Stephanie Underhill's Library
Rossview High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9790134354728 | ||||
| 9781935468493 | ||||
| 9781580493208 | 3 Simple Truths And 6 Essential Traits Of Powerful Writing (Book One NOVICE) | Doublas E. Grudzina | excellent condition--no markings | Prestick House, Inc. |
| 9780030957659 | A Midsummer Night's Dream With Connections (Hrw Classics Library) | Shakespeare, William | Holt Rinehart & Winston | |
| 9781616513320 | A Very Good Year-2011 (Carter High Senior Year) | Eleanor Robins | Clay is starting quarterback for the Carter High football team. He works hard to get what he wants. Clay wants to date Kim, but she turned him down last year. When Clay helps Hank with his passes, he finds out that Kim studies with Hank's sister. It could be the start of a very good year.The students of Carter High return for their senior year. These books continue the stories from Carter High Chronicles and introduce new characters. Topics are involving and pertinent to young adult readers: romance, sports, friendships, exams, work, family. In just 48-pages, struggling readers can easily complete each novel.Carter High Senior Year. Meet the students of Carter Highthey are a diverse group of teens from a variety of backgrounds. Each paperback book features a character embroiled in a typical high school dilemma. Topics are involving and pertinent to young adult readers: romance, sports, friendship, exams, work, family. In just 48-pages, even your least motivated readers can easily finish. | Saddleback Educational Publishing |
| 9781481463348 | All American Boys | Reynolds, Jason, Kiely, Brendan | When Sixteen-year-old Rashad Is Mistakenly Accused Of Stealing, Classmate Quinn Witnesses His Brutal Beating At The Hands Of A Police Officer Who Happens To Be The Older Brother Of His Best Friend. Told Through Rashad And Quinn's Alternating Viewpoints. | Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books |
| 9780062073488 | And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | "If you’re one of the few who haven’t experienced the genius of Agatha Christie, this novel is a stellar starting point." — DAVID BALDACCI, #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorAn exclusive authorized edition of the most famous and beloved stories from the Queen of Mystery.Ten people, each with something to hide and something to fear, are invited to an isolated mansion on Indian Island by a host who, surprisingly, fails to appear. On the island they are cut off from everything but each other and the inescapable shadows of their own past lives. One by one, the guests share the darkest secrets of their wicked pasts. And one by one, they die…Which among them is the killer and will any of them survive?"Agatha Christie is the gateway drug to crime fiction both for readers and for writers. . . . Just one book is never enough." — VAL MCDERMID, Internationally Bestselling Author | William Morrow Paperbacks |
| 9780684842677 | Angela's Ashes: A Memoir | Frank McCourt | sometimes It's Worth The Wait. Having Waited 40 Years To Tell His Story, Frank Mccourt Doesn't Pull Any Punches In His Story Of Growing Up Dirt Poor In Limerick, Ireland. Having Emigrated To America, Mccourt's Family Returns To Ireland After His Sister Dies In Brooklyn. It Is There That Things Turn From Bad To Worse.it Is Mccourt's Contention That There Is Nothing Worse Than Irish Catholic Poverty, And His Book Would Seem To Bear It Out: His Family Moves To A Row House In Limerick That Is Located Next To The Street's Lavatory. However, The Book Is Written In A Lyrical Style From The Point Of View Of Frank Mccourt As A Boy, And It Is Still Filled With The Whimsy Of Growing Up And The Natural Humor Of Its Author. While The Book Is Often Angry (at The Church, At His Father, At His Poverty, At His Mother), It Is Also Filled With Forgiveness Without Bitterness.covering The Ages Spanning Three To 19, angela's Ashes Is The Story Of Frank Mccourt's Struggle To Escape From Poverty And A Tale Of Ireland Still Seemingly In The Dark Ages. Barred From The Good Schools Because Of His Class, Teeth Falling Out From Malnutrition, And Facing Life With A Shiftless Alcoholic Father, Mccourt Nevertheless Survives On His Wits And Manages To Return To America To Start His Life Over. Again. It Is A Triumph Of Both The Art Of Memoir Writing And The Author's Spirit. people a Splendid Memoir, Both Funny And Forgiving. | Scribner |
| 9780451526342 | Animal Farm | George Orwell | Signet | |
| Appreciating Literature | ||||
| 9781616513238 | Be Fair-2011 (Carter High Senior Year) | Eleanor Robins | Dru thinks it is her dad's fault that she can't spend her senior year at her old high school. However, she soon learns that judging people unfairly gets her nowhere. Troy could be Dru's new boyfriend, but will Dru's quick judgment get in the way of a new friendship?The students of Carter High return for their senior year. These books continue the stories from Carter High Chronicles and introduce new characters. Topics are involving and pertinent to young adult readers: romance, sports, friendships, exams, work, family. In just 48-pages, struggling readers can easily complete each novel.Carter High Senior Year. Meet the students of Carter Highthey are a diverse group of teens from a variety of backgrounds. Each paperback book features a character embroiled in a typical high school dilemma. Topics are involving and pertinent to young adult readers: romance, sports, friendship, exams, work, family. In just 48-pages, even your least motivated readers can easily finish. | Saddleback Educational Publishing |
| Benet's Readers Encyclopedia | ||||
| 9780810388383 | Black Writers: A Selection Of Sketches From Contemporary Authors | Book by | Gale / Cengage Learning | |
| 9780525433026 | Call Me American: A Memoir | Abdi Nor Iftin | Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies.Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches, which found an audience of worldwide listeners. Eventually, though, Abdi was forced to flee to Kenya.In an amazing stroke of luck, Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, though his route to America did not come easily. Parts of his story were first heard on the BBC World Service and This American Life. Now a proud resident of Maine, on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why America still beckons to those looking to make a better life. | Vintage |
| 9781101939529 | Dear Martin | Nic Stone | "Powerful, wrenching.” –JOHN GREEN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down"Raw and gripping." –JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling coauthor of All American Boys"A must-read!” –ANGIE THOMAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U GiveRaw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning #1 New York Times bestselling debut, a William C. Morris Award Finalist.Justyce McAllister is a good kid, an honor student, and always there to help a friend—but none of that matters to the police officer who just put him in handcuffs. Despite leaving his rough neighborhood behind, he can't escape the scorn of his former peers or the ridicule of his new classmates.Justyce looks to the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for answers. But do they hold up anymore? He starts a journal to Dr. King to find out.Then comes the day Justyce goes driving with his best friend, Manny, windows rolled down, music turned up—way up, sparking the fury of a white off-duty cop beside them. Words fly. Shots are fired. Justyce and Manny are caught in the crosshairs. In the media fallout, it's Justyce who is under attack."Vivid and powerful." -Booklist, Starred Review"A visceral portrait of a young man reckoning with the ugly, persistent violence of social injustice." -Publishers Weekly | Ember |
| 9780440207290 | Don't Look Behind You | Lois Duncan | How can April give up her name, her friends, her boyfriend Steve, and everything she's ever known?April Corrigan feels like her life is over when she learns that her father has been working undercover for the FBI and the family must relocate under the Federal Witness Security Program.No one can reach them now... or can they? | Laurel Leaf |
| 9780440226734 | Downriver | Hobbs, Will | Laurel Leaf | |
| English Romantic Writers | ||||
| 9781463536114 | Great Expectations: Abridged | Charles Dickens | A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor - these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens' haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations'. | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |
| 9780669408737 | Great Source School To Work: Student Handbook Grades 9 - 12 (Write Source 2000 Revision) | Patrick Sebranek, Verne Meyer, Dave Kemper, John Van Rys | Used Books | Great Source Education Group Inc |