Jessica Krumel's Library
Montgomery Central High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780547577319 | A Long Walk To Water (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) | Park, Linda Sue | From Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park, an emotional novel based on a true story. Nya goes to the pond to fetch water for her family. She walks eight hours every day. Salva walks away from his war-torn village. He is a “lost boy” refugee, destined to cover Africa on foot, searching for his family and safety. Two young people . . . two stories. One country: Sudan. This mesmerizing dual narrative follows two threads—one unfolding in 2008 and one in 1985—with one hopeful message: that even in a troubled country, determined survivors may find the future they are hoping for. | Turtleback |
| 9781524717827 | Americanized: Rebel Without A Green Card | Saedi, Sara | Ember | |
| 9780451526342 | Animal Farm | George Orwell | Signet | |
| 9781338814095 | As Long As We're Together | Peppins, Brianna | Scholastic Press | |
| 9780440237846 | Before We Were Free (Laurel-Leaf Books Readers Circle) | Alvarez, Julia | Anita de la Torre never questioned her freedom living in the Dominican Republic. But by her 12th birthday in 1960, most of her relatives have emigrated to the United States, her TÃo Toni has disappeared without a trace, and the government's secret police terrorize her remaining family because of their suspected opposition of el Trujillo's dictatorship. Using the strength and courage of her family, Anita must overcome her fears and fly to freedom, leaving all that she once knew behind. From renowned author Julia Alvarez comes an unforgettable story about adolescence, perseverance, and one girl's struggle to be free.Publishers WeeklyIn what PW called pitch-perfect narration, in a starred review, a 12-year old girl living in the Dominican Republic in 1960 relates the terrors of her country's regime and the attempt to overthrow Trujillo's dictatorship. Ages 12-up. (Apr.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information. | Laurel Leaf |
| 9781573229074 | Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography Of A Shifting Self | Walker, Rebecca | The Civil Rights movement brought author Alice Walker and lawyer Mel Leventhal together, and in 1969 their daughter, Rebecca, was born. Some saw this unusual copper-colored girl as an outrage or an oddity; others viewed her as a symbol of harmony, a triumph of love over hate. But after her parents divorced, leaving her a lonely only child ferrying between two worlds that only seemed to grow further apart, Rebecca was no longer sure what she represented. In this book, Rebecca Leventhal Walker attempts to define herself as a soul instead of a symbol&#151and offers a new look at the challenge of personal identity, in a story at once strikingly unique and truly universal. 1999 National Book Award nominee for Nonfiction. | Riverhead Books |
| 9780765342300 | Briar Rose | Yolen, Jane | A powerful retelling of Sleeping Beauty that is "heartbreaking and heartwarming." An American Library Association "100 Best Books for Teens" An American Library Association "Best Books for Young Adults" Ever since she was a child, Rebecca has been enchanted by her grandmother Gemma's stories about Briar Rose. But a promise Rebecca makes to her dying grandmother will lead her on a remarkable journey to uncover the truth of Gemma's astonishing claim: I am Briar Rose. A journey that will lead her to unspeakable brutality and horror. But also to redemption and hope. A powerful and moving novel that deftly blends the legend of Sleeping Beauty with the historical tragedy of the Holocaust. After her grandmother's death, a young American woman struggles to uncover the truth behind the old woman's past. The trail eventually leads to Europe and the darkest days of WWII. | Tor Teen |
| 9780545198561 | Climbing The Stairs | Padma Venkatraman | Scholastic | |
| 9781423152880 | Code Name Verity | Wein, Elizabeth | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | |
| 9780545320702 | Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip | Sonnenblick, Jordan | Scholastic Paperbacks | |
| 9781423131601 | Deadly Little Games | Laurie Faria Stolarz | High school juniors Camelia and Ben have discovered a powerful bond: They both possess the power of psychometry, the ability to sense things through touch. For Ben, the gift is a frightening liability. When he senses a strong threat or betrayal, he risks losing control and hurting people. Camelia's gift is more mysterious. When she works with clay, her hands sculpt messages her mind doesn't yet comprehend. Before either teen has a chance to fully grasp their abilities, a new danger surfaces, but this time, Camelia is not the target. Adam, a familiar face from Ben's past, is drawn into a puzzle he can't solve...and his life is on the line. As the clues pile up, Camelia must decide whether to help him and risk losing him or do nothing and suffer the consequences. But in these games, who can be trusted? The stakes only get higher in Deadly Little Games, the thrilling third Touch novel by Laurie Faria Stolarz. | Hyperion Book CH |
