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Tour of Danger (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #12)
by Carolyn KeeneAMERICA'S TOP TEEN DETECTIVES TEAM UP TO SMOKE OUT A SMUGGLING RING NANCY DREW'S two-week tour of Japan has taken a sudden ominous turn. Checking into her Tokyo hotel, she watches in amazement as an elderly woman is surrounded by the police and accused of smuggling. The lady's souvenir vase has smashed to the floor, revealing hundreds of stolen pearls! Nancy's convinced that the woman has been set up and that now the members of her tour group are in peril as well -- innocent victims of a far-flung criminal conspiracy! Meanwhile ... FRANK and JOE HARDY are in Tokyo working undercover at Amsa Inc., a huge Japanese electronics conglomerate. Someone has been knocking off cheap imitations of the company's high-tech line and selling them in America under the Amsa name. When the Hardys hook up with Nancy, they discover that Japan is a land of exotic sights and extraordinary entertainments -- Kabuki theater, sumo wrestlers, and lively nightclubs -- but also a world of mystery and menace ...
Treasure Hunt (Wyatt Hunt #2)
by John LescroartWyatt Hunt--hero of Lescroart's "New York Times" bestseller "The Hunt Club"--returns with a new protg, in an intricate, tightly plotted thriller set against San Francisco's glamourous charity circuit.
Tropic of Fear (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #14)
by Carolyn KeeneNancy, Frank and Joe team up again in an all-new adventure in this bestselling series. Greed and corruption have put a posh hotel at the eye of a gathering storm and the menace becomes real when Nancy discovers a murdered man. Meanwhile, the Hardys' investigation of a gang of art thieves leads them straight to the Grand Hawaiian Hotel--and to a terrifying connection between their case and Nancy's.
Truth or Dairy
by Catherine ClarkShe's humiliated, she's angry... and she's through with boys. Or at least that's what she says. This is the journal of Courtney Von Dragen Smith: middle child, product of divorce, would-be vegetarian. She writes the first mega-negative page the day after her boyfriend, "such a Dave," breaks up with her because he's heading off to college. Angry and humiliated, Courtney vows to survive senior year on the anti-guy plan. But can she really give up guys and focus on friends, school, and her job at the hip cafe Truth or Dairy? Or will a stint in student government, an epileptic dog, and a guy named Grant ("like-the-lake") Superior turn her world upside down and prove her journal right? It's true: life can get weirder.
Tumbling Ghosts (The Gymnasts #7)
by Elizabeth A. LevyHalloween will be a real treat... unless Jodi loses her temper. The Pinecones are having a Halloween party and Jodi's been put in charge. She wants it to be the best party ever, but that famous temper of hers keeps getting in the way. Becky, the wicked witch of the gym, makes a bet that Jodi can't handle the job. If Jodi loses her temper one more time, Becky will win the bet, and the party will be ruined. Can the team help Jodi learn to keep cool before Becky tricks her into blowing her top?
Tunnels
by Roderick Gordon Brian Williams14-year-old Will Burrows has little in common with his strange, dysfunctional family. In fact, the only bond he shares with his eccentric father is a passion for archaeological excavation. So when Dad mysteriously vanishes, Will is compelled to dig up the truth behind his disappearance. He unearths the unbelievable: a secret subterranean society. "The Colony" has existed unchanged for a century, but it's no benign time capsule of a bygone era--because the Colony is ruled by a cultlike overclass, the Styx. Before long--before he can find his father--Will is their prisoner....
Turning Stones: A Caseworker's Story
by Marc ParentWhy does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets--and his heart--for the answers, and shares them in this powerful, vivid, beautifully written book. WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR.
Twelve
by Lauren Myracle[From The Front Flap.] Eleven was big-a new best friend and a new worst friend- but twelve is going to be huge. Last year everyone else changed, but now it's Winnie's turn to "develop": junior high, pierced ears, sleepaway camp, and bra shopping with Mom- in public. Ack! It's a whole new year of big changes and small moments for Winnie, the beloved, quirky-cool heroine of Eleven. Funny, sweet, real, and sometimes really awkward, being twelve is fabulous!
