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Biggie and the Quincy Ghost (Biggie Weatherford #5)
by Nancy BellBiggie and her gang travel to the town of Quincy and find themselves embroiled in a murder. During their first night, J.R. hears what he thinks is the inn's legendary ghost. The next morning he finds a woman's body in the courtyard. The local sheriff is ill and asks Biggie to help with the detection. And help she does.
Blood Runs Deep
by R. Scott Mackey17-year-old African American track star, Cal Smith, wants to get out of Thunderbrook and go to college to become a doctor. Winning the state high school track meet might be his ticket to a college scholarship, but first he must beat his archrival, Drew McKinney. Cal's mother, Teresa, has also set aside money for his college education, but after she is killed in a freak accident at work, Cal doubts the existence of her secret nest egg. As he begins searching for clues about his mother's past and a father he's never met, a previously unknown uncle enters his life. After a rocky introduction, Cal and his ex-con uncle, Travis, gradually begin to forge a bond of faith and trust. Along the way, they face a series of grim discoveries and deadly encounters, and ultimately uncover a plot that ended with Teresa's murder. Now someone wants Cal and Travis to leave town, too--feet first.
Blue Moon (Circle of Three Book #7)
by Isobel BirdAncient moon, O ageless traveler, sailing on the sea of stars, as once more you come to fullness, turn your shining face to ours. The second full moon of the month--the blue moon--is a time when powers are heightened, with unpredictable results. When Annie attempts the channeling practice called aspecting, she changes into someone Cooper and Kate hardly recognize. Can their combined strength restore Annie's spirit?
Buddy Is a Stupid Name for a Girl
by Willo Davis RobertsBuddy, whose real name is Amy Kate, has never thought much about her nickname--it is what her father has called her for years--until three things happen: Her father, who has gone off to take a new job, disappears; she and her brother are evicted from the house in which they have been living because they can't pay the rent; and she has to leave Washington state to go live with relatives in Montana until her brother can find out what has happened to their father. It is in Montana where she encounters people who think her name is strange, who wonder why a girl is called Buddy. But in Montana, living with Aunt Addie; Aunt Cassie and her alcoholic husband, Gus; Gus's son, Max; and Grandpa, who is really Buddy's great-grandfather, Buddy has more than her name to think about. Why does Aunt Addie seem to hate Buddy's dead mother, EllaBelle? What happened to the money that Grandpa got from the sale of his store two and a half years ago, and what does that money have to do with Buddy and her mother? And finally, what has happened to Dan, Buddy's father? As Buddy confronts relatives she has hardly known, and a new school where everything seems strange and different, she must accept some of what she finds and make the best of it. She must, for example, take Grandpa as he is: old, almost blind, and afflicted with dementia. Other things she can hope may change: Her brother may find her father, Aunt Addie may forgive her mother, and maybe she'll make a new friend. And still others, she realizes, she must investigate on her own: She must solve the mysteries of her mother's past and the disappearance of Grandpa's money. Things happen quickly as Buddy explores her new and, she hopes, temporary, life. As she does, the concerns of years past suddenly come into focus, as if they were waiting for Buddy to appear. An engaging novel about a spunky heroine and a family with problems that are unique, and yet in some ways all too common. Bookshare has more mysteries for young readers by Willo Davis Roberts. They are great reads. Don't miss them!
By Lizzie
by Mary Eccles Mark Elliot<P>How does a smart, spunky kid deal with the trials and tribulations of being a middle child? She writes about it--that's how! <P>When nine-year-old Lizzie finds her mom's old typewriter in a closet, she decides to try her hand at storytelling: For a full year, she'll type out the tales of her life. That is, if she can find time between being pestered by her baby sister and teased by her older brother. <P>The middle-child life isn't easy, but if anybody can make it sound like fun, Lizzie can. Her stories of swimming lessons, a yard sale, secret codes, copy cats, and puppy dogs are packed with charm and humor. Even Lizzie's brother is finally forced to agree.
Call Down the Stars (Storyteller Trilogy #3)
by Sue HarrisonFilled with detail about the ways of life of these prehistoric Aleuts, the Storyteller Trilogy evokes prehistoric Alaska and the people who struggle to survive its forbidding climate. "Call Down the Stars completes the saga begun in "Song of the River and continued in "Cry of the Wind. The trilogy is peopled by characters good and evil, vengeful perpetrators of revenge on victims. This third and final book of the trilogy ties up all the loose ends. Both books 2 and this book 3 make enough reference to what has happened in the previous books that the reader is not at a total. loss. However, this book especially is not told in a straight plot line but by the vehicle of Storytellers' stories of earlier events and people. .
