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Adams, Douglas
Hitchhiker’s guide to the Galaxy
(29 copies)
Join Douglas Adams's hapless hero Arthur Dent as he travels the galaxy
with his intrepid pal Ford Prefect, getting into horrible messes and
generally wreaking hilarious havoc. Dent is grabbed from Earth moments
before a cosmic construction team obliterates the planet to build a
freeway.
Alcott,
Louisa
Eight Cousins
(15 copies)
Orphaned Rose Campbell finds it difficult to fit in when she goes to
live with her six aunts and seven mischievous boy cousins.
Angelou,
Maya
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
(18 copies)
Poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment,
frustration, tragedy and finally hard-won independence.
Anthony,
Piers
Bearing an Hourglass
(30 copies)
When life seemed pointless to Norton, he accepted the position as
the Incarnation of Time, even though it meant living backward from
present to past. The other seemingly all-powerful incantations of
Immortality—Death, Fate, War, and Nature—made him welcome. Even
Satan greeted him with gifts. But he soon discovered that the gifts
were cunning traps and he had become enmeshed in a complex scheme of
the Evil One to destroy all that was good....
Anthony,
Piers
Being a Green Mother
(15 copies)
Orb had a rare gift--the magic which
manifested whenever she sang or played her harp. No one could resist
her music. But she knew that greater magic lay in the Llano, the
mystic music that controlled all things. The quest for the Llano
occupied Orb's life. Until she met Natasha, handsome and charming, and
an even finer musician. But her mother Niobe came as an Aspect of
Fire, with the news that Orb had been chosen for the role of
Incarnation of Nature--The Green Mother. But she also warned of a
prophecy that Orb was to marry Evil. Could she be sure that Natasha
was not really Satan, the Master of Illusion, laying a trap for her?
(Incarnations of immortality bk. 5)
Anthony,
Piers
On a Pale Horse
(19 copies)
When Zane shot Death, he learned, too late, that he would have to
assume his place, speeding over the world riding his pale horse, and
ending the lives of others. Sooner than he would have thought
possible, Zane found himself being drawn to Satan's plot. Already the
Prince of Evil was forging a trap in which Zane must act to destroy
Luna, the woman he loved...unless he could discover the only way
out....
Anthony,
Piers
A Spell for Chameleon
(19 copies)
Until Good Magician Humphrey lends a hand, Bink is the only
inhabitant of Xanth who has no magic.
Anthony,
Piers
With a Tangled Skein
(17 copies)
When the man Niobe loved was shot, she learned that she had been
the target, in a devious plot of the Devil's. Hoping for revenge, she
discovered, too late, how intricate his scheming was, and that he had
managed to trap her son and her granddaughter, Luna. Niobe's only
chance to save them was to accept a challenge by the Prince of Deceit.
(Incarnations of immortality bk. 3)
Asimov, Isaac
I, Robot
(15 copies)
In this collection, one of the great classics of science fiction,
Asimov set out the principles of robot behavior that we know as the
Three Laws of Robotics. Here are stories of robots gone mad,
mind-reading robots, robots with a sense of humor, robot politicians,
and robots who secretly run the world, all told with Asimov's
trademark dramatic blend of science fact and science fiction.
Asimov,
Isaac
Nemesis
(15 copies)
In the twenty-third century pioneers have escaped the crowded
earth for life in self-sustaining orbital colonies. One of the
colonies, Rotor, has broken away from the solar system to create its
own renegade utopia around an unknown red star two light-years from
Earth: a star named Nemesis. Now a fifteen-year-old Rotorian girl has
learned of the dire threat that nemesis poses to Earth's people—but
she is prevented from warning them. Soon she will realize that Nemesis
endangers Rotor as well. And so it will be up to her alone to save
both Earth and Rotor as—drawn inexorably by Nemesis, the death
star—they hurtle toward certain disaster.
