Valarie Oglesby's Library
Northwest High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| The House And His Boy | ||||
| 9780553213706 | The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Bantam Classics) | Victor Hugo | Before the huge crowd that packed the cathedral square, La Esmeralda stood between two executioners. Suddenly Quasimodo, the hunchback of Notre Dame, rushed at the executioners and felled them with his enormous fists. He snatched the gypsy girl in one arm and ran with her into the church. A moment later he appeared at the top of the bell tower. Holding the girl above his head, he showed her triumphantly to all of Paris while his thunderous voice roared savagely to the sky: “Sanctuary! Sanctuary! Sanctuary!”Set amid the riot, intrigue, and pageantry of medieval Paris, Victor Hugo’s masterful tale of heroism and adventure has been a perennial favorite since its first publication in 1831 and remains one of the most thrilling stories of all time. | Bantam Classics |
| 9780439023528 | The Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins | In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place. | Scholastic Inc. |
| 9780380600120 | The Indian in the Cupboard | Banks, Lynne Reid | When Omri's Plastic Indian, Put In An Unusual Cupboard Overnight, Comes To Life, Omri Has A New Friend Who Can Teach Him About Another Culture And Another Time. | Avon Books |
| 9781452110219 | The Meaning Of Maggie | Megan Jean Sovern | •"Smart, sensitive, sad and funny."—Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewAs befits a future President of the United States of America, Maggie Mayfield has decided to write a memoir of the past year of her life. And what a banner year it's been! During this period she's Student of the Month on a regular basis, an official shareholder of Coca-Cola stock, and defending Science Fair champion. Most importantly, though, this is the year Maggie has to pull up her bootstraps (the family motto) and finally learn why her cool-dude dad is in a wheelchair, no matter how scary that is. Author Megan Jean Sovern, herself the daughter of a dad with multiple sclerosis, writes with the funny grace and assured prose of a new literary star.A portion of the proceeds of the sale of this book will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. | Chronicle Books |
| 9781101993835 | The Omnivore's Dilemma: Young Readers Edition | Michael Pollan | This acclaimed bestseller and modern classic has changed America’s relationship with food. It’s essential reading for kids who care about the environment and climate change.“What’s for dinner?” seemed like a simple question—until journalist and supermarket detective Michael Pollan delved behind the scenes. From fast food and big organic to small farms and old-fashioned hunting and gathering, this young readers’ adaptation of Pollan’s famous food-chain exploration encourages kids to consider the personal and global implications of their food choices.With plenty of photos, graphs, and visuals, The Omnivore’s Dilemma serves up a bold message to the generation most impacted by climate change: It’s time to take charge of our national eating habits—and it starts with you. | Rocky Pond Books |
| 9780545637282 | The Right Fight | Chris Lynch | When the draft board calls on the eve of World War II, Roman leaves behind a career in minor-league baseball to join the army, and finds himself driving a tank in the North African campaign. | Scholastic Press |
| 9780307929617 | The River (A Hatchet Adventure) | Gary Paulsen | The government sends Brian back to the Canadian wilderness in this beloved follow-up to the award-winning classic Hatchet from three-time Newbery Honor-winning author Gary Paulsen!Two years after Brian Robeson survived fifty-four days alone in the Canadian wilderness, the government wants him to head back so they can learn what he did to stay alive. This time Derek Holtzer, a government psychologist, will accompany him. But a freak storm leaves Derek unconscious. Brian's only hope is to transport Derek a hundred miles down the river to a trading post. He's survived with only a hatchet before--now can Brian build a raft and navigate an unknown river?For the first time it's not only Brian's survival that's at stake. . .An IRA-CBC Children’s ChoiceA Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year“Vividly written, a book that will, as intended, please the readers who hoped that Paulsen, like Brian, would ‘do it again.’” —Kirkus ReviewsRead all the Hatchet Adventures!Brian's WinterThe RiverBrian's ReturnBrian's Hunt | Ember |