| 9781423131625 | Deadly Little Lessons (A Touch Novel) (A Touch Novel (5)) | Stolarz, Laurie Faria | Camelia's junior year of high school is finally over...but her troubles aren't. After she discovers a painful truth about her family, she escapes to a summer arts program in Rhode Island, determined to put family - and boyfriend - dramas behind her.At the arts school, she gets caught up in the case of Sasha Beckerman, a local girl who's gone missing. Even though all signs suggest that the teen ran away, Camelia senses otherwise. Eager to help the girl, she launches her own investigation. While reviewing the details online, she stumbles across a blog by someone named Neal Moche, a fellow psychometric. With Ben away, Camelia feels as if she's found a kindred spirit in Neal. That sense of connection also makes Camelia realize how much she misses Ben, despite being committed to Adam.But time is running out for Sasha, and Camelia will have to trust her powers more than ever. Will the lessons she has learned give her the strength to save Sasha before it's too late? | Hyperion Book CH |
| 9781423138495 | Deadly Little Lies (B&N Custom Pub) | laurie-faria-stolarz | Last fall, sixteen-year-old Camelia fell for Ben, the mysterious new boy at school who turned out to have a very mysterious gift—pyschometry, the ability to sense the future through touch. But just as Camelia and Ben's romance began to heat up, he abruptly left town. Brokenhearted, Camelia has spent the last few months studying everything she can about psychometry, and experiencing her own strange brushes with premonition. Camelia wonders if Ben's abilities have somehow rubbed off on her. Can the power of psychometry be transferred? Even once Ben returns to school, Camelia can't get close enough to share her secret with him. Despite the romantic tension between them, Ben remains aloof, avoiding contact. Then when a series of eerie notes echoes the threats of last semester—and Ben keeps his distance—Camelia makes the painful decision to let go and move on. Adam, the hot new guy at work, seems good for her in ways Ben wasn't. Adam is easygoing, and seems to really care about her.But when Camelia and Adam start dating, a surprising love triangle results. A chilling sequence of events upturns secrets from Ben's past—and Adam's. Someone is lying, and it’s up to Camelia to figure out who—before it’s too late.VOYANow that her stalker-turned-abductor is out of the picture, Camelia should be able to relax. But, she is constantly unsettled by a series of pranks and the new strange powers she seems to be developing that enable her to predict the future through her artwork. Then, her mysterious flame, Ben, reappears, but insists he just wants to be friends. So, Camelia reluctantly starts dating a new guy at work. Camelia and Ben are continually drawn back to one another, but new twists of events make Camelia wonder if Ben is more dangerous than he seems. Readers already invested in the Touch (Disney Hyperion) series may want to continue, and the events of the previous book are neatly recapped for new readers. Ben's aloofness seems more like a plot contrivance than a natural turn of events, however, and it is hard to understand why everyone (including her parents) thinks Camelia's previous abductor would be too smart to ignore the restraining order against him. Much of the book drags, and the repartee with Camelia's best friends is even more grating this time around. Periodic excerpts from Camelia's crazy aunt's diary are also more of a distraction than anything. Nonetheless, it is refreshing to see a heroine with outside interests beyond her love life. While some of the scenes are sultry, the one bedroom scene with Ben leaves almost everything to the imagination. Consider this for large collections where paranormal romances are popular. Reviewer: Tracy Piombo | Hyperion Book CH |
| 9781423111986 | Deadly Little Secret (A Touch Novel) (A Touch Novel (1)) | Stolarz, Laurie Faria | some Secrets Shouldn't Be Kept...until Three Months Ago, Everything In Sixteen-year-old Camelia’s Life Had Been Fairly Ordinary: Decent Grades, An Okay Relationship With Her Parents, And A Pretty Cool Part-time Job At The Art Studio Downtown. But When A Mysterious Boy Named Ben Starts Junior Year At Her High School, Camelia’s Life Becomes Anything But Ordinary.rumored To Be Somehow Responsible For His Ex-girlfriend’s Accidental Death, Ben Is Immediately Ostracized By Everyone On Campus. Except For Camelia. She’s Reluctant To Believe He's Trouble, Even When Her Friends Try To Convince Her Otherwise. Instead, She’s Inexplicably Drawn To Ben…and To His Touch. But Soon, Camelia Is Receiving Eerie Phone Calls And Strange Packages With Threatening Notes. Ben Insists She Is In Danger, And That He Can Help—but Can He Be Trusted? She Knows He's Hiding Something... But He's Not The Only One