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Kate the Winner! (Sleepover Friends #34)
by Susan SaundersAnd the winner is ... Kate has won first prize in a raffle--six tickets to Wilderness World! And Kate's parents have offered to take the family and the Sleepover Friends for their upcoming spring vacation. But with four people in Kate's family, there are only two tickets left for the Sleepover Friends--so one of them won't be able to go! How can Kate choose between her best friends? Fortunately, the girls come up with a plan: They'll do odd jobs to earn money for one more ticket. But they only have two weeks. And raising the money turns out to be a lot harder than they'd expected!
Kate the Boss (Sleepover Friends #29)
by Susan SaundersThe Sleepover Friends are fed up with bossy Kate! The homecoming parade is in a few weeks, and the Sleepover Friends are going to build the best float of all! Kate, of course, immediately takes over as "director" of the float. Then the girls find out they have to work on the float with snooty Ginger Kinkaid! Worse yet, Ginger's got her own ideas about how to design the float. But Lauren, Stephanie, and Patti discover they actually like Ginger's ideas better than Kate's. What happens when the Sleepover Friends get tired of being bossed around by Kate?
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.
Just Who Will You Be? Big Question, Little Book, Answer Within
by Maria Shriver"I've learned that asking ourselves not just what we want to be, but who we want to be is important at every stage of our lives, not just when we're starting out in the world. That's because in a way, we're starting out fresh in the world every single day." Just Who Will You Be? is a candid, heartfelt, and inspirational book for seekers of all ages. Inspired by a speech she gave, Maria Shriver's message is that what you do in your life isn't what matters. It's who you are. It's an important lesson that will appeal to anyone of any age looking for a life of meaning. In her own life, Shriver always walked straight down her own distinctive path, achieving her childhood goal of becoming "award-winning network newswoman Maria Shriver". But when her husband was elected California's Governor and she suddenly had to leave her job at NBC News, Maria was thrown for a loop. Right about then, her nephew asked her to speak at his high school graduation. She resisted, wondering how she could possibly give advice to kids, when she was feeling so lost herself. But in the end she relented and decided to dig down and dig deep, and the result is this little jewel. Just Who Will You Be? reminds us that the answer to many of life's question lie within -- and that we're all works in progress. That means it's never too late to become the person you want to be. Now the question for you is this: Just who will you be?.
Just Friends
by Norma KleinIsabel and Stuart have been friends since preschool. And Isabel has believed they would marry. But she is too shy to act on her feelings. When Stewart begins dating Isabel's friend Ketti, Isabel tries, unsuccessfully, to move on and develop an interest in another guy.
Junkyard Jitters! (The Secret World of Alex Mack #11)
by Patricia Barnes-SvarneyWhen Ray asks Alex to help him with his paper route, she can hardly turn him down. What are best friends for, anyway? But tossing the news is hard work, and Alex can't resist using her powers to help out. Not that there's anyone around to see...except the eccentric old inventor who lives in the junkyard. When he catches Alex flowing like a lightning bug, she's only a little worried. But then the goons from Paradise Valley Chemical show up at the junkyard, too. Did the old man blow the whistle on her? Or is he working for the plant...on an invention to catch the GC-161 kid?
Junior, Class of '88 (Class of '88 #3)
by Linda A. CooneyFive friends. Nick the golden boy, Celia the beautiful, Sean the thinker, Allie the wild, Meg the brave. Nick's wasting his time with girls who don't care, and cutting himself off from other people. Sean's about to do the same ...if Celia has her way. Allie just came back from a semester in New York City, and she can't talk to anybody; maybe it's time for her to get out of Redwood Hills. And Meg's going out with the catch of the school.... Too bad she thinks he's second best. They're supposed to know where they're heading by junior year. But what if where they're heading isn't where they want to go?
Junior High Jitters (Junior High #1)
by Kate KenyonFRIENDS, FEUDS, . BOYS, BOOKS. EIGHTH GRADE. Best friends Nora Ryan and Jennifer Mann have finally reached eighth grade, and their first day is crazy. Class nerd Jason Anthony is up to his usual gross tricks. Nasty Susan Hillard has an insult for everybody, and Tracy is acting dumb, as always. While Nora gets caught up in all the excitement, Jen wonders if things will ever be normal again. But eighth grade only gets more complicated. When Denise Hendrix, a sophisticated new student, suggests the girls invite boys to the Halloween Dance, Jen and Nora begin to worry. Dealing with eighth grade is hard enough. Can they deal with boys, too?
