical As Well As Personal Questions Implicit In Any Serious Consideration Of What The Holocaust Was, What It Meant, And What Its Legacy Is And Will Be.author Bio: Elie Wiesel Is The Internationally Celebrated Author, Nobel Laureate, And Spokesperson For Humanity Whose Decision To Dedicate His Life To Bearing Witness For The Holocaust's Martyrs And Survivors Found Its Earliest And Most Enduring Voice In Night, His Penetrating And Profound Account Of The Nazi Death Camps. Born In The Town Of Sighet, Transylvania, He Was A Teenager When He And His Family Were Taken From Their Home In 1944 To The Auschwitz Concentration Camp, And Then To Buchenwald. Night Is The Terrifying Record Of Elie Wiesel's Memories Of The Death Of His Family, The Death Of His Own Innocence, And His Despair As A Deeply Observant Jew Confronting The Absolute Evil Of Man.elie Wiesel Is The Author Of More Than Forty Internationally Acclaimed Works Of Fiction And Nonfiction. He Has Been Awarded The Presidential Medal Of Freedom, The United States Of America Congressional Gold Medal, The French Legion Of Honor, And, In 1986, The Nobel Peace Prize. He Is The Andrew W. Mellon Professor In The Humanities And University Professor At Boston University. an Autobiographical Narrative In Which The Author Describes His Experiences In Nazi Concentration Camps, Watching Family And Friends Die, And How They Led Him To Believe That God Is Dead. | Paw Prints 2008-04-25 |
| 9780439757812 | Notes From The Midnight Driver | Sonnenblick, Jordan | From hot new talent Jordan Sonnenblick, a "Tuesdays with Morrie" for teens. Coincides with the publication of his new hardcover novel. 16-year-old Alex decides to get even. His parents are separated, his father is dating his former third-grade teacher, and being 16 isn't easy, especially when it comes to girls. Instead of revenge though, Alex ends up in trouble with the law and is ordered to do community service at a senior center where he is assigned to Solomon Lewis, a "difficult" senior with a lot of gusto, advice for Alex, and a puzzling (yet colorful) Yiddish vocabulary. Eventually, the pair learn to deal with their past and each other in ways that are humorous, entertaining, and life-changing. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780147509888 | Once Upon A Kiss | Palmer, Robin | It's 1986, And Zoe And Her Best Friend Jonah Are Near The Bottom Of Their High School Social Ladder. Then After A Freak Accident, Zoe Wakes Up In Present Day, And, To Her Surprise, Is The Most Popular Girl In School. It Isn't An Easy Adjustment, Especially When She Finds Out She And Jonah Aren't Even Friends-- | Speak |
| 9781524714680 | One Of Us Is Lying | McManus, Karen M. | When The Creator Of A High School Gossip App Mysteriously Dies In Front Of Four High-profile Students All Four Become Suspects. It's Up To Them To Solve The Case-- | Delacorte Press |
| 9780399546570 | Our Chemical Hearts | Sutherland, Krystal | Penguin Books | |
| 9780062014566 | Panic | Oliver, Lauren | HarperCollins | |
| 9781338805048 | Playing With Fire | April Henry | Natalia Is Not The Kind Of Girl Who Takes Risks. Six Years Ago, She Barely Survived The House Fire That Killed Her Baby Brother. Now She Is Cautious And Always Plays It Safe. For Months, Her Co-worker Wyatt Has Begged Her To Come Hiking With Him, And Natalia Finally Agrees. When A Fire Cuts Off A Popular Trail In The Oregon Forest, A Small Group Trapped By The Flames Must Find Another Way Out—or Die. | |
| 9781338621013 | Rescue | Nielsen, Jennifer A. | Scholastic Press | |
| 9780385333214 | Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) | Homer Hickam | The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true.With the grace of a natural storyteller, NASA engineer Homer Hickam paints a warm, vivid portrait of the harsh West Virginia mining town of his youth, evoking a time of innocence and promise, when anything was possible, even in a company town that swallowed its men alive. A story of romance and loss, of growing up and getting out, Homer Hickam's lush, lyrical memoir is a chronicle of triumph—at once exquisitely written and marvelously entertaining.Now with 8 pages of photographs.A number-one New York Times bestseller in mass market, brought to the screen in the acclaimed film October Sky, Homer Hickam's memoir, nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award, comes to trade paperback with an all-new photo insert.One of the most beloved bestsellers in recent years, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir. A powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the end of the 1950s, it is the story of a mother's love and a father's fears, of growing up and getting out. With the grace of a natural storyteller, Homer Hickam looks back after a distinguished NASA career to tell his own true story of growing up in a dying coal town and of how, against the odds, he made his dreams of launching rockets into outer space come true.A story of romance and loss and a keen portrait of life at an extraordinary point in American history, Rocket Boys is a chronicle of triumph. Book Magazine This nostalgic memoir chronicles the rocket launching adventures of Homer Hickam and his friends during their teenage years in Coalwood, West Virginia, in the 1950s. Inspired by the historic Soviet Sputnik launch in 1957, Hickam and his self-proclaimed Big Creek Missile