With A Secret.from The Best-selling Author Of blue Is For Nightmares Comes A New Series That's Sure To Be A Thrilling And Chilling Teen Favorite.kliattit All Begins With A Near-death Accident. A Mysterious Boy Saves Camelia From An Out-of-control Car In The School Parking Lot, And Then Speeds Off On His Motorcycle Before She Can Thank Him. She Is Left Wondering Who He Is. Her Friends Think She's Overreacting, Or That She Needs A Boyfriend, Or That She Should Forget Him. But When Ben Carter Starts School In The Fall, She's Interested In Him. Best Friend Kimmie May Think That She Should Go Back To Her Ex-boyfriend And Good Friend Matt, But Camelia Can't Shake The Feeling That Ben Is Special, Even If He Was With His Girlfriend The Night She Died. Scattered Throughout The Story Are What Seem To Be Journal Entries Of A Boy Watching Camelia. He's Obviously Fallen For Her, But He's Lying Low. He Is Willing To Do Whatever It Takes To Get Camelia To Notice Him And Keep Her Away From Everyone Else. From Camelia's Point Of View, Life Is Increasingly More Disturbing. Someone Is Leaving Her Gifts, Calling Her On The Phone, Pounding On Her Door, And Breaking Into Her Room. Camelia Needs To Know Who To Trust Before It Is Too Late. This Is An Engaging, Eerie Tale About The Darker Side Of Relationships—when It Becomes A Matter Of Life And Death To Know Who Your Friends Are. Reviewer: Aimee Cole | Hyperion Book CH |
| 9781423134978 | Deadly Little Voices | Stolarz, Laurie Faria | CAMELIA HAMMOND thought her powers of psychometry gave her only the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she has started to hear voices. Cruel voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, that she’d be better off dead. Camelia is terrified for her mental stability, especially since her deranged aunt has just moved into the house. As if all of that weren’t torturing enough, Camelia’s ex-boyfriend, Ben, who has similar psychometric abilities, has started seeing someone else. Even her closest friends, Kimmie and Wes, are not sure how to handle her erratic behavior. With the line between reality and dream consistently blurred, Camelia turns to pottery to get a grip on her emotions. She begins sculpting a figure skater, only to receive frightening premonitions that someone’s in danger. But who is the intended victim? And how can Camelia possibly help that person when she is on the brink of losing her own sanity? | Hyperion Book CH |
| 9780061726835 | Delirium Series The Complete 4 Books Collection Box Set By Lauren Oliver (Delirium, Pandemonium, Requiem & Delirium Stories) | Lauren Oliver | Hodder Paperbacks | |
| 9780312367466 | Elsewhere: A Novel | Zevin, Gabrielle | Is it possible to grow up while getting younger?Publishers WeeklyEven readers who have strong views on what happens after death may find themselves intrigued by the fascinating world of "Elsewhere," the place 15-year-old Liz ends up after she is killed in a bicycle accident. A surreal atmosphere permeates chapter one as Liz awakens on a ship (mostly occupied by elderly people), unaware of its destination. Her situation gradually comes into focus after she arrives at the island of Elsewhere and is greeted by her grandmother, who died before Liz was born. Liz learns that the aging process works differently in this land of the dead: instead of getting older, humans (and animals) grow younger. When they reach infancy, they are sent down the River to be reborn on Earth. In other ways, Elsewhere resembles the world Liz left behind; residents work at jobs (although here, everyone has a chance to pursue an "avocation... something a person does to make his or her soul complete"), celebrate holidays and form friendships. Liz also falls in love for the first time, while her grandmother (who has progressed back to her thirties) becomes engaged to a famous rock star; and readers will likely be intrigued by the "strictly forbidden" Well. Prudently skirting the issue of God's role in Elsewhere (when she asks about God, Liz is told simply "God's there in the same way He, She, or It was before to you. Nothing has changed"), Margarettown author Zevin, in her first novel for young people, bends the laws of physics and biology to create an intricately imagined world. Ages 12-up. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. | Square Fish |
| 9780545863254 | Falling Over Sideways | Sonnenblick, Jordan | Scholastic Inc. | |
| 9781492645238 | Follow Me Back | Geiger, A.V. | Told Through Police Transcripts, Tweets, Direct Messages, And Two Voices, Pop Sensation Eric Inadvertently Falls In Love With His Biggest Fan, Agoraphobic Tessa, Through Deception, Leading To A Real-life Meeting With Dire Consequences. | Sourcebooks Fire |
| 9780142425046 | Fractured: A Slated Novel, Book 2 | Terry, Teri | Distinguishing Herself From Other Slated Teens By Questioning Things She Should Not, Kyla Begins Retrieving Memories Of Her Years With The Anti Government Terrorists (agt) That Reveal She Has Been Programmed To Fight The Lorders. | Speak |