Kathleen Tervel's Library
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| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| 9780593118764 | This Is My America | Kim Johnson | "Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear MartinThe Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system.Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present?Fans of Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds won't want to miss this provocative and gripping debut. | Random House Books for Young Readers |
| 9780316346627 | Tipping Point, The | Malcolm Gladwell | Uncover the captivating science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior in the breakthrough debut — named one of the best books of the decade by The A.V. Club and The Guardian — by Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia.The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas.“A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person looks at the world.” —Michael Lewis | Back Bay Books |
| 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 |
| 9780062798183 | To Kill A Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel | Lee, Harper, Fordham, Fred | A Beautifully Crafted Graphic Novel Adaptation Of Harper Lee’s Beloved, Pulitzer Prize–winning American Classic. Shoot All The Bluejays You Want, If You Can Hit ‘em, But Remember It’s A Sin To Kill A Mockingbird. A Haunting Portrait Of Race And Class, Innocence And Injustice, Hypocrisy And Heroism, Tradition And Transformation In The Deep South Of The 1930s, Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird Remains As Important Today As It Was Upon Its Initial Publication In 1960, During The Turbulent Years Of The Civil Rights Movement. Now, This Most Beloved And Acclaimed Novel Is Reborn For A New Age As A Gorgeous Graphic Novel. Scout, Gem, Boo Radley, Atticus Finch, And The Small Town Of Maycomb, Alabama, Are All Captured In Vivid And Moving Illustrations By Artist Fred Fordham. Enduring In Vision, Harper Lee’s Timeless Novel Illuminates The Complexities Of Human Nature And The Depths Of The Human Heart With Humor, Unwavering Honesty, And A Tender, Nostalgic Beauty. Lifetime Admirers And New Readers Alike Will Be Touched By This Special Visual Edition That Joins The Ranks Of The Graphic Novel Adaptations Of A Wrinkle In Time And The Alchemist. | Harper |
| 9781627795548 | Torpedoed: The True Story Of The World War II Sinking Of "The Children's Ship" | Deborah Heiligman | From award-winning author Deborah Heiligman comes Torpedoed, a true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII.Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board.When the war ships escorting the Benares departed, a German submarine torpedoed what became known as the Children's Ship. Out of tragedy, ordinary people became heroes. This is their story.This title has Common Core connections. | Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) |
| 1524714720 | Two Can Keep A Secret | Karen M. McManus | The "must-read YA thriller" (Bustle) from #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying about a small town with deadly secrets."When it comes to YA suspense, Karen M. McManus is in a league of her own..." --Entertainment WeeklyEcho Ridge is small-town America. Ellery's never been there, but she's heard all about it. Her aunt went missing there at age seventeen. And only five years ago, a homecoming queen put the town on the map when she was killed. Now Ellery has to move there to live with a grandmother she barely knows.The town is picture-perfect, but it's hiding secrets. And before school even begins for Ellery, someone has declared open season on homecoming, promising to make it as dangerous as it was five years ago. Then, almost as if to prove it, another girl goes missing.Ellery knows all about secrets. Her mother has them; her grandmother does too. And the longer she's in Echo Ridge, the clearer it becomes that everyone there is hiding something. The thing is, secrets are dangerous--and most people aren't good at keeping them. Which is why in Echo Ridge, it's safest to keep your secrets to yourself.Fans of the hit thriller that started it all can watch the secrets of the Bayview Four be revealed in the One of Us is Lying TV series now streaming on NBC's Peacock! | Delacorte Press |
| 9780812974492 | Unbroken (Movie Tie-In Edition): A World War II Story Of Survival, Resilience, And Redemption | Laura Hillenbrand | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The incredible true story of survival and salvation that is the basis for two major motion pictures: Unbroken and Unbroken: Path to Redemption.“Extraordinarily moving . . . a powerfully drawn survival epic.”