Changeling (Sweep #8)
by Cate TiernanWhen Morgan receives a shocking revelation about her family, she's thrown into a moral tailspin, believing that her essential nature is evil. Is her dark heritage too powerful to overcome?
Chasing The Dream (The Dolphin Diaries #5)
by Ben M. BaglioJody and her family have met a woman working for the Wail and Dolphin Protection League. When they hear of some captured dolphins kept in captivity, one of which died during capture, they travel to Mexico to try to get the dolphins released back into the wild? Can a businessman interested in making money off of displaying the dolphins be convinced to release them and preserve their health?
Dancing The Seas (The Dolphin Diaries #8)
by Ben M. BaglioIn the Marquesas Islands in Polynesia, Jody is glad to see a large, mixed group of spotted and spinner dolphins - especially one she names Twister. There, she meets Lew and Monique, who work for a local dolphin-friendly tuna boat. Jody witnesses them in action as they save dolphins. But when something goes wrong with Monique's breathing equipment at the last minute on a dive, will someone be able to save Twister from the boat's nets?
Don't Get Caught In The Girls' Locker Room
by Todd StrasserLIP LOCKERS! WILSON: invents stuff - and trouble DUSTY: can talk his way out of anything KYLE: the nice guy no one ever suspects Together they bend every rule in school but they never get caught! There's a rumor that the girls keep a Kissing Book in their locker room. The girls write about guys in it. How they kiss and stuff. Kyle and his friends find out that the girls have trash-talked them in the book. So they decide to steal it...
Don't Get Caught Wearing the Lunch Lady's Hair Net
by Todd StrasserBE-TRAY-ED! WILSON: invents stuff - and trouble DUSTY: can talk his way out of anything KYLE: the nice guy no one ever suspects Together they bend every rule in school-- but they never get caught! Food fights in the cafeteria are raging out of control. So Principal Chump hires some psycho lunch monitors to bust up the trouble. Armed with dishrags, hairnets, and a hidden camera, Kyle and his friends are about to strike back.
Don't Let Her See Me Cry
by Helen Barnacle"How do you make a decision about when it's best to let go of your child? Is there a mother out there who could give me any advice? I doubt it. Having Ali taught me about unconditional love, she gave me the reason to continue living ... The dreaded day arrived ... 'Helen Barnacle to the front gate.' The sound pierced my ears and my heart. I held Ali in my arms tightly and walked towards the prison gates... 'Don't cry', I kept repeating to myself. 'Don't let her see me cry. Don't upset her. I can't let her see me cry,' I chanted this mantra over and over and over ... I passed Ali through the prison gates to my brother, Ron ... 'Bye-bye, Mum,' Ali said. 'I love you.' And with her little hand waving over Ron's shoulder, they turned and walked away. "DON'T LET HER SEE ME CRY is the sort of bestseller that comes along only once in a lifetime. It is the gutsy, moving and inspiring true story of one woman's remarkable journey from a hopeless young heroin addict facing a 15-year prison sentence with a newborn baby to a successful psychologist, drug counseller, prison reform campaigner, and mother and best friend to Ali --the daughter who gave her the courage and determination to survive. Sentenced to the longest drug-related prison term ever meted out to a woman in Victoria, the discovery that she was to become a mother was far from welcome news to Helen Barnacle. The irony was that this tiny helpless being gave her a new lease on life--and a reason to hope. Helen's love and devotion for baby Ali led to her winning an historic battle. In a landmark decision she became the first woman allowed to keep her baby in prison beyond her first birthday. But three years later Helen had to face every mother's worst nightmare and give up her daughter. While she knew the time had come for Ali to leave the prison for her own good, this did not make the decision any easier. Ali had become her reason for living. Handing her daughter over at the gates of the prison almost destroyed her. In utter despair she resumed her love affair with heroin and was on a hopeless path of destruction until she was caught using in prison. Her brother Ron, the only person who had stood by her, gave her an ultimatum--if she really loved Ali she had to stop thinking of herself and find the courage to live. Helen had first to overcome her lifelong addiction with heroin, a crutch she had relied on since her youth to overcome her feelings of worthlessness. Thanks to the support of staff at Fairlea's Education Centre the former musician began to rediscover her love of music and study classical music, as well as writing and performing her own work for the Fairlea Drama Group, which evolved into the highly acclaimed SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER Theatre group. Helen also began a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in psychology. After leaving prison 12 years ago, she completed her post-graduate studies in psychology and after two years supervision was employed as a psychologist specialising in drug and alcohol problems at TaskForce Community Agency in Prahran. Over the next six years she ran workshops for judges and magistrates, counselled both drug workers and addicts, presented papers for national and international seminars, wrote the drug education booklet 'Tentative Steps', and rose to position of Drug Program Director. She also established a pilot project in the Juvenile Justice System using drama and the arts as therapy with young offenders. Don't Let Her See Me Cry is the story of the power of the bond between a mother and daughter, a brother and sister, of finding love in the most unexpected places, and of the strength of the human spirit. ' The story of Barnacle's life 'inside', how she fought to keep her daughter with her and how she remade herself makes an inspiring, confronting tale.' --The Age
Following The Rainbow (The Dolphin Diaries #7)
by Ben M. BaglioJody and her family are sailing around the world to research wild dolphins. On Thanksgiving, Jody and Brittany get an invitation to visit the Canary Islands to watch whales. While there, they help to rescue a baby whale who was injured, and whose mother was killed by a ferry boat. Can Jody convince business owners to change how they do business to protect the well-being of the whales?