Austen,
Jane
Emma
(25 copies)
Emma is bright, pretty, rich, supremely self-assured, and
determined to impose her romantic ideals on all those around her. Her
well-ordered life is about to change, though, as she embarks on a
journey of growth and discovery.
Austen,
Jane
Pride and Prejudice
(36 copies)
Elizabeth Bennet is the perfect Austen heroine: intelligent, generous,
sensible, incapable of jealousy or any other major sin. That makes her
sound like an insufferable goody-goody, but the truth is she's a
completely hip character, who if provoked is not above skewering her
antagonist with a piece of her exceptionally sharp -- but always
polite -- 18th century wit. The point is, you spend the whole book
absolutely fixated on the critical question: will Elizabeth and Mr.
Darcy hook up?
Barron,
T.A.
The Merlin Effect
(21 copies)
When she joins her father and several others investigating a strange
whirlpool and possible sunken treasure ship off the coast of Baja
California, thirteen-year-old Kate is drawn into a centuries-old
conflict between Merlin and the evil Vagar.
Bradbury,
Ray
Something Wicked This Way Comes
(17 copies)
The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a
week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope beckons to all with a
seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of
dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green
Town, Illinois, to destry every life touched by its strange and
sinistery mystery. And two boys will discover the secret of its smoke,
mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all to weel the
heavy cost of wishes... and the stuff of nightmare.
Bradley,
Marion Zimmer
Darkover Landfall
(25 copies)
Book one in the saga of Darkover
Brooks,
Bruce
Midnight Hour Encores
(15 copies)
A sixteen-year-old cellist and musical prodigy travels
crosscountry with her father, a product of the 1960s, to meet her
mother, who abandoned her as a baby.
Brooks,
Terry
Black Unicorn
(28 copies)
A year had passed since Ben Holiday bought the Magic Kingdon from the
wizard, Meeks. But unbeknownst to him, he has been the victim of a
trap by Meeks, who has succeeded in stealing the Paladin and
appropriating his face. Suddenly none of Ben's friends know him, but
all of his enemies do. He must win it all back again--only this time
on his own!
Brooks,
Terry
Magic Kingdom for Sale – Sold!
(19 copies)
A lawyer, bored with his life, purchases a magic kingdom with less
than predictable results.
Brooks,
Terry
First King of Shannara
(15 copies)
Prequel of the classic series.
Brooks,
Terry
Sword of Shannara
(17 copies)
An epic fantasy of gnomes, trolls, dwarfs and elves in which a
simple man, Shea Ohmsford, is pitted against the greatest power of
evil the world has ever known.
Butler,
Octavia
Parable of the Sower
(19 copies)
Forced to flee an America where anarchy and violence have completely
taken over, empath Lauren Olamina--who can feel the pain of others and
is crippled by it--becomes a prophet carrying the hope of a new world
and a new faith christened "Earthseed".
Calhoun,
Dia
Firegold
(20 copies)
Because he has blue eyes, Jonathan Brae is blamed for the blight
destroying the Valley orchards.
Card,
Orson Scott
Ender’s Shadow
(32 copies)
A companion to Ender’s Game – told from Bean’s point of view.
Card,
Orson Scott
Shadow of the Hegemon
(18 copies)
At last we learn what happened on Earth after the destruction of the
Hive Queen's worlds; after humanity no longer had a single enemy to
unify the warring nations. This is the story of how Bean turned away
from his first friend, Ender, and became the tactical genius who won
the Earth for Ender's brother, Peter, who became the Hegemon.
Card,
Orson Scott
Speaker for the Dead
(20 copies)
In this second book in the saga set 3,000 years after the terrible
war, Ender Wiggin is reviled by history as the Xenocide--the destroyer
of the alien Buggers. Now, Ender tells the true story.
Colfer,
Eoin
Artemis Fowl
(60 copies)
Twelve-year old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius-----and, above
all, a criminal mastermind. But
even Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a
fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit.
These aren’t fairies of bedtime stories---they’re
dangerous!
