Jessica Krumel's Library
Montgomery Central High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780545566377 | Somebody, Please Tell Me Who I Am | Harry Mazer, Peter Lerangis | Wounded In Iraq While His Army Unit Is On Convoy And Treated For Many Months For Traumatic Brain Injury, The First Person Ben Remembers From His Earlier Life Is His Autistic Brother. | |
| 9780312674397 | Speak | Anderson, Laurie Halse | 1999 National Book Award Finalistschool Library Journal Best Books Of The Yearbooklist Editors' Choicemelinda Is A Friendless Outcast At Merryweather High. She Busted An End-of-summer Party By Calling The Cops, And Now Nobody Will Talk To Her, Let Alone Listen To Her. As Time Passes, She Becomes Increasingly Isolated And Practically Stops Talking Altogether. It Is Through Her Work On An Art Project That She Is Finally Able To Face What Really Happened At That Terrible Party: She Was Raped By An Upperclassman, A Guy Who Still Attends Merryweather And Who Is Still A Threat To Her. It Will Take Another Violent Encounter With Him To Make Melinda Fight Back. This Time She Refuses To Be Silent. 1999 National Book Award Finalistschool Library Journal Best Books Of The Yearbooklist Editors' Choice | Square Fish |
| 9780375842207 | The Book Thief | Markus Zusak | DON'T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK'S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF. The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. "The kind of book that can be life-changing." --The New York Times "Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank." --USA Today | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| 9780544935204 | The Crossover | Kwame Alexander | Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health. | HMH Books For Young Readers |
| 9780547258553 | The Dead And The Gone | Pfeffer, Susan Beth | Susan Beth Pfeffer’s Life as We Knew It enthralled and devastated readers with its brutal but hopeful look at an apocalyptic event—an asteroid hitting the moon, setting off a tailspin of horrific climate changes. Now this harrowing companion novel examines the same events as they unfold in New York City, revealed through the eyes of seventeen-year-old Puerto Rican Alex Morales. When Alex's parents disappear in the aftermath of tidal waves, he must care for his two younger sisters, even as Manhattan becomes a deadly wasteland, and food and aid dwindle. With haunting themes of family, faith, personal change, and courage, this powerful novel explores how a young man takes on unimaginable responsibilities. | Graphia Books |
| 9780062317278 | The Distance Between Lost and Found | Kathryn Holmes | Blending elements of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak and Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet, this gripping story from Kathryn Holmes was deemed “a page turner” by author Richard Peck and “an intense story of survival” by ALA Booklist in its starred review. Sophomore Hallie Calhoun has just endured the most excruciating six months of her life. Once the rumors about her and the preacher’s son, Luke, made their way around school, her friends abandoned her, and as a result, Hallie has completely withdrawn. Now on a hiking trip in the Smoky Mountains with the same people who have relentlessly taunted her, Hallie is pushed to her limit. Then Hallie, outgoing newcomer Rachel, and Jonah—Hallie’s former friend—get separated from the rest of the group. As days go by without rescue, their struggle for survival turns deadly. Stranded in the wilderness, the three have no choice but to trust one another in order to stay alive…and for Hallie, that means opening up about what really happened that night with Luke. From the catty atmosphere of high school to the unpredictable terrain of the mountains, this novel is a poignant, raw journey about finding yourself after having been lost for so long. | HarperTeen |
| 9781338573305 | The Light in Hidden Places | Sharon Cameron | Sixteen-year-old Catholic Stefania Podgórska has worked in the Diamant family's grocery store in for four years, even falling in love with one of their sons, Izio; but when the Nazis came to Przemsyl, Poland, the Jewish Diamants are forced into the ghetto (and worse) and only Izio's brother Max manages to escape, and Stefania embarks on a dangerous course--protecting thirteen Jews in her attic, caring for her younger sister, Helena, and keeping everything secret from the two Nazi officers who are living in her house. | |
| 9780544336230 | The Testing (1) | Charbonneau, Joelle | HMH Books for Young Readers | |
| 9780761160915 | Workman Publishing Everything You Need To Ace English Language Arts In One Big Fat Notebook (Big Fat Notebooks) | Workman Publishing | An Illustrated Notebook Of Definitions, Diagrams, Key Concepts, And Mnemonic Devices Geared To Help Middle School Students Learn About Reading, Writing And The English Language. | Workman Publishing Company |