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Young Adult Books March 2008
"A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key."
~ Paul Valéry (1871-1945), French poet, essayist, and philosopher
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New and Recently Released!
The Traitors' Gate - by Avi ; illustrated by Karina Raude
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 5/22/2007
ISBN: 9780689853357
ISBN-10: 0689853351
Call Number: Y Fiction Avi
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family
The Luxe - by Anna Godbersen
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/1/2007
ISBN: 9780061345661
ISBN-10: 0061345660
Call Number: Y Fiction God, A
Historical Fiction. Like a Gilded Age Gossip Girl, this deliciously decadent and superbly scandalous novel details the bad behavior of a group of (mostly) wealthy young men and women in 1899 Manhattan. Everyone seems to be keeping a secret, and passion motivates each of the characters to betray a friend or family member. Then, when celebrated socialite Elizabeth Holland--who is betrothed to notorious playboy Henry Schoonmaker--drowns in the Hudson River, rumor has it that her death was no accident. If you're looking for a fun, frothy read full of drama, romance, mystery, and deception, this is it.
The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane - Polly Horvath
Publisher: Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 7/24/2007
ISBN: 9780374315535
ISBN-10: 0374315531
Call Number: Y Fiction Hor, P
When their parents are killed in a train accident, cousins Meline and Jocelyn, who have little in common, are sent to live with their wealthy, eccentric, and isolated Uncle Marten on his island off the coast of British Columbia, where they are soon joined by other oddly disconnected and troubled people
Hot hand : A Comeback Kids Novel - Mike Lupica
Publisher: Philomel Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 9/20/2007
ISBN: 9780399247149
ISBN-10: 0399247149
Call Number: Y Fiction Lup, M
In the wake of his parents' separation, ten-year-old Billy seems to have continual conflicts with his father, who is also his basketball coach, but his quiet, younger brother Ben, a piano prodigy, is having even more trouble adjusting, and only Billy seems to notice
Summer ball - Mike Lupica
Publisher: Philomel Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 5/15/2007
ISBN: 9780399244872
ISBN-10: 0399244875
Call Number: Y Fiction Lup, M
Thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp
Breathe My Name - by R.A. Nelson
Publisher: Razorbill
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/8/2007
ISBN: 9781595140944
ISBN-10: 1595140948
Call Number: Y Fiction Nel, R
Fiction. Frances Robinson's life seems pretty calm on the surface: she's got a loving adoptive family, a true-blue best friend, and she's beginning a romance with Nix, the cute new guy in town. But Frances is plagued by flashbacks to a terrifying trauma--when she was only seven, her biological mother smothered her three younger sisters, and would have killed Frances, too, if a passerby had not intervened. Now, 11 years later, Frances' mother is out of the hospital and wants to see her. Scared but sure that she needs to confront her past, Frances decides to make a secret road trip to face "the monster in its lair."
Unwind - by Neal Shusterman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/6/2007
ISBN: 9781416912040
ISBN-10: 1416912045
Call Number: Y Fiction Shu, N
Science Fiction. It's about half a century into the future, after the Second Civil War between pro-life and pro-choice activists has ended. Now the government has decreed human life utterly inviolable. However, the law does allow for parents to have their children "unwound" between the ages of 13 and 18--meaning that their bodies will be kept technically alive, but all their organs will be harvested and "recycled." Troublemaker Connor has discovered his parents' (irrevocable) order to have him unwound, and runs away from home. While on the run, he inadvertently rescues two other Unwinds, orphan Risa and Lev, whose zealously religious parents conceived him as a tithe. This pulse-pounding and at times horrific story will captivate fans of dystopian fiction, especially Scott Westerfeld's Uglies series.
Focus on: Basketball
The perfect shot - by Elaine Marie Alphin
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 7/31/2005
ISBN: 9781575058627
ISBN-10: 1575058626
Call Number: Y Fiction Alp, E.
Brian uses basketball to block out memories of his girlfriend and her family who were gunned down a year ago, but the upcoming murder trial and a high school history assignment force him to face the past and decide how far he should go to see justice served. Includes facts about miscarriages of justice in American history
Last shot : a Final Four mystery - John Feinstein
Publisher: Knopf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2/8/2005
ISBN: 9780375831683
ISBN-10: 0375831681
Call Number: Y Fiction Fei, J
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game
Rebound - Bob Krech
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/1/2006
ISBN: 9780761453192
ISBN-10: 0761453199
Call Number: Y Fiction Kre, B
Determined to make the varsity basketball team, seventeen-year-old Ray finds his efforts to play both hindered and helped by the atmosphere of racism in his town
Miracle on 49th Street - Mike Lupica
Publisher: Philomel Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/24/2006
ISBN: 9780399244889
ISBN-10: 0399244883
Call Number: Y Fiction Lup, M
After her mother's death, twelve-year-old Molly learns that her father is a basketball star for the Boston Celtics
Travel team - Mike Lupica
Publisher: Philomel Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/7/2004
ISBN: 9780399241505
ISBN-10: 0399241507
Call Number: Y Fiction Lup, M
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory
Black and White - by Paul Volponi
Publisher: Viking
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 5/5/2005
ISBN: 9780670060061
ISBN-10: 0670060062
Call Number: Y Fiction Vol, P
Fiction. Superstar high school basketball duo Marcus and Eddie are known as "Black and White" because, unlike most folks where they live, they cross the color line with their friendship. When they're faced with demands on their empty wallets, Black and White cross another line together--into petty crime. They don't want to hurt anyone; all they want is enough cash to cover senior dues and a pair of the new Nike Maurauders in their school colors. But then a stickup goes horribly wrong, and Eddie shoots a man. After laying low for a few days, the friends think they may have gotten away with it...until the detectives show up at Marcus' door. This is an intense, fast-paced story of loyalty and betrayal with lots of action, both on the court and in the courtroom.