Cormier,
Robert
I Am the Cheese
(16 copies)
A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must
hide those memories if he is to remain alive.
Cormier,
Robert
Tunes for Bears to Dance To
(15 copies)
Eleven-year-old Henry escapes his family's problems by watching
the woodcarving of Mr. Levine, an elderly Holocaust survivor, but when
Henry is manipulated into betraying his friend he comes to know true
evil.
Creech,
Sharon
Walk Two Moons
(55 copies)
After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her
grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the
way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother has
also left.
Crutcher,
Chris
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
(15 copies)
The daily class discussions about the nature of man, the existence
of God, abortion, organized religion, suicide and other comtemporary
issues serve as a backdrop for a high-school senior's attempt to
answer a friend's dramatic cry for help.
Curtis,
Christopher Paul
Bud, Not
Buddy
(66
copies)
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during
the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search
of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E.
Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Danzinger,
Paula
This Place Has No Atmosphere
(60 copies)Aurora loves her life on Earth in the twenty-first
century, until she learns that her family is moving to the colony on
the moon.
Dick, Philip K.
Blade Runner
(15 copies)
It was January 2021, and Rick Deckard had a license to kill.
Somewhere among the hordes of humans out there, lurked several rogue
androids. Deckard's assignmet—find them and
then..."retire" them. Trouble was, the androids all looked
exactly like humans, and they didn't want to be found!
Dickson,
Gordon
Dragon Knight
(19 copies)
Sequel to the Dragon and the George, where Jim followed his
girlfriend into an alternate universe
and becomes a dragon.
Duane,
Diane
So You Want to be a Wizard
(26 copies)
Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she
won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on
wizardry which guides her into another dimension.
Duncan,
Lois
Gallows Hill
(16 copies)
When seventeen-year-old Sarah works in the fortune-telling booth
at a school carnival, she finds that sometimes she can really see the
future in the crystal ball, a talent that disturbs some of the other
students and makes them suspect her of being a witch.
Eddings,
David
Pawn of Prophecy
(20 copies)
Long ago, the Storyteller claimed, in this first book of THE
BELGARIAD, the evil god Torak drove men and Gods to war. But Belgarath
the Sorcerer led men to reclaim the Orb that protected men of the
West. So long as it lay at Riva, the prophecy went, men would be safe.
But Garion did not believe in such stories. Brought up on a quiet farm
by his Aunt Pol, how could he know that the Apostate planned to wake
dread Torak, or that he would be led on a quest of unparalleled magic
and danger by those he loved—but did not know...?
Eliot,
George
Silas Marner
(36 copies)
Disappointed in friendship and love and embittered by a false
accusation, weaver Silas Marner retreats from the world with his loom,
but soon finds his monastic existence disturbed by the arrival of a
golden-haired child.
Farmer,
Nancy
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm
(16 copies)
In 2194 in Zimbabwe, General Matsika's three children are
kidnapped and put to work in a plastic mine while three mutant
detectives use their special powers to search for them.
Fast,
Howard
April Morning
(24 copies)
The story of one day in the life of a young American boy in
colonial Lexington, the day on which he joined the militia and saw his
father shot down by the British.
Feist,
Raymond
Magician: Apprentice
(20 copies)
To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan
Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. But though his
courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess,
he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry. Yet Pug's strange
sort of magic would one day change forever the fates of two worlds.
For dark beings from another world had opened a rift in the fabric of
spacetime to being again the age-old battle between the forces of
Order and Chaos.
Feist,
Raymond
Magician: Master
(18 copies)
Once he was an orphan called Pug, apprenticed to a sorcerer of the
enchanted land of Midkemia.. Then he was captured and enslaved by the
Tsurani, a strange, warlike race of invaders from another world.
There, in the exotic Empire of Kelewan, he earned a new
name—Milamber. He learned to tame the unimagined powers that lay
within him. And he took his place in an ancient struggle against an
evil Enemy older than time itself.
