Award Winners

Award Winners Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Published 2008 by Harperteen Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061431838 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: In this absorbing new novel by the award-winning author of "Saving Francesca," nothing is as it seems and every clue leads to more questions as Taylor Markham tries to put together the pieces of her past. More... Guardian by Julius Lester Published 2008 by Amistad Press Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061558900 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Coretta Scott King Award-winner and Newbery Honoree Lester delivers a haunting and poignant novel about what happens when a group of people denies the humanity of others. The book contains powerful imagery and disturbing revelations about evil and the struggle to be good, in a story of self-realization and redemption. More... The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean Published 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780060890360 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: I have been in love with Titus Oates for quite a while now--which is ridiculous, since he's been dead for ninety years. But look at it this way. In ninety years I'll be dead, too, and the age difference won't matter. Sym is not your average teenage girl.... More... One Whole and Perfect Day by Judith Clarke Published 2007 by Front Street Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781932425956 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Freakish, thought Lily. That was the word for her family. Not freaks exactly, but getting there. Sometimes Lily wishes she weren't so sensible. If she were less reliable, then perhaps she'd have more fun. As it is, her hardworking but flaky mom and her dreamy older brother count on her to run the house.... More... Repossessed by A. M. Jenkins Published 2007 by Harperteen Library Binding, English. ISBN: 9780060835699 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Don't call me a demon. I prefer the term Fallen Angel. Everybody deserves a vacation, right? Especially if you have a pointless job like tormenting the damned. So who could blame me for blowing off my duties and taking a small, unauthorized break? Besides, I've always wanted to see what physical existence is like.... More... Dreamquake: Book Two of the Dreamhunter Duet by Elizabeth Knox Published 2007 by Farrar Straus Giroux Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780374318543 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Laura and her sister, Rose, are the daughters of Dreamhunters. In the midst of a fascinating landscape, Laura's dreamy childhood is ending and a nightmare beginning. This rich novel, filled with beauty, danger, politics, and intrigue, comes to a powerful crescendo, leaving readers clamoring for Book Two. More... Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card Published 2002 by Starscape Books Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780765342294 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The Earth is under attack from aliens known as "buggers." The only hope is a brilliant general named Ender Wiggin. The only problem is that he is a child. More... Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath by Stephanie Hemphill Published 2007 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Library Binding, English. ISBN: 9780375937996 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: On a bleak February day in 1963 a young American poet died by her own hand, and passed into a myth that has since imprinted itself on the hearts and minds of millions. She was and is Sylvia Plath and "Your Own," "Sylvia "is a portrait of her life, told in poems.... More... American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China by Matthew Polly Published 2007 by Gotham Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781592402625 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Laced with humor and illuminated by cultural insight, this coming-of-age tale explores one young American's quest to become a kung fu master at China's legendary Shaolin Temple. 8-page photo insert. More... A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah Published 2007 by Farrar Straus Giroux Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780374105235 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone's civil war, goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare. More... The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz Published 2007 by Simon & Schuster Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781416532392 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Meet Izzy Spellman, a 28-year-old private eye working for her familys investigative business--a family that puts the fun in dysfunctional--in this irresistible, laugh-out-loud debut novel. Simon & Schuster More... American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Published 2006 by First Second Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781596431522 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, "American Born Chinese" tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he's the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny's life with his yearly visits.... More... An Abundance of Katherines by John Green Published 2006 by Dutton Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780525476887 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: In this new novel from the acclaimed author of "Looking for Alaska," Colin Singleton always falls for girls named Katherine--and he's been dumped 19 times, to be exact. Letting expectations go and allowing love are in the heart of his hilarious quest to find his missing piece and avenge dumpees everywhere. More... The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume 1, the Pox Party by M. T. Anderson Published 2006 by Candlewick Press (MA) Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780763624026 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age 16, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War. More... The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Published 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375831003 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Liesel Meminger, a foster child living outside Munich during World War II, scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist--books--in this unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. More... The First Part Last by Angela Johnson Published 2003 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780689849220 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: With powerful language and keen insight, Johnson tells the story of a teen father's struggle to figure out what "the right thing" is and then to do it. More... I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak Published 2005 by Alfred A. Knopf Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780375830990 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Meet Ed Kennedy--underage cabdriver, pathetic cardplayer, and useless at romance. He lives in a shack with his coffee-addicted dog, the Doorman, and he's hopelessly in love with his best friend, Audrey. His life is one of peaceful routine and incompetence, until he inadvertently stops a bank robbery.... More... The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly Published 2006 by Atria Books Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780743298858 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: The bestselling author of "The Black Angel" offers a creative coming-of-age story about one boys journey into adulthood, combining dramatic themes with edge-of-your-seat suspense and a fantastical imagination. More... Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton Published 2004 by Annick Press Paperback, English. ISBN: 9781550378344 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: A young adult novel set in modern Africa tells the story of Chanda, a 16-year-old girl who must confront the realities of HIV/AIDS, as well as the corrosive nature of secrets and the healing power of truth. More... My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult Published 2005 by Washington Square Press Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780743454537 Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: Written with grace, wisdom, and sensitivity, this novel is about a teen who was conceived as a bone marrow match for her sister Kate, and what happens when she begins to question who she really is. More...