Two for One (Merivale Mall #1)
by Jana EllisSOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. Things are hopping at Merivale Mall. Lori has her hands full working at Tio's Tacos, but she's never too busy to notice Nick, the gorgeous guy in the next store, her good friends who pass by, or her estranged cousin Danielle. They haven't been close since Danielle's father made a fortune developing Merivale Mall. Now the girls are being drawn together again, but for the wrong reason--Nick Hobart, star quarterback of the Cougars. Although Lori's crazy about Nick, she's no competition for the emerald-eyed Danielle with her sleek sports car and luxurious clothes. If only Lori could make Nick see that good things don't always come in expensive packages!
Under the Stars (The Dolphin Diaries #4)
by Ben M. BaglioJody McGrath's dolphin dreams are coming true! Her whole family is researching dolphins - and Jody is recording all their exciting adventures in her diary. Jody is at Dolphin Haven in the Bahamas, where dolphins Bella, Misty, and Evie are about to give birth. Everyone is excited -but also worried. In the past, Evie's calves have died, and this may be her last chance to become a mother. Will her calf survive?
Undercurrents
by Willo Davis RobertsFourteen-year-old Nikki Simons has lost her mother to cancer. Her older sister, Bonnie, will soon be off on an exciting trip before heading to college, leaving Nikki to cope with things at home, including her little brother, Sam. Nikki still grieves for her mother, knows she will desperately miss Bonnie, and feels inadequate to fill in for them at home. And then their father makes a shattering announcement: He is going to marry Crystal, a woman he met through work who is only slightly older than his daughters. Not long after the peculiar wedding (none of Crystal's family or friends attended), Nikki learns that in place of a European trip the family had planned before her mother's death, they will be spending part of the summer in the village of Trinidad, in northern California, where Crystal has inherited a house on the beach. Nikki decides that going to the beach is preferable to having no vacation at all. But soon she's troubled by more than just Dad's hasty marriage to a woman who doesn't make much of an attempt to relate to his children. Other things about Nikki's new stepmother remain unexplained: Why is she reluctant to return to the house where she spent some time as a child? And after Dad is called back to Seattle on an emergency, what awful secret causes Crystal to have nightmares that waken Nikki out of a sound sleep? How is Nikki, by herself, expected to cope with things that baffle and frighten her?Then Nikki meets Julian Gyasi, an intriguing boy known as Spook who lives in a house on the cliff nearby. Why are there mysterious lights in the tower windows over there, and who is the man who frightens Nikki by watching her from the top of the cliff? As the days pass, Crystal's behavior becomes even stranger and Dad is still not there to help Nikki deal with either her stepmother or the increasingly mysterious situation at the Gyasi house.
Veronica Knows Best
by Nancy K. RobinsonVeronica has advice for everyone, but she doesn't have all the answers. She doesn't know how to keep her real friends and make new ones. She doesn't know how to get attention from her divorced parents, her mother who is busy staying young and her father who lives far away in California and doesn't answer her letters. She doesn't get jokes and doesn't tell the truth half of the time. She doesn't know how to make her daydreams come true, like spending Christmas with the father she barely remembers and teaching a popular girl in school, who sounds like a broken police car siren, how to sing well enough to star as Maria in the school play, "The Sound of Music." Some kids actually run away when they see Veronica coming and some are nice to her because they feel sorry that she gets into so much trouble. Her biggest project backfires and Veronica's lonely life gets even lonelier. There's one thing about Veronica that makes all the difference. She doesn't give up. You'll laugh and cringe as Veronica's sorry messes become the beginning of much happier days to come.
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!