Fitzgerald,
F. Scott
The Great Gatsby
(23 copies)
A portrait of the Jazz Age in all of its decadence and excess, Gatsby
captured the spirit of the author's generation and earned itself a
permanent place in American mythology.
Foster,
Alan Dean
For Love of Mother Not
(25 copies)
Flinx, who is smarter and shorter for his age, has to help save
his foster mother from interplanetary bad guys.
Foster,
Alan Dean
Greenthieves
(20 copies)
When a shipment of high-tech pharmaceuticals is stolen from a
supposedly impenetrable metal shed that was heavily monitored,
Detective Manz and his two robot assistants are assigned the difficult
case.
Gaiman,
Neil
Coraline
(15
copies)
Looking
for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a
world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where
she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her
parents, and three others.
Gurasich,
Mari
Letters to Oma
(25 copies)
After her family moves from Germany to Texas, Tina chronicles in
letters their struggle to survive in a strange new place while
preserving their traditional German ways.
Hawthorne,
Nathaniel
The Scarlet Letter
(30 copies)
In the early days of Puritan Boston Hester Prynne braves the
stigma of adultery by wearing the embroidered scarlet "A" on
her clothing.
Heinlein,
Robert
The Star Beast
(20 copies)
Lummox had been the Stuart family pet for years. Though far from
cuddly and rather large, it had always been obedient and docile.
Except, that is, for the time it had eaten the secondhand Buick . . .
But now, all of a sudden and without explanation, Lummox had begun
chomping down on a variety of things — not least, a very mean dog
and a cage of virtually indestructible steel. Incredible! John Thomas
and Lummox were soon in awfully hot water, and they didn't know how to
get out. And neither one really understood just how bad things were
— or how bad the situation could get — until some space voyagers
appeared and turned a far-from-ordinary family problem into an
extraordinary confrontation.
Heinlein,
Robert
Tunnel
in the Sky
(19
copies)
A High School Senior goes through the gate to an unknown planet for a
two-to-ten day final exam in Advanced Survival, and realizes, after a
period of fighting the elements and wildlife, that something has gone
wrong with the gate and what was a brief survival exam in an endless
struggle for life.
Hemingway, Ernest
The Old Man and the Sea
(15 copies)
The story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a
relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf
Stream.
Herbert,
Frank
Dune
(19 copies)
Here, in a beautiful new hardcover edition, is the novel that to this
day continues to shape modern science fiction. Set on the desert
planet Arrakis, a world more awesome than any other in literature,
Dune begins the story of the man known as Maud'dib.
Hesser,
Terry
Kissing Doorknobs
(26 copies)
Despite recent media attention, obsessive-compulsive disorder
remains perplexing to those who haven't experienced the illness
firsthand. In her compassionate debut novel, Terry Spencer Hesser
skillfully and credibly explains exactly what OCD feels like, as well
as the effects it has on surrounding friends and family.
Hobbs,
William
The Big Wander
(66 copies)
As he searches for his uncle through the rugged Southwest canyon
country, fourteen-year-old Clay becomes involved with a group of
Navajo Indians who are trying to save some of the last wild mustangs.
Homer
The Odyssey
(23 copies)
Epic Greek Poetry.
Hughes,
Monica
Invitation to the Game
(18 copies)
Unemployed after high school in the highly robotic society of
2154, Lisse and seven friends resign themselves to a boring existence
in their "Designated Area" until the government invites them
to play The Game.
Hunt, Irene
Across
Five Aprils
(28 copies)
Young Jethro
Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of
the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil
War.
Hurston,
Zora Neale
Their Eyes Were Watching God
(15 copies)
The novel follows the fortunes of Janie Crawford, a woman living
in the black town of Eaton, Florida.
Ibsen,
Henrik
A Doll’s House
(24 copies)
Ibsen's seminal play, which changed modern drama, is a searing
view of a male-dominated and authoritarian society, presented with a
realism that elevates drama to a level above mere entertainment.
