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Just the Fax, Ma'am (Molly Masters #2)
by Leslie O'KaneMolly Masters gets her kids and husband off to school and work, pours herself a cup of coffee, and the doorbell rings. At the door is the father of her kids' favourite babysitter, bringing her a thousand-dollar check as payment for a cartoon of hers that he sold to a pornography magazine. After she throws him out of her house, a package is delivered containing dog doo and a nasty note from a womens' group against pornography. Less than five minutes later, the phone rings and Molly is summoned by a woman she doesn't like, because her husband has been murdered, the same man who sold her cartoon to the porn magazine begging for Molly's help. Thus begins Molly's search to find a killer.
Long Train Passing
by Steven W. WiseFor the small midwestern town of California, Missouri, September 1943 heralded another fall without husbands and sons as World War II exploded in the European theater. And as this public battle took its toll on the world, another war raged that would change this small Missouri town forever--a war between father and son. Jubal Cole remembered a time when he could look at his son, Jewell, and feel love, not anger. It seemed like only months since they were a happy family. But since Jewell's mother left, Jubal's fury roared with his son's every breath. Jewell Cole lived in absolute fear of his father's ravings and bouts of drunkenness. It was bad enough having the town drunk as a father, but Jewell could not even escape his father's wrath at school. Jubal Cole did not take kindly to school or to teachers. Annabelle Allen had herself known the fear of being different and alone. Through her personal trials Annabelle had developed an uncanny strength of character and gift for teaching. Now beginning her first semester teaching at a new school, Annabelle must find a way to reach Jewell Cole before he is relegated to a life of crime and loneliness. With the help of a mysterious and awkward man, Emmett Tragman, Annabelle devises a scheme that may enable Jewell to develop his own unique talents despite his father, and find a life of purpose and love. But when Jewell's pent up wrath turns against his father, none of their lives will ever be the same.
Miss Zukas And The Raven's Dance (Miss Zukas Mystery #4)
by Jo Dereskean invitation to murder A most unusual death has landed Helma Zukas right in the middle of another murder scene. Stanley Plummer had been cataloging a collection of Native American books for Bellehaven's new Cultural Center when his body was found in the Center's ladies room-stabbed through the heart, and clutching a Barbie doll. Miss Zukas is asked by the library to finish the cataloging. Now she's been asked by the victim-in a letter dated the day he died-to get to the bottom of the mystery. Unable to resist the urge to dig into the facts, Helma becomes convinced there's something hidden in the Center that the murderer wants-and it may be worth killing another cataloger to keep it buried...
Mistaken Identity! (The Secret World Of Alex Mack #5)
by Diana G. GallagherThe trouble began the day Alex got angry, accidentally unleashing her telekinetic powers. When Robyn's backpack dropped, she ran into the street to pick up her papers and was nearly hit by a speeding humvee driven by Vince and Dave. Suddenly the- vehicle was mysteriously steered away from Robyn-thanks to Alex's powers. But now Vince and Dave are certain they've found the girl with the secret powers-Robyn! And they'll stop at nothing to get her.... Now, wherever Robyn, Alex --- .,. and their friends go, those company goons are close behind--even at the school dance! But how can Alex save Robyn without leading the chemical company straight to her own door?
Murder on the Fourth of July (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #28)
by Carolyn KeeneAMERICA'S TOP TEEN DETECTIVES TEAM UP TO DEFUSE A BOMBSHELL MURDER CASE NANCY DREW is in Seattle to join in a weekend celebration of the Orca Odyssey, a whale-saving campaign. But the celebration is short-lived. Nancy has learned that the group itself is in danger of extinction. The reason: A major fund-raiser, businessman Ian O'Brien, has been accused of murder! Convinced O'Brien has been framed, Nancy begins her own investigation...with the businessman's future and a potential million-dollar donation at stake. Meanwhile... FRANK and JOE HARDY have just arrived in Seattle from Bayport. They've come at the request of a fireworks manufacturer preparing the city's Fourth of July exhibition: A saboteur has targeted the stage for an Independence Day disaster. Although Nancy and the Hardys may be working different cases, they seem to be working with the same evidence. Is the sabotage connected to the murder? As explosive as the question may be, the fireworks are just beginning... in MURDER ON THE FOURTH OF JULY
Pelts and Promises
by Nancy LohrIn 1903, having accidentally ruined the Parson's big pulpit Bible and promised to replace it, Jamie and his best friend Willie B. set out to earn the money by hunting rabbits and selling their pelts.
Poison In Paradise (The Secret World Of Alex Mack #9)
by Diana G. GallagherPoisoned Waters! When Raymond goes searching for a major scoop for the local newspaper, he and Alex accidentally discover that Paradise Valley Chemical is dumping barrels of toxic waste into a nearby lake. For the Native American reservation that borders the lake, the waste is an ecological time bomb just waiting to go off. But a legal loophole means the reservation can't do anything about it. Something has to be done, though, and soon! And whatever it is will probably require the use of Alex's powers-and the risk of exposure. Alex is stumped. Then a new friend from the reservation gives her an idea....