—The Wall Street JournalHailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biographyOn a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane’s bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.The lieutenant’s name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he’d been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will.Laura Hillenbrand writes with the same rich and vivid narrative voice she displayed in Seabiscuit. Telling an unforgettable story of a man’s journey into extremity, Unbroken is a testament to the resilience of the human mind, body, and spirit. | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 9780735219090 | Where The Crawdads Sing | Owens, Delia | For Years, Rumors Of The Marsh Girl Have Haunted Barkley Cove, A Quiet Town On The North Carolina Coast. She's Barefoot And Wild; Unfit For Polite Society. So In Late 1969, When Handsome Chase Andrews Is Found Dead, The Locals Immediately Suspect Kya Clark. But Kya Is Not What They Say. Abandoned At Age Ten, She Has Survived On Her Own In The Marsh That She Calls Home. A Born Naturalist With Just One Day Of School, She Takes Life Lessons From The Land, Learning From The False Signals Of Fireflies The Real Way Of This World. But While She Could Have Lived In Solitude Forever, The Time Comes When She Yearns To Be Touched And Loved. Drawn To Two Young Men From Town, Who Are Each Intrigued By Her Wild Beauty, Kya Opens Herself To A New And Startling World--until The Unthinkable Happens.-- Delia Owens. | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| 9780060987107 | Wicked: The Life And Times Of The Wicked Witch Of The West | Gregory Maguire | The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony-winning hit musical, soon to be a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana GrandeWith millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguire’s Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing sleight of hand with our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and supremely entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin—no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz’s most promising young citizens.But Elphaba’s Oz is no utopia. The Wizard’s secret police are everywhere. Animals—those creatures with voices, souls, and minds—are threatened with exile. Young Elphaba, green and wild and misunderstood, is determined to protect the Animals—even if it means combating the mysterious Wizard, even if it means risking her single chance at romance. Ever wiser in guilt and sorrow, she can find herself grateful when the world declares her a witch. And she can even make herself glad for that young girl from Kansas.Recognized as an iconoclastic tour de force on its initial publication, the novel has inspired the blockbuster musical of the same name—one of the longest-running plays in Broadway history. Popular, indeed. But while the novel’s distant cousins hail from the traditions of magical realism, mythopoeic fantasy, and sprawling nineteenth-century sagas of moral urgency, Maguire’s Wicked is as unique as its green-skinned witch. | William Morrow Paperbacks |
| 9780385486804 | Wild A Journey From Lost To Found, Into The Wild, Into Thin Air 3 Books Collection Set | Cheryl Strayed, Jon Krakauer | in April 1992 A Young Man From A Well-to-do Family Hitchhiked To Alaska And Walked Alone Into The Wilderness North Of Mt. Mckinley. His Name Was Christopher Johnson Mccandless. He Had Given $25,000 In Savings To Charity, Abandoned His Car And Most Of His Possessions, Burned All The Cash In His Wallet, And Invented A New Life For Himself. Four Months Later, His Decomposed Body Was Found By A Moose Hunter. how Mccandless Came To Die Is The Unforgettable Story Of into The Wild.immediately After Graduating From College In 1991, Mccandless Had Roamed Through The West And Southwest On A Vision Quest Like Those Made By His Heroes Jack London And John Muir. in The Mojave Desert He Abandoned His Car, Stripped It Of Its License Plates, And Burned All Of His cash. he Would Give Himself A New Name, Alexander Supertramp, And , Unencumbered By Money And Belongings, He Would Be Free To Wallow In The Raw, Unfiltered Experiences That Nature Presented. craving A Blank Spot On The Map, Mccandless Simply Threw The Maps Away. leaving Behind His Desperate Parents And Sister, He Vanished Into The Wild.jon Krakauer Constructs A Clarifying Prism Through Which He Reassembles The Disquieting Facts Of Mccandless's Short Life. admitting An Interst That Borders On Obsession, He Searches For The Clues To The Dries And Desires That Propelled Mccandless. digging Deeply, He Takes An Inherently Compelling Mystery And Unravels The Larger Riddles It Holds: The Profound Pull Of The American Wilderness On Our Imagination; The Allure Of High-risk Activities To Young Men Of A Certain Cast Of Mind; The Complex, Charged Bond Between Fathers And Sons.when Mccandless's Innocent Mistakes Turn Out To Be Irreversible And Fatal, He Becomes The Stuff Of Tabloid Headlines And Is Dismissed For His Naiveté, Pretensions, And Hubris. he Is Said to Have Had A Death Wish But Wanting To Die Is A Very Different Thing From Being Compelled To Look Over The Edge. Krakauer Brings Mccandless's Uncompromising Pilgrimage Out Of The Shadows, And The Peril, Adversity , And Renunciation Sought By This Enigmatic Young Man Are Illuminated With A Rare Understanding—and Not An Ounce Of Sentimentality. Mesmerizing, Heartbreaking, into The Wild Is A tour De Force. The Power And Luminosity Of Jon Krakauer's Stoytelling Blaze Through Every Page. | Atlantic Books/Pan |