Klause,
Annette Cutis
Silver Kiss
(29 copies)
A mysterious teenage boy harboring a dark secret helps Zoe come to
terms with her mother's terminal illness.
Knowles,
John
A Separate Peace
(17 copies)
Knowles' classic story of two friends at boarding school during
World War II--one of the most starkly moving parables ever written
about the dark forces that brood over the tortured world of
adolescence--has been a consistent seller for more than 20 years.
Lasky,
Kathryn
Memoirs of a Bookbat
(24 copies)
Fourteen-year-old Harper, an avid reader of fantasy who must hide
her books from her fundamentalist parents, comes to realize that their
public promotion of censorship threatens her freedom to make her own
choices.
Lawrence,
Jerome
Inherit the Wind
(25 copies)
A drama based on the Scopes Trial of July, 1925, in Dayton, Tenn.
Lee,
Harper
To Kill a Mockingbird
(25 copies)
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the
Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the
life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father,
Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a
young black man accused of raping a white woman.
Lee,
Marie
Finding My Voice
(23 copies)
In her small Minnesota town, Ellen Sung is the only Asian student in
her high school.
L’Engle,
Madeline
A Wind in the Door
(20 copies)
With Meg Murry's help, the dragons her six-year-old brother saw in
the vegetable garden play an important part in his struggle between
life and death.
L’Engle,
Madeline
A Wrinkle in Time
(25 copies)
Meg Murray, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother
are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an
unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown
off course, and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a
"tesseract," which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in
time.
Leroux,
Gaston
Phantom of the Opera
(17 copies)
A viscount seeks to unravel the mystery of the Paris Opera House and
rescue the woman he loves from the threat of the Phantom of the Opera.
Levine,
Gail Carson
Ella Enchanted
(64 copies)
In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles
against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to
her.
Lewis,
C.S.
The Horse and His Boy
(27 copies)
During the Golden Age of Narnia, when Peter is High King, a boy named
Shasta discovers he is not the son of Arsheesh, the Calormene
fisherman, and decides to run far away to the North--to Narnia. When
he is mistaken for another runaway, Shasta is led to discover who he
really is and even finds his real father.
Mazer,
Norma Fox
When She was Good
(24 copies)
Em Thurkill spent the first 14 years of her life suffering her
father's alcoholic rages and her mother's silences, and the next three
trapped with an abusive older sister. Heartbreaking, mesmerizing, and
ultimately uplifting, this story of a teenage survivor is a tribute to
the resilience of the human spirit.
McCaffrey,
Anne
Dragonsong
(17 copies)
Forbidden by her father to indulge in music in any way, a girl on
the planet Pern runs away, taking shelter with the planet's fire
lizards who, along with her music, open a new life for her.
McCaffrey,
Anne
Dragonflight
(20 copies)
At a time when the number of Dragonriders has fallen too low for
safety and only one Weyr trains the creatures and their riders, the
Red Star approaches Pern, threatening it with disaster
McKinley,
Robin
Beauty
(18 copies)
Kind Beauty grows to love the Beast at whose castle she is
compelled to stay and through her love releases him from the spell
which had turned him from a handsome prince into an ugly beast.
McKinley,
Robin
The Outlaws of Sherwood
(21 copies)
The author retells the adventures of Robin Hood and his band of
outlaws who live in Sherwood Forest in twelfth-century England.
Miller,
Arthur
Death of a Salesman
(26 copies)
The tragedy of a typical American--a salesman who at the age of
sixty-three is faced with what he cannot face; defeat and
disillusionment.
Mitchell,
Margaret
Gone With the Wind
(34 copies)
A monumental classic considered by many to be not only the
greatest love story ever written, but also the greatest Civil War
saga.
Montgomery,
L.M.
Anne of Avonlea
(25 copies)
16-year-old Anne, mischievous and spirited as ever, returns to Avonlea
to teach in the village school where she herself was taught.
Montgomery,
L.M.
