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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

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

Naruto, vol. 1 : the tests of the ninja /

Kishimoto, Masashi.


Translated from the Japanese. "This graphic novel contains material that was originally published in English in Shonen Jump #2-5"--P. facing t.p. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. Uzumaki Naruto is determined to become the greatest ninja ever; however, he must first graduate from the academy, deal with his would-be rival, and face the terrifying force that destroyed his village twelve years ago.
Date Published:2004

Translated from the Japanese. "This graphic novel contains material that was originally published in English in Shonen Jump #2-5"--P. facing t.p. "This book reads from right to left"--Cover p. [4]. Uzumaki Naruto is determined to become the greatest ninja ever; however, he must first graduate from the academy, deal with his would-be rival, and face the terrifying force that destroyed his village twelve years ago.

Date Published:2004

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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 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

Tokyo ghoul.

Ishida, Sui.


Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Tokyo Ghoul is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains violence and gore"--Colophon. "Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way--except their craving for human flesh. Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize, but it turns out that she's only interested in his body--in eating it, that is. When a morally dubious rescue transforms him into the first half-human, half-ghoul hybrid, Ken must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society, and master his new powers"--Back cover.
Date Published:2015

Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Tokyo Ghoul is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains violence and gore"--Colophon. "Ghouls live among us, the same as normal people in every way--except their craving for human flesh. Shy Ken Kaneki is thrilled to go on a date with the beautiful Rize, but it turns out that she's only interested in his body--in eating it, that is. When a morally dubious rescue transforms him into the first half-human, half-ghoul hybrid, Ken must survive Ghoul turf wars, learn more about Ghoul society, and master his new powers"--Back cover.

Date Published:2015

Tokyo ghoul.

Ishida, Sui.


Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Tokyo Ghoul is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains violence and gore"--Colophon. "Unable to discard his humanity but equally unable to suppress his Ghoul hunger, Ken finds salvation in the kindness of friendly Ghouls who teach him how to pass as human and eat flesh humanely. But recent upheavals in Ghoul society attract the police like wolves to prey, and they don't discriminate between conscientious and monstrous Ghouls"--Back cover.
Date Published:2015

Translated from the Japanese. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Tokyo Ghoul is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains violence and gore"--Colophon. "Unable to discard his humanity but equally unable to suppress his Ghoul hunger, Ken finds salvation in the kindness of friendly Ghouls who teach him how to pass as human and eat flesh humanely. But recent upheavals in Ghoul society attract the police like wolves to prey, and they don't discriminate between conscientious and monstrous Ghouls"--Back cover.

Date Published:2015

Diary of a wimpy kid : the last straw /

Kinney, Jeff.


Middle-schooler Greg Heffley nimbly sidesteps his father's attempts to change Greg's wimpy ways until his father threatens to send him to military school.
Date Published:2009

War child : a child soldier's story /

Jal, Emmanuel.


A memoir of Emmanuel Jal's upbringing during the civil war in Sudan in the 1980s and conscription into the Christian Sudanese Liberation army as a child soldier, and covers his rescue and adoption by a British aid worker and success as a hip-hop recording artist and documentary film subject.
Date Published:2009

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

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 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

We all fall down : a novel /

Walters, Eric, 1957-


... and tomorrow Will, a grade nine student, will be spending the day at his father's office. As a school assignment, all the students in his class will be going to their parents' workplaces, but Will is not looking forward to it - he'd rather sleep in and do nothing with his friends. His father does not even have an exciting job like his best friend James' dad, who is a fireman. Will's dad works for an international trading company and has to wake up early every morning to commute to his office on the 85th floor of the south building of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Will hardly ever sees his father because of the hours he puts in at the office,; he doubts that his dad will bother to make time for him even when they are supposed to be spending the day together. Will discovers a new side of his father during an event that continues to affect the world. As will's new teacher says, tomorrow "might be an experience that changes your entire life."
Date Published:2006

... and tomorrow Will, a grade nine student, will be spending the day at his father's office. As a school assignment, all the students in his class will be going to their parents' workplaces, but Will is not looking forward to it - he'd rather sleep in and do nothing with his friends. His father does not even have an exciting job like his best friend James' dad, who is a fireman. Will's dad works for an international trading company and has to wake up early every morning to commute to his office on the 85th floor of the south building of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Will hardly ever sees his father because of the hours he puts in at the office,; he doubts that his dad will bother to make time for him even when they are supposed to be spending the day together. Will discovers a new side of his father during an event that continues to affect the world. As will's new teacher says, tomorrow "might be an experience that changes your entire life."

Date Published:2006

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

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 summer I turned pretty

Han, Jenny.


Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, April 2009. Pub Weekly, April 2009. Booklist, May 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2009. Kirkus Review, April 2009. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Pub Weekly. Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different as she finds herself falling for a boy she has known since childhood.
Date Published:2009

Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. School Library Journal starred, April 2009. Pub Weekly, April 2009. Booklist, May 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2009. Kirkus Review, April 2009. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal starred. Pub Weekly. Belly spends the summer she turns sixteen at the beach just like every other summer of her life, but this time things are very different as she finds herself falling for a boy she has known since childhood.

Date Published:2009

Tokyo ghoul.

Ishida, Sui.


Translation of: Tōkyō gūū. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Tokyo Ghoul is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains violence and gore"--Colophon. "Kaneki is still trying to get used to his new life when Commission of Counter Ghoul agents Mado and Amon start sniffing around for Hinami. Kaneki and Touka are going to have to get them off her tail, and fast--no easy task while Kaneki attempts to bring humans and Ghouls to a rapid truce at the same time"--Back cover.
Date Published:2015

Translation of: Tōkyō gūū. "First published in Japan in 2011 by Shueisha Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. Book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format. "Parental advisory: Tokyo Ghoul is rated T+ for Older Teen and is recommended for ages 16 and up. This v. contains violence and gore"--Colophon. "Kaneki is still trying to get used to his new life when Commission of Counter Ghoul agents Mado and Amon start sniffing around for Hinami. Kaneki and Touka are going to have to get them off her tail, and fast--no easy task while Kaneki attempts to bring humans and Ghouls to a rapid truce at the same time"--Back cover.

Date Published:2015

The handmaid's tale

Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-



Date Published:1985

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