How I Became an American
by Karin Gundisch James SkofieldIn 1902 in a small German town a traveler turns up singing songs about America. The land sounds like paradise, and young Johann Bonfert is excited when his own family plans a life overseas. They set out from a small town in Central Europe in search of a better life in America. But for ten-year-old Johann, the journey across the Atlantic to Youngstown, Ohio, is much more than a change of home and homeland. Johann's whole family is changing, with new jobs, a new language, and new struggles. Everything is different in America. Rich people want to stay thin, the milk cows have American names, and the very air, which at home smelled of hay and rain, here smells only of soot. But finally, as he writes about his new life and begins to realize just how far he has come, "Johnny" also begins to feel that at last he is an American. Through the plain-spoken, affecting voice of Johann, prize-winning author Karin Gundisch and celebrated translator James Skofield capture the stark truths faced by German-speaking immigrants and the heartening family bonds that saw them through--experiences as true today as they were a hundred years ago." This book is full of a young boy's thoughts and dreams and very interesting details about the way people lived in the United States and Germany over a hundred years ago. It contains lyrics of songs used to encourage and discourage immigration, short versions of German children's stories and a few footnotes.
Marco's Millions
by William Sleator[From the back cover:] A door to another world When Marco's fragile little sister, Lilly, tells him about the strange lights in the basement, he thinks she's imagining things. But Marco is curious, and it isn't long before he investigates and finds a passage into a strange world, the likes of which he's never seen. The insect-like inhabitants who live there know all about Lilly and believe she is special. They beg Marco to bring her to them so that she can save their world from ruin. Can Marco help the creatures and protect Lilly from harm?" Can he survive twisted time and gravity and deadly acrobatics? If he does, what will he find when he returns to his family. What will he do when he has the chance to make millions of journeys with all the time in the world? This is a science fiction story grounded in the world as we know it. Then using the laws of physics it extends beyond our imaginations. A challenging book for young readers and of interest to adult SF readers as well.
Miss Zukas Shelves the Evidence (Miss Zukas Mystery #8)
by Jo DereskeTHIS AIN'T NO GARDEN PARTY In a boldly personal move, Police Chief Wayne Gallant has arranged a meeting between his children and Bellehaven's beloved librarian Helma Zukas. But the fates have not yet smiled on this pair, as the long overdue introductions are interrupted-by murder. For not only is Helma's newest neighbor pushing up roses in her garden, her latest crop's a corpse. And when the chief's investigation has him digging too close to the truth, he's helped to a nearly fatal fall from a cliff, a potentially incriminating library book found within reach. The police demand the library turn over the borrower's name. Determined to uphold the privacy rights of library patrons, the ever mindful Miss Zukas deletes the information from library records-but not before she takes note of it. And now it's up to Helma- with teenagers in tow and an assist from bohemian buddy Ruth-to get to the bottom of this murderous mess before Wayne Gallant's assailant makes sure the evidence Miss Zukas holds is shelved...permanently.
Not Quite Scaramouche (Guardians of the Flame, Book #9)
by Joel RosenbergSeveral of them, in fact. He's the heir to an empire--but he doesn't want to be. And nobody believes that he could or would walk away, and give the job of ruling the kingdom to someone else. In this roller coaster of a sequel to Not Exactly the Three Musketeers, it looks like the stage is set for a major shake-up in the kingdom. Jason's help in keeping everything from blowing up are the self-appointed soldiers of the errant Jason, sent by that wily off-worlder Walter Slovotsky to keep Jason in one piece ... more or less. There's Kethol, the long and lanky redhead with an easy smile, who's quick with a quip and quicker with a sword; Pirojil, the ugly one, whose looks deceive and whose might and loyalty are worth a kingdom; and the fledgling wizard Erenor, a man who tries to stay two steps ahead of his enemies--as well as one step ahead of his friends. They're all part of the Cullinane retinue, sworn to protect the Cullinane manse and the sometimes-heroic Jason Cullinane and they have their hands full. Because no one likes a vacuum--or one too many contenders for power, Jason's soldiers are going to have to do some fast adventuring to make it all turn out all right. Next in Joel Rosenberg's bestselling Guardians of the Flame series, Not Quite Scaramouche continues the adventures of the journeyman soldiers of Castle Cullinane (and their sometimes ill-fated leader) in all their raucous glory.