Anne of Green Gables
(43 copies)
When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green
Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims,
"But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's
not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could
ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original
reasons they sought an orphan.
Myers,
Walter Dean
Darnell Rock Reporting
(56 copies)
Thirteen-year-old Darnell's twin sister and the other members of
the Corner Crew have doubts about his work on the school newspaper,
but the article he writes about a homeless man changes his attitude
about school.
Napoli,
Donna Jo
Magic Circle
(25 copies)
After learning sorcery to become a healer, a good-hearted woman is
turned into a witch by evil spirits and she fights their power until
her encounter with Hansel and Gretel years later.
Nye,
Naomi Shihab
Habibi
(25 copies)
Liyana Abboud, 14, and her family make a tremendous adjustment when
they move to Jerusalem from St. Louis.
Orwell,
George
Animal Farm
(23 copies)
The book concerns a group of barnyard animals who overthrow and
chase off their exploitative human masters and set up an egalitarian
society of their own.
Orwell, George
1984
(18 copies)
Story of impossible love and tragic betrayal set in the twisted,
horrific world of “1984”. Actually
written in 1948.
Paton,
Alan
Cry the Beloved Country
(19 copies)
Cry, the Beloved Country is a beautifully told and
profoundly compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and
his son Absalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the
1940s.
Paulsen,
Gary
Brian's Winter
(60 copies)
Instead of being rescued from a plane crash, as in the author's
book Hatchet, this story portrays what would have happened to Brian
had he been forced to survive a winter in the wilderness with only his
survival pack and hatchet.
Paulsen, Gary
Hatchet
(55 copies)
After a plane crash, thirteen-year-old Brian spends fifty-four days
in the wilderness, learning to survive with only the aid of a hatchet
given him by his mother, and learning also to survive his parents'
divorce.
Paulsen,
Gary
Harris and Me
(18 copies)
Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy
home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris
and is given an introduction to a whole new world.
Paulsen,
Gary
Mr. Tucket
(57 copies)
In 1848, while on a wagon train headed for Oregon, fourteen-year-old
Francis Tucket is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians and then falls in with a
one-armed trapper who teaches him how to live in the wild.
Peck,
Richard
Last Safe Place on Earth
(20 copies)
Fifteen-year-old Todd sees his perfect suburban world start to
unravel when his little sister has her mind poisoned by a member of a
fundamentalist sect and he begins to notice signs of censorship in his
community.
Peck,
Robert Newton
(34 copies)
A Day no Pigs Would Die
To a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters
pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing
what's got to be done," especially regarding his pet pig who
cannot produce a litter.
Pfeffer,
Susan
The Year Without Michael
(23 copies)
The remaining members of the Chapman family try to cope with the
disappearance of fourteen-year-old Michael.
Pierce,
Tamora
Alanna
(20 copies)
Eleven-year-old Alanna, who aspires to be a knight even though she
is a girl, disguises herself as a boy to become a royal page, a
learning many hard lessons along her path to high adventure.
Pullman,
Philip
Golden Compass
(20 copies)
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her
best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of
gruesome experiments in the Far North.
Remarque,
Erich Maria
All Quiet on the Western Front
(29 copies)
Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of
World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite
what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first
bombardment in the trenches.
Sachar,
Louis
Holes
(15 copies)
As further evidence of his family's bad fortune, which they attribute
to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnats is sent to a hellish
boys' juvenile detention center in the Texas desert. As punishment,
the boys there must each dig a hole every day, five feet deep and five
feet across. Ultimately, Stanley "digs up the truth" -- and
through his experience, finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a
new sense of himself.
Shakespeare,
William
Hamlet
(26 copies)
Shakespeare,
William
Julius Caesar
(23 copies)
Shakespeare,
William
Othello
(22 copies)
Shakespeare,
William
Richard III
(13 copies)
Shakespeare,
William
Romeo and Juliet
(19 copies)
Shakespeare,
William
Taming of the Shrew
(25 copies)
Southgate,
Martha
Another Way to Dance
(26 copies)
Black ballet dancer Vicki is certain she loves to dance; but can
she contend with racism and doubt surrounding her talents? Her summer
at a famous ballet school not only trains her more in dance, but
teaches her valuable lessons about self esteem and racial
stereotyping.
