Jeanette Shehy's Library
Rossview High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
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| A Journey To The Center Of The Earth | ||||
| A Knight's Tale (DVD) | ||||
| 9780030957659 | A Midsummer Night's Dream With Connections (Hrw Classics Library) | Shakespeare, William | Holt Rinehart & Winston | |
| 9780140369847 | Aesop's Fables (Puffin Classics) | Aesop | Over two hundred familiar tales from 'The Dog in the Manger' and 'The Boy Who Cried Wolf' to much less familiar tales, each with its own sharply pointed moral. | Puffin Books |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| 9780030554346 | Animal Farm | George Orwell | Having got rid of their human master, the animals of Manor Farm look forward to a life of freedom and plenty. But as a clever, ruthless elite among them takes control, the other animals find themselves hopelessly ensnared in the old ways. Orwell's chilling story of the betrayal of idealism through tyranny and corruption, is as fresh and relevant today as when it was first published in 1945. | HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON |
| Animal Farm (DVD) | ||||
| Anthem | ||||
| 9780765329585 | Article 5: Compliance Is Mandatory | Kristen Simmons | New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C., have been abandoned.The Bill of Rights has been revoked, and replaced with the Moral Statutes.There are no more police―instead, there are soldiers. There are no more fines for bad behavior―instead, there are arrests, trials, and maybe worse. People who get arrested usually don't come back.Seventeen-year-old Ember Miller is old enough to remember that things weren't always this way. Living with her rebellious single mother, it's hard for her to forget that people weren't always arrested for reading the wrong books or staying out after dark. It's hard to forget that life in the United States used to be different.Ember has perfected the art of keeping a low profile. She knows how to get the things she needs, like food stamps and hand-me-down clothes, and how to pass the random home inspections by the military. Her life is as close to peaceful as circumstances allow.That is, until her mother is arrested for noncompliance with Article 5 of the Moral Statutes. And one of the arresting officers is none other than Chase Jennings…the only boy Ember has ever loved. | Tor Teen |
| 9780142420591 | Between Shades Of Gray | Sepetys, Ruta | In 1941, Lina And Her Family Are Pulled From Their Lithuanian Home By Soviet Guards And Sent To Siberia, Where Her Father Is Sentenced To Death In A Prison Camp While She Fights For Her Life, Vowing To Honor Her Family And The Thousands Like Hers. | Philomel Books |
| 9780399588198 | Born A Crime: Stories From A South African Childhood | Trevor Noah | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid“Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa’s history that must never be forgotten.”—EsquireWinner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Esquire, Newsday, and BooklistTrevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Living proof of his parents’ indiscretion, Trevor was kept mostly indoors for the earliest years of his life, bound by the extreme and often absurd measures his mother took to hide him from a government that could, at any moment, steal him away. Finally liberated by the end of South Africa’s tyrannical white rule, Trevor and his mother set forth on a grand adventure, living openly and freely and embracing the opportunities won by a centuries-long struggle.Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.The stories collected here are by turns hilarious, dramatic, and deeply affecting. Whether subsisting on caterpillars for dinner during hard times, being thrown from a moving car during an attempted kidnapping, or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school, Trevor illuminates his curious world with an incisive wit and unflinching honesty. His stories weave together to form a moving and searingly funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time, armed only with a keen sense of humor and a mother’s unconventional, unconditional love. | One World |
| 9780786809219 | Born To Rock | Korman, Gordon | Leo Caraway—high school senior, president of the Young Republicans club, 4.0 GPA, future Harvard student—had his entire future perfectly planned out. That was, until the X factor. As in Marion X. McMurphy, aka King Maggot, the lead singer of Purge, the most popular, most destructive band punk rock has ever seen. He's also Leo’s biological father. When Leo discovers that his real father is a punk rock legend, he is disgusted. Not only is Leo not a punk rock fan, but he believes the X factor (the Maggot blood that is running through his veins) is a dangerous time bomb just waiting to explode. And sure enough it does—Leo stubbornly defends the unlikeliest of people, thereby getting himself falsely accused of cheating on a test. Because of the blemish on his record, the once star pupil finds his scholarship to Harvard taken away. So he hatches the crazy plan of going on tour with King Maggot for Purge’s summer revival tour, all the while secretly hoping to convince Maggot to pay for his tuition. But life on the road is even crazier than Leo ever bargained for, and before the summer is out, he will finally discover the surprising truth about his dad, his friends, and most important, himself.Publishers WeeklyThough Hammond gets off to a slightly bumpy, halting start, he soon catches the fun rhythm and youthful energy of Korman's latest novel, a fresh spin on the fish-out-of-water tale. Leo Caraway leads a charmed life as a fairly straight-laced Young Republican and A-student headed for Harvard on a scholarship. But then he finds out that his biological father is none other than Marion X. McMurphy (aka King Maggot), lead singer of the wildly popular punk band Purge. As Leo expects, this shocking bit of information brings with it some bad karma, and a misunderstanding costs him his Harvard scholarship. Only one out-there option makes sense at this point: Leo will work as a roadie for Purge, and get his father to cough up the tuition money. But life on a rock tour is even freakier than Leo imagined, and the truth he learns about dear old dad is freakiest of all. Rock fans will appreciate the short riffs at chapter breaks and the intriguing music-centric premise. Ages 12-up. (Apr.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. | Hyperion Book CH |
| Breaking Dawn | ||||
| 9780375845598 | Bridge Of Clay (Signed Edition) | Zusak, Markus | Knopf Books for Young Readers | |
| Brisinger | ||||
| 9780375826726 | Brisingr | Christopher Paolini | The Empire is at war and the stakes have never been higher in Book Three of the Inheritance Cycle, perfect for fans of Lord of the Rings! This New York Times bestselling series has sold over 40 million copies and is an international fantasy sensation. "Christopher Paolini is a true rarity." —The Washington Post Oaths sworn . . . loyalties tested . . . forces collide... Eragon is the greatest hope to rid the land of tyranny. Can this once simple farm boy unite the rebel forces and defeat the king? Following the colossal battle against the Empire's warriors, Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have narrowly escaped with their lives. Still, there is more adventure at hand for the Rider and his dragon, as Eragon finds himself bound by a tangle of promises he may not be able to keep. When unrest claims the rebels and danger strikes from every corner, Eragon must make choices-choices that will take him across the Empire and beyond, choices that may lead to unimagined sacrifice. And don’t miss the most recent book set in Eragon's world, The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Tales from Alagaësia! | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| 9780439023498 | Catching Fire | Suzanne Collins | By winning the annual Hunger Games, District 12 tributes Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark have secured a life of safety and plenty for themselves and their families, but because they won by defying the rules, they unwittingly become the faces of an impending rebellion. | Scholastic Inc. |