Walter Wants To Be A Werewolf
by Richard HarlandThe full moon is out! FOR the Grimms, the most distinguished family of werewolves, its time to transform under the moonlit night again. It's thirteen-year-old Walter Grimm's first time, but why doesn't he change like the rest of the family? Clumsy Walter's never been like his award-winning athletic sister and brother who changed when they were only eleven and twelve. He feels even more left out when the whole family attends the Werewolf Carnival without him. When will Walter Grimm finally make his triumphant transformation? This is a CHOMP book, a satisfying adventure for independent readers grades 3-6, ages 8-12
War Birds
by R. M. MeluchWORLDS AT WAR Tannia, Erde, and Occo-Earth's farthest- flung colony worlds. Long forgotten by the mother planet, each had found its own path to survival. Occo, an isolated planet of mystery ... Tannia and Erde, twin colonies that had coexisted for 192 Earth years-but far from peacefully. Twenty years earlier, the world had come under Tannia's sway, and Anton Nordveldt, shot down on Tannia, became first a prisoner of war, then a professor of the classics, attempting to civilize his former enemies. Then he met the beautiful Maggie, a fighter pilot. Drawn together by love, they were eventually driven apart by Nordveldt's past loyalties-until Tannia and Erde were attacked by a new deadly foe, Occo! And suddenly old enemies became uneasy allies, and Anton and Maggie flew the skies together in a desperate struggle to save both their worlds. . . .
Warming Trend
by Karin KallmakerThere's no sun warm enough to melt the frozen past. . . Women flock to Key West for beaches, margaritas and other women. Anidyr Bycall is there because it's 5,000 miles away from Fairbanks. Tending bar by night, she spends her days immersed in the research of her only remaining passion in life: the ice fields of Alaska. Loss of all her dreams has left Ani cold inside and out, and no amount of warm sunshine--or warm women--has brought about a thaw. But trends may be improving when new data suggests that the melting glaciers back home might yield up a long-buried secret. If Ani finds its first, she might finally gain justice in the courts of public and academic opinions, and reclaim the respect and admiration she once saw in the eyes of the only woman who ever mattered. Golden Crown and Lambda Literary award-winning author Karin Kallmaker's exciting story of the frozen north proves that every icy heart can be thawed when the emotions are hot enough. Warming Trend adds to her long list of bestselling and critically acclaimed novels.
We Need to Talk about Kevin
by Lionel ShriverThe gripping international bestseller about motherhood gone awry. Eva never really wanted to be a mother-- and certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker, and a much-adored teacher who tried to befriend him, all two days before his sixteenth birthday. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood, and Kevin's horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her estranged husband, Franklyn. Uneasy with the sacrifices and social demotion of motherhood from the start, Eva fears that her alarming dislike for her own son may be responsible for driving him so nihilistically off the rails.
We Who Are Alive and Remain: Untold Stories from the Band of Brothers
by Marcus BrothertonThe national bestseller of never-before-published stories from the Band of Brothers. They were the men of the now-legendary Easy Company. After almost two years of hard training, they parachuted into Normandy on D-Day and, later, Operation Market Garden. They fought their way through Belgium, France, and Germany, survived overwhelming odds, liberated concentration camps, and drank a victory toast in April of 1945 at Hitler's hideout in the Alps. Here, revealed for the first time, are stories of war, sacrifice, and courage as seen by one of the most revered combat units in military history. In We Who Are Alive and Remain, twenty men who were there, and the families of three deceased others, recount the horrors and the victories, the bonds they made, the tears and blood they shed, and the brothers they lost.
Weekend Romance (Sweet Dreams #209)
by Peggy TeetersMixed emotions... "Army brat" Katie O'Connor has always dreamed of a romantic weekend at West Point. But when her older brother, a plebe at the Point, arranges a date for Katie with his roommate, she hesitates, thinking of Scott McAllister, her boyfriend at home. But Katie's friend Melissa convinces her that a West Point weekend isn't really a date -- it's an event. She's sure Scott will understand... won't he?
Welcome To Junior High (Girl Talk #1)
by L. E. BlairIt's the beginning of an unforgettable year Seventh grade has just started and already Sabrina Wells has got troubles! She's made an enemy of the principal's daughter, Stacy the Great, met the boy of her dreams, and been put in charge of the Homecoming Dance decorating committee. Will Sabrina manage to keep Stacy off her back, fall in love, and get shy Allison, preppie Katie, and Randy, the hip new girl from New York, to agree on a theme for the dance?