Room to Write
by Bonni Goldberg"For amateurs and professionals as well as teachers of writing, this will be an invaluable resource, especially during those dry periods when the words aren't flowing, the muse seems to have vanished." LUCIA CAPACCHIONE, author of The Creative Journal.
Smack
by Melvin BurgessWhen fourteen-year-old Tar runs away from home, he thinks he's found the perfect life. He's got his girlfriend, Gemma, a place in an abandoned building to live, and new people to meet. And when Gemma and her friends invite him to take his first hit of smack, he thinks things will only get better. Smack slowly changes everything, but not for the better. Tar begins to steal, Gemma grows more and more distant, and no one seems to know how to find anything but the next hit. It all starts to fall apart. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Prize for fiction, Smack is a timely and penetrating novel about the ecstasies and horrors of heroin use.
Squeeze (X-Files #4)
by Ellen SteiberWhen FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully pursue a serial killer, they discover that all evidence points to a murderer who has been squeezing through impossibly small air ducts and chimneys since 1903.
Sword of Flame (Artifacts of Power #3)
by Maggie FureyFrom the author of Aurian and Harp of Winds comes the latest entry in this remarkable saga. The flame-haired Lady Aurian is not only a mage of great power, but also a heroine of great verve and spirit. Now, with the birth of her child, she has finally regained her powers and been reunited with her soulmate, Anvar, but the Archmage Miathan's curse still follows her. And until Aurian wins the last of the ancient Artefacts, the mystical Sword of Flame, her victory over the powers of darkness is far from assured.
Take A Hike! (The Secret World Of Alex Mack #7)
by Cathy East DubowskiTrouble in Paradise The Junior High School Science and Nature Club is sponsoring a weekend camping trip as their end-of-year project. Alex needs the extra credit in science. What she doesn't need are the chaperones-her parents! And just to make the trip a complete disaster, Vince and Dave are loose in the woods, dead- set on nailing the GC-161 kid. With the help of her friends, Alex actually has some fun and gets a little closer to Scott. This trip is looking up...until Kelly leads them off the trail and straight into Vince and Dave's trap! Now Alex has to find a way out of the woods...and out of danger!
The Game of Their Lives: The Untold Story of the World Cup's Biggest Upset
by Geoffrey Douglas<p>In the summer of 1950, a most unlikely group was assembled to represent its country in the first soccer World Cup since World War II. The Americans were outsiders to the sport, the underdogs of the event, a 500-to-1 long shot. But they were also proud and loyal men -- to one another, to their communities, and certainly to their country. Facing almost no time to prepare, opponents with superior training, and skepticism from the rest of the world, this ragtag group of unknowns was inspired to a stunning victory over England and one of the most thrilling upsets in the history of sports. <p>Written by critically acclaimed author Geoffrey Douglas, and now a film directed by David Anspaugh ( Hoosiers ), <i>The Game of Their Lives</i> takes us back to a time before million-dollar contracts and commercial endorsements, and introduces us to the athletes -- the Americans -- who showed the world just how far a long shot could really go.
The House on Bloodhound Lane (Bloodhound #2)
by Virginia LanierJo Beth is back. Her ex-husband is out of prison far sooner than expected and is stalking her again. And her most promising new tracking dog is totally blind. Her business is thriving, and her personal life is a mess.
The Invasion (Animorphs #1)
by K. A. ApplegateThe Earth is being invaded, but no one knows about it. When Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, and Marco stumble upon a downed alien spaceship and its dying pilot, they're given an incredible power -- they can transform into any animal they touch. With it, they become Animorphs, the unlikely champions in a secret war for the planet. And the enemies they're fighting could be anyone, even the people closest to them. So begins K. A. Applegate's epic series about five normal kids with a limitless amount of forms and abilities.
The Leaving Summer
by Donal HardingMiss Dixie called me Mister. My name is actually Austin Carroll. If she was right and the earth did tremble under her bedroom slippers, it must have all started the week before my eleventh birthday. That's when Daddy brought the convicts home. When Austin discovers the convicts have run away from the fields of his family's North Carolina farm, he knows trouble lies ahead in the summer of 1958. Later, he finds one of the convicts, Bass, seriously injured, and Austin faces the decision of whether to help the man. Under the cloak of night, he and his aunt, Ada, bring Bass to a secret shelter. They soon realize that keeping the wounded man safe has placed them in danger-especially with the volatile Hitcher boys on Bass's trail. Donal Harding's suspenseful adventure story will hook readers from page one and will stay with them long after the final page is turned.
The Sign of Fear (Fear Street Sagas #4)
by R. L. StineFieran had been a young warrior driven by revenge. He created the Fear amulet and cursed the Fear family for all eternity. Christina is a young servant girl struggling for survival. She finds the Fear amulet centuries later. Now, she may be destroyed by its evil.
