Laurie Halse Anderson
Author
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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Description
Bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson is known for the unflinching way she writes about, and advocates for, survivors of sexual assault. Now, inspired by her fans and enraged by how little in our culture has changed since her groundbreaking novel Speak was first published twenty years ago, she has written a poetry memoir that is as vulnerable as it is rallying, as timely as it is timeless. In free verse, Anderson shares reflections, rants, and...
2) Fever, 1793
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Language
English
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Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
"Speak up for yourself―we want to know what you have to say."
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether....
From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless, outcast, because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. As time passes, she becomes increasingly isolated and practically stops talking altogether....
5) Ashes
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Language
English
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Description
"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
6) Forge
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Separated from his friend Isabel after their daring escape from slavery, fifteen-year-old Curzon serves as a free man in the Continental Army at Valley Forge until he and Isabel are thrown together again, as slaves once more.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020], 2020
Language
English
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Description
"Princess Diana of Themyscira's 16th birthday celebrations are cut short when refugees break through to her island home and she defies her Amazon elders by trying to bring the outsiders to safety, but a stormy sea sweeps her away to where she must learn to survive in a foreign world full of danger and injustice."--Provided by publisher.
8) Left behind
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 17
Publisher
Puffin Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
When Sunita joins Dr. Gabe on a house call at a local horse farm, she finds a lonely lamb in one of the stalls, reminding her of her own loneliness as her friends seem to be moving on without her.
9) Acting out
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 15
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Zoe is unhappy about leaving Hollywood to live with her cousin, Maggie, and grandmother, Dr. Mac, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, while her mother is away on a film shoot, but soon gets involved in a suspected case of antifreeze poisoning.
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After being sold to a cruel couple in New York City, a slave named Isabel spies for the rebels during the Revolutionary War.
11) Treading water
Author
Series
Vet volunteers volume 16
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When they find abandoned ducklings, the vet volunteers must educate the community about keeping baby animals as Easter pets while also teaching the ducklings how to swim.
12) Speak
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
13) Habla
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
A traumatic event near the end of the summer has a devastating effect on Melinda's freshman year in high school.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The two-time National Book Award finalist (Speak and Chains) talks with Maureen Johnson (13 Little Blue Envelopes) about the compelling novels that have earned her numerous awards and fans of all ages. Her latest release, Forge (the sequel to Chains) is a gripping story filled with plot twists and unforgettable characters.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Princess Diana of Themyscira believes that her 16th birthday will be one of new beginnings-namely, acceptance into the warrior tribe of the Amazons. But her birthday celebrations are cut short when rafts carrying refugees break through the barrier that separates her island home from the outside world. When Diana defies the Amazons to try to bring the outsiders to safety, she finds herself swept away by the stormy sea. Cut off from everything she's...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Not all heroes wear capes! Wonder Woman has been an inspiration for decades, and while not everyone would choose her star-spangled outfit for themselves, her compassion and fairness are worthy of emulation. This book presents tales of the real-world heroes who take up Diana's mantle and work in the fields of science, sports, activism, diplomacy, and more! New York Times bestselling author Laurie Halse Anderson brings together an all-star cast of authors...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2023, c2018.
Language
English
Description
"Speak up for yourself - we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless - an outcast - because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on anart project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night:...
19) Wintergirls
Author
Publisher
Speak, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA), Inc
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Eighteen-year-old Lia comes to terms with her best friend's death from anorexia as she struggles with the same disorder.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Wonder Woman has been an inspiration for decades, and while not everyone would choose her star-spangled outfit for themselves, her compassion and fairness are worthy of emulation. We'll be presenting tales of the real-world heroes who take up Diana's mantle and work in the fields of science, sports, activism, diplomacy, and more!"--