Juliet Fisher and the Foolproof Plan
by Natalie Honeycutt[From The Front Flap] "Juliet knew that Mrs. Lacey needed her help. She knew Mrs. Lacey wanted Lydia Jane to sit next to someone who could set a good example. And Juliet was the person who could do it." Or could she? No two students in Mrs. Lacey's third grade class could be more different than Juliet Fisher and Lydia Jane Bly. Juliet keeps her mind on her work, which is always excellent. Lydia Jane is interested in lots of different things, and she likes to talk about them. During spelling. During math. Despite Juliet's best efforts, Lydia Jane doesn't reform. In fact, she doesn't even realize she has a problem! Juliet's stumped until friends Granville Jones and Jonah Twist enter the picture. They have a plan, and according to Jonah, it's foolproof..."
Julie's Outrageous Idea (The Party Line #10)
by Carrie AustenThis is just too much! Julie's been assigned to write a term paper on the rain forest, but she'd rather get lost in the woods! Still, if she doesn't do this report, her grade could become an endangered species. Then a funny thing happens. Once Julie gets started on her project, she just can't seem to stop. Not only is she fascinated by the rain forest, she becomes really involved in the environment. Her bike-a-thon idea gets her whole school pedaling for ecology. But now it looks as if The Party Line won't survive all of Julie's wild new ideas. Can they strike a happy balance between Julie's plans and their business? Or will they be up to their elbows in soapsuds forever? It's the craziest Party Line problem yet--soapsuds insanity! Get on The Party Line! Meet Julie, Allie, Becky, and Rosie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Julie's Dream Date (The Party Line #6)
by Carrie Austen[From The Back Cover] Julie has the perfect dress, a great makeover, the best date and ... a broken leg! The big dance is coming up and Julie can't wait. She and Rosie are already planning stunning new outfits and complete makeovers. When it comes to the dance, Julie has a one-track mind. But Becky doesn't think it's such a big deal. She accepts a Party Line job for the very same day, and Julie is outraged! If she works at the party she'll never have time to get ready for the dance! That's just the beginning, though. The Party Line isn't the only thing getting in Julie's way Get on The Party Line Meet Julie, Becky, Rosie and Allie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Julie's Boy Problem (The Party Line #2)
by Carrie AustenTrouble, trouble everywhere . . . and it's all because of boys Julie's budding romance with Mark Harris seems doomed. Mark's girl-hating best friend, Casey Wyatt, keeps getting in the way. Then, in the mix-up of the century, the Party Line gets hired to give a party for Casey Wyatt. And when Casey finds out, it's war! In a last-ditch attempt to make something turn out right, Julie agrees to let Rosie, Becky and Allie give her a daring new look. This means double trouble for the Party Line: Casey hates his party and Julie hates her makeover! HELP! How will the girls get out of this mess? Get on THE PARTY LINE Meet Julie, Rosie, Becky and Allie in this fun-filled series about friendship, growing up, and having a good time!
Joy School
by Elizabeth BergIn this exquisite new novel by bestselling writer Elizabeth Berg, a young woman falls in love -- and learns how sorrow can lead to an understanding of joy. Katie, the narrator, has relocated to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father, and she feels very much alone: her much-loved mother is dead; her new school is unaccepting of her; and her only friends fall far short of being ideal companions. When she accidentally falls through the ice while skating, she meets Jimmy. He is handsome, far older than she, and married, but she is entranced. As their relationship unfolds, so too does Katie's awareness of the pain and intensity first love can bring. Beautifully written in Berg's irresistible voice,Joy Schoolportrays the soaring happiness of real love, the deep despair one can feel when it goes unrequited, and the stubbornness of hope that will not let us let go. Here also is recognition that love can come in many forms and offer many different things.Joy Schoolilluminates, too, how the things that hurt the most can sometimes teach us the lessons that really matter. AboutDurable Goods, Elizabeth Berg's first novel, Andre Dubus said, "Elizabeth Berg writes with humor and a big heart about resilience, loneliness, love and hope. And the transcendence that redeems." The same will be said ofJoy School, Elizabeth Berg's most luminous novel to date.
