Pub. Date: October 2009
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
ISBN-13: 9780545055857
ISBN: 0545055857
Fiction. Three tales of supernatural love, each pivoting on a kiss that is no mere kiss, but an action with profound consequences for the kissers' souls.
Million-Dollar Throw by Mike LupicaPub. Date: November 2009
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
ISBN-13: 9780399246265
ISBN: 0399246266
Fiction. 13-year-old Nate Brodie is nicknamed “Brady” not only for his arm, but also because he’s the biggest Tom Brady fan. When he wins the chance to throw a pass through a target at a Patriots game for one million dollars, Nate should be excited. But things have been tough lately. His dad lost his job and his family is losing their home. It’s no secret that a million dollars would go a long way. So all Nate feels is pressure, and just when he needs it most, his golden arm begins to fail him.
Pub. Date: September 2009
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13: 9781416984481
ISBN: 1416984488
Fiction. "These are the secrets I have kept. This is the trust I never betrayed. But he is dead now and has been for nearly ninety years, the one who gave me his trust, the one for whom I kept these secrets. The one who saved me . . . and the one who cursed me." So starts the diary of Will Henry, orphan and assistant to a doctor with a most unusual specialty: monster hunting. In the short time he has lived with the doctor, Will has grown accustomed to his late night callers and dangerous business. But when one visitor comes with the body of a young girl and the monster that was eating her, Will's world is about to change forever.
Pub. Date: November 2009
Publisher: Holiday House, Inc.
ISBN-13: 9780823422500
ISBN: 082342250X
Historical Fiction. This exciting novel about a teen aristocrat who must question the justice of her own wealth while facing the cataclysmic divisions of her society will captivate readers as secrets come out, sympathies shift, and every choice can change—or end—a life.
Pub. Date: September 2009
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
ISBN-13: 9780399252532
ISBN: 0399252533
Fiction. You're 14 and find yourself on your own. Your father, who has developed the world's cutting edge research on virtual electronic game-playing, has been missing for weeks. And suddenly you're being hunted by men with guns, your picture is on the news, and, worst of all, something seemingly impossible is chasing you--a savage, man-eating dinosaur. How can that be? Why is everyone trying to capture you? And what is your strange connection with this 21st-century prehistoric monster?
by Simeon Wright with Herb Boyd
Pub. Date: January 2010
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-13: 9781556527838
ISBN: 1556527837
LAPL Call Number: 323.109762 W953
Nonfiction: No modern tragedy has had a greater impact on race relations in America than the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old black boy from Chicago whose body was battered beyond recognition and dumped in the Tallahatchie River while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi, in 1955. This grotesque crime became the catalyst for the civil rights movement. Simeon Wright saw and heard his cousin Emmett whistle at Caroline Bryant at a grocery store; he was sleeping in the same bed with him when her husband came in and took Emmett away; and he was at the sensational trial.
Pub. Date: August 2008
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
ISBN-13: 9781582462462
ISBN: 1582462461
LAPL Call Number: 641 M551 2008
Nonfiction. To find out how mealtime is changing in real homes, authors Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio visited families around the world to observe and photograph what they eat during the course of one week. They joined parents while they shopped at mega grocery stores and outdoor markets, and participated in a feast where a single goat was shared among many families. They watched moms making dinner in kitchens and over cooking fires, and they sat down to eat with twenty-five families in twenty-one countries—if you’re keeping track, that’s about 525 meals!
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