This Dog for Hire (Rachel Alexander and Dash Mystery #1)
by Carol Lea BenjaminShe gets top billing. But he's the real teeth of the operation. In the search for a killer, they make the perfect team.... She's thirty-eight, too independent for most men's taste, and too suspicious for her own good. In her back-alley Greenwich Village cottage, private investigator Rachel Alexander has one ace in the hole: Dash, the devoted, barrel-chested pit bull terrier she once saved from certain death, and who is now about to return the favor. Dash and Rachel are looking for a missing barkless champion basenji named Magritte, and for a killer. The basenji belonged to a struggling artist found dead on a downtown pier near a sign that said "don't be caught alone." As Rachel pursues a string of clues that take her from the SoHo art scene to the world of Manhattan's homeless to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, those words echo in her mind. For in an urban landscape where good friends are hard to come by and true lovers even harder, Rachel soon discovers how dangerous it can be to trust the wrong person. Unless, of course, that person is a dog...
Zappy Holidays: The Secret World of Alex Mack Super Edition (The Secret World of Alex Mack #10)
by Diana G. GallagherHoliday spirit has hit an all-time low in Paradise Valley this year. Everyone is too worried about other things. The town can't afford to light the big tree in the park, and even worse, it looks like the annual toy drive for needy kids is off. Things aren't much better at the Mack house. Alex is the only one who seems to remember what the holiday season is all about. She's determined to inject some Christmas cheer back into the season. But it looks like it would take a miracle....
Zel
by Donna Jo NapoliAn innocent young girl...a noble youth obsessed with her spirited beauty... the mother who will do anything to keep them apart... XZel lives on an isolated Swiss alm with Mother, who insists they have everything, for they have each other. But Zel is growing and changing. How can this be enough for her? When Zel shows interest in the young nobleman who is so smitten with her after they meet by chance, suddenly Mother sees the future unfolding: and it holds loss-only loss. Swiftly she does the unspeakable. She locks her perfect daughter away in a tower, at the same time imprisoning herself in self- hatred and the vain hope that in time Zel will make the choice Mother wants. Meanwhile, day after day, for years, the haunted young man searches for the girl. These three people each tell their parts of this story of pain, loss, betrayal, innocence destroyed, and abuse in the name of love. Following the outlines of a familiar tale, Donna Jo Napoli probes its psychological depths, laying bare the emotions powerful enough to destroy or to redeem. This book is a page-turner, a triumph of the imagination, and a work of art that will leave readers both horrified and exhilarated.
A Ballad of the Civil War
by Mary StolzTom and Jack are twins. They have been raised with an older slave boy to take care of them. On their ninth birthday, Aaron, their slave friend and babysitter is removed from their company and told not to have anything to do with them again. Tom is devastated by the loss of his friend. Jack seems completely unaffected. Tom thinks of the slaves as people. Jack thinks of them as property. When they become adults they fight on opposite sides in the civil war.
A Brace of Bloodhounds (Bloodhound #3)
by Virginia LanierJo Beth is back with her bloodhounds to catch bad guys. This time it's a respected judge.
Biggie and the Mangled Mortician (Biggie Weatherford #2)
by Nancy BellThis time out, as her twelve-year-old grandson J.R. narrates, the grande dame of the East Texas town of Job's Crossing definitely has her hands full. She's directing and starring in a local production of HMS Pinafore, but just before the first rehearsal, cast member and new town mortician Monk Carter suddenly takes his final bow. The cause of death is chalked up to either a heart attack or epileptic seizure, Although Doc Hopper's examination shows that the undertaker's ribs were powerfully crushed. Suspects are few and far between, but there's no stopping Biggie, with J.R. at her side, as they attempt to bring down the curtain on a crafty killer. Loaded with quirky Southern charm, knee-slapping humor, and irresistible eccentric characters, Biggie and the Mangled Mortician will delight old Biggie fans-- and make new ones wonder how they ever lived without her.
Cher's Furiously Fit Workout (Clueless Series)
by Randi Reisfeld Amy HeckerlingHere's an all-new novel based on the new ABC-TV prime-time series, and written by Randi Reisfeld, creator of the hit movie Clueless starring Alicia Silverstone.
Close Encounters! (The Secret World of Alex Mack #18)
by Bobbi Weiss David WeissSuper-Power Super-Test Ever since she became the GC-161 kid, Alex Mack has had to keep her powers a closely guarded secret. But when the Mack family goes camping in the desert, Alex's sister Annie thinks it's the perfect opportunity to test Alex's powers. She can really cut loose, and no one will suspect a thing! Except...oops! Annie is wrong. So wrong, in fact, that the FBI is called to investigate a UFO. If these super-snoops detect Alex's powers, they'll forget all about chasing alien life-forms and spaceships! Alex doesn't want to be a government science experiment. But is she super enough to convince the FBI?