Wendy and the Bullies
by Nancy K. Robinson"This time he has gone too far," Karen said. "This calls for serious action." Wendy and Karen are experts on bullies. Their Bully Map and Bully Log show who the bullies are, where they hang out, and how dangerous they are. But lately the bully problem has been getting worse. And now that Karen is sick and won't be at school for a week, it's up to Wendy, alone, to figure out a way to stop the bullies once and for all. One way or another, this will be a week that Wendy will never forget. For ages 8 through 12, this chapter book shows the realistic problems children have with shyness, fitting in and facing bullies.
Western Skies: Song of the West, and Boundary Lines
by Nora RobertsSong of the West: The towering mountains and windswept plains of Wyoming are truly beautiful. But Samantha Evans has absolutely no intention of staying--until she meets devastatingly handsome Jake Tanner. Suddenly the idea of leaving isn't quite so appealing. Samantha is torn between a lifelong dream and her feelings for this intriguing man when a blizzard strikes and she's stranded with him. Is Mother Nature trying to tell her something? Maybe she should listen! But when threatened by a common enemy, feisty JillianBoundary Lines: A feud has been simmering for years between two Montana families, and Jillian Baron and Aaron Murdock seem determined to carry it into another generation. and irresistible Aaron become uneasy allies. Soon the battle waged within their own hearts pits their historical mistrust against a clear and present passion. Might the Barons and the Murdocks finally find common ground and form a very special union? Just take a step over the line....
What About Me?
by Colby RodowskyDorrie adores art. She is determined that she will graduate from high school in New York, and go on to art school. When her parents tell her that they will be leaving the city so that Dorrie's mother will have more help caring for Dorrie's younger brother who is developmentally delayed, Dorrie is furious. She is often resentful of the time and attention her parents devote to her brother, embarrassed by his odd behaviour, and angry that she is asked to make social sacrifices in order to help care for him, and this decision to move only fuels her anger and resentment. In the end, something happens that makes Dorrie reassess her feelings.
What Lisa Knew The Truth and Lies of the Steinberg Case
by Joyce JohnsonWHO REALLY FAILED LISA STEINBERG? - In her powerful, intensely personal and superbly written investigation into the Steinberg case, critically acclaimed author Joyce Johnson stirs us to look deeply into ourselves for the answer to this haunting question. Unlike any other true crime account of this terrible tragedy, WHAT LISA KNEW tells us the real story behind the events of November 1, 1987 when Joel Steinberg, sleazy lawyer and sadistic coke addict, savagely beat his six-year old "adopted" daughter and left her to die on the bathroom floor of his Greenwich Village apartment while his lover, Hedda Nussbaum, the woman who raised Lisa from infancy, did nothing to save her.
What Was Asked of Us: An Oral History of the Iraq War by the Soldiers Who Fought It
by Trish Wood"A visceral account of the war ... honest, agenda-free, and chilling." New York Review of Books. The Iraq war officially began on March 20, 2003, and since then more than one million young Americans have rotated through the country's insurgent-infested hot spots. But although stories of dramatic ambushes and attacks dominate the front pages of newspapers, most of us do not truly know what the war is like for the Americans who fight it. What Was Asked of Us helps us bridge that gap. The in-depth and intensely probing interviews this book brings together document the soldiers' experiences and darkest secrets, offering a multitude of authentic, unfiltered voices--at times raw and emotional, at other times eloquent and lyrical. These voices walk us through the war, from the successful push to Baghdad, through the erroneous "Mission Accomplished" moment, and into the dangerous, murky present. "Monumental. ... Amid the glut of policy debates, and amid the flurry of news reports that add names each day to the lists of the dead, Trish Wood has produced what is perhaps, to date, the only text about Iraq that matter."--San Francisco Chronicle. "An illuminating glimpse of American fighters' experiences in Iraq ... There are moments of strange beauty in the soldiers' recollections."--Chicago Tribune. "Stunning ... chillingly eloquent. ... Powerful and unflinchingly honest, Wood's book deserves to be a bestseller."--People