Speare,
Elizabeth
Witch of Blackbird Pond
(65 copies)
Forced to leave her sunny Caribbean home for the bleak Connecticut
Colony, Kit Tyler is filled with trepidation. As they sail up the
river to Kit's new home, the teasing and moodiness of a young sailor
named Nat doesn't help. Still, her unsinkable spirit soon bobs back
up. What this spirited teenager doesn't count on, however, is how her
aunt and uncle's stern Puritan community will view her.
Steinbeck,
John
Of Mice and Men
(17 copies)
Tragic tale of a retarded man and the friend who loves and tries
to protect him.
Steinbeck,
John
The Pearl
(29 copies)
Kino, a poor Mexican pearl fisher, finds a valuable pearl. Yet
instead of bringing blessings, the pearl acts as a harbinger of
misfortune to Kino and his wife, Juana.
Sweeney,
Joyce
Tiger Orchard
(24 copies)
Zack has always felt like an outsider in his family but doesn't
quite know why until he begins having nightmares which reach back for
long-hidden childhood memories.
Taylor,
Mildred
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
(25 copies)
A black family living in the South during the 1930's are faced
with prejudice and discrimination which their children don't
understand.
Taylor,
Theodore
The Cay
(55 copies)
When the freighter on which they are traveling is torpedoed by a
German submarine during World War II, a twelve-year-old white boy,
blinded by a blow on the head, and an old Negro are stranded on a
small desert island in the Caribbean where the boy acquires a new kind
of vision, courage, and love from his old companion.
Voight,
Cynthia
Izzy, Willy Nilly
(24 copies)
A car accident causes fifteen-year-old Izzy to lose one leg and
face the need to start building a new life as an amputee.
Watts-Evans,
Lawrence
Dragon Weather
(17 copies)
11-year-old Arlian's village is destroyed by dragons, and he, the sole
survivor, is enslaved by the minions of Lord Dragon. Raised as a mine
slave, at 18 Arlian escapes.
Wells,
H. G.
War of the Worlds
(32 copies)
Four Martian space ships land in England, forcing people to flee from
the aliens and their weapons of death and destruction.
Werlin,
Nancy
The Killer’s Cousin
(21 copies)
Ever since David Yaffe was acquitted of murder in the accidental
death of his girlfriend, he has felt that "for the rest of my
life, over and over, I would have to convince everyone--including
me--of my harmlessness."
Wilder,
Thornton
Our Town
(25 copies)
This deeply moving drama of life in a small New Hampshire village
won the Pulitzer prize in 1938 and is Wilder's most renowned and most
frequently performed play.
Williams,
Tennessee
The Glass Menagerie
(23 copies)
In this semi-autobiographical play the domineering matriarch of
the Wingfield family tries to find a "gentleman caller" for
her fragile daughter.
Wrede,
Particia
Dealing with Dragons
(15 copies)
Bored with traditional palace life, a princess goes off to live
with a group of dragons and soon becomes involved with fighting
against some disreputable wizards who want to steal away the dragons'
kingdom.
Yolen,
Jane
Devil’s Arithmetic
(17 copies)
Hannah resents the traditions of her Jewish heritage until time
travel places her in the middle of a small Jewish village in
Nazi-occupied Poland.
Zahn, Timothy
Specter of the past
(26 copies)
The Empire stands at the brink of total collapse. But they have saved
their most heinous plan for last. First a plot is hatched that could
destroy the New Republic in a bloodbath of genocide and civil war.
Then comes the shocking news that Grand Admiral Thrawn--the most
cunning and ruthless warlord in history--has apparently returned from
the dead to lead the Empire to a long-prophesied victory.
(Star Wars)
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