The Gifted Teen Survival Guide: Smart, Sharp, and Ready for (almost) EverythingBy Judy Galbraith and Jim Delisle
Discusses what the label "gifted" means, and covers such issues as intelligence testing, educational options, and relationships with parents and friends.
Finding SomewhereBy Joseph Monninger
Sixteen-year-old Hattie and eighteen-year-old Delores set off on a road trip that takes unexpected turns as they discover the healing power of friendship and confront what each of them is fleeing from.
Fake Me a MatchBy Lauren Barnholdt
When thirteen-year-old Avery LaDuke is put in charge of the eighth-grade charity project, an on-line matchmaking service, and tampers with the program to try to match her new stepsister and best friend, Blake, with the most popular boy in school, things quickly go awry.
Epic FailBy Claire Lazenbnik
In this modern take on "Pride and Prejudice," Elise Benton, who has just moved to California, is a junior at an exclusive prep school where, in spite of her initial bad impression, she finds herself attracted to the moody and handsome son of Hollywood's most famous celebrity couple.
Black, White, Other: In Search of Nina ArmstrongBy Joan Lester
Twenty miles from Oakland, California, where fires have led to racial tension, multi-racial fifteen-year-old Nina faces the bigotry of long-time friends, her parents' divorce, and her brother's misbehavior, while learning of her great-great grandmother Sarah's escape from slavery.
The Dead Kid Detective AgencyBy Evan Munday
October Schwartz befriends five dead teenagers and they form the Dead Kid Detective Agency and solve mysteries in the town of Sticksville.
Also Known as Rowan PohiBy Ralph Fletcher
After impulsively lying his way into an elite preparatory school, sophomore Bobby Steele hopes to escape the shame of his father's well-publicized incarceration but keeps waiting for his secret to be revealed.
All the Earth, Thrown to the SkyBy Joe Lansdale
When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start.
WitchlandersBy Lena Coakley
After the prediction of Ryder's mother, once a great prophet and powerful witch, comes true and their village is destroyed by a deadly assassin, Ryder embarks on a quest that takes him into the mountains in search of the destroyer.
The VisionBy Jen Nadol
Seventeen-year-old Cassie, now working in a funeral home on the outskirts of Chicago, continues to try to learn about death and her ability to identify people who will soon die, but her efforts to get help from others like herself only prove that she is on her own.
To the Mountaintop!: My Journey through the Civil Rights MovementBy Charlayne Hunter-Gault
A personal history of the civil rights movement from an activist and acclaimed journalist begins at the 2009 presidential inauguration of Barak Obama and journeys back through the decades, offering witness to the events of the social movement that changed the course of United States history.
SacrificeBy Laura Burns
Vampire Gabriel and half-vampire Shay, convinced that they can make their relationship work, run away to Gabriel's coven expecting them to embrace Shay as one of their own, but instead they view her as an abomination and a threat, not belonging in either world.
HuntedBy Adam Slater
At the time called The Shadowing, the barrier between the netherworld and the human world begins to break down, and as fourteen-year-old Callum sees his visions of grisly murders coming true, he strives to fulfill his destiny to stand against bloodthirsty demon forces while he, himself, is being hunted.
Massive Manga: Techniques for Drawing, Inking, and ColouringBy Yishan Li
Provides all the techniques you need to know to create great manga characters, with step-by-step drawings in pencil, ink and colour to show you how to draw bodies and faces, eyes and hair, hands and feet, expressions and gestures, across a range of human and fantasy creatures.