| 9780385494786 | Wild A Journey From Lost To Found, Into The Wild, Into Thin Air 3 Books Collection Set | Cheryl Strayed, Jon Krakauer | national Bestseller a Bank Of Clouds Was Assembling On The Not-so-distant Horizon, But Journalist-mountaineer Jon Krakauer, Standing On The Summit Of Mt. Everest, Saw Nothing That Suggested That A Murderous Storm Was Bearing Down. He Was Wrong. The Storm, Which Claimed Five Lives And Left Countless More—including Krakauer's—in Guilt-ridden Disarray, Would Also Provide The Impetus For into Thin Air, Krakauer's Epic Account Of The May 1996 Disaster.by Writing into Thin Air, Krakauer May Have Hoped To Exorcise Some Of His Own Demons And Lay To Rest Some Of The Painful Questions That Still Surround The Event. He Takes Great Pains To Provide A Balanced Picture Of The People And Events He Witnessed And Gives Due Credit To The Tireless And Dedicated Sherpas. He Also Avoids Blasting Easy Targets Such As Sandy Pittman, The Wealthy Socialite Who Brought An Espresso Maker Along On The Expedition. Krakauer's Highly Personal Inquiry Into The Catastrophe Provides A Great Deal Of Insight Into What Went Wrong. But For Krakauer Himself, Further Interviews And Investigations Only Lead Him To The Conclusion That His Perceived Failures Were Directly Responsible For A Fellow Climber's Death. Clearly, Krakauer Remains Haunted By The Disaster, And Although He Relates A Number Of Incidents In Which He Acted Selflessly And Even Heroically, He Seems Unable To View Those Instances Objectively. In The End, Despite His Evenhanded And Even Generous Assessment Of Others' Actions, He Reserves A Full Measure Of Vitriol For Himself.this Updated Trade Paperback Edition Of into Thin Air Includes An Extensive New Postscript That Sheds Fascinating Light On The Acrimonious Debate That Flared Between Krakauer And Everest Guide Anatoli Boukreev In The Wake Of The Tragedy. i Have No Doubt That Boukreev's Intentions Were Good On Summit Day, Writes Krakauer In The Postscript, Dated August 1999. What Disturbs Me, Though, Was Boukreev's Refusal To Acknowledge The Possibility That He Made Even A Single Poor Decision. Never Did He Indicate That Perhaps It Wasn't The Best Choice To Climb Without Gas Or Go Down Ahead Of His Clients. As Usual, Krakauer Supports His Points With Dogged Research And A Good Dose Of Humility. But Rather Than Continue The Heated Discourse That Has Raged Since into Thin Air's Denouncement Of Guide Boukreev, Krakauer's Tone Is Conciliatory; He Points Most Of His Criticism At G. Weston De Walt, Who Coauthored the Climb, Boukreev's Version Of Events. And In A Touching Conclusion, Krakauer Recounts His Last Conversation With The Late Boukreev, In Which The Two Weathered Climbers Agreed To Disagree About Certain Points. Krakauer Had Great Hopes To Patch Things Up With Boukreev, But The Russian Later Died In An Avalanche On Another Himalayan Peak, Annapurna I.in 1999, Krakauer Received An Academy Award In Literature From The American Academy Of Arts And Letters—a Prestigious Prize Intended To Honor Writers Of Exceptional Accomplishment. according To The Academy's Citation, Krakauer Combines The Tenacity And Courage Of The Finest Tradition Of Investigative Journalism With The Stylish Subtlety And Profound Insight Of The Born Writer. his Account Of An Ascent Of Mount Everest Has Led To A General Reevaluation Of Climbing And Of The Commercialization Of What Was Once A Romantic, Solitary Sport; While His Account Of The Life And Death Of Christopher Mccandless, Who Died Of Starvation After Challenging The Alaskan Wilderness, Delves Even More Deeply And Disturbingly Into The Fascination Of Nature And The Devastating Effects Of Its Lure On A Young And Curious Mind. a Childhood Dream Of Someday Ascending Mount Everest, A Lifelong Love Of Climbing, And An Expense Account All Propelled Writer Jon Krakauer To The Top Of The Himalayas Last May. His Powerful, Cautionary Tale Of An Adventure Gone Horribly Wrong Is A Must-read. | Atlantic Books/Pan |
| 9780141439556 | Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) | Emily Brontë, Pauline Nestor | One of English literature's classic masterpieces—a gripping novel of love, propriety, and tragedy. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadEmily Brontë's only novel endures as a work of tremendous and far-reaching influence. The Penguin Classics edition is the definitive version of the text, edited with an introduction by Pauline Nestor.Lockwood, the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange, situated on the bleak Yorkshire moors, is forced to seek shelter one night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his landlord. There he discovers the history of the tempestuous events that took place years before. What unfolds is the tale of the intense love between the gypsy foundling Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. Catherine, forced to choose between passionate, tortured Heathcliff and gentle, well-bred Edgar Linton, surrendered to the expectations of her class. As Heathcliff's bitterness and vengeance at his betrayal is visited upon the next generation, their innocent heirs must struggle to escape the legacy of the past.In this edition, a new preface by Lucasta Miller, author of The Brontë Myth, looks at the ways in which the novel has been interpreted, from Charlotte Brontë onwards. This complements Pauline Nestor's introduction, which discusses changing critical receptions of the novel, as well as Emily Brontë's influences and background. | Penguin Classics |