Showing 301–350 of 543 books
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Monument 14: Sky on Fire
Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with twelve other kids to build a refuge from the chaos. But then strangers appeared, destroying their fragile peace, and bringing both fresh disaster and a glimmer of hope.- Fiction
- Teens' Top Ten 2014, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2013
- ISBN: 9780312569037
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More Than This
Seth clearly remembers drowning and dying, but now he is awake in a run-down, abandoned version of his childhood home. Whenever he closes his eyes, his dreams feel more lifelike than his new reality.
- Dystopian
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Rainbow Book List - Teen Fiction 2014
- ISBN: 9780763662585
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Mother, Mother: A Novel
Why did Rose run away? Did Violet really stab her little brother? Is her alcoholic father really having an affair? In this chilling novel about family dysfunction, does mother really know best?- Mystery, Thriller
- Alex Awards 2014
- ISBN: 9780385347235
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The Movement of Stars: A Novel
Hannah's interest in the night sky leads her to become an astronomer and an independent woman, despite the expectation that she would merely serve her father and an eventual husband.- Historical Fiction, Romance
- Amelia Bloomer List - Young Adult Fiction 2014
- ISBN: 9781594487446
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
This story of complex code breaking, global conspiracy, and adventure all starts with a lonely bookstore and one unemployed web designer.- Mystery, Crime
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014, Alex Awards 2013
- ISBN: 9780374214913
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Muck City: Winning and Losing in Football's Forgotten Town
In Belle Glade, Florida, a town rife with poverty and violence, high school football is more than a pastime. It's an escape.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307888624
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Mudbound
At the close of WW II, two soldiers return to their home in the South to find racial tensions as explosive as the battlefields of Europe. This beautifully written story casts a spell as inescapable as the mud fields of the Mississippi Delta.
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My Beloved Brontosaurus: On the Road with Old Bones, New Science, and Our Favorite Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs may have died millions of years ago, but new discoveries and theories are continually changing the way we look at and understand the giant reptiles.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780374135065
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My Most Excellent Year: A Novel Of Love, Mary Poppins, And Fenway Park
T.C.'s best friend Augie falls for a boy.
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My New Gender Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Achieving World Peace Through Gender Anarchy and Sex Positivity
This updated edition of Bornstein's original gender workbook shows the reader how to deconstruct not only gender, but other societal values and morals with candidness, compassion and humor.- Nonfiction
- Rainbow Book List - Teen Nonfiction 2014
- ISBN: 9780415538657
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Nail Candy: 50+ Ideas for Totally Cool Nails
Tutorials of the sweeter side of nail art.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781616284923
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Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party
You thought the Donner Party's story couldn't be told with a sense of humor.- Nonfiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9781419708565
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The Naturals
The FBI wants Cassie to join a secret team of profilers and a serial killer wants her as his next victim.- Mystery, Crime
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781423168232
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Navigating Early
Jack Baker, uprooted suddenly after his mother's death, and Early Auden, the strangest of boys, meet at a Maine boarding school. Their friendship culminates in a treacherous quest and unexpected self-discovery. Vanderpool delivers an emotionally powerful novel in an untamed setting as the boys head up river in search of the Great Appalachian Bear. The award, first given in 2000, is named for the late Michael L. Printz, a Topeka, Kan., school librarian known for discovering and promoting quality books for young adults.- Historical Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Michael L. Printz Award 2014
- ISBN: 9780385742092
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The Nazi Hunters : How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
A stunning account of the mission to capture Adolf Eichmann by an elite team of Israeli spies
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Never Fall Down
Life and death under the Khmer Rouge in 1970's Cambodia.- Historical Fiction
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780061730955
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The New Cool: A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts
25,000 fans, 348 teams, 31 high school students, 6 weeks, 3 finalists, and 1 robot. Guided by the enthusiasm of their fearless engineering teacher, follow one team's gripping journey through one of the most demanding robotics competitions in the world.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780307588890
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The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens
Freelance writer Hauser tracks the staff and students at the International High School at Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, N.Y., providing their personal histories as well as their day-to-day experiences.
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America
Can you really survive on minimum wage? To find out, Ehrenreich left her middle-class life for a year to see what life is really like for America's working poor.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014, Alex Awards 2002
- ISBN: 9780805063899
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The Night Circus
Waging a fierce competition for which they have trained since childhood, circus magicians Celia and Marco unexpectedly fall in love with each other and share a fantastical romance that manifests in fateful ways. -
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller
Through the use of illustrations, photos, and newspaper clippings, the struggle and triumph of Lewis Michaux's passion to get people to read led him to found the National Memorial African Bookstore, which became the intellectual hub and the place to be during the Harlem Renaissance. -
No. 6 Vol. 1
Shion lives a privileged life in a futuristic city. Everything changes when he saves Rat's life and people start mysteriously dying.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9781612623559
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No. 6 Vol. 2
Shion lives a privileged life in a futuristic city. Everything changes when he saves Rat's life and people start mysteriously dying.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9781612623566
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No. 6 Vol. 3
Shion lives a privileged life in a futuristic city. Everything changes when he saves Rat's life and people start mysteriously dying.- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9781612623573
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Notes from No Man's Land: American Essays
Biss's series of essays, set in various places in the United States, explore race, racial identity, and racial privilege, highlighting the complexities of diversity in America.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9781555975180
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Nothing
When a classmate tells them “nothing matters,” his peers reinforce the opposite, sacrificing what matters to them in progressively intense challenges, assembling a pile of meaning. -
Nothing But The Truth (And A Few White Lies)
Patty Ho, half Taiwanese, half white, can't figure out where she fits in.
