Most Circulated Titles

Nineteen eighty-four

Orwell, George, 1903-1950.


First published: London : Martin Secker & Warburg, 1949. First published in 1949, George Orwell's 1984 has lost none of its impact and vision with which it first hit readers. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101.
Date Published:2009

First published: London : Martin Secker & Warburg, 1949. First published in 1949, George Orwell's 1984 has lost none of its impact and vision with which it first hit readers. Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London, chief city of Airstrip One. Big Brother stares out from every poster, the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal. When Winston finds love with Julia, he discovers that life does not have to be dull and deadening, and awakens to new possibilities. Despite the police helicopters that hover and circle overhead, Winston and Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy. Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent - even in the mind. For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101.

Date Published:2009

The glass castle : a memoir /

Walls, Jeannette.


The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcohol father and distant mother and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.
Date Published:2005

The Scorch trials

Dashner, James, 1972-


Sequel to: The maze runner. Thomas and the Gladers, having solved the Maze, plan on returning to their lives, but instead find the earth a wasteland with Cranks roaming the desert in search of their next meal and they are faced with the challenge of crossing the Scorch in two weeks in order to arrive at a safe haven.
Date Published:2010

Power play

Walters, Eric, 1957-


With an afterword by Sheldon Kennedy. "A novel" --[cover]. You're going to spend some time on the power play, on penalty kill, and start right off as the second line centre," he told me. I didn't question why he was putting me on the second line. I'd show him the first line was the place I belonged. "The important thing is that you've been drafted," he said. "You're going to play Junior A, and you're going to be on my team. You're my player." This gripping novel explores the complex and disturbing relationship between a talented young hockey star and his predatory coach as it descends into sexual abuse. .
Date Published:2013

With an afterword by Sheldon Kennedy. "A novel" --[cover]. You're going to spend some time on the power play, on penalty kill, and start right off as the second line centre," he told me. I didn't question why he was putting me on the second line. I'd show him the first line was the place I belonged. "The important thing is that you've been drafted," he said. "You're going to play Junior A, and you're going to be on my team. You're my player." This gripping novel explores the complex and disturbing relationship between a talented young hockey star and his predatory coach as it descends into sexual abuse. .

Date Published:2013

The maze runner

Dashner, James, 1972-


Sequel: The scorch trials. Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
Date Published:2014

A good girl's guide to murder

Jackson, Holly, 1992-,


"Originally published in paperback by Egmont UK Ltd, London, in 2019." As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
Date Published:2020

Shake hands with the devil : The failure of humanity in Rwanda.

Dallaire, Romeo.


Includes index.
Date Published:2003

The handmaid's tale

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-



Date Published:1985

Slumdog millionaire : a novel /

Swarup, Vikas.


"Originally published as Q & A by Scribner"--T.p. verso. Includes P.S. insights, interviews, & more. After winning India's biggest quiz show, Ram Mohammad Thomas is put in jail as authorities question how a poor orphan who has never gone to school could win such a contest.
Date Published:2005

X-Men : Target: Angel /



Date Published:2000

To kill a mockingbird

Lee, Harper.


Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl.
Date Published:1988

Letters from a slave girl : the story of Harriet Jacobs /

Lyons, Mary E.


A fictionalized version of the life of Harriet Jacobs, told in the form of letters that she might have written during her slavery in North Carolina and as she prepared for escape to the North in 1842.
Date Published:1996

Baseball and the color line

Gilbert, Thomas W.



Date Published:1995

Life of Pi : a novel /

Martel, Yann.



Date Published:2001

Diary of a wimpy kid : dog days /

Kinney, Jeff.


Greg Heffley recounts his daily experiences during summer vacation as he tries to live out his ultimate fantasy of spending the days indoors playing video games with no responsibilities and no rules, despite his mother's attempts to pack the summer with outdoor activities and family fun.
Date Published:2009

The book thief

Zusak, Markus.


Originally published: Australia : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2005. Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbours.
Date Published:2007

Tweaked

Holubitsky, Katherine, 1955-


Gordie Jessup tries to deal with his older brother's crystal meth addiction that is destroying their family.
Date Published:2008

The Hunger Games

Collins, Suzanne.


Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen accidentally becomes a contender in the annual Hunger Games, a grave competition hosted by the Capitol where young boys and girls are pitted against one another in a televised fight to the death.
Date Published:2008

Cinder

Meyer, Marissa.


Pub Weekly, November 2011. Booklist, October 2011. Kirkus Review, November 2011. Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a cyborg with a mysterious past, is blamed by her stepmother for her stepsister's illness while a deadly plague decimates the population of New Beijing, but when Cinder's life gets intertwined with Prince Kai's, she finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle.
Date Published:2012

Wonder

Palacio, R. J.


School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Booklist starred, February 2012. Library Media Connection starred, March 2012. Kirkus Starred, December 2011. New York Times, April 2012. Horn Book, July 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2012. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. The story begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunts and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.
Date Published:2012

School Library Journal starred, February 2012. Booklist starred, February 2012. Library Media Connection starred, March 2012. Kirkus Starred, December 2011. New York Times, April 2012. Horn Book, July 2012. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), March 2012. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse. August Pullman was born with a facial difference that, up until now, has prevented him from going to a mainstream school. Starting 5th grade at Beecher Prep, he wants nothing more than to be treated as an ordinary kid—but his new classmates can’t get past Auggie’s extraordinary face. The story begins from Auggie’s point of view, but soon switches to include his classmates, his sister, her boyfriend, and others. These perspectives converge in a portrait of one community’s struggle with empathy, compassion, and acceptance. Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunts and fear of his classmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.

Date Published:2012