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Ages 12 & up • <strong>Young</strong> Adult Reads<br />
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164<br />
BOYLE, T. C.<br />
THE HUMAN FLY<br />
AND OTHER STORIES<br />
“Whether the characters are confronting<br />
sex with the wrong person, the desire<br />
for fame, or an egotistical parent, their<br />
uncomfortable, sharply authentic stories<br />
will speak directly to many readers.”<br />
—Booklist<br />
Rec: BL, K, SLJ, V<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 192 pp. 2005<br />
978-0-14-240363-1 $9.99<br />
BRADLEY, ALEX<br />
24 GIRLS IN 7 DAYS<br />
“There are few things sadder than Jack<br />
Grammar’s love life. So when his friends<br />
take it upon themselves to get him a<br />
date to the prom by placing an intensely<br />
humiliating ad in the school paper, they<br />
think they are doing him a favor. This<br />
entertaining guy’s-eye view on dating,<br />
friendship, and understanding one’s self<br />
is one that most libraries will want to<br />
own.” —School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, CH, H, K, SLJ, V<br />
4 1/4 x 7 272 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240543-7 $5.99<br />
BRUCHAC, JOSEPH<br />
CODE TALkER<br />
“Protagonist Ned Begay starts with his<br />
early schooling at an Anglo boarding<br />
school, where the Navajo language is<br />
forbidden, and continues through his<br />
Marine career as a ‘code talker,’ explaining<br />
his long silence until ‘de-classified’ in<br />
1969. Begay’s lifelong journey honors<br />
the Navajos and other Native Americans<br />
in the military, and fosters respect for<br />
their culture.” —School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BLH, CH, KH, SLJ, V<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 240 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240596-3 $7.99<br />
WABI ❖<br />
A Hero’s Tale<br />
Wabi tells the tale of his life, from his<br />
childhood as an owl to his early days as<br />
a human. “Wabi’s inquisitive and endearing<br />
personality will charm readers.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, C, K, PW, SLJH, V<br />
5 1/2 x 8 1/4 208 pp. 2007<br />
978-0-14-240947-3 $6.99<br />
See index for more titles by Joseph Bruchac.<br />
BURCH, JENNINGS<br />
MICHAEL<br />
THEY CAGE THE ANIMALS<br />
AT NIGHT<br />
This poignant childhood memoir recounts<br />
the triumphant tale of a little boy<br />
who, abandoned by his mother at the<br />
age of eight, finally gained the courage<br />
to reach out for love and found it waiting<br />
for him.<br />
SIGNET<br />
4 1/4 x 6 7/8 248 pp. 1985<br />
978-0-451-15941-0 $5.99<br />
CAMERON, ANN<br />
THE SECRET LIFE OF<br />
AMANDA k. WOODS<br />
Eleven-year-old Amanda Woods is<br />
discovering that the person other people<br />
think she is and the person she really is<br />
are not the same. “Amada K. Woods is a<br />
girl to like—she just doesn’t know it yet.<br />
She’s quirky, serious, impulsive, imaginative,<br />
perceptive, smart, and now sharp.”<br />
—KirkusH<br />
Rec: K, SLJ, PW<br />
National Book Award Finalist<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 208 pp. 1999<br />
978-0-14-130642-1 $5.99<br />
CAMERON, ELEANOR<br />
THE COURT OF THE<br />
STONE CHILDREN<br />
Nina spends most of her days at the<br />
French Museum in San Francisco, where<br />
she meets Dominique, a ghost from<br />
the Napoleonic era. Nina helps her new<br />
friend clear her father of a murder he<br />
didn’t commit. “Not just a fine book,<br />
but a brilliant one.”<br />
—The New York Times<br />
Rec: AN, B, BL, C, CE, CR, CS, H, IN, K, NYT, SLJ, TE, W<br />
National Book Award<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 192 pp. 1990<br />
978-0-14-034289-5 $6.99<br />
CARBONE, ELISA<br />
THE PACk<br />
Becky is convinced that Akhil Vyas is the<br />
weirdest person on earth when he shows<br />
up in her English class. But soon Becky’s<br />
revulsion turns to fascination. The<br />
National Institutes of Health is studying<br />
Akhil, but he won’t say why—until<br />
something happens that makes him<br />
swear Becky and her friend Omar to<br />
secrecy. “This novel is an out-and-out<br />
suspense thriller with a twist; it should<br />
definitely appeal to reluctant readers.”<br />
—School Library Journal<br />
Rec: BL, C, K, PW, SLJ, V<br />
4 1/4 x 7 176 pp. 2006<br />
978-0-14-240535-2 $5.99<br />
See index for more titles by Elisa Carbone.<br />
CARROLL, LEWIS<br />
ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN<br />
WONDERLAND AND THROUGH<br />
THE LOOkING GLASS<br />
Unabridged Edition<br />
Illustrated by John Tenniel<br />
When Alice follows the White Rabbit<br />
down the rabbit-hole and falls “down,<br />
down, down,” she enters a world of<br />
strange scenes and remarkable characters.<br />
5 1/16 x 7 3/4 336 pp. 1998<br />
978-0-14-038351-5 $4.99