Joe
by Larry BrownJoe Ransom, nearing fifty, lives hard and likes danger. A drinker, a gambler, a fighter, he's using up what little luck he has left. He drives his pickup too fast, draws his gun too quick. By day he's foreman of a crew of blacks who work in the north Mississippi woods poisoning trees for a lumber company. By night, he visits the whorehouses and gambling dens hidden in the woods back up off the road. Gary Jones estimates his own age to be about fifteen. Born luckless, he lives off discards and garbage. His father, an itinerant farmworker, is as evil as men come. His mother is insane from ancient grief. Their children have known only an endless road, daily hunger, and their parents' bestiality. It's up to the boy to provide, so he's looking for work that pays-and a truck to get to it. When their paths cross, Joe Ransom offers Gary Jones a chance just as his own chances have dwindled to almost nothing.
Jim Ugly
by Sid FleischmanPart wolf, Jim Ugly is a proud and aloof one-man dog. And that man is Jake's father, an actor in the frontier West. Who suddenly disappears. Jake is left with his cousin who threatens to shoot Jim Ugly for killing sheep. Jake is sure the dog, who is an excellent tracker, is innocent and runs away hoping it will lead him to his father. He discovers that a bounty hunter and some actors are searching for his father, too, because they believe he has stolen a fortune in diamonds. For seventy-five cents a night and the sound of applause Jake plays the role of William Tell's son. Bravely standing tall while apples are shot from the top of his head. As Jake gets closer to finding his father he begins to make friends and to understand Jim Ugly. Maybe the smart, loyal dog deserves a better name. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, this wild west mystery is exciting from start to finish.
Jerusalem Fire
by R. M. MeluchTHE ITIRI: BEINGS MORE ANCIENT AND MORE POWERFUL THAN ANYTHING IN THE GALAXY... "Alihahd": the name meant simply "He left."- No one, not even his most trusted crewmen, knew what his real name was. He had foiled the evil Na'id Empire countless times, striking blow after unexpected blow for freedom throughout the galaxy, always vanishing into hyper-space moments before the Na'ids could lay their hands on him. But now Alihahd knew that his time had come. An entire Na'id squadron was closing in on his single, defenseless ship. The rebel cause was doomed. Yet Alihahd could never have foreseen that the real battle was not over but just beginning, a battle to be fought not in the depths of space but in a world out of time; with a race which even the combined might of the Na'id empire was unable to stop....
Jerk, California
by Jonathan FriesenTwitch, Jerk, Freak--Sam Carrier has been called them all. Because of his Tourette's syndrome, Sam is in near constant motion with tics and twitches and verbal outbursts. So, of course, high school is nothing but torment. Forget friends; forget even hoping that beautiful, perfect Naomi will look his way. And home isn't much better with his domineering stepfather reminding him that the only person who was more useless than Sam was his dead father, Jack. But then an unexpected turn of events unearths the truth about his father. And suddenly Sam doesn't know who he is, or even where he'll go next. What he does know is that the only girl in the world who can make him happy and nervous at the same time is everywhere he turns . . . and he'd give anything just to be still.<P><P> Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award
Jennifer-the-Jerk Is Missing
by Carol GormanMalcolm stood on the curb as if he were frozen to the spot. The limo surged to life and, running the red light, roared off down the road. "What was that all about?" I asked him. "Who was in the limo?" "Jennifer Smith," he said. "Those guys in the limo kidnapped her!" Amy didn't want this job to begin with, but since it was her father's biggest client who needed a sitter, she didn't have much choice. Now she's stuck with Malcolm, a nerdy know-it-all with a knack for telling whoppers. When he claims that Jennifer-the- Jerk, his bratty classmate, has been kidnapped, Amy is skeptical. But Malcolm also has a knack for blackmail. With a not-too-subtle hint about the boy she has a crush on, he persuades Amy to investigate. It still looks as if Malcolm is crying wolf--until they find the ransom note. Could Malcolm's story be true? Amy wonders. And if it is, will anyone believe them?
It's a Scream! (Girl Talk #31)
by L. E. BlairSabrina's convinced that the kids at Bradley Junior High are in great danger! Sabrina is excited that her oldest brother, Matt, has come home from college to film a movie--right in Acorn Falls. She gets so busy with the movie, she doesn't notice that the new science teacher is really weird. But when strange things start happening, she's desperate to convince her family and friends that the teacher is trying to take over the minds of every student at school! Once you get to know Sabrina, Allison, Katie and Randy you'll want to get in on all of their girl talk. There are more than 30 more books in the Girl Talk series in the Bookshare Collection so you can start from the beginning with book #1, Welcome to Junior High, and continue with: #2 Face Off!, #3 The New You, #4 Rebel Rebel, #5 It's All in the Stars, #6 The Ghost of Eagle Mountain, #7 Odd Couple, #8 Stealing The Show, #9 Peer Pressure, #10 Falling in Like, #11 Mixed Feelings, #12 Drummer Girl, #13 The Winning Team, #14 Earth Alert!, #15 On The Air, #16 Here Comes The Bride, #17 Star Quality, #18 Keeping The Beat, #19 Family Affair, #20 Rockin' Class Trip, #21 Baby Talk, #22 Problem Dad, #23 House Party, #24 Cousins, #25 Horse Fever, #26 Beauty Queens, #27 Perfect Match, #28 Center Stage, #29 Family Rules, and #30 The Bookshop Mystery. More Girl Talk books are on the way.