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Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
The Cheerleaders and the Robotics Club team up to get money for their school activities.
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Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
Get a glimpse of what life is like in this oppressive and secretive nation through the lives of some ordinary people who managed to escape.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780385523905
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The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
Treating history as mystery, Steve Sheinkin explores the means, motives and opportunities of America's most infamous spy and as he reveals Arnold's path towards treason. This cradle to grave biography emphasizes the political, social and military issues within the Colonial army and how Arnold ambitiously maneuvered his own career through grit and determination.
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OCD, the Dude, and Me
Danielle, OCD sufferer and social outcast, writes a “me-moir” – a collection of English essays, private journal entries, emails, and letters, which chronicles her tumultuous senior year in high school.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780803738430
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The Odyssey
Odysseus must make an epic effort to get back home.- Graphic Novel
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9781608194865
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Offside
Faith juggles babysitting siblings, playing soccer, and crushing on her coach.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781467707206
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Once
Felix, a naive Jewish boy in a Catholic orphanage, runs away to find his parents in Nazi-occupied Poland.
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One Big Happy Family: Heartwarming Stories of Animals Caring for One Another
Touching tales and photos of unusual animal friendships.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781250035400
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One Direction: A Year With One Direction
Great pictures and personal interviews with the musical group One Direction.- Nonfiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9780062223173
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Openly Straight
High school junior Rafe leaves his accepting parents, his accepting school, and his accepting Colorado hometown to start life over at an all-boys boarding school where he decides not to come out as gay. As he navigates his new identity as a jock and a boy's boy, the strain of keeping his secret begins to take its toll.- Realistic Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014, Rainbow Book List - Teen Fiction 2014
- ISBN: 9780545509893
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The Order of Odd-Fish
Thirteen-year-old Jo Larouche lives a quiet life with her Aunt Lily until the arrival of the Order of Odd Fish.
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The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
Two kids with the same name grew up only blocks away from each other. One went on to become a scholar and businessman, while the other is serving a life sentence in prison.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780385528191
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Out of Sync
Maddie struggles when her best friend, Dayton begins, abandoning their partnership both on and off the field.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781467707190
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Out of the Easy
Set in 1950's New Orleans, Out of the Easy tells the hard luck story of Josie whose prostitute mother is rotten to the core. Lauren Fortgang's lyrical narration exquisitely suits this gut-wrenching story.- Historical Fiction
- Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780147508430
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Out of the Easy
Life can be sleazy in the Big Easy especially for 17-year-old Josie, who's itching to get out of New Orleans and start a better life.- Historical Fiction
- Best Fiction for Young Adults 2014
- ISBN: 9780399256929
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Outpost
Considered a child by the townspeople and forbidden from fighting because of her gender, can Deuce adjust to life without being a Huntress?- Fantasy, Science Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9780312650094
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Over The Wall
Her brother is missing and the abandoned city holds the key.- Realistic Fiction
- Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2014
- ISBN: 9780984681433
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Over You
Max's successful business helping girls recover from being dumped is threatened by her lingering feelings for her own ex.- Romance
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9780061720437
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The Oxford Project
In this riveting sociological study, the residents of Oxford, Iowa were photographed in 1984 and then again in 2005. Their compelling life stories, vividly expressed in brief biographical sketches, show just how much someone can change in 21 years.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014, Alex Awards 2009
- ISBN: 9781599620480
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Packing for Mars: The Curious Life of Science in the Void
Mary Roach asks all the important but practical questions: How do you digest your lunch in space? Go to the bathroom? Get away from a crewmember who's driving you nuts? With her trademark humor and indefatigable curiosity, she looks hard at why humans, who are fundamentally not built for outer space, insist on risking their lives by heading for the stars.- Nonfiction
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
- ISBN: 9780393068474
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Panic
When Diamond ignores the cardinal rule of "don't get into cars with strangers," her life and the lives of her friends and fellow dancers will never be the same.- Realistic Fiction
- Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers 2014
- ISBN: 9781442408968
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Pantomime
Fleeing from her life of nobility, marriage and forced gender, Iphigenia joins the Circus of Magic, facing issues of identity that stretch beyond anyone's imagination.- Fantasy
- Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults 2014, Rainbow Book List - Teen Fiction 2014
- ISBN: 9781908844378