Agency decided to launch a rocket into space. Unbeknowst to them, this seemingly harmless pursuit changes a destiny bound for a life of laboring in Coalwood's bituminous coal mines. Hickam would, in fact, grow up to be a pioneering NASA engineer at the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama. Hickam's plain-spoken narrative captures the wide-eyed innocence of the era and draws the reader into a world of boyhood friendships, school-girl crushes and adolescent dreams. Coalwood, an impoverished small town where a promising future consisted of issuing a young boy a mining hat upon high-school graduation, however, is a less than idyllic place for dreams. Instead it serves as a reminder of the author's youthful yearning for a brighter future. In Hickam's teenage world, characters are observed through idle talk or the occasional encounter, emotions are distant curiosities, and glimpses of life in the 1950s are only frames of reference. This is neither a famous astronaut's autobiography nor a dramatic portrayal of life in Cold War America. It's simply a true-life adventure that tickles the imagination while it evokes a more idealistic time.­William Travis | Delta |
| 9780689821806 | Romiette And Julio | Draper, Sharon M. | Star Crossed Lovers When Romiette Cappelle meets Julio Montague, she feels as though she has met the soul mate who can rescue her from her recurring nightmare about fire and water. But like the Shakespearean characters whose names echo theirs, Romiette and Julio discover that not everyone approves of their budding romance. In their case, it is because Romiette is African-American and Julio is Hispanic, and the Devildogs, a dangerous local gang, violently oppose their interracial relationship. When the Devildogs threaten to teach them a lesson, Romiette and Julio come up with a risky plan to escape from the gang's fearsome shadow. But things go terribly awry, and the two find themselves caught up in a deadly reality more frightening that Romiette's nightmare — and in a desperate struggle to avoid the tragic fate of Shakespeare's famous young lovers.KLIATTRomiette is African American; Julio is Hispanic. Ironically, Julio's family relocated to escape gangs in his old high school in Texas only to find Cincinnati has them also. The two meet on the Internet and go off to a private chat room before they realize they are students at the same school. With names like these you feel they must have an ill-fated ending. In keeping with the Shakespearean tale, they are destined to be together while peers and family try to persuade them to part. The Devildogs, the notorious gang that rules the high school, are incensed by Romiette and Julio's relationship and harass them to the point that it becomes quite dangerous for the two. The story is a bit predictable but still enjoyable. KLIATT Codes: JS—Recommended for junior and senior high school students. 1999, Simon & Schuster, Aladdin, 320p., $4.99. Ages 13 to 18. Reviewer: Sherri Forgash Ginsberg; Chapel Hill, NC , September 2001 (Vol. 35 No. 5) | Atheneum Books for Young Readers |
| 9780307977885 | Shabanu: Daughter Of The Wind (Shabanu Series) | Staples, Suzanne Fisher | Ember | |
| 9780142425039 | Slated | Terry, Teri | Debut author Teri Terry has written a brilliantly compelling, original and thought-provoking novel about an uncomfortably plausible future. Kyla has been Slated—her memory and personality erased as punishment for committing a crime she can’t remember. The government has taught her how to walk and talk again, given her a new identity and a new family, and told her to be grateful for this second chance that she doesn’t deserve. It’s also her last chance—because they’ll be watching to make sure she plays by their rules. As Kyla adjusts to her new life, she’s plagued by fear. Who is she, really? And if only criminals are slated, why are so many innocent people disappearing? Kyla is torn between the need to know more and her instinct for self-preservation. She knows a dangerous game is being played with her life, and she can’t let anyone see her make the wrong move . . . but who can she trust when everyone is a stranger? | Speak |
| 9780440228387 | Soldier's Heart: Being The Story Of The Enlistment And Due Service Of The Boy Charley Goddard In The First Minnesota Volunteers | Paulsen, Gary | In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard left his farm and enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was fifteen. He didn't rightly know what a shooting war meant, or what he was fighting for. All he knew was that he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.The shooting war meant the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival. It meant knowing how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. Waiting for death. And Charley learned 'This is how it's done.When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different. He was only nineteen, but he was a man said to have a soldier's heart.Battle by battle, Gary Paulsen shows one boy's war through one boy's eyes and one boy's heart, and gives a voice to all the anonymous young men who fought in the Civil War. Listeners will finish this audiobook and know, this is how it's done. Eager to enlist, fifteen-year-old Charley has a change of heart after experiencing both the physical horrors and mental anguish of Civil War combat. | Laurel Leaf |