It Happened in New Hampshire
by Barbara Radcliffe Rogers Stillman RogersIncludes the fall of the Old Man From its earliest settlements at Odiorne Point, Dover, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire was different from the other colonies. Its history holds many surprises and a number of events that were significant to the founding and growth of the United States. It Happened in New Hampshire reveals the fascinating stories behind thirty events that helped shape the state's history.
It Came from the Cafeteria
by Peter LerangisTHE LUNCH THAT WOULDN'T LEAVE. Can planetary life come from a bucket of slop? Ethan Krantz doesn't think so, no matter what his science teacher says. Then one day during science lab he cooks up a little science project of his own, a disgusting concoction of chemicals worse than anything ever served in the cafeteria. Its just a joke, of course. So when the goo accidentally on purpose makes its way into the lunch special of the day, Ethan never dreams that it could cause a new life-form. Now a hideous bloblike creature has sprung from the depths of the always gross but merely deadly spinach, garbanzo bean, and garlic Casserole. And it could turn into the lunch that stayed for dinner unless Ethan and his friends can find a way to turn it into compost. In a school for science geniuses Ethan is the only normal kid and it may be up to him to save the world.
Islands of Intrigue (Nancy Drew & Hardy Boys SuperMystery #27)
by Carolyn KeeneNancy and Bess are vacationing in Greece at the same time as Joe and Frank Hardy are there pursuing a renegade American operative suspected of stealing missiles. Together, they set off on a spine-tingling Greek odyssey across a sea of duplicity, danger, and imminent destruction.
Is There Life After 6th Grade?
by Leslie McguireNo one seems to understand Amy. Her mother wants her to wear frilly pink dresses. Her teacher thinks she's got a bad attitude. And all the girls in her class are just too giggly and silly for her. Amy's just about decided that sixth grade's going to be a bust. Then she and her friend Anthony come up with the best idea ever to hit Southside Elementary! They're going to put together a yearbook that shows the whole school the way it really is. The yearbook is such a great idea, though, that soon everyone wants to help with it. And that's the one thing Amy did not have in mind. How can Amy keep the yearbook project to herself? Is it worth it to give the other kids a chance? If she doesn't, seventh grade could be pretty lonely. ...
Invincible (Chronicles of Nick #2)
by Sherrilyn Kenyon<P>Nick Gautier's day just keeps getting better and better. Yeah, he survived the zombie attacks, only to wake up and find himself enslaved to a world of shapeshifters and demons out to claim his soul. <P> His new principal thinks he's even more of a hoodlum than the last one, his coach is trying to recruit him to things he can't even mention and the girl he's not seeing, but is, has secrets that terrify him. <P>But more than that, he's being groomed by the darkest of powers and if he doesn't learn how to raise the dead by the end of the week, he will become one of them. . .
Inherited Murder
by Lee MartinDetective Deb Ralston has promised her husband, Harry, that she'll happily forget work for three weeks and concentrate on relaxing, sightseeing, picnicking-they'll have a real family vacation (although taking a teenager, his girlfriend, a toddler, and a pit bull by van from Fort Worth, Texas, to Salt Lake City, Utah, can't be all that relaxing). The Ralstons settle into Georgina Grafton's bed-and-breakfast in Salt Lake City. But while sightseeing in Gilgal Sculpture Garden on the trip's second day, they find the body of Georgina's sister, Alexandra, who has been killed by a fist-sized rock aimed at the back of her head. Georgina tells them that Alexandra, a victim of multiple personality disorder, was a handful, but she was certainly not dangerous enough to murder. Or was she? While Deb may be out of her jurisdiction, she's not out of her league: Because their grieving hostess trusts them, she and Harry volunteer to help Salt Lake City Police Detective Charlie Sosa with the case. Promising not to get too involved, because she wouldn't want to put her family in jeopardy and, anyway, she is supposed to be on vacation.