Playing Without the Ball: A Novel in Four Quarters - by Rich Wallace
Publisher: Laurel-Leaf
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 8/1/2002
ISBN: 9780440229728
ISBN-10: 0440229723
Call Number: Y Fiction Wal, R
Fiction. High school senior Jay McLeod lives on his own in Sturbridge, PA, working as a short-order cook in the bar below his apartment when he's not in school or playing basketball, his raison d'être. When he's cut from the school team, Jay joins a YMCA church league and plans to lead them to the championships. Meanwhile, his one really close friend, a girl punk-rocker named Spit, tries to help him in the romance department. For game action so real that "even church league takes on the tension of an NBA playoff" (Booklist), don't miss this underdog b-ball hero's story.
Serious Mind Games
Psychological suspense, psychological thrillers, and other types of "psychological fiction" are not quite mysteries and not quite high-octane thrillers. They do share a tendency to make readers uncomfortable, or to peel back layers of meaning that uncover surprises or frightening truths. If you like books that are a little (or a lot!) on the dark side and that definitely mess with your head, try one of the books described below.
Tenderness - by Robert Cormier
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 9/14/2004
ISBN: 9780385731331
ISBN-10: 0385731337
Call Number: Y Fiction Cor, R
Psychological Suspense. Clean-cut, handsome 18-year-old Eric Poole is about to be released from a juvenile detention center after serving time for murdering his mother and stepfather. He's ecstatic that the authorities don't know about the others, the three young girls he killed in his search for tenderness...and he's eager for number four. That's when 15-year-old runaway Lori Cranston, who's obsessed with the idea of a relationship with Eric, shows up at his place. This chilling and gritty novel puts readers inside the mind of a psychopath--tender hearts beware.
Playing it Cool - by Joaquin Dorfman
Publisher: Random House
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 5/23/2006
ISBN: 9780375836411
ISBN-10: 0375836411
Call Number: Y Fiction Dor, J
Psychological Suspense. Sebastian Montero, 18, fixes things. Need a hot date? Someone talked down from a ledge? An escort to and from an abortion clinic? Bastian can make it all happen, because he does favors...and asks favors in return. Currently, he's helping reunite his best friend Jeremy with slightly shady Dromio Johansson, the father who left him years before. Bastian and Jeremy agree to swap identities for the meeting with Dromio, but before Bastian knows it, the situation slips out of his control. Elaborate schemes, fast-paced action, and memorable characters make this tale of power and influence a riveting read.
What Happened to Cass McBride? A Novel - by Gail Giles
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 9/12/2006
ISBN: 9780316166386
ISBN-10: 0316166383
Call Number: Y Fiction Gil, G
Psychological Thriller. Cass McBride is rich, pretty, popular--she hopes to be the first junior ever elected prom queen--and a bit on the cruel side. She thinks nothing of rejecting nerdy David Kirby when he asks her out. But after David commits suicide, Cass wonders whether she's partly responsible. David's older brother, Kyle, doesn't wonder--he's sure that Cass is to blame for David's death. And he means to get revenge. When Cass wakes up from a drugged sleep the morning after David's funeral, she slowly comes to the horrible realization that she has been kidnapped...and buried alive. If you couldn't put down Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, this white-knuckle page-turner is sure to keep you up all night reading, too.
Mind games - Jeanne Marie Grunwell
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 4/22/2003
ISBN: 9780618176724
ISBN-10: 0618176721
Call Number: Y Fiction Gru, J
Each of the six members of Mr. Ennis's Mad Science Club presents a report of his or her experiences working on a science fair project to investigate ESP, which resulted in their winning the Maryland lottery
Hidden talents - David Lubar
Publisher: Starscape
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 1/1/2003
ISBN: 9780765342652
ISBN-10: 0765342650
Call Number: Y Fiction Lub, D
When thirteen-year-old Martin arrives at an alternative school for misfits and problem students, he falls in with a group of boys with psychic powers and discovers something surprising about himself
Zel - by Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher: Puffin Books
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/1/1998
ISBN: 9780141301167
ISBN-10: 0141301163
Call Number: Y Fiction Nap, D
Fantasy/Psychological Fiction. Maybe you think you know the story of Rapunzel, but author Donna Jo Napoli will make you think again. High in the mountains of Switzerland, a woman and her beloved daughter Zel live alone, convinced that all they need is each other. That is, until the day that Zel--nearly a teenager--goes to town and meets Konrad, who loves her at first sight. Zel's mother cannot bear to part with her, and locks Zel in a tower, where she slowly goes mad while Konrad searches for her. What would cause a mother to imprison her own child? The terrible secret at the heart of this novel will hold readers spellbound.
Doppelganger - David Stahler, Jr.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 5/1/2006
ISBN: 9780060872328
ISBN-10: 0060872322
Call Number: Y Fiction Sta, D
When a sixteen-year-old member of a race of shape-shifting killers called doppelgangers assumes the life of a troubled teen, he becomes unexpectedly embroiled in human life--and it is nothing like what he has seen on television
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