On the Fringe
by Donald R. GalloHigh school can be a war zone of popularity and persecution, where no one really looks at the kids on the fringe. In this powerful and timely collection, some of today's most acclaimed authors bring to life eleven stories of outsiders facing the constant struggle of hate and acceptance.
Racing the Wind (The Dolphin Diaries #6)
by Ben M. BaglioJody is excited to be going to Venezuela to see River Dolphins. No one in her family has ever seen them before. Brittany catches the attention of a local boy, and Jody helps him rescue a baby dolphin stranded on a sand bar.
Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes
by Ted ConoverAs a college student, the author decided that he wanted to study the men who have been called hobos, those who travel by hopping freight trains, and who live however they can. He wanted to know whether their lifestyle was as attractive as it seemed to many young people.
Shakespeare's Counselor (Lily Bard Mysteries #5)
by Charlaine HarrisLily is adjusting to being married. She has finally decided to join a support group for rape survivors after having injured her husband in her sleep. Unfortunately, the counselor has a history of her own that brings murder to Shakespeare.
The Life History Of A Star
by Kelly EastonKristin Folger feels like she's on another -Planet. Her body-keeps changing shape. Her mother wants her to dress like a girl. Her best friend's dating a weirdo. And there's a ghost in the attic that no one wants to talk about. In the era of Watergate, the Vietnam War, and David Bowie, fourteen-year-old Kristin navigates the external and internal changes that come at top speed. The Life History of A Star is Kristin's sometimes comical, sometimes cynical, always thoughtful diary about what her life has been like since the ghost arrived. It takes a lot of time and an unforgettable family therapy session for Kristin to begin to learn who the ghost was-and who she is. And where on Earth she fits in. Caught up in the politics of her time and in the life of a family who doesn't always understand her, Kristin makes a memorable journey through the byways of adolescence-all the way to the stars and back again.
The Long Good Boy (Rachel Alexander and Dash Mystery #6)
by Carol Lea BenjaminP. I. Rachel Alexander dives into the world of transvestite hookers in Manhattan's meat packing district to help solve the case of a killer with a deadly eye out for the wanna-be-ladies.
Voice Of An Angel: My Life (So Far)
by Charlotte ChurchAt fifteen, Charlotte Church has already lived a celebrated life. A world-famous singer who has sung before the Queen, a president, and the Pope, as well as sold millions of albums, charmed TV talk show hosts, and appeared on the covers of dozens of magazines, she has even acted in a top-rated TV show (The media's favorite question seems to be "Is that really you singing") Yet Charlotte, who was the youngest artist ever to have a debut album on the Billboard charts, still finds time to go to school, get good grades, and even go shopping with her friends in her hometown of Cardiff, Wales. Now you'll go behind the scenes to meet more than just Charlotte the internationally known soprano. You'll get to know Charlotte the daughter of Maria and James Church, who travels everywhere with her mum and dad ...the beloved granddaughter of Nan and Bampy, who thrills to her grandfather's stories about the rock band he had when the Beatles first hit the charts...and Charlotte the niece of Caroline Cooper, who still enjoys singing with the aunt she credits as her biggest musical influence. Charlotte seems like any other teenager, and she is-except for her astonishing voice. She wants her fans to know what she is really like and to meet her best friends...as well as travel with her on a typical tour and know what it is like to sing with Plãcido Domingo or ride on a float-in the rain!-in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In a voice as down to earth as her singing is angelic, she candidly talks about growing up in the limelight, the valuable lessons she has learned, and her dreams for the future. The young girl the Pope called "the Little Singer" has a lot to share-so far!
What the Cards Said (Circle of Three Book #4)
by Isobel BirdCards of fortune, tell your story, Answer all I've come to ask, let the draw set forth the course of what has been and yet may pass. Annie's fascination with Tarot spirals beyond her control when her readings become reality. As if cursed, Annie faces friends Cooper and Kate with this newfound power--a power that threatens the very strength of their Wiccan bond.