| 9781250059550 | The Rule Of Three (The Rule Of Three, 1) | Eric Walters | One shocking afternoon, computers around the globe shut down in a viral catastrophe. At sixteen-year-old Adam Daley's high school, the problem first seems to be a typical electrical outage, until students discover that cell phones are down, municipal utilities are failing, and a few computer-free cars like Adam's are the only vehicles that function. Driving home, Adam encounters a storm tide of anger and fear as the region becomes paralyzed. Soon―as resources dwindle, crises mount, and chaos descends―he will see his suburban neighborhood band together for protection. And Adam will understand that having a police captain for a mother and a retired government spy living next door are not just the facts of his life but the keys to his survival, in The Rule of Three by Eric Walters. | Square Fish |
| 9780553210095 | The Scarlet Letter (Bantam Classics) | Nathaniel Hawthorne | Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride. | Bantam Classics |
| The Secret | ||||
| 9780545614948 | The Selection | Kiera Cass | scholastic | |
| 9780451523952 | The Signet Classic Book Of Southern Short Stories | Includes 33 stories of the American South from such literary luminaries as Edgar Allan Poe, Alice Walker, Kate Chopin, William Faulkner, Tennessee Williams, Eudora Welty, Truman Capote, Alice Childress, Flannery O'Connor, and many others. | Signet | |
| 9780765308979 | The Stonehenge Gate | Jack Williamson | A dark mystery has been buried beneath the sands of the Sahara desert since the beginning of time. In a basement in New Mexico, four poker buddies find reason to believe that a startling secret is out there. . .These four amateur adventurers are about to uncover the key that could unlock the vast reaches of the universe.A sudden burst of curiosity propels mild-mannered English professor Will and his three friends to the Sahara to excavate a site where radar has evidently detected trilithic stones hidden beneath the sand. There they stumble upon an ancient artifact that will change their lives, and the world, forever...a gateway between planets, linking Earth to distant worlds where they will discover wonders and terrors beyond imagining.Jack Williamson, the dean of science fiction writers, weaves an exciting tale that takes the friends to the far corners of the universe. One leads an oppressed people to freedom. Another uncovers clues that could identify a long-dormant civilization of immortal beings. Now each traveler must play a crucial role in unraveling an ancient mystery, the solution to which may reveal the true origins of the human race.If they can just survive their journeys back to Earth . . . | Tor Books |
| 9780517709344 | The Stray | Dick King-Smith | Illustrated in black-and-white. From the author of Babe: The Gallant Pig comes the story of spirited Henrietta Hickathrift who on her seventy-fifth birthday runs away from home - the old age home, that is. Ending up in the seaside town of Saltmouth with only a few pennies to her name, Henrietta is truly, as she says, a "stray old woman"--until she's found by the five children of the Good family: Angela, Eleanor, Rosie, Barney, and Rowley. The children decide to bake the stray a cake. But what begins as a birthday party becomes a permanent adoption as Henrietta's resourcefulness and good humor make her indispensable to everyone in the family. Written with Dick King-Smith's trademark charm, this warmly humorous tale about family and good will makes it clear that no one is ever too old to find--or give--happiness. | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| The Tell-Tale Heart And Other Writings | ||||
| 9780439518499 | The War Of The Worlds | H.G. Wells | A thrilling science-fiction classic, with an introduction by Orson Scott Card.Thirty-five million miles into space, a species of Martians sets eyes on planet Earth. With their own planet doomed for destruction, the Martians prepare to invade. Their weapons are ready and their aim is ruthless.The war of the worlds is about to begin. | Scholastic Paperbacks |
| 9780547550282 | This World We Live In (Life As We Knew It Series) (Life As We Knew It Series, 3) | Susan Beth Pfeffer | It’s been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earth’s climate. For Miranda Evans, life as she knew it no longer exists. Her friends and neighbors are dead, the landscape is frozen, and food is increasingly scarce.The struggle to survive intensifies when Miranda’s father and stepmother arrive with a baby and three strangers in tow. One of the newcomers is Alex Morales, and as Miranda’s complicated feelings for him turn to love, his plans for his future thwart their relationship. Then a devastating tornado hits the town of Howell, and Miranda makes a decision that will change their lives forever. | Clarion 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 |
| 9780545334631 | Under Fire In The Middle East (Behind Enemy Lines) | Bill Doyle | Summary: This book contains eight stories of real-life heroes who took risks for their country and others behind enemy lines in Iraq, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Pakistan between 2005 and 2010. | Scholastic |